MSNBC Host Katy Tur Promotes 'Convincing' Speech of Montana Transgender Democrat #Political
Concluding her eponymous show on Monday afternoon, MSNBC host Katy Tur promoted transgender activist Zooey Zephyr by playing clips of the Montana Democrat state legislator speaking out against a proposed law against drag shows.
Tur set up the speech:
TUR: According to the ACLU, there have been more than 450 laws focused on LGBTQ rights introduced in states across the country in 2025 alone -- just this year alone -- just the first few months of this year. But not all of those laws trying to curb those rights have been successful. In Montana, State Representative Zooey Zephyr successfully urged her colleagues in the state house to reconsider a law banning drag reading events at public libraries. Listen to what she said.
Then came a clip of the Montana Democrat recalling the role that anti-drag laws had played in the Stonewall riots of 1969:
ZEPHYR: And in some ways, drag does work to challenge those norms. There were three articles of clothing laws 50 years ago that said if you wore three articles of clothing that were indicative of the opposite gender that the police could stop you and arrest you. It was those laws that led to the police raiding an LGBTQ bar in New York and led to the Stonewall riots -- one of the most important civil rights moments in my community's history.
After an editing jump, MSNBC played two more clips of Zephyr's speech:
It's important to note that last session's bill, when it was applied, the first application of this was not on a drag show -- it was to prevent a trans woman from giving a history lesson in a library. That's where this came up. That's how this is going to be attempted to be applied. (editing jump)
I'm here to stand before the body and say that my life is not a fetish. My existence is not a fetish. I was proud less than a month ago to have my son up in the gallery here. Many of you on the other side met him. When I go to just walk him to school, that is not a lascivious display -- that is not a fetish. That is my family. This is what these bills are trying to come after.
One law being considered would have allowed private citizens to sue drag performers, replacing a previous law that was struck down by court ruling.
Before wrapping up the show, Tur encouraged viewers to listen to the entire speech: "Listen to the whole thing. It's really worth a listen, and she was clearly very convincing because she flipped 13 Republican lawmakers on that bill -- stopped it from being passed."
Transcript follows:
MSNBC's Katy Tur Reports
March 10, 2025
3:54 p.m. Eastern
KATY TUR: One more thing before we go, though. According to the ACLU, there have been more than 450 laws focused on LGBTQ rights introduced in states across the country in 2025 alone -- just this year alone -- just the first few months of this year. But not all of those laws trying to curb those rights have been successful. In Montana, State Representative Zooey Zephyr successfully urged her colleagues in the state house to reconsider a law banning drag reading events at public libraries. Listen to what she said.
STATE REPRESENTATIVE ZOOEY ZEPHYR (D-MT): And in some ways, drag does work to challenge those norms. There were three articles of clothing laws 50 years ago that said if you wore three articles of clothing that were indicative of the opposite gender that the police could stop you and arrest you. It was those laws that led to the police raiding an LGBTQ bar in New York and led to the Stonewall riots -- one of the most important civil rights moments in my community's history.
(editing jump)
It's important to note that last session's bill, when it was applied, the first application of this was not on a drag show -- it was to prevent a trans woman from giving a history lesson in a library. That's where this came up. That's how this is going to be attempted to be applied. (editing jump) I'm here to stand before the body and say that my life is not a fetish. My existence is not a fetish. I was proud less than a month ago to have my son up in the gallery here. Many of you on the other side met him. When I go to just walk him to school, that is not a lascivious display -- that is not a fetish. That is my family. This is what these bills are trying to come after.
TUR: Listen to the whole thing. It's really worth a listen, and she was clearly very convincing because she flipped 13 Republican lawmakers on that bill -- stopped it from being passed.
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