Protect Emotionally Vulnerable Children and Parental Rights!

Dear Virginia Dept of Education,

Schools should never secretly socially transition students and keep the child's new name, pronouns and gender identities from parents. I am pleased and relieved that the Virginia Department of Education's revised model policies support parental rights and ensure that school employees don't cut parents out of critical decisions for their children.

The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) issued "model policies" in 2021 that encouraged every school district in Virginia to hide a child's new gender identity from parents who choose to affirm the child's biological sex. Under Governor Youngkin's leadership, the VDOE's revised policies make it clear that all children should be valued and parents' rights and beliefs should be respected. The 2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for all Students and Parents in Virginia's Public Schools keep parents involved in major decisions in their children's lives.

The 2021 VDOE "model policies" encouraged schools to create "a plan (that) may include addressing the student at school with their name and pronoun consistent with their gender identity while using the legal name and pronoun associated with the sex assigned at birth when communicating with parents or guardians."

These 2021 model policies are dangerous! They exacerbate gender identity confusion in our children and sadly have resulted in increased suicide of our precious children. Please look into the recent suicide of a Lake Braddock high school (FCPS) student who committed suicide 2 weeks ago. Until the suicide, the family had no idea that their son was being embraced as a trans female at the school. Living two identities (one at school and one at home) is not healthy, and the parents should have been informed by the school!

I strongly support the revised policies that end this practice. Virginia schools should not drive a wedge between parents and their emotionally vulnerable children. Virginia school districts, including those who have already communicated their plans to ignore the 2022 revised model policies, should put an end to secret Gender Support Plans now.

Sincerely,
Katherine Cubba
923 Hillcrest Dr SW
Vienna, VA 22180

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Dear Virginia Dept of Education,<br /><br />Schools should never secretly socially transition students and keep the child's new name, pronouns and gender identities from parents. I am pleased and relieved that the Virginia Department of Education's revised model policies support parental rights and ensure that school employees don't cut parents out of critical decisions for their children. <br /><br />The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) issued "model policies" in 2021 that encouraged every school district in Virginia to hide a child's new gender identity from parents who choose to affirm the child's biological sex. Under Governor Youngkin's leadership, the VDOE's revised policies make it clear that all children should be valued and parents' rights and beliefs should be respected. The 2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for all Students and Parents in Virginia's Public Schools keep parents involved in major decisions in their children's lives.<br /><br />The 2021 VDOE "model policies" encouraged schools to create "a plan (that) may include addressing the student at school with their name and pronoun consistent with their gender identity while using the legal name and pronoun associated with the sex assigned at birth when communicating with parents or guardians." <br /><br />These 2021 model policies are dangerous! They exacerbate gender identity confusion in our children and sadly have resulted in increased suicide of our precious children. Please look into the recent suicide of a Lake Braddock high school (FCPS) student who committed suicide 2 weeks ago. Until the suicide, the family had no idea that their son was being embraced as a trans female at the school. Living two identities (one at school and one at home) is not healthy, and the parents should have been informed by the school!<br /><br />I strongly support the revised policies that end this practice. Virginia schools should not drive a wedge between parents and their emotionally vulnerable children. Virginia school districts, including those who have already communicated their plans to ignore the 2022 revised model policies, should put an end to secret Gender Support Plans now.<br /><br />Sincerely,
<br />Katherine Cubba
<br />923 Hillcrest Dr SW<br />Vienna, VA 22180<br /><img src="http://admin.phone2action.com/email/open/leg/657523/148317873" width="1" height="1" />


Support Gender Diverse Youth

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The American Academy of Pediatrics has a formal policy position that supports gender-affirming care and policies to protect transgender youth. The national AAP policy  recommends that pediatricians have a role in advocating for, educating, and developing liaison relationships with school districts and other community organizations to promote acceptance and inclusion of all children without fear of harassment, exclusion, or bullying because of gender expression. Supporting gender diverse youth in all areas of life is life-saving and should be entrenched in our healthcare systems, school systems, workplaces and daily lives. Our differences are what make us special, unique and beautiful.


I agree with this policy. It would be tyrannical to replace parents with government employees.

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<p>Government officials in the education system are more likely to be abusive and subversive than parents. The government should not take the place of parents. It will use that position to push certain ideologies, and indeed this is already happening. The teacher's unions are undermining the authority of parents and brainwashing children with leftist talking points. They don't care about helping kids. In some cases the child wasn't confused about their identity at all until a teacher decided to mess with their heads. To them, children are political pawns. </p>


Dear Virginia Dept of Education,

I can't believe I actually have to write a letter about this.

Schools should never secretly socially transition students and keep the child's new name, pronouns and gender identities from parents. I am pleased and relieved that the Virginia Department of Education's revised model policies support parental rights and ensure that school employees don't cut parents out of critical decisions for their children.

The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) issued "model policies" in 2021 that encouraged every school district in Virginia to hide a child's new gender identity from parents who choose to affirm the child's biological sex. Under Governor Youngkin's leadership, the VDOE's revised policies make it clear that all children should be valued and parents' rights and beliefs should be respected. The 2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for all Students and Parents in Virginia's Public Schools keep parents involved in major decisions in their children's lives.

The 2021 VDOE "model policies" encouraged schools to create "a plan (that) may include addressing the student at school with their name and pronoun consistent with their gender identity while using the legal name and pronoun associated with the sex assigned at birth when communicating with parents or guardians."

I strongly support the revised policies that end this practice. Virginia schools should not drive a wedge between parents and their emotionally vulnerable children. Virginia school districts, including those who have already communicated their plans to ignore the 2022 revised model policies, should put an end to secret Gender Support Plans now.

Sincerely,
Jennifer Lukawski
8704 Plymouth Rd
Alexandria, VA 22308

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Dear Virginia Dept of Education,<br /><br />I can't believe I actually have to write a letter about this. <br /><br />Schools should never secretly socially transition students and keep the child's new name, pronouns and gender identities from parents. I am pleased and relieved that the Virginia Department of Education's revised model policies support parental rights and ensure that school employees don't cut parents out of critical decisions for their children. <br /><br />The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) issued "model policies" in 2021 that encouraged every school district in Virginia to hide a child's new gender identity from parents who choose to affirm the child's biological sex. Under Governor Youngkin's leadership, the VDOE's revised policies make it clear that all children should be valued and parents' rights and beliefs should be respected. The 2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for all Students and Parents in Virginia's Public Schools keep parents involved in major decisions in their children's lives.<br /><br />The 2021 VDOE "model policies" encouraged schools to create "a plan (that) may include addressing the student at school with their name and pronoun consistent with their gender identity while using the legal name and pronoun associated with the sex assigned at birth when communicating with parents or guardians." <br /><br />I strongly support the revised policies that end this practice. Virginia schools should not drive a wedge between parents and their emotionally vulnerable children. Virginia school districts, including those who have already communicated their plans to ignore the 2022 revised model policies, should put an end to secret Gender Support Plans now.<br /><br />Sincerely,
<br />Jennifer Lukawski
<br />8704 Plymouth Rd<br />Alexandria, VA 22308<br /><img src="http://admin.phone2action.com/email/open/leg/657523/148317632" width="1" height="1" />


Dear Virginia Dept of Education,

Schools should never secretly socially transition students and keep the child's new name, pronouns and gender identities from parents. I am pleased and relieved that the Virginia Department of Education's revised model policies support parental rights and ensure that school employees don't cut parents out of critical decisions for their children.

The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) issued "model policies" in 2021 that encouraged every school district in Virginia to hide a child's new gender identity from parents who choose to affirm the child's biological sex. Under Governor Youngkin's leadership, the VDOE's revised policies make it clear that all children should be valued and parents' rights and beliefs should be respected. The 2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for all Students and Parents in Virginia's Public Schools keep parents involved in major decisions in their children's lives.

The 2021 VDOE "model policies" encouraged schools to create "a plan (that) may include addressing the student at school with their name and pronoun consistent with their gender identity while using the legal name and pronoun associated with the sex assigned at birth when communicating with parents or guardians."

I strongly support the revised policies that end this practice. Virginia schools should not drive a wedge between parents and their emotionally vulnerable children. Virginia school districts, including those who have already communicated their plans to ignore the 2022 revised model policies, should put an end to secret Gender Support Plans now.

