STRONGLY OPPOSE, THIS IS A MISTAKE CREATING AN UNSAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR STUDENTS

A VIRGINIAN WHO WANTS TO PROTECT LGBTQIA+ YOUTH

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<p>I do not support this policy. We do not need our local government to exploit our innocent students just to get across a political point. Schools need to protect our students, rather than create hostile, unsafe, unwelcoming learning environments for them. Every student has a voice, choice, and a right to the confidentiality and respect of their identities. Passing this law could possibly increase and encourage bullying and disrespectful behavior towards transgender students from other students faculty. There is potential for this law to be exploited by faculty and staff as a way to mistreat transgender students without consequences and reprimandations. PROTECT TRANS YOUTH. PROTECT TRANS YOUTH. PROTECT TRANS YOUTH. PROTECT TRANS YOUTH. PROTECT TRANS YOUTH. PROTECT TRANS YOUTH. PROTECT TRANS YOUTH. PROTECT TRANS YOUTH. PROTECT TRANS YOUTH. PROTECT TRANS YOUTH. PROTECT TRANS YOUTH. PROTECT TRANS YOUTH. PROTECT TRANS YOUTH. PROTECT TRANS YOUTH. PROTECT TRANS YOUTH. PROTECT TRANS YOUTH. PROTECT TRANS YOUTH. PROTECT TRANS YOUTH. PROTECT TRANS YOUTH. PROTECT TRANS YOUTH. PROTECT TRANS YOUTH. PROTECT TRANS YOUTH. PROTECT TRANS YOUTH. PROTECT TRANS YOUTH. PROTECT TRANS YOUTH. PROTECT LGBTQIA+ YOUTH. PROTECT LGBTQIA+ YOUTH. PROTECT LGBTQIA+ YOUTH. PROTECT LGBTQIA+ YOUTH. PROTECT LGBTQIA+ YOUTH. PROTECT LGBTQIA+ YOUTH. PROTECT LGBTQIA+ YOUTH. PROTECT LGBTQIA+ YOUTH. PROTECT LGBTQIA+ YOUTH. PROTECT LGBTQIA+ YOUTH. PROTECT LGBTQIA+ YOUTH. PROTECT LGBTQIA+ YOUTH. PROTECT LGBTQIA+ YOUTH. PROTECT LGBTQIA+ YOUTH. PROTECT LGBTQIA+ YOUTH. PROTECT LGBTQIA+ YOUTH. PROTECT LGBTQIA+ YOUTH. PROTECT LGBTQIA+ YOUTH. PROTECT LGBTQIA+ YOUTH. PROTECT LGBTQIA+ YOUTH. PROTECT LGBTQIA+ YOUTH. </p>


Fully support this

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


I fully support the revised policy

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<p> A review of the guiding principles illustrates the shift in focus to parents rights</p>


Strongly Oppose

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<p>Trans Rights are Human Rights. </p>


Strongly support

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<p> Fingers crossed this will pass. Much needed change!  </p>


Without parental consent, it's grooming.

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They want your kids to oppose you.

They want to destroy the nuclear family.

It's all out in the open.

You go to work, and they go to work on your kids.


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


This policy is long overdue. Thank you Governor Youngkin!

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I fully support this new guidance from Governor Youngkin. As a brother I am concerned for the safety of my sisters. Transgender people have a right to hold their views, but they do not have a right to force their views on others. Gender and sex are not entirely separable. Gender roles are based off of biological realities. For example, males and females have different bone structure that gives male athletes an advantage and cannot be changed by hormones. It is unfair for males to compete with females, and no girls should be subjected to the humiliation and danger that comes with allowing boys into their locker rooms and bathrooms. Some activists say that using the bathroom corresponding to their biological sex is traumatic, yet evidently think they are justified in forcing this same discomfort on others. I support building single stall bathrooms as a compromise, but I refuse to allow boys to share bathrooms and locker rooms with my sisters based entirely off of who they claim to be. Recent cases in Loudoun County and in prisons housing inmates based on gender identity make it painfully clear that there are people willing to place women and girls in serious danger in order to pander to the demands of activists (for those of you who are skeptical of my claims: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/male-rapist-transfer-womens-jail/). Women have been raped because of policies forcing males into female spaces, and yet some persist in supporting them. This is not tolerance. Tolerance isn't endangering innocent people for your political views. I am willing to tolerate others' views, but I won't tolerate violations of my rights or the rights of my family. Therefore I am pleased by Governor Youngkin's proposal. It's good to see that he's listening to my concerns and is willing to stand against these policies.


Gays for Trans youth


Totally support our governor


Transgender

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I believe this is less about the "rights" of transgender and more about parent's rights. Children are not at an age of majority and parents cannot be removed from the process. They have the final right to decide what the child's name is and what their pronoun is. If a transgender has a sex change, of course an even bigger problem, they can use the bathroom or locker room of their new modified sex. Your gender is natural and by birth, unless surgically and genetically modified. You may wish to be the other sex, you may even act, dress and live like the other sex, but that does not make you the other sex. Just as is the color of your skin. You are born the way you are born. Transgender is a state of mind and is a person. Persons have rights, and must make sure they don't infringe on the rights of others. So unless a facility is unisex, physically genetic boys and physically genetic girls will continue to use the requisite facilities. Any variance or considerations for children must always include their parents/ guardians.


Strongly Oppose; no respect for either party

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This entire concept is flawed from the start. Learning can only take place if the student feels that they are safe and respected. A teacher's primary goals are to ensure the safety of their student and ensure that the student learns. If a student is worried about being misgendered and scared of being outside to unsupportive parents, they cannot learn and their education will be forfeit.  In these circumstances, You're also operating under the flog notion that all people who are parents deserve those children. This turn students and teachers against one another also puts undue stress on a teacher's relationship that they have to form with a student in order to maintain the classroom. Part of how schools work is there is a unspoken sense of order in that teachers are listened to and students are supposed to listen. It does not have to be this way. Teachers maintain that order by ensuring that they have a positive relationship with their most of their students. All this does is turn teachers into snitches and target kids for bullying. School has to be a safe place to explore not only learning but also a sense of identity. This generation is attempting to explore their identity through gender. It hurts absolutely no one. You have to operate as though the person who is saying that they are being misgendered or misnamed is the authority on themselves. Anything else is just pure chaos.

All this is is a opportunity to try to put individuals that The governor feels are undesirable back in the closet so he and like-minded people do not have to deal with them anymore. I can assure you that everyone is entitled to an education and to feel safe and protected in an educational environment and if you can't even manage that then you don't deserve to serve the people in any capacity and certainly not in government.


I fully support Youngkin!

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<p> There's a reason we elected Governor Youngkin... School policy and parental rights are vitally important!  </p>


Protect our children support this policy

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<p> Stop the abuse by sickos  </p>


Strongly oppose

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<p>Protect trans kids and focus on more pressing issues our schools face.  </p>


Strongly support


Opposed to the bathroom part.

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I agree with treating people fairly. Now with that said. If this passes and a man who claims to be female goes in and raped my daughter I will sue the  out of the entire state. Protect my child or you will be held responsible. All I gotta say.


Fully Support

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Full support. Teachers and schools need to focus on academics.  We need kids to be educated or our society won't survive.


Support this move. Need to still consider how to handle transphobic parents  keep trans kids safe.

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<p> As a VA resident</p>


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Oppose Any Policy That Endangers Trans Youth.  They deserve respect, compassion, and dignity just like every other human being.  Trans rights are human rights.  Human rights organizations should have been consulted regarding these policies.


OPPOSE

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I fully oppose this change in policy.  This is not about parents rights and Governor Youngkin knows it.  Transgender youth need to be protected.


I support this move

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<p> The issue of how to address children who are unhappy with their biological sex will continue to dog our educators and families. This is a serious mental health issue and treatment for this issue should be addressed by parents and their doctors</p>


Fully SUPPORT not allowing an 18 to man in the bathroom with a 14 yo girl

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<p> Who in their right mind supports males (some 18 and older who still attend high school) going into the girls bathroom? Ever heard of autogynephillia? Or an 11 year old boy in the bathroom with a 5 year old girl? This legislation is to PROTECT KIDS</p>


GAYS FOR TRANS YOUTH

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<p>Oppose policies </p>


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The normalization of pedophilia is next.

Why do you think they want pornographic materials in schools?


Change to Trans Policy

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I oppose this policy change. I am a person of faith. I believe that all people are made in the image of God. Therefore, all people need to be treated with dignity and worth. Schools are an important place for young people to grow, develop, and discover who they are. Sometimes family environments are not places where children flourish. Teachers and administrators should create a safe space for youth to be who they are, and even be a place where youth can talk to their parents about difficult issues.  This change to the VDOE guidance will be harmful to youth. I am a Virginia resident, and I am very concerned about our LGBTQ+ youth in this growing climate of fear. The rates of suicide and depression are disproportionate in our LBGTQ+, particularly trans youth, and I would hope that Virginia schools would support them. I oppose this change.


