I Strongly Strongly Support This, Read Why

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The LGBTQ community is a minority community. Government policies need to be fair and equitable to all but cannot impinge on the majority in order to protect or favor a minority. The elephant in the room is this - allowing a policy that would abide a male still possessing his male organs to enter, shower and dress with females is transgressing itself. That is what is both hostile and dangerous. The comments in opposition to the policy, suggesting how the trans students will suffer emotionally suggests a serious mental health issue in the trans community that needs immediate attention. The policy is designed to protect everyone.


Do not do this.


I am strongly opposed to this harmful change.

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In my community, trans and nonbinary students have just begun in the last few years to come out in school. The schools have been supportive, and fellow students in particular are providing safety and a sense of belonging to each other that helps trans and nonbinary kids survive. Outing them to their parents will do many of them a lot of harm. It will also contribute to the loss of teaching staff we're already dealing with. Teachers don't want to have yet another harsh harmful thing they have to impose on their students.


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I oppose this in the strongest possible manor.


2022 Model Policies for all in VA's Public Schools

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I oppose this guidance document, its policies and its withdrawing of the current and effective Model Policies for the Treatment of Transgender Students in Virginia's Public Schools, (the "2021 Model Policies").


I am strongly opposed- do not do this.

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I am strongly opposed- do not do this.


This Is Dangerous -- Transgender Students Need Trusted Faculty

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While all of these model policies will have disastrous effects on the mental well-being of transgender students across the commonwealth for a number of reasons, I will be highlighting just one today by using a personal anecdote.

Back in 2017, I was a closeted gay student at my high school. Dealing with unrequited feelings toward my best friend at the time and a family that sees homosexuality as a sin, I was in desperate need of a trusted adult that I could go to--in confidence--about my then-current situation. I was terrified, depressed, and extremely anxious about my place in a conservative town with a conservative family that may retaliate if they knew about my homosexuality. I built up the confidence over weeks to meet with my guidance counselor and explain to her my feelings of hopelessness, isolation, and condemnation. My life at that point in time had felt like a never-ending nightmare, one in which I woke up each day with the burden of homophobia in my environment, thinking to myself that this couldn't truly be my life, that this was the sort of thing that only happened in the movies. My guidance counselor, in her capacity, served as a trusted adult at the time that I could rely on to divulge the ins and outs of my current situation with the hopes of relieving the overwhelming sense of abandonment and helplessness that permeated my daily life. She made very clear to me in that meeting that she would not share with my parents my homosexuality--a promise that she ultimately kept--in order to ensure my safety.

Under Governor Glenn Youngkin's model policies on the treatment of transgender students, closeted, terrified students much like myself would not have the ability to enjoy the same confidentiality with their school counselor. Youngkin's current model policies would require school staff to out students to their parents in some circumstances, such as when a student sees a counselor. In my personal experience, when grappling with my own sexuality in the shadow of an evangelical christian nuclear family, that confidential meeting with my school counselor in high school served a paramount purpose in my own mental wellbeing, one that allowed me to--if only for a second--feel as if I were not alone in the world, with a trusted adult that could hear and respond to my concerns.

Being closeted for four years of my life due to fear of retaliation from my parents left an everlasting scar on my mental health, self-confidence, and formation of relationships going forward. To this day, I still have a broken relationship with my parents and find it extremely difficult to travel back home for the holidays, but having the ability to speak with my high school counselor in confidence was a crucial piece of the puzzle in me learning to love myself for who I am, overcoming the fear of retaliation and judgement, and healing from the trauma of unrequited love and condemnation. My honest and singular hope is that transgender students in the commonwealth of Virginia will continue to have that same level of acceptance and confidentiality that saved me in the darkest period of my life.


I am strongly opposed.


VIRGINIA FOR TRANS RIGHTS

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Forcing a trans child back into the closet leads to suicide.  This isn't a "phase," and gender expression should be protected.


Strongly oppose.


STOP new Model Policies that will hurt trans kids!!

