Colorado has removed the “deadnaming” provision from its controversial transgender antidiscrimination bill, but critics are warning the revised legislation is still dangerous.

From Just the News. Colorado is no longer the first state that could strip parents of custody for calling their gender-confused children by their legal names, following a marathon overnight legislative committee hearing that approved HB 25-1312 without its “deadnaming” provision.

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Term-limited Gov. Jared Polis, who is reportedly pursuing a “centrist approach” for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination, may still prefer the slightly-less-pioneering transgender antidiscrimination bill die on the Senate floor Monday to protect his aspirations.

The House passed the intact bill on a party-line vote a month ago, shining a national spotlight on the Centennial State and prompting panicked supporters to question its sweep. …

Opponents packed Wednesday afternoon’s state Senate Judiciary Committee hearing with an opponent-supporter ratio of nearly 10 to one on the list to testify, according to Denver Catholic. They included the Colorado Catholic Conference, which said the bill codifies discrimination against anyone “with a different belief about human sexuality” than the government’s.

The bill passed early Thursday after lawmakers stripped the most controversial provision, to penalize a parent in custody disputes for deadnaming or “misgendering” a gender-confused child …

A punching bag for SCOTUS again?

It’s a whirlwind reversal for the bluest state in the Rockies, whose eagerness to punish Christians for running their businesses according to their understanding of biblical sexuality has repeatedly backfired on Colorado in court.

The Supreme Court has strengthened First Amendment precedents for at least creative practitioners such as baker Jack Phillips and website designer Lorie Smith, stemming from Colorado Human Rights Commission decisions against Phillips for refusal to make cakes celebrating same-sex unions and gender transitions.

SCOTUS this term will review another Colorado law that overrides parental authority, religious faith and free speech rights of therapists, a ban on so-called conversion therapy for minors questioning their sexuality or gender identity, which is law in about 20 states. …

Calling suicidal daughter by her legal name ‘saved her from being a lifelong medical patient’

Colorado Democrats, who dominate the Legislature, have suppressed debate on gender identity for at least a year, and opponents accused them of doing it again last week by capping public comment on HB 25-1312 to four hours for each side. …

This winter, Democrats halted legislation to let young people who underwent puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones or surgical removal of healthy breasts and genitals before age 26 sue their providers for damages up to age 38. Prominent detransitioners met with Education Secretary Linda McMahon weeks later.

The backlash to HB 25-1312 gave Democrats their first sense of going too far.

Colorado Springs District 11 Board Secretary Jason Jorgenson said before the Senate committee vote that saying “one wrong thing at home” or seeking counseling that explores without affirming gender confusion could endanger parents, KKTV reported.

Erin Lee testified her 12-year-old daughter attempted suicide after her school secretly “coached” the girl on how to see a gender-affirming therapist and get a “care letter” for blockers and hormones, Denver Catholic reported. Now a healthy 16-year-old, calling the girl by her birth name “saved her from being a lifelong medical patient.”

While senators removed the bill’s “coercive control” clause on favoring parents who affirm gender confusion in custody disputes, opponents object to remaining provisions, including a shield against compliance with other states’ laws removing a child from the custody of a parent or guardian giving them blockers or hormones. …

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