Lori Gimelshteyn on 3 ballot measures to ‘let kids be kids’ | The OpEdge Podcast
Lori Gimelshteyn — board member of Protect Kids Colorado and executive director of the Colorado Parent Advocacy Network — joins The OpEdge to discuss three measures headed to Colorado voters this November.
Gimelshteyn tells host and investigative columnist Jimmy Sengenberger why the coalition is seeking tougher penalties for child sex trafficking, protections for female sports and a prohibition on gender-reassignment surgeries for minors — and why she sees the campaign as a grassroots response to government overreach.
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