The Effects of this Policy on Trans Kids

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Hello, I am a transgender college student in Virginia who grew up in Virginia public schools. I apologize for remaining anonymous, but I only do so for personal safety. While this law will not affect my education in college today, it will have a negative impact on transgender students in K-12 schools, and would have hurt me too if I was just a few years younger.

I was in the closet from my parents and friends in my last year of high school, having just accepted my trans identity. I was terrified of my parents finding out I was transgender because I feared being kicked out of the house once I would turn 18. Without the proposed law, I was able to talk to teachers and my guidance counselor about my gender dysphoria, escaping the crushing loneliness I felt from hiding my inner self from everyone. They were kind and used my new name and pronouns when meeting with me one-on-one, even though I was still too scared to come out to my classmates.

 If the governor's proposal was law when I told my guidance counselor, she would have been forced by the state to out me, or else only use my old pronouns which inflicted painful dysphoria. I did end up coming out to my parents after I turned 18, near the end of that school year. They thankfully did not kick me out, but the next several months between then and my first day of college were a horrible mess. They systematically took apart every bit of confidence I had built up and replaced it with self-hatred, telling me again and again that I had destroyed the family by coming out (to just them). Each time I brought up the pain of dysphoria that was killing me inside, they changed the subject to how I was hurting them by being trans. Thankfully, I was eventually able to begin living as my true self at college, away from my home environment. I became happier again, but in deeper and more fulfilling ways by being free to live as myself. I have still not fully regained my self-confidence, though.

If the governor's proposal becomes law, trans students will be forced to endure months to years of being psychologically beaten down through their old, dysphoria-inducing name and pronouns. It may not seem like much to someone without gender dysphoria, but trust me that those words feel like a knife in the heart to a trans person. Not every trans kid has accepting parents, and many have far more transphobic parents than mine. Forcing a trans kid to choose between school-inflicted dysphoria and coming out to parents that may reject or even harm them for being trans is unthinkably cruel. That assumes, too, that somehow by coming out to these parents, they will simply allow the school to use the kid's preferred name and pronouns. More likely, the parents will refuse, meaning the kid will be outed to parents that reject them and will still be forced to endure dysphoria from school.

For trans kids with unaccepting families, school is often the only place they can be themselves. I have lived in the closet. I have lived with a family who rejects my identity. Both of these things are dehumanizing, soul-crushing experiences- and I only fully experienced each of them for less than a year. Imagine doing that to a trans kid who has another several years of K-12 school left. I don't understand why anyone would think it's ok to take away kids' freedom to be themselves at school.

As a final point, I would like to counter something I have seen the governor claim about this issue. He and others claim that it's important for parents to have a say in their kids' education, and that this means they must be able to choose whether their kid is allowed to use a new name and pronouns or not.

I consider the second part absurd. If a kid is using new pronouns at school but not at home, it likely means they fear their parents would reject them, try to force them to change (which is impossible, as our state ban on conversion therapy supports), or even directly harm them. We do not allow parents to dictate whether teachers can tell students that they are valuable, even if some parents see their kids as worthless. We do not allow parents to dictate whether teachers can encourage girls to pursue their dream careers, even if some parents want their daughters to only be homemakers. And we should not allow parents to dictate whether teachers can be kind and accepting towards their trans students, even if some parents want to force their kid to live as a painful facade. Parents should have a say in kids' education, but this does not mean they should be allowed to dictate that teachers harm their students.

I ask the State of Virginia to reject the Governor's heartless, senseless proposal. I hope that my words will be considered with an open mind and with the needs of trans kids at heart. They are the people most affected by this bill, and as someone who has lived with gender dysphoria, I promise that we do not need it any harder than we already have it. Thank you for your time.

Sincerely,

A concerned trans Virginian


Role of Parents

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Governor Youngkin Please listen to God fearing parents regarding their right & role to determine what, why, how their children must be taught to become better citizens.


Support trans kids!

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<p>I am in opposition to Youngkin's proposed legislation. All it will do is cause undue harm to young children who need support and love from their parents not continued repression and having to hide their true selves. </p>


Oppose this bill, support trans kids

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I oppose this bill. Trans rights are human rights.


Girls rights are human rights

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Give girls back their rights. Why does the LGBTQ community think their "rights" should erase everyone else's "rights"? Give girls back their sports teams, locker rooms, and bathrooms.


If parents have rights to make decisions, the schools should respect that.

"Parents have the right to make decisions with respect to their children: Policies shall be drafted to safeguard parents’ rights with respect to their child, and to facilitate the exercise of those rights."
If this is actually followed, then parents should have the right to designate the name and gender of their child, and the school should respect this decision, regardless of what is on any official document. You can't say on one hand that it is up to the parents, and then say you are going to stick to the official document data no matter what.

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<p>"Parents have the right to make decisions with respect to their children: Policies shall be drafted to safeguard parents’ rights with respect to their child, and to facilitate the exercise of those rights." </p>
<p>If this is actually followed, then parents should have the right to designate the name and gender of their child, and the school should respect this decision, regardless of what is on any official document. You can't say on one hand that it is up to the parents, and then say you are going to stick to the official document data no matter what. </p>


STRONGLY OPPOSE

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This is discriminatory and disgusting legislation used to bully at-risk children.

Youngkin is trying to send us backwards and destroy any progress we've made with transgender rights in this state.


Oppose this attack on children

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Governor--this policy is extraordinarily misguided, and achieve the opposite of what you think you will accomplish. This isn't "empowering parents" but instead it is muting children and causing mental and physical harm. It is fantasy to think that LGBTQIA+ children need to only run the warm embrace of their parents. So many tens of thousands are rejected, abused, and cast out for simply expressing who they always knew they were. Very often school is the one safe space for a few hours, and to turn that against them leaves these children no place to go but a potential spiral of darkness and depression. Cancel and remove these policies, stop with your Leave it to Beaver romanticization of what you think the world is and return to reality. Give these kids a chance to be free, and to be who they know they are supposed to be.


Medical Fraud

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Manipulate people with falsehood, in order to confound and confuse them,, so that when you lie to them they accept your lies. Those morally bankrupt people are pretending to have moral superiority. They demand to subjugate others and impose their will. Lying to children so that they cannot have the information to comprehend. Genitalia mutilation does not change a person's sex or chromosomes. Degenerates spreading immorality and harming people. Manipulating a naive child to whom sex is irrelevant to make a decision to which their bodies have not matured enough to be aware. These perverts are forcing themselves upon everyone, date rapers, no means no, bdfu.


SUPPORT: Research Does Not Support Social Transition or Violation of Parental Rights

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I strongly support Youngkin's new model policies. The science and research do not support removing parents from involvement in their child's physical and emotional health.

Please consider this important research: https://www.institute-research.com/pdf/Transgender_Research--5_Questions_for_Parents_%26_Policymakers_%28IRE%209-26-22%29.pdf

80-95% of children struggling with gender confusion will naturally outgrow it if left to progress through puberty without interference. Some use the argument that kids are more likely to commit suicidie if they are not socially transitioned through use of new names and pronouns which do not correspond with their sex. These same people claim parents who do not affirm social transition are not "safe" for their kids and, therefore, parents should be removed from any involvement with gender issues involving their children. This is completely false.

Also see the official position statement of the American College of Pediatricians: https://acpeds.org/position-statements/gender-dysphoria-in-children

Children do not belong to the state. They belong to their parents, and parents need to be informed and involved regarding all important decisions involving their child.

These policies should be affirmed. They respect parental rights and allow parents to protect their own children, while also respecting the dignity of all students.


Strongly Oppose

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The new guidelines are harmful and discriminatory to transgender students.


Congratulations Governor Youngkin- We elected you to restore parental rights. Do the right thing.

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Common sense legislation.


Ultra woke parents would sacrifice their own kids to score woke points with their lib friends.

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It will be such an exciting day when you get to come out as a trans mom on Facebook to all of your super woke friends. Yes your child come have grown up to become a healthy adult and you could be bouncing grandkids on your lap someday... But this is all about you after all. Your lib friends will be so jealous.


OPPOSE Trans Policy

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Strongly oppose the proposed changes.  This is detrimental to the mental health of many students.  This WILL harm kids.  The way to keep students safe is to see them, and hear them, let them know that we love and support who they are.  Not tell them to hide.  A child's pronoun and name hurts NO ONE.


Support Trans Kids, oppose Youngkin's policy

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Most trans kids know they are trans by the time they are 4 years old. Trans youth know who they are. Children have the right to be who they are with or without parental consent. When children tell you who they are, believe them. No child lightly decides they are nonbinary.

We all want to be respected and seen for who we are. When a young person’s name and pronouns are respected, they do better in school, have more confidence, and have lower rates of suicide.

Bills like this one are ultimately about stopping trans youth from experiencing happiness. Denying support to transgender youth has been shown to contribute to depression, social isolation, self-hatred, risk of self-harm and suicidal behavior, and more. In short: It’s life threatening.


I support Governor Youngkin’s new policy

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Governor Youngkin’s new policies respect the rights of all Virginians. I support them.


