Montana Officials Canceled a Trans Woman’s Library Event Citing Anti-Drag Law
Posted on AllSides June 2nd, 2023
From The Left
Officials in Montana have canceled an educational library event hosted by a Northern Cheyenne trans woman out of concern that the presentation would violate the state’s new anti-drag legislation. Librarians at the Butte-Silver Bow Public Library said on Thursday that the county government abruptly forced them to cancel an event hosted by Adria Jawort, political director of the activist group Indigenous Vote, as NBC Montana reported. The event was previously scheduled for Friday, June 2. Jawort was scheduled to speak as part of the library’s adult services programming about two-spirit...