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Oppose strongly. I have a transgender grandchild and this would weaken protections. Kids need support to learn who they are and how they can function in this world. They do but not need schools telling them how to be themselves. It is great when parents are supportive, but not all are. Schools should respect kids, not make them vulnerable in school or at home.


I support the new policy.

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I support the new policy.


Strongly support Youngkin


Support

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


New Policy

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<p>This new policy is a vast inprovement over the current nonsense </p>


Hateful. Do not / would never support.

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<p> It's a hateful policy. We have a governor that wants to harm children for the sole purpose of gaining a little MAGA clout in the anti-civil-rights d!ck measuring contest going on between our republican governors in this country.  </p>


Strongly Oppose

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<p>This is just hate and intolerance born from a pathetically ignorant man named Youngkin. Proposals such as these have no place in the 21st century and anyone thinking that introducing that hate into schools should be shown the noose. </p>


Students are humans, deserve rights upheld.

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Students deserve to exist and be safe, as a bare minimum. Learning depends on safety needs being met. This policy threatens those rights/needs. How painful it must be to see FCPS create policies to protect and celebrate students,  only to have them removed at a state level only a few years later. The consequences of this law will be dire. Why does our society constantly need to marginalize and abuse group after group? Why can we not transfer our understanding of civil rights movements of the past and apply it to other situations? When will we learn not to hurt and reject each other? If public schools are law bound to practice exclusion, discrimination on the basis of sex, and invalidation of a person's very existence/self, then what are we really teaching these young people? When school, "the great equalizer" becomes inaccessible to some, we are gatekeeping learning and perpetuating an unethical system. I am heartbroken for my students and I worry that lives will be lost/ruined over the problems this creates for them.


FULLY SUPPORT

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<p> Crazy we are even debating the fundamental rights of parents to raise and love their kids. Neither federal</p>


these are basic human rights for basic humans like anyone else. this is something everyone deserve

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kids shouldn’t have to be getting scared to come to school or just not come to school since they know they won’t be respected or taken seriously. these are simple rights that should be 100% taken into a account and respected. no person should have to not come to school because every time they do they feel uncomfortable or abused


Children are not thier parents Slaves

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<p>This policy seems to claim to protect a right of parents. Very specifically the right to define thier children's identity. A right a parent very much does not have. A parent has no right to define what job a child wishes to pursue, or what faith they wish to practice, or what political party they support. A parent may express concerns, and make no mistake those concerns can be hurtful and make for a bad parent, but that is where a parent's right's end. Similarly that is the only right a parent has when it comes to gender and sexual expression, to express thier concerns with thier child, full stop. They have no right to prevent the learning of, and adoption of any identity by thier child. To claim parents have this right, as this policy does, is no different than claiming a parent has the right to force a child to prostitute its own soul. To claim parents have this right, as this policy does, is to claim children should not have any agency beyond thier parents. To claim parents have this right, as this policy does, is to claim that children exists solely for thier parents, which is little different from making children thier parents slaves. The very foundation of this policy is based on the claim that parents have that very right, the right to choose who thier child may or not be, a right they very much do not have, and never should have, a right that if they did have, would essentially make all children the slaves of thier parents. </p>


Strongly Support Governor Youngkin’s Transgender School Policy

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<p> I strongly support this policy as it protects parental rights and protects sports programs for girls. Thank you</p>


Strongly Opposed


Make Students Feel Welcome!

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<p>As a former teacher I am disgusted at this legislation. Schools are supposed to be a welcoming place, where students can feel safe and comfortable no matter what. Enacting this policy would cause students to feel excluded, singled out, and "wrong" for their choices. We should be lifting student voices up, not tearing them down. A student's chosen name, what they wear, and who they decide to lust and love over is none of our business. Let's focus on making students feel welcome to be their authentic selves, even when we disagree. </p>


We support the governor!

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<p> Great policy!  </p>


Strongly oppose

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STRONGLY oppose! This can be dangerous for trans and non binary students mental health, and can out them to parents who may be incredibly unsupportive and possibly abusive. Transgender people already face enough hardship, and it is awful to even consider adding to that. Protect trans youth.


Save the suicide of kids and support this policy


Against anti-trans policy

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I am so disappointed in Gov. Youngkin’s recent announcement of plans to treat trans kids and their parents as “other”.  Studies show that depression and suicide rates of trans kids are astronomically higher, and that mush of that can be connected to how welcome and accepted they feel.  This new policy takes a giant leap towards making their already-difficult experience much harder than it needs to be.  Why is a child’s decision about what name they will be called being seen as in any way an infringement of a teacher’s first amendment rights?  It seems ironic that republicans purport to want to allow people to make the best decisions for themselves but then feel the need to intervene when it comes to our bodies?  Please rethink the absurdity of this stance before it hurts vulnerable kids.


Support

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


OPPOSE

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Stop treading on trans rights. All kids deserve to be affirmed for exactly who they are.


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>


Strongly Oppose Fascist Threats Towards Children

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Glenn Youngkin is a fascist obsessed with gaining control over people's bodies through legislation. It is thoroughly evil, and if this policy is out in place it will harm children first and foremost. It must be stopped.


We support you and will fight alongside you!

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<p> We support you and will fight with you!  </p>


Strongly Support

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Thank you for standing up for Virginia parents! Schools have no business thinking they supersede the authority of parents. Minor children are the responsibility of parents to rear, most definitely not the school systems, most of which proved for all the world to see that they care more about bureaucrats and political correctness and bowing to teachers unions than they do the well being of students. Keep protecting students and the rights of parents!


I support.

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<p> Support wholeheartedly.  </p>


Strongly support Governor

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I want to thank Governor for attempting to turn back left wing tide.


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>


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>


Totally Support

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This is a totally acceptable policy.


Oppose Proposed Policies - Protect Trans Youth

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As a public school teacher, I strongly oppose the proposed policies. Trans and nonbinary students have the right to a safe, supportive, and affirming school environment, just like all of our other students. Implementing these new policies will make school a more dangerous and isolating place for some of our most vulnerable students, and will exacerbate the mental health crisis in our schools. 45% of LGBTQ students reporting having seriously considered suicide in the past year, and these policies aim to make students' primary social environment much less accepting and much harder to navigate. Students deserve to be respected and welcomed by their peers and the adults in our schools, and there is no logical reason students shouldn't be able to ask to be called by a different name or use pronouns they are comfortable with.

In addition, not all students feel safe in their home environment, for a variety of reasons, and The Trevor Project reports that 14% of LGBTQ youth have been kicked out or abandoned by their caregivers. The policies requiring school staff to "out" students to their parents blatantly ignores the idea that some students do not feel safe disclosing their gender identity to their caregivers and does not consider the incredibly homophobic consequences that students may face from the people who are supposed to love them the most.

Respecting and protecting trans and nonbinary youth is suicide prevention. Respecting and protecting trans and nonbinary youth is basic human decency. Respecting and protecting trans and nonbinary youth is my job as a teacher, as I respect and protect all of my students.


Absolutely Opposed

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This legislation only serves to attack the liberties of transgender students in Virginia in an utterly pointless and malicious act of law. By forcing transgender students to go to their parents for the simple common decency of being respected in their identity is condemning children to choose between living under an identity that isn’t theirs, or facing backlash and alienation in the home. This act isn’t about including parents in the educational process. It is about forcing children into discomfort so much so that they are essentially coerced into coming out to their family about their identity, who would more likely than not reject their child and their identity. I am in strong and absolute opposition of this legislation, and I encourage those with a shred of empathy to realize the dangers of this legislation.


I completely support.

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<p> Support this.  </p>


Strongly Oppose.

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Trans rights are human rights; these identities should NOT be silenced.


I strongly support


I support Youngkin and our children

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<p> I support Youngkin and our children. Parent's have rights over what there children are exposed to. Plain and simple. Transgenderism is a mental disorder.  </p>


Strongly opposed -A trans student

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<p>Hello, I'm a transgender student in Virginia. A lot of people look down on me, both adults and my peers. Sometimes I really don't blame them, though I think a lot of people are struggling to accept things like that when they can be so different to what they know. Differences should bring people together, not separate them in the way they are now. A good amount of my friends I've connected with the most BECAUSE we're LGBTQ+ in some way. Sure, we get comments all of the time about how it's wrong and misgenderment et cetera, but being around each other is comforting and helpful. None of us want to be deadnamed, especially by our classmates and teachers. None of us want to be seen going into the bathroom that feels wrong to us, because there's a good chance that someone will then start calling us by the wrong pronouns. Please don't push this through. Going to school and sometimes simply talking to people, with the wrong face or voice or body, any of it, it's hard enough as it is, especially considering how many parents are unaware and/or unsupportive of their transgender children. This would make everything so much more difficult for us. Physically, and especially mentally. </p>


Support!

