Petition proposes change for MT sites named after Confederate leader
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HELENA, Mont. - Activist groups and the Confederated Salish Kootenai Tribes (CSKT) put forward a petition Tuesday to rename three Montana geographic sites currently named after Jefferson Davis, the former Confederated States of America president.
The Montana Racial Equity Project, the Montana Human Rights Network, Forward Montana Foundation, Mai Wah Society, Montana Wilderness Association, The Wilderness Society and the CSKT sent the petition to the U.S. Board of Geographic Names.
They are asking the board to change the names of the following places listed in the petition: Jeff Davis Peak, located in the southern Bitterroot Range in Beaver County, to Three Eagles Peak in recognition of Salish Chief Three Eagles.
When the Associated Press recently contacted lawmakers behind the proposed bans, most couldn’t cite a single local example of a trans girl playing sports. Some pointed to a Connecticut case in which cisgender girls’ families sued, alleging that two trans female sprinters had an unfair advantage. But two days after that lawsuit was filed, one of the cis girls beat her trans competitor in a state championship race.
“If you look at the legislature’s justification for advancing the transgender sports ban, they could cite not one instance where transgender participation in athletics has been a problem or caused conflict,” said Alex Rate, legal director of ACLU of Montana.