Montana Court Overturns State Law Defining Gender in Binary Terms, Citing Constitutional Violations
MISSOULA, Mont. — In a significant legal decision, a Montana judge on Wednesday declared a state law that restrictively defined sex in binary terms to be unconstitutional. The ruling by Judge Leslie Halligan of the Montana Fourth Judicial District Court spotlighted the ongoing debate over gender identity rights within the state. The law, known as Senate Bill 458, attempted to rigidly categorize “female” and “male” under the Montana Code, restricting these definitions strictly to biological sex at birth. Challenged by a coalition account of transgender, intersex, and Two-Spirit Montanans, the plaintiffs argued that the definitions … Read more