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<p> Stop mutilating kids  </p>


Oppose all the way


Support for ALL Students


protect trans kids!!

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protect our fellow trans community!!


Legalistic and ingorant

Not an expert or a lawyer, just like the people who wrote this.

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Hiding in this 20 page document full of declarations on the importance of preventing bullying and promotion of respect is an antiquated, patriarchal and ignorant policy promoting hypocrisy. How is it respectful to disregard the wishes of an individual? How will it prevent bullying to insist a trans girl use the boy's bathroom? How does it help parents take care of the well being of their children or to defer to the decisions of a parent to disregard those wishes when the child is in school?

Just put this proposed guidance change in the trash and send the pea-brained bigots who wrote it back to school to learn some compassion, thoughtfulness, sociology, psychology, the meaning of expertise and how to write a non-hypocritical document.


SUPPORT

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


Oppose, oppose, oppose!

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<p>I vehemently oppose these proposed policies. They are contrary to state law and will harm Virginia’s children. It will make school a dangerous place for these kids rather than what it should be: a safe haven with a focus on learning. Disgusting that it was even proposed in the first place. </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 oppose

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<p>As the parent of a Virginia high school teacher, I know the challenges our teachers face day in and day out. I also know how vulnerable student populations lean on teachers for support they may not get at home. This proposed policy will cause great harm to one of our commonwealth's most vulnerable populations. I do not think it is a stretch to say that should this policy be put into place, lives will be lost. </p>


AGREEMENT with the new proposed policy guidance.

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I am in AGREEMENT with the new proposed policy guidance concerning the treatment of transgender students attending public school in the state of Virginia.


Support

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<p> I support anything that allows parents to be fully involved in every aspect of their children’s education.  </p>


I fully oppose these policies

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Trans kids deserve basic rights.


Strongly support this policy  parental rights to raise their child.

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


Fully Support Parents rights


Strongly oppose

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<p>As the parent of a non-binary child, I strongly oppose this order. Though you don’t have to have a trans child to care about their well-being. This policy is fundamentally and morally wrong. A young LGBTQ+ person attempts suicide every 45 seconds in this country. The data shows that attempted suicide rates drop when LBBTQ+ children have safe, welcoming, and affirming school environment.  This policy is cruel and wrong. </p>


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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>


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>


Support

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From the birth of the child to the eventual demise of the parent, parent-child relationship is one of the most vital, sacred, loving and trusting relationship. A child believes and demand that his/her parent will make the best decision. Parent too wants to provide safe and secure upbringing for their child in which the child can grow up to be a best person they can.

Neither the state nor the teacher can supersede the parents. While teacher and the state can be influenced by that eras social and cultural issues and will like to be possible change maker, parents have to be thoughtful and patient to make sure that child do not have to undergo life altering decisions impulsively.

Henceforth, I strongly support the proposed guidelines by DoE for parental rights.


I completely support.


Oppose, Parents should not have a right to reject their kids for being trans. That should be illegal

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I oppose these changes.


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 opposed

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As a high school teacher I feel this policy has little to do with the parental control being used by Virginia Republicans as a political ideology. It is more about power and control over a vulnerable group of children that will soon be voters


I teach. Firmly OPPOSED.

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As a 20-year veteran in Virginia public schools, I stand firmly opposed to the proposed guidance document.  If enacted, these policies will harm our students and hinder their education. No child should be forced to subsume their identity: each should have the innate freedom to navigate the world on their own terms and with the support of their communities. Absent this basic liberty, I fear for the results: we know that trans students suffer higher rates of suicide and self-harm; the danger of dropping out of school also increases.

Public schools are civic places where students from varied walks of life come together and learn to work with one another. This means learning to communicate across all kinds of differences, a skill we all must develop to be successful in life. When the state creates rules that discriminate against one group, the message is clear: we will look askance at intolerant disregard for another's humanity. Instead, schools must be safe spaces where students never have to face that kind of hatred. We cannot expect that a student will be in the mental space for learning while simultaneously worried about being outed, bullied, and otherwise denied their self-concept.

We must do better for them. I call on the Board of Education to revoke the proposed rule changes and maintain the civil rights and freedoms our trans students now exercise.


Strongly support Gov. Younkin's policy to protect kids and restore parents' rights.

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<p>I want to thank Governor for attempting to turn back the left wing tide. </p>


Strongly support saving children


Transgender Policy

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I strongly oppose this measure, as it takes away from a person’s freedom to be who they are.


Strongly oppose

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<p>This bill is restricting people's rights to be themselves and feel comfortable in the safe place that school should be. Just because they identify as a different gender doesn't mean they are any less human. </p>


When has it become OK for teachers to overstep and promote their beliefs to our children

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When has it become OK for teachers  to raise our children. I beg of you especially the parents who support this policy, think of your children. I applaud and fully support the governor for having the guts to shut this sadness down.


Strongly Oppose

Jamie, Concerned Parent, Citizen, and Voter

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We need to treat trans children with respect. They deserve our support, not our condemnation.


New School Guidance re Trans issues: I approve

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Finally! Virginia needs to play catch up and begin restructuring our school  rules and regulations based on common sense and Godly values. Time to teach academics instead of treating our children like biology specimens.


Strongly oppose the propose policy changes on rights of trans and non binary students

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<p>I strongly oppose the proposed policy changes on rights of trans and non binary children in VA public schools. The current polices pose no harm for current students and the proposed changes only serve to aggravate and divide VA through unnecessary and unproductive "culture wars".  Mr Youngkin proposed to unite VA's population but political grandstanding like this can only serve to divide. This legislation is unnecessary, wasteful and causes unneeded harm and division to innocents.          </p>


The only rights this policy protects are abusive parent's rights.

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First and foremost, a parent's right to nurture the values they see fit in their children is a great thing. However, it should never extend to violating their child's rights and allowing parents to harm their children thinly veiled as "education". Giving parents the right to abuse their kid under the guise of "controlling their education" is a flimsy defence of abuse. Allowing parents to access their kid's private information when it does not impact them or anyone else will only lead to abuse and suffering. A bill like this only serves to protect and uphold abusive households and normalize the harassment and bullying of transgender students. Should I be allowed to teach my son he is not loved, that he will never amount to anything, and beat him because of his gender? Should I be allowed to nurture values in him that say it's ok to harass and abuse certain groups of people?

Secondly, this bill points the blame at the wrong group of people. Transgender people just want to use the bathroom and feel safe doing so like everyone else. I am in favor of single-occupancy bathrooms being widely avalible as these are better in general. However, forcing transgender students to use the bathroom that matches their sex is inhumane. This will not only target transgender students, but gender nonconforming students. This will do nothing to stop creeps who want to harm others. Aside from the fact many of these creeps commit crimes in the bathrooms they align with, what makes you think a law like this is going to stop someone who is already committing a crime? Assault is already a crime and a flimsy policy like this that targets a scapegoated group will do nothing to prevent assaults and harm, only limiting freedoms unjustly.

Policies like this that that normalize the "nurturing" of harassment and bullying, that isolate rather than include, that give parents the rights to abuse kids are what cause trauma children will carry for the rest of their lives. What cause lifelong mental illness. What cause stigma to deepen to spread. This is not protecting anyone but abusive parents, harmful peers, and hurtful staff.


Strongly Disagree (From a 7th grade student)

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Hello. I am a 7th grade bisexual student and I would like to give my thoughts on this new policy. I believe that all transgender children should have the same rights that other children have. For example, going into whichever bathroom. Although I am not transgender, I know what it's like to accidentally walk into the wrong bathroom. Could you imagine feeling that way every time you walk into the bathroom you are required to go into? Also, I feel that it is wrong for transgender kids to have to tell their parents before asking their teachers to call them by the name they would like to be called by. Some families would abuse or disown their child for this. There is no need to be outed just so that you can feel yourself. These new policies seem more about the parents than their kids. So please, at least let kids be comfortable at school if they can't be at home.