Sincerely,
Abigail Gunderson-Schwarz
131 Somervelle St
Alexandria, VA 22304

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Dear Virginia Dept of Education,<br /><br />Schools should never secretly socially transition students and keep the child's new name, pronouns and gender identities from parents. I am pleased and relieved that the Virginia Department of Education's revised model policies support parental rights and ensure that school employees don't cut parents out of critical decisions for their children. <br /><br />The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) issued "model policies" in 2021 that encouraged every school district in Virginia to hide a child's new gender identity from parents who choose to affirm the child's biological sex. Under Governor Youngkin's leadership, the VDOE's revised policies make it clear that all children should be valued and parents' rights and beliefs should be respected. The 2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for all Students and Parents in Virginia's Public Schools keep parents involved in major decisions in their children's lives.<br /><br />The 2021 VDOE "model policies" encouraged schools to create "a plan (that) may include addressing the student at school with their name and pronoun consistent with their gender identity while using the legal name and pronoun associated with the sex assigned at birth when communicating with parents or guardians." <br /><br />I strongly support the revised policies that end this practice. Virginia schools should not drive a wedge between parents and their emotionally vulnerable children. Virginia school districts, including those who have already communicated their plans to ignore the 2022 revised model policies, should put an end to secret Gender Support Plans now.<br /><br />Sincerely,
<br />Abigail Gunderson-Schwarz
<br />131 Somervelle St<br />Alexandria, VA 22304<br /><img src="http://admin.phone2action.com/email/open/leg/657523/148317112" width="1" height="1" />


Dear Virginia Dept of Education,

Schools should never secretly socially transition students and keep the child's new name, pronouns and gender identities from parents. I am pleased and relieved that the Virginia Department of Education's revised model policies support parental rights and ensure that school employees don't cut parents out of critical decisions for their children.

The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) issued "model policies" in 2021 that encouraged every school district in Virginia to hide a child's new gender identity from parents who choose to affirm the child's biological sex. Under Governor Youngkin's leadership, the VDOE's revised policies make it clear that all children should be valued and parents' rights and beliefs should be respected. The 2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for all Students and Parents in Virginia's Public Schools keep parents involved in major decisions in their children's lives.

The 2021 VDOE "model policies" encouraged schools to create "a plan (that) may include addressing the student at school with their name and pronoun consistent with their gender identity while using the legal name and pronoun associated with the sex assigned at birth when communicating with parents or guardians."

I strongly support the revised policies that end this practice. Virginia schools should not drive a wedge between parents and their emotionally vulnerable children. Virginia school districts, including those who have already communicated their plans to ignore the 2022 revised model policies, should put an end to secret Gender Support Plans now.

Sincerely,
Jennifer Grethel
11739 Hickory Run Ct
Loveland, OH 45140

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Dear Virginia Dept of Education,<br /><br />Schools should never secretly socially transition students and keep the child's new name, pronouns and gender identities from parents. I am pleased and relieved that the Virginia Department of Education's revised model policies support parental rights and ensure that school employees don't cut parents out of critical decisions for their children. <br /><br />The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) issued "model policies" in 2021 that encouraged every school district in Virginia to hide a child's new gender identity from parents who choose to affirm the child's biological sex. Under Governor Youngkin's leadership, the VDOE's revised policies make it clear that all children should be valued and parents' rights and beliefs should be respected. The 2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for all Students and Parents in Virginia's Public Schools keep parents involved in major decisions in their children's lives.<br /><br />The 2021 VDOE "model policies" encouraged schools to create "a plan (that) may include addressing the student at school with their name and pronoun consistent with their gender identity while using the legal name and pronoun associated with the sex assigned at birth when communicating with parents or guardians." <br /><br />I strongly support the revised policies that end this practice. Virginia schools should not drive a wedge between parents and their emotionally vulnerable children. Virginia school districts, including those who have already communicated their plans to ignore the 2022 revised model policies, should put an end to secret Gender Support Plans now.<br /><br />Sincerely,
<br />Jennifer Grethel
<br />11739 Hickory Run Ct<br />Loveland, OH 45140<br /><img src="http://admin.phone2action.com/email/open/leg/657523/148316814" width="1" height="1" />


Policy needs to more clearly define what adhereance to Grimm vs. Gloucester means

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Clarification should be provided to explain the following to ensure divisions do not violate protections under Title IX:

The new guidance states, "Students shall use bathrooms that correspond to his or her sex, except to the extent that federal law otherwise requires. See Grimm v. Gloucester County School Board, 972 F.3d 586 (2020)"

and also states,

"In Grimm v. Gloucester County School Board, 972 F.3d 586 (2020), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held that transgender students must be allowed to use restroom facilities that correspond to their gender."

I would request that the language in the statement  "corresponds to their gender" be reviewed to ensure that it should not be revised to "corresponds to their gender identity" to reflect the determination of the Fourth Circuit Court.

It would be more appropriate for the first quote to clearly state that, "..except when the parent/guardian of a transgender student requests to use a restroom facility that corresponds to their gender identity."


New pro parent policies by VDOE

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<p>Honor parents rights in the care of their children during school and athletic and after school activities. </p>


New proposed VDOE model policy on the privacy, dignity, and respect for all students.

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I strongly support the proposed new policy on the privacy, dignity, and respect for all students.

The new policies honor the sacred role of parents in the care of their children during school, athletics and other activities.

Parents know their children’s needs better than anyone. If children are struggling with gender dysphoria, they need guidance and emotional support from parents. Under the new policies, school officials must keep parents fully informed, and require schools to enforce laws, regulations and policies that prohibit and deter bullying or harassment.

Student participation in sex-specific athletics, school activities and events should be determined by sex, e.g., for overnight travel accommodations and locker rooms.

Students should use the bathrooms that correspond to their sex. Single-user bathrooms and facilities should be made available in accessible areas and provided with appropriate signage, indicating accessibility for all students.

The new policies protect the fundamental religious liberty interests of personnel and students.


Opposed to VDOE's new policies regarding the treatment of transgender students

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I am aligned with many cisgender and transgender students and their parents in my opposition to the proposed policies. The message communicated is clear: Different is not OK.  These policies reflect a fear-based response to transgender students and foster the belief that other students need to be protected from them. They might as well mark their foreheads with a scarlet A or the star of David. They create a tension filled learning environment, at very least, for all students, and trauma for transgender students. The education system (and politicians who support it) has a long history of isolating children who are different -Black children, children with special needs, children who identify as anything other than heterosexual.  It fosters shame for those who are different, promotes disrespect and bullying by nontransgender children or guilt if they recognize the harm that is being done.  Children learn best in a safe environment where they know they are supported. These policies fail to create safety for all students. Shame on us if we let this happen.


Strongly Oppose. This is school sanctioned child abuse.

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This policy is written under the false pretense of parental rights and blatantly disregards the rights of our students, no one needs to look far to see this is the truth. If it were about parental rights then I would feel safe sending my kids to school knowing that they would be in a place (where by law they must attend) where they are safe and accepted and aren't being bullied by the adults that are there to counsel and educate them. If it were about parental rights then why would I be questioned about whether or not my child went to school in a dress or pants? I put them on the bus, I know what they are wearing and if my son is confident wearing a dress or my daughter is confident in jeans and a t-shirt then that's how they are going to school and they have my explicit and implicit support. If my child or another child is going to school and hiding their clothing from their parents then maybe there is a reason. If a child is transgender and feels safe coming out to their English teacher or their counselor but they know that their parents will bully them, shame them, or kick them out of their house then we as the other adults in their life should keep them safe and protected. Outing children does not decrease the suicide rate in trans and LGBTQ children. Abusing children by refusing to use their preferred pronouns does not create a safe learning environment. This policy once again lies about giving transgender students protection in schools but all of the legal precedence given at the end states that schools should not protect their students and will not reprimand teachers when they refuse to use the child's chosen pronouns when the science CLEARLY supports using chosen names and pronouns to reduce depression and suicide rates. And for those who maybe aren't concerned for their children, who think this doesn't affect my heteronormative kid. What about when your child sees an adult figure who is supposed to be trusted in order to educate them, what happens when your child watches that adult belittle and bully the transgender child in their class, or the child who is gender non-conforming, or the little boy who feels most comfortable in dresses? Do you think that this will set a positive example in their lives? That because someone chooses to live their lives differently from you that this person deserves to be othered and bullied and we shouldn't try to expand our understanding or our empathy or our capacity for learning? This policy negatively affects all of our children, but for those who are brave enough to live their lives in the way that true to them and are abused by this policy the outcomes will be far more severe and I pray that no parent has to deal with the death of a child because of it.

This policy cannot be instated. Our children are not political pawns. They do not live to make you feel comfortable. They live to add to society and contribute to our community and the adults making this policy do not get to decide how they make their contributions.


