Fully Support - Thank You, Governor!

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I went to private school kindergarten - second grade but after I moved over to public schools for third grade - graduation, I believed I was fortunate to attend public schools in Virginia.  Now that I have children in the same county school system I grew up in (Albemarle), I am absolutely shocked at how different the experience is.  There is absolutely no dress code, there are more fights and sexual assaults, no school resource officers, hardly any bus drivers, and embarrassingly poor standardized test scores.  Our school system is focused on who can use what bathroom, which "gender" children want to be addressed as today, and renaming schools even when public surveys are against it.  How is this setting our children up for a better future?  How is this setting up our community for a better future?  Thank you, Governor Youngkin, for donating your salary to schools, for protecting our children, and for helping making SCHOOLS focus on being a place to LEARN.


Republicans love taking your rights

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<p>Always taking rights away </p>


Republicans love taking your rights


Do Not Support

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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 107%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">The guidance document change states “each child is a unique individual with distinctive abilities and characteristics that should be valued and respected”. These polices that are being brought forth directly goes against that. Students should be able to express themselves freely, openly, they are our future generation. Policies that mute students to express their full identity only shows our newest generation that it okay to be silenced. That is wrong. If you allow this policy I fear our transgender students will be subjected to discrimination, harassment, and bullying. Which also goes against the statement “all students have the right to attend school in an environment free from discrimination, harassment, or bullying”. Wouldn’t it be discrimination against our transgender students if we go against their wishes to state their chosen name? A name they are comfortable being called? This also shows educators and students it’s okay to call someone by a name they are clearly not comfortable with. I fear bullies will and have already used this tactic to antagonize a student purposely because they know it upsets their victim. This policy ALLOWS that. It just enforces their actions and protects the bully. Who is protecting our transgender students? Students should also be free to go by whatever sex they want. Let them identify their OWN bodies. What is so harming about having to call someone he, she, or they? Who is it harming? Who are we protecting? This would obviously do more harm to our transgender students then to anyone else. Legally a parent may force their children to confirm to an image, but how ethical or healthy is that? Children aren’t just property to their parents, or their peers, or the educational system. Sometimes school is the only safe place these students have. Why disturb that?  </p>


Nothing but bigotry

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This is just more political posturing at the expense of an already vulnerable group of people. Policies like this have and will continue to cause kids to kill themselves, just leave people alone and let them live their lives you hateful cowards.


Strong support Trump 2024


Support, because no school policy should exclude parents

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Any act which is hidden from parents is probably abuse.


Strongly Oppose

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This comment is on the DOE's 2022 changes to their Treatment of Trans Students.

Trans rights are human rights, and research substantiates the validity of trans experience and the dangers to health when that validity is questioned and actively targeted at every level. Peer-reviewed research again and again shows the way to support healthy children and avoid suicidal ideation and life-long concerns is to LISTEN to what they say, and respect the SOCIALLY CONSTRUCTED nature of gender. Anything less is an ugly lip service to protecting students while actually shamefully playing for ignorant parents' money, and to obfuscate from chronic underfunding of schools and social programs that are actually cause for concern.

There is so, so much quality research out there. I beg you to take the time to listen. If you make this choice to require a broken biological framework for gender and outing trans kids to potentially dangerous home situations, while continuing to prime schools to be dangerous sites of aggression as well, it will not be because there was not ample evidence that the true way to help students is acceptance. It will be because you plugged your ears, plucked out your eyes, and chose your own power games over the health of children--and I can't think of anything more despicable then that.


Completely agree with Governor Youngkin's proposed changes

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It is essential for children to grow up without anyone pushing thoughts about sex and sexual orientation on them. It is ridiculous to worry about what pronouns a young child might chose.  They should use the pronouns associated with the sex of their anatomy at birth. I fully agree with the proposal by Governor Youngkin.


I oppose

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<p>I oppose this guidance. I believe it is rooted in transphobia and may cause harm to students. </p>


Support Gov. Youngkin

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


This is not common sense

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<p>THis is cruel to children </p>


I support this very strongly!!!I

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


Parents have complete rights for anything in their child's life. You can't give school more control

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To ever let the school have power over a child greater then the power and control their own parents have is sick. To have the school, that is run by the State to have this much influence is not natural, healthy or moral.

It is the the world's job to understand and raise my child.


Fully support

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<p> Thank you for keeping parents’ rights in place. Government schools need to worry about teaching mathematics</p>


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<p>Oppose. The student themselves should decide not the gray heads. </p>


The governor is an idiot


I fully support this common sense move.

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


Strongly oppose changing transgender policies

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Please do not change transgender policies.  Trans students need their rights protected and should not be fearful of being outed to abusive parents or being discriminated against by school officials.  Leave the current polices that protect trans students in place.

Shirley Bever


Parental Choice

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I truly believe in following the Word of God to the fullest. First starting with love, people are so quick to speak on love but have no love for God in their actions. I'm a firm believer that the Word of God is not to be compromised, so if my beliefs are for my grandchildren not to be subject to this form of teaching ( transgender, etc.), then that's my right as the 1st Amendment states: Guarantees freedoms concerning religion, expression, assembly and right to petition. My question is as believers are we suppose to compromise our beliefs for the sake of others abomination? We have rights as well and should not be subject to something we do not support as righteous.


Support

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<p> I fully support this.  </p>


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<p>This will cause so much harm. Strongly opposed. </p>


The end of Virginia as we know it

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Goodbye Virginia nice knowing you


100% Support Governor

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<p> 100% Support Governor  </p>


Supporting Parents

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<p>I completely support the new K-12 policies to realign with parental rights. Bathrooms should NOT be open to multiple genders. We should FOLLOW THE SCIENCE…”XY” chromosomes use the boys bathroom, “XX” chromosomes, use the girls bathroom. Children should be referred to by their given names and no pronoun swaps should be implemented. We are confusing our children rather than supporting them. Where are the adult leaders? Adults need to stand up and be adults and quit allowing falsehood and lies to rule the day and the emotions. </p>


I support

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<p> I support this.  </p>


Strongly Oppose This Plan

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I strongly oppose the proposed legislation because it is discriminatory towards our LGBTQ+ youth and would cause more harm to an already vulnerable minority. These youths need to feel supported and safe in their environment and schools can be that safe space. This policy would either force certain youths to have to live with feeling a lack of acceptance and could increase their risk of suicide, or this policy could put them at risk of coming out to potentially harmful family environments for the opportunity to be recognized how they see themselves.


Support the Proposal

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


Strongly oppose

Catherine Read, Eastern Virginia Medical School

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To whom it may concern-

My name is Catherine Read and I am a third year medical student at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, Virginia. I am writing to express my profound concern over this proposal and the implications that it has for transgender children in our state. Over half of gender-diverse children have contemplated suicide (https://www.thetrevorproject.org/survey-2022/assets/static/trevor01_2022survey_final.pd). Studies have shown that having just one supportive adult in the life of a gender-diverse child can reduce their risk of suicide by 40% (https://www.thetrevorproject.org/research-briefs/accepting-adults-reduce-suicide-attempts-among-lgbtq-youth/). These are often not parental figures, but members of the community or teachers in the school that provide a safe place for children to explore and affirm their gender identity. By mandating that parents, who may or may not be supportive of their child's identity, are informed of a child's pronoun usage and gender-affirming choices, we risk taking away the child's sense of safety at school. Which, for some children, may be their only safe space. The risk associated with that, that is, the risk of any more children and teenagers harming themselves, is a risk I am completely unable and unwilling to accept. I must oppose this in the strongest possible terms.

Thank you for your consideration and for your time.
Catherine Read, MS3, Eastern Virginia Medical School


Younkin is a joke


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

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


Thank you Governor - STRONGLY SUPPORT

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<p> Thank you for putting parents back front and center.  </p>


Vote younkin out

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<p>Vote him out an embarrasment to Virginia and the world as a whole </p>


Support strongly


Strongly Oppose This Policy!

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I strongly oppose this policy.

It is illegal, as it violates both state and federal law.

It is a political ploy only. The Governor is smart enough to know that it is illegal and unenforceable, but that it will score points for him with the GOP base.

It follows what seems to be the only consistent GOP policy: deliberate cruelty toward the vulnerable and powerless.

Rescind the policy before it is struck down by the courts, and before it causes irreparable harm!