Support the new guidelines

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The huge expansion of trans expression seems to be the result of a fad. Protect the kids and slow down the rush to life altering decisions. Parents must be involved and respected in their own children’s lives.
Thanks for the rewriting of the guidelines.


100% SUPPORT

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


Fully support Gov. Younkins policy to protect kids and restore parents' rights.

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<p> So grateful to Governor Younking for protecting children from brainwashing</p>


I support this policy-

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


Yes to new proposed policy

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The proposed updated policy is precisely what parents and their children need: the right to navigate personal matters together, as a family, without unwanted heavy-handed interference by schools.


Fully support this measure

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<p> A public school has no right to push or even support any gender transitioning of a minor without parental consent. Maybe if we stopped treating this as a choice that can be made by a child</p>


Names are human dignity

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<p>I have a formal, somewhat old fashioned name. In elementary school, I decided that I wanted to use a nickname derivative of my given name. This essentially the same thing. It’s depriving someone of their dignity to refuse to use their name or pronoun of choice. I am a teacher in Virginia.  Countless studies exist that demonstrate the importance of security, safety, and relationships being at the heart of a student’s ability to learn. This policy is nothing short of state mandated bullying. Go fight your culture wars somewhere else. </p>


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They want you broke, dead, and childless.


Support

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<p> Thank you governor younkin for protecting my child and our family.  </p>


Strongly Oppose

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<p>This proposed change endangers the lives of children, who need support, especially if they live in a home that is hostile to their needs. This is contrary to good mental health policy, and is an overreach by the Governor’s office into public education. </p>


Pass pass pass strongly support

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<p> Love Youngkin  </p>


Fully support this.

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<p> Fully support.  </p>


Full Support - Keep parents in control.

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Individuals (children and adults) should use the bathrooms and locker rooms that align to the body parts they currently have.  If there are individuals who believe they are transgendered and have not had body modification surgery; then they should be allowed to have a private bathroom or locker room available to them to use.  The wishes of a few should not be overtake the feelings or rights of other.  I support their right to feel and live differently, but not at the expense of others.

Parents should have final say in how their child is referred to in name and pronouns.  Children can make changes to their names and pronouns without parent support when they reach legal age or are emancipated by the courts.

I support Gov. Youngkin


Support for Parents to be in charge of their Kids

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<p> This bill gives parents back the rights they should always have regarding their own kids. It is disturbing that the school systems think they can hide anything about the kids from their legal guardians or make any decisions related to their welfare. Schools need to stick to academic instruction on assigned courses only.thank you Gov.  </p>


In support of

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<p> CHILDREN should not be given this power! It is a parents job to raise their children until they are 18. Once they are of age</p>


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Libs commenting here to "own" the right.

Party over Pedos huh?


Fully Support - Thank you Gov. Youngkin

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


I completely agree! I support this!

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<p>Thank you for bring back our right as a parent as a citizen! </p>


SUPPORT

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


I support Gov Youngkin 100%

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Keep the agendas out of the schools.  Lets teach our kids reading, writing & math like we should be and maybe some real history while you are at it.


STRONGLY OPPOSED.

Student who actually deals with these policies

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Trans students are already put through enough by this government. I am a student. I go to these public school. Trans students are not bothering anyone. I’ve never heard of a case of any trans student hurting anyone else. This makes no practical sense and harms students more than helps. Listen to students. We are telling you this is a bad idea. Listen to your constituents rather than the talking heads.


oppose this regressive change

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<p>Teachers and students deserve respect and the opportunity to teach and learn safely and without unnecessary interference. This includes trans children, who are harmed by this new policy. </p>


Support

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


Support parents rights

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<p>Support the new proposal which validates parents rights. Please teach the three R’s, history, the arts etc and leave the sexual stuff alone.  Somehow previous generations were able to figure that out as adults. Stop the social contagion. </p>


I support

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<p> This is not something that should be pushed in schools. No little girl should have to feel uncomfortable because men can go into same restrooms as them. If we allow this than in the future pedophiles will be able to demand same rights and that is unacceptable!  </p>


I support sanity


Strongly Support

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<p> I strongly support this  </p>


Fully oppose

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The amount of transphobia that goes into this bill is insurmountable. If my child chooses to go by a nickname that is related to their name but not of the norm, such as Trey for a III, a teacher would never think to contact a parent. The amount of youth that will be at risk of homelessness due to this bill is disgraceful that a governor would even push this, much less PARENTS support it.

Basic school curriculum is not at risk when having protection for trans students. Not having to be outed to bigoted parents does not change that state and federal curriculums still require math, arithmetic and all of the other stuff bigots like to claim is “now back”. Your child’s learning experience never changed, other students were just allowed to be themselves without risk of homelessness, abuse or death. Those in support of this are absolutely disgraceful and should have no place in public, much less writing bills.


Fully support this.


OPPOSE

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There is no evidence that trans girls dominate female sports. Instances of trans girls beating cisgender girls in sports are highly publicized and given disproportionate attention, but the vast majority of transgender girls perform on a similar scale to cisgender girls once they have met the estrogen/testosterone requirements for participation. When trans girls win at sports, it is because they are gifted athletes, not because they are transgender, and to suggest otherwise is not only factually incorrect, but disrespectful to all cisgender girls in sports. This bill is a result of fear mongering and bigotry by transphobes. It does not recognizes Virginia's children as human beings with autonomy and the right to determine how to present themselves to the world. Children, like adults, should be able to choose how the world should treat and perceive them. Whether that's someone with the legal name Alexander choosing to be called Alex, or a child with the legal name Timothy wanting to be called Teresa, children should be respected in their right to self-determinate. No one is advocating for teachers to medically transition students, and the vast majority of transgender youth do not undergo medical intervention until they are much older. This bill is disappointing, and not representative of the Virginia that ALL children deserve to live in.


Model policies for the treatment of transgender students

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I am adamantly opposed to adopting Gov. Youngkin’s policies for the treatment of transgender and non binary youth. It will subject these young people to discrimination, bullying and abuse. This is a population at higher risk of suicide already. School is often a place where students can be themselves and feel safe. This is being pushed as parental rights and will put students at risk of having no safe space. It puts teachers in a horrible position. The VDOE should not under any circumstances make this change and implement such alarming and outrageous policies.


I fully support this

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<p> I fully support this Guidance Document.   </p>


Support the parent’s right to raise their own child. Strongly agree.

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<p> School staff are not doctors. They are not there to diagnose children for gender dysphoria. They should not be allowed to deceive parents and manipulate children.  </p>


OPPOSE - and you should too

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<p>It sounds so nice, doesn't it? Let parents care for their kids. But what it's really saying is: we'd rather see dead trans children than let people live who they are. Wow, Virginia. Do better. </p>


Strongly support the Republican sanity


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

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<p> I support this policy change</p>


Opposing the 2022 Model Policies

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Few people would be o foolish to think this will protect transgender students. Trust Trans Kids.


I support our Virginia Governor!

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<p> Parents need to be able to parent their children ALL the time even at school! These policies protect the parents as much as their children!  Transgender boys and girls need their parents’ guidance as well.  I am a former teacher and treated all children equally.  It saddens me to see the direction where the education associations are trying to take our children! Thank you Governor Youngkin for supporting parents! </p>


Support

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<p> Parents need to be included in all aspects of their children's education  </p>


Strongly OPPOSE  new Transgender policy

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<p>How ironic that a document peppered throughout with the words "respect" and "dignity" shows so little of either for the humanity of the students involved.  Parental rights should not trump the rights of the students themselves.  Having a trusted teacher or school administrator to help these students grow into adulthood is ALL some of them have.  Anyone who believes this to be "grooming" has no understanding of the issue.  Please, please do not allow the views of a vocal minority to be used to harm these already fragile souls.  Society in general does not support them.  Please don't take away what little support there is for them to grow into healthy productive adults.  This ridiculous policy just arms parental abusers and oppressors to inflict more emotional and physical damage on these children and young adults.  Please reconsider this policy.  </p>


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


Support trans kids

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<p>Please dont take rights away from trans kids. They under enouh anxiety and dont need any more. </p>


I strongly support Governor Youngkin's support of parental rights

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


STRONGLY OPPOSE

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Protect our trans youth.


Younkin Uses Inaccurate Definition of Transgender

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According to Younkin's proposed rule, "The phrase “transgender student” shall mean a public school student whose parent has requested in writing, due to their child’s persistent and sincere belief that his or her gender differs with his or her sex, that their child be so identified while at school. "   The more accurate and medically accepted definition of transgenderism, which is supported by radiologic, genetic and other reproducible scientific evidence, is, according to Johns Hopkins, "Transgender: An umbrella term for people whose gender identity does not match the sex they were assigned at birth. "  Gender identity is an inborn human characteristic demonstrable by medical testing, visible in differences in brain structure on a simple CAT scan.  It is specifically NOT an ideology or, as Younkin's rule states, "premised on the ideological belief that gender is a matter of personal choice or subjective experience, not sex. Many Virginians reject this belief."  If "many Virginians reject this belief," it is because they are uneducated as to facts or bound by religious or ideological beliefs of their own.  That is not cause of others, including transgender students, to be bound by their beliefs.  Prohibiting the ability of another to live as their legitimate and inborn self, forcing them to conform to gaslighting about ideology when the science is clear, is a form of abuse and tortures the idea of freedom.  I am strongly against this rule.