Trans rights are human rights

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<p>Trans children need support and understanding, not hate and dismissal. Teachers and all adults need to help all children feel validated. Trans lives are real and valid. </p>


I do NOT support the changes to the policy for trans kids

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This policy change could be extremely detrimental to trans kids health. Not every parent is going to agree with what their child identifies as. This opens up a violent pathway for parents to harm their children, and it isn't the state's authority to be poking around in kids and families sexual health.

This isn't in the kids best interest and could fuel homophobic and/or violent tendencies from parents or caregivers. This feels like a backhanded way to enforce morality onto the kids and families from the state. "Faith" is mentioned in the policy proposal as something to be respected in the family. Well, this is b#llsh!t. The state and Governor's office needs to keep it's hands off what it thinks is faith. Separation of Church and State is supposed to be the law of the land, in case the Governor forgot.

This is a health concern for these kids that the state needs to keep away from. Please, for the health of these kids, do NOT implement this policy.


Strongly support parents rights to protect children

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<p>Parents know their children’s needs better than anyone. If children are struggling with gender dysphoria, they need guidance and emotional support from parents. Under the new policies, school officials must keep parents fully informed, and require schools to enforce laws, regulations and policies that prohibit and deter bullying or harassment. Why are people so quick to have others raise children? All children have innate dignity and deserve respect and honest support and guidance. </p>


STRONGLY OPPOSED


STRONGLY SUPPORT!-Science is Not Settled

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There is no reliable evidence of increased suicide rates among youth experiencing gender confusion. Please see: https://www.manhattan-institute.org/how-to-respond-to-medical-authorities-claiming-gender-affirming-care-is-safe?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

Another study found that allowing minors to have easier access to puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones without parental involvement increases adolescent suicide rates. See: https://www.heritage.org/gender/report/puberty-blockers-cross-sex-hormones-and-youth-suicide

These proposed policies serve to protect parental rights and guarantee parents remain involved in all of the important decisions involving their children's physical and emotional health at school. Please protect our children and preserve parental rights by formally adopting these policies!


Please restore sanity to our schools

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As the parent of three children in Virginia public schools, I strongly support the newly proposed Model Policy on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for all Students and Parents.

The erosion of parental rights when it comes to dealing with personal matters of sexuality, psychological health and gender dysphoria is nothing short of alarming. No one is more qualified to deal with those issues than parents, who should not be supplanted by schools or kept in the dark.

Just as important is the damage the broader interpretation of gender is doing to the rights and health of young women. Sports and activities should be determined solely by biological sex at birth. Anything else is grossly unfair.

I could go on, as there are implications for First Amendment freedom and the long-term psychological and physical health of young people, but suffice to say that the proposed Model Policy is desperately needed in order to avoid more damage to our children and to our state.

Thank you.


STRONGLY OPPOSE.

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My child is transgender and to see these policies take a step further into supporting their discrimination hurts me so much. Trans children need to be listened to. We cannot harm and out trans children. You will have the blood of innocent trans lives on your hands.


transgender people deserve to live happy lives! STRONGLY OPPOSE THIS BILL

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if this bill passes i am NEVER traveling to virginia or buying a product made there, i love traveling but i refuse to support antitrans gender fascism.

how DARE you try to make the lives of our most vulnurable youth even harder. how EMBARRASINGLY BACKWARDS of virginia

STRONGLY OPPOSE!!


Support trans kids; reject Youngkin's discriminatory policy

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Remember this:  Trans kids are first and foremost just kids, but ones with challenges and vulnerabilities. Keep the government out of their lives and let their families decide what is best for them, and let the schools teach which is their primary job.  Why do you want to subject these children to ridicule, bullying, denial of who they are?  What are you afraid of?  Transgender people are no threat to you and your life.  Why do you want to threaten them?  Don’t impose your vision of the world on others who do not conform to it.  That is a dangerous path to follow, and one that is contrary to the ideals of this country.  Give trans kids the same rights and protections the rest of us have.


pro-parent policies in public schools

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As a Catholic, I absolutely believe parents have the right to ensure that their children are guided and taught with dignity and the values of that family.  Educators are there to educate children so that they may advance in the world.  Morality is the responsibility of parents not educators.  Educators may encourage children to always respect others who may not share their views, but have no right to impose their beliefs on those children.

We are taught to always respect everyone regardless of their beliefs or sexual orientation.  However, it is up to parents to guide their children's development and religious beliefs.  Public schools should not have the right to dismiss anyone's religious belief, regardless of what they might be.


STRONGLY OPPOSE. SUPPORT TRANS KIDS

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<p>SUPPORT TRANS CHILDREN. Supporting trans children and giving them bodily autonomy is NOT abuse. </p>


Don't pass this policy

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This policy restricts the rights of transgender students, who deserve the same right to public space as cisgender students. Students have a right to safety, and it has been shown that allowing students to transition, including using the correct bathroom for their gender, dressing as their correct gender, and being called by their chosen name, greatly improves their mental health: https://www.jaacap.org/article/S0890-8567%2816%2931941-4/fulltext. Conversely, denying transgender students the ability to express themselves truly will negatively impact their mental health. Allowing students to use the bathroom that corresponds to their true gender does not put other students at risk: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13178-018-0335-z. In fact, transgender teenagers face higher rates of violence than cisgender teenagers: https://publications.aap.org/aapnews/news/14054.

Please do not pass this harmful policy. Please keep school safe for all students.

As someone who lives out of state, I will ensure none of my money makes it to this state if this policy passes. Thank you for your time.


I support the new law. Protect our kids! Thank you Governor!!

We need to protect and nurture our children, just as they were born - boys or girls.  If they were born boys, they should stay that way. If they were born girls, they should stay that way.
No child decides on his/her own (without help from a "concerned" adult) that they should be the other gender and that they want to change. These thoughts are put into their heads and they are brainwashed into it with constant coercion aka "teaching".
Trust me, your little boy or girl is just fine and will be just fine as the gender they were born as; and they will be a LOT happier and will not kill themselves when they get older because they are unhappy, they look weird and can't get a date.
Our societies all over the world have done just fine with boys being boys (men) and girls being girls (women) for all of millennia. This is an evil agenda designed to get our birthrate down to zero so that we stop producing children altogether. They want everyone to be trans!
This whole thing (and every other thing you see about our world going down the toilet) is satan's agenda. That's right, it is.
Stop this madness!! I support the law and think this law is needed all over the USA!!!Anonymous in Michigan

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We need to protect and nurture our children, just as they were born - boys or girls.  If they were born boys, they should stay that way. If they were born girls, they should stay that way.

No child decides on his/her own (without help from a "concerned" adult) that they should be the other gender and that they want to change. These thoughts are put into their heads and they are brainwashed into it with constant coercion aka "teaching".

Trust me, your little boy or girl is just fine and will be just fine as the gender they were born as; and they will be a LOT happier and will not kill themselves when they get older because they are unhappy, they look weird and can't get a date.

Our societies all over the world have done just fine with boys being boys (men) and girls being girls (women) for all of millennia. This is an evil agenda designed to get our birthrate down to zero so that we stop producing children altogether. They want everyone to be trans!

This whole thing (and every other thing you see about our world going down the toilet) is satan's agenda. That's right, it is.

Stop this madness!! I support the law and think this law is needed all over the USA!!!

Anonymous in Michigan


SUPPORT TRANS KIDS

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Leave the kids alone - just because you're afraid of a made-up bogeyman doesn't mean you get to actively ruin the mental health of kids.  Let trans kids live their lives and have the ability to truly be themselves.


I support overhauling the current Model Policies for the Treatment of Transgender Students in VA

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<p>Restore parent primacy and allow them to raise their children without government, school, or societal interference. Don't assume that parents won't effectively support children with gender identity issues. It is critical that we restore common sense to education and allow parents to teach our children the truth.  </p>


I strongly agree and appreciate the recognition that parents raisie their child, not schools.

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<p>I find nothing offensive in the proposed policy. It specifically protects the privacy and dignity of transgender people without forcing others to act in a way that may go against their own beliefs or values. </p>


Pronouns won't stop suicide; adults in your life are lying to you.

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Get mental health care immediately... Your trusted adults are lying to you. Work harder to fit in with society instead of fighting society.


Get mental health care for trans kids; not new pronouns and a pass to the little girls bathroom

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You don't always get your way. You don't have the "right" to make other people feel uncomfortable in their private areas. You don't have the "right" to impose on everyone else. If you are sad, go to the doctor. Pronouns won't help you.


Oppose - Please please protect our most vulnerable children

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If you help vote this proposal down, you will save lives. Please listen to the medical experts. Show these children that their communities care about them feeling safe instead of like the world wishes they would disappear. Even if you truly believe that these children's gender feelings are a phase, shouldn't we support them through it so they can live long enough to make it to adulthood instead of significantly increasing their chances of suicide?


I support it.


I support the new law

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The new law doesn't go far enough.  Trans shouldn't be taught in schools unless its part of a mental health class in high school.  There aren't that many of them to include it in the curriculum or to accommodate them.  Use their biological sex.


This policy is going to kill trans kids. Say it with your chest that that price is worth it to you.