Support Youngkin - parents need to know

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


Support parents and the Governor’s policy.

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


Strongly OPPOSE

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<p>I strongly oppose the proposed language. It treats youth as objects with no individual rights. </p>


Not visiting VA if this passes. Strongly oppose.

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Trans people are people and statistically affirming kids in their identity is suicide prevention. I will not be spending my tourism dollars in a state that endangers children.


STRONGLY OPPOSE

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<p>These policies create a dangerous and unsafe school environment for many students in Virginia. We have the privilege in America as students to utilize every resource and opportunity offered to us. However, this can not be said for students who are in the minority and this includes transgender and non-binary students. School should be a safe place for students to learn, engage, and have a community. From middle school to high school students are learning who they are and what their identities are. Schools need to be able to facilitate, support, and advocate for their students and recognize school isn’t only a place to learn, but also a place that helps students feel comfortable and safe in figuring out their identities. As students, we spend over a quarter of our day in the classroom learning and that doesn’t include the amount of time for extracurricular activities. Many students use school as a way to express themselves and feel safe in a community that they otherwise might not be able to do in their homes. However, if faculty and staff are required to “out” their students to their parents, schools are not only creating an unsafe school environment but also an unsafe home environment as well. These students will not receive the same opportunity and education as their fellow classmates. These policies are blatant discrimination towards transgender and non-binary students who want to enjoy the same opportunities and support as every other student is able to. </p>


This is not in the best interest of students

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Why dont you spend some time in VA you dirtbag Younkin


Fully Support - Thank you Gov. Youngkin

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


Virginia Homeowners OPPOSE this transphobic policy

It's like they want to drag us back to the stone age with their redneck anti-trans legislation!I'm a homeowner.  My excellent schools are what keep my property values up.  Stop trying to tear apart Virginia schools with stupid legislation that wastes everyone's time.  Good teachers call kids by their nicknames ALL THE TIME but for this one case, they can't?  Teachers need to be trusted to teach, not additional victimizers.  Let them treat trans kids with kindness and sympathy.  No one is going to medicate kids against their parents' wishes, but teachers can treat trans kids or kids exploring their identity with respect, as growing minds should be treated.

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It's like they want to drag us back to the stone age with their redneck anti-trans legislation!

I'm a homeowner.  My excellent schools are what keep my property values up.  Stop trying to tear apart Virginia schools with stupid legislation that wastes everyone's time.

Good teachers call kids by their nicknames ALL THE TIME but for this one case, they can't?  Teachers need to be trusted to teach, not additional victimizers.  Let them treat trans kids with kindness and sympathy.  No one is going to medicate kids against their parents' wishes, but teachers can treat trans kids or kids exploring their identity with respect, as growing minds should be treated.


I support


Transphobic Policy

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This policy is meant to discriminate against Trans Youth.  Those who are in favor of it should look into the science, instead of focusing on how much they hate trans people.


I support Governor Younkin

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


STRONGLY OPPOSE TRANSPHOBIC POLICY - KIDS WILL DIE

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<p>Do you love your child? Do you love your child enough to let them tell you who they are? If this policy goes into effect, children will die, and the blood will be on all your hands who let this happen. If you actually care about children’s lives and want what is best for them, you should oppose this dangerous and hateful policy with all of your being. </p>


STRONGLY OPPOSE-sort sighted

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Mr. Youngkin your decision to make this policy is short sighted at best. Because you have a few parents that agree with this policy, you have many parents who don’t agree with this policy which can put children at risk for suicide, bullying, depression. Parents should have involvement but not rule over teachers, schools, children’s health. I would not be qualified to tell a Plumber, Electrician or a Teacher how to do their work—neither should you or parents be able to do so.

Thank you


Fully Support Gov. Youngkin

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Anything the left touches it destroys. Students' rights? What about parents' rights? Lenin said "Destroy the family and you control the country".


OPPOSE, parents sometimes abuse trans kids

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I strongly oppose these policies. I’m a parent and I have seen trans kids worried about physical and emotional abuse from their parents. This policy will cause harm.


BAD POLICY

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<p>this is horrible </p>


Support this policy- It is in the best interest of all children including trans children.

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<p> This is about parental rights. Parents bear the responsibility of raising The child to adulthood. School administration should not be making medical diagnosis of children experiencing gender dysphoria. They are not medical professionals.  </p>


Opinion on new policy in regard to Trans students in school

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Highly opposed as this is in direct violation of protected human rights towards personal expression and access to health and sanitation, it is appaling to hear someone in this day and age give policies such as this even a second of consideration. Shame and disappointment is all I can muster in regards to this occurrence and I sincerely hope that these policies are thrown into the trash along with whomsoever penned these outright ridiculous thoughts


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

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<p> As a VA resident</p>


Bad idea


Strongly support changes!

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


FULLY SUPPORT YOUNGKIN’S POLICY!

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Parents should be in charge. Fully support Youngkin’s policy.


Completely support this policy

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


Do not support


Highly Support

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<p> I highly support this proposal. I do not co-parent with the school system. If children arenot considered adults until 18</p>


FULLY SUPPORT

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Thank you Gov. Youngkin for this policy that protects every kid! The previous wording prevented parents from helping their children make important decisions when they are needed most. Protect Every Kid!


Support

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I support EVERYONE'S right to choose.


Support

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


Strongly oppose

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Thank you for the opportunity to comment. I strongly oppose this proposed changed to VDOE guidelines. Transgender youth frequently lack family acceptance after coming out, which can lead to them being kicked out of their homes by their parents or fleeing out of fear. While an estimated 9.5% of the US population identify as LGBTQ+, studies estimate that they make up as much as 40% of all homeless youth. They are also more likely to experience assault, trauma, depression, and suicide compared to non-LGBTQ+ youth. These statistics are worse for Black and Indigenous People of Color.

Family conflict is the primary cause of homelessness for LGBTQ+ youth, and these youth are also more likely to experience domestic assault than their cisgender peers. This all ties to the risk of family rejection over identifying as LGBT+.

I fear that requiring school personnel to inform parents & guardians will greatly increase the physical and mental risk to LGBTQ+ youth. Please rescind this proposed change.


Terrible decison

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You continue to disenfranchise and attack people who are different than you.

You are a disgust to VA


I strongly support Governor Youngkin's support of parental rights

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


Fully support this.

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<p> Parents should be in control of theirs kids. Not the corrupt govt. no boys should share private areas with my girls.  </p>


Strongly support my governor


I fully support this

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 We need to protect the kids, get them the help they need, not affirm their own mental health issues.  We don't treat any other mental health issue the same way they are trying to treat gender dysphoria.    We do not need the school to get involved and hide details from Parents regarding their own children.

We also need to ensure we don't negatively impact women in their own sports leagues.  A man has no business or right to participate/compete against women.  Women and Men are not the same and no amount of medicine can change that.

I guess it all boils down to trust. I no longer trust the gov't institutions to do what is best for my kid if they are needed to do so. They have their own POVs, their own agendas and that's what they base their decisions off of. Not my kids safety or betterment.


Fully support this

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


Strongly Support Governor Youngkin’s Transgender School Policy

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


I Strongly Strongly Support This


Strongly support this policy  parental rights to raise their child.

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


Strongly oppose

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The proposed policy changes are deeply harmful to the mental health of Virginia’s transgender children, and seem to have no logical legal basis, making this purely legislated bigotry. Respected studies have shown that transgender students who live in an environment of non-acceptance are at catastrophically higher risk of suicide—yet our self-proclaimed “pro-life governor” would put thousands of Virginia students at risk with this policy change in order to score a few political points. In the midst of a crisis level teacher shortage and students who are woefully behind in the wake of the pandemic, VDOE is wasting time and resources in an attempt to ostracize transgender students who just want to be accepted for who they are as they access the public education guaranteed to them by law. Our governor is pandering to the fearful and bigoted parts of his base, possibly with his eye on a 2024 presidential bid, and he’s putting children in harm’s way to further his own political aspirations. A decent person would be ashamed of such behavior.


Strongly Support This New Approach

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<p> No matter one’s belief system</p>


Strongly Oppose

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Trans kids deserve compassion and understanding.  If they do not want to inform their parents then it's reasonable to conclude they don't feel safe doing so.  This "snitch policy" caters to the mistaken belief that parents automatically know best and that children don't deserve privacy.


Attack on Students

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I strongly oppose the proposed legislation that is targeting LGBQT+ youth.