If you truly think this bill is NOT morally inhumane you need to educate yourself

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<p>Supporters and creators of this bill have not been educated whatsoever on the subject of trans individuals. I see some comments on this platform from "mental health professionals" spreading harmful falsehoods about trans people. All this does is spread evil. You are actively hurting people when you support this bill. Don't you realize? This is not your bubble of a world, this country, this state is home to many people- not just you. This is about making things right, making people feel safe again, it's so simple- and yet you can't do that. You just HAVE to impede your beliefs on other people. </p>


FCPS ALUMNUS - STRONGLY SUPPORT

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This protects all students.


Putting Children's Lives at Risk

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This policy is in clear violation of the Virginia Human Rights Act. This also puts transgender youth at a higher risk of suicide and other mental health related issues, not to mention the risk of homelessness. According to the National Network for Youth, despite making up only 9.5% of the youth population, they disproportionately account for 40% of homeless youth. By forcing school faculty to inform parents about a student's identity against their will, you put them at risk of being kicked out or otherwise put into an unstable housing situation. A report in the American Academy of Pediatrics journal Pediatrics elaborates on the already well known increased suicide rates among transgender youth finding that transgender boys and nonbinary individuals are most at risk reporting attempted suicide at rates of 1 in 2 and 2 in 5 respectively. School should serve as an environment that doesn't add increasing pressure towards these trends. School has the opportunity for transgender students to be themselves when elsewhere they may be forced to hide their identities. This policy would remove even that potential. When it comes to bathrooms there have been 0 reported cases of sexual assault perpetrated by transgender individuals in restrooms. In fact, another study published in Pediatrics found an increased risk of sexual assault on transgender youth when bathroom use is restricted. All statistics point to how policies like these are actively harmful to children.


STRONGLY OPPOSE -- VIRGINIA MUST PROTECT TRANS YOUTH

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

Trans and Non-binary kids are some of the highest at-risk populations because of laws like these passing, DO NOT let this policy proceed. In the U.S. 4.6% of the general population will have attempted suicide at some point in their lives, but for transgender people that number jumps up to 40% according to a report from the National Transgender Discrimination Survey. This is relational to the toxic amount of stress that being a transgender person in the U.S. can bring on their mental and physical health. Pew Research from a 2010 census, there are 1.7 million transgender people across the U.S., we can only assume that over the past ten years as the general population has increased and social acceptance has increased for the LGBTQ population that this number has risen, but they are still at high risk of discrimination and school is a major source of these kids protective resources or the source of their tormentors.


Reject this ugly policy endangering our children

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<p>I am a parent of young children for whom I am raising to value difference and compassion for our fellow human beings. I am a friend of a parent who has a transgender son in a VA public school and is devastated by how this would not just make it harder for her child to be comfortable at school and with his confidence, but would actually put his safety in danger. Gov. Youngkin: Why this policy and why now, two months before an election? I beg you, please listen to the people this policy actually impacts. Please stop weaponizing our schools to deepen political culture wars in the name of "parent choice."  Please, have the courage to be a leader for what's right and compassion for those who are most vulnerable. </p>


younkin doesent pay his taxes/he is big stinky man bozo loser

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younking is big bad man ye ye


Parental Rights

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<p>I am in total agreement with this policy. Parental rights need to be in place and the safety and welfare of our children is of the upmost importance. </p>


Dear Virginia Dept of Education,

Schools should never secretly socially transition students and keep the child's new name, pronouns and gender identities from parents. I am pleased and relieved that the Virginia Department of Education's revised model policies support parental rights and ensure that school employees don't cut parents out of critical decisions for their children.

The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) issued "model policies" in 2021 that encouraged every school district in Virginia to hide a child's new gender identity from parents who choose to affirm the child's biological sex. Under Governor Youngkin's leadership, the VDOE's revised policies make it clear that all children should be valued and parents' rights and beliefs should be respected. The 2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for all Students and Parents in Virginia's Public Schools keep parents involved in major decisions in their children's lives.

The 2021 VDOE "model policies" encouraged schools to create "a plan (that) may include addressing the student at school with their name and pronoun consistent with their gender identity while using the legal name and pronoun associated with the sex assigned at birth when communicating with parents or guardians."

I strongly support the revised policies that end this practice. Virginia schools should not drive a wedge between parents and their emotionally vulnerable children. Virginia school districts, including those who have already communicated their plans to ignore the 2022 revised model policies, should put an end to secret Gender Support Plans now.

Sincerely,
Christiana Frazee
4309 36th St S
Arlington, VA 22206

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Dear Virginia Dept of Education,<br /><br />Schools should never secretly socially transition students and keep the child's new name, pronouns and gender identities from parents. I am pleased and relieved that the Virginia Department of Education's revised model policies support parental rights and ensure that school employees don't cut parents out of critical decisions for their children. <br /><br />The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) issued "model policies" in 2021 that encouraged every school district in Virginia to hide a child's new gender identity from parents who choose to affirm the child's biological sex. Under Governor Youngkin's leadership, the VDOE's revised policies make it clear that all children should be valued and parents' rights and beliefs should be respected. The 2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for all Students and Parents in Virginia's Public Schools keep parents involved in major decisions in their children's lives.<br /><br />The 2021 VDOE "model policies" encouraged schools to create "a plan (that) may include addressing the student at school with their name and pronoun consistent with their gender identity while using the legal name and pronoun associated with the sex assigned at birth when communicating with parents or guardians." <br /><br />I strongly support the revised policies that end this practice. Virginia schools should not drive a wedge between parents and their emotionally vulnerable children. Virginia school districts, including those who have already communicated their plans to ignore the 2022 revised model policies, should put an end to secret Gender Support Plans now.<br /><br />Sincerely,
<br />Christiana Frazee
<br />4309 36th St S<br />Arlington, VA 22206<br /><img src="http://admin.phone2action.com/email/open/leg/657523/148314941" width="1" height="1" />


Support Trans Youth

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This proposed guidance does not protect all children, it targets a group of children. Furthermore, it targets a group that has some of the highest rates of suicide and being victims of abuse. LGBTQ youth are more than four times as likely to attempt suicide than their peers (Johns et al., 2019; Johns et al., 2020). LGBTQ youth are not inherently prone to suicide risk because of their sexual orientation or gender identity, but rather placed at higher risk because of how they are mistreated and stigmatized in society (Trevor Project, 2021). Although not historically such for any minoritized group, schools need to be safe places for all children... a place where they are fully seen and valued, supported in their own journeys, and not suppressed and alienated. Please support trans youth.


Support this Guidance and support Parental Rights

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I support Governor Youngkin's policy to bring rights back to the parents who are the primary and consistent educators of their children. Schools are asserting that they know what is best for our children, this is not true and it is a dangerous precedent. Parents have placed their children in the care of the school so that they may gain an education and become contributing members to our great American society. The schools have been overstepping their authority by encouraging the exploration of "gender theory" and sowing confusion amongst impressionable children. Stop wasting hours of education on feelings and get back to teaching grammar, science, math, history and love for our country and her freedoms purchased at such a great price. If you add in classes on critical thinking and logic you would be doing a great service to our children. God bless this policy and God bless America!


protect parental rights

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If our kids have guns the government and community blame the parents, why is it that they want to take away parental rights to know about kids during a very emotional time in their lives?  Please ensure parents rights to know about their children is in place


Protect Parental Rights and Safeguard Children

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The new policies safeguard the sacred rights and duties of parents to raise and protect their children.

These new policies also protect the Religious Liberty interests of all personnel.


I oppose this stupid law

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With this law, children won't be able to go by new names, such as nicknames or dead names. I know plenty of people who use nicknames, including myself.


As part of the LGBTQIA+ community and a best friend of a transgender student, I OPPOSE

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What does a child’s gender vs biological sex have to do with you? Why do you care what is under a child’s pants? What are you planning to do? Is there any political purpose of this policy? Anything that doesn’t have to do with your beliefs or thoughts? If not, then why did you bother us with this and start stripping away children’s rights because of the decisions they make about their own lives? How about you try doing something that actually involves politics? Rather than going after innocent people who are just trying to live their lives, of which you are destroying, thank you very much (that was complete and total sarcasm, if you didn’t pick it up). Stop focusing on your own agenda and focus on the state’s and people’s agendas to make Virginia a better place, rather than a place that everyone has departed from because of you. If this policy passes, I’ll let you know right now that there will be many people committing suicide, or attempting it at the very least, all because of you. Their lives and their blood will be on your hands, governor. Do you want that? No you don’t. You don’t want it, either. You just don’t care, is what you’re telling everyone. You don’t care how many young children you stripped of their lives, after you took away their rights. You don’t care about their family and friends who will mourn them forever. You don’t care about the tears cried or the helpless thoughts running through their heads. You don’t care about the well of grief that they will most surely feel. You don’t care how much you will ruin their lives. You don’t care. You don’t care. You don’t care about anyone but yourself. Think about this, day and night, as you go through your life. Every action you make, think about this. Ponder this. Whenever you pass a bill into a law, or when you put out a new policy, think: is this going to be right for Virginia? Will this keep everyone happy in their own lives or will it destroy them bit by bit until there’s nothing left? Think, governor, just think. Then once you come to the right decision, the decision that benefits the state, not just yourself, make that right decision. Make it after you’ve thought about every life in Virginia and how you will affect them. Make the right decision.