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<p> I strongly oppose Youngkin's & VA Dept of Education's recently proposed a changes for transgender students in the Virginia school system. This "new model" proposal would create a hostile and potentially dangerous school environment for our VA transgender and nonbinary youth, requiring teachers and staff to forcibly “out” students, prohibit staff from supporting trans and nonbinary students such as using a students affirming name and pronouns, and prohibit access or participation in activities consistent with their gender identity.  All our students deserve a supportive and affirming school environment, especially our vulnerable and marginalized populations like our transgender and nonbinary youth.</p>


I support this

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<p>Parents rights must be protected. </p>


Separating sports by sex is fine, but let students dress and act in gender other non-confirming ways

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Schools should allow students to dress and act in ways typical of the male or female gender regardless of their sex, and allow students to engage in activities regardless of whether they are XX or XY at the cellular level. The top requirement is to prevent students from being harassed based on how they dress, whether they feel they are a gender other than the sex they were born with, or act according to their view of their gender. Clothes, acting "masculine" or "feminine," does not matter. Students having good self esteem matters.  Having XX or XY chromosomes affects things like your skeletal structure that cannot be changed by hormone therapy or surgery. In some sports, XX people have a physical advantage.  In some sports, XY people have a physical advantage. That is why it is reasonable for some sports to separate XX and XY people. It is also reasonable to have bathrooms for XX people separate from bathrooms for XY people, but it is necessary to provide unisex bathrooms accessible for students who feel their gender does not match their sex given the top requirement to protect all students from harassment. If a student feels their gender differs from their sex, parents should be consulted so that they and the school can best meet the needs of the students. If the parents want to student to dress and act according to their XX or XY chromosomes, the student should be given counseling to help them cope with their need to accept the parent's decision until they are legally old enough to make their own decisions.


This is a terrible policy decision.

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This is a terrible policy decision.


I strongly oppose!

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I strongly oppose this!


I oppose this fully.


I Oppose this - trans kids are not a threat

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<p>This is a terrible policy that will be dangerous for trans kids.  Trans students do not pose a threat to cisgender students.  Forcibly outing students does pose a threat to their livelihood.   Parental rights do not take precedence over a child’s safety.  </p>


COMPLETELY OPPOSED

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Why are you so obsessed with children? It seems so creepy and disgusting that these politicians are hyper focusing their efforts on making childrens’s personal lives and identities the center of their attention. What a bunch of pedophiles.

Why don’t you guys work on homelessness or healthcare access or pollution or something that truly matters instead of wasting your time on something that literally will not affect you in the slightest but will destroy the lives of a very large number of children and students? Do you get off on people’s suffering? Does it make you happy that there will be an increase in child and adolescent suicide? I hope you’re happy with your choices. Karma is real and it will come to bite you in the worst way possible if you pass this legislation.


Agree 100%

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The entire time I have been raising my children in the school system I always hear that the schools want more parent envolvement.  I was asked to participate in buying classroom supplies, fundraisers, making sure my child attended school and to ensure their homework was completed.  The school system has always partnered with me as a parent.  I do not wish any child ostracized, but it is the parents responsibility to know the personal struggles of their child and help and nurture them, not the school system.  Once we as parents give away one right it is a slippery slope for more of our parental rights to be taken away.  Thank you for addressing the Fourteenth Amendment.  I wasn't sure anyone acknowledged the Constitution anymore.


Do not do this.


I OPPOSE THIS

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Every day, throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia, educators and school leaders work to ensure that all students have an opportunity to receive a high-quality education. As a part of that work, educators strive to meet the individual needs of all students entrusted to their care, and teachers work to create educational environments where all students thrive. The Virginia Department of Education (the “Department”) recognizes that each child is a unique individual with distinctive abilities and characteristics that should be valued and respected. All students have the right to attend school in an environment free from discrimination, harassment, or bullying. The Department supports efforts to protect and encourage respect for all students. Thus, we have a collective responsibility to address topics such as the treatment of transgender students with necessary compassion and respect for all students. The Department also fully acknowledges the rights of parents to exercise their fundamental rights granted by the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution to direct the care, upbringing, and education of their children. The Code of Virginia reaffirms the rights of parents to determine how their children will be raised and educated. Empowering parents is not only a fundamental right, but it is essential to improving outcomes for all children in Virginia. The Department is mindful of constitutional protections that prohibit governmental entities from requiring individuals to adhere to or adopt a particular ideological belief. The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution guarantees religious freedom and prohibits the government from compelling speech that is contrary to an individual’s personal or religious beliefs. The Department embarked on a thorough review of the Model Policies Guidance adopted on March 4, 2021 (the “2021 Model Policies”). The 2021 Model Policies promoted a specific viewpoint aimed at achieving cultural and social transformation in schools. The 2021 Model Policies also disregarded the rights of parents and ignored other legal and constitutional principles that significantly impact how schools educate students, including transgender students. With the publication of these 2022 Model Policies (the “2022 Model Policies”), the Department hereby withdraws the 2021 Model Policies, which shall have no further force and effect. The Department issues the 2022 Model Policies to provide clear, accurate, and useful guidance to Virginia school boards that align with statutory provisions governing the Model Policies. See Code of Virginia, § 22.1-23.3 (the “Act”). Significantly, the 2022 Model Policies also consider over 9,000 comments submitted to the Department during the public comment period for the 2021 Model Policies.