I am a teacher and a mom of a 2 year old. I imagine that when my son goes to school, he will be welcomed into a caring and safe environment, no matter who he chooses to be. I would never imagine that school could become a place where we are putting students at risk for depression and suicide (LGBQT+ Youth are already at a higher risk than that of their peers).

As a teacher, students I work with know that I provide a safe place for them to be themselves. The proposed legislation will break trust between students and teachers, therefore creating a hostile environment, which will ultimately affect student performance, while adding to emotional distress.

Governor Youngkin needs to keep his homophobic behaviors to himself - Hate is NOT welcome in Virginia schools. ALL of our students deserve to survive AND thrive in our schools. This policy will be detrimental to our students.

I urge the VDOE to reject this discriminatory policy. I strongly opposed this proposed policy that will target our students.


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

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


Support this stomgly


I fully support this

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


Strongly SUPPORT the protection and safety of all children

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


Trans students in Public schools

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<p>I strongly oppose this plan.   It is another form of prejudice and invasion of students' privacy.   Not all parents are supportive of their children.  </p>


Fully support this.

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<p> Fully support.  </p>


Oppose this cruel and misguided policy

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I am a parent of a child in the Virginia public schools and an educator myself.

This proposed policy works directly against the good of the people of Virginia, and against the stated purpose of creating "educational environments where all students thrive." Allowing teachers and administrators to call students by names and pronouns that are not their own is hurtful and makes the classroom into a hostile place.

Children are not the possessions of their parents, and should have the right to assert their own identity.  School should be a safe place where children can become adults, with their own beliefs, and insisting on parents' right to know will put many children into a psychologically and potentially physically dangerous position.

The policies in the document fly in the face of psychological and medical best practices, and will cause great emotional harm to trans and gender-nonconforming youth. It is likely to increase the already too-high suicide rates of these youths.  These policies are cruel and potentially deadly.  I oppose them very strongly.


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

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


100%support!

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<p>100% supportive of our Governor. </p>


FULLY SUPPORT - THANK YOU!

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<p> Fully support this! Thank you</p>


Fully support the Governor

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<p> Thank you Governor!  </p>


Schools

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I am writing to say that I Support the state's new K-12 model policies and in agreement with it.  I believe children should be protected and that bathroom policies should be based on their biological sex.


Fully support new policy good job Gov

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<p>Fully support parents to be informed! This is a good policy! Thank you! </p>


I support this policy-

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


STRONGLY OPPOSED

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This puts so many children in danger and no one cares about the lives that will be taken if this is put into place. Not only will suicide rates increase, youth homeless rates with increase and there will be parents that will put their own children in horrendous situations just because their kid had to come out before they are ready. This bill is disgusting and no one should care that much about CHILDREN being who they are.


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

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


I DO NOT SUPPORT THE NEW POLICY

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<p>I do not support this policy, it opens up hundreds of students to abuse and takes away self expression. While simultaneously taking away the safe space that schools are supposed to be. Student voices cannot be ignored, these policies affect US, we are saying NO to the DOE. </p>


I support these new policies COMPLETELY!

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


Fully support Glenn Youngkin

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Parents have a right to know if their child is depressed or having mental problems. If a child is confused about who they are then parents have a right to know. I am not from VA but I bet a lot of the negative comments aren't either. What parent would sign away their rights?


We support you and will fight alongside you!

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


Support parents, not the authoritarian mob of groomers.

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Schools should not be keeping anything private from a child's parents and should not be having "secret" conversations in an attempt to groom children toward an ideological view.


Fully support

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<p> While the majority of comments are negative</p>


Hateful. Do not / would never support.

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


VDOE Proposed Rule on Transgender Students

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<p>I believe this updated proposal draws exactly the right balance between the interests of LGBTQ students, parents, and the general student population.  The previous proposal erred when it allowed students to make and schools to honor such dramatic declarations of their identity without parents even being aware of it.  </p>


Strongly oppose

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<p>We must protect Trans students. Physically and mentally. </p>
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Strongly support (common sense and applicable to all students)

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


OPPOSE

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Strongly oppose this anti-LGBTQ policy.


Stop the abuse of children support this policy


Fully support this commonsense policy.

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I Fully support this commonsense policy.


Reject this policy!

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This policy will put students lives in danger and increase suicide and mental illness in our children by allowing such a harmful policy!


Fully Support

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


Strongest Opposition to this Policy

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This policy encourages bullying, and it will only deepen the mental health crisis that our children already face. In no way does this do anything to advance parents' rights to raise their children as they see fit. Instead, it serves to single out certain children and open them to abuse.


Strongly Support

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


New guidelines affecting transgender students

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<p>I strongly oppose these harmful policies </p>


Strongly oppose- Endangers health, safety, and other matters of trans children.

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This bill has detrimental affects on the mental and physical health, safety, and otherwise for LGBT children, especially trans children. Not only does this have extreme negative affects for a group that is already a minority, it also has extreme negative possibilities for the LGBT community as a whole. This could extremely affect their mental health and possibly even threaten their lives depending on the views in their household. There are children who will literally be murdered due to their identity if this bill is passed. This is an extreme violation of human rights.


I support.

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<p> Support wholeheartedly.  </p>


I Support This Policy

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I support the Governor's Transgender Policy.


REJECT THIS for the safety of children - home is not always safe. REJECT REJECT REJECT.

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<p>Children are not property, It is the onus of the parent to create an environment where their child feels safe opening up to them. If their child feels they are unsafe and does not wish to tell their parents, school should be a safe place. Respect our future generation enough to make this decision for themselves. This policy could easily put countless children at risk in the home and the welfare office is already unable to keep up with demand. Do not do this. Please. </p>


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


STRONGLY OPPOSE

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


I support Governor Younkin

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


Strongly Oppose!!

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I strongly oppose this policy!


Fully support


Strongly support parental rights

It is high time we start listening to our friends across the Atlantic as they close down the Tavistock gender clinic (UK), ban puberty blockers (Sweden), and actually pay attention to the Cass Interim Report. It’s time we stop following the disastrous guidelines published by the US Dept of Health & Human Services (see Rachel Levine) which categorically claims that puberty blockers are “completely reversible” despite widespread evidence to the contrary. It is time we put an end to the financial influence of billionaire “transgender activists” such as Jennifer Pritzker and Martine Rothblatt. It is time we stop teaching young children that they are born in the wrong body and time we stop sending them on a lifetime path of hormone treatments and mutilating surgeries before they are mature enough to understand the consequences. It’s time we recognize the concepts of ‘queer’ and ‘transgender’ and ‘gender fluid’ (aside from the extremely rare instances of true gender dysphoria) for what they are — a denial of biological reality, an attempt to ‘trans-away the gay,’ an erasure of women’s rights, a steady stream of income to big pharma and surgeons, a mandate on how the rest of us can speak, and—most importantly—a social contagion that, if permitted to continue, will permanently harm young people.We need to stop this now—before we damage more children. If you want more information, I strongly suggest Helen Joyce’s book TRANS, Abigail Shrier’s IRREVERSIBLE DAMAGE, and Kara Dansky’s THE ABOLITION OF SEX.

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It is high time we start listening to our friends across the Atlantic as they close down the Tavistock gender clinic (UK), ban puberty blockers (Sweden), and actually pay attention to the Cass Interim Report. It’s time we stop following the disastrous guidelines published by the US Dept of Health & Human Services (see Rachel Levine) which categorically claims that puberty blockers are “completely reversible” despite widespread evidence to the contrary. It is time we put an end to the financial influence of billionaire “transgender activists” such as Jennifer Pritzker and Martine Rothblatt. It is time we stop teaching young children that they are born in the wrong body and time we stop sending them on a lifetime path of hormone treatments and mutilating surgeries before they are mature enough to understand the consequences. It’s time we recognize the concepts of ‘queer’ and ‘transgender’ and ‘gender fluid’ (aside from the extremely rare instances of true gender dysphoria) for what they are — a denial of biological reality, an attempt to ‘trans-away the gay,’ an erasure of women’s rights, a steady stream of income to big pharma and surgeons, a mandate on how the rest of us can speak, and—most importantly—a social contagion that, if permitted to continue, will permanently harm young people.