Dear Virginia Dept of Education,

Schools should never secretly socially transition students and keep the child's new name, pronouns and gender identities from parents. I am pleased and relieved that the Virginia Department of Education's revised model policies support parental rights and ensure that school employees don't cut parents out of critical decisions for their children.

The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) issued "model policies" in 2021 that encouraged every school district in Virginia to hide a child's new gender identity from parents who choose to affirm the child's biological sex. Under Governor Youngkin's leadership, the VDOE's revised policies make it clear that all children should be valued and parents' rights and beliefs should be respected. The 2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for all Students and Parents in Virginia's Public Schools keep parents involved in major decisions in their children's lives.

The 2021 VDOE "model policies" encouraged schools to create "a plan (that) may include addressing the student at school with their name and pronoun consistent with their gender identity while using the legal name and pronoun associated with the sex assigned at birth when communicating with parents or guardians."

I strongly support the revised policies that end this practice. Virginia schools should not drive a wedge between parents and their emotionally vulnerable children. Virginia school districts, including those who have already communicated their plans to ignore the 2022 revised model policies, should put an end to secret Gender Support Plans now.

Sincerely,
Johanna Maney
2019 S Arlington Ridge Rd
Arlington, VA 22202

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Dear Virginia Dept of Education,<br /><br />Schools should never secretly socially transition students and keep the child's new name, pronouns and gender identities from parents. I am pleased and relieved that the Virginia Department of Education's revised model policies support parental rights and ensure that school employees don't cut parents out of critical decisions for their children. <br /><br />The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) issued "model policies" in 2021 that encouraged every school district in Virginia to hide a child's new gender identity from parents who choose to affirm the child's biological sex. Under Governor Youngkin's leadership, the VDOE's revised policies make it clear that all children should be valued and parents' rights and beliefs should be respected. The 2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for all Students and Parents in Virginia's Public Schools keep parents involved in major decisions in their children's lives.<br /><br />The 2021 VDOE "model policies" encouraged schools to create "a plan (that) may include addressing the student at school with their name and pronoun consistent with their gender identity while using the legal name and pronoun associated with the sex assigned at birth when communicating with parents or guardians." <br /><br />I strongly support the revised policies that end this practice. Virginia schools should not drive a wedge between parents and their emotionally vulnerable children. Virginia school districts, including those who have already communicated their plans to ignore the 2022 revised model policies, should put an end to secret Gender Support Plans now.<br /><br />Sincerely,
<br />Johanna Maney
<br />2019 S Arlington Ridge Rd<br />Arlington, VA 22202<br /><img src="http://admin.phone2action.com/email/open/leg/657523/148314049" width="1" height="1" />


Dear Virginia Dept of Education,

Schools should never secretly socially transition students and keep the child's new name, pronouns and gender identities from parents. I am pleased and relieved that the Virginia Department of Education's revised model policies support parental rights and ensure that school employees don't cut parents out of critical decisions for their children.

The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) issued "model policies" in 2021 that encouraged every school district in Virginia to hide a child's new gender identity from parents who choose to affirm the child's biological sex. Under Governor Youngkin's leadership, the VDOE's revised policies make it clear that all children should be valued and parents' rights and beliefs should be respected. The 2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for all Students and Parents in Virginia's Public Schools keep parents involved in major decisions in their children's lives.

The 2021 VDOE "model policies" encouraged schools to create "a plan (that) may include addressing the student at school with their name and pronoun consistent with their gender identity while using the legal name and pronoun associated with the sex assigned at birth when communicating with parents or guardians."

I strongly support the revised policies that end this practice. Virginia schools should not drive a wedge between parents and their emotionally vulnerable children. Virginia school districts, including those who have already communicated their plans to ignore the 2022 revised model policies, should put an end to secret Gender Support Plans now.

Sincerely,
Karin Dronfield
6002 Williamsburg Blvd
Arlington, VA 22207

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Dear Virginia Dept of Education,<br /><br />Schools should never secretly socially transition students and keep the child's new name, pronouns and gender identities from parents. I am pleased and relieved that the Virginia Department of Education's revised model policies support parental rights and ensure that school employees don't cut parents out of critical decisions for their children. <br /><br />The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) issued "model policies" in 2021 that encouraged every school district in Virginia to hide a child's new gender identity from parents who choose to affirm the child's biological sex. Under Governor Youngkin's leadership, the VDOE's revised policies make it clear that all children should be valued and parents' rights and beliefs should be respected. The 2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for all Students and Parents in Virginia's Public Schools keep parents involved in major decisions in their children's lives.<br /><br />The 2021 VDOE "model policies" encouraged schools to create "a plan (that) may include addressing the student at school with their name and pronoun consistent with their gender identity while using the legal name and pronoun associated with the sex assigned at birth when communicating with parents or guardians." <br /><br />I strongly support the revised policies that end this practice. Virginia schools should not drive a wedge between parents and their emotionally vulnerable children. Virginia school districts, including those who have already communicated their plans to ignore the 2022 revised model policies, should put an end to secret Gender Support Plans now.<br /><br />Sincerely,
<br />Karin Dronfield
<br />6002 Williamsburg Blvd<br />Arlington, VA 22207<br /><img src="http://admin.phone2action.com/email/open/leg/657523/148314050" width="1" height="1" />


Gov Youngkin Trans gender school policy

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I totally support his policy.  Parents have every right to be informed about the life choices of their children.


Parental rights are undermined by this Guidance

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While the Purpose of this 2022 Model Policies admirably states that “The Virginia Department of Education (the ‘Department’) recognizes that each child is a unique individual with distinctive abilities and characteristics that should be valued and respected. All students have the right to attend school in an environment free from discrimination, harassment, or bullying. The Department supports efforts to protect and encourage respect for all students”, the Guiding Principles and Sample Policy are largely inconsistent with the Purpose of this  Guidance.  For this reason alone, this Guidance should not be adopted.

The most egregious example of this inconsistency is in the use of pronouns for transgender students.  On the one hand, the first Guiding Principle regarding the parental right to make decisions for their children ensures that schools will respect parental values and beliefs and shall defer to parents to make decisions regarding their children “to determine (a) what names, nicknames, and/or pronouns, if any, shall be used for their child by teachers and school staff while their child is at school.”

On the other hand, in developing the Guidance, the Department relies on specious First Amendment rights to undermine this parental right—“Practices such as compelling others to use preferred pronouns is premised on the ideological belief that gender is a matter of personal choice or subjective experience, not sex. Many Virginians reject this belief. Additionally, the First Amendment guarantees religious freedom and prohibits compelling others to affirm ideas that may be contrary to their personal religious beliefs.”  (It is notable that this document defines “sex”, but not “gender”.)

As a counter argument to this assertion, consider the Supreme Court ruling in Lawrence v. Texas as reported in VOX:  “In Lawrence v. Texas (2003), the Supreme Court struck down a Texas law banning ‘sodomy.’ Among other things, Lawrence held that ‘the fact that the governing majority in a State has traditionally viewed a particular practice as immoral is not a sufficient reason for upholding a law prohibiting the practice.’”

The Guiding Principle extolling parental rights is completely undermined by the Sample Policy provision that, despite parental written instructions to use pronouns different from the student’s sex, “Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (4) of this section, [School Division] shall not compel [School Division] personnel or other students to address or refer to students in any manner that would violate their constitutionally protected rights.”

Notably absent from the discussion of First Amendment rights is the consideration of those same rights for the transgender student who believes God made them that way.


I SUPPORT Gov Youngkin's proposed bill

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You are to use the bathroom with the gender assigned at birth. period.

I am horrified as I watch the mental health professionals go along with and support this "transition" ideology. They are not doing their job of exploring the underlying causes that lead to the child making this decision.  I feel the mental health field is just trying to make a few dollars and controlled by the communist ideology.

Transgenders can use the principal's bathroom. period.


Protect Children

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<p>Children should use the bathrooms and locker rooms of their sex, not "gender". Parents should not be kept in the dark concerning their child's gender dysphoria or desire to transition. Parents are the first and most consistent educators of their child(ren), NOT teachers who get new students every year. </p>


Strongly support parental involvement in child(ren) decisions.

