Youngkins transgender reversal

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I oppose this new regulation targeted at transgender youth proposed by Governor Youngkin .  I feel this will be quite harmful to these young people.


Strongly Support!

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<p> I strongly support this bill. Stop normalizing mental illnesses.  </p>


You are the school bullies

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You have proven to be the school bullies. You are targeting an already vulnerable population to achieve political points. I find your policies to be reprehensible.


Fully support

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<p> I fully support this decision  </p>


Strongly support the Republican sanity


This is makes me sick

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As a transgender student, I am more than grateful to have a supporting family. They may not be perfect, but I have plenty of friends who would be put in bad situations at home if they were forcefully outed to their parents.

I live in a very non-progressive area where many parents were raised with transphobia  and homophobia being taught to them. While some may have realized that it is harmful to spread this hate on a subject that does not truly affect them, many still continue with this way of thinking. If a transgender child of one of the individuals was forced to come out to their parents, it could be a huge set back in their transition and their way to happiness.

Support is a very helpful thing when coming out as transgender since discrimination is no stranger. At school I've received death threats, obscene words and slurs yelled at me in hallways, and walking in the hallways made my friends and I incredibly nervous when we were not accompanied by eachother. Proceeding to go home to a hostile enviroment where a student's parents would continue this behavior would be absolutely detrimental on their mental health.  Many transgender kids I've known, including myself, have struggled or wre currently struggling with suicidal thoughts or self harm, and I have absolutely no doubt in my mind that these would greatly increase if students had to face this sickening behavior in their own home.

This is blatantly encouraging a rise in transgender teen suicides whether people like to admit it or not. You may think this is helping to strengthen a parent-kid bond, but that perfect world does not exist and kids' lives will be ruined and placed under jeapordy because of this.

Please think of the lives of the youth when reviewing this. This makes me sick to my stomach and I am not ready to start losing my friends thag have kept me here.


I strongly support this legislation


Oppose the new policy

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I am a mom and a teacher and my daughter, now in college, received her education in Virginia public schools. She had friends who were gay, trans, non-binary and gender expansive. She, and we as a family, accept and support children who are "different." I believe that every child should be treated with compassion. Rejecting and excluding anyone, especially kids, so that others can feel more comfortable, or avoid teaching their own children that all kinds of people exist in our world is discriminatory.

We are close friends with a family whose child in transgender. He (formerly she) is now in college. He didn't tell his parents first about his sexuality. At first he identified as gay and over time told high school friends that he is trans. When he told his parents they went to counseling as a family. They advocated for him at school. They worried that he might become suicidal, and he did have some mental health struggles. This new policy would make life for students like our friend much harder. It is cruel to give implied permission to treat these kids as "other" and refuse to accept their preferred name. Bathrooms at home and in many other settings are not gendered. Girls bathrooms have stalls for privacy. I have seen no evidence of the deep harm suggested by banning trans children from using the bathroom of their choice. It seems the goal of the new policy is to make others fearful.

Parents love their kids. Gay, straight, trans, etc. kids are trying to understand their own identity. They spend most of their time at school, so of course their identities will be expressed there. Creating policies that make it harder for students who are already struggling is unnecessarily cruel. ALL parents expect school to be a safe place for their children. We live in a diverse society. Public school should support diversity of all and create an environment where kids can be themselves and learn without being targeted.


Oppose the new policy


Strongly support

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<p> Parents should have complete control over their children and no Government</p>


Strongly Support

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<p> I strongly support the involvement of parents with their children’s choices  </p>


Fully support! Thank you for preserving the parents’ right to raise their child.

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<p> Those who oppose this seek to influence a minor for a political agenda  </p>


I support this!

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<p> This law promotes the dignity and respect of ALL children and recognizes the rights of parents. Fairfax County Public Schools have completely overstepped their bounds in this area.  </p>


Support this policy


I support


Trump 2024 strongly support


I Support the 2022 Model Policy

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<p> I support this Model Policy. It uses traditional values to help address a new social concern</p>


Fully Support

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<p> Parents are the primary educators of their children. Parents should remain in control of decisions regarding their children. Fully support. Pass and implement!  </p>


STRONLY SUPPORT —Thank you Governor Youngkin!!!

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Dear Sir,

As a grandparent of a Virginia public school student, I thank you for this legislation!!


Strongly support

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<p> Let parents to parent their children! Teachers should stick to academics  </p>


Vehemently oppose

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All children - INCLUDING trans children - deserve to be protected by the support people put in place for them. Please understand that these children are at risk for abuse if they are outed when it is not safe for them, and that all people deserve to have the chance to give or deny their consent, regardless of their age, before something so personal is shared about them. Please protect trans children.


Support this policy support childrens


Fully support this Bill

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<p> Great work Gov. Youngkin !  </p>


Respect parents’ values and beliefs

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Very common sense guidance that I fully support.


Fully support

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<p> Fully support  </p>


Virginia Voter OUTRAGED by this policy

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I am OUTRAGED that you would even consider reversing course and making our students less safe and less valued by enacting this policy.  This is clearly a move to codify bigotry and homophobia into our school system.  Transgender youth are NOT the problem.  Racists, homophobes, pedophiles, and misogynists are the problem.  This is unconstitutional and wrong.


Strongly support

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<p> Strongly supposed protecting all children and our constitutional laws  </p>


Strongly oppose.  I am for acceptance of people for who they are.

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Strongly oppose. Our children, ALL children  need acceptance and safety. These policies support bullying and harrassment of those who are brave enough to be homest about who they are. And it is a terrible thing to know that if I put my name on this, I too will be harassed  & threatened.


I support this policy this family-friendly policy

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<p> Our family is very much in favor of this proposed model policy from the VA DOE on the privacy</p>


Shame on you Youngkin! Strongly oppose this proposal.

Your hateful agenda is not welcome here. Protect LGBT kids.Research shows LGBT youth who are supported for who they are increases their mental wellbeing.Attacking, harassing, and othering LGBT youth increases their likelihood of suicide significantly. Shame on you for bullying children across our state.

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Your hateful agenda is not welcome here. Protect LGBT kids.

Research shows LGBT youth who are supported for who they are increases their mental wellbeing.
Attacking, harassing, and othering LGBT youth increases their likelihood of suicide significantly. Shame on you for bullying children across our state.


Strongly Support

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<p> STRONGLY in support of Gov Youngkin’s Policy change.  </p>


I Fully Support This

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<p> I fully support the model policies you have put in place. Schools have zero right to indoctrinate kids with their woke garbage. They also have zero right to pressure kids to change their identities and take drugs without telling the parents. Thank you for standing up for the rights of parents. These policies are long overdue.  </p>


STRONGLY OPPOSE, THIS IS DANGEROUS

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I am a transgender student and the fact restricting my rights in the classroom was even an idea that my governor had makes me angry, scared, and sad. I came out about a year ago, and have received an outpouring of love and support from my family, friends and teachers. I'm lucky to have a family that supports me, but unfortunately, many of my trans friends are not safe at home. Home is not a safe place for them to be themselves. They could be kicked out, beaten, or verbally abused because of their identity. School is often a safe space where trans youth can come out to their friends, without having to worry about those things happening at home. I understand that it won't happen in every home, but if parents are required to know if a student chooses to live authentically at school, many students will be traumatized for the rest of their lives, or even attempt or commit suicide.

This is also incredibly unfair to teachers. My chemistry teacher was the first person I ever came out to, and she immediately offered me her full support, and we have developed a strong relationship since. When I found out about this proposal, I went to her, and we hugged and cried. She's at the point where she can't imagine deadnaming or misgendering me, and if that becomes a legal requirement, her life will be very negatively affected in addition to all the students she's forced to harm. She's not the only one, either. Almost all the teachers I've had have treated me like a full human being and they should not be brought into this.

I understand the logic behind thinking that parents should know about their kids lives at school. While it is inexcusable to target an already marginalized group of students, parents often agree about wanting to know who their kids are. If, somehow, this powerfully traumatizing bill goes through, excuses should be made for students whose parents will harm them the second they find out. That said, no student should be forced into a bathroom that makes them dysphoric and no student athlete should be forced to play on the team that makes them dysphoric. And no human being, trans or not, should have core elements of their identity disrespected anywhere. Not at home, and especially not in a controlled environment like a classroom. This is ridiculous and Youngkin should know better.


