A transgender woman, bookstore owners, and an educator have filed a federal lawsuit challenging Montana's law that bans people dressed in drag from reading to children in public schools or libraries. The lawsuit argues that the law violates free speech and equal protection guarantees in the U.S. Constitution. The plaintiffs are seeking an injunction to temporarily block the law, a ruling that it is unconstitutional, and damages for a cancelled LGBTQ+ history talk. Similar laws in other states have been temporarily blocked while legal challenges play out in court. Montana has also passed other laws targeting transgender people.

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