The proposed guidance is both illegal and morally offensive

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Thank you for the opportunity to comment on Governor Youngkin's and Secretary Guidera's proposed guidance on transgender students.  I am doing so as the parent of a former student in Virginia public schools.  First, the guidance violates both existing Virginia and federal law.  The US Department of Education has held that Title IX protects transgender students.  Moreover, the Supreme Court held in Bostock v. Clayton County that transgender employees are protected from discrimination under the Civil Rights Act of 1964's prohibition of discrimination based on sex.  Consequently, the trend in federal law is squarely in favor of the protection of transgender students.  Moreover, Virginia law also protects trans students, the Governor's attempted flouting of that law notwithstanding.  This guidance will in due course be declared unconstitutional - after the Governor and Education Secretary have spent thousands of dollars in legal fees on this stunt.

More broadly, this policy does nothing to protect the rights of parents who seek to care for their children based on longstanding medical and psychological standards of care for trans youth.  The Governor and Secretary Guidera are only interested in protecting the views of parents who think like them.  There are millions of Virginia parents with very different views on transgender students.  Many of us base our views not only on science (which the Governor and Secretary are ignoring) but also our faith tradition.

I belong to Temple Rodef Shalom in Falls Church.  It is one of the largest, if not the largest, synagogues in the Commonwealth of Virginia.  Our rabbi spoke out eloquently against this proposed guidance, which is diametrically opposed to what Judaism teaches on transgender people, during Rosh Hashanah services last night.  I object to the Governor and Education Secretary injecting their personal bigotry and/or narrow and exclusionary religious beliefs into Virginia schools and forcing them on students and parents with different religious beliefs.  This is a de facto effort to privilege conservative Christian doctrine over other religions and their teachings.

This proposed guidance harms, as I noted above, the ability of Virginia parents to provide for the upbringing of their children by subjecting the trans children of Virginia parents to discrimination and harm at the hands of state employees on the direct order of the Governor and Education Secretary.  If implemented, it will subject trans students to mistreatment at the hands of teachers and fellow students.  That is not a welcoming, safe environment, which the proposed Guidance purports to uphold.

The proposed Guidance also subjects trans students who may be exploring who they are and do not feel they can confide in their parents to potential harm by mandating that teachers and other school staff out them against their will to their parents.  It turns school employees into the type of informants that we decry in fascist and totalitarian regimes around the world.  These students have a right to be who they are - whoever that may be -- without schools forcibly telling on them and subjecting them to harm at home.

Finally, the proposed Guidance defies common sense.  I attended public school (outside of Virginia) from the late 1960s until 1981.  In my years of schooling, I saw classmates request that teachers call them by a name other than their legal name and teachers always accepted the request.  Because they wanted to create a warm atmosphere in their classroom by accepting students as they were.  The proposed Guidance will empower teachers with religious beliefs very different from mine to use those beliefs as justification for mistreating students in their care.  That is the polar opposite of what education is supposed to be about.

This proposed Guidance should be withdrawn and former Governor Northam's guidance restored.  If the Governor persists in this stubborn attempt to impose his narrow sectarian agenda to bully an already vulnerable minority, I have no doubt that the Governor will be put in his place by the Judiciary and will celebrate when that happens.

Thank you for this opportunity to comment.


It is a grave mistake to pass this.

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It is a grave mistake to pass this.


It is a grave mistake to pass this.


This will bring harm to trans kids.

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This will bring harm to trans kids.


I fully oppose this.