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To Governor Youngkin and those who support him:

This is a policy that is going to kill queer and transgender kids.

There is no way around that. These policies are going to cause kids to self harm and kill themselves even more than they already are, and cause more parents to kick out, beat, or kill their kids for being queer or transgender. This is not a hypothetical and it is not hyperbole. This is something that happens every single day. I personally knew in high school, and I know now as a senior in college, people whose lives would be in immediate danger if their parents discovered they were LGBTQ. I'm not talking about getting in trouble or a stern talking-to. I am talking about people whose parents would try to kill them, parents who would rather have a dead child than an LGBTQ one.

All the available data indicates that the mental and physical health and well-being of LGBTQ kids improves under policies that affirm their gender identity and provide what is in some cases their only safe havens away from abusive households. Largely due to stigma, 82% of transgender people have considered suicide, and 40% of transgender people attempt suicide, with highest rates amongst trans youth (PubMed). This number of suicide attempts reduces by a full third when trans kids are met with even a single supportive adult (Transgender Health).

Regardless of whether you personally agree with the validity of someone's gender identity, I truly do not understand how anyone could look at a statistic that shows that with accepting policies fewer kids try to kill themselves and think that that's a bad thing.

The numbers don't lie: the policies in "Model Policies for the Treatment of Transgender Students in Virginia’s Public Schools" will kill transgender and queer children.

If, like you claim, the cruelty of these policies is not the point, but rather an unfortunate byproduct, then at best the lives and deaths of these children are worth nothing more than collateral damage to you.

I want it on the record that to you, the lives of these kids are an acceptable price to pay. Because to me, and millions of other Virginians, nothing could be worth that.


Support trans rights

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<p>Any argument supporting the bathroom argument is wrong and based solely on transphobic fearmongering </p>


SUPPORT TRANS KIDS

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This bill is an act of violence against trans kids. Passing this could hurt so many kids and their chance at a happy, care free childhood.


Parents raise children; school provides approved education; stop mixing up the two

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Just stop with the transgender nonsense. Something that affects one half of 1 percent of people should not be dominating agendas like this. Anything not reading, writing and arithmetic needs to be ignored by schools and dealt with by parents. Anything mentally or physically related is between parents and doctors. Not brainwashed teachers trying to promote the “cool” subject of the moment. Anything dealing with sexual discussions, including gender, by anyone outside the parents permission results in child sex abuse and  grooming.
Children are too young to understand any of this. They know boys have a penis and girls have a vagina. That’s all they need to know right now. They are clueless and impressionable- they easily believe in Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny because it’s shoved down their throats and they don’t know better. Transgender is the same thing. It’s shoved down their throats, made to be a cool subject and they naturally want to be part of it. Stop grooming and teach your little lesson plan and shut up about everything else. Pretty simple.


Trans rights are important not supporting trans ppl will get them killed due to violence or suicide

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<p>We need to support trans kids legislation against them is wrong and discrimitory </p>


Parents Should ALWAYS Welcome Safe Spaces for their Children

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As a parent, I understand how much we desire to be a part of every aspect of our children's lives. However, that's not realistic. They are their own people with their own thoughts and feelings and desires. While I hope my children would include me in their many life changes, that may not always be the case. I will always fight to protect safe places wherever my children may find them. Schools should be one of these safe places. I vehemently oppose Younkin and the proposed legislation.


Protect trans kids!

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<p>strongly oppose. Leave trans kids alone! why do u weirdos care? what’s it doing to you? This is unnecessary and greatly overstepping freedom of expression and speech. </p>


Support trans kids

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Trans kids are facing a flurry of legislation these past few months and years. They're vulnerable.


Parents are an essential part of children education

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It is important to keep parents in the loop, they can guide an educate their children better than anyone else. To keep parents aware of their children struggles and development is essential  for families. Independent of the inclination,   struggles and problems, children are to be loved, guided and respected  by their parents.

I strongly support  Gov. Youngkin proposed policy changes


Please help transgender kids!!!

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Please for the love of God do NOT let this bill pass!! You will KILL SO MANY TRANS KIDS BY DOING THIS, YOUR SUPPOSED TO BE HELPING THEM NOT TRYING TO ERASE THEM!!! If you go though with this THERE BLOOD IS ON YOUR HANDS, BECAUSE YOUR NOT TRYING TO PROTECT KIDS YOU WANT TO KILL THEM!!!!!


Polic is not law

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<p>Policy is NOT law. The governor is incorrect in his statements and comments. Anyone who believes that the governor is correct needs to take a basic government course. The governor should take one as well. </p>


Support trans rights. Support human rights.

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<p>The idea that a group of Americans don't deserve rights simply for living their life and not bothering anybody is abhorrent. </p>


Governor Youngkin's changes to the Transgender Model Policies

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I want to express that I agree with the changes that Governor Youngkin has made to the Transgender Model Policies for Public Schools.  Parent's have every right to know what their children are being taught and how they are being influenced.


More money for public schools

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<p>The public school system is failing our children in Virginia.  Every child deserves a safe place to pee.  Make all bathrooms unisex and private, not public bathrooms with unsupervised children!  You don't know what those boys are doing in there!  </p>


Parental Rights / Virginia Dept Education

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I support Gov Youngkins 2022 policies 100%! These policies should be made into Virginia law. Parents should be made aware of everything that involves their children. The Dept of VA Education should focus on education true history, reading, writing, and mathematics.

Woke, CRT, transgender, etc. should not be part of the school system doing so would be nothing more than grooming children.


Strongly Oppose

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I strongly oppose the proposed model policies. We must protect the rights of trans youth and value their health and well-being.


Misplaced concerns and poor understandings

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Conservatism breeds hateful fools whose legacy is one of stolen space and autonomy; one who would rather sweep a rise in suicides under the rug than critically analyse their imaginary fears.

You will often hear many people refer to trans people and children as being "confused." I've never seen a child, nor anyone else, find comfort, security, and a loving sense of self in "confusion." I have, however, seen many, many trans people and children find themselves experiencing a previously unfelt euphoria in the recognition, welcoming, and nourishing of knowing and expressing their truest self.

Please understand that the proposed guidance and legislation will rob children and people of the joy of being whole. You police identity because of misplaced fears. Fearful ignorance of gender sciences allow such bigotry to permeate the ranks of our leadership. Be mindful of the power you hold, and the futility with which you seek to take my name and my body from me.


Oppose Policy Chance,  Protect Trans Youth

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<p>I deeply oppose this policy change as it openly and violently discriminates against transgender youth and intersex youth. This policy change will heighten youth suicide rates and cause direct harm to all youth attending this institution. This policy encourages discrimination, transphobia, and direct violence against young people and any adult attempting to support struggling youth.  Please do not enact this policy change. </p>


Protect Trans Kids

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Trans kids exist. Trans kids know who they are. Trans kids have always existed they just didn't have the freedom to be who they are. I grew up in the 80s before the Internet and social media. I knew I was trans from a very early age but hid it because society taught me to hate myself. Society is transphobic.

It is cruel and abusive to deny affirmation to transgender children. Affirming care is not grooming and no amount of conversion therapy will make trans people magically okay with their birth sex. No amount of grooming will make them cis.

Again, trans kids exist and know who they are. They deserve to be treated as any other member of the gender they identity with. Anything else is just cruelty.


Support trans kids

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Trans kids need our support now more than ever. Anti-trans and anti-LGBTQ+ legislation will result in more deaths of queer kids. We have a moral obligation to protect and stand-up for them. We must love and accept them for who they are and and make sure they can go to school comfortably.


Future Tourism At Stake

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I travel quite a bit. If a state isn't treating LGBT students well or otherwise treating LGBT people poorly, I don't spend money in that state. I'm sure I'm far from the only person who does this.

It's possible to respect people's religious beliefs while also respecting LGBT people. This isn't something we have to choose between. Everyone deserves dignity and respect.


Support and protect trans youth

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<p>These policies are not based on science, research or anything reputable. As adults, we need to support children as they are exploring aspects of themselves.  Over 80% of children who identify as transgender have thought about suicide, and over 40% have attempted. These policies will not help decrease that rate but will instead increase that number while also subjecting these children to further harassment and abuse from the very people they should be able to trust. Anyone who is actually against child abuse should be against these policies that are purely made by and for transphobic adults. </p>


Strongly Oppose

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I strongly oppose the draft guidance, speaking as a trans individual. If I were alienated this way while I was in school, it would have done irreparable damage to my sense of self and mental health. Frankly, were my decency stripped further away from me than it already was as a vulnerable youth I would have been driven to suicide.

The proposed policy would deprive students of their inalienable dignity and improperly vest their inherent worth in the control of others, rather than under the compassionate guidance and counsel of informed and trusted adults. A transgender person’s worth is inherent to their person; it does not reside in the mind of, or by force of, another person, even a parent. The proposed policy is contrary to the evidence of the science of human development.

No student has been harmed by the existing policy for the respectful treatment of transgender students. In contrast, this proposed policy is very likely to cause elevated suicides among transgender youth, family dysfunction, displacement of transgender youth from their homes, and social alienation by transgender youth.


Governor Younkin - Parental Rights

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Strongly support Governor Younkin and Parental Rights!