I strongly support

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


Great idea! Support the whole family

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<p> These are the right direction for the commonwealth! Keep supporting families!  </p>


This proposal will cause youth homelessness to skyrocket.

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The reason such a high proportion of LGBT youth are homeless is not because they have outstandingly supportive parents. The goal of this proposal is to force queer youth back into the closet through fear, and it may be pretty effective at that.

Virginians of good conscience must oppose this proposal.


Oppose fully

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<p>These are such discriminatory policies. </p>


Strongly support our governor


Support Parent's Right to Protect Children

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<p>I strongly support this school change. It requires schools in Virginia to partner with parents in regard to children's personal and social development. This will not prevent all student's from expressing their gender identity. Instead, it will allow parents to safeguard their children as they navigate these big decisions. Separating children from their parent's guidance and protection may feel like it is helping some students who do not have transgender-affirming homes. However, this opens many doors for children to make decisions that are not in their best interest or to be taken advantage of by predators in (or outside of) the school. When I was growing up, I was taught that any adult who said, "this will be our secret," was not to be trusted and that they were trying to separate me from my parents. As a new parent, I intend to teach my daughter the same thing. Thank you, Governor Youngkin, for fighting for our families! </p>


Oppose


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We support the Governor/DOE version of the transgender protections and action, this allows for parents to be kept in the loop while allowing the student to get the guideance they need on their journey to transitioning or deciding if it is truly what they want, while also insuring that other students who might not understand to be protected from false accusations of "Misgendering with intent to harm" it is a solid middle ground to start from that will help us not go from one extreme to another. This is a scary situation for the kids and for the parents alike, and while I know some parents might not take their child "coming out" very well, it is in fact their right to know what is going on with their child, what other way but full involvement with parents can we truly guide the child in the right path for them, because it is not a cookie cutter situation. This proposal does NOT take away the need to be there for the children, it simply says the school is not the only one who has say, and for the students that are upset it puts parents in control, that is how it should be, year by year you get more and more independent but we need to protect the youngest of the groups


Support

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<p>The 2021 Model Policies also disregarded the rights of parents and ignored other legal and constitutional principles that significantly impact how schools educate students, including transgender students. </p>


Support


Strongly Support!!

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


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>


I OPPOSE THIS POLICY !

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<p>This policy is not progressive. This policy is not protecting children or parents. This policy is based in bigotry and religious ideas that are not based on every families life. This policy can can and will do more damage than it will ever do good . As Virginians we deserve better from our elected officials, we did NOT ask for this. </p>


Strongly Disapprove

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If Governor Youngkin and his party actually focused on issues that affected every Virginian, instead of trying to attack an already marginalized group with straw man arguments, then I would be more than willing to support him.

Instead, Governor Youngkin is trying to make policy for problems that just do not exist.

I wholeheartedly oppose Youngkin’s decision.


Stop pandering to less than 1 percent fully support this

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<p> Reviewed the whole document. Fully support this. When did commonsense became a crime.  </p>


2022 model polices for Virginia public schools

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I am in agreement with the new proposed policy guidance  of the 2022 model polices for the Virginia Public Schools.


Full Support from a parent that lives

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<p>My daughter has been dealing with identity questions for years now. I would not be comfortable with her using her gender identity bathroom and not her biological bathroom. Let's not kid ourselves that this is normal. Let's not kid ourselves that this doesn't open up the possibility of rape, abuse and misuse. And most importantly Let's not kid ourselves that these kids are not suffering from mental health issues. I call my daughter by her preferred name and identity. But I do not want to put her in harms way. Stop using our children's mental health to virtue signal and make yourself feel better about yourself. I love my daughter, but another crazy idea is gender changing surgery on a minor. </p>


Why hurt children like this?

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<p>Oppose this policy. The safety and protection of our children is not political. </p>


Support Gov. Youngkin

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


Strongly oppose

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Please protect transgender students.


Transgender - Strongly support Governor Younkin's proposal

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<p>It is not right, and in my opinion, legal for the schools to circumvent and disregard parent's duty to rear their children.  It is both the parents' right and duty to raise them based on the parents' faith and developmental beliefs.  What comes next from the schools?  If the parents don't have these rights, then I guess the government can take away the kids and put them in schools similar the Germans before WWII.  Don't laugh.  Everyone has wondered how the German population was so easily manipulated.  </p>
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Fully support Gov. Younkins policy to protect kids and restore parents' rights.

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I want to thank Governor for attempting to turn back the left wing tide.


Thank you Governor Youngkin

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<p>Allowing parents the opportunity to advocate for their children is the right thing. Thank you for believing in parents’ ability to make decisions for their children and raise them with the morals they believe in. </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 support

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<p>We are a tolerant and loving family and fully support the Governors initiative. </p>


Strongly Oppose - Trans Children and their Parents Have Rights, Too

I want to voice my strong opposition to Youngkin's efforts to restrict the rights of trans and non-binary students in Virginia's public schools. There is a high rate of suicidality among these children at a national level, and further ostracizing them and isolating them by denying them the ability to live as their authentic selves risks an epidemic of self-harm and death among children in Virginia. I wish that I were optimistic enough to believe that Youngkin is not aware of this, and that he would seek to avoid such an outcome. Perhaps he can prove me wrong.Any illusions that this bill supports "Parent Rights" is shattered by the damage this does to the rights of parents of trans and non binary children.Any illusions that this bill protects children is shattered by the damage it does to the health and safety of trans and non binary children.Youngkin's desire for ignominy and a national platform for his inevitable 2024 attempt at a presidential run would, if this passes, lead to loss of life in our state. I hope he is as moral as he pretends to be, and that he will heed this warning (and those shared by others) and retract this self-serving farce of a policy.

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I want to voice my strong opposition to Youngkin's efforts to restrict the rights of trans and non-binary students in Virginia's public schools. There is a high rate of suicidality among these children at a national level, and further ostracizing them and isolating them by denying them the ability to live as their authentic selves risks an epidemic of self-harm and death among children in Virginia. I wish that I were optimistic enough to believe that Youngkin is not aware of this, and that he would seek to avoid such an outcome. Perhaps he can prove me wrong.

Any illusions that this bill supports "Parent Rights" is shattered by the damage this does to the rights of parents of trans and non binary children.

Any illusions that this bill protects children is shattered by the damage it does to the health and safety of trans and non binary children.

Youngkin's desire for ignominy and a national platform for his inevitable 2024 attempt at a presidential run would, if this passes, lead to loss of life in our state. I hope he is as moral as he pretends to be, and that he will heed this warning (and those shared by others) and retract this self-serving farce of a policy.


Strongly support this common sense guideline

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<p> Since we already KNOW that at least one child was raped in a school bathroom</p>


strongly strongly strongly support

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<p>strongly strongly strongly support </p>


Oppose

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As the grandmother of a transgender high school student, I oppose. I feel the changes are cruel.


An educator who strongly opposes this policy

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This does not protect students at all; this only breaks barriers of trust and safety. For some students, school is the only place the child may be able to live their individual truth and be their authentic self without fear of retribution from their parent or guardians.
This policy pushes students into silence and denies them the chance to explore who they are in a trusting and private environment.

STRONGLY OPPOSE


Healthcare Worker Strongly Opposes this Policy

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As a healthcare worker, I have cared for transgender adolescents and their families many times. I know the harm that policies such as this one create. I want you to read this and understand that no matter your political opinion, this policy will cause real, irrevokable damage to gender-diverse children and their families. I want you to hear these children's stories.

I met a young girl at a psychiatric hospital whose aunt dragged her across the floor by the hair every time she used she/her pronouns. This teen was so frightened by adults, it took her over a week to start answering questions so we could help her with her depression. If teachers are required to "out" their trans students to their parents/guardians, you will create more abusive situations such as this one.

I met a non-binary student who explained how difficult it was to access medical care without panicking. They said "Having a doctor misgender you is more painful than whatever you are going to the doctor for." If teachers are allowed to misgender students based on their personal beliefs or what is documented as a child's legal name in the record, you eliminate the only affirming space a child may have and completely disregard their identity, causing incredible pain and suffering.

