How activists changed Republican lawmakers’ minds & killed an anti-transgender bill

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A bill attacking transgender youth in Montana was stopped yesterday after equality advocates were able to change the minds of four Republican lawmakers at the last minute.

“The trans and nonbinary community is strong and so are our families, friends and supporters,” trans advocate SK Rossi told the Montana Free Press.

Related: House Republican introduces anti-trans legislation that could lead to genital exams for school girls

Monday morning, H.B. 113 was approved by the state House with a narrow, partisan 53-47 vote. The bill would ban doctors from providing gender-affirming healthcare to transgender minors, including puberty blockers, which have to be administered during puberty in order to be effective.

But in the third reading of the bill on Tuesday got a vote of 49-51 as several Republicans changed their votes.

Montana House Majority Leader Sue Vinton (R) said that she changed her mind – and her vote – after…

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