Montana Library Cancels Trans Speaker Due to Anti-Drag Law
A library in Montana has canceled a transgender history event featuring Adria Jawort due to fears of violating a new law that bans events put on by "flamboyant" performers. The law has wide-ranging effects, sidelining not only trans performers and drag queens but potentially transgender voices entirely. If found to be in violation of the law, library officials said they would be at risk of losing public funding. Jawort testified against the bill before it passed, stating that it would target trans people, including herself.