CO-You can now be jailed for "misgendering" a transqueer.

[Anti Federalist]

Apparently the jail time provisions were stripped out but it's still unconstitutional.

'Misgendering' now considered discrimination in this US state: Here's what the law says - Times of India

US News: Colorado's Governor Jared Polis has enacted the Kelly Loving Act, also known as House Bill 1312, which expands anti-discrimination laws for transgende

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The actual final bill.

Legal Protections for Transgender Individuals | Colorado General Assembly

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Legal Protections for Transgender Individuals​

Bill Summary

Section 1 of the act specifies that the short title of the Act is the "Kelly Loving Act".

Sections 2 through 5 provide that, if at any point following the issuance of a license to marry or a civil union license, a party to the marriage or civil union presents the issuing county clerk and recorder with appropriate documentation of that party's name change and requests the issuance of a new license to marry or civil union license, the county clerk shall issue a new license to marry or civil union license that reflects the party's name change. After a new license to marry or civil union license is issued, the effective date of the marriage or civil union remains the date listed on the original license to marry or civil union license.

Section 6 provides that, if a local education provider, an educator, or a contractor chooses to enact or enforce a policy related to names, that policy must be inclusive of all reasons that a student might adopt a name that differs from the student's legal name.

Section 7 requires a dress code adopted by a school district board of education or by an institute charter school board for a charter school authorized by the charter school institute must allow each student to choose from any of the options provided in the dress code policy.

Section 8 defines the term "chosen name" for purposes of the "Colorado Anti-discrimination Act" as a name that an individual requests to be known as in connection to the individual's disability, race, creed, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, familial status, national origin, or ancestry, so long as the name does not contain offensive language and the individual is not requesting the name for frivolous purposes. Section 8 also includes "chosen name and how the individual chooses to be expressed" as forms of gender expression for purposes of the "Colorado Anti-discrimination Act."

Section 10 repeals a provision of law that limited the state registrar to amending a gender designation for an individual's birth certificate only 1 time upon the individual's request without the submission of a court order. Sections 11, 12 and 13 change the number of times that the department of revenue may amend a sex designation on an individual's driver's license, identification card, or identification document upon the individual's request from 1 to 3.

Thanks for the legal clarification. Unless it's just more overheated hyperbole, I guess this is the sticking point in that it could be prosecuted under the existing CO anti discrimination law.

Likewise, the law does not define the phrase “How the Individual Chooses to be Addressed.” It is worth noting, however, that the text of the bill as originally introduced expressly made it unlawful to “misgender” someone, which was defined to include using a “pronoun that conflicts with the individual’s gender identity or gender expression.” This language was ultimately removed from the version of the bill that was enacted into law. While misgendering an employee could constitute evidence of gender expression discrimination, the final version of the Act does not make it a per se violation.

Colorado Amends its Anti-Discrimination Law, Adding New Protections for Transgender Employees and Disabled Persons in Places of Public Accommodation | Littler

In the 2025 legislative session, Colorado lawmakers enacted two laws that amend the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act (CADA) in distinct and material ways.

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[PAF]

What about the guy whose name is Rae'p? I heard they were in a hurry to catch the last bus home so his girlfriend shouted his name really loud to get him to hurry the hell up. Shouldn't that be protected under the First Amendment?

 

[jmdrake]

What about the guy whose name is Rae'p? I heard they were in a hurry to catch the last bus home so his girlfriend shouted his name really loud to get him to hurry the hell up. Shouldn't that be protected under the First Amendment?

I saw a YouTube where a black man at some conference wore a name tag that said "My pronoun is n-word."