Yes! Strongly Support

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<p> This policy empowers parents. Fully support.  </p>


Morning be forward supporting all

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<p> This guidance harms transchildren and anyone supporting this should be ashamed of themselves. Why does being kind to someone and THEIR identity affect anyone else negatively? It shouldn’t. This is a step back</p>


Stop the abuse of children support this policy


Strongly oppose

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I believe this guidance will harm transgender students in Virginia, and send a message to all students that school is not a safe space for everyone.


STRONGLY SUPPORT this policy!

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<p> Thank you Governor for all you do! Couldn’t agree more with the direction you are taking us.  </p>


Support

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<p> Though we need to find a solution for Trans Rights</p>


Couldn’t OPPOSE more to these policies


I support

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Please stand strong Governor. This is why you were elected.  Save our youth.


100% Support Governor

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<p> 100% Support Governor  </p>


I fully support transgender students

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What is the real reason? Political gain? "Protect the students"? Which students are you trying to protect? Transgender students are the ones who need who need to be protected and this policy does nothing to protect them. This policy only makes it easier for these students to suffer even more emotional trauma than they already do. Are we going to force these students to come out to parents who are not supportive, and in some cases are, or will be,  abusive?

Research shows 41% of transgender children attempt suicide. This new policy will do nothing but make that number go up.

Research shows that transgender children suffer from  anxiety and depression at a substantially higher rate than cisgendered children. Rolling back these policies will not help these children.

Research shows that socially transitioned transgender children who are supported in their gender identity have developmentally normative levels of depression and only minimal elevations in anxiety.

And yet, for fear that our cisgender children might encounter "something we don't want them to see or know about" we are willing to sacrifice the lives of those we find "different" or "unacceptable." Religion should have no place in politics and those policies driven by religious belief/fervor should not be allowed to take place. We cannot be ruled by fear of what makes us uncomfortable.


Strongly support Youngkins policy!  Thank you for protecting our children

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<p> Strongly support Youngkins policy. The madness needs to be stopped. Thank you for protecting our childrens safety and sanity.   </p>


OPPOSE

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<p>I strongly oppose the proposed model policies regarding transgender students put forth by Gov. Youngkin.  These policies go beyond parental involvement.  They restrict the ability of our children to live life as they identify.  My son, who is transgender, has lived his life as a boy for almost two years now.  It will harm him emotionally if he is now forced to use the girls' bathroom and join the girls' clubs. These policies will out him as transgender and put him at risk for bullying, abuse, and other poor treatment. We are proud of our son and support him unconditionally and he has a right to privacy that is not respected by this administration or these proposed policies. </p>


I support this.

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<p> I support this proposal. Parents have the right to know what is going on with their child. If a child fears that their parent will abuse them because of this then they need to speak up and report it to child protective services. A living parent will not condemn their child because they are gender confused or homosexual… or for any reason whatsoever. But I would imagine living with this secret from your family</p>


i support transgender youth

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I am vehemently opposed to these proposed policies. schools must love and affirm transgender youth


Support

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<p> I have recently had friends who were teachers in the VA public school system leave their positions due to the 2021 Model Policies. I have also known students that left the public school system and enrolled in private Christian schools because of the current document in effect. The governor's proposal is sound and I am in support of this change.  </p>


Excellent policy.  Read it and support it.

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<p> This is an excellent policy</p>


Support for this policy

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<p> It seems like everyone feels this will cause suicide rates among trans students to increase. Suicide is the result of a mental health problem. Sane rational people do not commit suicide. Perhaps get mental health help for these students. But keep this nonsense out of the schools!  </p>


Oppose the 2022 change

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I believe in supporting our most marginalized children and students. The policy established in 2021 and passed in many school divisions around Virginia protect transgender and gender-diverse children. I urge you to NOT make the proposed changes, as this will increase the risk for these children in school, in the community, and at home.

Listen to the children and families that are MOST IMPACTED by your policy change.

Signed,

A very concerned parent in Albemarle County


Completely Disagree

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These policies are harmful and against human rights of trans youth


Strongly SUPPORT Youngkin’s policy!

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<p> Fully support Youngkin’s policy!  </p>


Support it 100% Parents should always be the responsible authority for their child's social behavior

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Support the policy 100%.  This policy takes the authority out of government's hands and places it properly in the hands of the child's natural authority - their parents.  Children need to be protected from corrupted ideologies that will harm them.  Children are not able to properly discern truth from error at this age and the Department of Education, and its agents, are not the authority on this matter;  it’s not their right to support nor reject any social beliefs their parents wish to instill other than promoting good behavior, rewarding kindness, and striving for excellence in their studies.  I think the policy preserves a path for students to “identify” the way they and their parents agree.  The policy doesn’t “out” the student to their parents; it opens the door for truthful communication between the student and their parent.  Otherwise, it is deception and lies being committed by the government agency.


Strongly support a parents right to raise their child to adulthood.

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<p> I fully support this.  </p>


Strongly OPPOSE


Completely support this policy

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<p> I completely support this policy. Thank you for restoring parental rights  </p>


Strongly support

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<p> Fingers crossed this will pass. Much needed change!  </p>


This is hypocritical

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<p>The same people who agree that children are old enough to confirm their faith in God at 12 don’t think children are old enough to make decisions about their own body? Which is it? Because it seems like asking a child to commit to a religion at TWELVE but not thinking they’re old enough to make other important life decisions is pretty hypocritical. </p>


I strongly support Gov Youngkin and the Department of Education on the 2022 Transgender Policy

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Yes. I too believe all students have the right to attend school in an environment free from bullying, harassment and discrimination. Yes. the Department of Education should set policy to protect and create an environment of respect for All students. This policy does just that. At the same time it promotes education of reading, writing and arithmetic and ensures that parents have the final word as to their child's education.


Oppose

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<p>All Virginians, especially trans and other marginalized people, deserve to feel safe in their schools. </p>


Strongly Support Parent Choice

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


Strongly Oppsr

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<p>I strongly oppose this proposed legislation. This proposal, which is written with a veneer of respect for parents, is nothing more than an attempt to make transphobia palatable for the masses. This does not reflect the ethos I want for the Virginia school system. This is an insult to educators seeking the best for the individual students they support. This is inappropriate and I reiterate that as a lifelong Virginian, and alumna of Virginia state schools from Kindergarten to College, I strongly oppose this proposal. </p>


Pass pass pass strongly support

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<p> Love Youngkin  </p>


A Teacher in Support of This

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<p> I'm a high school teacher</p>


Support! Studies show increase in sexual assault when bathrooms aren't sex segregated

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<p> Please check out the scholarly journal article Gender-Inclusion Policies and Sexual Violence: ALongitudinal Analysis of Media Reports at Target Stores to see that sexual assault INCREASED BY 70% when public restrooms allowed people to use them based on their self identified gender. Women and children were victims 99% of the time. Protect women and girls!  </p>


STRONGLY SUPPORT this policy!

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<p> Thank you Governor for all you do! Couldn’t agree more with the direction you are taking us.  </p>


Strongly Support-Thank you!

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<p> It's time to put common sense back in schools. This policy does exactly that. Thank you for recognizing that parents play an important role in their children's lives. Thank you for supporting all students with common sense policies that put biology back into decision-making. It never should have been left out of the equation to begin with.  </p>


Support children at risk

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The transgender guidance document seems to assume that parents have their children's best interests at heart.  I know this is true for me, but I accept my child and love them exactly as they are.  I would support my child if they decided to have fluid gender identities or if they felt that their biological sex did not match their gender identity.  There are many, many parents who will never except their children unless they fit into the exact mold that their parents define for them.  This has been repeatedly shown to not be true for at-risk LGBTQ+ youth, especially in rural counties in Virginia with conservative, religious values that do not accept or approve of non-heteronormative relationships or physical presentations.  This will put trans and LGBTQ+ children at risk for physical and mental abuse by parents who may not accept them.  It also forces the lucky children, who have supportive parents, into a complicated and difficult situation of trying to have their children recognized for who they are on the inside.  Please stop taking away rights and pushing up back into the past.  Take away the hate, and provide some understanding and compassion.  The current policies are bigoted and will cause undue pain and suffering.  It would be nice if the Governor would treat these at risk children as humans instead of political pawns that will help him curry favor with conservatives and the religious right in the lead up to the 2024 presidential election.  Treat them with compassion and respect.  Stop the hate.