This is a travesty

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This is a travesty for all students, staff and parents. Teachers are in a role model position whether they like it or not.  How they treat individuals is noticed by every single student in their class. As a “person of trust in a influential position” they have an obligation to each and every person they interact with to uphold that trust bond.
Passing this law discriminates against the LBGTQ students and sets up a terrible example for the other students.


Anti-trans policies

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Strongly oppose; this prevents so many people from feeling safe in their identity at home and at school.


I am completely opposed.

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I am completely opposed.


Thank you Gov for doing right by our children. Ignore the liberals on this.


Strongly oppose.


This is terrible


I strongly oppose

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<p>This policy is needlessly harmful to children who are already struggling. I will be sure to never vote for anyone who supports these types of policies. </p>


I OPPOSE THE PROPOSED GUIDANCE!

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<p>I oppose the proposed guidelines. You will place children who are already at risk in an even greater risk environment. It is harmful. Show compassion, not intolerance. </p>


I am completely opposed.


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I oppose this in the strongest possible manor.


Do not do this.


This is a harmful policy.

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I am a lifelong Virginian and I strongly oppose this policy. It is harmful to students and should not be enacted. It does not protect children or parents, rather all it seems concerned with is asserting that children have no agency in their own identities, expression of those identities, and should not be allowed to even explore the idea that they might. It adds inane bureaucratic barriers that will  endanger any trans kids whose parents are unsupportive.

This policy is an attack on trans people but it is also a policy that is rooted in ideas that marginalized people deserve to be marginalized, that certain groups are not allowed to be free or autonomous, that other people know us better than we do ourselves. These are ideas used to subjugate and they are harmful to all Virginians.


Fully support! CHILDREN need their parents.

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<p>This is not about adults, this is about CHILDREN who deserve to have a childhood free from issues beyond their years. They can do what they want when they are ADULTS. I have adopted traumatized children from foster care; these things do not need to be front and center at school. School is for learning and needs to be a safe place for ALL students. Debates such as gender are for the child and family at their home. Parents have the right to parent- NOT the schools! </p>


I am strongly opposed.


I oppose this in the strongest possible manor.


It is a grave mistake to pass this.


Opposed (and not a bot)

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<p>To pass this would be a terrible mistake </p>


This is a disgrace. Protect trans kids!

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Do not support this targeted harassment wrapped in polite language.


I fully oppose this.


Strongly oppose this policy

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It's obvious that whoever wrote this has zero understanding of the lives these children are living and the issues they deal with every day. Even children with the most supportive parents, still suffer terribly.

This policy takes aim at those at most risk, the children WITHOUT supportive parents. It puts those children the most at risk - in their homes, schools and unfortunately, it puts their very lives at risk.

I would hope that VA government would seek and include significant input from the many experts in any community for which it’s writing policy. This policy doesn’t clear that bar and is harmful to our Virginia children. I strongly oppose and I’m personally, just so sad to see this.


This will bring harm to trans kids.


I am entirely opposed.

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Schools should be treating their trans students with inclusion, dignity and respect, and this dinosaur proposal is the antithesis of this.


I oppose this fully.


2022 Model Draft Policies

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<p>As a student, these draft model policies make me concerned for the health and safety of my LGBTQ+ friends. These model policies directly endanger the lives of transgender students by making school into a hostile environment, when school should be a safe and welcoming place for all students, especially Queer students. We all just want to learn in a safe environment, but this attack on LGBTQ+ students’ rights renders us unable to do so. These policies are a direct contrast to the statement made by the VDOE itself, “All students have the right to attend school in an environment free from discrimination, harassment, or bullying. The Department supports efforts to protect and encourage respect for all students. Thus, we have a collective responsibility to address topics such as the treatment of transgender students with necessary compassion and respect for all students.” These policies are disgusting and an attack on LGBTQ+ students that lack “compassion and respect” for their wellbeing. </p>


Protect Trans Children

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<p>Opposed. This will bring harm to trans children. </p>


Transgender guidance document


Strongly opposed. Absolutely vile.

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Strongly opposed. Absolutely vile.


It is a grave mistake to pass this.

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It is a grave mistake to pass this.


What do you call a trans child? A child.

