US EditionColorado's New Law Addressing Misgendering and Deadnaming Faces Free Speech Lawsuit
- Four conservative groups and a Colorado dermatologist filed a federal lawsuit on Monday challenging Colorado's newly enacted law requiring use of transgender individuals' chosen names and pronouns.
- The lawsuit responds to House Bill 1312, signed by Governor Jared Polis days earlier, which amends Colorado's anti-discrimination law to prohibit misgendering and deadnaming as discriminatory acts.
- The plaintiffs, represented by Consovoy McCarthy, argue that the law infringes on their First Amendment rights by forcing them to express views that conflict with their belief that a person's gender corresponds solely to the sex they were assigned at birth.
- The suit cites Supreme Court rulings like 303 Creative and Masterpiece Cakeshop, asserting the law punishes speech, favors one side of a public debate, and suppresses traditional views on sex and gender.
- The lawsuit seeks a permanent injunction against enforcement while litigation continues, implying protracted court battles over how schools and public entities address transgender rights and speech.
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Colorado lawsuit claims law on 'deadnaming' and 'misgendering' infringes on First Amendment
Several organizations and a western Colorado dermatologist have filed a lawsuit seeking to block specific provisions of a recently signed state law that, as originally introduced, would have defined "deadnaming" and "misgendering" as discriminatory acts but whose final version had…
This state just made ‘misgendering’ grounds for child removal
Just as commonsense, reality-based reforms gain momentum nationwide, Colorado lawmakers have raced in the opposite direction — pushing transgender legislation that defies reason, conscience, and the Constitution. For Coloradans who still believe in parental rights and free speech, the state’s rapid slide into a legal and cultural dystopia feels less like policymaking and more like a hostile takeover. This agenda is not about tolerance. Its adv…
School district insists on deadnaming student at graduation
A school district has insisted on using a trans student’s deadname at their graduation, despite the wishes of the pupil’s parent. The high school in Escambia County, Florida, refused to use the trans student’s chosen name or print it on his diploma, despite his parent’s requests to reverse the decision. A “deadname” is the name of a trans person prior to their transition. Charline Barger, the student’s mother, said her son was set to graduate fr…
Lambda Legal files suit over cancellation of NIH grants
Lambda Legal along with law firms Crowell & Moring LLP and Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP has filed a federal lawsuit against the National Institutes of Health over the termination of hundreds of research grants that funded essential research addressing the health of sexual and gender minorities, including critical HIV research, Lambda Legal announced today (Tuesday, May 20). The lawsuit was filed on behalf of GLMA: Health Professionals Advanci…
Parental Rights Groups Sue Colorado over Mandating Trans Pronouns - The Pennsylvania Daily Star
Parental rights groups filed a lawsuit against the state of Colorado on Monday over a newly-signed law forcing people to use transgender individuals’ preferred name and pronouns or risk investigations, lawsuits and fines. Democrat Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed the law on Friday which declares “deadnaming and misgendering” as “discriminatory acts” prohibited by the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act. Defending Education, Do No Harm and others al…
Parental Rights Groups Sue Colorado over Mandating Trans Pronouns | The Star News Network
by Jaryn Crouson Parental rights groups filed a lawsuit against the state of Colorado on Monday over a newly-signed law forcing people to use transgender individuals’ preferred name and pronouns or risk investigations, lawsuits and fines. Democrat Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed the law on Friday which declares “deadnaming and misgendering” as “discriminatory acts” prohibited by the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act. Defending Education, Do No…
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