no more half measures walter

HB-1312

Holy based.

Polis is an interesting figure in the landscape of American politics. Colorado has done a lot of good in the last few years under his governance, such as the above example and ending qualified immunity for law enforcement in the state, which I believe was the first state to do so. On the other hand, he has several personal “pet peeve” issues that he carries, such as emboldening anti vaccine rhetoric (pre-COVID, Colorado had some of the lowest rates of vaccinated kindergarteners, back when anti vax was more of a liberal crunchy granola position) as well as supporting anti-homeless, pro real estate investment measures in cities such as Denver and Ft. Collins. He’s one of the wealthier state governors due to his earlier-career business ties, with some estimates of his net worth being around half a billion dollars.

Nonetheless, a win is a win and we should take what we get when it comes to policy that supports marginalized people. Polis is one to keep an eye on - I’m sure he’ll make a serious run for president at some point in the next 3 election cycles.

Wait did a politician in the US just do an unequivocally good thing or am I missing the part where an old growth forest is being cut down to build mcmansions for those afrikaners?

Colorado Springs might become a sinkhole now. Muhahaha!

Oh, boy, this must have tons of "WOKE HAS GONE TOO FAR NOW!!!" discourse. Literally 1984!

Cope and seethe, chuds!

“Resist the Mainstream” spouting the most mainstream opinions possible. The scare quotes are strong with this one

Nice to see someone with a backbone. There is nothing groundbreaking here that I can see. Mostly notable because of the overall political context. I wonder what got cut.

I read from here https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_1312_signed.pdf the Lexus nexus link didn’t work for me on my phone. (Privatization grrrr)

(Note: in block quotes, I have added line breaks and transformed ALL CAPS into italics lower case. Italics here is text which has been added by new bill (plain is existing already). Check the original for precision. Only 8 pages long. bold text is my own emphasis.)

First, I love the letterhead. I’m going to make something like this for all my posts:

marriage

A bunch of stuff about changing name on marriage license. Basically I think it says if you change your name immediately before your wedding they will ammend an existing marriage license. I literally have no idea how this works in any case so might be wrong.

schools

Schools and everyone to do with them (employees, contractors etc):

• schools must have policies about name changes that are supportive

the dress code policy may require students to wear a school uniform or may establish minimum standards of dress.

the dress code policy must allow each student to choose from any of the options provided in the dress code policy

definitions

(3.5) “chosen name” means 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.

(9) “gender expression” means an individual’s way ofreflecting and expressing the individual’s gender to the outside world, typically demonstrated through appearance, dress, and behavior, chosen name, and how the individual chooses to be addressed

• I am really not clear if the above stuff about names is only applying to schools or if it carries relevance to the rest of the situations covered below? I think it might only be for schools?

Colorado Anti-discrimination Act (CADA)

the general assembly finds and declares that each coloradan has the right to access fair employment, housing opportunities, public accommodations, and advertising that is free from discrimination regardless of their membership in a protected class, as those classes are listed in sections 24-34-402, 24-34-502, 24-34-601, and 24-34-701.

• in general thr above applies to

  • employment (hiring, firing, promotions, or other terms and conditions), housing (sale, rental, and financing of properties), and public accommodations (restaurants, theaters, hotels, and other businesses). plain language sources: 1 2

  • with carve outs for religious etc, see links

CADA prohibits discrimination based on these protected classes and ensures that every coloradan is able to enjoy freedom from discrimination.

(2) the general assembly further finds and declares that colorado has a long history of supporting freedom of choice for coloradans.

this includes the choice to make decisions related to safely seeking health-care services, including legally protected health-care activities, as defined in section 12-30-121 (1)(d), that support mental, physical, and emotional well-being for coloradans, their children, and their family members.

it is the public policy of colorado to ensure these important decisions can be made without unnecessary governmental interference

• Very broad language and in this context good. I wonder if there is some anti vax or otherwise insidious implication here though?

Inserts the following language into a few other documents:

The department may only amend a sex designation for an individual’s identification card one time THREE TIMES upon the individual’s request.

Any further requests from the individual for additional sex designation changes require the submission of a court order indicating that the sex designation change is required.

• I guess this is a shout out to de transitioners. They can transition, detransition, then later still get another kick at the can!

• I wonder what is the max number of times someone has done a legal change of sex.

Last thing a chud see after misgendering someone

1312 lol

I feel like even support now is just a psyop to stoke backlash against us.

What are the details of this law? Like, the actual details? Is this just an American C-16, where it’s a very mild and reasonable bill just simply adding gender expression to the existing anti-discrimination law, but the chuds are just treating it like it’s starting the Pronoun Gestapo?

Here’s the bill if you’re interested, it’s linked in the article as well.