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And we need to protect our children, full stop. Anything less is state-endorsed emotional torture of young people who, by the way, will some day very soon also have the right to vote and the ability to donate to to politicians who actually want to defend the rights of future taxpayers.

The inability to protect our youngest, most defenseless population isn't just an utter failure of policy and morality. It is perhaps the most un-Christian thing that a state largely made up of Christians can do.

Anyone attacking these children should be disgusted at themselves and ashamed of themselves.


I am completely opposed.


I approve of this policy!

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<p>Thank you for your support of families and parents.  This is what we need in Virginia!  Keep up the great work Governor!  We have to take a stand for all Virginians.  </p>


Strongly Oppose


Strongly oppose.


Terrible policy, stop using children for political ends


This is a terrible policy decision.

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This is a terrible policy decision.


2022 Model policy in schools

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<p>I do not believe that the schools should be involved with gender orientation or classification with minor children. The policies of the schools should be education. The education system us failing to teach children the basics. Morales are taught at home by the parents.  The only one policy that should be upheld is no bullying. Gender labels, identification, grooming do not belong in the classroom or in conversation between a minor an adults that are not parents or guardians of minors. This policy may open the public school systems country wide into a lawsuits. I would caution the school system from taking any steps that may look like grooming young impressionable children. </p>


This is a terrible policy decision.


Opposed

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<p>We, as a civilized society, should be standing up for those vulnerable and marginalized groups within our communities. How can you possibly justify these policies that literally isolate and further alienate children? Just let people be who they feel they are. It takes no effort on the part of outsiders. If you don't like it, simply ignore it. Allowing others to enjoy the same rights that you have always had costs you nothing. It does not diminish your own rights, nor does it encourage anyone to be anything beyond what they already are. What it does do, is save lives. Everyone should be able to express themselves in such a way as to be comfortable in their own skin as long as that expression does not interfere with the rights of others. Simply not agreeing with something or being confused or uncomfortable with someone else's decisions, does not infringe on another's rights. </p>


I oppose this policy - as a parent and community member.

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<p>I strongly oppose youngkin’s policy! </p>


Do not do this.


Support

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Agree on these policies. Support fully.


I am completely opposed.

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I am completely opposed.


I oppose

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<p>i STRONGLY oppose. </p>


These Policies will damage and endanger children

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For many children, school is a safe space from their own home.  To create a policy that almost assures that children already more likely to be at risk than your average child be placed at greater risk is a disservice to children and families everywhere.  In addition, requiring a teacher to show respect for another human being is not a violation of the teacher’s rights.  Calling a child by their preferred name or pronouns does not pass judgment or indicate approval of their use of the name or pronouns.  It is simply showing them the same respect you would show anyone else in calling them by their name or title.  I am at a loss as to why anyone would choose to inflict such harm on others.


I strongly oppose the 2022 MODEL POLICIESON THE PRIVACY, DIGNITY, AND RESPECT FOR ALL STUDENTS AND PARENTS IN VIRGINIA’S PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

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I strongly oppose the 2022 MODEL POLICIES
ON THE PRIVACY, DIGNITY, AND RESPECT FOR ALL STUDENTS AND PARENTS IN VIRGINIA’S PUBLIC SCHOOLS.


I fully oppose this.


This will bring harm to trans kids.

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This will bring harm to trans kids.


This policy change will endanger students.

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This is a violent policy that will have a dangerous effect on the wellbeing of transgender students and those questioning their gender identity. Depriving students of their right to privacy and safety has nothing to do with dignity and respect, as the Youngkin Administration would have us believe. It creates an environment where fear and shame are encouraged. Do not make this change to the model policy, if you value the wellbeing of students in our commonwealth.


It is a grave mistake to pass this.


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

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I strongly agree with the new & improved Model Policies for our children.  When my son was in the Arlington County Schools, he received such a great education, we were so pleased.  He went on to being a fine, highly educated man.  He is a model for his wonderful children.  I worked every year at the Science Fair at HB & W& L even after he graduated and was impressed with the quality of the education these children received.  The children amazed me as to their enthusiasm for learning & the teachers were outstanding.

Yes, there was some bullying.  When my son was young he was bullied, but each child offender was disciplined & parents counseled their children as to what effective actions could be taken to protect themselves from their attackers.

