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A Missoula County District Court judge granted plaintiffs’ request for a preliminary injunction against Senate Bill 99, which made it illegal for young people who are transgender to receive gender-affirming care.

Montana’s new state law restricting drag performances is currently on hold. On Monday, a federal judge heard testimony in Helena, as he considers whether to put a longer-term block on the law.

The Lewis and Clark County Attorney’s Office dismissed cases against all seven of the protesters who were arrested at the Montana State Capitol in April.

The temporary restraining order against Senate Bill 1100 prevents Idaho from forcing school districts to adopt policies enforcing sex-separated facilities.

The Butte-Silver Bow County employee who canceled a transgender woman’s lecture at the library citing the drag ban law said in a court filing this week he gave her opportunities to reschedule and comply with the law, and therefore did not violate her right to free speech.

Jim Edwards writes, "Knutson is needing funding for his initiative to monitor which women in our state are seeking abortions, as well as needed funding to monitor any/all transgender minors seeking gender-affirming care."

Idaho’s “bathroom bill” was one of several anti-LGBTQ bills that passed through the state’s legislature this session and arrived a week before Governor Brad Little signed another bill banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth.

A trio of conservative activists is asking to intervene in a lawsuit against Arizona’s trans athlete ban, claiming their daughters would face unequal treatment in school sports if the ban is eliminated.

Laws and policies, and statements used to justify them, reflect misconceptions and misinformation that conflate treatments and strip trans youth of essential care.

Democrats on the U.S. Senate panel discussed the need for the passage of legislation to protect LGBTQ people from discrimination given the tide of legislation in the states aiming to curb their rights.