Support support support


Not far

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It's not fair how we should treat other different just because they don't like what they are that doesn't mean they should not be able to play a sport or be in a band just because they are a gender like so crazy like in what mindset do you have to be to do that the if the gov had any family that are trans he wouldn't be thinking this way.


Strongly Support-Thank you!


I support our Virginia Governor!

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<p> Parents need to be able to parent their children ALL the time even at school! These policies protect the parents as much as their children!  Transgender boys and girls need their parents’ guidance as well.  I am a former teacher and treated all children equally.  It saddens me to see the direction where the education associations are trying to take our children! Thank you Governor Youngkin for supporting parents! </p>


Please stop politicizing human rights, oppose/compromise

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This whole thing breaks my heart in a lot of different ways. I want to believe there is good intention coming from those who make this policy. I want to believe they have no idea just how much damage they can do for these children and families if they pass it. I want to believe that those on here who state things about "Republican vs Democrat" and post ramblings of politics on here never have to suffer the loss of someone they care for being lost to suicide or see a child destroyed by bullying.

These children aren't here for some agenda, they are just human beings trying to grow and develop as each and every one of us have before. For some school can be a safe place where they can express themselves when they may not feel safe enough to do that at home. Not all families will create unsafe environments, but if any one of those here who think an individual who is trans will always be treated kindly at home, you are gravely mistaken. You force those kids who are trying to figure out who they are to confront their parents when they aren't ready or it's not safe? You are causing way more harm than any good.

Despite your politics what matters here are these kids. I want to believe that is the intention of these policies. Trans kids aren't some disease that need to be plucked like a garden weed. A child doesn't have to be trans for foul play in a bathroom, there are no guarantees to safety in a school we should all be extremely aware of that fact. We should all have hope in teaching our kids how to be safe and trust we are all doing our part to the school upholding safety for everyone. Everyone.

I ask though I oppose this policy for the sheer amount of damage it will cause for these kids whether by less than kind families, bullying from other students, discrimination from teachers, or any impact of persecution, can we not find compromise?

You want the kids to be safer in school? Why not create a policy that creates unisex bathrooms in school? The kids can choose which one they wish to go rather than have to argue the right to use the bathroom. Though it's not perfect the kids would feel less put on the spot to have the right to relieve themselves in a place that doesn't shame them for their gender identity.

Want parents to be more involved? With kids who are coming into school/beginning of the school year just as you would with an alias of a name/nickname, let parents who wish to bring forward that information to the teacher/administration, let it be known. Let them have the opportunity to be involved. If a kid starts going by a different name at school? Let the kid talk with the guidance/school counselor, get to understand what is going on at home, let them express what is going on before action. You wouldn't call a parent because Timothy James prefers to be called Jimmy, but you would if Jimmy prefers to be called by other pronouns or a non/binary or female name? Get the full story, if it seems unsafe have a parent/teacher conference to discuss, if it escalates involve CPS. If we all really care about kids and families, we need to do what we can to help a child, regardless of identity, feel safe.

These are just examples and not the only options that could be made, however I hope they help illuminate there can be compromises.

These children deserve to be protected not punished or politicized. If you truly care about family and our schools, think of what the kids may go through if you sentence them to this.

Thank you.


Completely support this policy


Strongly support the Republican sanity


Support parents rights for child's welfare.

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There is nothing in this new policy that endangers the very small percentage of gender confused children.

This policy protects girls from potential harm by boys in restrooms, locker rooms and shared lodging.

This policy also protects girls rights and accomplishments in athletics.


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<p>As a parent of a trans child I strongly oppose this legislation. Not all trans children have healthy parental support and school is their safe space. Having support is life saving. Taking that support away  will be extremely detrimental. Trans rights are human rights. </p>


I strongly support this. As a young woman

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<p> I want to feel safe in my sport and bathrooms.</p>


Proposed Trans Model Policy

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<p>I STRONGLY OPPOSE the governor's proposed Anti-Trans Model policy.  It's cruel and wrong.  The governor is using vulnerable children as political pawns and putting them at risk to further his own personal ambitions.  Shame on him and those that support this despicable proposal.  Congrats to the students who have walked out of their schools protesting the proposed policy.  In this case, it's the kids who are the adults in the room. </p>


Support

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<p> The rights of a few shouldnt overpower the majority and we live in a world where this appears to be happening daily. Schools shouldn’t be a political venue rather a safe place to be educated. Treat everyone the same.  </p>


Yes! Strongly Support

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<p> This policy empowers parents. Fully support.  </p>


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

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


Without parental consent, it's grooming.

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Smoke break.

Have fun opposing groomers.


To "Trans" Activists - Stop claiming that if you don't get your way, you'll kill yourselfs and blame

A Virginian for Common Sense Policies that actually foster education

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those of us who support Gov. Youngkin, and other governors, such as Desantis, Who are pushing back against weirdo policies aimed at grooming our kids. We are not buying it anymore. If you need mental help, fine, but we are not responsible for your collective happiness.


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I Support the changes so all children are protected (not just those claiming transgender). Human brain is not fully developed up until age 25 and these children need our guidance. At the same time, we don’t want to confuse non-transgender students and put them at a disadvantage. We could address the very few claiming to have transgender issues through mental health counseling support and social support such as their parents. There are many transgender people who had changed their gender in their past and regretted their decisions later because they did not have appropriate guidance at the time. There’s even a documentary about it. Please let families address their challenges as they encounter them; not politicians or their peers.


Support this stomgly


100% Support

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<p> It is the family's responsibility to raise our children not the government. Let educator's educate!  </p>


STRONGLY OPPOSE- this policy will endorse bullying and increase suicide rates for trans youth

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This policy will endorse and embolden transphobic bullying and make school even more dangerous for trans and genderqueer students. It will potentially out them to abusive family members. It will damage their sense of identity and self-esteem. It will increase the rates of depression, anxiety, self-harm, and suicidal ideation in trans kids.
It serves absolutely no purpose except to validate Youngkin’s transphobic voter base.
Children are being murdered in school shootings in America literally every day, but instead of focusing on how to protect them, Youngkin’s is choosing to focus on this . His supporters are claiming that using a student’s preferred pronouns is “grooming” them, but they’re the ones who are obsessed with these kids’ genitalia.


Fully Support!

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<p> Fully Support!  </p>


I support

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<p> I support this.  </p>


Strongly Support Parent Choice

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


Fully SUPPORT

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


I support these new policies COMPLETELY!

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<p> I believe schools should be concerned about educating our students in English</p>


Support support support


Strongly Support This New Approach

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<p> No matter one’s belief system</p>


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Groomers gonna groom.

Look how many are here.


100% Support Policy

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<p> I support the policy change 100 percent. Parents should make decisions for their under age children.  </p>


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

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


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<p> Strongly support Youngkins policy. The madness needs to be stopped. Thank you for protecting our childrens safety and sanity.   </p>


protect trans kids!

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Protect the rights and freedoms of trans students by maintaining and enforcing their rights to privacy. A parent is not owed total autonomy over their children and should not be privy to all information regarding their children. Children are autonomous human beings who should be protected by the state, which includes public school staff.


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Don't ever forgive these people, they want you dead and out of the way to molest freely.


I support Governor Younkin's position.

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<p> I support Governor Younkin's position on trans gender issues.  </p>


Support Youngkin

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<p> I fully support Governor Youngkin. Transgender students NEED the help of their parents. They do not need to be further secretive about their identity crisis. Childten’s brains are not fully developed so why would any responsible adult allow a child to make a change as drastic as trying to switch genders or wanting to dabble in using new pronouns? How does being secretive benefit anyone? Being secretive is what people do when they’re being DECEITFUL. When we are honest</p>


Fully support! CHILDREN need their parents.

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<p> This is not about adults</p>


Oppressive Bill Should Not Pass

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This new bill is extremely oppressive and expresses the hate and oppressive emotions that are being held in our state. By the age of 3 kids have a valid foundation where they are able to decide who they want to be. Government interference with this takes away the humanity and rights to these children who want to simply live a life that makes them happy. Who are you we a government to take that away from these children. Let them live their lives and be who they want to be. Let them live in the freedom they deserve.


Do NOT Support!!

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This is an absolutely terrible, cruel, and overall horrific proposal. This discriminates against teens on the basis of gender, forcing them to use bathrooms by their sex at birth, instead of their gender. This will lead to anxiety and discomfort for all, both the transgender student in the wrong bathroom, and the other students. Teens will choose to simply 'hold it' and not go to the bathroom, which can and will cause medical problems if it goes on too long.  It will also lead to bullying and fighting, as some students pick on the transgender student, and other students stand up to support them. It will exacerbate the teen experience of already feeling out of place, and will lead to teen suicides.

It's a bathroom with stalls, for goodness' sake, people are meant to step in, use them, wash their hands, and leave. (Unless it does not have stalls, in which case, that should be added in regardless.) If a teen identifies as one gender in dress, pronouns, etc, then they should use the bathroom of their gender. If you have a teen that is suspected of claiming a gender for the purpose of using that bathroom, with proven documentation of their intent to mislead, then that is a separate disciplinary action that can be taken by the school, just as if a cisgender student was caught hiding/creeping in the other gender's bathroom.