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<p>I strongly support this policy.  Parent of a Kindergarten child in Fairfax County. </p>


Parental Rights

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<p>Please support this effort to protect parents’ rights. Children can be guided in their emotional, spiritual, and moral growth by their families. </p>


Dear Virginia Dept of Education,

Schools should never secretly socially transition students and keep the child's new name, pronouns and gender identities from parents. I am pleased and relieved that the Virginia Department of Education's revised model policies support parental rights and ensure that school employees don't cut parents out of critical decisions for their children.

The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) issued "model policies" in 2021 that encouraged every school district in Virginia to hide a child's new gender identity from parents who choose to affirm the child's biological sex. Under Governor Youngkin's leadership, the VDOE's revised policies make it clear that all children should be valued and parents' rights and beliefs should be respected. The 2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for all Students and Parents in Virginia's Public Schools keep parents involved in major decisions in their children's lives.

The 2021 VDOE "model policies" encouraged schools to create "a plan (that) may include addressing the student at school with their name and pronoun consistent with their gender identity while using the legal name and pronoun associated with the sex assigned at birth when communicating with parents or guardians."

I strongly support the revised policies that end this practice. Virginia schools should not drive a wedge between parents and their emotionally vulnerable children. Virginia school districts, including those who have already communicated their plans to ignore the 2022 revised model policies, should put an end to secret Gender Support Plans now.

Sincerely,
Courtney Schlieter
13 E Myrtle St
Alexandria, VA 22301

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Dear Virginia Dept of Education,<br /><br />Schools should never secretly socially transition students and keep the child's new name, pronouns and gender identities from parents. I am pleased and relieved that the Virginia Department of Education's revised model policies support parental rights and ensure that school employees don't cut parents out of critical decisions for their children. <br /><br />The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) issued "model policies" in 2021 that encouraged every school district in Virginia to hide a child's new gender identity from parents who choose to affirm the child's biological sex. Under Governor Youngkin's leadership, the VDOE's revised policies make it clear that all children should be valued and parents' rights and beliefs should be respected. The 2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for all Students and Parents in Virginia's Public Schools keep parents involved in major decisions in their children's lives.<br /><br />The 2021 VDOE "model policies" encouraged schools to create "a plan (that) may include addressing the student at school with their name and pronoun consistent with their gender identity while using the legal name and pronoun associated with the sex assigned at birth when communicating with parents or guardians." <br /><br />I strongly support the revised policies that end this practice. Virginia schools should not drive a wedge between parents and their emotionally vulnerable children. Virginia school districts, including those who have already communicated their plans to ignore the 2022 revised model policies, should put an end to secret Gender Support Plans now.<br /><br />Sincerely,
<br />Courtney Schlieter
<br />13 E Myrtle St<br />Alexandria, VA 22301<br /><img src="http://admin.phone2action.com/email/open/leg/657523/148313055" width="1" height="1" />


Oppose Guidance

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<p>This proposed guidance does not protect all children, it targets one group of children.  </p>


Protect the fundamental religious liberty interests of personnel and students.

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It is absurd that our federal government is discussing whether or not males can get pregnant.  Are we really at the point where belief in individualism and relativism supersedes basic, foundational science and facts?

Please, let's get this right at the state level.  Student participation in sex-specific athletics, school activities and events should be determined by sex, e.g., for overnight travel accommodations and locker rooms.  Students should use the bathrooms that correspond to their sex. Single-user bathrooms and facilities should be made available in accessible areas and provided with appropriate signage, indicating accessibility for all students.

This is not a hard one.


Support This

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<p>Let the teachers teach and stop playing politics. We support this plan. </p>


Against using legal names

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My name is Kendall Keyser, and I am a Master’s student in Virginia Tech’s Counselor Education program. I am writing to oppose the 2022 Model Policies for the Treatment of Transgender Students in Virginia’s Public Schools as they are currently written. I am concerned about teachers and other school personnel being required to use children's legal names unless given explicit written permission by a parent or guardian. This will affect transgender children with dead names and children who go by a nickname. A dead name is an individual's name before they came out as transgender. When these children ask someone not to call them by that name, it is not a request, it is what they expect to happen out of respect. Without this policy, 75% of transgender children already feel unsafe in their schools. Adding this policy would be another barrier to add to their stress. If the school systems could support transgender students using their chosen names, the transgender students would have better mental health outcomes than when faculty and staff misgender children.

Instead, I would encourage the policies to align more closely with the 2021 Model Policies, which centered on student safety. Supporting transgender students will allow their mental health to thrive. One of the goals of a school system should be to have happy and healthy students. Only about 2% of a school’s population is transgender. This policy targets the minority population. Instead, policymakers should focus on what is lacking in schools, such as support for the children.

If you have questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me.


In support of this policy

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<p>I appreciate the way this policy recognizes the important role parents have in their children‘s lives. Anytime the school is hiding or withholding information from a parent should be a red flag. Schools should partner with the parents and work together but in the end the parent should have the final say in what is best for their child. I also appreciate how this policy allows for religious freedom. A student or teacher should not be disciplined for failing to go along with an ideology that is against their religious beliefs. My children are tired of being shamed, ridiculed and silenced for not jumping on the “anything goes” bandwagon when it comes to sexuality. Students and staff should be allowed to stand for moral principals without being labeled an infidel. It’s time for an end to the liberal agenda’s holy crusade. </p>


Using the bathroom of your birth gender is not a new concept in our society

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Since the beginning of mankind, people have used the locker rooms and bathrooms of their given genders. This is not a new concept. The only change is that the brazen teacher’s unions have found a new envelope to push in an effort to further divide our society.


This it so stupid

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Youngkin and his Parent's Right's shenanigans are the dumbest and most ignorance driven waste of time. Let the kids study and keep bigots out of the equations. Set up gender neutral bathrooms if that makes you feel better. Youngkin, We all have much better things to do than point out how ty this is. Please resign.


Protect Emotionally Vulnerable Children and Parental Rights!

Dear Virginia Dept of Education,

Schools should never secretly socially transition students and keep the child's new name, pronouns and gender identities from parents. I am pleased and relieved that the Virginia Department of Education's revised model policies support parental rights and ensure that school employees don't cut parents out of critical decisions for their children.

The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) issued "model policies" in 2021 that encouraged every school district in Virginia to hide a child's new gender identity from parents who choose to affirm the child's biological sex. Under Governor Youngkin's leadership, the VDOE's revised policies make it clear that all children should be valued and parents' rights and beliefs should be respected. The 2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for all Students and Parents in Virginia's Public Schools keep parents involved in major decisions in their children's lives.

The 2021 VDOE "model policies" encouraged schools to create "a plan (that) may include addressing the student at school with their name and pronoun consistent with their gender identity while using the legal name and pronoun associated with the sex assigned at birth when communicating with parents or guardians."

I strongly support the revised policies that end this practice. Virginia schools should not drive a wedge between parents and their emotionally vulnerable children. Virginia school districts, including those who have already communicated their plans to ignore the 2022 revised model policies, should put an end to secret Gender Support Plans now.

Sincerely,
Jennifer Burkholder
6226 Williamsburg Blvd
Arlington, VA 22207

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Dear Virginia Dept of Education,<br /><br />Schools should never secretly socially transition students and keep the child's new name, pronouns and gender identities from parents. I am pleased and relieved that the Virginia Department of Education's revised model policies support parental rights and ensure that school employees don't cut parents out of critical decisions for their children. <br /><br />The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) issued "model policies" in 2021 that encouraged every school district in Virginia to hide a child's new gender identity from parents who choose to affirm the child's biological sex. Under Governor Youngkin's leadership, the VDOE's revised policies make it clear that all children should be valued and parents' rights and beliefs should be respected. The 2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for all Students and Parents in Virginia's Public Schools keep parents involved in major decisions in their children's lives.<br /><br />The 2021 VDOE "model policies" encouraged schools to create "a plan (that) may include addressing the student at school with their name and pronoun consistent with their gender identity while using the legal name and pronoun associated with the sex assigned at birth when communicating with parents or guardians." <br /><br />I strongly support the revised policies that end this practice. Virginia schools should not drive a wedge between parents and their emotionally vulnerable children. Virginia school districts, including those who have already communicated their plans to ignore the 2022 revised model policies, should put an end to secret Gender Support Plans now.<br /><br />Sincerely,
<br />Jennifer Burkholder
<br />6226 Williamsburg Blvd<br />Arlington, VA 22207<br /><img src="http://admin.phone2action.com/email/open/leg/657523/148311579" width="1" height="1" />


Please support Trans Youth!