We need to stop this now—before we damage more children. If you want more information, I strongly suggest Helen Joyce’s book TRANS, Abigail Shrier’s IRREVERSIBLE DAMAGE, and Kara Dansky’s THE ABOLITION OF SEX.


Strongly support


Fully Support

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I fully support this new policy. Parents must be involved in such critical issues in the development of their children.


Strongly Support

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<p> Strongly Support this.  </p>


Support strongly


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<p>this bill is absolutely horrific it can cause children to get beaten by their parents or even get KILLED. Think about their lives not your personal views </p>


Fully support

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<p> Fully support  </p>


Strongly support this common sense guideline

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


Strongly oppose new proposal

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<p>I attended Virginia schools about ten years ago when I was in the 2nd to 6th grades. During my time there, I became acutely aware of how little support the school offered to students who were different. I felt completely isolated and alone during my time in Virginia schools. Other kids bullied me because I am asexual. They assumed that meant I was gay so I was targeted with a lot of anti-gay bullying. The only reason I was able to survive that time was as a result of supportive teachers and staff members. This new policy will basically embolden this bullying of students and will deny them sources of support from teachers and staff. Students will not have any sense of safety and support. This will result in students wanting to kill themselves like I wanted to ten years ago. I think this is one of the most horrendous policies that directly harms Virginia’s students. </p>


Fully support.


I fully support this

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<p> I am in support of this.  </p>


I oppose this policy. Does more harm than good.

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Parents having the power to object their child(ren) from going to the counselor caught my eye significantly. There are students who may feel unsafe from their parents and go to counseling for help. This defeats the purpose of counseling and seeking mental health support especially this policy being targeted to transgender students. Students should be advocates for themselves of their issues and troubles; not the parents.

Also, having parental permission to use a preferred name, pronoun, and bathroom is ridiculous. We don't want students to out their parents before they're ready, and especially that some families are not accepting and can be potentially dangerous to the students. This policy would encourage bullying instead of discouraging bullying and harassment as the governor may claim. Other students may ridicule other trans and gender non conforming students by dead-naming them relentlessly. This is similar of a student being called crude nicknames and slurs at them. Verbal abuse is unacceptable and leaves a heavy impact on mental health. This policy provides no protection for trans and gender non conforming students from dead-naming, and the bullying/harassment that comes with it.

The new model policy does not respect the LGBTQ+ community, and it is hypocrisy to think this would help decrease bullying and harassment of trans and gender non conforming students.

Depression rates are at its highest for Generation Z and this policy would put more fuel to the fire of the mental health crisis the youth is facing.


Support the governor


Support this


YES! SUPPORT!

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


Agree and support the new policy - stop the social engineering

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This social engineering meds to be stopped. My student was getting this transgender curriculum constantly, immersion style. This was done in ALL subjects, even math! Now she thinks kids secretly changing their gender and getting surgeries is okay, because all her teachers told the class kids need this or they kill themselves. Outrageous. Stick to reading, writing, math and science…not voodoo science. Leave psychology and psychiatry to professionals…not math teachers.

I’ve had enough of teachers imposing their politics in school. Being A-political is a must for school staff.

I am now a supporter of school choice. Public schools have gotten too far out of their lane.


Stop putting kids in danger! Think of the children!

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All people deserve respect and safety. Respect can come in the form of calling someone by the name they go by. If you disagree, you have never had someone call you by a name that doesn't belong to you and still expect you to respond. Aside from this, requiring parental consent to use a different name would add to our homeless, abused, and suicidal LGBTQ youth. If you need a reminder, trans and non-binary kids and adults are people. Yes, they all deserve the same respect and safety afforded to others. They are just trying to be themselves. Isn't that what we want all kids to do?

As far as the bathroom requirement, I'm not sure where to start. Is someone going to verify a roster at the entrance to the bathrooms? Why are bathrooms separated to begin with? What's the purpose? Isn't the point to handle bodily functions? Do you really think the assigned male at birth girl is safe going to the "boys" bathroom? Maybe the assigned female at birth boy is safe going to the "boys" bathroom, but that should be up to the individual. Either way, is the problem the trans child or the other kids?


I support this policy this family-friendly policy

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


Support for Youngkin School Policy

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<p>Thank you Governor Youngkin for restoring sanity to Virginia's public schools! I gradated from a Fairfax County high school 15 years ago and am now a parent of children in Fairfax county schools. Basic ideas such as biological sex having mean were common place just a few years ago. This policy restores sanity to our school system and I strongly support your administration's efforts at putting parents in charge of their children's education. </p>


I fully support the revised policy

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


Very Strongly Oppose

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<p>I very strongly oppose this policy, this will lead to many more kids getting abused and suicide. </p>


Support Parents Involvement

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<p>This is putting information in parents hands. The other option is for children to make decisions without their parents knowledge. If you are a parent, you have the right to know what’s happening at school. If the parents approve, then accommodations are met. This is not saying that your child cannot make choices, they can, but you as a parent will be informed. The schools are not equipped to help guide your child through some of the life changing decisions they are making at such young ages. Parents need to be involved in their child’s life. No one is taking alternative lifestyles away, it’s about being informed and guiding your child through the process. </p>


Strongly support a parents right to raise their child.

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


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Fully support!! Thanks for keeping your promises Gov. Youngkin.  Parents have a say, and women have a right to equality in Sports.


Full support

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<p> Thank you Governor!  </p>


Strongly support this updated policy.

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


Please REJECT this harmful policy

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<p>Please REJECT this harmful policy! </p>


Support

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<p>As a parent and public school educator, THANK YOU! I fully support the governor’s decision. </p>


SUPPORT

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


Trans Students

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I write to strongly oppose the newly proposed guidance for Virginia schools regarding transgender students. It is our duty as adults to provide a safe and equitable learning environment for all students. The state’s proposed guidance will inflict direct harm on a day-to-day basis towards all students, but especially those who identify as trans. Identity is a deeply personal matter and to politicize and police trans people in this way does nothing but harm children who need our support. I do not support the proposed policy.


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I support the 2021 model, and oppose the 2022 proposal


Fully support

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<p> While the majority of comments are negative</p>


Strongly oppose DOE model policy for schools

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I strongly oppose DOE's proposed model policy re: transgender students. This policy, disguised as "parental rights", is cruel and inhumane, and flies in the face of medical and mental health guidance on supporting the mental health of transgender youth. It is also contrary to state law. The proposed policy feels like a political stunt for Governor Youngkin for advancing his national aspirations, rather than carefully considered policy that truly has the best interests of ALL students at its heart. This policy makes me embarrassed to be a Virginia resident and I'm incredibly thankful that my daughter has already graduated high school. No child should be subjected to this model policy!


I fully support this

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<p> I am in support of this.  </p>


Full Support/Thank you

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<p> I agree. Schools are not the authority on children</p>


I agree with these policies

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Parents are the legal custodians of children up to the age of 17 years and 364 days and are required by law to provide for them and ensure that they are taken care of properly.  To take away important knowledge about the minors that they are legally responsible for (i.e. what pronouns, names, gender they are using in school) is illegal.  These policies ensure that the people who are legally responsible for the minors are informed and included.  Further, they ensure that educators and other school personnel are not put in a position to lie or evade and can focus on their jobs.

I'm sure many people will try to argue that parents will abuse their children by not allowing them to identify in whatever way they wish.  Children and parents will always have disagreements; however, parents have the legal right to make decisions for the minors in their care unless and until that minor becomes an adult or emancipates themselves.  And if a child believes they have been abused or neglected, they can always contact Child Protective Services to initiate an investigation.


We need to support kids

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


A Teacher in Support of This

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<p> I'm a high school teacher</p>


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OPPOSE STRONGLY - PLEASE REJECT & BE ON RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY!


Stop the insanity strongly support our governor


Completely support this policy

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


100% support parental rights

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<p> 100% support parental rights! No to is Child neglect!  </p>


This policy supports ALL children

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Thousands of transgender children are NOT being killed. People need to get their facts straight. Transgenders are a small minority of the population. All people, of all groups have rights. But your do not get to disenfranchise the rights of the majority of parents for the benefit of a minority group. Responsible parents want to be involved in what is going on in the lives of their children this policy redresses the wrong of the previous legislation.


Stongly Support

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<p> Young girls safety matters.  </p>


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VA parent STRONGLY OPPOSE THIS MODEL POLICY - PLEASE REJECT!