Strongly oppose.

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 you, governor Youngkin!


Strongly support Gov. Y on this policy.

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<p>This is common sense legislation.  Minors cannot purchase alcohol, vote, be treated as adults in court, purchase cigarettes, or even adult reading materials--and yet under the previous administration, teachers could circumvent parental supervision based on an idea that runs counter to basic biology.  Not to mention changing the English language with pronouns.  Teach courtesy and respect for all without forcing society to extinguish its basic values.  </p>


Support the Plan

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<p> I fully support the Governor's plan. The guidance engages parents in their children's education and treats ALL children with respect and honor!  </p>


SUPPORT

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<p> I support this amendment being passed. Parents should absolutely have the right to be involved and make decisions for their children. It is irresponsible to allow children to make decisions that could be devastating to their future. As children</p>


Strongly support the measure

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Girls deserve to be able to use restrooms in safety, to not have males pretending to be female coming in to peep on them or worse. Parents deserve to know if their children are identifying as trans at school so that they can get them the appropriate mental help before they cross over the tipping point and are beyond help.


Trans kids are abused support this policy


The Stone Age was a long time ago.

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THIS BACKWARD GOVERNOR CAN’T LEAVE OFFICE SOON ENOUGH!

This legislative stunt is NOT making our children safer! It’s harmful and it’s wrong! A lot more children stand to be harmed and abused as a result!


Support Youngkin - parents need to know

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<p> Parents should know what is happening with their children at school.   </p>


Fully Support!!

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<p> This is needs to pass.  </p>


The amount of people who support this is terrifying

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This law will get kids killed. The number of people supporting it on this site is truly horrifying, and speaks the horrendous place Virginia is in. If law passes we deserve to be condemned by history.


Support the Proposal

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<p> These kids need help not more confusion.  </p>


Protect Trans Youth

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This “guidance document” uses language that is so vague, it’s hard to tell what it’s actually saying. It claims that transgender students will be treated with respect, but Governor Youngkin’s policies will accomplish the exact opposite. Requiring teachers and school staff to report a student’s sexuality or gender identity to their parents is a dangerous policy. Tragically, many parents are abusive toward their LGBTQ children. Therefore, this policy of requiring staff to betray their student’s confidence could lead to abuse, expulsion from the home, or even suicide.

Furthermore, numerous studies have been conducted which show that transgender people exhibit greater mental health when everyone in their life uses their preferred name and pronouns. Allowing staff to disregard this puts students well-bring in jeopardy. Constantly having one’s identity disregarded leads to depression, anxiety, and, yes, suicide.

Protecting children must be an educator’s greatest goal. These policies are incredibly detrimental to transgender students and will lead to tragic consequences. I oppose them wholeheartedly.


Fully support too


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<p> I strongly support this - this is common sense  </p>


Of course I oppose

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This is just the latest attempt by republicans to never try to understand anyone but the straight white community. There is never any thought or intelligence behind their decisions. Just, what red meat can I throw to my base that will get them excited. Let’s try and vilify a group of students who need our support. It’s . It’s always culture wars and stupidity rather than real policies. They pretend to be small government conservatives but want to want to use the power of the state to control what name a student can be called. Ridiculous.  Does it hurt anyone to call a student by the name or pronoun they would like to be called? What would be the “Christian” thing to do? Make all feel welcome and comfortable. Why do we need to control how students are addressed at school? Why do we need to out students to their parents? Why are republicans so obsessed with bathrooms and genitals? I strongly oppose this “guidance”.


I fully support this.

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<p> I fully support this.  </p>


Support, Support, Support!!!!!

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Please, please implement these changes.  Our schools are overwhelmed just trying to teach our children reading, writing, math, science, literature and electives.  Our schools are not here to deal with boys that want to be girls and girls that want to be boys and boys and girls that want to be animals.  All of these issues should be approached at home and dealt with according to individual family values.  Please stop this madness.  At school biological boys should go to the boys locker room and biological girls should go to the girls locker room.  When the young people are fully developed and are thinking, working adults, making adult decisions they can change to whatever they would like but please leave our kids out of all of this and teach them what they are in school for.


STRONGLY OPPOSE OF THE BILLS TAKING AWAY TRANS RIGHTS!

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!All the things involving trans rights!

This is literally transphobic and takes away all of our rights. Absolute . You don’t care about the children or the parents, you just want to see trans people suffer you transphobic scum. Eat a literal shoe. Stick it in your mouth governor face poo poo pants. ATTENTION: THE GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA GETS NO PUSSY AND HAS A SMALL PENIS! Small penis small penis. I bet he’s racist too. Eat  dickface. Suck on my transgender balls?? tiny wee.


Fully Support

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<p> Fully support all aspects of the proposed legislation  </p>


Strongly Support!!

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<p> I am a small business owner in Virginia and watching young female students in Virginia being traumatized by bathroom attacks in their own schools has lasting repercussions. If young women do not feel safe</p>


OPPOSE these cruel and harmful policies

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<p>The proposed model policies are cruel, bigoted, harmful, and completely unacceptable.  They will not only cause great harm to children in Virginia, but will cause children to die.  It would be immoral and unconscionable to implement these policies.  I am a parent of children who are current and recent graduates of Fairfax County Public Schools.  Being a parent does not confer upon me special rights.  Being a parent DOES mean I have special responsibilities.  Our job as parents is not to control our children.  It is to support our children as they make their own way in the world.  When parents are unwilling to do that, children need a safe space with trusted adults where they can find the acceptance and support they desperately need.  For many children, that place is their school and the teachers and staff who work there.  Your responsibility is to make sure schools continue to be those places.  Do NOT replace the current model policies.  Lives are at stake! </p>


Strongly Support!

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<p> I strongly support this bill. Stop normalizing mental illnesses.  </p>


Strongly Oppose

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This policy is needlessly cruel to a demographic of students that are already at an increased risk of suicide. This attempt to "save the children" will just increase the harm to transgender children and their peers that get caught in the crossfire.


Support parent’s rights to parent

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<p> Parents are the primary educators of their children. The revised policy affirms that . All children should be respected because they are unique individuals</p>


2022 Policy on Privacy, Dignity, Respect for Students & Parents

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To the Honorable Governor Youngkin,

Thank you, sir, for this legislation to protect and strengthen the rights of Virginia students and parents!!

Well done!!

Keep up the brilliant work!! You are truly making a difference!

We applaud you and wish you God’s blessings in abundance!


Strongly Support Parents' Rights to Guide Their Children

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All parents of minor children need to know their kids are safe in school, and must be made aware if they exhibit signs of gender dysphoria, which is not a "choice," but a true illness like anorexia. The parents must be assured they can seek help for these children without harassment from the misguided.


I am opposed to changing the protections for transgender students

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I’m opposed to changing the protections for transgender students.


Strongly Oppose

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These guidelines will do nothing but harm an already at-risk group and has no place in Virginia.


I fully support this policy. Northern Virginia doesn’t rule all of VA

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<p> It’s time we get back to basics. Ultra liberal northern Virginia doesn’t represent all of VA. Their ideology is dangerous and needs to be stopped. It isn’t the schools right to make decisions for my child that is my job. Children have no idea what they identify as because they are still developing who they are. Keep this out of our schools and let our children develop organically.  </p>


Strongly support

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<p> Stop the exploitation of our children  </p>


Support Gov. Youngkin

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<p> SWVA needs attention on the educational front. I feel like there is a lot of wasted time in school.  </p>


FULLY SUPPORT THE POLICY

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<p> Governor's Youngkin new model policy affirms the dignity of every student no matter how they see themselves. Previous policies discriminated agains children that see themselves as God made them</p>


Strongly Support

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Any attempt to exclude the parent from the health, welfare, and instruction of their MINOR dependent should be CRIMINAL, not just prohibited by practice.


Support this stomgly


I oppose the Model Policies for the Treatment of Transgender Students in Virginia’s Public Schools

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These policies are disrespectful toward transgender and non-binary students, will create a hostile environment in schools where support for these students is reduced, and will potentially expose them to bullying and abuse, with both mental and physical health consequences.


Support - Legally children cannot drink and smoke, why would we allow life altering decisions?