Support trans kids

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<p>Trans kids need support from the adults around them. Schools should be able to support the children in whatever way they need. Parents are often the biggest problem these kids face. </p>


Support Transgender Children

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<p>Transgender children need the same support of their identity that all children need. That support includes using their preferred pronouns, choice of bathroom, and mental health support. This is vital for their health and safety, including suicide prevention. </p>


Oppose: Protect trans students' identities and lives

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It may seem like a leap but allow me to explain:

You. Would. Be. Killing. Trans. Kids. By. Passing. This. Policy.

It is PROVEN that if trans people do not have at least one supportive person in their lives, they are more likely to kill themselves. They are not "groomers", they are "sexualized", they are not "misguided", and they're entire identity is not solely being trans. These are people born in a body that does not fit their brain. It is once again scientifically PROVEN that the brain of a trans person actually matches the gender with which they identify, NOT NECESSARILY THEIR SEX. Gender is not a sexual topic because it is purely a societal construct. Gender is not binary because all human experience exists on a spectrum. SEX ASSIGNED AT BIRTH ISN'T EVEN A BINARY BECAUSE EVEN SEX IS A SPECTRUM (I.E. INTERSEX PEOPLE.) Do your research into ACTUAL SCIENCE before you start trying to limit people who know more about their bodies, their brains, and society than people making legislation who should be scientifically informed about peoples' bodies, brains, and society. Do your research and become informed before making policies. That. Is. Literally. Your. Job.


protect girls rights

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give girls back their bathrooms, sports teams, and locker rooms.


Men who enter girls bathrooms are pedophiles

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<p>If you have a penis and enter a girls bathroom you are a pedophile! </p>


Waste of taxpayer money

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<p>These policies singling out transgender students do not have legal ground to stand on.  They will be challenged in court wasting more taxpayer money or ignored by school systems that govern by reality, not the ideology of one party or religion.  You can not single out a trans child as needing special permission to change their name when foreign students can change their names to ones that Americans can pronounce without special permission from the parents.  Stop wasting our tax money and give it back if this is how you're going to govern. </p>


STRONGLY OPPOSED

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To force someone, much less a CHILD into the bathroom that does not fit their gender identity is extremely dangerous- this policy does not protect anyone and serves only to harm innocent kids who just want to use the bathroom they feel comfortable in. If this policy goes through, there will only be a spike in violence against children, to desire this policy due to your 'anti-woke' morals and purposeful ignorance is abhorrent.


Oppose: stop descrimination

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It's ridiculous to debate over which bathroom a student can use. Let students choose where they feel comfortable doing their business... It's not complicated.

I strongly oppose this proposal. It opens the door to discrimination and anti-trans hate. Students are able to make their own decisions on who they are and how they choose to present. Support trans kids.


Support Trans Youth

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I am a physician and the mother of a brilliant trans woman. My daughter is happy, healthy and a productive part of the science community. She works for Merck pharmaceutical and is currently working on cures for cancer. If she had not been allowed to be herself the world would have missed out on this brilliant woman. Prior to working at Merck she worked for a company that developed artificial blood to be used on the battlefields and for hemophiliacs.
trans people are not predators and need to be able to be themselves to be their best selves it is good for them and good for the community at large.

Don’t say gay is cruel and very harmful.

Trans rights are human rights!


Education - Parental Rights

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I support Gov Youngkin's proposal.


Keep bathrooms safe for girls!!

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Bottom line is most common sense conservatives who understand America couldn't care less if Joe wants to be called Jill.  I personally couldn't care less.  Whatever makes YOU happy.   However that has now shifted into them pushing it on US to make them happy.   There are literally instances of liberals arguing "misgendering" is a crime of violence.   I believe there are two sexes and regardless of how you want to label yourself,  you can't overcome genetics.

When it comes to bathrooms,  You go in the bathroom that matches your parts.  If you really hate living as a man and medically had your penis removed,   I will yield that you've "transitioned" enough.      IF you have a penis and are in a girls bathroom you should be charged as any other pedophile.     As a daughter of a young girl its very clear to everyone with a brand that a girl has a right to feel safe in a bathroom.   Not all girls are liberals who are ok with that.


protect trans kids.

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This bill will alienate trans students. If you really cared about these children you'd let them be who they are wholeheartedly. Disgusting bill.


I support the Governor’s policies.

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I support the Governor’s policies.


Strongly oppose the proposed update

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The mission statement of the Virginia Department of Education: "The mission of the Virginia Department of Education is to advance equitable and innovative learning." The vision statement of the VDOE: "The vision of the Virginia Department of Education is that Virginia will maximize the potential of all learners." The mission and vision of the VDOE is not present in the guiding principles of this proposal or reflected in the model policies.

This proposed policy fails to uphold the vision and mission of the VDOE by inserting parents as a priority where STUDENTS should be the priority. The U.S. Department of Education reinforces that the duty of schools is ultimately to the students. In addition, the principles, policies and procedures within the document undermine the document's claim to "support [s] efforts to protect and encourage respect for all students." Numerous contradictions to this claim exist in the document.

This policy is not about upholding parental rights, despite its claim. It is driven by paranoia and fear of individuals who are different. This does not promote "equitable and innovative learning," nor does it "maximize the potential of all learners." Rather, it creates obstacles for schools and teachers to successfully achieve these goals. It does not respect all students, but minimizes the student in the educational setting. It tells students that their parents' wishes and needs are more important than theirs, or anyone's. It requires more work by teachers - time which could be spent planning and educating students. If parents do not have the kind of relationship with their children to know how they wish to be addressed at school, then why do teachers have to do that for them? This policy closes doors - it does not provide opportunities to maximize potential for STUDENTS.

Virginia Department of Education needs to return their focus to the education of all students with equity and innovation and to maximize the potential of all learners as is stated in its vision and mission statements.  VDOE needs to eliminate this document.

I STRONGLY OPPOSE this guiding document.


I Support Youngkin and Parental Rights

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I support Gov. Younkin's restoration of parental rights concerning their minor children enrolled in public schools.


Affirming trans kids is basic human decency

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I am writing to comment on the “2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for all Students and Parents in Virginia’s Public Schools,” issued in September of this year. These model policies destroy the privacy, dignity and respect for trans students in Virginia schools, forcing staff to call them using incorrect and hurtful names and pronouns that are known to be harmful to their mental health.

Using private medical information (genital shape at birth) to discriminate is unconscionable. This information should not even be known by staff, never mind communicated and used to harass. This is akin to releasing medical information of disabled students and deliberately avoiding them accommodations, which may be illegal under HIPAA and the ADA.

I strongly oppose these policies


Oppose- support and protect trans students

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<p>Support and protect students who are trans. I oppose this legislation </p>


Support trans students!

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As an alumna of Fairfax County Public Schools, I oppose any policy that denies transgender students their autonomy and dignity. Trans students should be referred to by the name and pronouns they choose, free to use whatever washroom feels safe for them, and be granted privacy about those choices. There is overwhelming evidence that respecting trans youth and allowing them to transition is a crucial suicide prevention measure. Students in Virginia support their trans classmates and so do I!


Policy in a vacuum

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This policy makes no allowances for the safety or car of children whose gender dysphoria may put them at odds with potentially abusive parents, and completely ties the hands of educators faced with such situations.  It takes away a vital means for children seeking help who can't get it at home.


Make bathrooms safe again

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No more boys in girl's bathrooms


support parental rights

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and biologically separated bathrooms and sports teams


Strongly Support Youngkin

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My family strongly supports the policy outline from Gov Youngkin.   Please keep supporting the health and strength of families.


Support Gov Youngkin

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Support Governor Youngkin!  Protect our children.


Governor, we elected you to stop this woke nonsense in our schools; Don't let us down.

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You have the Hispanic vote 100%. Support families and keep children safe from grooming.


Rescind Model Policies to Promote Connectedness and Mental Health

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Voices’ Statement on the Replacement of the 2021 Model Policies for the Treatment of Transgender Students in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools

Voices for Virginia’s Children opposes the proposed changes to the 2021 model policies for the treatment of transgender students in Virginia’s public schools. We recommend that the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) rescind proposed changes and encourage the Virginia Board of Education (VBOE) and local school boards to reject the proposed policy changes. We believe that there is power and potential within each young person in the Commonwealth, and extensive research documents the positive correlation between embracing a student’s personal identity and student success. Changes that would cause a student to express themselves differently in a school environment threaten the psychological safety, mental health, and academic outcomes of students. Proposed guidance that creates divisions in how young people are treated based on gender identity, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, or religion are in violation of Virginia law and should not be tolerated by our public institutions and our public sector leaders.

Our concerns with the proposed changes rest on the potentially devastating effect they could have on the mental and physical health and safety of children and youth in the Commonwealth’s public schools by failing to affirm the personal identities of transgender students. We are also concerned about the negative impacts the policy changes would have on the Commonwealth’s education, health, and child welfare systems.

