GOP lawmaker says she would rather have a dead child than a transgender one

Montana State Rep. Kerri Seekins-Crowe
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Montana state Rep. Kerri Seekins-Crowe (R) said that she would rather have her daughter die by suicide than let her transition while debating a law that eventually passed to ban gender-affirming care for minors in the state.

“One of the big issues that we have heard today and we’ve talked about lately is that without surgery, the risk of suicide goes way up,” Seekins-Crowe said during a floor debate in the Montana House of Representatives last week. She did not say that her child was trans, just that she was “suicidal for three years.”

She was debating S.B. 99, which bans all gender-affirming care for minors, including reversible puberty blockers and hormone replacement therapy. Despite Seekins-Crowe’s statements, gender-affirming surgery is extremely rare for transgender minors and bottom surgery is not performed on minors.

The state legislature passed the bill and Gov. Greg Gianforte (R) signed it on Friday, despite how his nonbinary son pled with him to veto it.

“See you in court,” ACLU of Montana attorney Akilah Dernose said in a statement about the passage of the bill.

“There’s so much support in our communities for trans people and trans youth. And I feel…

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Editor’s note: This article mentions suicide. If you need to talk to someone now, call the Trans Lifeline at 1-877-565-8860. It’s staffed by trans people, for trans people. The Trevor Project provides a safe, judgment-free place to talk for LGBTQ youth at 1-866-488-7386. You can also call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255.