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Cole: The hidden risks of gender-affirming care demand Colorado’s restraint

Commentary, Approved, Rocky Mountain Voice, State, Top Stories / May 8, 2025 / Gender Ideology, Parental Rights, Protecting children, Puberty Blockers, Trans procedures for children

Colorado has embraced gender-affirming care for minors, covering treatments like puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and, in rare cases, surgeries through Medicaid and other state programs.

While intended to address gender dysphoria, these interventions pose significant long-term dangers to children, potentially causing irreversible harm, with limited evidence of sustained mental health benefits. The rise in gender identity issues among minors may be fueled by social media influence, mental health challenges, and parental dynamics, raising concerns about premature medical decisions.

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Sturm: Wisdom gained after debating a Pronoun Policy as a theater company board member

Commentary, Approved, State, Substack / May 7, 2025 / Cancel culture, Detransitioner testimony, Gender Ideology, Parental Rights, Pronoun Policies, Protecting children, Riley Gaines

What would you do if the state called you an unfit parent — not for hurting your child, but for refusing to pretend your daughter is your son?

That’s the reality Colorado families could soon face under a bill advancing in the state legislature. And in Maryland, the Supreme Court is now weighing whether parents have any say at all over LGBTQ content taught in elementary school.

Policies once dismissed as fringe are ubiquitous. Silence shouldn’t become complicity.

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Clock runs out on social media bill: lawmakers shield themselves and Polis from historic override

Without casting a single “no” vote, Colorado lawmakers on April 28 killed a bipartisan attempt to override Governor Jared Polis’ veto of a social media regulation bill. Just days earlier, the Senate had voted 29–6 to override the veto of Senate Bill 25-086, marking the state’s first successful chamber override of a policy bill in more than a decade.

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Free speech or safer feeds? Colorado reacts after Senate overrides veto of social media bill

denvergazette.com, Approved, State / April 27, 2025 / 75th Colorado Legislature, Big Tech, censorship, Free Speech, Governor Jared Polis, Legislative veto, Protecting children, Senate Bill 86

Several groups on Friday lauded the Colorado state Senate’s veto override of a bill that seeks to impose certain regulations on social media platforms in the hopes they would crack down on users who violate their rules, while critics called the bill censorious and argued it would give tech companies “too much power” to “de-platform” people.

The Senate voted to override the governor’s veto on a 29-6 vote. The state House is expected to hold its override vote next week.

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Polis faces pressure as veto showdown looms on sweeping social media bill

KUNC, Approved, State / April 23, 2025 / 75th Colorado Legislature, Big Tech, censorship, Fentanyl, Free Speech, Governor Jared Polis, Protecting children, Senate Bill 86, Social Media

She and her husband had invited friends over for a backyard party at their home in Old Snowmass. They were building a bonfire when a car from the Pitkin County Sheriff’s Department pulled up.

“The policeman came and found us there and let us know that our son Miles had died in Boulder and his body had been discovered that morning,” she recently recalled to CPR News.

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