Parent groups booted from suit over Colorado trans antidiscrimination law
A federal judge dismissed claims from three parent advocacy groups seeking to block a 2025 Colorado law barring discrimination based on chosen name, ruling they lack standing because they don't run public accommodations covered by the statute. Claims from commercial and medical plaintiffs, including retailers and doctors, survive for now because the state hasn't ruled out future enforcement against them.
The law, part of the Kelly Loving Act named for a Club Q shooting victim, added protections against misgendering and deadnaming when it rises to harassment or discrimination. Colorado has said in filings it won't pursue cases over speech alone, but the judge found that reassurance too thin to end the medical and commercial groups' claims.
No plaintiff in any of the three suits has actually been prosecuted under the law to date.
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