Ensuring that each child in Virginia can live up to their full potential means that school environments and communities should be safe and supportive for children and youth. There are significant data points and examples demonstrating that transgender and gender non-conforming students experience physical violence and hostile school environments at a greater rate than their peers. National surveys by GLSEN have found that more than 76 percent of LGBTQ+ students report being verbally harassed, and transgender and gender non-conforming youth were twice as likely to report feeling unsafe at school. Feelings of stress and lack of psychological safety can manifest as mental health, behavioral health, or physical health concerns.

Ensuring that each child in Virginia can live up to their full potential also means creating school environments that support all students in their learning. We believe in school environments that support feelings of belonging and reduce emotional stress. Bullying, a sense of not belonging, and emotional stress have been demonstrated to negatively affect student attendance and educational performance. (Aragon et al. 2014;?Kosciw et al. 2020) Schools and educators should be provided with resources and support to promote positive school climates and to promote belonging.

 Concerns Regarding Mental Health and Proposed Policy Changes

There is significant evidence that demonstrates concerns for student mental health are increasing and that LGBTQ+ students are more likely to indicate mental health concerns than other populations. Voices advocates for accessible, available mental health care for children throughout the Commonwealth. Proposals in the model policies that force students to advocate for their gender identity and their pronouns in the school setting will put additional stress on students and can create additional mental health needs.

Mental health professionals in Virginia have noticed a link between the timeliness of mental health referrals and school calendars. Mental health referrals often increase when young people return to school and at different points in the school year with increases in social and academic pressure. These direct links between schools and mental health would point to best practices that reduce stress in the school environment rather than create additional stress for some students. Reducing stress in the school environment requires additional investments in mental health resources in schools, additional training for teachers and administrators to foster more supportive environments and wraparound supports for students, including peer groups, after school opportunities and health and mental health services connected to schools.

Connections between Student Identity, Belonging and School Success

There are documented linkages between a student’s feeling of connection to school and academic success. All students, no matter their identity, should feel connected to their school environments and possess a sense of belonging among peers, teachers and administrators. Students who experience belonging feel valued, accepted and included at school. When students are accepted they are more engaged, intrinsically motivated, and have a more positive attitude towards education. (Kosciw et al., 2018) Best practices to promote supportive school structures include the avoidance of homophobic language, the encouragement of gender-affirming language, attire, and activities, and the expectation that schools will take action against reports of victimization and discrimination.

Student Groups and Student Expression

We are concerned that efforts to make the school environment more challenging for transgender students will also put a damper on student expression and groups that encourage student expression. Voices for Virginia’s Children has always strongly encouraged civic engagement and advocacy by students. We are concerned that efforts to limit expression by transgender students may have a spillover effect into limiting student organizations, such as Gay-Straight-Alliances or GLSEN chapters where students can connect with likeminded peers and speak openly on issues related to gender identity, minority groups and sexual orientation.

 Potential Impact on Other Child-Serving Systems

As advocates for children and youth across multiple systems, we believe that VDOE’s model policies could also impact other child-serving systems that are already stretched thin and under resourced. We are concerned that additional stresses in school environments could lead to additional needs for services from the mental health system, which is already experiencing longer than normal waiting lists due to the national emergency in children’s mental health. And we are concerned that additional sources of conflict between children and parents around gender identity and school could make home environments and parent/caregiver relationships strained potentially causing some children and youth to attempt to run away or enter the foster care system.

In conclusion, the proposed changes send a message that student identity is not valued and that differences are not welcomed in Virginia’s public education system. Virginia has achieved a well-regarded education system that deserved to be built upon and invested in, not dismantled by proposals that seek to create divisions and harm individual students. We hope the Board of Education will recommend the Department of Education rescind the model policies.


Parental rights

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<p>I support parental rights </p>


Support Youngkin

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Parents should have top priority over what is taught to their children. Educators need to stop pursuing political agendas in the classroom, which is child abuse. Parents should be notified on everything. Society needs to protect the innocence of children and students instead of exploiting it. It is time for school choice and parents should have vouchers on where to send their children to school. Competition is the only way to break the political agenda of the teachers unions, which, along with the Democratic party, is leading opposition to Governor Youngkin. Teachers unions should be abolished so we can return to a child-centered school environment instead of a union centered School environment.


Make Virginia highways safe again

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<p>I didn't vote for the Governor to legislate transgender children.  Keep the State of Virginia out of the private lives of the citizens and focus on making the highway safe again.  Have you driven down the highway in Virginia lately?  We're either sitting in bumper to bumper traffic or  people are speeding and weaving in and out of traffic like they're playing a video game.  The state of the Virginia highway system is disgraceful.  What happened to the State police?  Why can't I drive 5 miles down interstate 95 without my life being endangered?  Focus on what really matters in the state of Virginia.  Leave transgender boys and girls alone.  </p>


Please come talk with us

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Please spend some time talking with our state’s transgender youth, and the parents and pediatricians who can for them, before enacting policies about this.  Virginia owes these vulnerable kids at least that.


Virginia Education Program

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<p>I support Gov. Youngkin's education policy 100%. There are only 2 sexes in this world male and female. God does not make any mistakes. I am so thankful for Gov. Youngkin and his views. Please protect our children from these radical and anti God programs.  Children belong to their parents not the government. Sexual issues should be dealt with by parents not teachers or government. Again I support Gov. Youngkin's program for education. School is supposed to educate our children not indoctrinate them. Please return to reading, writing and arithmetic. </p>


Your Horrible and Illegal Model Policies

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I am writing to comment on the “2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for all Students and Parents in Virginia’s Public Schools,” issued in September of this year. In reality, these “policies” (many of which are already presumptively on the wrong side of binding Federal case law) are intended to destroy the privacy, dignity, and respect of transgender, non-binary, and gender non-conforming students, and are nothing more than an effort to use the coercive power of State government to marginalize these students for Gov. Youngkin’s personal political gain.

The policy asserts that “parents’ right to autonomy in child rearing is a fundamental right protected by the Fourteenth Amendment of the United State Constitution and that state interference with that right must be justified.” This presupposes that schools attempting to meet the needs of their students, acting in their capacity as in loco parentis, somehow constitutes “interference” with parents’ rights or somehow violates the 14th amendment. Such an assertion is not tenable.

According to the 2021 publication “Crime in Virginia,” 628 parents, stepparents, or boyfriends/girlfriends of parents engaged in forcible sexual violence against children in 2021 alone. An additional 446 children under the age of 18 were abducted in Virginia in 2021 alone, with ten percent of all kidnappings conducted by a family member. That means almost 47 cases of kidnapping of minors were committed by family members, most likely parents. In the last four years, over 3,400 children were the victims of forcible sexual assault or kidnapping by parents or other custodial adults (almost matching the number of transgender students in Virginia public schools). The otherwise excellent reporting in the annual Crime in Virginia publication does not track how many children are murdered by the parents, although it notes that 46 murders were committed by “family members” in 2021. I assume the governor doesn’t view these parents as people who will make the “best decisions with respect to their child.”

The Code of Virginia (§18.2-371) makes abuse or neglect of children a Class 6 felony. In June of 2021, however, the Virginia Department of Social Services noted that there were 52,263 children who were the subject of “approved reports of child abuse or neglect.” In the last 4 years, almost 24,000 children were the subject of “founded” reports of abuse or neglect, including 191 that led to deaths of children. Presumably, parents make up a very large proportion of these cases of child abuse or neglect. If the governor’s office is really concerned about child welfare, they’d be well served to direct state resources to investigating the parents who perpetrate forcible sexual assaults, kidnapping, felony child abuse, and murder on their own children. Presumably, the Governor doesn’t view these people as the ones who make “best decisions with respect to their child.”

In an effort to make the model policies seem like they are intended to protect children of all sexes and genders, the governor includes the phrase “School division policies shall therefore implement the requirements of the Act in a manner that ensures no student is discriminated against or harassed on the basis of his or her sex.” This intentionally excludes gender expression – and leaves schools free to marginalize or bully non-binary, gender nonconforming, or transgender students. The guidance, for no particular reason, cites a previous district court ruling stating that gender dysphoria is a “disability,” clearly demonstrating animus against transgender people. According to the American Psychiatric Association, being transgender “implies no impairment in judgment, stability, reliability, or general social or vocational capabilities.” The gratuitous reference to one circuit court opinion should be removed.

The model policy attempts to impose a requirement that all students must use bathroom facilities that match their biological sex. It then notes the existence of the Grimm vs. Gloucester County School Board decision, but asserts that “Students shall use bathrooms that correspond to his or her sex, except to the extent that federal law otherwise requires.” So let’s break this down:

Grimm vs. Gloucester County School Board found unambiguously that Title IX of the Civil Rights Act protects “transgender students from school bathroom policies that prohibit them from affirming their gender.” (Gavin Grimm vs. Gloucester Count School Board (USCA4 Appeal 19-1952, Doc. 88). In other words, it is already a matter of settled law that schools may not require students to use restrooms that do not match their gender identity, yet the Youngkin Administration has chosen to issue a policy which purports to establish just such a rule.

