Mauree Turner

Oklahoma state representative Mauree Turner, D-Oklahoma City, is one of just a few nonbinary lawmakers in the U.S. — a distinction that comes with prominence and pressure.

Rep. Mauree Turner (D-OKC) says they are not seeking reelection this year. Here are their reasons and insight on who may represent House District 88 next.

Members of Oklahoma’s LGBTQ+ community came together for an annual gathering at the Oklahoma State Capitol Tuesday. “The People’s Hearing,” is a storytelling event aimed at fostering solidarity among trans and gender-nonconforming Oklahomans. This year, like the last, a main theme was remembering nonbinary and trans youth lost to suicide.

House Speaker Charles McCall said the differences between the treatment of felony-indicted Republicans and Turner are a matter of time and place. Turner’s Democratic colleagues see a double standard.

Recent pushes from the state legislature to target queer issues in schools and medicine have mobilized 2SLGBTQ+ Oklahomans, and the Transgender Action Choir is lifting their voices to speak up.

Oklahoma City Representative Mauree Turner 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.

This Week in Oklahoma Politics discuss the results of the State Question 820 vote, House Republicans censuring the state's openly non-binary lawmaker, Oklahoma City Democratic Representative Mauree Turner, and more.

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.

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has taken his re-election as a mandate from conservative voters: grow school choice, cut taxes and ban gender-affirming care for transgender minors.