Teens have a right to privacy and dignity. No one's bathroom habits should be any cause for uproar or conversation. Most teens in school have little time as it is to use the restroom between classes, anyway. There is absolutely no need for this law, as any problems between students in a restroom should be handled at the school level.

This proposal increases the privilege of cisgender students and hurts the already underprivileged transgender students. They did not ask to be transgender. They simply ask to be treated like any other person.


Fully support

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<p> I fully support this policy. I’ve taught for 10 years in Northern Virginia</p>


Fully support

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<p> I fully support parents' rights to know everything going on with their child/children and for the parents to be the sole parties that choose how their children are raised.  </p>


Support saving our children


VDOE 2022 Guidelines harmful to trans youth

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<p>This new policy is reversing any good that came from the 2022 version, and is putting trans youth in virginia at risk. Do the right thing. This is not it. </p>


Wholeheartedly Support!

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


With parental consent, your kids can live full happy lives.


Oppose! Protect trans kids!

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I strongly oppose this bill. Trans kids are at greatest risk amongst their peer group for bullying, harassment, depression, suicide, and being kicked out of their homes by unaccepting parents. Teachers are not grooming kids when they use the child’s self- identified name and pronouns. They are showing them respect and care and support to be who they are. Trans people have ALWAYS existed and are not the enemy. Pretending they don’t exist and/or forcing them to hide for safety and security reasons will not make them exist less. It will however increase the likelihood that they will have depression and attempt suicide and be forced to live on the streets and possibly be trafficked by other despicable people. This bill will literally cause children to die. As a member of the Republican Party who purports to care about “saving babies”, you would think the governor would care about ALL Virginia children, not just the unborn. Trans kids who die by suicide after being bullied, attacked, and/or outed to their family, and those kids who die by homicide or drug overdose after being forced to live on the streets after being kicked out of their home will be on your hands. This bill must not be approved and written into law. And amongst all the challenges that Virginians face, trans kids just trying to exist is NOT where we should be focusing time and energy. Again, I stand in full opposition to this bill.


Strongly oppose.

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Ensuring a safe learning environment for transkids - and all kids - is the very least our government should do. Treating these children as equal in no way lessens other children's - or parents' - rights. Protect all kids.


Support support support


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Do you see how many are in opposition to your rights as a parent?

It's becoming mainstream, because you are too busy working to be involved with your children.

"It takes a village" people are coming for them.


Strongly support (common sense and applicable to all students)

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<p> This is excellent and helps all parents fulfill their duties.  </p>


Transphobia

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This anti-transgender policy is appalling, and as a lifelong Virginia resident, I am mortified by the direction our leadership is taking in this state. Trans, non-binary, and non-gender conforming youth aren't hurting you. They are simply children that wish to express themselves in the way they see fit, and it shouldn't matter what anyone else thinks. Republican government officials are so concerned with the left and the LGBTQ community 'indoctrinating' their children by simply just existing, when they're the ones that are forcing their values and beliefs on the younger population. This policy is making the state take many steps back in not being a safe place for trans youth, and I have never been more disappointed.


Strongly oppose

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Let’s stop pretending this is about children, because if it was, we would be listening to our children versus speaking for them and pushing our own political agendas onto them. I hope the people who agree with this bill are ok with the harassment, bullying, and suicides of CHILDREN that will come from this. It’s all about protecting children until those children aren’t cis-gendered. This is a human rights violation and any parent that is more concerned about gender conformity in public restrooms than children’s lives should be ashamed of themselves.


Fully support

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<p> Thank you Governor!  </p>


I support this change.

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


Support

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<p> Fully support  </p>


Trans rights are human rights

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It has been well documented that our transgender population, and young people in particular, are incredibly susceptible to bullying and mental health issues due to a general lack of empathy, understanding, education and protection. By rolling back the changes in our schools that made them inclusive safe spaces, we are placing our young people in danger and promoting a culture of bigotry as well as allowing a one sided, mainly conservative Christian, viewpoint to sway public policy.  I am 100% against taking away the human rights of an entire segment of our population. Do not move our state backwards!


Bill supported by bigots

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


Bill supported by bigots


Pronoun craze leads to sex hormones, surgery, lifelong patients. Against Biden's title 9 change harm

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Pronoun craze leads to cross sex hormones, surgery, lifelong patients. Long time Democrat opposing Biden’s title 9 change which will seriously harm women’s sports


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<p> I want to feel safe in my sport and bathrooms.</p>


This policy is child abuse and requires state employees to commit felonies.

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This is in answer to Governor Youngkin's unlawful policy on schools' treatment of transgender students. According to Virginia Code 18.2-371.1, "Any parent, guardian, or other person responsible for the care of a child under the age of 18 who by willful act or willful omission or refusal to provide any necessary care for the child's health causes or permits serious injury to the life or health of such child is guilty of a Class 4 felony." When (not if) a transphobic parent hurts a child who they discovered is transgender from a school staffer acting in accordance with Youngkin's policy, that will constitute a felony committed by a state employee. When (not if) an openly transgender child is harmed by fellow students for using a locker-room or bathroom that does not match their gender identity and appearance, it will be Governor Youngkin who has committed a felony by forcing that situation.

A policy that requires or encourages the commitment of a felony is not a lawful policy. The lawful role of the state is to protect children, not abuse them.


Support this Proposal to Restore Sanity to Virginia and Protect All Students

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<p> My 13 year old daughter became convinced she was transgender after attending a school presentation. Then the school changed her name and pronouns without our knowledge or permission and treated her like she was actually a boy. Several others in her class believed the same thing</p>


Support

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<p> Parents have a right to know about any issue their child is dealing with. Thank you Governor Younkin!  </p>


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Groomers can't ban you here!


Totally support our governor


Stongly support

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<p> Thank you Gov Youngkin for protecting our daughters. Female students have felt uncomfortable in the locker rooms and using the bathrooms due to the previous policies put in place.  </p>


Right wing nut jobs are GROOMERS


I Strongly Strongly Support This


This is Wrong

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Youngkin needs to stop interfering with People's lives. He has no clue what harm he's doing to young people's lives.


Opposition

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Strongly oppose the proposed changes.  The governor continues to outdo himself.


I absolutely SUPPORT and agree with this policy

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<p> As a 'birthing parent'</p>


FULLY SUPPORT - THANK YOU!

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<p> Fully support this! Thank you</p>


Strongly oppose

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<p>Time and time again,GOP legislators work tirelessly to demote and restrict youth rights by trying to ban literature, arts, and further education. Rather than ensuring safety in our schools by increasing funding for healthier food options and providing teachers basic needs in the public school system,, Governor Youngkin has decided to waste Virginia’s time and resources by attempting to pass something that will terrorize the youth of this state. Trans rights are important, they deserve to be seen and heard just like every single kid in this state and have every right to be treated equally as other students. </p>


Strongly support

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<p> You are doing the good thing  </p>


OPPOSE

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Please resign, the whole lot of you.


Fully Support

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<p> I fully support this model.  </p>


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Protect your kids.

Don't let work cause neglect of the home!


Strongly Oppose

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<p>This is a despicable policy. These proposed model policies are contrary to state law and will be extremely harmful to transgender and nonbinary children. </p>


Strongly support

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


Support-

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<p> Protect ALL children  </p>


This is disgusting

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Absolutely disrespectful, disgusting, and appalling. Backwards steps for America!


Strongly support


This is disgusting


Strongly Support-Thank you!

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<p> It's time to put common sense back in schools. This policy does exactly that. Thank you for recognizing that parents play an important role in their children's lives. Thank you for supporting all students with common sense policies that put biology back into decision-making. It never should have been left out of the equation to begin with.  </p>


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Notice all the groomers in the comments who don't want parents to have a say?

It's not a minority anymore.

You have to fight!


Fully Support

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


Do not support

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<p>As a parent of two Virginia public school students, I can't support this policy. I don't see what was wrong the previous model policy. As a parent, I'm dismayed that this policy is wrapping itself in the language of "parental rights" when it mostly seems to be about making it harder for schools to provide a supportive environment for trans kids. </p>


I support


Strongly Support Parent Choice

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


Oppose

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<p>We need to protect ALL children in the state of Virginia. Not everyone is binary, even at the chromosomal level. Educate yourself and respect everyone. Laws like this will increase an already too high suicide rate among trans kids. Religious indoctrination has no place in public schools. </p>


Strongly support changes!

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<p> I don't want my grandchild to have any upbringing or influence which is against nature and God!  </p>


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Parents rights > States rights


100% SUPPORT / DEMOCRACY SPEAKS

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


OPPOSE- there is a reality, there is a truth, there are absolutes, there are rights and wrongs.