You might not think these changes are harmful, but when we refuse to protect transgender students, the consequences are deadly. Gender-diverse kids are already a vulnerable and targeted population. Because of discrimination like this, in 2021, over half of all transgender and gender-diverse youth considered killing themselves, and one in five attempted suicide. The children I have met and cared for deserve more from their government and schools. They deserve to be accepted for who they are, and for these reasons, I oppose this policy.


Very strongly support

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<p> Parents have the right to know what is going on at school with their 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>


STRONGLY OPPOSE

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<p>It is imperative that we protect trans and gender non-conforming students lest we begin to fringe onto a dictatorship/police state/etc. Support the lives in front of you. </p>


Pls read

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I have read through the policy multiple times. I’ve seen reports that are stating in the news that this policy, eliminate transgender students, isolate them, put him in dangerous situations, etc. etc. What are people actually opposing so severely? Because what I read is that parents just need to be informed. Is this what people are upset about? That parents need to know what is going on with your child at school? As a mother, I would want to know what’s going on with my child at school and how I can support them. I am in favor of the model policy and keeping the parents informed.


Support the governor


Do not codify fear, hate and intolerance

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<p>I do not support this dangerous and hateful policy.  Why do you try to gain political currency from backward people on the backs of children who have enough to deal with.  You clearly are inducing fear and intolerance of these children so that you can more easily manipulate your ignorant minions. Should we not teach tolerance and empathy rather than fear of those who may be different in a harmless way? Your answer: What kind of fun is that, plus that does not garner votes and power for me, a narcissistic power whore.  You are the one who should be feared. </p>


pass this now!!!!!

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<p>COMPLETELY SUPPORT PLEASE PASS </p>


WE SUPPORT YOUNGKINS plan to protect parental rights. IT'S COMMON SENSE.

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<p>It's absurd we are at this point where we have to defend our rights regarding our children. </p>


I STRONGLY support this!

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<p> Focus on academics ONLY!!  </p>


DISAGREE

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<p>This is horrible. Don't let your moralistic ideas suppress my child's core self. </p>


this policy scares me! protect trans kids!

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<p>While some parents may benefit from the knowledge that their child is trans, that does not outweigh the possible danger to transgender students with unsafe home situations. This bill will lead to abuse, and take away the right of students to be treated respectfully. As a student, i am scared for the friends i have who could be hurt by this bill. </p>


Teacher strongly support

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<p> Parents have the right to know about anything regarding their child</p>


Strong opposition from a economic and social aspect

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This entire issue has made Virginia a laughingstock and is dissuading businesses from making investments in a state where the governor cares more about bullying trans children, then making Virginia a strong economic state. I personally have advised businesses not to expand into the state as with the current leadership more focused on culture war issues business needs will come second. All this policy does is bully some of the weakest people in society who simply want to live a better life. Please reconsider this foolish policy.


100% SUPPORT

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


SUPPORT

Rights for everyone not a selected fewSafe space for all

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Rights for everyone not a selected few
Safe space for all


Oppose


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<p> Reviewed the whole document. Fully support this. When did commonsense became a crime.  </p>


Thank you! I fully support!

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


Fully support

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


Staff member trying to protect their students

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This is not the way to do it.

It is understandable why parents would not want school to influence their child's gender identity, because they shouldn't. Gender identity is up to the STUDENT. I have an assigned male at birth friend who, as an adult, is still terrified to come out to her parents. I can't even imagining a child going through that, especially in a school which is supposed to be a safe space for them! Denying a child the ability to be who they are, especially around their peers, is so harmful to their self-esteem. Some people are worried "well, what if they change their mind?" and that's understandable. No one is saying a child needs to change their body immediately, but they should be given the ability to pause unwanted changes (this is literally what puberty blockers do) before it is too late, either due to the changes being permanent (such as vocal range) or even suicide.


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>


I oppose the Governor's new policy

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The Governor's proposed new policy will harm LGTBQ students who do not have the support of their parents. This is not about protecting students or parents' rights. It's about terrorizing children who are just trying to be their authentic selves, and I find the Governor's preoccupation with this issue disconcerting. As any social worker can tell you, parents do not always have their child's best interests at heart and can be cruel if a child doesn't live up to their expectations. Your policies will make life for those students whose parents do not support them so much harder, and may lead some to be kicked out of their homes or to attempt suicide (transgender youth are 40% more likely to attempt suicide than their peers and a study published by the NIH showed "School belonging, emotional neglect by family, and internalized self-stigma made a unique, statistically significant contribution to past 6-month suicidality") https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32345113/ Calling students by their chosen names and using their chosen pronouns hurts absolutely no one and can do wonders for the mental health of our trans students. Remember, you are doing this to CHILDREN. Why would you contribute to conditions where they will be tormented and ostracized? If you are worried about girls being safe in school bathrooms, it's not transgender students that you have to worry about. Talk to principals about what goes on in school bathrooms. Be more concerned about drugs, fights and bullying. And if you think there will be boys that take advantage of this policy to call themselves "transgender" just to gain access to the girls bathroom, that's an issue of predation, not gender dysphoria. I seriously question your priorities.


Support for Youngkin!

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<p> These are children. Don’t the parents already see how their children are living. Conversations need to happen.  </p>


Outrageous concept

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<p>The very fact that we are allowing sexual dysphoria to be a consideration is preposterous. The societal attempt to  redefine gender as something other than a synonym for sex, only exacerbates and attempts to rationalize sexual dysphoria as something other than mental illness. </p>


YES! SUPPORT!

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<p> It’s about time we stand up for what is right! The world says everything is acceptable! Really?? You better think again! Pass this and we will start to get a backbone again instead of letting anything fly! That’s what’s wrong with the world today - especially the school system! Don’t give them a teddy bear and a coloring book - teach them right from wrong they need discipline!  </p>


Support


Strongly Approve

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<p>Thank you Governor Youngkin for acknowledging the rights of ALL students, not just a select few. Discrimination against any individual is wrong, even if that individual is part of the majority. There is no hatred in that, only just and rational thought. </p>


new transgender policy

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strongly support we all need to stand together to stop the lefts madness


I support.

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<p> Support wholeheartedly.  </p>


Strongly Oppose

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Before making educational policy decisions that concern vulnerable populations there are 2 very important things to consider.  First, is there guidance available from scientists, mental health professionals or data?  Second, how will this impact those vulnerable populations?  A very simple dive into the health and safety best practices for LGBTQ youth shows that the proposed policies are objectively terrible.  This leads me to believe that these proposed changes are actually purposely in pursuit of bad outcomes for LGBTQ students.  That kind of hateful, targeted policy has no place in Virginia’s schools.  It’s unfortunate that the current policy offends authoritarian parents, but student safety should be our first priority.  I oppose the governor's proposed changes.


Strongly support this

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<p> This is a great first step in restoring parental rights in the midst of this storm of denial of biological reality.  </p>


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>


You say fetuses are their own person but not actually born children

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So let me get this straight:

Fetuses deserve the same rights as everyone else, because they are a separate entity from their mother, but transgender youth don’t? What. Republicans need to get their claws off other people’s lives. My body, my choice. I should get to be called whatever name and pronouns I want without permission from anyone but myself. Do you know why? Because it DOESN’T AFFECT YOU. We’re more scared of you bigots taking our rights than you are of encountering a trans kid using the toilet. Get with the program and leave people alone.


Oppose - Policy is cruel and harmful

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Youngkin's policy is based purely in bigotry and fearmongering, and directly contradicts every major health & psychological organizations' guidelines for youth care.

This policy is harmful to all students, and fundamentally undermines key safeguarding methods to protect children from abusive home environments.


Virginia Medical Freedom Alliance event

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“Hello. My name is Barb Roberts. I am asking that the Governor direct State Health Commissioner Colin Greene to attend the Virginia Medical Freedom Alliance event on October 1st. It is important for our health commissioner to listen to doctors who have successfully treated COVID-19 patients using early and alternative treatments. I am disappointed that Commissioner Greene has refused to attend this important event featuring two leading experts from Virginia, Dr. Robert Malone and Dr. Paul Marik. Thank you.”

Virginians do not want a dangerous, one-size-fits-all federal health policy that offers a limited range of mediocre or failed approaches. If we or our family members get COVID, we want our doctors to have unrestricted access to all available treatment options.

