Republicans voted to bar 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.

Montana state Rep. Zooey Zephyr (D) won reelection Tuesday, assuring her return to the state Capitol in January nearly two years after her Republican colleagues censured her over language she used

Montana state Rep. Zooey Zephyr -- the first openly trans lawmaker in the state -- has won her bid for re-election to the Montana House of Representatives after she was censured and barred from the House floor for almost two years.