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.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."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.EXCLUSIVE: RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT ACCUSED OF HIDING KIDS' GENDER TRANSITIONS FROM PARENTSErin Lee, executive director and co-founder of Protect Kids Colorado, told Fox News Digital that the Protect Kids Colorado 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.(Chelsea @ Chelsea Smith Imagery )In 2023, Lee, her husband and another couple, who at the time had sixth-grade daughters attending Wellington Middle-High School (WMS), sued educators at the Poudre School District with the assistance of America First Policy Institute and Illumine Legal, according to a copy of the lawsuit.Her group championed three ballot initiatives: Proposition 133, which increases penalties for child sex trafficking to life in prison without parole; Proposition 134, which would generally require students to compete on school sports teams corresponding to their biological sex; and Proposition 135, which would prohibit certain gender-transition surgeries for minors.JACKSON THOMPSON: COLORADO GOV-ELECT PHIL WEISER SIGNALS POSSIBLE CHANGES TO GIRLS' SPORTS BALLOT MEASUREA voter prepares to cast a ballot...