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ACLU of Montana announces Akilah Maya Deernose as new executive director

As senior staff attorney, she’s worked as lead counsel in lawsuits challenging Montana’s 2021 transgender birth certificate law as well as Senate Bill 99, a 2023 law preventing trans youth from accessing gender-affirming care. Montana Free Press chatted with Deernose about her personal history, ambitions for the ACLU and views on the current political moment.

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