Montana Library Cancels Trans Speaker Over Draconian New Law

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The Butte-Silver Bow Public Library said in a statement on its website that it had canceled the transgender history event with Adria Jawort at the recommendation of county attorneys.

said in a statement on its website that it had canceled the transgender history event with Adria Jawort at the recommendation of county attorneys.

The shocking decision shows the wide-ranging effects the anti-trans legislation, passed last month, is having in Montana—not only sidelining trans performers and drag queens but potentially transgender voices entirely. If found to be in violation of the law, library officials said they would be at risk of losing public funding. Jawort testified against the bill before it passed, writing in a

 

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