CO Ballot Initiative Would Forcibly Out Trans Students

Denver’s NBC affiliate reports:

The Colorado Supreme Court is allowing a local group to collect signatures for a ballot initiative that opponents believe would target LGBTQ+ students. The measure would require a public school representative to notify a student’s parents if they are experiencing gender incongruence.

Opponents believe the measure could potentially “out” transgender students to their parents.

“We believe this measure is so supportive of our kiddos that do identify as LGBT,” Lori Gimelshteyn [photo], executive director of the Colorado Parent Advocacy Network, said. Gimelshteyn helped write the ballot initiative. “We very strongly believe that parents are the ones that know best and help them,” she said.

Read the full article. Supporters of the initiative have until August to collect 125,000 signatures.