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Dear Virginia Lawmakers,

The eyes of nation are on you. This growing social contagion that is leading many children to make life-altering decisions is deeply problematic. The fact that teachers, counselors and administrators are aiding/encouraging/manipulating children in making these decisions without the involvement of the parents is unfathomable. Further, the fact that some in those positions of trust specifically circumvent parents is evil.

We have compassion for these children that are suffering to the extent that they seek drastic means to bring some relief. The principles of listening, empathy and love are paramount in all of these cases, but to support and even encourage children in making decisions that have lifetime consequences that can impact on their ability to form healthy relationships, to become parents and influence every facet of their lives without the involvement of parents is not right.

It's unfortunate that any kind of legislation would be necessary in order to protect our children, but given this is a reality in our world it's necessary. I support this.


I fully support this common sense move.

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<p> Thank you for protecting my children from this cap in our schools!  </p>


Support


Fully support

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<p>Fully support parents having all rights over schools. </p>


Harmful to Kids

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This new policy will result in the death of so many students (children). We are not here as political pawns. This policy will affect so many peoples entire lives. It puts students at risk, and is completely inhumane.


Totally support our governor


Oppose your Anti LGBTQ+ acceptance - You should be ashamed. You are not a christian.

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<p>Separation of church and state. Your religion is not my religion. </p>


support this

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<p> I fully support this new policy  </p>


I support Gov Y on the school issue

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I read the document in question and support it. We don't need lgbtq+ groomers trying to hide things from parents nor do we want to endanger young women by allowing biological males in girl's bathrooms or locker rooms. Either make special bathrooms or a special school just for them. (Seriously, do you think a straight girl is going to be allowed to report a supposedly trans person for sexual assault? As soon as you say you are trans you could murder someone and you'd still be protected by that label. Seriously, Stephonknee a 50 something year old male ids as a 6 year old girl and has sex with his adopted BDSM 'dad' and was a darling of the trans community and NO ONE was allowed to question his behavior. Sick.)

Sick of woke and I am a democrat. I voted both times for Obama and I voted for Biden you might not like to hear that but the majority of us democrats are sick of this woke nonsense. I am a Mother NOT a Birthing Person. I KNOW the definition of a woman but am not allowed to say it because each time I do my comments are removed. Women DO NOT have penises and men cannot have babies because they have no uterus. Biology matters.

Sick of this gender nonsense which is MENTAL ILLNESS that is not being treated and look at what it is doing to our society. These people are ruining our society. AND just wait until the pedo pride parades because the lgbtq+ people are trying to rename pedos as Minor Attracted Persons and say that they have a sexual preference which is probably WHY they want to groom your kids in the first place.

Sick of these pronoun games and these kool aid haired adults having childish melt downs on twitter because someone misgendered them.

They are making society dangerous for normal people too who might be attacked if thought to be a part of the rainbow mafia community.

I don't like republicans because you cannot trust them but I agree with closing the border and with protecting kids by protecting parent's rights to know what the heck is being taught to them in schools. I think all the supporters of the community need to really see what is going on. 13 year old girls DO NOT need their breasts removed. It is not the answer to make life any easier. Grow up.


Strongly support

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<p> Strongly supposed protecting all children and our constitutional laws  </p>


Firmly Opposed to 2022 Model Policies

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Trans rights are human rights. The proposed policy robs trans persons (students) of their free speech in how they speak on their identities. Simultaneously & hypocritically claiming the motivation of the policy is in protecting the free speech of others & how they perceive a trans person in how they wish to describe & treat them. Essentially, the policy deals with trans people as non citizens not equal to having the same rights as those who choose to label them otherwise.

In the Golden Rule, Jesus teaches us to do unto others as we would have them do unto us. Trans people wish to define their owns identities. Therefore, do not rob them of their rights; scripture dictates to us.


Strongly oppose.

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<p>I am myself trans and have lgbt friends. I fail to understand why everyone what’s to know what’s in other peoples pants. The bathroom problem is a myth and does not happen. A dangerous person would not go through the effort of dressing up as another gender to harass people. It’s ignorant and it’s sad that people really believe that’s going to happen. gender is a spectrum and there’s many different ones that people may use or what to go by. Is it really so hard to let people live and not try to control them by forcing them to tell their parents which could lead to actual danger. Kids could get disowned, abused, harassed, and bullied all by their family because they don’t support transgender people. It’s happened and it’s common. Leave trans people alone they’re not hurting anyone.   </p>


Trans policy

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<p>I agree with the Governor. </p>


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<p> Support this and you 100% - thank you for all your hard work!  </p>


We awe family and we support


Appalling

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This document is absolutely appalling. I have watched people I love struggle to live the life they were intended to, not the physical body they were born with. I have seen teenagers hurt themselves due to their parent's unwillingness to accept them as they truly are. I have known teenagers who have killed themselves because they were outed to parents who wouldn't accept them.

Further, asking teachers and other staff to call students by their dead name/pronouns is unacceptable. There is no reason whatsoever to require this.

If this document moves forward as is, then the governor has signed death warrants and their blood is on his hands.


I support this 100%

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<p> Thank you for highlighting the importance of parents into this revised document. Parents having a say in the way their children are educated is of the upmost importance. I believe this document is fair towards all</p>


Strongly Oppose

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As a parent of a transgender youth, I strongly oppose these proposed policies.

I believe they violate the Virginia Human Rights Act and I believe they will harm transgender students of all ages, especially those who don’t have strong parental support of their gender identity or those who haven’t legally transitioned.  Kids whose parents are not supportive should not lose the safe spaces which schools have historically been for all students.

I think the policy creates a dangerous precedent by giving teachers and staff an ideological “get out of jail free” card if they don’t want to use a transgender student’s actual name and gender, even if their parents support their child’s gender identity.  If staff can opt-out of using a student’s name and pronouns based on vague ideological grounds, what’s next?  Can a teacher choose not to talk about the Holocaust because they don’t believe it happened?  Or teach that Trump won the 2020 election?

The use of “sex,” “biological sex,” and “gender” almost interchangeably in this document is also highly problematic.  Though it states that schools must respect a student’s legal name and gender, it also states that school activities and spaces (like bathrooms) must be segregated by “sex.”  The so-called "policies" need to at least provide some clarity on what they are proposing.

I believe these policies trample on MY rights as a parent of three children to determine how I want their gender choices to be respected by the school system.  I do not believe that staff in the system should be able to arbitrarily (based on undefined and unlimited "ideological objections") not respect my explicit instructions on how my child should be addressed.

My child's name and gender are not ideologies some may chose to ignore.  I just want my kids to be able to be himself, just as your kid gets to be whoever they are.  This isn't about what gets taught at school - it's about respecting who kids are and letting them be themselves.


Strongly Opposed/This Could Endanger Children

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Not all children come from safe/healthy home environments. For some children, their parents will not simply discuss. They will abuse them, belittle them, humiliate them. And for some they may be kicked out of their homes with nowhere to go and may be unable to continue their education. All of this could lead to depression and possibly loss of life for these kids. It is a very dangerous idea and is very personal. Schools do not need to get involved in any personal lives unless they notice signs of abuse(self, peers, parental, substance, etc.) or neglect. This would create such hostile and invasive environments. Please, reconsider.


I support the governor new policy.

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<p> I support the Governor proposed policy.   </p>


I strongly support Governor Youngkin's support of parental rights

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<p> Governor Youngkin has shown a great concern for the rights and welfare of all students and their parents. I strongly support these documents.  </p>


Support the Proposal

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<p> These kids need help not more confusion.  </p>


Strongly Support Parent Choice

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<p> Thanks Governor Youngkin. I support parent choice in our schools. It’s our children and our tax dollars</p>


Very strongly oppose

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Policies like this can get trans kids hurt or killed by abusive parents, shame on you!


Excellent policy.  Read it and support it.

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<p> This is an excellent policy</p>


Protect LGBT+ children

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<p>We have finally started to make progress in human rights for all in our country.  Do not reverse this.  Transgender children deserve safety and human rights.  Non-binary children deserve safety and human rights.  They are real people, they are allowed to exist, and it is NOT okay to discriminate against a group of people just because they are different from you.  There is no hidden agenda, nobody is being brainwashed.  It costs nothing to treat others with the kindness you expect.  It costs nothing to use a pronoun someone asks you to use for them.  It will not hurt you to do so, I promise.  You expect the same, to have people use the pronoun that fits you and would be upset if someone used otherwise.  LGBT children have enough on their plates dealing with higher rates of suicidality, depression, anxiety, harassment, and bullying.  Governor oungkin, go out and actually speak to the people who's policy reversal this affects.  You are doing REAL HARM by refusing to protect some of our most vulnerable children.  </p>


Opposed

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These proposed model policies are contrary to state law and will be extremely harmful to transgender and nonbinary kids.