Fully Support

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


FULLY SUPPORT THE PROPOSED POLICY

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As mother of 4 daughters, I DO NOT want the ability of males to use the same facilities as my daughters.  We do not want a repeat of what our folks in Loudon County have had to go through at TWO DIFFERENT schools with the same "trans" student.


Fully support

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


Endangering children for votes

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This bill is a blatant endangerment of trans children in order to pad the governor’s votes with transphobic adults. Outing a child before they are ready can put them at risk of physically and emotionally abuse. Additionally this bill clearly violates laws on record that prevent discrimination based on gender identity. This bill is nothing more than the endangerment of members of society who cannot advocate for themselves politically  in order to acquire additional votes.


Support

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


I fully support this

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


Strongly support

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


Fully support

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I fully support what the Governor is doing here.  Our schools need to go back to educating children on what they need to know in order to succeed in life.  Teach reading, writing, arithmetic, how to balance a checkbook and invest their money.  Teachers should not be trying to change children's sex.  A child's mind is not fully developed until the age of 25. A child that wants to transition before that time could be making a lifelong mistake. It's a parents job to raise their children, not schools.  If they wan't someone else to raise their kids then they shouldn't have had them. Keep the craziness out of schools.


Strongly Support

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<p> Strongly Support this.  </p>


Totally Support Our Governor

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As a mother of three and grandmother to another four, I totally support the efforts of our Governor in this matter.  It is time we Virginians stand up to the crazy Left wingers and their ugly and destructive philosophy concerning our children, nieces, nephews and grandchildren.   Our children need a real education and not some off the wall indoctrination that no other nation in the world follows or tolerates.  Thank you Governor for being a real Virginian and leader as we need it after the previous four years.  And you can rest assured that all my friends feel the same way too, and that numbers over 50 in Windsor alone.


FULLY SUPPORT THE POLICY

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


VA Resident and I support this move

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<p>Parents should not be cut out of medical decisions that involve their children. The idea that children "know who they are" is just nonsense. They're brains are still developing and they need parental guidance to reach adulthood with any chance of having a happy life. </p>


STRONGLY SUPPORT

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Parents should be included in what’s happening at school


Fully support this

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


Fully Support Va. Governor Youngkin

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Thank You Governor Youngkin


Strongly Oppose

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I strongly oppose the new draft guidance.  Our non-binary / trans students in Virginia deserve to be treated with respect at school.  Enacting this new guidance will cause more suicides and discrimination in the already marginalized LGBTQ youth.  Research has shown having one accepting adult can reduce the risk of suicide attempts among LGBTQ youth by 40%.  If these kids aren't respected at home, there is no option to get them support at school with this new guidance.  As a mother, concerned citizen and ally I want our schools to be welcoming and inclusive to all students.  Please oppose this new anti-trans guidance and support all Virginia youth.


This policy is harmful and could endanger the lives of children

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<p>This policy puts the lives of many children at risk; they could be disowned, abused, or even killed if their personal information is revealed to their parents. Some students only feel safe to be themselves at schools, and willingly betraying their trust is one of the worst things a teacher could do. I do not support this policy. </p>


Support

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<p> Fully support  </p>


Support strongly


Strongly opposed

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I'm strongly opposed to this decision because this will end up killing trans kids either by outing them to their transphobic and homophobic parents who might end up killing them or the trans child killing themselves


I strongly support


Support Our Governor

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<p> Strongly Support  </p>


Support trans children

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<p>I fully support trans and non-binary children in Virginia. Your gender identity should not determine which  rights and privacies you are entitled to. Anti-trans rhetoric is dangerous snd has no place in my home state of Virginia. I will not stand with a state that will not stand with all of its people. I will not stand with a state that will not protect all of its children. </p>


Strongly support the Republican sanity


Strongly support

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<p>Strongly support the governor and this change back to common sense.  Parent's have the right to know all about their child.  School is there for learning academics not social pressures or fads.  Follow the science when selecting the restroom.  After 18 the then adult change choose their path and pronouns. </p>


Strongly Oppose - Protect our Transgender Youth

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This bill is made with gross negligence of the subject matter, if not outright malice towards those affected by it.  This bill would prevent any form of gender nonconformity, expression, or independence, under a bill with harmful theocratic philosophy.   This impacts what trans youth want to call themselves and what they want to wear, making them fit into boxes that will shame them and squash their identities.

This will make trans suicides soar (already outrageously high) from the lack of mental health and other medical support.  It could also get non-trans people killed for not perfectly conforming to an arbitrary pink or blue box and adjacent set of values/features, via harassment from staff and students alike.

This bill is a perfect example of why trans people don’t have the same rights as other people.  We cannot support this bill, and call ourselves a “Land of the free, home of the brave.” Shame on those in support of the borderline human rights violation.   Thank you to all the commenters speaking out about the rights of trans young people - your comments are inspirational!


Support

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


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

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


Strongly Oppose!!

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This legislation hurts children. You cannot claim to support all students and parents and then blatantly deny them basic humane treatment, like using their true name and pronouns. It literally does not hurt anyone else to call someone what they ask to be called?


Support new plan!! Transgender issues, Medical science or subjective feelings?

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Is it truly healthy and helpful for the vast majority of us Virginians to allow subjective and changable "feelings" overrule objective biological science? Established biological science  has long understood that persons with a XY chromosome arrangement will have predictable hormones and physical characteristics.  There is a name biological science uses for these person - male.  It has likewise understood that those with a XX chromosome arrangement will have predictable hormonal and physical characteristics.  There is a name used for these persons - female.  These distinctives are measurable/observable and not subjective.  If we continue to allow fluctuating political subjectivism rule the day, then we only create more confusion in the lives of both young and old.  We observe that this confusion is not constructive to health and socialization.  How many of us parents with girls want a high school XY boy that says/thinks he is a XX girl in our daughter's locker room or bath room? Progressive doctors that once preformed surgeries in alignment with patients who reject their chromosomal birth orientation have observed tragic long term effects of sex change surgery.  Not for political reasons, but because they sincerely care for the emotional and physical health of people, they now refuse to preform subjectively based surgery that contradicts natural biology.

The new plan DOES make provision for those who think they are transgender to function with their changed idenity.  So as to avoid abuse, it simply calls for a doctors confirmation.  Why is this overlooked by many in opposition?

Thank you Governor Youngkin for your medical and common sense approach to helping our culture move back towards a more scientific, rational and health based norm.  Millions of us Virginians strongly agree with your biological science conclusions even if for political and subjective reasons some do not.  This is why we voted you into office and said "NO" to others.


Fully support

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


I 100% support this!

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


STRONGLY OPPOSE

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<p>I oppose this proposed policy. This proposed policy will be extremely harmful to transgender and nonbinary kids. As a mental health professional, I work with TGNC adults and see the harm similar policies have inflicted on individuals. And as a mother of two children in public school, I don't want to have to explain why Virginia does not support all students to my daughters. Please don't move Virginia backwards. When we know better, we should do better and we KNOW BETTER. </p>


100% agree.  Fully support.

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


Liability

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<p>These new LGBTQ+ policies reflect fear and ignorance over facts. They would bring Virginia away from compliance with best practices promoted by medical and educational experts. If enacted, more trans youth will die via suicide. As such, this policy is discriminatory and cruel. Those who concocted it should be held legally liable for any deaths that these policies end up causing. </p>


Teacher strongly support

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


Support for Parents to be in charge of their Kids

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


OPPOSE

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<p>Strongly oppose this anti LGBTQ policy </p>


Support the Proposal

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


Strongly support


Support

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


Strongly Support

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


Strongly Support

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I’m tired of the woke agenda of the school system and left pushing dangerous and sinful beliefs on children. The parents are responsible and should be involved until adulthood.


Heinous political vice signaling with kids as collateral

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<p>I am begging the lawmakers of Virginia to think of the children they endanger when they try to score cheap political points. If you could see their faces, hear the things they face, you might realize the depth of the cruelty you have done. These kids aren’t hurting anyone or themselves by choosing more honest self expression. Furthermore, this is yet another attempt by the government to control what teachers teach and how they support their students , lest they accidentally create more empathetic citizens of a better world. Virginia deserves better than this bigotry. They deserve real solutions that will assuage their economic anxiety, and bigotry will ever, ever do that. Your life will never improve by hurting someone else, especially a CHILD. </p>


I strongly support this policy ! Thanks for protecting our kids !!

