FILE - In this March 15, 2021, file photo, demonstrators gather on the steps of the Montana State Capitol protesting anti-LGBTQ+ legislation in Helena, Mont. A Montana judge on Thursday, April 21, 2022 has granted a temporary restraining order against a law that makes it difficult for transgender people to change the sex on their birth certificates. (Thom Bridg/Independent Record via AP, File)
April 22, 2022
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Montana governor signs law to define 'sex' as only male or female
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Republican Governor Greg Gianforte has signed a bill defining the word "sex" in state law as only male or female — joining Kansas and Tennessee, which have similar laws that LGBTQ+ advocates argue will deny legal recognition to nonbinary and transgender people.
Judge blocks Montana's transgender birth certificate law
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana judge on Thursday temporarily blocked enforcement of a law that required transgender people to have undergone a "surgical procedure" before being allowed to change their sex on their birth certificates.