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<p>Trans rights are human rights </p>


Strongly support

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


Fully support the Governor

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<p> Thank you Governor!  </p>


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IT'S IN EVERY SCHOOL NOW.


Protect our children support this policy

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<p> Stop the abuse by sickos  </p>


Move forward supporting all

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<p> This guidance harms transchildren and anyone supporting this should be ashamed of themselves. Why does being kind to someone and THEIR identity affect anyone else negatively? It shouldn’t. This is a step back</p>


Strongly Support This New Approach

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<p> No matter one’s belief system</p>


Thank you! I fully support!

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<p> This should have been done sooner.  </p>


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Next push will be for "MAP's"

Minor attracted persons.


I'm appalled.

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As parents it is your job to make your child feel loved, accepted, and safe. As a teacher it is your job to build trusting relationships with your students. Policing trans kids in this way does neither. I'm so disappointed what I read in the proposed document. Kids do not deserve this.


Support

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<p> I fully support this.  </p>


Abusive right wing parents are groomers!


Support- there is a reality, there is a truth, there are absolutes, there are rights and wrongs

Get back to education; Stop forcing others to celebrate your choices

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Wake up. Let’s operate in reality.


Support this policy 100%

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This policy is common sense and makes parents' rights a top priority! Schools should never keep secrets about the children from their parents. That is WRONG. Students should feel safe in school, and not worry about a person of the opposite gender, coming into the restroom or locker room.  This whole business of "gender fluidity", "nonbinary", "etc",  is nonsense and the TRUE diagnosis of gender dysphoria is RARE and should be made by reputable psychiatrists/doctors. Except for extremely rare cases, this is nothing more than a fad and absolutely should not be encouraged, by teachers/administrators/etc in a school building. Gov. Younkin is to be praised for dealing with this and making this policy!!  THAT is one of the reasons he was elected!


Strongly support

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<p> Fingers crossed this will pass. Much needed change!  </p>


Youngkin endangers trans youth

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Governor Youngkin’s draft policy fails to support and affirm trans youth and only serves to cater to ignorant, backwards-thinking Virginians who fear the LGBTQIA+ population. I urge the Governor to move Virginia forward to a place of acceptance and inclusivity.


We support you Youngkin!

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<p> I applaud your efforts to remove the silliness enacted by Northram “protecting” the LBGT” students.  </p>


I STRONGLY Support Governor Glenn Younkin on Parental Rights

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I STRONGLY SUPPORT Gov Glenn Younkin's position on Parental Rights Concerning the Safety of our children from the sexual assault being forced on them through the Education System.  Parents Voices concerning what their children experience academically, socially, in the REST ROOMS & LOCKER ROOMS and ALL that concerns their children in their schools need to be listened to, acknowledged and respected with whatever those parents choose for their children.  Keep Our Children SAFE !


Stongly support

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<p> Thank you Gov Youngkin for protecting our daughters. Female students have felt uncomfortable in the locker rooms and using the bathrooms due to the previous policies put in place.  </p>


Without parental consent, it's grooming.

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They caught you parents sleeping at the wheel!


Oppose this policy ~ VDOE please reject the proposed policy

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As the mother of a transgender daughter who went through the Fairfax County Public school system, I can’t imagine what she would be experiencing and feeling with this proposed policy. She would feel unsafe, not able to express her authentic self and not able to focus on her studies least of all.

All students, regardless of how they present themselves, should always be safe at school and not have to worry about prejudice & hate in the school system.  Some students are lucky to have affirming families but not everyone has that support at home.

The proposed policy is harmful to the mental & physical  health of transgender and non-binary students.  Students should feel safe at school in all aspects of their education and social encounters.

I oppose the proposed policy and request of the VDOE reject it!

Kara, Alexandria VA


Support the new model granting parents rights to make decisions for their children

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<p> I support respect Parents rights to make decisions with respect to their children and not the Commonwealth of Virginia. If a parent chooses to relinquish this right</p>


Support and Thanks

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Governor Youngkin,

Thank you for this proposal. Parents are the most important figures in a child’s life. Giving them the ability to provide children with appropriate consent for gender related changes is of the utmost importance. They know the child best and know where they are on their transgender journey. Proposals like this one prevent politically or negatively motivated individuals from taking control of other peoples children and making life changing decisions for them. It also prevents children from leading a double life that can often lead to even more trouble at home. Please continue to champion parental rights and set the example for the rest of our nation. God Bless!

- Concerned Parent


Support and Thanks


Right wing lies- There is no link between trans inclusive bathroom policies and bathroom safety.


I support this!

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


Trans Rights=Human Rights

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Trans Rights are the same as Human Rights. Strongly oppose this policy


We support you Youngkin!


Support All Students


Strongly support a parents right to raise their child.

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<p> School systems are not medical professionals that are in the profession of diagnosing gender dysphoria in children. School systems do not pay the medical bills of these children.  </p>


Support this policy to stop hurting children


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They groom while you sleep.


Strongly support

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<p> You are doing the good thing  </p>


Fully support this measure

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<p> A public school has no right to push or even support any gender transitioning of a minor without parental consent. Maybe if we stopped treating this as a choice that can be made by a child</p>


Support parental rights

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Please pass this important policy. Parents are legally responsible for their children. Only parents should make serious medical decisions for them. Children expressing discomfort or confusion with their sex is extremely normal, especially during puberty. On rare occasions some children experience gender dysphoria. Gender dysphoria very often presents in autistic children, children with other mental health issues, and survivors of abuse. Some times these children are suicidal. For teachers to hide this information from parents risks children hurting themselves. Adolescence is a time to explore your identity. Children do not have the mental capacity to make life altering decisions, such as transitioning. Social transition has shown that it pushes a child down a certain path that they may not have taken. Almost 90% of kids with gender dysphoria grow out of it. Teachers are not mental health professionals. They do not have the training or right to make such decisions, especially behind a parent’s back. To sever the parent-child bond risks that child being vulnerable to predators. It is a a dog whistle that teachers are afraid for supposed transgender kids. If there are signs of abuse then that should be brought to the attention of the proper authorities. Otherwise this violates the duty of teachers as mandatory reporters. Our country unfortunately has a history of separating children from their parents. This was especially true of poor and minority children. This was supposedly done for the benefit of the kids, but in truth it was the state enforcing the ideology of the time. An example of this was the reservation school system. It was abusive then and it is abusive now. Please pass this policy and hopefully we can the return of respect for parental rights back to this country.


Strong support Trump 2024


Fully support, and it should go farther.

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I fully support the guidance but it should be even stronger. Trans is a dangerous and destructive ideology. We need to reeducate our students against it. Students who identify with it should be given special classes to educate them on the reality of biological sex. Teachers who support the ideology should be removed from public employment. Parents who try and transition their children should have CPS involvement to protect the kids.


This revised model helps protect them

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This revision brings parents back into the picture regarding the physical and emotional needs.  Parents and their family physician should be the only ones to deal with transgender or homosexual issues.  The schools are in the business of teaching education that equips our kids for success.  As our laws protect anyone who is a homosexual or transgender, this should not be part of the school system.


I fully support this; previous policies interfered with parents

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<p> This policy is reasonable and does not endanger trans students as feared by others commenting. Their language is hyperbole and present a false dichotomy. This policy returns rights to parents while still protecting all students</p>


Oppose:  Makes it hard for kids to get counseling if parents are abusive.

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<p>This policy makes it hard for kids to get counseling if parents are abusive.  Such a roadblock can lead to increased depression and suicide rates.  </p>


Stop the abuse of children support this policy


Support Trans Kids

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What is wrong with you interfering like this. Let kids live their lives. Strongly oppose this nonsense.


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They groom, with you in the room now!


Fully Support!

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<p> Fully Support!  </p>


Fully support this.

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<p> Fully support.  </p>


I do NOT support government sanctioned oppression of any minorities group.

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This legislation is immoral and homophobic.  It represents government sanctioned oppression of Virginians.  This is disgusting.


Support Kyra is a Williamsburg hack

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<p> Support the bill  </p>


These policies are harmful!

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<p>Honestly, what do you all think happens in a bathroom? We all go in there, do our business behind a stall, and leave. I am a cis woman who has been in a public restroom at the same time as a trans woman- guess what, nobody ran around with their genitals out or assaulted anyone. I did not feel unsafe, why would I? What does make me feel unsafe are policies that target vulnerable youth. </p>


I Strongly Strongly Support This


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They are mentally molesting your children.


Strongly support our governor


Why?

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This is insanity. Let the kids be who they want to be!!


I support this 100%

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<p> This is common sense. Parents rights should never have been subverted.  </p>


FULLY SUPPORT - THANK YOU!

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<p> Thank you for supporting and reaffirming parents’ roles in their children’s lives. It is essential that our state recognize and respect the role of parent</p>


We support Governor Youngkin

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We appreciate all of Governor Youngkins’s policies!


