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Category: Social Justice

Posted inSocial Justice

The LGBTQ-owned bookstore that rallied a community

Mara Silvers headshot white background by Mara Silvers 09.28.202210.04.2022

In the days leading up to an annual Pride event, outrage flared on social media, with commenters calling the drag story hour “inappropriate” and indicative of child abuse. The event planners were unwilling to be cowed. The event would go forward, they decided, but not without a call to action.

Posted inSocial Justice

Big Sky Pride returns to Helena

Brad Tyer headshot white background by Brad Tyer 07.19.202112.17.2021
Posted inSocial Justice

The fight for racial justice in Montana, one year out

by Surya Milner, High Country News 05.28.202106.07.2021
Transgender athletes
Posted inMontana Legislature

Next steps for bills regulating birth certificates and transgender athletes

Mara Silvers headshot white background by Mara Silvers 04.12.202107.18.2022
Posted inMontana Legislature

Restrictions on transgender athletes and expanded religious protections move closer to law

Mara Silvers headshot white background by Mara Silvers 04.01.202107.18.2022
Greg Gianforte, State of the State address, 2021
Posted inMontana Legislature

Opposition digs in against LGBTQ bills, with Gianforte in the wings

Mara Silvers headshot white background by Mara Silvers 03.19.202106.21.2023
Birth Certificate for live baby born
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New bill would make it harder for transgender Montanans to amend their birth certificates

Mara Silvers headshot white background by Mara Silvers 02.25.202107.18.2022
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‘A punch in the gut when we were already down’

Mara Silvers headshot white background by Mara Silvers 02.24.202107.18.2022

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