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<p>Thanks for protecting our kids ! </p>


I support Gov. Youngkins revision of the Model Policy.

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I'd like to express my support of the revision of the Transgender Sexual Model Policy made by Gov. Youngkin. Youth that make those decisions are free to make their choices, but parents should have the protected right to know what their children are doing. Kids and Youth  belong to the Parents and not to the State or Federal Govt.

This curriculum and ideology have no place in the Education of kids and youth and should be discussed with parents in the home setting.

The School Boards should not be promoting, encouraging and allowing protests to take the kids out of the classroom setting to demonstrate. Most of them don't even know why they were allowed to leave the classroom, it was just a good excuse for them to not be in class.

This is  teaching rebellion we see in 3rd world nations.

Educate our children, don't Indoctrinate them!!


Strongly oppose

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This new policy doesn't bring parents in, it simply allows parents to deny their transgender children. Parents can be involved either way, but shouldn't be required for trans youth to be treated with respect at school.


Fully SUPPORT!


I strongly oppose this policy - Children must be protected

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I am a member of the LGBTQ community and I strongly oppose this incredibly concerning policy. Children must be protected, something that this policy does not enable. Education should be safe for all children, including those of all genders/sexualities/identities and this policy will negatively impact students, teachers, and faculty.

Individual rights are for everyone, and it is a shame to see big government over-reaching to try to constrict the rights of individuals. Not only will this have a negative impact on the schools, but by extension this will also have a negative impact on local communities in Virginia. This will erode a bond of trust between communities and teachers, jeopardizing the learning environments of all students in the state.

Approval of this guidance document would violate the 2020 Virginia Values Act and should never have been considered.


Listen to parents, not internet bots

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I hope Team Youngkin will have the sense to ignore the internet rantings of out-of-state groomers with no skin in the game, and listen to real parents.

Children can be emotional and prone to fads. A for-profit medical movement takes advantage of this to yank them into hospitals where they will be poisoned, sterilized, mutilated, and then discarded to live out the wreckage of their adult lives.

This is every parent’s nightmare, and we are the ones who can stop it.  If Virginia will just let us, instead of putting the force of law on the side of the predators.


No two humans are alike -- we oppose the restrictions of rights

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In the same way that there are no two snowflakes alike in a blizzard, there are no two humans alike and there are as many ways to express one's self as there are human beings in the world.  Restrictions on the way humans express themselves and their personalities are restrictions on human rights.  Cease the senseless persecution of trans humans.  This policy is nothing more than a political stunt perpetrated by political hacks for headlines.  It helps none and harms many.  We strongly oppose the roll back of rights held by trans humans in Virginia schools.


Strongly Oppose - This is Detrimental to the Health of LGBTQ+ Youth

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I strongly oppose the proposed legislation as it is discriminatory towards our LGBTQ+ youth and would cause more harm to an already vulnerable minority. These youths need to feel supported and safe in their environment and schools can be that safe space. This policy would either force certain youths to have to live with feeling a lack of acceptance and could increase their risk of suicide, or risk coming out to potentially harmful family environments for the opportunity to be recognized how they see themselves after they wait through a lengthy process the government is deeming themselves in charge of.

On the Trevor Project's website, there's an overview of a peer-reviewed study entitled "Acceptance of Transgender and Nonbinary Youth from Adults and Peers Associated with Significantly Lower Rates of Attempting Suicide". In the article, Dr. Myeshia Price, a Senior Research Scientist at the Trevor Project writes: “The findings of this study are clear: transgender and nonbinary young people who feel accepted by the people in their lives, are less likely to attempt suicide. So much of the research that has been conducted on the topic of gender identity acceptance has focused exclusively on parents. While that relationship is critical to understand, our data emphasize the need to analyze the impact of other adults and peers in the lives of trans and nonbinary young people, as they also have a key role to play in fostering acceptance and creating safe spaces. Doing so will help save young lives.”

The findings of the peer-reviewed study include:

Transgender and nonbinary (TGNB) youth who reported gender identity acceptance from at least one adult had 33% lower odds of reporting a past-year suicide attempt.

Transgender youth with acceptance from at least one adult had 39% lower odds of attempting suicide in the past year compared with their transgender peers who were not accepted.

Nonbinary youth with acceptance from at least one adult had 33% lower odds of attempting suicide in the past year compared with their nonbinary peers who were not accepted.

TGNB youth who reported gender identity acceptance from at least one peer had 34% lower odds of reporting a past-year suicide attempt.

TGNB youth who reported high gender identity acceptance from a variety of adults had significantly lower odds of attempting suicide in the past year, including: from their parents (43% lower odds), from other family members (49% lower odds), from school professionals (33% lower odds), and from health care professionals (32% lower odds).

Passing this new legislation is a violation of the Virginia Human Rights Act. The act states: "Safeguard all individuals within the Commonwealth from unlawful discrimination because of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, military status, or disability in places of public accommodation, including educational institutions and in real estate transactions".

LGBTQ+ are at higher risks for suicide--why are we trying to pass legislation against an already vulnerable minority? This isn't about giving parents rights. It's an overreach of government.


Strongly Oppose

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These new policy proposals will harm trans kids. Trans kids are just trying to live their lives. They are not predators; they are not being "groomed". Schools should be a safe, respectful, and welcoming place for all students, regardless of their identity. These policy proposals pretend that they are improving safety for students. They are not. They are desperately trying to prevent trans students from existing. You cannot legislate a group away. Trans students, along with all student who identify on the LGBTQ spectrum, will always exist, no matter how hard you try to oppress them in your desire for a cisgender, heterosexual, society. I implore you to open your mind just a little bit, and see the beauty and richness in the vast diversity of human identity.


Strongly oppose, it is a massive safety issue.

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<p>Mandated reporting someone coming out is crossing so many lines. Being unable to safely use their restrooms is just wrong. The reason so many people worry about transgener folks in bathrooms is really just..rooted in the fear of cishet men. </p>


Transgender Policy

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<p>It is my prayer that the God of heaven and earth bless, protect and keep in His care our precious children and educators. I believe that school choice with accompanying tax credit should be the right of every parent and child with the goal of educational excellence that aligns with family beliefs, culture and values. </p>


STRONGLY OPPOSE THIS POLICY - PLEASE REJECT!!

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<p>FCPS parent - PLEASE REJECT THIS HARMFUL POLICY! </p>


Oppose: this policy is a cruel political stunt

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At least one transgender student has already taken their own life in response to this policy.

How is it a teacher's "constitutional right" to violate the rights of a student? Who would want to be taught, to have their children taught, or to teach alongside such a teacher?


I SUPPORT Children's identities cannot be state secrets, they're not government property

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This twisted interpretation of privacy under the current law only serves to enhance the sterile bureaucratic presence during the development of a child, however colorful and rainbowy that may appear to be.

Dissecting the identity of any child during the formative years must be ended immediately.

Identity crises of children cannot simply be affirmed away, especially if that information is kept secret from the ones who care the most. It's honestly baffling to hear from so many academics that not conforming to gender stereotypes must now mean children are trans, their identities still bound by "a binary construct" of euphoria and dysphoria, spending years endlessly chasing a high instead of getting an education. Any theory that postulates keeping such crucial information from primary caregivers will have a positive impact on a child's well-being is akin to astrology.

No wonder the public opinion on government trust hasn't exceeded 30% in the last decade.

Thus the State's involvement in children's upbringing must be limited to proven methods of education. It shall neither extend to the post-structuralist musings Foucault, nor to the so called constructivist critical theorists who claim all knowledge is created socially and that the mind and body are separable. Their absurd claims are enough to make even Marx turn in his grave. Regarding the teachers who don't know the year of the Declaration of Independence but happily regurgitate the aforementioned nonsense, who need constant validation from kids, keep them away from schools and refer them to psychiatric help. Maybe then, their unions will finally be useful to society.

Those pseudo-intellectuals and their minions have stifled the real progress of this Nation under the guise of progressivism long enough.

Teach kids how to be resilient, not to crumble at the first sign of hardship.

And most importantly;

STOP SOCIAL ENGINEERING IN SCHOOLS

STOP AFFIRMING "SOCIAL CONSTRUCTS" VIA CHEMICAL CASTRATION


Strongly oppose

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As the parent of a young child, I strongly oppose the 2022 Model Policies. The document states that "all students have the right to attend school in an environment free from discrimination, harassment, or bullying," yet the proposed policies support direct discrimination against trans kids and will force teachers to create hostile school environments for some of their most vulnerable students under the guise of parents' rights. Transgender people are real. It is not a "belief" or an "ideology." Many, many children will be irreparably harmed by these policies.