Educator who supports this policy

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<p> Parents should always be informed when something involves their child… always  </p>


Strongly support

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Children belong to their parents, not the state. Period. Strongly support this guidance.


Support

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<p> Parents have a right to know about any issue their child is dealing with. Thank you Governor Younkin!  </p>


Strongly support this updated policy.

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<p> I strongly support everything this updated policy restoring rights to parents with respect to their children's education.  </p>


Stop privilaged liberal ideologues from forcing their new religion on Women and Minorities!

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THANK YOU for taking steps to safegaurd the rights of ALL Virginia students.  Women and Girls have fought long and hard to earn the rights we have today and those rights should not be eroded to cater to privilaged radicals.  It is not anti LGBT to expect children to keep their parents involved when making decsions that will have life long reprocussions.  Nor is it anti LGBT to understand and respect basic human biology or science in general (and i'm specifically talking about the hard sciences where peer review and repeatability are required).   It is not anti LGBT to aknowledge that other people also have rights, and one extremely small and homogeneous group should not and cannot dominate the conversation.   Thank you for taking reasonable steps to protect EVERYONE.


2021 policy defines every existing gender-variant EXCEPT "man" or "woman". Why?

FCPS teacher who doesn't want to be fired by the radicals

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<p>These 2021 policies were created by people who understand the importance of definitions, and yet adhere to an ideology that is essentially- the absence of definitions. Please undo these malignant, ill intentioned policies. They are causing gender-confusion, which subjects these children to an unheard of suicide rate. </p>


YES this what Virginia wants and needs. No more insanity for all for the misguided few

This too shall pass and reality/ truth will remain

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When all this passes away; there is an absolute, there is a right and wrong, there is a reality and truth


I completely support this! So the nonsense and teach core classes!


OPPOSE STRONGLY

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<p>Gov. Youngkin’s proposal endangers trans children, contradicts recommended medical care, and creates stigmatizing burden on trans kids. There is now evidence that trans kids pose unique risks to other students or have unfair advantages in sports. The proposal is bigoted and harmful to children figuring out their identities </p>


Support

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<p> The lobbyists have convinced a lot of people that kids are at risk with these guidelines but in fact</p>


Fully support Gov. Younkins policy to protect kids and restore parents' rights.

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<p> So grateful to Governor Younking for protecting children from brainwashing</p>


Strongly support

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<p> You are doing the good thing  </p>


TRANS INDIVIDUALS ALREADY HAVE HIGHER MENTAL HEALTH RISKS AS IT IS AND THIS IS GOING TO FURTHER THEM

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<p>Transgender individuals face transphobia impacting their mental health and have a HIGHER RISK of self-harm or committing suicide. This policy will only further CRIPPLE the mental health of transgender students and their blood will be on the governor's hands. There are REASONS parents may not know about their child being transgender and it may be because the student is uncomfortable or KNOWS they won't be accepted. It is wrong for teachers to forcefully out their students under this policy because it puts them in DANGER. Whatever rights we have left are being SNATCHED by old white men. Deadnaming, misgendering, transphobia. That's what these people want. This needs to be STOPPED. </p>


Without parental consent, your kids suffer tremendously.


We need to support kids

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<p> It is a simple matter to support all kids</p>


Educator who supports this policy


OPPOSE

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Oppose! Please keep current protections for transgender students in VA  public schools


Without parental consent, it's grooming.

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Parents, you better stand up!

If you don't, you won't have a say left.


Support parent’s rights to parent

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


Fully support

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<p> Fully support  </p>


I strongly support these policy changes

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<p> I strongly support these policy changes.  </p>


I 100% support this!

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<p> Protect our children from this sexually nonsense!  </p>


Fully Support

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<p> I fully support the update of these policies that rebalance the education system in the State of Virginia. The current push of transgenderism by teachers</p>


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They groom your kids while you work.

The teachers are even getting paid to do it....


This policy is harmful.

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     I sometimes wonder why people like Glenn Youngkin have such a big problem with trans people. You can disagree with their decision, but what right do you have to shame them, and force them into a mold that you are comfortable with? If a trans person wants to use the bathroom they're comfortable with how does it affect you? Not only does it not affect anybody, but doing things that affirm the way they feel about themselves improves the mental state of people who are far more likely to commit suicide than any other group.

     Another thing this bill would do is require parents to sign a form in order for teachers to to be able to use a student's preferred name and pronouns. A nonbinary kid at my school recently told their story about how their family actively shamed them for being nonbinary. School was one of the few places where they could be themselves, but now they would be forced to ask their transphobic parents to sign off on their ability to be who they are. Now thousands of kids will be impacted in a similar way, where school is no longer a safe space for them to express themselves all because one straight cis-gender white man decided that they should have to be just like him.

      This policy wasn't designed for "Parents rights", it was designed to attack young emotionally vulnerable children who just want to be accepted by everyone. This policy makes trans kids less welcome in the one place where it's most important: their school.


I completely support.


Support - not taking from women

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<p>I'm in support of the Youngkin work. Women are being placed at risk and there will be real loses in women getting athletic scholarships if men are able to play in their sports.  </p>


Opposed

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<p>I am very opposed to this new policy and believe it will be more harmful than helpful to transgender students. </p>


SUPPORT

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<p> Let's get back to teaching academics in Virginia!!!!  </p>


Support

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It's not about grooming or supporting trans people.  Parents should help their children with life choices until they are able to make them on their own.  If parents feel that their kids are ready and able to choose a different gender, they still can under these rules. The truth is that most children are not trans or gay but feel pressured to identify as such in order to fit in with the crowd. Children don't understand the consequences of making the decision lightly.  Parents are responsible for helping their children make the right choices, not schools and not the public. Schools should not be involved in encouraging children to make life altering choices or in supporting choices they are not yet ready to make.


Strongly Approve; Girls need single-sex spaces because we are vulnerable to rape

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Girls need single-sex spaces for safety, privacy, & dignity. 2 girls have already been assaulted in school restrooms by boys claiming a trans identity. Many more are avoiding school, especially when they are menstruating. Girls and women need single-sex spaces BECAUSE OF OUR BIOLOGY. Our biology makes us vulnerable to sexual assault. Men are using self-id to predate on women. There is a whole genre of porn of trans identified men using our intimate spaces to masturbate. They practice voyeurism, exhibitionism, and assault. Self-id is a nightmare for girls and women. It places us back on the “urinary leash”.  Our foremothers fought for single-sex spaces so that we could safely venture out of the house. This new ideology is dangerous and harmful. If trans identified males need a “safe space” make them their OWN. Create a 3rd space. Do not sacrifice girls and women. How many of us must be filmed and our images distributed on websites, how many of us must be assaulted for you to see????


Fully support

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<p> Fully support Gov. Youngkin! Fully support!  </p>


Why pretend to care about abuse and then offer abusive parents ammunition?

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If you support this, you are ACTUALLY in support of the increased suffering, abuse, institutionalization, and deaths of CHILDREN. None of y’all know what grooming actually means, you just use it as a buzzword while ignoring all the actual groomers and abusers who are most often cisgender and heterosexual. If you care about grooming and abuse, focus on the people who are actually doing it. Republicans do not care about children except as belongings of their parents and the state, not people with individual rights or identities. They cut social programs meant to help children, who have no way to pay for school lunches or bills or food on their own, and the enact regressive and harmful policies with “childrens’ interest” in mind. They either fail to imagine a trans child in an abusive home who is outed or they love to imagine it. This forum is to make people with power aware. If you are now aware of the harm these policies will cause and continue to push through, you are knowingly pushing for actual, not imagined harm to be inflicted on children by the will of the state.


Right wing Christians are the WORST


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You have to wake up parents.

Your kids are literally being groomed.

Quite possibly too afraid to say they're being molested.


Save the suicide of kids and support this policy


Strongly support impeach Biden


Oppose!

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Why in the world is our state government trying to make the difficult lives of transgender students even harder. The parents who don’t already know their children well enough to love and support them on the rainbow spectrum are the reason students need some time and discretion to become open about their reality and there was already a rational process (and supportive process)in place for Virginia educators. Let’s keep transphobic political action groups from other states from dictating our citizens rights. Virginia can do so much better. Please consider compassion.


I strongly support this. As a young woman

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<p> I want to feel safe in my sport and bathrooms.</p>


Fully support

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<p> Thank you Governor!  </p>


Support Our Governor

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<p> Strongly Support  </p>


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They won't stop unless you make them stop.

While we are working, they are grooming generations.


Dangerous, harmful, immoral and illegal policy

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This guidance, which appears to have been issued without regard to its legality, is designed to pander to ignorant, hateful adults, and has nothing to do with protecting students. All students deserve to be treated with respect and dignity, and that means honoring their identities, using the names/pronouns of their choice, and respecting their privacy. Forcibly outing LGBT students to parents can be dangerous to them, as many would not be safe at home if they were outed. Students who are facing abuse at home or elsewhere may feel that they cannot seek help at school due to this cruel policy. Forcing students to hide in fear of their safety is harmful, detrimental to their mental health, and can increase the risk of self-harm. Withdraw this bigoted proposal and apologize to the LGBT youth of Virginia. Those who walked out of school in protest yesterday have shown themselves to be far more caring, inclusive, and wise than this administration. If you want to know who is hurting kids in Virginia, look in the mirror.