STRONGLY OPPOSE

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<p>This is not a good look for a future-facing state. Businesses of tomorrow — IT, for example—will look poorly on our state as a place to put down roots and grow. </p>


Support this policy Support the majority Support democracy

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I support this policy, the will of the majority, the voice of the people!


Do not approve

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I do not agree with the reversal of this. Protect the students!


Fully SUPPORT

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<p> “The Department also fully acknowledges the rights of parents to exercise their fundamental rights granted by the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution to direct the care</p>


Full Support


I support this change.

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<p> Schools should stay out of gender identity and sexual preferences. They should be respectful of all students while sticking to providing education. Parents should provide legal documentation of name and/or gender change to require school staff or students to address a student by biological/legal name/pronouns. No biological male should be allowed to compete in female sports or enter bathrooms/locker rooms; vice versa for females participating in male sport or enter bathrooms. I certainly don't want schools teaching gender/transgender topics or casually discussing with students. Teachers are not there to be a friend . Students don't need to know what staff do on weekends or in relationships. It's called boundaries. In the end</p>


Opposed

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As a former teacher, I strongly oppose the Model policy. As a parent, I strongly oppose it. I do not believe government should interfere in private lives or play the morality police.

This empowerment of parents is a gimmick and dangerous. Parents are free to raise their child in any manner they see fit, but if they choose to send their child to a public institution such as school then it is understood that teachers are the professionals. This policy runs counter to my beliefs and the beliefs I am instilling in my child. As a parent with a child in public school in Virginia do I not have a say, am I not empowered? Or is the administration only pandering to certain parents with an agenda?

As a former k-12 teacher I am also aware that not all parents have their child's best interest at heart. Indeed it is the parent who can actually do the most harm. This is why teachers are trained to look for signs of neglect and abuse and are mandatory reporters.

If a child wants to be identified in any way at all what does it matter? I taught ESL students and they would choose an English name and then sometimes they would decide to change this name. It was unfamiliar to me how someone could so easily change their name, but I respected their wishes. All individuals should be respected and treated with dignity. Most children spend more time in school than they do at home. At school they learn the standards, they form friendships, they learn to tolerate others and they will become citizens when they graduate. We should be teaching children that they are respected and accepted and that we all have a place in society even if we are not all the same. Tolerance is an important lesson, without it we can not have liberty and justice.


In no other area do we let children overrule parents, parental permission should be required

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<p>We do not let children make lifelong decisions, or decisions about things they can’t completely understand. We do not allow children to drive a car, drink alcohol, smoke cigarettes, gamble, get married- so why would we allow them to change their gender? It also puts girls at risk in allowing males into female spaces. </p>


I strongly support

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<p> The family unit is the fundamental organizing principle of our society. No government has the right to break up the family unit except under the most extraordinary circumstances. Schools that set themselves up as “substitute parents” are grossly out of bounds. Schools have no right to transition students’ gender without parental consent. They cannot give students Tylenol without parental consent! This policy also protects young women and girls from biological boys with serious mental health problems and preserves women’s right to fair and equitable completion in sports. Thank you to the Youngkin administration for protecting girls and families from the craziness of the trans movement!  </p>


Not right

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<p>This new legislation will cause unnecessary harm to our trans and nonbinary youth. Our kids should be able to be themselves and not have to face something that would cause dysphoria and strain mental health for the sake of someone’s beliefs. </p>


Another Day, Another Opposition

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This "Model" Policy is far from a Model for anything other than hate, hypocrisy, and harm. It is filled with big words and miscited law erroneous to education.

If parents want to know what their children are thinking, they should have a healthy relationship with them which encourages open communication. When parents are harassing schools and educators screaming "parental choice" they are merely showing their kids that the kid had a legitimate fear in being afraid to come out to them. Rather, parents should have spent the child's lifetime fostering the notion that they could come to them with any and all information. Had they done that in the first place, kids wouldn't be "hiding" from them.

Do better for our kids.


Appalling treatment of students

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I’m embarrassed to have youngkin as a governor!  Removing the rights of citizens who can’t even vote is despicable and discriminatory.


Strongly Support This New Approach

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<p> No matter one’s belief system</p>


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<p>As a father of three kids, I support this policy.  Any good parent should be notified and aware of what is going on with their children.  Children do not belong to the state.  </p>


Complete Support

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<p>I completely support Gov. Youngkin's policy. Public schools and especially teachers should not be allowed to keep secrets from parents. Parents have been given the rights under God to raise their children with Judeo-Christian morals and virtues. Parents are solely responsible for forming their children, not the schools, not the teachers, and not the government. </p>


Strongly SUPPORT the protection and safety of all children

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<p> I strongly SUPPORT the updated policy. ALL Children - especially young girls -deserve a safe learning environment. All students should be able to learn reading</p>


Oppose - its not pie

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This policy disregards the rights and safety of trans youth.  Giving trans students rights does NOT mean less rights for others. This policy only "protects" adults who are uneducated on this issue and do not have real life experience with trans youth.  I challenge policy makers to talk to trans youth and their families.  "Educators strive to meet the individual needs of all students entrusted to their care, and teachers work to create educational environments where all students thrive...EACH child should feel valued and respected. All students have the right to attend school in an environment free from discrimination, harassment, or bullying. "   Rights for trans youth does not mean less for others - Its not pie!  (As they saying goes)


Fully Support

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<p>Parents should be fully involved. </p>


I support Governor Younkin

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<p> Thank you Governor Youngkin for protecting our kids.  </p>


Strongly oppose this anti-LGBTQ policy

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As a friend of multiple trans people, I strongly believe that this discriminatory bill will cause a multitude of harm. Denying a trans person the right to be who they are is a recipe for trauma in itself, but this policy will result in (incorrectly) conditioning people that being trans is wrong.

Trans people are people too and they deserve to be seen for their whole self.

Support trans youth!


I support the Dept. of Education's transgender student guidelines

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<p> The Virginia Department of Education will issue guidelines for schools in dealing with transgender students that are common-sense guidelines and will keep students of both sexes safe at school. I believe this to be a fad and not one to destroy every precept just to make one or two students happy. As a mother</p>


Fully support the proposed policy

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<p> A civilized societycannot survive without guiding principles that remain timeless. Parents have the right to remain fully aware</p>


Fully support


Fully support the Governor

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<p> Thank you Governor!  </p>


FULLY SUPPORT


Excellent Policy with supporting rationale and legal guidance

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<p> Thank you to the Youngkin administration for a rational policy that protects the rights of parents in this sensitive area. Parents need to be informed and involved in decision making regarding their transgender student. School personnel should not have exclusive power in this area.I fully support the direction and guidance this policy brings to the school setting.  </p>


Stop the abuse of children support this policy


Support for Gov Youngkin and DOE

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<p> I strongly support Governor Youngkins and DOE plan. Any school unwilling to follow the laws of our Commonwealth</p>


2022 Model Policies on Privacy, Dignity & Respect 4 Students & Parents

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Dear Governor Youngkin,

Thank you for keeping your campaign promise to protect the rights of parents and students in Virginia.  We applaud you for this legislation, which strengthens parents’ rights.  It is a parent’s right, responsibility, and privilege to impart their personal values and beliefs in their children, not teachers or school personnel!!

As a Christian family, we are deeply troubled by the trend in gender identity ideology, it is especially appalling at the elementary level!  With the minority pushing this warped agenda on the majority, this is nothing more than brainwashing, and it confuses our children!!   Considering that test scores, and overall academic achievement , of not only Virginia students, but students all across the nation, are at an historic low, teachers should focus on educating students on reading, writing, math, science, history—and prepare our students to be critical thinkers, problem solvers, good citizens , and productive members of society!

Thank you again sir!  Great work and

Keep fighting!!!


