As a First-Time Soon to Be Mom in Colorado, I’m a bit worried to raise my daughter here.

I’m pregnant with a baby girl (my beautiful rainbow baby), and instead of pure excitement, I have some apprehension. My husband and I chose to live in Colorado because we grew up here and love the outdoors, but liberal policies in Colorado and deep-blue states like California, New York, Washington, Oregon, and Massachusetts are eroding parental rights. They push the idea that the state knows better than moms and dads, especially if you refuse to affirm gender confusion in minors.

I take a “hard stance” (aka a common sense approach): No medical or social transitioning for children. As a soon to be parent, I alone have the right and responsibility to make decisions for my minor child. Biology is real. Kids cannot consent to irreversible harm like puberty blockers, hormones, or surgeries. “Affirmation” is not compassion, it’s medical experimentation on confused children. Real love means telling the truth and not enabling delusion.

The Threat of State Overreach

In Colorado, bills like SB26-018 (“Legal Protections for the Dignity of Minors”) originally pushed courts to weigh a parent’s “recognition” of a child’s gender identity in custody decisions. That language was stripped after backlash, but the pattern keeps re-emerging. Similar attempts appear in other proposals. Across blue states, parents face CPS involvement, custody losses, or abuse labels for refusing to transition their kids. Cases in California, New York, and elsewhere show courts siding against cautious parents.

Schools compound the problem. Colorado law requires sex ed to cover gender identity and sexual orientation. Districts often support social transitions, new names, pronouns, bathrooms with discretion on telling parents. Explicit materials sexualize kids early under “inclusivity.” Teachers push pride curricula and gender ideology without parental consent. I don’t want my daughter exposed to adult concepts or told her body is optional before she can read. I mean, will I have to worry about this even in pre-school?!

I promise, if my kiddo comes home from pre-school and tells me she learned about how boys can be girls, I will lose it. As someone who grew up as a tomboy catching snakes and toads, I sometimes wonder if I was born in today’s world, under leftist parents and policies, if they would have encouraged me to “become” a boy… it really doesn’t seem like a far-fetched thought, does it?

Action Plan

This is why we must stop bills that give the state ultimate authority over kids.

1. Know and enforce your rights. Opt out of all sex ed and gender programs. Demand transparency. Document everything with schools and officials.
2. Vote relentlessly. Support parental rights candidates and bills. In Colorado, fight Denver and Boulder’s influence from spreading. Back ballot measures protecting kids from surgeries and chemical castration.
3. Reject toxic empathy. Don’t cave to emotional manipulation that calls protecting kids “hate.” Real love is truth: Protect innocence, guard against regret and sterility. Stand firm for biological reality.
4. Build alternatives. Homeschool, choose private/charter schools, or connect with like-minded families. Move to redder areas if you can. Just like the left aggressively pushed “stop the spread” of COVID, we must be just as determined to stop the spread of the blue. Don’t let radical policies bleed into your school district, your county, or your state.
5. Speak and organize. Testify at hearings. Join parental rights groups. Share stories. Momentum grows with federal protections and court wins for parents.

I still love Colorado’s mountains and am willing to put up the fight for now, but who knows, I hear Tennessee is nice 😉. If you are worried parent in a blue state like me, I understand your fears. Let’s stand together and not be afraid about being the ‘disowned’ or ‘bigoted’ parent. Our kiddos are just too important.