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Being trans has some of the highest rates of suicide and being victims of abuse from both loved ones and strangers alike. To force minors into these statistics by denying trans students the ability to make choices for themselves on campus is inhumane and cruel. Schools need to be safe places for children to grow and be supported in their own journeys, not suppressed and alienated. Please support trans youth; we don't need more teen suicide, abuse, and homelessness in this world. We need to do everything we can to reduce it, and supporting trans youth will reduce these things exponentially.


Dear Virginia Dept of Education,

Schools should never secretly socially transition students and keep the child's new name, pronouns and gender identities from parents. I am pleased and relieved that the Virginia Department of Education's revised model policies support parental rights and ensure that school employees don't cut parents out of critical decisions for their children.

The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) issued "model policies" in 2021 that encouraged every school district in Virginia to hide a child's new gender identity from parents who choose to affirm the child's biological sex. Under Governor Youngkin's leadership, the VDOE's revised policies make it clear that all children should be valued and parents' rights and beliefs should be respected. The 2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for all Students and Parents in Virginia's Public Schools keep parents involved in major decisions in their children's lives.

The 2021 VDOE "model policies" encouraged schools to create "a plan (that) may include addressing the student at school with their name and pronoun consistent with their gender identity while using the legal name and pronoun associated with the sex assigned at birth when communicating with parents or guardians."

I strongly support the revised policies that end this practice. Virginia schools should not drive a wedge between parents and their emotionally vulnerable children. Virginia school districts, including those who have already communicated their plans to ignore the 2022 revised model policies, should put an end to secret Gender Support Plans now.

Sincerely,
Colleen Horrocks
1600 N Oak St
Arlington, VA 22209

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Dear Virginia Dept of Education,<br /><br />Schools should never secretly socially transition students and keep the child's new name, pronouns and gender identities from parents. I am pleased and relieved that the Virginia Department of Education's revised model policies support parental rights and ensure that school employees don't cut parents out of critical decisions for their children. <br /><br />The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) issued "model policies" in 2021 that encouraged every school district in Virginia to hide a child's new gender identity from parents who choose to affirm the child's biological sex. Under Governor Youngkin's leadership, the VDOE's revised policies make it clear that all children should be valued and parents' rights and beliefs should be respected. The 2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for all Students and Parents in Virginia's Public Schools keep parents involved in major decisions in their children's lives.<br /><br />The 2021 VDOE "model policies" encouraged schools to create "a plan (that) may include addressing the student at school with their name and pronoun consistent with their gender identity while using the legal name and pronoun associated with the sex assigned at birth when communicating with parents or guardians." <br /><br />I strongly support the revised policies that end this practice. Virginia schools should not drive a wedge between parents and their emotionally vulnerable children. Virginia school districts, including those who have already communicated their plans to ignore the 2022 revised model policies, should put an end to secret Gender Support Plans now.<br /><br />Sincerely,
<br />Colleen Horrocks
<br />1600 N Oak St<br />Arlington, VA 22209<br /><img src="http://admin.phone2action.com/email/open/leg/657523/148311238" width="1" height="1" />


In Support of this policy!!

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<p>The state does not have the right to take away parental authority.  </p>


VDOE 2022 remodel policy on Transgender Rights

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<p>FCPS family: Minors are just that.  Our educational systems should not be above the laws in the treatment or engagement of children.  Parents have the uttermost right and legal authority to make decisions for their minor children.  If the medical community is required to inform parents, schools should as well.  If a child over the age of five is not permitted to be exposed to opposite sex children due to neglect and child endangerment laws, (dept of social services laws)then those protections for minors should also be in place within our school systems.  We speak of equal protections for ALL then we must equally protect all, not just one group of students. Educational opportunities are not being denied to the LGBTQIA students.  Parents have the legal right to make decisions for their minor children and must be informed and protected.  By the way, legal age of consent in fcps is 18.  </p>


Dear Virginia Dept of Education,

Schools should never secretly socially transition students and keep the child's new name, pronouns and gender identities from parents. I am pleased and relieved that the Virginia Department of Education's revised model policies support parental rights and ensure that school employees don't cut parents out of critical decisions for their children.

The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) issued "model policies" in 2021 that encouraged every school district in Virginia to hide a child's new gender identity from parents who choose to affirm the child's biological sex. Under Governor Youngkin's leadership, the VDOE's revised policies make it clear that all children should be valued and parents' rights and beliefs should be respected. The 2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for all Students and Parents in Virginia's Public Schools keep parents involved in major decisions in their children's lives.

The 2021 VDOE "model policies" encouraged schools to create "a plan (that) may include addressing the student at school with their name and pronoun consistent with their gender identity while using the legal name and pronoun associated with the sex assigned at birth when communicating with parents or guardians."

I strongly support the revised policies that end this practice. Virginia schools should not drive a wedge between parents and their emotionally vulnerable children. Virginia school districts, including those who have already communicated their plans to ignore the 2022 revised model policies, should put an end to secret Gender Support Plans now.

Sincerely,
Kristen Short
3125 N Nelson St
Arlington, VA 22207

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Dear Virginia Dept of Education,<br /><br />Schools should never secretly socially transition students and keep the child's new name, pronouns and gender identities from parents. I am pleased and relieved that the Virginia Department of Education's revised model policies support parental rights and ensure that school employees don't cut parents out of critical decisions for their children. <br /><br />The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) issued "model policies" in 2021 that encouraged every school district in Virginia to hide a child's new gender identity from parents who choose to affirm the child's biological sex. Under Governor Youngkin's leadership, the VDOE's revised policies make it clear that all children should be valued and parents' rights and beliefs should be respected. The 2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for all Students and Parents in Virginia's Public Schools keep parents involved in major decisions in their children's lives.<br /><br />The 2021 VDOE "model policies" encouraged schools to create "a plan (that) may include addressing the student at school with their name and pronoun consistent with their gender identity while using the legal name and pronoun associated with the sex assigned at birth when communicating with parents or guardians." <br /><br />I strongly support the revised policies that end this practice. Virginia schools should not drive a wedge between parents and their emotionally vulnerable children. Virginia school districts, including those who have already communicated their plans to ignore the 2022 revised model policies, should put an end to secret Gender Support Plans now.<br /><br />Sincerely,
<br />Kristen Short
<br />3125 N Nelson St<br />Arlington, VA 22207<br /><img src="http://admin.phone2action.com/email/open/leg/657523/148310814" width="1" height="1" />


Dear Virginia Dept of Education,

Schools should never secretly socially transition students and keep the child's new name, pronouns and gender identities from parents. I am pleased and relieved that the Virginia Department of Education's revised model policies support parental rights and ensure that school employees don't cut parents out of critical decisions for their children.

The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) issued "model policies" in 2021 that encouraged every school district in Virginia to hide a child's new gender identity from parents who choose to affirm the child's biological sex. Under Governor Youngkin's leadership, the VDOE's revised policies make it clear that all children should be valued and parents' rights and beliefs should be respected. The 2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for all Students and Parents in Virginia's Public Schools keep parents involved in major decisions in their children's lives.

The 2021 VDOE "model policies" encouraged schools to create "a plan (that) may include addressing the student at school with their name and pronoun consistent with their gender identity while using the legal name and pronoun associated with the sex assigned at birth when communicating with parents or guardians."

I strongly support the revised policies that end this practice. Virginia schools should not drive a wedge between parents and their emotionally vulnerable children. Virginia school districts, including those who have already communicated their plans to ignore the 2022 revised model policies, should put an end to secret Gender Support Plans now.

Sincerely,
amy williams
1211 25th St S
Arlington, VA 22202

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Dear Virginia Dept of Education,<br /><br />Schools should never secretly socially transition students and keep the child's new name, pronouns and gender identities from parents. I am pleased and relieved that the Virginia Department of Education's revised model policies support parental rights and ensure that school employees don't cut parents out of critical decisions for their children. <br /><br />The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) issued "model policies" in 2021 that encouraged every school district in Virginia to hide a child's new gender identity from parents who choose to affirm the child's biological sex. Under Governor Youngkin's leadership, the VDOE's revised policies make it clear that all children should be valued and parents' rights and beliefs should be respected. The 2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for all Students and Parents in Virginia's Public Schools keep parents involved in major decisions in their children's lives.<br /><br />The 2021 VDOE "model policies" encouraged schools to create "a plan (that) may include addressing the student at school with their name and pronoun consistent with their gender identity while using the legal name and pronoun associated with the sex assigned at birth when communicating with parents or guardians." <br /><br />I strongly support the revised policies that end this practice. Virginia schools should not drive a wedge between parents and their emotionally vulnerable children. Virginia school districts, including those who have already communicated their plans to ignore the 2022 revised model policies, should put an end to secret Gender Support Plans now.<br /><br />Sincerely,
<br />amy williams
<br />1211 25th St S<br />Arlington, VA 22202<br /><img src="http://admin.phone2action.com/email/open/leg/657523/148310524" width="1" height="1" />


Opposed

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<p>Children's development and wellbeing depends on feeling safe and supported. There are many adults who can provide that space for children, especially important to kids without emotionally mature parents and caregivers. Stop using children, real human beings, as targets because their very existence as LGBTQIA+ makes some adults uncomfortable. Eyes on your own paper, adults. Support trans kids, support queer kids, who deserve to learn and be affirmed for their gifts and talents instead of reduced to a single identity and targeted for something as personal and internal as who they are. </p>


Dear Virginia Dept of Education,

Schools should never secretly socially transition students and keep the child's new name, pronouns and gender identities from parents. I am pleased and relieved that the Virginia Department of Education's revised model policies support parental rights and ensure that school employees don't cut parents out of critical decisions for their children.

