Colorado mom who said daughter was secretly transitioned helps lead effort to ban boys in girls’ sports

Colorado parent advocate Erin Lee says her family’s experience with her daughter’s social transition at school led her to co-found Protect Kids Colorado and campaign for child-protection measures. The group’s three ballot initiatives passed in the traditionally Democratic state, including a measure generally requiring students to compete on sports teams matching their biological sex, which Lee says shows the issue can cross party lines.

Proposition 133, increasing penalties for child sex trafficking to life without parole, won about 62% support; Propositions 134 and 135 each received roughly 52%. The latter measures address school sports eligibility and certain gender-transition surgeries for minors. Lee said the campaign involved more than 3,300 petition circulators, over 1,900 notaries and support from more than 1,000 churches, and claimed opponents outspent her group by more than 20 to 1. The article also recounts Lee’s account of conflict with school officials and her daughter later asking her to advocate for other families.