THE PEOPLE OF COLORADO ARE OUR CENTER.

The people directly affected by public policy should always be at the center when these policies are proposed. These four measures include transgender young people and their families, immigrant families, and people who use drugs or are targeted by the criminal legal system.

A young woman with braided hair, wearing a white t-shirt and jeans, standing outside a building with a backpack, holding papers, and smiling.

18-year-old Aaliyah, a first-generation college freshman, shared one pill with a friend at a party. She didn’t know it contained fentanyl. Under Prop 132, she’s facing a mandatory 8- to 32-year prison sentence, the same sentence applied to the highest-level drug traffickers. She’s distraught, and her parents are devastated.

Group of young female soccer players with arms around each other on a soccer field, wearing navy blue uniforms with red accents and player numbers, seen from behind.
A happy family of three smiling outdoors, holding a yellow frisbee with a smiley face drawn on it.

14-year-old Leila is transgender. She’s played soccer with her friends for years. Under Proposition 134, a parent from the opposing team challenged whether she was “biologically female” and demanded that the referee inspect her as proof. Humiliated in front of her teammates, she quit the team, then stopped wanting to go to school. Her parents are deeply worried about her well-being.

Ignacio (pictured with his wife and young child) is the sole support for his wife, Elena, and three-year-old Mateo. One night after work, he was jumped in a parking lot; a fight ensued, and he was arrested. Under Amendment 81, the police were required to contact ICE. While his assault charges were eventually dropped, he now faces deportation.

Two people, a woman with long brown hair and a boy with short hair, embracing outdoors on a sunny day.

16-year-old Miles is transgender. After years of counseling and working with his parents and doctors, his family decided that gender-affirming surgery was the right medical care for him. Under Proposition 135, that care is prohibited. Miles, embarrassed by his body, is increasingly withdrawn. His parents are considering moving out of state to somewhere they can make healthcare decisions for their son with his doctors.