Doctors must be allowed to use their professional expertise and judgment to freely decide what is the best treatment approach for each individual, without the threat of losing licensure, board certification, or employment; interference in the physician-patient relationship; or conflict of interest from governing regulatory agencies, employers, hospitals, and pharmaceutical companies.

Commissioner Greene and the Department of Health should be working hand in hand with doctors who have successfully treated COVID-19 patients – not ignoring or censoring them.

Thank you.

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Thank you! I fully support!

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


Opposed to the new change in the strongest manner possible.

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This is absolutely nuts! As someone who is gay and non binary it breaks my heart to hear that the governor wants to discriminate against LGBTQ students. We had a policy in place and it works and people agreed on it. STOP this madness. The governor stated he is for all students. How about parents who are a religious nut and are totally abusive towards anyone who is transgender. Their child would be placed in danger. Transgender youth are more than 40% more likely to commit suicide than those who have support. This is not rocket science folks.  Stop creating something that does not need to be done. Provide a supportive environment for students to florish and grow and succeed. It is ok! Gees!!!!


SUPPORT GOV. YOUNKIN'S POLICY

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I strongly support Governor Younkin's re-write of the transgender model policy.


oppose Gov. Younkin’s Trans legislature

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<p>I will literally quit my job before outing one of my students. Think of all of the abusive parents out there who would rather disown their child then let them be themselves. How do you expect teachers to stay in this profession? Good teachers give their students respect and a safe space. </p>


I support this!

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


Support

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


support

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<p> Why do you fear parents being informed about their children?  </p>


Support the Plan

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


Strongly Oppose

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<p>We often do not give youth enough credit for their knowledge and feelings. In this case, youth KNOW who they are and their preferences for name, pronouns, and orientations. It is not - or should not be- the business of government to regulate such detailed intimate individual preferences or biological orientations.  </p>


OPPOSE


For safety of VA kids, I support completely

Since implementing radical LGBT policies, the number of youth identifying as LGBT has increased dramatically.So also has the number of emergency department admissions for youth self harm, which has nearly doubled in the last few years.LGBT youth have a very high self harm and suicide rate. The failed policies of the last governor has increased this rate of self harm and suicide by allowing youth to identify publicly in schools without parental notification.  It is no wonder that pushing kids into this group known for high rates of suicide and self harm has increased the number of kids in emergency department visits.Studies have consistently shown that the majority youth with gender dysphoria lose that dysphoria in late adolescence to early adulthood, ultimately identifying with their biological sex (cisgender) with only a very small percentage persisting.
It is foolish to push kids to socially transition when science has proven it is not a persistent dysphoria for the overwhelming majority of the kids.
I strongly support the new policy which correctly allows decision making by the parents, as well as takes a more cautious, sensible approach in school policy.
It is odd that people here say reversal of policy will harm youth, when it is clear by the statistics that the current policy has increased self harm and suicide dramatically in the last few years that it was enacted.

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Since implementing radical LGBT policies, the number of youth identifying as LGBT has increased dramatically.

So also has the number of emergency department admissions for youth self harm, which has nearly doubled in the last few years.

LGBT youth have a very high self harm and suicide rate. The failed policies of the last governor has increased this rate of self harm and suicide by allowing youth to identify publicly in schools without parental notification.  It is no wonder that pushing kids into this group known for high rates of suicide and self harm has increased the number of kids in emergency department visits.

Studies have consistently shown that the majority youth with gender dysphoria lose that dysphoria in late adolescence to early adulthood, ultimately identifying with their biological sex (cisgender) with only a very small percentage persisting.

It is foolish to push kids to socially transition when science has proven it is not a persistent dysphoria for the overwhelming majority of the kids.

I strongly support the new policy which correctly allows decision making by the parents, as well as takes a more cautious, sensible approach in school policy.

It is odd that people here say reversal of policy will harm youth, when it is clear by the statistics that the current policy has increased self harm and suicide dramatically in the last few years that it was enacted.


Strongly SUPPORT the protection and safety of all children

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


Glen Youngkin Is Discriminating

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<p>This is blatant discrimination and outright morally wrong. </p>


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>


Strongly Oppose Youngkin policy

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<p>I strongly oppose these radical changes to public school policy, which goes against recently passed legislation to insure LGBTQ students are treated fairly and not subjected to undue bullying harassment and potential endangerment.  This new policy is harmful to students. As seen by the thousands of students demonstrating across the state, the students do not want their rights taken away.  If you let parents control the policy, the analogy during civil rights was to not integrate the schools.   These changes will lead to more student suicides, instilling fear of being outed, and sets up the teachers/administrators to be adversaries.  There is no justification for this policy change.   Public schools cannot allow discrimination of any type. </p>


Yes! Strongly Support

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


Governor Youngkin’s reforms to the transgender policy

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I fully support Governor Youngkin’s reform on the transgender policy in our schools.


support for the governor's rational policy.

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The new policy makes sense.


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>


I STRONGLY OPPOSE

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<p>I strongly oppose any changes that will put the safety of any students in jeopardy. We must protect our trans students as much as we must protect our cis students. Bigotry has no place in the classroom </p>


Fully support this Bill

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<p> Great work Gov. Youngkin !  </p>


GOV. YOUNKIN'S PROPOSAL

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I STRONGLY SUPPORT GOV. YOUNKIN'S PROPOSAL.  THANK YOU SOOO MUCH GOV. YOUNKIN FOR PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN.  MANY BLESSINGS UPON YOU!!!!!!


APPROVE

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<p>If you read the oppose comments, these are indoctrinated parroted scripts that all LGBTQ+ individuals, leftists, and activists use to indoctrinate more people.  Good on this policy.  Old policy destroys families and leads to lack of trust between the school, child and parent.  How was that good?  </p>


Strongly Oppose

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The new proposed policies under the Youngkin administration go against the best understanding of how to protect trans children from bullying, harassment, physical violence, and abusive homes. This policy would be a step backwards for Virginia from the guidelines under the Northam administration and result in more harm to children than protection. As a citizen who truly cares about our children being safe and protected, I disagree with this proposed policy.


Strongly support parental rights

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


Support for Gov. Youngkin's Policy

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It is not the school's responsibility to accommodate children that "think" they identify with something that they are not.  The schools are there to educate them, if they can follow the school's rules.  The schools cannot be expected to modify how they address children, other than their given names and their sex as noted on their birth certificate and official school record.  Boys are boys and Girls are girls and can only participate in their respective assigned sports activities.  Further, the children are minors, and their parents have the responsibility and authority as to their care and how they are to be addressed.  They are simply not legally authorized to change their names and "sexual identity" without parental consent.  Also, the schools cannot be expected to "hide the children's behavior" from their parents.  If they want to behave that way, there are consequences.   You can't be "out" at school....and not at home.

Walking out of school is a cute display of "speaking out", but now they are absent from class.


Strongly opposed.

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<p>You have no right to take away the students' rights. </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>


oppose christo-fascist social engineering

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politicians and parents have no right to shove their mythical beliefs on free beings


OPPOSE

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<p>Protect Trans Kids from bigotry and ignorance </p>


Educator who supports this policy

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


THIS PUTS VIRGINIA'S TRANSGENDER STUDENTS IN DANGER!

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I am absolutely appalled. These policies serve no purpose and just put trans kids in danger. They are blatantly transphobic and are disgusting. If you don't see a problem with them then you must educate yourself on the importance of mental health, especially among the young transgender community!! These policies make it so trans kids who are in non-accepting homes will not be able to identify how they want, which puts them at risk of depression and anxiety, and even suicide.


Very strongly support

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


Bots are here - they do not speak for the majority

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It’s obvious an organized opposition is flooding this page with comments in opposition to these guidelines. Whether they are Democrats or teachers union members or trans activists or paid bots, it is impossible to compete with organized laptop lobbyists.

Parents are responsible for their own kids, not schools. That is what these guidelines say. I have read them and the law. Stop the hysterical escalation and put education back into schools, not activism. The end.


Thank you, Youngkin!

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Parents need a voice in their child’s education!