Support

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<p> I fully support this.  </p>


Support this policy/save the girls space and sports

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Support this policy!Support science and facts!Not feelings. Feelings change. Science biology is a fact. Girls should have their safe space and sports opportunities should not be taken away from them. Let trans have a separate sports category. Save the girls!Save the girls from being erased!


Bill supported by bigots

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<p> All these anonymous bigoted comments are indicative of what this bill is about. You are creating a cultural war where none exist. What a piece of sh*t youngkin is and all you loudon s are just like him.  </p>


Support Governor Youngkin’s Policy

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This 2022 Guidance Document makes common sense and support’s parental rights and protects ALL students in grades K-12 (minors). I applaud Governor Youngkin for supporting  this change in policy on a very complicated and contentious issue which seems to get even more complicated by liberal, progressive activists.


binary only

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The concept of non binary sexuality is a birth defect and the people who like it are birth defects. I am pleased when they feel depressed and suicidal. I would be doubly pleased if they succeeded. Binary sexuality is the only way to go and people who want a different climate will help real life by vanishing.

G. S. Brown


Strongly support saving children


Support

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<p> This brings schools back in line with where they should have been all along on this issue.  </p>


as a student in v.a, I STRONGLY oppose

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<p>for the love of god, we are just teenagers. just children. we just want to live our life. we're not "grooming" anyone, most of these comments saying "stop grooming our children" for sure do NOT know the meaning of that word. we, as kids, want to safely live our lives in school. this policy puts so many people like me in danger. all this policy is doing is using children as some political statement. it's absolutely disgusting. trans teens/kids having rights and being able to be safe in school is not hurting anyone, so why hurt us for no reason? for some religious belief that others might not even believe in? stop forcing this disgusting stuff on us. let us be safe and be kids. </p>


Support

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<p> Young teenage boys do not need to be supplied with policies they can exploit to use on our girls.  </p>


Single sex spaces

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<p>I support the right to single sex spaces </p>


Proposed Transgender student policy

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The policy proposed by the governor is prejudicial, uncaring and political. Transgender students need support and protection - things not always given by their parents. 40% of homeless teens are LGBTQ- so much for parental support for these children. They also have a very high bullying and suicide rate. This new policy will only exacerbate these problems. Most important - they are US citizens and have rights too!  If their parents don't know they are LGBTQ, it is because they know how badly their parents would react to the news.

Despite what the governor stays, this IS a student rights issue, not a parental rights issue. I know he is too narrow minded to see it, care or even understand that other people have views different from his politically centric and biased ones.

Please make your policies based on what is best for the students, not what is best for the governor's political future ambitions.

I am proud to use my name in this comment, as opposed to the multitude of anonymous comments made in favor of this archaic Puritanical proposal. This is 2020, not 1620.


Strongly oppose - this is cruel, discriminatory,  and wrong.

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<p>How can anyone think it's okay to discriminate against a group of children? All children should be respected and protected in our public schools. </p>


Support this policy for open communication

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<p> I fully support this policy! Parents should always be informed when it involves their child and school. Parents should not be shut out when it comes to their children's health and well being  </p>


Support support support


I stongly oppose this policy

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<p>as a student in the common wealth of virginia and a young person who wishes to have their voices heard by their state representatives and government, I strongly oppose this policy, and ask that the Youngkin administration respect the privacy of students in their public schools. </p>


Strongly support my governor


Transgender rights in school

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<p>Please don’t do more to make these kids feel unwanted and unloved. Do not impose any more hateful regulations. </p>


Strongly Support

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<p> I strongly support the involvement of parents with their children’s choices  </p>


Restrooms

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You are born male or female and there is no in between. So your bathroom destination should not be confusing .


I vehemently oppose this policy that endangers children.

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<p>Our children deserve a level of autonomy during these formative years. This policy does not protect children. This policy will absolutely endanger them. This is a witch hunt for all of those children who do not fall into what Youngkin has decided is “normal” for society. Individuality should be encouraged not punished. Allowing a child to identify as one or another gender, or something in between harms absolutely no one. Gender codes should not play a significant part in our school systems, sports teams, or bathroom usage. Let’s instead focus on the lack of school funding, the lack of community funding, the lack of health care and self care available to these kids and the teachers. Let’s spend resources teaching kids instead of worrying about what gender they might identify as. </p>


FULLY SUPPORT!!!

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<p> FULLY SUPPORT!!!  </p>


Strongly Oppose

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<p>These proposed model policies are contrary to state law and will be extremely harmful to transgender. It’s the children who need support and this policy does not promote their well-being. </p>


I STRONGLY support this!

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<p> Focus on academics ONLY!!  </p>


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I strongly oppose any legislation targeting LGBTQIA+ students. They need support from the community, not legislation that will make them the target of vicious attacks. They exist, you can't legislate them away.


Do not support whatsoever. Disgusting legislature.

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<p>First off this bill is full of contradictions. you say you support the children yet you won’t allow them to be who they are at their school. School is a place for a child to feel supported- the parents do not go to the school so unless their child is being physically or mentally abused we need to trust our teachers and principals and staff for what’s being taught. it’s their freaking job. it’s absolutely disheartening that you don’t trust adults who were hired to be educators to teach and keep bias, personal beliefs out of the classroom and to just create an open and good enviornment for our children. secondly, it is not the parents right to tell the school what their child should be called or referred to as. they are not the child and it affects them in no way shape or form. i am not going up to you and saying ya know what you should be called Gibby instead of glenn and then forcing u to go by that so why do u think it’s okay to police others into that. just because they’re minors doesn’t mean they aren’t people who deserve respect from their teachers and students. teachers jobs are to help their students learn and create a good environment for that but i don’t understand how this is creating a safe environment for trans youth. You’re disgusting young kin. </p>


I Agree and support our Governor

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<p> I Agree and support our Governor</p>


Fully Support - Thank you Gov. Youngkin

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<p> Governor Youngkin - thank you for putting our children's wellbeing back in our hands. Schools should focus on teaching math</p>


Strongly oppose

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<p>This is a backwards insulting and dangerous policy. Children will be harmed and hurt because of parents who are unaccepting. You will loose the next election and you will gain nothing by pushing VA back 10 years. </p>


Fully Support

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<p> Parents should have an active role.  </p>


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<p> FULLY SUPPORT!!! THANK YOU GOV. YOUNGKIN!  </p>


Strongly oppose this horrific idea

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Hello,

I would like to express my strong disagreement with this guideline which will only harm everyone in direct relation to it. The children who need support and the teachers who are potentially available to help them should not be put in a position where they are unsafe or they are putting someone else into an unsafe position. The fact that this has become any kind of reality is tragic and ignorant. I hope you will see reason and not continue forward with this kind of terrible precedents and guidelines.

I expect better. You should expect better of yourselves! Do better. Support children!


Support parents and the Governor’s policy.

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<p> I support families and parent’s rights. Children who are not trans should not have to share a bathroom with a biological person of the opposite sex. Girls should not have to compete against a biological boy in sports. I support all females and their right to fair sports play and competition. All persons should be treated with respect</p>


I support transgender youth, as I support all youth.

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It is extremely difficult to accept that there are people in this country weho hate others just because of who they are.  Transgender youth are already going through difficult times and likely being bullied by classmates.  They don't need a government piling on.  I oppose Governor Youngkin's ideas on this issue, and I hope the legislature makes imporant moves to stop any excutive order that hurts any child in your state.

As a teacher for forty-one years, I was very supportive of all my children, and I still believe all of them need people around them who nurture, guide, direct, and help them in every way possible.


Support

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<p> As a school board official</p>


Strongly oppose, this is ridiculous.

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This is an attack on not just trans kids, but anyone who wants to be themselves and choose things for themselves. How can you expect these kids to grow up and make their own choices in life if you're going to baby them through high school? If a kid wants to go by any name or gender it should be up to the kid entirely. Parents, controlling your children will only make them act out or take a toll on them mentally. If you really loved them, you wouldn't feel the need to control every aspect of THEIR lives.


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Time to Stop this sh*t already! 33 thousand comments opposing to this stupidity!


Strongly support parental rights

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<p> This should be common sense that parents make the decisions for their children and should be fully informed by the education system concerning the care of their child. This is not a socialist state where children belong to the state. School systems should not be indoctrinating children with gender ideology potentially putting them on a path they may not fully understand the full weight of their decision. It has been documented that transitioning is very difficult for adults. Why would we push and encourage this decision on young children when growing up is already so difficult. Those that are truly trans should be treated with the same respect and kindness as everyone else and this policy is in agreement with this. What the opposition wants is to encourage this on young developing minds when they do not bear the responsibility of seeing the child through the whole process. They are not responsible for the mental health</p>


Strongly Support Parental Rights!