It also includes a requirement to segregate sports by sex, not gender, adding the caveat that exceptions can be required as provided by Federal law. The Governor’s office does this despite knowing that this issue is under active debate in the courts. Rather than allowing reasonable exceptions now or attempting to allow a nuanced discussion of reasonable limits and exceptions, the Governor’s office is content to adopt a hardline position knowing that it could be invalidated by Federal court action (or already has been invalidated as in the Grimm case). This again drops the fig leaf and shows the governor’s motivation is to pander to transphobia while adopting a policy he well knows will be invalidated.

The Governor’s office must think that the people this “policy” was intended to pander to are either dumb, stupid, or simply ignorant of case law established in the very commonwealth of Virginia. Clearly, this provision is intended as bait for litigation, which I hope in due time it receives. Unfortunately such an eventuality only serves to illuminate the real purpose of this policy: Gov. Youngkin’s efforts to bootstrap transphobia as an issue to catapult him onto the national political stage. After all, he does sit in the Governor’s chair, so why not try the same ploy for a shot at the White House.

There are, according to media reports, about 4,000 transgender students in Virginia. According to a 2015 survey of transgender students:

54 percent reported verbal harassment

24 percent reported being physically attacked because people thought they were transgender

13 percent reported being sexually assaulted because people thought they were transgender, and

17 percent reported having left school due to severe mistreatment.

For Virginia’s 4,000 or so trans students, these numbers equate to 2,160 kids being subject to verbal harassment; 960 kids being physically attacked, 520 kids sexually assaulted, and 680 kids quitting school permanently EACH YEAR. By attempting to force educators to use birth names and genders and refuse to acknowledge their gender identities, and by making an effort to restart the bathroom wars, we can only assume the Youngkin Administration wishes to see higher levels of victimization for Virginia’s transgender students.

Gov. Youngkin has made his political career by conjuring imaginary threats to cisgendered students and then pandering to parents alarmed by these imaginary threats by invoking the nebulous rallying cry of “parents rights” and saying “listen to parents.”

The bottom line here is that for the very few transgender students in Virginia public schools, life is already difficult enough. As transgender people increasingly refuse to suffer in silence or stay in the closet to coddle the ignorance and phobias of cisgendered people, people like Gov. Youngkin are more than happy to pander to that ignorance and fear for political advantage.

The “what if’s” (“what if” a cisgendered student dresses up as a girl and lies in wait in a girls bathroom and commits a sexual assault) are entirely imaginary – AND THE STUDENT (or anyone else engaging in such a heinous crime) WOULD STILL BE GUILTY OF COMMITTING FORCIBLE SEXUAL ASSAULT. Whether the criminal truly has gender dysphoria or not is immaterial and the new policy does nothing to make schools safer.

When cisgendered, heterosexual people attempt to legislate or regulate against members of sexual minorities based on the idea that other cisgendered, heterosexual people will abuse laws intended to protect sexual minorities, they show their ignorance of the very people they marginalize and endanger. They have nothing but a flimsy pretext – based usually on false or incomplete reporting of isolated incidents – to carry out their real agenda, which is using fear of sexual minorities for political gain.

The Governors office should use every penny spent developing this policy to instead investigate, prosecute, and close cases of felony child abuse, neglect, forcible sexual assault and kidnapping. There are far more cases of those each year in Virginia than there are transgendered students in Virginia public schools. Maybe he can sell that on Fox News, where I’m told he appears frequently.


Affirming Gender Identity is Healthcare

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Sound bites upon sound bites call for mental health care for students. Gender affirming care and support structures in schools and communities are part of the big picture healthcare without a doubt. Violence against LGBT youth, self harm, and hostile environments will be encouraged, no, championed, by parents and peers if Gov. Youngkin's policies are implemented. We must support the whole child as they grow and discover their identity, not just the part of the child assigned at birth. I strongly oppose Governor Youngkin's anti-trans and homophobic policies.


Support Ypungkin

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I support Gov Youngkin's policy proposal.

It is grounded in science and autonomy of the family.


Strongly Oppose

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<p>I am a nonbinary adult and parent and this policy proposal is harmful to transgender and nonbinary students. Even as an adult, I am not out to my parents. It is a part of me that I have not felt comfortable sharing with them, so it scares me to see that the stipulations of this policy would force these conversation and overrule the agency of transgender and nonbinary children. There is a baseline assumption here that in a family, the parents are always correct and always know better. It's assumed parents always have objective and unbiased good intentions, and therefore their will should always trump the wishes of the child. Basing policy is these harmful assumptions automatically creates an accepted structure that places children as underclass. We can't assume the parents know their children better than they know themselves. Instead we should listen to children. We should listen to what they think and feel especially when it comes to their identity, to their personhood, and that should outweigh the preference of a parent. This policy also places teachers and admins. in horrible positions. For transgender students who view school as a safe place, who have supportive peers and adults, this policy removes that safety. I adds additional mental and emotional harm to children already at risk. This policy also seeks to further other, marginalize, and even criminalize transgender children by making unnecessary roadblocks and additional social hurdles that other students do not have to experience. While veiled in the rhetoric of "protection" "rights" "freedoms" this policy would do nothing but harm. </p>


Oppose the new policies: Follow the research and science

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<p>These policies are not based on science, research or anything reputable. As adults, we need to support children as they are exploring aspects of themselves. Adults, especially adults who work with children daily, should be able to manage their own affect to help children as they are exploring this incredibly challenging thing: their identities. Over 80% of children who identify as transgender have thought about suicide, and over 40% have attempted. These policies will not help decrease that rate. Stop politicizing our children and instead provide safe space for them to figure themselves out. </p>


I strongly support the new proposal by Governor Youngkin!!

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I strongly support restoring parents' rights! Thank you Governor Youngkin!


Public school reality check

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The governor doesn't strike me as someone who grew up in the Virginia public schools system.  As a White male student I was assaulted in an attempted robbery by three Black male students in a Virginia high school bathroom.  I can't imagine forcing a transgender girl to go into a boys bathroom.  It's not safe.  It's not even safe for all the boys.  If this is such a problem then all of the bathroom stalls should be made unisex and the sink washing area can be made public.  I have been in these type of bathrooms in museums where everyone gets their own individual stall that opens to a public hallway.

Locker rooms were also unsafe in the Virginia high school system.  It is not safe to send a transgender female into a boys locker room.  It's not even safe for many of the boys that get bullied.

I do not agree with the idea that students need their parents to sign a permission slip to be transgender.  Many parents have hateful religious beliefs and students must be protected at school.  Just like a parent may physically abuse their child, and the state would step into protect the child if bruises were found, students must be protected.  Teachers need to give respect to get respect.  On the first day of school teachers ask if a student is present and if they have a nickname they prefer, as many students names are hard to pronounce.  This has always been the way things were done in school and no one has needed parents permission to change their name that they go by in classroom.  If a teacher refuses to call a student the name that the student identifies as, it shows a lack of respect, and it creates a toxic environment that we don't need in our school system.


adopt new policies

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The proposed policies should be adopted. We must respect the role of parents in caring for their children, and uphold the truth that boys and girls are biologically different and deserve separate facilities, sports, etc...


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

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I oppose the draft policy and want the VDOE to reject it.


Dept of Ed transgender policies

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I support Governor Glenn Youngkin’s proposed overhauling of the Virginia Department of Education transgender policy mandates on public schools and replacing them with regulations that restore parental rights and protection the First Amendment rights of students and staff. Our children in the public school systems should not be used as puppets for social engineering and political indoctrination. Leave parenting to parents and that includes all forms of sex and gender themed instruction.


oppose! this hampers our ability to groom children into the woke generation we aspire to have.

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Say no to parental rights.


New policy on parental rights and Transgender

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Parents have the right to know everything about their children to include whether or not they "are confused" about their sex and Gender.  I fully support the new policy Govenor Younkin has put in place.  I expect major issues with our youth in the next 10-15 years when they suddenly realize their decision to transition was more attention seeking than a real issue --they after all are still developing mentally and physically.  Teachers sole focus should be on the 3 Rs.


Reprehensible

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The proposed 2022 Model Policies are unethical, unnecessary, and, frankly, nonsensical. No doubt many others have pointed out why the proposed policies, if implemented, would be harmful to transgender students as well as other queer and gender nonconforming students (tellingly, nonbinary students are ignored in the guidance document, which uses "his or her" instead of the inclusive "they"), but since harming these students is what the governor and his supporters aim to do, it seems futile to argue for compassion.

Instead, I will simply point out the glaring contradiction between guiding principles A2 ("schools shall defer to parents to make the best decisions with respect to their children") and D ("schools shall respect all students"). The insistence on giving parents control over their child's identity rather than letting the child decide for themselves is a form of disrespect. Children are independent individuals who are entirely capable of understanding their own needs and desires, and not all parents have their children's wellbeing or best interests in mind. Schools can't claim to "demonstrate respect for each student" while also giving teachers and staff permission to misgender students, forcing students to get permission to express themselves, and generally denying students their autonomy. This contradiction renders the document as a whole meaningless. And how would it even be enforced? If a teacher uses a student's chosen name without getting formal permission first, would the teacher face retaliation?

Also, the document's definition of transgender as a "belief that his or her gender differs with his or her sex" is simply not the real definition of transgender.


