Colorado lawmakers on Friday passed a policy that would require educators to call transgender students by their preferred name in all school settings, including records and documents, regardless of parental approval or legal name. He introduced a bill aimed at requiring K-12 schools across the state. change.
The bill will require one more vote before proceeding to the Senate floor.
House Bill 1039 — A bill supported primarily by progressives. Colorado Youth Advisory Council – It would also impact charter schools and require educators to use students’ non-legal names for all school-related events, including extracurricular activities, rosters, attendance records, yearbooks, and student IDs. .
in the proposal The Youth Council told lawmakers that many “schools’ use of students’ dead names (birth names that do not match their gender identity) is a sign that the school management system is humiliating to Colorado’s transgender youth.” “
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Ahead of the Congressional vote, the group said, “Schools listing a student’s former name and gender on transcripts and records would make transgender students known to colleagues and violate their privacy.” “It will be.”
One Colorado, a progressive LGBTQ+ advocacy group, also supports the bill, along with the Colorado School Counselor Association.
The bill would also deem it “intentional use of a name other than the student’s chosen name to constitute discrimination.”
Republican state Rep. Anthony Hartske said the bill is “open-ended and ill-defined” and could lead to “so many avenues.”
“It opens Pandora’s box to discern what is discriminatory and what is not, what is intentional and what is not,” Hutzk said on the House floor. “When, where, and who starts deciding that? When and where do we involve parents in that discussion?”
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Republican state Rep. Brandi Bradley agreed with Hartske and urged her colleagues to vote “no” on the bill.
“And now we’ve told teachers they’re discriminatory,” Bradley said of the bill. “I have four teenage kids. They’re great kids, but they like to play games sometimes. So it’s already very difficult to codify or submit this bill. Please tell me how we will not violate teachers and their rights in areas where they are lacking.”
Republican state Rep. Rose Pugliese added that she doesn’t want schools to know more about kids than they know about themselves.
“Parents have a right to know,” Pugliese said.
Other Republicans argued that allowing students to change their names multiple times would put an additional burden on teachers to remember new names.
Meanwhile, state Rep. Stephanie Vigil, D-Colorado Springs, who is co-sponsoring the bill, said that if the bill does not pass, some transgender children who may not have come out to their parents yet. argued that it would be at risk. Meanwhile, parents who support transgender children could also be stripped of their parental rights if they approve a name change.
Researchers say “rapid-onset gender dysphoria” exists, but some theories deny it.
(Colorado House Bill 1039 needs one more vote before moving to the Senate floor.)
“So my suggestion to everyone as we debate this bill today is to keep in mind that there are children who are not safe with their parents,” Vigil said. Ta. “Sure, children are with their parents, and that relationship is valuable. But I don’t believe in the assumption that a child is someone else’s property, or that a child is a danger to a child, even if the parents are a danger to them.” I do not accept the premise that the safety of my parents should not be a priority. ”
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The bill was also sponsored by Democratic state Sen. Faith Winter of Westminster and Rep. Janice Marchman of Loveland. State Rep. Brianna Titone, an Arvada Democrat and the only transgender member of the state Legislature, is also a co-sponsor.
The bill, if passed by the Senate and signed by the governor, would go into effect in July 2025.
Several states have passed laws restricting the use of pronouns in schools: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Montana, North Dakota, Tennessee, and Utah.