The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) issued "model policies" in 2021 that encouraged every school district in Virginia to hide a child's new gender identity from parents who choose to affirm the child's biological sex. Under Governor Youngkin's leadership, the VDOE's revised policies make it clear that all children should be valued and parents' rights and beliefs should be respected. The 2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for all Students and Parents in Virginia's Public Schools keep parents involved in major decisions in their children's lives.

The 2021 VDOE "model policies" encouraged schools to create "a plan (that) may include addressing the student at school with their name and pronoun consistent with their gender identity while using the legal name and pronoun associated with the sex assigned at birth when communicating with parents or guardians."

I strongly support the revised policies that end this practice. Virginia schools should not drive a wedge between parents and their emotionally vulnerable children. Virginia school districts, including those who have already communicated their plans to ignore the 2022 revised model policies, should put an end to secret Gender Support Plans now.

Sincerely,
Anna Levin
2601 Park Center Dr
Alexandria, VA 22302

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Dear Virginia Dept of Education,<br /><br />Schools should never secretly socially transition students and keep the child's new name, pronouns and gender identities from parents. I am pleased and relieved that the Virginia Department of Education's revised model policies support parental rights and ensure that school employees don't cut parents out of critical decisions for their children. <br /><br />The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) issued "model policies" in 2021 that encouraged every school district in Virginia to hide a child's new gender identity from parents who choose to affirm the child's biological sex. Under Governor Youngkin's leadership, the VDOE's revised policies make it clear that all children should be valued and parents' rights and beliefs should be respected. The 2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for all Students and Parents in Virginia's Public Schools keep parents involved in major decisions in their children's lives.<br /><br />The 2021 VDOE "model policies" encouraged schools to create "a plan (that) may include addressing the student at school with their name and pronoun consistent with their gender identity while using the legal name and pronoun associated with the sex assigned at birth when communicating with parents or guardians." <br /><br />I strongly support the revised policies that end this practice. Virginia schools should not drive a wedge between parents and their emotionally vulnerable children. Virginia school districts, including those who have already communicated their plans to ignore the 2022 revised model policies, should put an end to secret Gender Support Plans now.<br /><br />Sincerely,
<br />Anna Levin
<br />2601 Park Center Dr<br />Alexandria, VA 22302<br /><img src="http://admin.phone2action.com/email/open/leg/657523/148310465" width="1" height="1" />


This is what happens to parents that dare defy the LCPS agenda.


Let LCPS be an example to the rest of Virginia- stop this in your tracks before it comes your way.

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It’s coming your way if you don’t stop it now. Talk to your school board and your superintendent. Be vocal. Once it’s festered like it is in LCPS, it is hard to get rid of. They groom the parents as well.


Judge finds transgender teen guilty of Loudoun County bathroom sexual assaults

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If you are a parent in LCPS and don’t see a need for change then you have your head in the sand. They all need to go effective immediately.


Dear Virginia Dept of Education,

Schools should never secretly socially transition students and keep the child's new name, pronouns and gender identities from parents. I am pleased and relieved that the Virginia Department of Education's revised model policies support parental rights and ensure that school employees don't cut parents out of critical decisions for their children.

The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) issued "model policies" in 2021 that encouraged every school district in Virginia to hide a child's new gender identity from parents who choose to affirm the child's biological sex. Under Governor Youngkin's leadership, the VDOE's revised policies make it clear that all children should be valued and parents' rights and beliefs should be respected. The 2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for all Students and Parents in Virginia's Public Schools keep parents involved in major decisions in their children's lives.

The 2021 VDOE "model policies" encouraged schools to create "a plan (that) may include addressing the student at school with their name and pronoun consistent with their gender identity while using the legal name and pronoun associated with the sex assigned at birth when communicating with parents or guardians."

I strongly support the revised policies that end this practice. Virginia schools should not drive a wedge between parents and their emotionally vulnerable children. Virginia school districts, including those who have already communicated their plans to ignore the 2022 revised model policies, should put an end to secret Gender Support Plans now.

Sincerely,
Wendy Baig
1504 Oakcrest Dr
Alexandria, VA 22302

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Dear Virginia Dept of Education,<br /><br />Schools should never secretly socially transition students and keep the child's new name, pronouns and gender identities from parents. I am pleased and relieved that the Virginia Department of Education's revised model policies support parental rights and ensure that school employees don't cut parents out of critical decisions for their children. <br /><br />The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) issued "model policies" in 2021 that encouraged every school district in Virginia to hide a child's new gender identity from parents who choose to affirm the child's biological sex. Under Governor Youngkin's leadership, the VDOE's revised policies make it clear that all children should be valued and parents' rights and beliefs should be respected. The 2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for all Students and Parents in Virginia's Public Schools keep parents involved in major decisions in their children's lives.<br /><br />The 2021 VDOE "model policies" encouraged schools to create "a plan (that) may include addressing the student at school with their name and pronoun consistent with their gender identity while using the legal name and pronoun associated with the sex assigned at birth when communicating with parents or guardians." <br /><br />I strongly support the revised policies that end this practice. Virginia schools should not drive a wedge between parents and their emotionally vulnerable children. Virginia school districts, including those who have already communicated their plans to ignore the 2022 revised model policies, should put an end to secret Gender Support Plans now.<br /><br />Sincerely,
<br />Wendy Baig
<br />1504 Oakcrest Dr<br />Alexandria, VA 22302<br /><img src="http://admin.phone2action.com/email/open/leg/657523/148310278" width="1" height="1" />


I oppose Youngkin's policy

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<p>I strongly oppose the Model Policies for the Treatment of Transgender Students announced on September 16, 2022. They do not respect the rights and interests of transgender students and their parents. It was absurd to read that Gov. Youngkin believes his new policy respects students and parents, when in fact it does the exact opposite. </p>


Dear Virginia Dept of Education,

Schools should never secretly socially transition students and keep the child's new name, pronouns and gender identities from parents. I am pleased and relieved that the Virginia Department of Education's revised model policies support parental rights and ensure that school employees don't cut parents out of critical decisions for their children.

The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) issued "model policies" in 2021 that encouraged every school district in Virginia to hide a child's new gender identity from parents who choose to affirm the child's biological sex. Under Governor Youngkin's leadership, the VDOE's revised policies make it clear that all children should be valued and parents' rights and beliefs should be respected. The 2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for all Students and Parents in Virginia's Public Schools keep parents involved in major decisions in their children's lives.

The 2021 VDOE "model policies" encouraged schools to create "a plan (that) may include addressing the student at school with their name and pronoun consistent with their gender identity while using the legal name and pronoun associated with the sex assigned at birth when communicating with parents or guardians."

I strongly support the revised policies that end this practice. Virginia schools should not drive a wedge between parents and their emotionally vulnerable children. Virginia school districts, including those who have already communicated their plans to ignore the 2022 revised model policies, should put an end to secret Gender Support Plans now.