Governor’s policy on trans issues in schools

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I strongly support the Governor’s common sense policy on the transgender issues in our public schools.


Governor, you were elected to restore parental rights and bring normalcy back to our schools.

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Please don’t let us down.


Anyone that thinks locker rooms/showers in schools offer privacy have never played school sports.

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Locker rooms at schools do not offer privacy. “Just close the gaps in the stalls”- LOL. Spoken like a person that has never played sports. Girls do not want dudes hanging out while they are showering and changing after practice or a game. Use your own bathroom and stop inflicting your crybaby mentality on everyone else. Everyone else has “rights” too.


Parental Rights Protect Children

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Teachers, school administrators and other school personnel usually act in the best interest of children and should be celebrated for the hard work they do. But no one, not even well-meaning educators, has the right to supersede parental rights unless those rights have been terminated by a court or other legal authority. Educators cannot be allowed to hide mental or physical health issues from parents just because they think the parent might not agree with the child's choices. We are talking about children here.

Teachers and other school officials may be putting their own beliefs and agenda ahead of the good of the children, particularly when caught up in the current push for LGBTQ++ recognition, and especially the explosion of transgender confusion. Parents much not be lied to, deceived, left out, etc. of these conversations. If there is any concern that involving a parent in these discussion about the child's behavior would make a child unsafe, then the proper authorities need to be involved. This is NOT the decision of a teacher or other school official. School officials and teachers have no right to exclude parents.

Gov. Youngkin's proposal will protect parent rights and will protect children.


Restore parental rights; protect the First Amendment rights of students and staff

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I support Governor Youngkin's reasonable regulations to restore parental rights and protect the First Amendment rights of students and staff in schools on transgender topics.


Support for this policy and restoring parents rights

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I support this proposed policy - it ensures that the parents, who have a legal/fiduciary responsibility for their children, continue to have a say in the lives of their children.  There's a reason that we don't let children vote, drive, drink, fight in the military, etc. - their cognitive decision making abilities are not fully developed and without guidance they frequently make sub-optimal, and even self-destructive, decisions.  Requiring that the parent indicate, in writing, that they support their child's decision to be transgender helps to sift out some of the youthful cognitive shortcomings.  Our schools should not be a place for social experimentation on insecure, malleable youth by progressive "educators."

The rule also also continues to maintain that no one is bullied regardless of who they are.  And while I don't necessarily support the broader LGBTQ agenda, I will also not tolerate bullying or harrassment of children who may be sincerely confused about who they are.  This life altering decision should be between the child, the parent, and qualified medical practitioners.  In these cases the school should focus on education and the safety of the youth participating in the learning process.


Oppose. Do something useful, eliminate creepy gaps around restroom doors.

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Do you remember being creeped out by the large gaps around restroom doors? We learn to tolerate them, because we have no choice. But then we learn that trans people exist, and they might be in our bathrooms! And we remember the creepy gap around the door where anyone could peek in.  There’s a simple solution: close the gap. Two long strips of material on the sides of the door could serve as a stop-gap measure. When the next time comes for renovations, remind the architect that our children’s privacy is important. If all public restrooms were as secure and gap-free as a Love’s truck stop restroom, we wouldn’t think about who uses which one.


Go back to the basics....

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<p>I was a teacher for many years. Education syste in America is broken and needs to regroup. Naturally, there are 2 genders. Male and female are the only 2 genders. And, schools should work on being schools again. This is ludicrous and public schools supporting this should be ashamed. Children should not bear a burden of figuring out who they are!!! Child abuse, pure and simple. Child abuse!! There will be judgment! </p>


Oppose adopting: protect our students

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These new mandates take away the measures adopted in 2021 to keep children in the transgender community safe. Children should be able to come to school without fear of being outed or misgendered. For the LGBTQ community, this would be a devastating step back from having a safe and supportive environment to learn and grow. Not only that, there will be many issues that could turn into lawsuits, which would turn into a practical issue. Let’s spend our dollars instead building programs that not the school day that offer supports to our transgender youth, instead of creating a culture of fear and putting teachers and parents against each other. Please do NOT adopt these unconstitutional policies.


Strongly Opposed

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I strongly oppose the "Proposed 2022 Model Policies on ... Public Schools," which eliminates protections implemented by the 2021 Model Policies and which instead ensures harassment and unfair treatment of transgender students. The 2021 Model Policies should stand.

The 2021 Model Policies document lays out, in detail, Constitutional policies to protect the minority transgender student population from daily discrimination and harassment, both physical and psychological, by members of the majority student population and at times even by teachers and administrators who do not recognize the human and personal rights of the transgender students. The policies merely require fair treatment and recognition of the rights of these students to live their lives in the same way as the other students without fear of physical or nonphysical reprisal for who the transgender students are. All students are individuals with unique identities and have basic rights to be addressed and treated by others according to those unique identities.

The proposed 2022 Model Policies eliminate the above Constitutional protections for transgender students and instead shield and favor the students (who are members of the vast majority and) who are in fact harassers of the transgender students. The proposed policies also support and encourage teachers and administrators with similar biases against transgender students. In addition the 2022 Model Policies extend the potential pool of harassers to those parents who, for various reasons, wish to excoriate and discriminate against transgender students, again based only on who the transgender students are. Remarkably, as written, the 2022 Policies treat any one parent's personal opinion, no matter how damaging and unfounded, as a sufficient basis to eliminate the rights and equal treatment of all transgender students within a school system. This is the tyranny of a vocal minority of dedicated bigots over another innocent minority of transgender people who simply wish for equal treatment with all other students.

Even though the United States Constitution specifies rule by majority, the Constitution also protects the rights of minority sub-populations, including transgender people. Failure to protect minorities from physical and nonphysical mistreatment and discrimination renders the Proposed 2022 Model Policies unconstitutional and therefore illegal. I strongly oppose the "Proposed 2022 Model Policies on ... Public Schools." The 2021 Model Policies should stand.


I support Gov Youngkin's policy and his effort to bring parents more into the conversation.

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Parents are fundamentally responsible for the education of their children, not the state. The more parents realize that, the better our education system will become. Public education requires a major overhaul and the removal of teachers and staff intent on using the education system to "fundamentally transform America" (in the immortal words of BHO.


This policy is the best we can hope for in the present climate

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Although I wish Gov Youngkin would have gone further and enacted a policy similar to that in Florida, this is probably the best we can hope for in the present climate of gender grooming being perpetrated by some radical activists in this country.


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

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I support this policy because it makes everything clear to the parents and our school system.  No rights are violated and everyone's individual choices are respected.  Any with a special circumstance has the right to use a separate individual facility and no young women are forced to view male genitals when changing their clothing, washing themselves or attending to their physiological needs.


Strongly Oppose

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Glenn Youngkin is attempting to force discrimination and trauma on the students of Virginia. He is no governor of mine.


Support Governor Youngkin

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I fully support Governor Glenn Youngkin proposal to overhaul the Virginia Department of Education transgender policy mandates on public schools and replacing them with regulations that restore parental rights and protection the First Amendment rights of students and staff.


Strongly support Governor Glenn Younkin’s proposal

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I strongly support Governor Glenn Youngkin’s  proposal to overhaul the Virginia Department of Education transgender policy mandates on public schools and replace it with regulations that restore parental rights and protection the First Amendment rights of students and staff.


Restore Parents' Rights in Education!

Dear Virginia Department of Education Officials,

Policies for transgender students implemented in states and school districts across the United States have sought to exclude parents from vital conversations about their child's education and wellbeing.

Former Governor Ralph Northam's administration chipped away at the rights of Virginia parents with its 2021 model policies for transgender students. Those policies explicitly stated that school officials were not always required to tell parents about their child's decision to use a new name and pronouns at school.

I'm writing in support of the Youngkin administration's new model policies, "On the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for All Students and Parents In Virginia's Public Schools," which enshrine the rights of parents to direct the upbringing of their child while respecting all students across the Commonwealth.

Thank you for your commitment to parents' rights in education. I urge you to implement the policies as written and restore the right and responsibility of parents to make the best decisions for their child.

Regards,
Sarah Koch
2221 Autumn Oaks Ln
Powhatan, VA 23139

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Dear Virginia Department of Education Officials,<br /><br />Policies for transgender students implemented in states and school districts across the United States have sought to exclude parents from vital conversations about their child's education and wellbeing. <br /><br />Former Governor Ralph Northam's administration chipped away at the rights of Virginia parents with its 2021 model policies for transgender students. Those policies explicitly stated that school officials were not always required to tell parents about their child's decision to use a new name and pronouns at school. <br /><br />I'm writing in support of the Youngkin administration's new model policies, "On the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for All Students and Parents In Virginia's Public Schools," which enshrine the rights of parents to direct the upbringing of their child while respecting all students across the Commonwealth. <br /><br />Thank you for your commitment to parents' rights in education. I urge you to implement the policies as written and restore the right and responsibility of parents to make the best decisions for their child.<br /><br />Regards,
<br />Sarah Koch
<br />2221 Autumn Oaks Ln<br />Powhatan, VA 23139<br /><img src="http://admin.phone2action.com/email/open/leg/657466/148588179" width="1" height="1" />


Oppose, protect youth (transgender, disabled, POC, etc)

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Students deserve to go to school, themselves 100% and free from judgement and white, cis men supervision. It’s haunts them, and breaks them down. I was one of them. I had an English teacher, accept me and treat me like a Human, when other adults were mean to me. Now I’m a teacher along side of them.


