I have written before about what sort of monsters and madmen (emphasis "men") hide behind the "transgender" label to commit acts of depravity and criminality that regular men would never dream of committing.
We all know Democrats are enabling criminals with soft-on-crime policies, but Colorado Democrats specifically seem to be fixated on enabling transgender criminals in their state.
Their means of doing this are through (State) House Bill 24-1071, which would expand "good cause" standards convicted felons must present if they want to legally change their name to include "gender-affirming care."
In other words, if you're a convicted felon and happen to "identify" as a woman, that should be a good enough reason for your name to be legally changed to something else.
The law has gained the colloquial nickname "Tiara's Law," named after Duane Antonio "Tiara Latrice" Kelley. Kelly, as The Publica described, was a convicted felon here in Florida, with charges ranging from "driving without a valid license, criminal trespassing, forgery, possession of controlled substances, and several instances of prostitution and lewdness. Kelley has also been held in contempt of court at least once."
He's also a drag queen and has performed with and in front of children (meaning apparently at one show there were child drag queens. No I'm not kidding).
Colorado News Line reported what state Republicans were saying about this law, which is what we were all thinking:
"If we’re naming bills after people, which I don’t think is how we need to legislate anyway, it should be in a memorial fashion, for someone who did a heroic act,” Rep. Ryan Armagost, a Berthoud Republican, said. “Colorado, in creating legislation, is not putting something out there to commemorate someone with a criminal history that is public."
More egregiously, state Rep. Scott Bottoms (R) referred to Kelley by his real name during his time on the debate floor when it was killed 31-28, which warranted him being kicked out of the chamber for "deadnaming" by Speaker Julie McCluskie (D, but I think you knew that already).
The fact that Kelley is hardly a paragon of activism worthy of having a law named after him aside, this bill, as noted by Colorado-area women's activist Christina Goeke, would effectively allow transgender criminals, specifically, to hide their previous convictions.
How so? As she described, allowing felons to change their name, in general, is a bad idea because the average person would not be able to perform an adequate background check beyond Google or Truth Finder. Defenders of Tiara's Law say "The crimes stay with the social security number of the felon," but nobody ever tells you their social security number.
Even then, why would Colorado want this law when plenty of transgender criminals have been let off easy for even the most egregious crimes?
As I wrote last month, a Kentucky man calling himself "Maria Childers" was able to score a plea deal reducing his $100,000 bail to just $5000 and is facing no prison time.
His crime? Molesting an infant as he was changing its diaper.
But if Colorado Democrats have their way, this fine specimen can move to Colorado and have a fresh start, free to gain access to new victims.
Somebody get me off this merry-go-round called life.