Support

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<p> I support parental rights. I support biology. I support Governor Youngkin. I support common sense. I support a biological female's right to privacy in bathrooms and locker rooms. I support a biological female athlete's right to participate in sports and to compete against other biological females.  </p>


Glenn Youngkin is just another Maga politician with hate in his heart

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Does Glenn Youngkin have any policies that will actually make the life better for its citizens.  Picking on a small group of students is typical of the Trump/Youngkin/Maga crowd.  Everyone who thought that Youngkin had distanced himself from Trump and Maga were wrong.  He is a homophobic, transphobic dupe that has no idea what he is doing.  Yes he wants to run for president but had done nothing but pick on minorities as Governor.

This bill does nothing for protecting and educating students.  All it does is make the parents who are scared of Trans and gay people feel better.  Why not ask the students what they think is right.

Parents should have some say in their kids education but not everything.  Should my kids have to be taught the way racist parents (and Glen youngkin) think they should be taught or should the professional educators have the ultimate say.


No support: I oppose treating children like they are unworthy of respect

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Governor Youngkin promised to support the will of all Virginians, yet continues to prove his disregard to people that actually live in the Commonwealth.  Parents and teachers can work together just fine without the GQP getting its hands on our kids’ health and well-being.  No support for Youngkin trying to marginalize LGBTQ youth.


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>


Pass pass pass strongly support

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<p> Love Youngkin  </p>


Support Policy

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I agree with the new policies. Parents have the absolute right to know what is going on in their children's lives. Teachers not informing parent's about a serious issue with their children is dangerous.


I strongly oppose this

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Using this to attack the very children you are supposed to PROTECT is reprehensible.


OPPOSE Get your bigot nose out of my education and life!

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<p>Why do we need parent permission to use a different name and pronouns? We are individuals with the same rights as everyone else! Parents can raise their kids however they want but supporting your child isn’t about “the right to parent.” When people talk about that, they really mean “the right to abuse and suppress” which you are giving them! Leave trans kids alone! You’re making up a ridiculous “solution” to a problem that only existed in the eyes of panicked parents who don’t even have trans kids! Let us get an education without being policed. Children don’t shed their rights as a person at school! </p>


STRONGLY OPPOSE


Fully Support

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


Strongly oppose

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<p>It’s really cute that you want this to look inclusive but it completely ignores the reality of trans and queer youth who often aren’t safe in their families of origin. Strongly oppose. </p>


Strongly Oppose


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>


Strong Opposition

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This is a deeply irresponsible overreach of government that will harm trans people and allow government to overrule individuals, medical professionals and parents. This is the opposite of what “small government conservatives” should support.


Support the governor


We Need Empathy

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Parental affirmation of gender and sexuality contributes heavily to suicide and depression in queer teens. This research is peer-reviewed and SAVES THE LIVES OF CHILDREN.

Parents absolutely deserve the major say in their children's lives. Many of these "model policies" do not serve to empower parents, they will instead hurt students.

I will purposefully never out a student. I will never purposefully deadname a student. I will never purposefully misgender a student.

We cannot teach our children to be empathetic to others when we are not empathetic to them.


Support

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<p> It’s parents rights on the line not the school board who only follow the dictates of those who think they know best. Biological you are either male or female. There’s no in between! We are walking a precarious line that borders on rebellion to God Almighty!!!  </p>


STRONLY Oppose TRANS POLICY

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<p>Let's get our kids scores up!!  Let teachers teach, let kids be kids!!! We aren't even academically STRONG no one cares about difference when it comes to academics, want all kids in a box. Then you want light shone on differences in gender and sexuality!!! STOP THE NONSENSE </p>


Strongly opposed to the new change

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<p>These proposed changes hide behind parental rights and non-harassment policies to justify removing rights from vulnerable children who need support and a safe environment. </p>


Support support support


Strongly Support!

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<p>I strongly support these measures. Thank you, Governor. </p>


New policies

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I support the new policies’ removal of language that encouraged school officials to follow procedures to essentially deceive parents when their children are making potentially life-altering decisions regarding their gender identity in a school setting. This is an important, life-affirming set of policies. Protect our children!


Support

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I strongly support the Governor's new policy guidance.  Parents need to be involved and the previous policy denied their rights.  Thank you for this new policy.


Fully support


I strongly oppose this new guidance, and support the full human rights of trans & nonbinary children

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<p>Trans and nonbinary children, as a result of bigoted, unscientific, and discriminatory ideology, are already at greater risk of mental illness and suicide than their peers. To further erase their identities and experiences will increase the harm they experience. This guidance is a step backwards, and we Virginians strongly oppose Governor Youngkin's revised guidance to the VDOE. </p>


Strongly support protecting children


I oppose. This puts teens at serious risk.

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If the underlying aim of this proposed document is to, indeed, bolster First Amendment rights and affirm the dignity of the individual, then the very substance of this document is contrary to that intent. Taking away the rights of transgender youth to live the full truths of their existence and experience reduces individual freedoms. It puts these kids - who are already at a higher risk for suicide and self-harm - at even greater risk for abuse and bias, especially within their own families. Schools should be safe places, not instruments of the state.

Don't pass this law. It's backwards, it's reactionary, and it's not based on facts - just fear.


Oppose

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<p>This supports transphobia and discrimination against trans students as well as raises the chances of a transgender child committing suicide due to absurd amounts of deadnaming and misgendering please stop using kids as pawns for political gain. </p>


Strongly Support Parental Rights!

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


Opposed to Discriminatory Policy

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I am opposed to this new policy, which will harm transgender students and benefit nobody. Every student deserves the right to express themselves and have their individual dignity respected at school.


Oppose Gov. Youngkin’s anti-transgender student policy

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<p>I am in complete opposition to treating Trans-gender people so shabbily. They should be treated with respect and dignity. </p>


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


Strongly support my governor


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>


Opposed

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Opposed to this hypocrisy.


I strongly support this legislation


Anti-transgender legislation

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<p>I strongly oppose this proposed policy.  Put simply it puts the lives of LGBTQIA* students at risk. This proposal would create a hostile and potentially dangerous school environment for our VA transgender and nonbinary youth, requiring teachers and staff to forcibly “out” students, prohibit staff from supporting trans and nonbinary students such as using a students affirming name and pronouns, and prohibit access or participation in activities consistent with their gender identity.  All our students deserve a supportive and affirming school environment, especially our vulnerable and marginalized populations like our transgender and nonbinary youth. </p>


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<p> Fully support try he policy by Youngkin!  </p>


Good decision governor.

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<p>We must protect the women and children first. We are a compassionate people, and do not want people to feel pushed aside. But….. the progressive “Trans” activist network will keep going and going. A line must be drawn. </p>


Support!  Thank you for restoring protections for basic parental rights!

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Thank you for updating these policies to restore protections for basic parental rights and ensuring that parents are no longer cut out of the process—especially when it concerns how gender and sexuality issues are handled with our kids at school.


Fully support the proposed policy

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


I strongly oppose this intrusive codification of bigotry into public schools

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I am speaking to this issue not as a trans kid or a parent of one, but as someone who grew up gay in public schools in the 1980s and 90s, and who knows what it is like to be the frightened target of a hate campaign before you're old enough to vote.

First and foremost, children are not their parents' property. They are human beings with their own needs, wants, and rights. It is not the government's business what name a child chooses to use at school, and it's not the right of teachers, administrators, or indeed parents to dictate anything different. It's not the government's business to tell children how they can and cannot express their gender. It's not a teacher's right to tell a transgender child that they are wrong about their own gender or name, any more than it would be right for a teacher to tell a girl that their religion forbids her from having a leadership position. You are free to have your own beliefs—but you're not free to force them on children under your care in a public, taxpayer-funded school.

Most importantly, it's not right for teachers to act as informants on LGBTQ+ kids, any more than it would be right for them to call a kid's parents up to report them for liking the wrong music— because there is nothing wrong with being LGBTQ+, and to take a stance that argues for parental consent for the right to be who you are is a stance that says we are an aberration that parents can correct. Moreover, it's a stance that ignores the reality of widespread violence faced by LGBTQ+ children from the very people who should be looking out for them: their parents.

What is the motivation for reporting a child asking to be called a different name to their parents? What is the desired outcome? When I look at the statistics and note that LGBTQ+ youth are 120% more likely to experience homelessness than their non-LBGTQ+ counterparts, I see parents who would rather let their kids starve on the street than be who they are. When I see LGBTQ+ youth are overrepresented by a wide margin in the foster care system, I see parents who either abused or abandoned their child for being who they are.