Sincerely,
Jennifer Baird
637 25th St S
Arlington, VA 22202

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Dear Virginia Dept of Education,<br /><br />Schools should never secretly socially transition students and keep the child's new name, pronouns and gender identities from parents. I am pleased and relieved that the Virginia Department of Education's revised model policies support parental rights and ensure that school employees don't cut parents out of critical decisions for their children. <br /><br />The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) issued "model policies" in 2021 that encouraged every school district in Virginia to hide a child's new gender identity from parents who choose to affirm the child's biological sex. Under Governor Youngkin's leadership, the VDOE's revised policies make it clear that all children should be valued and parents' rights and beliefs should be respected. The 2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for all Students and Parents in Virginia's Public Schools keep parents involved in major decisions in their children's lives.<br /><br />The 2021 VDOE "model policies" encouraged schools to create "a plan (that) may include addressing the student at school with their name and pronoun consistent with their gender identity while using the legal name and pronoun associated with the sex assigned at birth when communicating with parents or guardians." <br /><br />I strongly support the revised policies that end this practice. Virginia schools should not drive a wedge between parents and their emotionally vulnerable children. Virginia school districts, including those who have already communicated their plans to ignore the 2022 revised model policies, should put an end to secret Gender Support Plans now.<br /><br />Sincerely,
<br />Jennifer Baird
<br />637 25th St S<br />Arlington, VA 22202<br /><img src="http://admin.phone2action.com/email/open/leg/657523/148310265" width="1" height="1" />


STRONGLY oppose this policy

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it’s our job as adults and educators to protect kids and affirm their identity. I am strongly opposed to this harmful policy


Ann Marie Barrett (LCPS counselor) arrested for sexual relationship with transgender student

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If you are a parent at LCPS and don’t see a need for change then you have your head in the sand. Stop this lunacy. Put our children first!


This is ignorance in action

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<p>Politicizing the well-being of children in order to score election points with a rabid base is of the lowest sort. These children derserve to have all of the advantages we can give them. This is just another extension of bullying. It is also inviting abuse. Most of the abuse that trans kids face is from within their own family. If they choose to consider school a safer place to be themselves, why would you want to remove that safety net? Because parents have a right to know? That right should be balanced against the right of the child to feel safe in their own identity and space. </p>


Dear Virginia Dept of Education,

Schools should never secretly socially transition students and keep the child's new name, pronouns and gender identities from parents. I am pleased and relieved that the Virginia Department of Education's revised model policies support parental rights and ensure that school employees don't cut parents out of critical decisions for their children.

The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) issued "model policies" in 2021 that encouraged every school district in Virginia to hide a child's new gender identity from parents who choose to affirm the child's biological sex. Under Governor Youngkin's leadership, the VDOE's revised policies make it clear that all children should be valued and parents' rights and beliefs should be respected. The 2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for all Students and Parents in Virginia's Public Schools keep parents involved in major decisions in their children's lives.

The 2021 VDOE "model policies" encouraged schools to create "a plan (that) may include addressing the student at school with their name and pronoun consistent with their gender identity while using the legal name and pronoun associated with the sex assigned at birth when communicating with parents or guardians."

I strongly support the revised policies that end this practice. Virginia schools should not drive a wedge between parents and their emotionally vulnerable children. Virginia school districts, including those who have already communicated their plans to ignore the 2022 revised model policies, should put an end to secret Gender Support Plans now.

Sincerely,
Stephen Siegmund
8 Tavern Rd
Stafford, VA 22554

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Dear Virginia Dept of Education,<br /><br />Schools should never secretly socially transition students and keep the child's new name, pronouns and gender identities from parents. I am pleased and relieved that the Virginia Department of Education's revised model policies support parental rights and ensure that school employees don't cut parents out of critical decisions for their children. <br /><br />The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) issued "model policies" in 2021 that encouraged every school district in Virginia to hide a child's new gender identity from parents who choose to affirm the child's biological sex. Under Governor Youngkin's leadership, the VDOE's revised policies make it clear that all children should be valued and parents' rights and beliefs should be respected. The 2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for all Students and Parents in Virginia's Public Schools keep parents involved in major decisions in their children's lives.<br /><br />The 2021 VDOE "model policies" encouraged schools to create "a plan (that) may include addressing the student at school with their name and pronoun consistent with their gender identity while using the legal name and pronoun associated with the sex assigned at birth when communicating with parents or guardians." <br /><br />I strongly support the revised policies that end this practice. Virginia schools should not drive a wedge between parents and their emotionally vulnerable children. Virginia school districts, including those who have already communicated their plans to ignore the 2022 revised model policies, should put an end to secret Gender Support Plans now.<br /><br />Sincerely,
<br />Stephen Siegmund
<br />8 Tavern Rd<br />Stafford, VA 22554<br /><img src="http://admin.phone2action.com/email/open/leg/657523/148310245" width="1" height="1" />


The first rule of indoctrinating students is not to tell anyone that you are indoctrinating students

Direct Twitter quote from Andrea Weiskopf- middle school Latin teacher LCPS

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If you want to know why LCPS oppose this policy look no further than this quote from a middle school teacher in LCPS. They want parents in the dark while they groom our children. Teachers that oppose this narrative are fired.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/loudoun-teachers-target-parents-critical-race-theory-hacking?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=benshapiro&fbclid=IwAR3S8hOqQxs3BORib-MAg6w-EXihXrZGylZeUzrkJqjBWMxgVTYcHLLekrQ


Strongly Oppose

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<p>I strongly oppose this change. This will harm the children and young adults of Virginia; worse, it opens the door for cruelty and pain for young people at the hands of school faculty and staff. </p>


Transgender

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STOP THIS INSANITY!!! Let children be children. When it comes to being a transgender, let the child grow up and figure it out for themselves!!! Parents deserve to be in charge of raising their children! STOP THIS INSANITY!!! Give parents their right to be parents back thanks. Lesa Berry


Thank you from ARLINGTON

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Thank you for protecting all students.

The new policy is comprised of laws (and common sense) that were previously subverted and did not protect children and removed parental control.

After this document goes into effect, transgender and non transgender students alike will be protected while at school.

Parent's rights are reaffirmed, and guardians can be assured that school staff will not be parenting, unparenting or indoctrinating or making unsafe our children, their classrooms, restrooms, locker rooms and school spaces while they are at school.

Thank you to the Glenn Youngkin team!!


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Stop the attack on girls rights and support this bill

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Give biological females back their sports teams, bathrooms, and locker rooms. Halt the discrimination!


I strongly oppose the new policy.

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<p>I recently moved from VA to NC, but am a native Virginian and I strongly oppose this policy. </p>


Stop the attack on trans rights

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Governor Youngkin’s proposed policy changes regarding trans students in Virginia schools  are a transparent political stunt designed to play into the fringe  groups that will fuel his presidential ambitions. His strategy is at the cost of the personhood, rights, and physical and mental health of young citizens of Virginia who will be subject to increased harassment and ostracism. So-called parents’ rights is a smokescreen. Parents do not have the right to abuse their children and homophobia is not a legitimate political position. Virginia should be a leader and not a stain in the story of freedom. Ol


I strongly OPPOSE this attack on first amendment rights

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I am concerned that this policy will impede the free speech of administrators. Many Americans are concerned that policies that force administrators to use trans children pronouns would be a violation of their first amendment rights, but what about policies such as this one that would force them to use the incorrect pronouns for trans children? This is also a violation of such rights. I strongly oppose this bill, as any patriotic American would. This is a clear attack on our constitutional rights, not to mention the rights of trans children, and I will not stand for it!


Opposed.  Don't make life harder for families and kids.

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I find it ironic that this document purports to protect kids and families.  Trans people are not created in schools, they exist, and have always existed.  Trans kids are a small group, but a group who have disproportionately been teased, bulled, and abused compared to their peers. These changes will make them feel less safe and less comfortable at school.  Please don't target this already vulnerable group for political gain.  The existence of trans kids does not threaten anyone else's gender or identity.  Trans kids being safe and comfortable does not threaten anyone else's gender or identity.  We can do better than this.


This may open the door to dangerous conversion practices

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<p>First and foremost, our students are individuals. Whether they are minors or not, their sexuality is shaped individually without need for correction but acceptance. Parents have an opportunity to shape education from home, but sexuality is part of the individual student’s character and opening the door to repressive parents is welcoming the return of children who don’t feel accepted by who they are by the very people who should offer the utmost support. </p>


PUT CHILDREN FIRST SUPPORT THIS POLICY!!!!!!!!

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The fallacy is that this will harm students, instead it supports students and the family structure as it was intended:  PARENTS MAKE DECISIONS for THEIR children.  This policy does not cut the parents out of the equation, but thankfully it does not allow the administrators and teachers to replace the parent in ANY decisions concerning their children.


Strongly support

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Stop the nonsense, support the new guidelines.

Perhaps we need to add to the new policy, mental health screening for all teachers and administrators in the public school system.


Protect the family - SUPPORT

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<p>The implementation of this policy will not only help the children, but will protect them from the governmental overreach that is destroying their lives.  It appears the current overreach may be the root cause of the high numbers of  emotional distress in our school aged children. The family unit is being degraded and the parental role has been usurped by a regime that basically says we can raise your children better than you. </p>


I Strongly Oppose the proposal

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I strongly oppose this anti-trans proposal.