Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. FILE - Montana state Rep. Zooey Zephyr, D-Missoula, stands in protest on the House floor as demonstrators ...

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 Zepher (D) has likely won reelection. She currently has 83% of the vote in her Missoula district. Zephyr, the first out trans person in the Montana Legislature, made national headlines when she told her Republican colleagues they would have “blood on your hands” for supporting a bill banning gender-affirming care for

Missoula representative Zephyr retained her seat, winning 83 per cent of the vote. Zephyr has become an increasingly prominent voice for LGBTQ+ rights in Montana and across the US. She was famously censured in 2023 over her vocal opposition to an anti-trans law.

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.