The sad truth is that for many LGBTQ+ kids, home is not a safe place to be open about their gender or sexuality. It may in fact be a dangerous place. When I was a teenager, one of the very few out gay kids at my school, a friend, disappeared for two weeks. He came back anxious and made himself smaller. As it turns out, his parents had found out he was gay and had responded by sending him to a mental hospital for "treatment." The Youngkin administration's proposed policy would actively create situations like this.

I wish I could believe that that isn't the intended result.


Strongly SUPPORT the protection and safety of all children

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


Strongly oppose

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<p>Transphobia is disgusting, this does not represent Virginia. These kids are at risk and stuff like this could cause so much damage and possibly suicides. </p>


Fully Support

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<p> I fully support the Governor's new policy. The policy put forth by the prior admin. is nothing more than a far left indoctrination tool that disregards parents rights and each child's right to privacy.  </p>


Thank you Gov. for giving parents the voice they should have in their children's lives   Thank you!

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Thanks for putting parental oversite, responsibility, and authority back where it belongs (NOT with the teachers and school boards).  Teachers' unions have been good for the teachers, but disastrous for the students.  Stop worshiping at the altar of the PhD.  It's a "false god"!


Strongly Support This

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<p> I SUPPORT THIS  </p>


support

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<p> Why do you fear parents being informed about their children?  </p>


STRONGLY SUPPORT!!!

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I support this new policy because schools must not be diminishing or restricting parents’ rights and undermining the parent-child relationship. It’s time we get back to the school’s role -- teaching!!!!


Trans kids deserve better. Using their pronouns doesn’t hurt you, you’re just entitled.

Cheyenne Frazier, Former Spotsylvania Student

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Being able to access school counseling, without the parents knowledge, is absolutely necessary! I’ve come from an abusive home and know many others. Not all parents are supportive and stable, my parents were drug abusers and manipulators, if I didn’t have a school counselor I probably wouldn’t be where I am. And even for the good parents, sure, you’d like to believe you provide a great home life for your children, but sometimes how they feel has nothing to do with you. Secondly, trans kids being able to use their pronouns is NOT AFFECTING YOUR KIDS!!! If your kids decide they are trans, it’s not because of some kids at school! Trans children don’t have an agenda, they just want to be respected and feel supported. Using a different way to address these children is not hurting you or your children, but it is making that child feel welcome. Why would you want to take that away? I am constantly disappointed by our board of education and school board. You would think they want children to be provided with a safe space to learn and feel loved and welcomed, but no, now you’re just forcing your own views onto young children. It’s just politics. You are discouraging more and more young people who want to become educators and you’re constantly in need of teachers. You should definitely reconsider these policies because you will continue to lose more and more people with your own actions.


YES! SUPPORT!

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<p> It’s about time we stand up for what is right! The world says everything is acceptable! Really?? You better think again! Pass this and we will start to get a backbone again instead of letting anything fly! That’s what’s wrong with the world today - especially the school system! Don’t give them a teddy bear and a coloring book - teach them right from wrong they need discipline!  </p>


STRONGLY OPPOSED. THIS IS HATEFUL

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<p>why can we not let kids be who they want to be? why are we harming a marginalized group more than they already are? they have to face the hardships of existing in our hateful society and this won’t help. what happened to keeping our kids safe? </p>


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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>


New Transgender policy

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Please pass the proposed transgender policy. It is time teachers got back to educating our children instead of push social change on them. Let parents raise their kids and teachers go back to teaching the basics.


Strongly Support

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


I strongly oppose

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I strongly oppose this policy and believe it will put vulnerable children at risk.


I support this 100%

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


Great job - support you and new guidelines.


I strongly support trans rights, and am opposed to new legislation restricting them.

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I am a supporter of human rights with a younger non-binary sibling, and this guidance is designed to hurt transgender and non-binary children and should not be passed. I believe the rights of marginalized people are more important than the feelings of the bigoted, and as such we should protect transgender and non-binary children from legislation designed to deadname, misgender, and humiliate them.

Thank you.


Completely against

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You have no basis in denying any human their right to be exactly who they are. These changes are harmful to kids. Parents will be okay, they may reject their kids but that won’t change who their kids are. Trans kids matter!!!!


Strongly oppose this transphobic policy

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As a transgender student who is friends with other transgender students, this policy will cause nothing but harm. For some people, being outed to their parents can cause them to experience extreme physical and/or emotional abuse, and this policy would mandate this type of treatment. I’m sick and tired of cisgender adults believing they know better how we should be treated and what we should be able to do with our own bodies than we do. Someone born with a vagina being referred to as a boy or someone born in other a penis being referred to as a girl has no capability to harm anyone at all, it happens at my school, and I have not seen a single issue arise from that. Especially because the genders of my classmates don’t effect me at all.

And as for the concerns about parental rights: I believe that children‘s right to express who they are are much more important than a parents right to know about it. If we’re worried that children will do dangerous things with teachers not telling their parents, I’ve seen plenty of my peers talking loudly in classrooms about having sex, doing drugs, and drink alcohol in excess with their parents not being notified. I’ve never seen someone complain that parents aren’t being notified about this, so I think the problem is that trans kids exist. Kids have a right to be who they are, no matter how “controversial” that is.

Protect trans kids.


STRONGLY OPPOSE.

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what is the wrong doing in children just wanting to be who they wanna be??? wtf


Strongly support

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


very opposed to this foolishness

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This policy is just throwing red meat at the MAGA crowd in service to Youngkin's presidential ambitions. Today's kids simply do not think about gender in the way that previous generations did and do--and that is absolutely fine. I find Youngkin's willingness to use teenagers as political fodder to be mercenary and heartless. We have nothing to worry about from transgender people: it's MAGA Republicans like Youngkin who pose a threat to our safety and freedom.


Strongly Oppose

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Trans youth deserve equal rights and protections.


Strongly Oppose

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<p>Children need to be able to trust their teachers. This isolates them to a dangerous degree. </p>


Transgender

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I Strongly Support Gov Youngkin.


I Fully Support the Proposal

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<p> As a parent of two school-age children who attend public school</p>


oppose, this is disgusting!

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<p>Oppose, this is disgusting! </p>


Support! How could anyone do otherwise?

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<p> I can’t believe anyone is against this! Have Americans lost their minds?  </p>


Oppose - This is bullying, and is despicable!

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Installing institutional surveillance on people's expression of sexuality is a dangerous act not just to the victims (who are, by the way, the most bullied and marginalized people today), but an unacceptable concentration of power in the government. This power is always wielded by the already dominant, and their victims, in this case school-children already bearing the burden of being despised by society, are the most powerless. Time for fascists calling themselves 'Republicans' to get out of people's crotches!


Thank you! I fully support!

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


STRONGLY APPROVE!!

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I strongly approve!! So much more research needs to be done! Why push our children into a path that has become a social contagion! Parents need to be able to parent their own!

APPROVE!!!! ??


Hunter strongly opposes we strongly support


Strong Opposition

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Trans children should be respected and the government should support their identity choices so that they are able to be productive, happy members of society.  The government and individuals should protect trans kids from bullies and abusers not add to their problems. Virginians support all people’s rights to self identity and self determination.


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>


Strongly Oppose

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<p>Let’s follow the science on this. Gender-affirming schools correlate with lower suicide rates amongst trans kids. Schools should be a safe space—ESPECIALLY when home is not. Youngkin’s proposed guidance hurts Virginia students. </p>


STRONGLY SUPPORT

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<p>I strongly support this measure in protecting our kids. Parents have the right to know and understand what is going on with their kids. The brain is not fully developed until young adulthood, why on earth would we not provide guidance to these kids and support them in understanding all the emotions going on inside them. Thank you Youngkin for doing what is BEST for our kids! </p>


I support


School curriculum

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<p>I agree with the Governor. Children are the responsibility of the parents, not the government.  Transgenderism is another lie by satan being shoved down our throats by the liberals. Wake up parents. You are selling you and your children's souls to the devil. It's past time to take back our nation and our responsibility as parents. Stand up for you and your children's rights. We are SUPPOSED to be a free nation. The government and teachers work for us, NOT us working for them. Demand your rights. </p>


Support: What about the rights of girls abused by males?


Strongly APPROVE

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<p>This policy is good for Virginia and all students.  Finally common sense and leadership in VA.  </p>


Gov Younkin's re-write of the transgender model policy

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I strongly support Governor Younkin's re-write of the transgender model policy.