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<p> Strongly Support Parental Rights!  </p>


Strongly Support Parental Rights!


Strongly oppose

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<p>Strongly oppose. </p>


Support this Common Sense Policy!

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Governor Youngkin thank you for taking an unpopular but sane stand. Thank you for going beyond politics and having the interest of your constituents and the kids first!


this is MESSED UP.

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as a proud parent of a trans kid who has already gone through a lot, i can already say that this policy will hurt the trans community here in virginia. My daughter has already been through (and is still going through) a lot of depression and anxiety and suicidal thoughts. This is WHILE she is out at school with all her friends and teachers and family knowing. Taking away this right will hurt my kid and im not going to stand here and let you kill her. This rule is so ed up makes me want to move to a different state. This state is going downhill.


Stop the insanity strongly support our governor


Bill supported by bigots

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<p> All these anonymous bigoted comments are indicative of what this bill is about. You are creating a cultural war where none exist. What a piece of sh*t youngkin is and all you loudon s are just like him.  </p>


Fully Support VA 2022 Model Policies

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The responsibility of loving, nurturing, raising, instilling a value system, teaching morals, and generally shaping our children is that of the parents. It is not the responsibility of the government.

It is also highly objectionable for the leadership of Charlottesville HS to adopt and vocalize a position on this matter that marginalizes and effectively bullies students from families with traditional values.

How is it equitable to value the perspective of children from progressive families, but not that of traditional families?


Strongly Support Parent Choice

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<p> Thanks Governor Youngkin. I support parent choice in our schools. It’s our children and our tax dollars</p>


SUPPORT


100% SUPPORT

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<p> 100% SUPPORT More parental rights!  </p>


Support Youngkin - parents need to know

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<p> Parents should know what is happening with their children at school.   </p>


Strongly approve Youngkin's bill

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Strongly approve Youngkin's bill.  Protect ALL children!!!


Strongly oppose

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Blatant discrimination against lgbtq youth, a student going by a different name or nickname doesn't warrant a parent call or permission, non trans students use nicknames or middle names all the time, why is that an issue now. This is a waste of time.


Grandpa says support please save my grandchildren


Support the parents

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<p>  and stop socially experimenting on our kids that leads to medicalization.</p>


I support the 2022 model policies.

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<p> I support the 2022 model policies. Thank you Governor Youngkin!   </p>


Publicly Outing and Discriminating Against Gender-Fliud Kids Would Degrade Educational Outcomes

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I'm a cisgendered, heterosexual male, and I strongly oppose this proposed hateful and discriminatory policy.

Trans, gender-fluid, and other LGBTQI+ students should be welcomed and accepted by our public schools for who they are, not discriminated against by school officials and other students, outed to their parents, or forced to undergo "conversion" to some irrelevant cisgendered, heterosexual "norm".

This policy is simply about imposing fundamentalist Christian religious ideology upon our public schools and students and about pandering to Glenn Youngkin's right-wing populism of "parental rights".

The most effective way to improve the educational performance of all students is to emotionally embrace and support all of them.

A person's gender and sexual preferences and expressions are nobody else's business, provided that those expressions are not lewd or physically assault others.  Our public schools should accept all kids for whom they believe they are and focus on providing the best educational experiences and outcomes for all of them.

Please retain the 2021 policy.


I completely support.


Strongly Oppose

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Strongly oppose this dangerous policy!


Fully support


Support!!!!!!

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Support! If this policy will cause students to kill the selves, then they should be assessed for mental health not social transition. The cause should be treated, not the symptom.Support this policy.

The suicide narrative should be looked into.Unbiased research should be done. They say more suicides happen after children transition.

Meanwhile, until adequate unbiased research is done…support this policy, support parental rights, support all students!


This could be very dangerous

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<p style="text-align: justify;">As a trans student that goes to a school in Virginia I don’t support this. While I may have a supportive family I know other kids that don’t. Kids could get disowned or discriminated against because of who they are. Also harassed and or abused because their family may think they’re “doing it for attention”. As a parent you may want to know what’s going on with your kids but if they aren’t telling you it’s not because they hate you it’s because they don’t trust you. Being a transgender person in general can be dangerous because of the very really hate crimes that have been committed against them. Keeping trans people out of the bathrooms they prefer is ignorant and won’t change anything. If a dangerous person to go into a bathroom to do something why would they go through the effort of transitioning and claiming to go by a different gender.  Dangerous person would just go into the bathroom themself because they’re dangerous. With all that being said it would be a dangerous policy to implement and I don’t support it. I know too many people that would be negatively affected by this and I don’t see a point in making this a policy and it it will be very harmful to lots of people. </p>


Support

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<p> Parental rights and child protection  </p>


Strongly support the VDOE policy on how to deal with transgender students

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<p> 100% in favor of the new policy  </p>


Very Strongly Support!!

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<p> Stop the grooming and brainwashing of our children!  </p>


Youngkin's new bill

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Fully support this bill!!!


Strongly Oppose

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This policy will hurt and alienate trans kids just to make hateful adults feel better. All kids deserve to feel accepted, grow up feeling safe, be able to learn and socialize with other students without discrimination. These policies have a history of having a negative effect on the lives of trans and queer individuals.


Strongly oppose

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This policy will harm transgender youth. School should be a safe and welcoming place for all students and this is needlessly cruel to kids who are just trying to survive adolescence, already feeling different and distressed. I strongly oppose this policy.


Oppose this dangerous policy

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LGBT+ youth are at great risk daily, from bullies to non-understanding family members. They're statistically at much higher risk for suicide, and policies like this are dangerous;. We need to protect our kids, not put them in harm's way. This policy is a death sentence for some of these kids. Clearly that's not the mandate of the governor's office.


Parents Rights First!!

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-The argument that gender and sex varies based on personal perception and feelings is ridiculous.

-What is mans bathroom vs a woman’s bathroom? I’m confused on why we are so concerned on provided equity to such a small population who’s argument lies in such radical thought.

-How is gender and sex malleable?

-A female, woman, young or old should only utilize the bathroom designated at birth. That means when they where born, the doctor determined thru science and fact, by examining male and female reproductive parts that said child was a he or she. If someone can provide those extra layers of granularity of how the men’s bathroom differs from a woman’s bathroom, please help me understand what that is. Apparently the entire human race up to this point has been confused.

-There’s this ridiculous ideology that words (all languages have no meaning) in regard to this topic on gender. Should we disengage or separate ourselves from societal normalities.

-This idea that men can be woman and woman can be men is absurd. This should not be taught or brought forward in classrooms to indoctrinate our children nor should we impose what language our kids or adults should utilize because a small percentage of the population feels (perception/individual ideologies) they have no equity.

-I would agree in a social setting, but not in an institution of any business practice (specifically educational  environments) should we allow or entertain this ridiculous and inappropriate erroneous acumen that gender and sex are disconnected from one another.

-Woman sports are in danger. The essence of woman is being destroyed by men athletes. This is disingenuous act, places a true  unfair gain an advantage, especially in a game or examination.

-Kids are being subjected by these ridiculous, re-architected perceptions of reality, presented with a suite if medical or chemical castration by there own legal guardians who have politically driven views and so does our school board.

US Marine Corps Retired 20+

Continued Federal Service.


I strongly support this policy.

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<p> I am a parent and a grandparent. I expect the school system to teach reading</p>


I strongly support

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<p> The family unit is the fundamental organizing principle of our society. No government has the right to break up the family unit except under the most extraordinary circumstances. Schools that set themselves up as “substitute parents” are grossly out of bounds. Schools have no right to transition students’ gender without parental consent. They cannot give students Tylenol without parental consent! This policy also protects young women and girls from biological boys with serious mental health problems and preserves women’s right to fair and equitable completion in sports. Thank you to the Youngkin administration for protecting girls and families from the craziness of the trans movement!  </p>


Strongly support the Republican sanity


Strongly support

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<p> I strongly support this change that protects parental rights and allows them to keep informed of all aspects of their children’s health and wellness.  </p>


I support Gov. Younkin's conviiction that parent's views are important!

