Colorado Dems Seek to Punish Parents in Custody Disputes for ‘Deadnaming’ Kids
By Ryan Mills
April 9, 2025 2:26 PM
Colorado parents who call their gender-confused kids by their birth names and sex could be punished by the courts in custody disputes, according to a Democratic bill quickly making its way through the state legislature.
House Bill 25-1312 would require courts making child-custody decisions to consider “deadnaming” or “misgendering” as types of coercive control. It says that courts “shall consider reports of coercive control when determining the allocation of parental responsibilities in accordance with the best interests of the child.”