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Strongly support proposed policy change for parental rights


Outing trans kids will kill trans kids

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If schools out trans kids to their parents, then we will see an increase in negative outcomes and suicides amount trans kids. As the proud parent of an out trans woman, I shudder think of how many poor students will be impacted my this reactionarily conservative, religiously motivated policy.

Trans rights are human rights. Full stop.


I strongly support the new model policy

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Parents' rights are paramount and must be protected.  This policy treats everyone equally and eliminates the capricious nature of the previous document.

Thank you for acting on why we elected you.


STRONGLY OPPOSE

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STRONGLY OPPOSE. These policies are archaic and will cause active harm in our community.


STRONGLY OPPOSE THIS HARMFUL POLICY!

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<p>VA parent who STRONGLY opposes this harmful policy!! PLEASE REJECT! </p>


Support this policy for open communication

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


I absolutely support this policy.

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<p> I wholeheartedly agree with these proposed changes and the sentiment that children belong to parents/families; not the state. I strongly urge those in a position to make this decision to make the necessary changes to ensure that parents are notified by schools when a child requests to be called by a pronoun that differs from their sex or their given name. Furthermore</p>


Support Our Governor

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<p> Strongly Support  </p>


Fully support, thanks for keeping campaign promises Gov. Youngkin


Completely support this.

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<p> Those who don't support it just don't understand it.  </p>


Do Not Support!

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This is a strange change of course for the department, it feels highly political, and just feels like the whim of the Governor rather than what the people want for their children.

Also the school year just started, parents just had to deal with updating and straightening this information out. Why are we now changing it AFTER THE SCHOOL YEAR has started!


Trump 2024 strongly support


FCPS PARENT - STRONGLY OPPOSE THIS DRAFT MODEL POLICY!!

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<p>I am a FCPS parent and I STRONGLY oppose this draft model policy - PLEASE REJECT and be on the right side of history! We should be doing all we can to support and protect transgender and nonbinary students from bullying, harassment, and discrimination in schools and create inclusive and affirming learning environment. PLEASE REJECT this model policy! </p>


Support strongly


STRONGLY OPPOSE!!!!

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I STRONGLY OPPOSE this policy!!!! Government has no place forcing children to share such personal information about themselves to anyone they don’t feel comfortable sharing it with. Don’t take away their right to privacy.


Glenn Youngkin is an embarrassment

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<p>Jesus christ man just let trans people live so sorry that their pronouns are stopping you from living out your fascist ruler wet dreams </p>


Seriously?

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yeah, because all the parents in VA are SO inclusive. None of them are religious bigots at all. None of them are abusive in the name of religion either. It's a great big happiness farm where all parents are amazing and accept their children for who they are. I don't wish harm on any innocent, but I would be curious as to what your state's CPS reports indicate, comparing the 3 years prior, then the year following if this crap is being passed. Dollars to donuts there will be an increase in reports filed, but the same amount of removals. Let that mentally marinate, Virginia.


SUPPORT


Strongly support this change

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Parents have the soul responsibly for the teaching of social values to their children, not some activist teacher.


Fully support this

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We've been told for years to trust the science...OK science says youre either born a male, or a female. THATS the SCIENCE.

You can pretend to be anything that you want to be. You can even mutilate your body parts, but the SCIENCE is....youre still the same gender that you were born as.

Stop indoctrinating and grooming kids to be something in YOUR image.

Teach them HOW to think, not WHAT to think.


FULLY SUPPORT - THANK YOU!

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


I strongly support this policy

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In an ideal world I would like to trust teachers when it comes to what happens in the classroom. That said, in the face of the countless stories which have come out of our public school system, it is clear we can not afford to do so. There are too many in the profession that are hardline ideologues, looking not to educate children in the subjects they are hired to, but rather to indoctrinate them into the ideology they preach like a religion. Simply put, the trust between our educators and parents have been broken, and until it can be reestablished the only sensible measure is to place restrictions on the schools which force them to act in the parents interests.


I oppose this legislation

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<p>I oppose this legislation, it’s transphobic and could potentially harm students. </p>


deeply oppose. protect our children.

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Our children deserve safe schools where they can be themselves. Trans students living in their truth is already hard enough, they don't need the school invalidating them further and subjecting them to further violence. Affirming trans students literally saves their lives - when they are affirmed, their risk of mental illness and suicide decreases significantly. Parents should not need to sign off on student's expression, and requiring this puts them at further risk of violence at home. For young people to be able to learn, and live, they need to feel as safe and seen as is possible.

If there are concerns about sexual harassment in bathrooms, those should be addressed through consent and anti-violence education for all students. Trans students using the bathrooms that align with their assigned gender is not a problem. Students of any gender sexually harassing other students is an issue, but this policy would not resolve it -- this harassment has not increased as a result of trans people being able to use their preferred bathrooms.


Strongly oppose this policy

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I strongly oppose the proposed "2022 Model Policies."

This policy is an example of extreme government overreach. It puts vulnerable children at risk - children who may not have a safe space to be themselves at home - with no upside. The policy targets a very small and vulnerable student population to appease people who have been unreasonably stirred to fear. Transgender students are put at risk, and the false idea that these students are a threat is reinforced.

Recent student protests show that the students themselves do not see a threat from their transgender/nonbinary classmates. The proposed policy is "protecting" no one.

Schools should be safe spaces for kids as they transition into adulthood. Parents have the right to guide and instruct their children at home and make choices about where and how they educate their children. It's scary to let your kids grow up and trust that they will make the right decisions or grow into the person you hopes they would be, but it is also a necessary part of raising children.

The existing policy simply allows students to safely be themselves at school. The new proposed regulations make public schools a risky place for a minority population who will otherwise face increased bullying and threats.


100% SUPPORT the proposed transgender school policy changes

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<p> I fully support the governor's proposed transgender policy changes in our public schools.  </p>


I support sanity


Bringing back parental rights

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 I support this policy because it protects basic rights of parents and makes sure that parents are informed of problems and concerns that their children are having especially concerning gender issues. The school system is not the parent, they are to educate the children. Unfortunately, it seems like they are not up to this job maybe because they are too busy indoctrinating the students. Maybe by abolishing the Dept of Education in Washington and allowing the states to oversee student's education our children will have a better chance at getting the education promised to them.


Trans rights!!

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I strongly disagree with this rule trying to get passed. Thousands of kids are being killed or hurt just because they are transgender. Someone being transgender doesn’t effect my learning. Stop letting old straight white men make rules.


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


Strongly oppose!


Stongly support

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


Strongly Support

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Stop failing students. Stop creating entitled adults. Allow parents to parent. Teaching kids it’s ok to lie or hide things from parents is never ok and is creating an unhealthy environment. It’s asking for the relationship to deteriorate. Adolescents experience a sense of self wonder questioning who they are and where they fit in, many change appearances, styles, likes and dislikes multiple times between middle and high school before establishing themselves as an adult. Allow the boundaries for all students. This isn’t against anyone is protecting everyone! STRONGLY AGREE & support!!


We awe family and we support


Trans kids have rights too

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Asserting name choice and gender preferences is a form of freedom of association, a right that children have as well as adults. Trans children are treated as bogeymen, a scapegoat, when many statistics on abuse, mental health, etc show that they are the ones primarily receiving the harm, rather than dealing it out. Merely because a situation seems novel doesn't mean it's inherently harmful. It also suggests harmful body checks thar violates children's physical autonomy and privacy.

The policy suggestion would rule out simple mundane nicknames, such as "Trey" for thirds, etc, and would cause a lot more harm than the harm it tries to prevent.


