Colorado sued over law punishing ‘misgendering’: Doctors, parents cite First Amendment
By Marissa Ventrelli | Denver Gazette
Several organizations and a western Colorado dermatologist have filed a lawsuit seeking to block specific provisions of a recently signed state law that, as originally introduced, would have defined "deadnaming" and "misgendering" as discriminatory acts but whose final version had been heavily modified.
The plaintiffs in the lawsuit included Defending Education, the Colorado Parent Advocacy Network, Protect Kids Colorado, and Do No Harm. Travis Morrell, a Grand Junction dermatologist and member of Do No Harm, is also a plaintiff.
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser and Colorado Civil Rights Division members are named as defendants.
All five groups believe that a person's gender identity "cannot differ from their sex ...