Strongly support

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Thank you Governor Youngkin for doing what we elected you to do and that is get radical gender ideology out of our schools. Please stay strong against the mob. You are on the right side of history on this.


If you aren’t a parent of a transgender child, you shouldn’t get a say

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<p>The people supporting this probably have cisgender kids. Your kid isn’t going to be harassed in the locker room by a trans kid. In fact, there are hundreds of cases of the exact opposite! Yes, discussions of name and pronouns should be between kids and parents. That has always been a thing. However, the school shouldn’t force this. Schools allowing children to go by a different name and pronouns isn’t grooming. The kids ask for this themselves, and it takes a lot of bravery for them to do so. It isn’t like the schools tell them to become trans. Children can have that conversation with their parents when they are ready. It isn’t up to the school to police children and their families over names and pronouns. If there are any trans kids reading this, I am so sorry that your government thinks that you need permission to be yourself. You are so brave. We will fight this. </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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Rights of Parents. 1-240.1 - A parent has a fundamental right to make decisions concerning the upbringing, education, and care of the parent's child.

I support the Governors suggested model policies, teachers are mandatory reporters, but only if there is suspected abuse or neglect. Situations should be handled on case by case basis. Parental involvement should always be considered first.


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


Oppose

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<p>As a parent of children currently enrolled in Virginia public schools, I strongly oppose the retraction of the 2021 Guidance Document and the implementation of the 2022 Guidance Document. I believe in parental involvement in the care and education of children, but I also believe in surrounding children with a supportive and protective environment at home, at school, and in the community. Trans and non-binary children are some of our most vulnerable, and they need our support. </p>


Support for parental rights

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<p> My support for this new policy primarily based on the fact that schools must not be diminishing or restricting parents’ rights and undermining the parent-child relationship. It’s time we get back to basic school’s role -- teaching Math</p>


I fully Oppose

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I am so disappointed in the handling of this governor and the vdoe. You’ve lost my vote!! Haha, you never had it, just kidding.


Support support support


Transgender Policy change

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I completely support this change


Opposing Transphobia in Virginia

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I’m disappointed by the turn the state of Virginia has taken in discriminating against transgender students. A state with a shameful history of discrimination moving backwards is sad yet unsurprising. The Youngkin government should reverse course and support the youth of our state, instead of ostracizing them.


Support mental well being of our students

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<p> this does the opposite</p>


I support this very strongly!!!I

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<p> I believe this is what we need. Makes good common sense. Parents need to be aware of what is being taught to our children.  </p>


VA schools should be safe and welcoming for ALL our students.

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Attacking trans students is wrong and shameful. As a parents of a child in a VA public school, I am outraged that trans students are under attack by the own government. Stop attacking trans students and make our schools a safe and welcoming place for ALL of our kids.


Playing Politics with Children (Youngkin will never be President)

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The Governor of Virginia is blatantly using schoolchildren to try to score political points with the Tucker Carlson-watching Baby Boomers who haven't set foot in a public school in decades but think that teachers are all trying to turn the children gay. It turns out that all we want to do as teachers is provide a safe and productive learning environment for every student. If my student comes to class wondering if I will intentionally call them by the wrong name or pronoun just to prove a point, they will be defensive, hostile, hurt, or withdrawn instead of feeling heard, respected, safe, and engaged.

The 2022 Model Policies declare that the 14th Amendment unambiguously protects the rights of parents to make decisions for their children. This is false. The 14th Amendment does not mention parents at all. Supreme Court cases have interpreted the 14th Amendment this way, but Republicans went to great lengths for decades to point out that unless the Constitution specifically mentions something, then technically it is not protected by the Constitution. Perhaps, in light of the Court's Dobbs v. Jackson ruling, they should rethink relying on the Supreme Court to grant implied protections that are not specifically mentioned in the Constitution.

Furthermore, the first Guiding Principle in the 2022 Model Policies makes it clear that this is a political move rather than an attempt at fixing a real issue. In a document supposedly about schools, Youngkin's focus is first on parents instead of on students or the schools they attend. These policies treat students as puppets on strings at the ends of their parents' fingertips rather than as complete human beings with experiences, emotions, beliefs, and critical thinking skills.

The 2022 Model Policies are built on the idea that teachers and public schools have the goal of trying to turn kids against their parents or abrogate parents' authority. This is an extension of the anti-CRT nonsense that Youngkin peddled in his 2021 campaign. Public schools are not bastions of liberal indoctrination. They are places in which teachers do their best with the limited time and resources they have to provide a safe and productive environment for students to learn. These policies won't solve the very real and difficult conversations families may have to have around gender identity and sexual orientation. All they will do is make students feel targeted by parents, teachers, and their government.

This is going to do real harm and it's not going to do anything to help Youngkin with his real goal, which is running for President in 2024. All he is going to do is spend all of his time campaigning, waste a bunch of money, and drop out after the New Hampshire primary. Good luck being the 2024 equivalent of Scott Walker or Rick Santorum.


strongly oppose

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This guidance is a state-sponsored discrimination effort against trans people.  You know full well that it will fall either in court or by vote.  I am not going to present you with scientific arguments because you know them.  This has never been about protecting kids.  This is about scapegoating a category of people in order to score political points.  Please do not take Virginia back to the dark ages.


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>


STRONGLY OPPOSE

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Last week my transgender brother was able to get his name and gender changed in the school system, as well as receive a locker in the boys locker room. I now have to tell him that this could all be taken away from him. It is absolutely despicable that the government is attempting to harm trans and non-binary kids by forcing their teachers to deadname themselves and use the wrong pronouns. Politicians need to worry less about the genitals of children and worry more about issues that matter. Glenn Youngkin, I hope you know that carrying through with these policies opens up the door for so many more trans suicides. Please do not go through with these atrocious policies.


Fully Support Parents rights


Transgender school policy

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<p>Because of this policy, all parents can and should know what’s going on at their school concerning a very significant issue. I commend the policy as one that helps parents oversee their children’s education experience and also gives parents the ability to personalize how their children experience the classroom setting if they want their child recognized with special gender titles. </p>


This policy will hurt children

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It doesn't matter what your opinion on trans rights are, this policy actively puts children in danger by forcibly outing them. There have been many cases in the past where parents have disowned their trans kids, kicked them out, hurt them, you've definitely heard these stories before. To tell parents this type of information is actively endagering the kids because you don't know that they won't react like this. Once again, it doesn't matter whether you actually support trans rights, this is an issue about children's safety. If you get a child tossed onto the streets, no one is going to care you did it "because they're trans", they care that you put a child in that situation.


Strongly support

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<p>Support Governor Youngkin's commonsense approach </p>


Vehemently Oppose

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<p>I read another comment from someone in support that baffled me, saying they're worried that their non-binary child might hurt themselves from ridicule in school. Don't they realize it's THEIR lack of support that is hurting their child? All Trans people, but especially our Trans Youth, need our protection! I cannot oppose more. </p>


Teacher strongly support

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<p> Parents have the right to know about anything regarding their child</p>


Strongly support


Completely Support.

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<p> I completely support.  </p>


A strongly oppose

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<p>This is a blatant disregard of trans rights. </p>


Movement in the right direction

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Schools should be focused on education not individual feelings (IE Pronouns or gender identify).  This is not bigotry but an acknowledgement that not everything stated as fact is true or right.  I support anything the Governor does that removes the detrimental impact of Trans rights from the education system.


Strongly Opposed to Youngkins proposal and "Parents" that support him

Youngkin and parents that support him are disgusting vile fascists.Everyone who supports this should be ashamed of themselves. Actively trying to harass and harm trans kids and the LGBT. You dont care about "the children", you care about perpetuating this hatred towards people GOP extremists are scapgoating to create a "villan" that does not exist to fearmonger gullible and ill-informed people.Fun fact: These tactics are what Nazi Germany did. Go read a history book.

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Youngkin and parents that support him are disgusting vile fascists.

Everyone who supports this should be ashamed of themselves. Actively trying to harass and harm trans kids and the LGBT. You dont care about "the children", you care about perpetuating this hatred towards people GOP extremists are scapgoating to create a "villan" that does not exist to fearmonger gullible and ill-informed people.

Fun fact: These tactics are what Nazi Germany did. Go read a history book.