Now our Arlington County schools are teaching kindergarten students about sex & sex differences.  Most children do not understand the adult jargon & adult problems presented to them.  When schools talked about providing sex education to our children, though it is a parents job, we were hoping they would only teach children who were ready for puberty & mature enough to understand human feelings & supplement what we taught him . Now I do not know what parents think, but their children's education has been damaged.

I most certainly agree we must go back to the way it was.  I want to be proud of Arlington again.  Unfortunately, if I had a child in these schools today I would immediately take my son out.  My son was the most important job of my live & I proudly can say I provided education at home, moral integrity & love, which I believed was also taught in our Arlington County Schools at that time.  Thank you Mrs. Hoo & Mrs. Mountain.  Both of you were fantastic teachers.


I oppose this fully.


There is no way that I could oppose this more

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<p>This is a massive step backward. This will harm trans kids. This will kill trans kids. To pass this would be the ultimate mistake </p>


I strongly support

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


FULLY SUPPORT

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<p>Crazy we are even debating the fundamental rights of parents to raise and love their kids.  Neither federal, state or local government remotely can compete with a parent's view and understanding, grounded in their love and experience, of what is in the best interests of their own children.     </p>


This will bring harm to trans kids.


The strongest possible opposition

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Virginia’s new “model policies” for K-12 public schools related to trans, non-binary, gender fluid, gender-questioning, and otherwise non-cisgendered students, are deeply flawed, harmful, and wrong. The policies are masked as “parent rights” policies. But really they force schools to “out” children who may not feel safe revealing their identities at home. The policies also clearly try to limit who is afforded equal rights and protections in school (by creating strict definitions of who can be considered trans or non-binary and whether their parents “approve”). Gender (or any other element of identity) is not up to the state to define, limit, or control, and it should not affect a child’s access to safe public education. One egregious aspect is a section stating that school counselors will have to tell parents if students come to their offices to discuss “issues related to gender.” Sadly, many children who are not cisgender or who do not fall within the gender binary are not supported at home may be literally in physical danger at home for expressing themselves authentically. Forcing school personnel to “out” children may end in irrevocable harm to children. All in all, these proposed school policies provide less ability for kids to be themselves safely in school. This harms ALL children.


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I oppose this in the strongest possible manor.


It is a grave mistake to pass this.

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It is a grave mistake to pass this.


I am strongly opposed.


Public Servants

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My initial comment is in relation to a teacher’s first amendment right to protect their religious beliefs. Teachers are public servants - they serve all members of a community, not themselves. We cannot have police or firefighters choose not to serve community members due to prejudice, just as we cannot have teachers choose not to serve community members due to prejudice.

I believe respecting a student’s identity is serving that student and the community as a whole. Schools, where students interact with their peers on a daily basis, can act as a safe haven for students who are unable to explore their identity at home. Amidst peer groups at school, students learn to navigate the disparate identities of other individuals just as they will have to when their education is complete.

The proposed guidelines attempt to shelter some students from encountering diverse identities, at the expense of other students’ ability to express those identities. Both students exploring their identities and those in their peer groups learn these identities are meant to be shunned, not embraced. Shunned identities are detrimental to individuals and the community as a whole. Individuals who cannot feel comfortable being themselves will not become actualized, fully productive members of society. Communities which reject other viewpoints with prejudice stagnate, and limit themselves from experiencing the vibrant and unique ideas of every individual.


Trans rights are human rights

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This policy is trash. It should opposed by all reasonable people. Endangering children and teens for political points with your base is cowardice.


These policies are reasonable and sane -- please stop allowing boys on girls' sports teams!

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Thank you, Governor Youngkin, for requiring schools to respect the rights of parents.

We need sports leagues to also follow these policies. Too many people are afraid to speak against the Transgender Movement destroying female sports because they are afraid of being called bigoted.


Do not do this.


Strongly oppose.


Strongly oppose! Bad policy

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<p>This is a political stunt.  Focus on the kids and what’s best for them. </p>


I am strongly opposed.

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This is a huge mistake, don’t do this.


I oppose this - you are killing children

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If this continues, you won't stop people from being trans - you can't change that. All you will be doing is increasing fear, depression, and suicide. Think of the children.


This is a terrible policy decision.

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This is a terrible policy decision.


It is a grave mistake to pass this.