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<p>I believe parents should determine the direction of their children's sex and the schools should not act independently </p>
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Strongly Support This New Approach

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<p> No matter one’s belief system</p>


I fully support this Governor!

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<p> There has been a concerted effort to specialize minors in an attempt to implement an extreme movement that will affect the future of these children in a negative and harmful manner. Parents have the right to be involved in the education of their children and sexual content should not be introduced to young children. Gov DeSantis signed a very strong law that prohibits certain sexual behaviors from being introduced to children. I strongly urge you to adopt the same strong laws that protect children in the state!   </p>


Strongly support this policy  parental rights to raise their child.

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<p> Strongly support a parents right to raise their child to adulthood.  </p>


Support


Strongly oppose proposed changes

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The proposed changes to standing educational policies violate the human rights of youth and serve to invalidate and erase our queer youth. Please do not enact these very damaging changes!


I support this policy-

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<p> I am in support for this policy because it is right in line with Code of Virginia 1-240.1 Rights of Parents: A parent has the fundamental right to make decisions concerning the upbringing</p>


Strongly support

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<p>  strongly support the Governor  </p>


STRONGLY OPPOSED- Not all students fit in your cookie cutter

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This proposed guidance is extremely harmful to trans students. 82% of transgender individuals have considered suicide and 40% have actually attempted to take their own life. (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32345113/ ) Telling children from an early age that their self-expression is wrong will only worsen these statistics. Instead of creating a welcoming environment for learning this will only create another space where children cannot express themselves. What a lot of people seem to forget these days is just because one person wants to express themselves a certain way, it does not require others to conform. Public schools already try hard enough to make all children fit into a cookie cutter model with standardized testing. Don’t let them take away even more from our student’s individuality.


Oppose

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<p style="text-align: left;">This policy is cruel and opportunistic on the part of policymakers who are using the same playbook they always have to marginalize needs of community members, while claiming they are the victims. </p>


Stop the sicko leftist support this policy save our children


Strongly Support Youngkin & Trump 2024

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I strongly support the new proposal. Transgender is evil. When a nation ceases to be under God, it will be a nation gone under (as Ronald Reagan said).


I support our trans youth!

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<p>My child, Wren, is a transgender senior at Colonial Forge High School. Governor Youngkin recently visited Wren’s government class, where he discussed the important roles government plays in our country, state, and counties. Transgender youth are Americans and Virginians. They are gifted, kind, and compassionate people. Wren is a model student and musician who represents Virginia schools well. However, Wren and their friends feel as though the government is working in opposition to them. If you asked most students, teachers, and faculty, the majority of them also want to do everything they can to provide an inclusive, safe environment for trans kids. Simply knowing that this regulation is being considered hurts the hearts of LGBTQ kids and the people that love them. We can do better. Governor Youngkin has got to do better to model fair and inclusive treatment of all of the kids in Virginia. </p>


I support

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<p> I support this new policy. All children and students are precious and made by God.  </p>


Please don’t do this

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<p>You’re endangering children. You are putting students lives at risk. What is so difficult about letting people be who they are?  </p>


strongly oppose


100% agree.  Fully support.

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<p> Parents have every right to know what is going on with their children while at school.  </p>


Support saving our children


Teacher and Parent - Complete Support

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As a middle school teacher and a parent, I think parents should 100% be informed if their student is going through such a HUGE issue.  I understand privacy, but they need to let parents parent their children and give their support to their children however they choose.


I support this

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Educational agencies such as K-12 schools should not be promoting or teaching certain ideologies such as gender identity ideology or actively engage in minors’ social transition.  Social transition is a medical treatment plan because it leads to cross-sex hormones and healthy body part removal and modification surgeries that is experimental.  Schools are not medical facilities.

Children and adolescents are exploring their identity development which is a normal process that happens during childhood and adolescence.  Affirmative social transition involves a harmful to children and adolescents in that it has eugenic consequences, and schools are not appropriate places for such social experiment en masse.

No such thing as being born in a wrong body as biology doesn’t make such a conscious decision to determine one’s sex - it just is, and it is time for children and teens to learn about science properly with facts.  As a parent and teacher, I support this proposal. I do not give consent to having my children to be railroaded onto eugenic path that social transition inevitably will lead them to.  I am proud of two lesbian daughters and saying no to social transition is not transphobic because gender identity ideology is homophobic.


I fully support this

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<p> I am in support of this.  </p>


Totally support our governor


Strongly support protecting children


murderers

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i, a decent human being, obviously oppose to this because it will increase suicide rates. you all are MURDERERS


Protect All Youths!Support this Policy

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Protect all youths! Be inclusive! Laws should protect all not a selected few!

Covid lockdowns has played a large role on why kids are identifying as trans. They had nothing to do but go online and watch tiktok and youtube and social media.

Parents should consent or not before a school transitions a student…it might be the student just watched too much tiktok.


Support the policies

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<p> The new policies provide balance in caring for each student and the views and values of their parents. It returns the responsibility for children to their parents. It also respects and better balances the rights and dignity of each student. Children with gender dysphoria will receive more balanced care under the supervision of parents in partnership with school personnel as needed rather than the possibility that parents be excluded from the conversation. Overall</p>


Strongly oppose

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<p>I strongly oppose Governor Youngkin’s proposed guidance regarding transgender students and am horrified to live in a state that is so desperate to de-humanize people who differ from the mainstream. </p>


Support All Students


Support

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<p> Let’s get back to STEM. Allow parents to raise their children.  </p>


I cannot support endangering the lives of children

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Regardless of whether you believe in the validity of trans identities or not, policies like this do not help the situation. Let us humor the idea that a child is confused, that what they are experiencing is a phase to be grown out of like all the boomers with their long hair in the 1960s (were it only so little as that!). Preventing a child from being identified as they feel that they are doesn't "cure" them, it doesn't protect them, but it can harm them. Studies like that conducted by The Trevor Project have shown higher rates of suicide attempts among youths that did not have the pronouns they self-identify as respected by family and teachers. https://www.thetrevorproject.org/survey-2021/ Regardless of what you believe the outcome should be, taking away the ability for teachers to meet students where they are, as opposed to where you think they should be, doesn't do them or anyone any favors. It only adds pressure to what is already a very difficult situation for kids who feel the way that they do. When you take what you feel is a choice, and frankly politicize it like this, it only makes it harder for those capable of changing their minds to feel like they can. The fact is, some kids will change there mind. Some adults do de-transition. It's a small percentage, and it doesn't  prove the rest wrong. It just proves that this is all very complicated, and should be handled with grace, not stern ignorance and exploitative rabble rousing.

We need policies that protect kids, not from knowledge or supportively safe spaces, but from bullying, from abuse, despair, and the ideation to take one's life that these all cultivate. Policies like this are not about protecting kids. This is about giving people that don't have much to say what little they say they want, regardless of if they understand the consequences. Even if you believe everything I would disagree with regarding trans and non-binary existence and rights, we must at least have a common ground when seeing the rates of suicides among youths that aren't given breathing room to just figure this stuff out at their own speed. Suicide shouldn't be worth not having to hear that your kid's teacher refers to them as one gender in the class room when you insist they remain another. If you really think it should, than Youngkin should not listen to you, and if he does, then clearly he lacks the grace to hold his office.


New Va DOE Model guidelines

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Agree with new Model guidelines.


Strongly support

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<p> Let parents to parent their children! Teachers should stick to academics  </p>


Support - parental rights are important too!

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<p> I fully support this policy because parental rights are important too. Parents have a right to know if their kids are having identity issues.  </p>


Strongly support

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<p> Strongly supposed protecting all children and our constitutional laws  </p>


I fully support this bill !!

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<p> I fully support this bill!  </p>


Strongly Support!

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<p> I strongly support this bill. Stop normalizing mental illnesses.  </p>


Strongly support

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<p>  strongly support the Governor  </p>


Strongly support

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We need to keep parents involved in their children's lives and this changes helps do that.  Parents should have the lead role, this change still gives students a voice that will also keep that dialog open with their parents, not the government, on big decisions.


you're killing CHILDREN you're all snot brains

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by voting for this new law you are increasing child suicide and childhood trauma and abuse. This is going to fck kids up. snot brains


Oppose Disingenuous Left Trolling Legislation

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I know little about trans folks except they are marginalized and targets.  Their path is not an easy one.  I am glad I do not have to walk it.  And I wish them well.

