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In Oscar-Shortlisted ‘Seat 31: Zooey Zephyr,’ Montana Republicans Try To Silence Trans Legislator, But She Won’t Have It
The story of trans legislator Zooey Zephyr, kicked out of the Montana House chamber, is told in 'Seat 31: Zooey Zephyr,' directed by Kimberly Reed.
Speaking against proposed legislation to ban gender-affirming medical and surgical care for minors, Zephyr declared, “The only thing I will say is if you vote ‘yes’ on this bill and ‘yes’ on these amendments, I hope the next time there’s an invocation when you bow your heads in prayer, you see the blood on your hands.” Reed’s film makes its bid for an Oscar nomination just days after Sarah McBride, a Democrat from Delaware, became the first openly trans person to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. Firebrand MAGA congresswoman Nancy Mace, Republican of South Carolina, has been pushing a bill that would force any trans member of Congress to use bathrooms that correspond to the gender they were assigned at birth.
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