By Thelma Grimes | Colorado Politics
A Brighton couple is suing the state of Colorado, alleging that a law dealing with transgender identity violates parents’ constitutional rights and that their daughter, with the encouragement of a school district counselor, transitioned to a boy in secret.
The couple filed the Aug. 7 lawsuit against the Department of Education, and the 27J School District in Brighton. The suit seeks to challenge the constitutionality of House Bill 1039, claiming it violates parents’ rights as outlined in the First and 14th Amendments of the American Constitution.
The Colorado law requires all public schools to use a child’s “preferred name,” subjecting schools to discrimination claims with the state’s Civil Rights Commission if they refused if to use that preferred name.