SUPPORT


Oppose the policy

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I opposed the proposed policy. Trans people should have the right to be themselves and this is especially true for trans kids. Neither their parents nor the schools nor the state can make them be other than what they are. Denying this will be detrimental to their mental and physical health.


I fully support this Governor!

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


Younkin is an awful human

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I am opposed to these policies.


Strongly support!!

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


Fully support

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


Support All Students


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They do this while you are at work!


Strongly support (common sense and applicable to all students)

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<p> This is excellent and helps all parents fulfill their duties.  </p>


oppose this disgraceful policy

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I completely oppose this disgraceful policy/guidance. It only creates harm.


Yes! Strongly Support

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<p> This policy empowers parents. Fully support.  </p>


Fully support! This will help youth and families

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<p> Thank you for putting forth these ideas! It will be great for our youth and families!  </p>


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They will be pushing minor attracted persons next.

Hide yo kids, hide ya wife!


Support

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<p>Children and teenagers should be encouraged to finish growing and maturing. They should be supported in seeking professional help with their dysphoria. Whether it’s gender or body.  We don’t tell girls with body dysphoria to starve themselves or throw up after meals to obtain a body that matches what they see in the mirror. Socially transitioning is the first step on a path that will lead to a lifetime of medicalization and surgery. The vast majority of “trans” identified students are not heterosexual. These trans activists policies are homophobic and misleading. Let them have time to grow into their bodies, to desist and many will overcome their dysphoria. </p>


STRONGLY OPPOSE

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I strongly oppose the administration's proposed new policies regarding Transgender student. It is punitive and unfair.


Fully support


Stay out of it, Governor

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Parents and school boards are doing perfectly fine. Stop making up problems just to get attention and try to get the far right to support you. Leave these kids alone- if you truly want to do something USEFUL, fund more counselors and after school services. But name changes? Stay out of it.


No support for this policy full of loopholes that will harm our transgender and nonbinary youth

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Here is a link to the 2022 National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/survey-2022/


support support support

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<p> Woo hoo thank you  </p>


100% SUPPORT

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


I support this move

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<p> The issue of how to address children who are unhappy with their biological sex will continue to dog our educators and families. This is a serious mental health issue and treatment for this issue should be addressed by parents and their doctors</p>


Strongly support impeach Biden


This Endangers Children

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<p>This is a thinly veiled attack on student safety under the false flag of parent concern. It is an attempt to impose alt-right religious values in a CONSTITUTIONALLY SECULAR SPACE. Transgender students are the group most at risk for self-harm and suicide, and are a protected class. They deserve rights, protection, and the ability to feel safe and valued at school. </p>


Support

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<p> Thank you governor younkin for protecting my child and our family.  </p>


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They are molesting your kids, while you are at work.

They brainwash them on social media.


Stongly support

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<p> Thank you Gov Youngkin for protecting our daughters. Female students have felt uncomfortable in the locker rooms and using the bathrooms due to the previous policies put in place.  </p>


Support for Gov Youngkin and DOE

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


Strongly support

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


Strongly Oppose

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These are terrible policies that overlook what professional associations say is the best treatment of trans youth.


Fully Support

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


No, completely not right!

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You should not be teaching kids these things. They are just kids! Just teach them about love and they will choose who they love let them feel accepted not matter what but don’t force this stuff down their throats. I’ve heard too many stories about elementary kids and they don’t understand and they shouldn’t until they’re old enough to comprehend and know what love really is. This should be a separation of state and church and you don’t teach kids about sex now why should that change. That is for the parents to do and if kids do have questions they will come to the guidance counselor or their parents. Please don’t do this to our children. They are innocent and we need to keep it that way, there’s no reason to force them to grow up and try making life decisions at young ages. Please, I beg, I know there are 30,000 comments in here, I just hope you actually read them all.


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The people saying let the kids do what they want, love is love etc....

They are the people you should watch out for.

behind the facade of acceptance, is a groomer waiting to feast.


STRONGLY OPPOSE

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<p>STOP GOING AFTER TRANS KIDS TO PUSH YOUR AGENDA. These policies are rooted in hate and bigotry. Trans kids are not a threat to anyone! </p>


STRONGLY OPPOSE


Support


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Reading through this proposed policy I could say I am surprised, horrified even, but I am not, because I expected the ignorance and nefarious attempt at assuring the safety and support of our transgender and nonbinary youth, while blatantly putting them at risk.

Parents are and should always be the biggest advocates for their children in all aspects of their lives whether that be academic success or identify confirmation. That said, there is plenty of data out there to show that not all parents support their LGBTQ+IA child and/or that children, teens, and young adults do not have safe spaces in their homes, let alone supportive adults. Just this year the Trevor Projects data returned that "fewer than 1 in 3 transgender and nonbinary youth found their homes to be gender-affirming," while 60% of youth surveyed were unable to obtain the mental health care they needed.

Teachers and Counselors are supposed to be advocates for the health, safety, and wellbeing of all students regardless of their (the staffs) own personal beliefs and ideologies. Invoking what you call "parental rights" is just a way for you to say you "support the health and wellbeing" of transgender, nonbinary, and let's be honest, all LGBTQ+IA youth, without actually committing to follow through and removing accountability when you inevitably do not, simply because you have left that decision up to the parent and removed the youths right to decide. This point is made blatantly clear here:

"The phrase “transgender student” shall mean a public school student whose parent has requested in writing, due to their child’s persistent and sincere belief that his or her gender differs with his or her sex, that their child be so identified while at school."

You are proposing that parents are the ones who dictate how their child, teen, or young adult is addressed and treated. So what is the outcome of a parent who refuses to support and affirm their child's chosen gender identity? What is the outcome when bullying, harassment, and discrimination begin at home and are carried on in school? You remove the child, teen, young adults independence, identity, and crush them instead of supporting them and giving what many do not have at home, a safe space. There is a reason the suicide rate for transgender and nonbinary youth is high and increased, as it did this year from 40% to 45% and it is policies like this.

I am tired of seeing performative policies take place of genuinely supportive and progressive ones. Policies like this perpetuate false information about issues like grooming, which I have seen all over the comments, as well as give staff and students alike permission to continue the use of harmful rhetoric and physical abuse to bully our transgender and nonbinary youth, under the guise of parental rights. Not to mention the severe reproductions that will befall staff who choose to support transgender and nonbinary youth, when their parents or adult guardians do not, as this policy suggests these staff would be violating the parent or guardians rights. It is dangerous, the "justification" is nefarious, and removes any accountability from "leadership" and others with power to intervene.

This very apparent loophole directly contradicts what you proclaim your stance to be:

"Schools shall serve the needs of all students: The Department is committed to working with school divisions to ensure a positive, safe, and nurturing learning environment for all students. Each student’s individual needs should be taken into consideration by their school, and divisions should develop policies that encourage schools to account for these individual needs, with due sensitivity to the needs of other students and the practical requirements of the teaching and learning environment. Schools should attempt to accommodate students with distinctive needs, including any student with a persistent and sincere belief that his or her gender differs from his or her sex."

Parent's do not get to decide who their children are or will become. Suggesting otherwise removes the autonomy and independence of these individuals. Parents and adults are guides, models, examples of who our youth can become, but policies like this expressly seek to diminish independence, remove autonomy, and suppress our youth, simply because the adults do not understand someones choice. It is not about you and you do not have to understand someones chosen gender identity to respect that it is their choice. Our youth are not hurting anyone by making these decision for themselves. The ignorance and fear however, are killing 45% of them every year. Instead, educate yourselves better about what our transgender and nonbinary youth are experiencing and the forms of actual support you can offer them. Do better.


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<p> I want to feel safe in my sport and bathrooms.</p>


No, no

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<p>What Glen Youngkin is doing is wrong. It will be stopped. </p>


HUGE difference between nicknames and chosen which imply identifying as opposite sex YOUNGKIN RULES!

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I'm tired of seeing the argument of name changes not being a big deal. It IS we are talking about names that affirm an entirely different gender not just a nick name.

I can't believe there are people here supporting this mentality. I am so freaking glad Youngkin got elected. What a breath of healthy minded air!!!!


Completely support this policy

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<p> I completely support this policy. Thank you for restoring parental rights  </p>


Trans policy for kids

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I oppose this proposal. Trans people - including children - do not choose this. They are born this way. Their rights need protection.


Strongly support. Pro-parent.

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<p> Strongly support this policy. Thanks for supporting parents. If you’re anti-parent you’re part of the problem. Thanks for being part of the solution.Keith Appell  </p>


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They do this while you are working.

Then your kids come home altered, and confused.

It's not rocket science people.