Mauree Turner

Oklahoma City Representative Mauree Turner — the legislature's only open nonbinary member — is the target of attacks on their race, gender and religion following a move earlier this week by House Republicans to formally censure the Democratic lawmaker.

Oklahoma House Republicans removed Rep. Mauree Turner (D-Oklahoma City) Tuesday from all committee assignments, alleging Turner “harbored a fugitive” in their office last week following an incident involving a Highway Patrol trooper and transgender people attending a bill hearing.

Conservative Oklahoma lawmakers are working to crack down on gender-affirming health care. One of the several bills to do so passed off the House floor Tuesday.

Democratic candidateMauree Turner made history Tuesday in the race for Oklahoma’s House of Representatives for District 88, becoming the first Muslim…