Misgendering is now officially an illegal, discriminatory act under Colorado law.
On Friday, the state’s Democratic governor, Jared Polis, quietly signed the “Concerning Legal Protections for Transgender Individuals” without issuing a statement or holding a ceremony.
The law is drastically pared down from its original version, which declared that parents in custody battles who misgender or “deadname” their child were guilty of “coercive control” and could lose their child. Under Colorado law, “coercive control” is a serious category that includes things like threatening to kill someone.
But that provision is not in the bill Polis signed, thanks to Colorado parents, who came out in force to fight it. More than 700 Coloradans signed up to testify against the bill, and tens of thousands more signed petitions against it.
Ultimately, Democrats were forced to strike the…