This would harm trans kids

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<p>We must do everything we can to support, accept, and provide resources for transgender youth. The proposed policy will do unthinkable harm. </p>


This will bring harm to trans kids.

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This will bring harm to trans kids.


This is a terrible policy decision.


Hypocrites

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Considering how much Youngkin champions and the Republicans champion personal rights and the freedom of expression, you'd think that the feelings and rights of VA students would matter somewhat, but it not about that. Hypocrites.


Please pass this- parents should know


Strongly OPPOSE! Just disgraceful.

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<p>This is a step backwards for Virginia.  Absolutely disgraceful.   Stop trying to make state government just another bully in these children’s lives.   I support trans and non binary kids.  </p>


I strongly oppose

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This will bring so much harm and hate for trans youth. They should be allowed to use whatever they feel comfortable using, not what others think they should be using. To force them to do something and call them something they dont want to be called or used is terrible for their mental health because it will seem like no one respects them. Do not do this to trans kids. Ever.


Strongly support. Pro-parent.

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Strongly support this policy. Thanks for supporting parents. If you’re anti-parent you’re part of the problem. Thanks for being part of the solution.

Keith Appell


I am strongly opposed.


I strongly oppose this!

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Thanks strongly oppose this.  We need to support our kids, which also means support our trans-kids!


I oppose this fully.


Opposed

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We are extremely opposed to this cruel approach to transgender youth!


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I oppose this in the strongest possible manor.


Honor the fundamental Rights OF Parents

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SIGN PLEDGE and post it

I pledge to honor the fundamental rights of parents including, but not limited to the right to direct the education, medical care, and moral upbringing of their children. I pledge to advance policies that strengthen parental involvement and decision-making, increase transparency, defend against government overreach, and secure parental rights at all levels of government.


This will bring harm to trans kids.


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 am completely opposed.

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I am completely opposed.


Strongly oppose.


I fully oppose this.


Strongly Opposed

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This policy is horrifically biased, not backed by science or modern medicine, and will directly harm vulnerable populations. I oppose it in the strongest possible terms.


I am utterly disgusted by this and completely oppose it.

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<p>In the document is states that teachers and the DOE aims to create an “educational environments where all students thrive.” If this is passed it will cause the opposite. Many transgender students will be in danger, when it is the school’s job to protect all students, regardless of gender. This is extremely detrimental to transgender students’ mental health, and could cause them to be endangered, but themselves or others. This proposal is unacceptable and we will not tolerate it. </p>


Strongly opposed

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The Youngkin Administration is failing our children with its regressive policies.


I oppose this in the strongest possible manor.


This is a terrible policy decision.


It is a grave mistake to pass this.

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It is a grave mistake to pass this.


This is evil.

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These proposals will significantly decrease the mental health of every transgender student in the Virginia school system. This attack on their comfort and mental health will directly harm their ability to learn quickly, confidently, and effectively, which is the opposite of the school system's purpose. Do not do this please.


This proposal will put students at risk. I strongly oppose this discriminatory nonsense.

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As an educator in our great state I often have students share preferred names and pronouns with me.  They do this because they feel safe and supported in my classroom. I also know that these students may not alway have supportive and non discriminatory environments at home and this proposal will put both the students trust in me and their safety at risk.  This proposal is in opposition to federal law and will waste resources in legal fights and puts unwanted, negative, attention on an already at risk group of students.  Virginia schools are for everyone. Keep Youngkin’s  bigotry out.


I oppose this fully.


Legislation affecting trans kids


This is a terrible policy decision.

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This is a terrible policy decision.


This will bring harm to trans kids.

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This will bring harm to trans kids.


According to Maslow’s Hierarchy  of needs

Mary DeMarco Roland, retired FCPS educator

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According to educational psychology, children need to feel safe in order to thrive in an educational setting. The small percentage of young people struggling with their identity can be found in grades 7-12.  Sexuality and gender identity are just part of the many things kids struggle with.  During this struggle, family members, teachers, coaches, religious leaders etc. are the spokes of the wheel that have always been there to support children through their lives.  How disappointing, painful, damaging it is to have any of those important people not only stop supporting kids but in some cases, make the young person feel wrong, unloveable, shameful and not worthy.  These are the messages we send kids when we don’t support them in a psychologically safe and accepting environment.  No funds are needed to make these kids feel safe.  There are usually one or two staff bathrooms available in the counseling office or administrative offices at any school.  If one of those bathrooms could be used for kids who are transgender or transitioning to transgender, then they would have a safe place to use the restroom.  In addition, these kids would pass by the those adults most committed to their safety every day.  If you don’t have a single peer in the school accepting you, yet the principal and counselors say hello with a smile everyday, chances are you are going to much better off than having to use the restroom elsewhere!