Scientist in agreement with Youngkin

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As a scientist and concerned citizen, I support Gov Youngkin in his efforts to protect children from life-altering decisions until they reach the age of adulthood.

as a Muslim, I see “gender-ideology” and transition surgery as no different than female genital mutilation.

Thank you


The American Academy of pediatrics is an ultra far left woke disgraceful org.

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The American Academy of pediatrics put out a statement that they don’t think parents should be involved in their kids sexuality. They put out another statement that they didn’t think parents should be involved in abortion related matters involving their children that are pregnant. They believe schools and doctors should hold secrets from parents regarding their children’s health. The CEO went to Berkeley and lives in Chicago. Keep that nonsense in California. Don’t bring it here to Virginia. School boards- do not hire any (AAP) psychiatrist that believes parents should not be involved. What a disgrace!


OPPOSE. I support the SAFETY and AUTONMY of transgender students

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Safety, autommy, and productiveness


I support our Governor to Restore the Rights of our Children to Parents!

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<p>As a parent of four children in the Virginia Public School System, I fully support our Governor's planned policies to restore rights to parents.  Governor Youngkin has been a champion of parents who are tired of radical transgender policies invading our schools and our kids.  Our kids need their schools to teach them reading, writing, history, sciences, and arithmetic and not secular infused socially radical brainwashing. Parents should have the right to challenge public schools and stand up for their kids.  Enough is enough!  </p>


Yes to natural law and revamped Model Policies

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I thank the Youngkin administration for this concise but thorough revamp of the Model Policies for treatment of parents and students in education. Natural law dictates several key things that establish the basis for civil law regarding children: DNA determines natural sex/gender as male or female; parents have primary authority over their children; and parents have the natural right to defend their children from harm. No law crafted by man can justly violate the natural law. The previous model policies permitted a violation of each of the stated natural laws and infringed the family's right to practice its religion and the right of teachers/school staff to practice theirs by not participating in the environment of lies that accompanies the sex-change/sex-engineering movement. The revised model laws fix those errors and return proper authority and rights to the parents and to school staff, who must not be forced to deny natural law or their Faith.

It is critical that our government--to be just--endorse and enforce natural law. Moreover, it is imperative that our government educational system support fact-based care for those it stewards. There are two aspects of that which the 2022 Model Policies address well, even if thinly.

First, mental illness is when the mind doesn't correspond to demonstrable reality. That's the definition of mental illness. For example, if a child's mind perceives concrete as soft and the child is permitted or encouraged to act upon that dissociation by banging his head on it, that would be a grave error that brings preventable harm to the child. That is because the hardness of the concrete is a demonstrable reality to which the mind should be aligned and no amount of conciliatory actions toward the child or even water applied to the concrete will change that reality. The same is true for gender dysphoria. Changing names, body parts, clothing, appearance does not change the gender of the child. The mind itself needs to be aided so it can align with reality. The 2022 Model Policies address this with some compassion, such as single-person bathrooms, while respecting the need for mental health care of the afflicted child. Endorsing a mental illness is not compassionate; helping someone overcome it is. And this can be done in a very kind way. This, of course, requires changes to Virginia law to permit true healthcare providers to honestly address mental illness without fear of persecution, de-licensing, or blackballing of other sorts, which is a subject for another (near-term) day.

Second, the school curriculum and overall environment must reflect fact-based reality. That means that there should be no proselytizing by any employee of the school system, visitor to the school, or materials posted or available within the school or its resource systems contrary to the fact-based reality that DNA determines gender/sex and that a healthy mind corresponds with demonstrable reality. The 2022 Model Policies are weak in this respect but do tend toward this requirement. Honoring fact-based reality also means there must be gender-specific locker rooms and other reality-based policies that protect the safety (and modesty if any is left) of students. There is a clear and welcome mandate in the 2022 Model Policies for the latter requirements. Mandates for the former could be strengthened. Finally on this environmental matter is the issue of religious discrimination. A person--whether student or school employee--should not be forced to violate his religious beliefs under threat of punishment through mandates to accommodate or participate in a falsehood (something that doesn't align with demonstrable reality). That falsehood may include the use of false pronouns or false names or the concealment from parents of mental illness or non-reality-based behavior of their child, among other things.

To conclude this brief treatment of a very complicated issue, I'd like to say that there is a powerful and heavily funded gender-assault industry that is influencing a wide swath of our society, including the medical, mental health, educational, and bureaucratic/political professions. This can be seen in the vast and aggressive marketing campaigns for gender dysphoria and the radical increase in youth manifesting this problem. It is clear to anyone who cares to deal with reality that this is a money-making venture by multiple industries and that our educators, doctors and politicians/bureaucrats are either profiting from it or duped by it.

The 2022 Model Policies take the first steps in protecting children from the gender-assault profiteers and ensuring parents have proper insight into and control over their children's health. Much more needs to be done across all sectors to stop the abuse of children in the commonwealth, but this is a welcome first step.


Restore Parents' Rights in Education!

Dear Virginia Department of Education Officials,

I am tired of the 10% ruling over the 90%. I'm tired of my child being attacked for being a white, heterosexual, Christain, male. The bullying has become ridiculous. Children don't go to school to be social justice warriors. Policies for transgender students implemented in states and school districts across the United States have sought to exclude parents from vital conversations about their child's education and wellbeing.

Former Governor Ralph Northam's administration chipped away at the rights of Virginia parents with its 2021 model policies for transgender students. Those policies explicitly stated that school officials were not always required to tell parents about their child's decision to use a new name and pronouns at school.

I'm writing in support of the Youngkin administration's new model policies, "On the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for All Students and Parents In Virginia's Public Schools," which enshrine the rights of parents to direct the upbringing of their child while respecting all students across the Commonwealth.

Thank you for your commitment to parents' rights in education. I urge you to implement the policies as written and restore the right and responsibility of parents to make the best decisions for their child.

Regards,
Sarah Ulmer
Capeway Rd
VA 23139

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Dear Virginia Department of Education Officials,<br /><br />I am tired of the 10% ruling over the 90%. I'm tired of my child being attacked for being a white, heterosexual, Christain, male. The bullying has become ridiculous. Children don't go to school to be social justice warriors. Policies for transgender students implemented in states and school districts across the United States have sought to exclude parents from vital conversations about their child's education and wellbeing. <br /><br />Former Governor Ralph Northam's administration chipped away at the rights of Virginia parents with its 2021 model policies for transgender students. Those policies explicitly stated that school officials were not always required to tell parents about their child's decision to use a new name and pronouns at school. <br /><br />I'm writing in support of the Youngkin administration's new model policies, "On the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for All Students and Parents In Virginia's Public Schools," which enshrine the rights of parents to direct the upbringing of their child while respecting all students across the Commonwealth. <br /><br />Thank you for your commitment to parents' rights in education. I urge you to implement the policies as written and restore the right and responsibility of parents to make the best decisions for their child.<br /><br />Regards,
<br />Sarah Ulmer
<br />Capeway Rd<br />VA 23139<br /><img src="http://admin.phone2action.com/email/open/leg/657466/148587816" width="1" height="1" />


Absolute support for the governor... don't let the blowhards continue this radical insanity

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Parents are the best educators for their children and schools are at most a secondary assistance in this regard.  Radicals are mindlessly foaming at the mouth to corrupt kids and now is the time to stop!  Excellent piece of work by Governor Youngkin... keep protecting parents, teachers, and kids!


I support this policy, thank you DOE for making it happen

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<p>I can acknowlegde there always have been trans, gay, etc among us.  And there always will be.  But prior to now, they were acknowledged for what they were - a male body (identifying as) wanting to be female/express as female.  They weren't added into the mix of biological female.  And that is where the woke side is making the non-woke feel they're insane.  The boys who struggle surely have a long road ahead and if the other boys make the male bathrooms safe, then find a third space for the trans boys.  Don't endanger them by forcing them to use the boys room but don't traumatize girls (who may have been date raped) to have to share the girls bathroom.  There has to be a way to protect all without the progressive side screaming how horrible the conservatives are for not wanting the same thing they want.  So many of these comments are horrible.  We should be able to stand firm in our opinions without demonizing the other side.  I don't wish bad on these trans kids.  I just don't think they shoujld get such special, celebratory treatment.  If there is going to be equality and equity, let it truly be for all, not just at the cost of labeling hetero white students as evil. </p>


Support parental rights. not counseling from a far left school psychiatrist.

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I do not want teachers and school psychiatrists raising my children with whatever worldview points they may have. I would rather have a garbage man with good family values counseling my child then a woke psychiatrist.


Absolutely support - for the wellbeing and safety of ALL children

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This is why we put our children in private school during Northam tenure.  We will not return to public school but do wish the best for those who cant afford private school, to protect their own children.  Kids who are trans need the support of parents, not the further absence of them in their lives.