Zooey Zephyr interview

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        Zooey Zephyr interview
    
 Alex Cooper
          
          Nov 27, 2024
          
        
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✨ A Republican supermajority voted to bar Montana state Rep. Zooey Zephyr from speaking on the floor of the state legislature in 2023 after she said that conservatives' ban on gender-affirming care for youth would result in “blood on [their] hands.” More than a year later, the Republican supermajority has been voted out, and Zephyr has won reelection. 
“It is resoundingly important that we plant the flag of joy, of our own personal joy, and that we do not let these efforts to erase and exclude stop us from making decisions that give our lives meaning,” Zephyr said as the rights of trans people continue to be targeted. Read our interview with the lawmaker below. ⬇️

                Zooey Zephyr calls on trans people to 'plant the flag of joy' against Donald Trump (exclusive)
            Elizabeth Frantz for The Washington Post via Getty Images

                Zooey Zephyr calls on trans people to 'plant the flag of joy' against Donald Trump (exclusive)
            Elizabeth Frantz for The Washington Post via Getty Images

        
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Zooey Zephyr calls on trans people to 'plant the flag of joy' against Donald Trump (exclusive)

Zooey Zephyr calls on trans people to 'plant the flag of joy' against Donald Trump (exclusive)

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The ACLU and the House Equality Caucus blasted their fellow Democrats and the Republicans who voted to pass a bill threatening to censor educators nationwide and compel them to out transgender students against their will.

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