Colorado mom who said daughter was secretly transitioned helps lead effort to ban boys in girls' sports
A Colorado mother who said her daughter was secretly socially transitioned at school helped lead a grassroots campaign that delivered major midterm victories, including measures restricting boys from playing in girls' spots in the traditionally Democratic state.
Key points
- WASHINGTON STATE VOTERS APPEAR TO PASS FIRST-EVER BALLOT MEASURE SEPARATING BOYS AND GIRLS SPORTS Lee said she sees the election results as evidence of a broader cultural shift.
- Lee said her daughter one day moved on from the gender confusion, and asked her mom to become an advocate for others who might find themselves in a similar place.
- PORTLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS RESCINDS BAN ON WOMAN WHO QUESTIONED CHILD'S GENDER IDENTITY ASSIGNMENT She also described the personal toll of her family's experience, alleging that school officials turned against her and her husband after they questioned their daughter's change in gender identity.
"I co-founded Protect Kids Colorado because, five-and-a-half years ago, my 12-year-old daughter was secretly transitioned in her sixth-grade classroom," Lee said.
Additional details
- Erin Lee, executive director and co-founder of Protect Kids Colorado, told Fox News Digital that the campaign's success was deeply personal, coming more than five years after an experience involving her daughter transformed her from a self-described left-leaning Democrat into a prominent parental rights advocate.
- "And then it happened to us personally, and we were attacked by the school district when my daughter came home and declared she was suddenly a boy.
- "Prior to 2021, I was your typical left-leaning Democrat voting, politically disengaged, virtue-signaling mom," Lee said.
- "It included suicidal ideation and estrangement from people in our lives who didn't agree with us, not affirming her.
- "They also voted yes on these commonsense child protection measures." "I think that really speaks volumes to the fact that gender ideology is not a winning issue," she added.
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