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DOUBLE WIN! Colorado bans gender surgeries for minors, protects girls' sports

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Chapados, A. (2026, November 6). DOUBLE WIN! Colorado bans gender surgeries for minors, protects girls' sports. Blaze Media. https://www.theblaze.com/news/co-prop-135-gender-surgery

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Blaze Media · collected 2026-11-08 · by Andrew Chapados

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Colorado voters have approved Propositions 135 and 134, which ban gender-related surgeries for minors and separate school sports teams by biological sex, respectively. Proposition 135 received a "yes" vote from 52% of the electorate, prohibiting health care professionals from performing such procedures on individuals under age 18 and barring state funding and insurance coverage for these operations. Campaign finance figures showed that more than $4.4 million was spent opposing this proposition compared to just over $215,000 supporting it.
Written by AI on 2026-11-08, from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).

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On November 7, 2026, voters in Washington, Colorado, Arizona, and Nebraska approved ballot measures restricting transgender athletes from participating in female sports. In Washington, Initiative 638 passed with over 56% of the vote, banning students who were assigned male at birth from competing on girls' teams. Similarly, in Colorado, Proposition 134 was adopted to protect women's sports by establishing clear single-sex guidelines for female athletics. Additionally, Colorado voters also approved Proposition 135, which prohibits health care professionals from performing gender-related surgeries on individuals under age 18 and prevents state funds or insurance coverage from paying for such procedures. These measures passed despite overall Democratic victories in the midterm elections, raising questions about Democrats' approach to transgender issues ahead of the 2028 presidential election cycle.

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Colorado Bans Gender Surgeries For Minors
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“Article A discusses Democratic candidates in various states who have taken positions against the transgender movement, while Article B reports on a specific vote outcome in Colorado regarding gender-related procedures for minors and girls' sports.”
New York Post
Leans strongly right further right than this Hedges 1 of 43 claims Outlet record 66/100
“The articles describe different ballot measures in Colorado, with Article A focusing specifically on protecting girls' sports and Article B mentioning both a ban on gender-related procedures for minors and protection for girls' sports.”
Fox News
Hedges 4 of 21 claims Outlet record 67/100
“Article A discusses Gov-elect Phil Weiser's stance on Proposition 134 regarding girls' sports, while Article B reports on the voting results of both Proposition 134 and another proposition (Proposition 135) banning gender-related procedures for minors.”
New York Post
Leans strongly right further right than this Hedges 4 of 38 claims Outlet record 66/100
“Article A covers bans on transgender athletes in girls' sports, while Article B mentions two separate propositions: one banning gender-related procedures for minors and another protecting girls' sports teams.”
Just The News
Hedges 1 of 20 claims Outlet record 95/100
“Article A focuses specifically on celebrating victories for girls' sports protection measures in multiple states, while Article B discusses both a ban on gender-related surgeries for minors and protecting girls' sports in Colorado.”
Just The News
Leans right Hedges 0 of 8 claims Outlet record 95/100
“While both articles discuss ballot measures related to transgender rights in Colorado, Article B focuses specifically on Colorado's Proposition 135 and another measure, while Article A covers broader results across four states.”
ABC News (US)
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“The articles describe different measures in separate states, focusing on banning transgender athletes from school sports rather than gender-related procedures for minors or protecting girls' sports teams.”
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“While both articles discuss transgender ballot measures passing in Colorado, Article A covers multiple states and a broader national trend, while Article B focuses specifically on Colorado's Proposition 135 and the outcomes there.”
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Andrew Chapados
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Colorado has voted in favor of two propositions that progressives say will result in more "hate" in the state.
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Topics

Blaze Media LLC Colorado MediaNews Group Proposition 135 The Denver Post

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Colorado GPE · 4× The Denver Post ORG · 3× Helen H. Richardson PERSON · 2× MediaNews Group ORG · 2× Ballotpedia ORG · 1× Blaze Media LLC ORG · 1× Christian NORP · 1× Coloradoans NORP · 1× Hyoung Chang PERSON · 1× NBC News ORG · 1×

Narrative

Voting "yes" on the proposition meant prohibiting health care professionals from "performing or providing surgeries to individuals under age 18 for the purpose of altering biological sex characteristics," while prohibiting state and federal funds and insurance coverage from paying for such procedures.
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Colorado has voted in favor of two propositions that progressives say will result in more "hate" in the state.

Claims (21 extracted, 3 hedged)

All rights reserved. asserted
rights → reserve → ?
27 states already have similar legislation banning gender-related procedures. asserted
states → have → procedures
Colorado has voted in favor of two propositions that progressives say will result in more "hate" in the state. asserted
progressives → vote → state
For others, they will ban barbaric gender-related operations on minors and keep girls' sports teams for girls only. ' asserted
they → ban → girls
No one ... becomes transgender on a whim.' asserted
one → become → whim
Proposition 135 was fairly straightforward and asked voters to decided whether they support a ban on gender-related procedures for minors. asserted
they → ask → minors
Voting "yes" on the proposition meant prohibiting health care professionals from "performing or providing surgeries to individuals under age 18 for the purpose of altering biological sex characteristics," while prohibiting state and federal funds and insurance coverage from paying for such procedures. asserted
Voting → vote → procedures
A "no" vote opposed all of the above. asserted
vote → oppose → above
Coloradoans voted in favorite of banning the procedures, with 52% of them voting "yes" on the proposition, according to NBC News. uncertain
% → vote → News
We need to talk about homecoming dresses. asserted
We → need → dresses
Christian moms: What’s going on? asserted
What → go → ?
Helen H. Richardson/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post/Getty Images Proposition 135 in Colorado had a lot of money pumped into the campaign, specifically for the "no" vote. asserted
Proposition → have → vote
According to Ballotpedia, campaign finance figures showed that more than $4.4 million was contributed to the "no" campaign, versus just over $215,000 for the "yes" campaign. uncertain
million → accord → campaign
Before the vote, 27 states already had laws or policies restricting gender-related surgeries for minors, according to KFF. uncertain
states → have → KFF
Many coastal states, including California and New York, do not have restrictions on such operations. asserted
states → include → operations
As expected, progressives were against the proposition, with activist groups like GLAAD calling that proposition, along with another ballot proposition to require separating school sports by gender, "anti-LGBTQ ballot measures." asserted
groups → expect → gender
At the same time, Colorado Sun columnist Mario Nicolais said that passing the measures would make Colorado a "hate state." asserted
Colorado → say → measures
Nicolais said that the propositions should not be passed because "the transgender community has been singled out." asserted
community → say → ?
"No one of any age becomes transgender on a whim," he wrote. asserted
he → become → whim
"No one does so just to play sports." asserted
one → do → sports
The proposition to keep "people with male reproductive systems" off of female school sports teams in Colorado, Proposition 134, also won, by a slightly higher margin: 52.3% to 47.7%. asserted
proposition → keep → margin
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