This policy is terrible

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You, policy writers and supporters alike, should all be ashamed of yourselves. This policy to further marginalize vulnerable trans youth is nothing but a political stunt. Transgender and gender non-conforming youth represent less than 2% of the age demographic, but are 7.6 times more likely to commit suicide. The increased risk is not related to their gender or sexuality, but to the increased bullying and lack of acceptance among both their peers and adults. Studies have shown that allowing children to present themselves in their gender identity reduces this risk.
Additionally, and maybe more importantly to the transphobes out there, this policy would not hold up to current legal precedence. The Supreme Court ruled in 2020 that transgender people are a protected class, with both Roberts and Gorsuch joining the majority opinion. Even with the current makeup of the bench, that would still be a 5-4 ruling. And in 2021, the Supreme Court declined to hear the case of Gavin Grimm against Gloucester County Schools which allowed the lower courts ruling against the school district to stand. Discriminating against transgender individuals is not legal and this policy will be challenged. Virginia has already made legal history due to the unconstitutional discrimination of its citizens and lost. Do we really want to spend the time and money to do this again?


Support the Plan

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


I support


Guidance Document

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I am the Grandmother of a large family.  I want to protect the right of my Children and Grandchildren to make decisions concerning what is best for my family and not the state making these decisions. I support the rights of all parents to make decisions for their own children. I do not want the State to make this decision. I support Governor Younkin's decisions that it be the Parents duty to make decisions for all their children under the age of 18.

Please carefully consider the rights of parents.

Thank you.

Darlene H. Duncan


I strongly support the governor on this


Strongly Oppose

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I strongly oppose this harmful act


Absolutely oppose this policy!

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“This is how power works: It makes the actual people experiencing violence seem like a threat. Moving from a place of fear leads us to make harmful assumptions about one another. In our fear, we treat other people’s identities as if they are something that they are doing to us and not something that just exists.”

“The best way to eliminate a group is to demonize them, such that their disappearance is seen as an act of justice, not discrimination.”

? Alok Vaid-Menon, Beyond the Gender Binary


I strongly oppose this policy

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Schools need to be safe places for ALL students, including ALL genders and sexualities. If students are bullied, or not accepted, they cannot learn well. These policies are discriminatory and I completely oppose them. I support transgender rights.


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I support Gov. Youngkins revision of the Model Policy that will allow parents the right to be informed and also to opt their kids and youth out of the Sex Ed. classes which increasingly encourage the transgender choice.


Strongly support

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<p> I support this.  </p>


Fully support Youngkin!

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Fully support Youngkin!


Completely Support.

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<p> I completely support.  </p>


Support all kids!

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All kids should be supported


Stop the abuse of children support this policy


Youngkin's Proposed Transgender Policy

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I fully support Governor Youngkin's proposed Transgender Policy revision that puts the decision making for these matters into the hands of parents and not schools or teachers.  Thank you for considering my remarks.


JUST SAY NO!

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<p>Trans and nonbinary kids need support, not hate. REJECT THESE PROPOSED RULES! </p>


Strongly agree with the new policy

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<p>Teachers should concentrate on teaching instead of the fear of insulting someone.  All deserve an education but I am not supportive of males in female restrooms. </p>


Transgender Policy

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I fully support Governor Youngkin’s Transgender Policy.


Fully Support

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


Support the governor


Fully support!!!


Support support support


Oppose Political Stunt

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Strongly oppose this harmful act that is opposed by medical societies and has absolutely no research to support it.


Fully support

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


I agree

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1. It's an important safeguarding issue, parents should be made aware if a child wants to socially transition, the parents are ultimately there to support their children and need to know if they're in distress.

2. Teachers and pupils using different pronouns or name is not a neutral act. Please refer to the Cass Review carried out in the UK

3. Teachers are there to educate and are not MDs or Phychiatrists, hence are not qualified to help someone who thinks may want to change gender, hence the parents need to be contacted.

4. Teachers should not be political.


Create accepting learning environments

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Teenagers are a different development stage from younger children, are exploring their identities, and are creating a sense of self that distinguishes them from their parents. School is the safest place for students to learn and grow in this way. It will be harmful for many high school students to have the school contact their parents if the student questions their gender identity. Parents, we know, may be unaccepting or even abusive to their children. And teenagers who don’t have a safe space, at home or at school, are at risk of depression and suicide.

Also, if the school expresses acceptance of differences, then it teaches other students to be tolerant and accepting. However, if the school environment reinforces rigid social roles and does not model kindness, then it encourages other students to bully and ostracize their fellow students. That environment doesn’t just include transgender students, but it creates an environment that can harm any student who is perceived to be “different” or falling outside a narrow band of social acceptability.

If our goal is for students to learn, we need to accept them and their exploration of their identities, in a way that reduces rather than increases stress and harm.


Shameful

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<p>I oppose this policy and absolutely support trans children. What a disgrace. </p>


Yes do this - I support science and biology

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<p> Schools should be for learning not social experimentation. I am for science and biology</p>


Anti Trans Legislation

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First in foremost, this discriminatory legislation is in violation of the Virginia Human Rights Act, which bars discrimination in schools based on gender identity. Trans people are not and will not be part of your political game. They are people who want and need to exist, and your constant disrespect and ignorance is dangerous and cruel. You are hurting children, who you want to protect so much. "Think of the children!" you say. Yeah, right! YOU HATE THESE CHILDREN. These kids would be outed by their school, and may suffer abuse at the hands of their parents and guardians. It is unfair to compromise a child's safety in order for you to gain more votes. But it seems gun laws do that already. I am not surprised. Trans rights are human rights. Doesn't the Declaration of Independence state that "all men are created equal" and should uphold "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness"? Your hypocrisy is showing. YOU are free in this country, so why not everyone? Do better and educate yourself. I hope you feel ashamed.


Fully Support!!

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<p> I fully support this. Thank you for standing up to the woke agenda hurting our children!!  </p>


Dangerous reversal of policy

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I am absolutely shocked and dismayed that the cynical veneer of "parental rights" is being used to roll back hard-won and proven beneficial policies that help transgender and non-gender conforming students. School policies are first and foremost supposed to be rooted in research-supported best practices for the mental and physical health of VA students, and this proposal undermines those things. If we really care about our children, we would support them over the discomfort of some reactionary adults. I am horrified at the governor's proposal.


I support this 100%

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


STRONG OPPOSE

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This is child abuse and it's sick, if you can't have empathy then at least have some shame. Trans rights are human rights and no teacher has the right to dehumanize my kid


Fully support


Strongly Oppose

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These new guidelines are unnecessary and cruel to children who do not fit into a stereotypical box and who may not have safe, loving homes. This doesn't sound like it was written for children who are struggling with gender issues or by parents of those children. It seems like it was written by those who are afraid of others who are gender non-conforming and want to control them using the government to do so.

I thought Republicans believed in limited government and that individuals should have the freedom to make their own decisions about their lives.

Please show some kindness and compassion to children who are struggling to figure themselves out. They have had a particularly difficult time growing up in these recent years of a global pandemic and intense political division. They will all figure out who they are and want to be in their own time.


Fully support the updated guidance and Gov Youngkin

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Parents must be involved and informed regarding their child's mental state, which includes their questioning in regards to their sex.  To exclude parents creates an immoral separation within the family which is the basis by which our society stands, and thus creates and undercurrent of societal instability.  This is unacceptable and must be guarded against.


Fully support the update guidance and Gov Youngkin


Strongly Support

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Parents have always been the primary guide for life for all children and young adults. This guiding network expands as age, maturity and life experience expands.

At no point should a government entity assume that role with proper and professional legal action.

Thanks

Terwin Gonyaw


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

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<p> I support this policy change</p>


Christian Nationalism MAGA fueled fascism

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<p>fully opposed to this anti human rights movement. </p>


100% support

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<p>I believe that instituting these policies will help provide safe environments for all teens and not foster the attitude of discrimination and hate that seems to be prevailing elsewhere in the country </p>


100% support


It’s not the teacher’s child

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Children are the responsibility of the parents. They allow school’s temporary stewardship of them for specifically the purpose of education. Anything past that and even including that shouldn’t be kept from parents. Drugs and surgery are not a first response and as we’ve seen in the opioid epidemic, every recommendation from a doctor should be scrutinized if it would make them money.


I fully support this

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<p> I am in support of this.  </p>


Letting Trans Kids be treated equally

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Please let kids make their own choices, treat them equally!!


Letting Trans Kids be treated equally


Thank you! I fully support!

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


PROTECT TRANS KIDS

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<p>Being yourself is NOT a crime. Protect the rights of children to be themselves! </p>


JOHN OLIVER PLEASE TALK ABOUT THIS!!!!!

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<p>Shine a light on this terrible policy and Governor </p>


JOHN OLIVER PLEASE TALK ABOUT THIS!!!!!