I fear "parent's rights" = handing the keys to the biggest nut parent in each classroom.  I will take my chances with the educators who for some reason pursue this difficult career with terrible annoyance adjusted income.  They are called groomers and worse.  And also we should arm them (?).  P

Parent's rights?  They are their kids, but they do not own them, the kid's have rights as well.

Governor Youngkin was elected following some awful events in two bathrooms in Loudoun County high schools and the terrible and horribly negligent responses to the first one that allowed the 2nd to happen.  And a father of a victim was not allowed to talk and then arrested.  That was beyond unfair and I believe tipped the balance for GY.

Gov. Youngkin found his issue.  I doubt he cares at all about the kids on either side, just knows he was a winner.  So he will ride this issue at the expense of young kids who he has helped target and has legitimized trans phobia.

Meet them, talk to them.  Just people.  I don't know the answers, but these model policies are only about a political career at the expense of at risk humans.  The will divide and give license to fear and hate.  The non-trans kids are going to be okay, look after the marginalized, they should have a safe space.


I fully support Governor Youngkin's K-12 policy.

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<p> I fully support Governor Youngkin's New K-12 pixies. That's one of the reasons I voted for him. Parents have every right to determine what their children will be taught in school.  </p>


Wholeheartedly Support!

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<p> Long past time schools got back to work and focus on what is important in the REAL WORLD! Pushing these nonsensical ideologies have only helped to lower our standing in the world and have done nothing to improve the education of our children. Ignore the woke</p>


Agree with Governor younkin

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I support his revised change , children under 18 can't smoke drink go to war and parents are responsible for them so they should know what is going on with their children


Fully support this Bill

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<p> Great work Gov. Youngkin !  </p>


support support support

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<p> Woo hoo thank you  </p>


Strongly oppose

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<p>I strongly oppose the new regulations covering LGBTQ students. Being trans is hard enough without one’s desires and identity are ignored or belittled. </p>


Strongly support!!

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<p> Parents should definitely be the ones giving permission for this kind of major change.  </p>


100% SUPPORT / DEMOCRACY SPEAKS

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<p> Former public school employee who has witnessed this nonsense in our schools  felt intimidated to remain silent. This is one of many reasons why Virginians voted for change. The parents have rights!  </p>


Fully support this

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<p> Great step in the right direction!  </p>


Trump 2024 strongly support


I oppose the proposed changes to the transgender student policy.

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I oppose these changes.  Public schools should support and provide a safe space for ALL students.  Not just those that are gender conforming.  This bill targets and harms an already marginalized group.  Public schools are for all children, and it is our jobs as adults to model respect and care for all students.


Support the Proposal

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<p> These kids need help not more confusion.  </p>


Definitely Support this Policy 2022

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I support Gov Youngkin policy.

Schools should not be teaching gender or sex. Question yourselves, why would anyone want their kids to be taught gender or sex at school. For what purpose? I don’t think any place that teaches gender or sex to minors are safe. Or any teacher teaching about gender or sex to a minor is safe for the student.

The shortage of teachers is because instead of teaching the 3Rs, teachers are teaching gender confusion because teachers are unable to grasp and teach the subjects that matter—- mathematics, etc.

Parents should know if their kid is gender questioning, it is the school’s duty to let parents know, and the school has no right to be socially transitioning kids.


Support for proposed changes

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<p> These seem to be a balance to needs of both groups that give parents input.  </p>


Strongly oppose - educating students on transgender issues does not equate to 'forcing speech'

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Educating children on trans and queer issues is not synonymous with forcing speech as is claimed by the DOE in this case. As we have witnessed with issues such as teen pregnancy: not educating children simply leads to a worsening of issues. Children should be educated on all issues of life, including but not limited to transgender issues to ensure that harm can be prevented.

The argument has been made that the previous Guidance Document pushed an agenda but this is simply not the case. The reality is that trans folk exist and children ought to be educated as such, just like they should also be edcuated on issues of sex, sexuality, and other pertinent topics of life.

Be under no illusion: the blood is on your hands when trans folk die due to this law.


I strongly support


Support

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<p>100% support Save the children </p>


Support

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I strongly support this new policy. I feel that so many recent policy changes have been driven by teachers or teacher unions and have felt like an attempt to replace parental involvement in the upbringing of children. All students would benefit so much more from collaboration between parents and educators instead of being used as pawns in a power struggle. Growing up is hard and finding one's place in this world is a difficult process for many children. Major life decisions/changes affect home and school life and should be made with involvement from both. As a health professional I feel gender identity changes should only be made after counseling to fully understand the decision, not something that is just chosen to done at school.


Strongly opposed

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<p>I am strongly opposed as this policy will harm students, benefit no one, and silence students who are finding their identity. </p>


youngkin bill 2022 parents rights

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children and teachers need to understand that the parents have the rights to name the child at birth. parents are taking care of their needs and are raising them until they reach adult age. young children and middle school and high school students don't know what they want. today you can call me bob tomorrow I want to be sue . parents do the paperwork it is their choice. i support glen youngkin's bill .you need to go by your birth name


Absolutely support! Thank you for advocating for our kids and teachers!

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<p> As a parent with a child who feels compelled to follow the agenda</p>


Support with reservation

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-The argument that gender and sex varies based on personal perception and feelings is ridiculous.

-What is mans bathroom vs a woman’s bathroom? I’m confused on why we are so concerned on provided equity to such a small population who’s argument lies in such radical thought.

-How is gender and sex malleable?

-A female, woman, young or old should only utilize the bathroom designated at birth. That means when they where born, the doctor determined thru science and fact, by examining male and female reproductive parts that said child was a he or she. If someone can provide those extra layers of granularity of how the men’s bathroom differs from a woman’s bathroom, please help me understand what that is. Apparently the entire human race up to this point has been confused.

-There’s this ridiculous ideology that words (all languages have no meaning) in regard to this topic on gender. Should we disengage or separate ourselves from societal normalities.

-This idea that men can be woman and woman can be men is absurd. This should not be taught or brought forward in classrooms to indoctrinate our children nor should we impose what language our kids or adults should utilize because a small percentage of the population feels (perception/individual ideologies) they have no equity.

-I would agree in a social setting, but not in an institution of any business practice (specifically educational  environments) should we allow or entertain this ridiculous and inappropriate erroneous acumen that gender and sex are disconnected from one another.

-Woman sports are in danger. The essence of woman is being destroyed by men athletes. This is disingenuous act, places a true  unfair gain an advantage, especially in a game or examination.

-Kids are being subjected by these ridiculous, re-architected perceptions of reality, presented with a suite if medical or chemical castration by there own legal guardians who have politically driven views and so does our school board.

US Marine Corps Retired 20+

Continued Federal Service.


YES 2022 Model Policies

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I strongly support parental rights.  Parents are in the best position to protect and nurture their children.  If a child wants to use names or pronouns that do not correspond to their birth and biological sex, parents must be notified immediately so that they can tenderly, with love and gentle guidance, lead their child away from this dark path.  A female has two X chromosomes and a male has one X and one Y chromosome. That can never be changed.  I think that most teachers will be relieved not to play this farcical pronoun/name game any longer. Teachers who do want to be a wedge between parents and children are employing a classic abuser and groomer strategy.


Opposed

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Very opposed to such a discriminatory policy.  We need to provide support and understanding to all kids, including those who are trans.


Strongly oppose

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<p>As an educator I am strongly opposed to this proposal. This seeks to draw a divide between students and educators rather than bring us together. What threat do you see trans and nonbinary students posing in the classroom? As someone who is in a classroom everyday I can tell you there is none. </p>


Completely support Youngkin’s plan

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<p>We must consider everyone’s rights. We must protect our children , and parents have the ultimate responsibility for their children. Thank you. </p>


Oppose

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According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, trans and non binary youth have markedly higher rates of suicide ideation, suicide attempts and death by suicide than their cis peers. To combat the grim reality of these statistics, best practices must be implemented that create a safe environment in the classroom ESPECIALLY if their home environment is not supportive.

Requiring parental permission to address children by their chosen name and pronouns puts the lives of trans kids unnecessarily at risk. I FIRMLY oppose this proposed policy.

Michelle T