Bills to expand protections for trans people introduced in state legislature

HB 1309 would ban insurance companies from denying or limiting coverage for medically necessary care for trans and nonbinary people

• Colorado public health policy already directs insurers to provide the coverage, but the measure would codify the requirement. Proponents say that would make it harder to reverse or undermine by interests on the local or national level.

HB 1312 would ban gender-specific dress codes in schools and would also shield trans and gender-affirming parents in child custody hearings.

• The measure is named after Kelly Loving, a transgender woman who was killed in the 2022 mass shooting at LGBTQ+ nightclub Club Q in Colorado Springs.
• Under the bill, school dress codes could not be based on gender and would have to allow students to dress according to any version of the dress code. The measure would also create new requirements for school policies around students’ chosen names.

Source: Colorado Sun “Statehouse Democrats move to expand protections for transgender Coloradans”

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