On the other side of the argument is the kids who fall in to the norm.  People always ask,      ‘ What about their safety and comfort?’ Their bathrooms would be the mens room or the ladies room, as it is in most public places.

Here’s the thing.  These identified by gender bathrooms have always been a place where bullying could take place.  No adult supervises these spaces.  So, using my own argument, that kids need to feel both psychologically and physically safe in order to learn and thrive, would it also be a good idea to make separate restroom areas for them in the office spaces of the counselors or administrators ?  We could continue this logic until we have entire office paces filled with special bathrooms. Two things come to mind.  Better education regarding acceptance of all students and a zero bullying tolerance policy which would result in expulsion not just suspension.  The bystanders that could have stopped the bullying would be suspended for supporting the bully.

You probably think this is crazy; where does it end?  This is what school leaders have been working on for years.  The general public just heard about accommodating gender safe bathrooms two years ago.  In the education world, we have been protecting kids, all kinds of kids since the at least 1943!  We just didn’t make a law out of it.

Here’s the final fact:  kids who do not feel loved, supported and accepted are at a greater risk of using drugs and/ or committing suicide.  Kids that are transgender are more likely to go straight to suicide.  The utter confusion, abandonment, isolation, double life they try to live to make others feel better puts them at risk for holding in so much pain, that leaving this earth seems not only an option but a gift to all those who used to love them unconditionally parents, family members..the rest of the list from above.

Please, Virginia, it is hard enough to be a kid , a pre-teen, teenager today as it is.  Can we please make our schools just a little safer by allowing a safe haven to those who need it most.


This policy is abusive & will result in trans kids' deaths

William K. Cody, RN, PhD, FAAN Retired Nursing Professor & Dean

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This document as written is nothing but a transparent attempt to allow ultra-conservative, anti-LGBTQ persons (here called parents, but public schools are EVERYBODY's responsibility) to dominate school policies around LGBTQ issues, particularly treatment of trans or gender-diverse children & teens. Trans persons are a small minority. They are NOT in any way inherently disruptive to society. Anti-trans reactions are obviously plainly MORE disruptive than the existence & presence of trans persons in the first place.

Trans and gender-diverse children and teens, although few in number, deserve to be treated with the same full measure of human dignity, respect, courtesy, freedom, & safety, as every other student. This document as written clearly makes that quite IMPOSSIBLE. The document seems to assume that all children start out as cisgender (due to conservative societal/parental ASSUMPTIONS only) and somehow at some time slowly begin to have ideas about transitioning, often by hearing about the possibility of transitioning. This NOT the narrative that actual trans persons have told us for decades. Trans kids with NO exposure to transness often tell their parents, not that they "want" to be a different gender, but that they simply ARE.

Generally, social transition measures like change of name, pronouns, and clothing, and sometimes restroom/changing room (altho there can certainly be gender-neutral private spaces, too) are the ONLY affirmation available to minors. These are totally benign and modest measures that hurt no one. Studies have shown these simple measures reduce anxiety and depression and increase self-reported happiness among gender-diverse kids. This document basically outlaws these simple practices and also requires surveillance and reporting of gender-diverse kids to parents who may be disapproving, strict disciplinarians, abusive, including physical abuse, and possibly gravely dangerous to their children.

This is a document rooted not in safeguarding but in hatred for difference; hatred for a small and nearly-helpless minority; & actual hatred for young people, ages 5 to 18, who experience their gender differently from the majority. Most mental health professionals consider so-called "conversion therapy" essentially a form of torture. This policy, if adopted, is basically forcing a form of conversion therapy on every trans or gender-diverse kid in Virginia schools all day, everyday, throughout K thru 12. This will lead to extreme mental health disasters among these students, very likely increased suicides, and (quite seriously) potentially homicides committed by parents. Please take this cautionary advice very seriously. This is an extremely regressive policy that should absolutely not be adopted.


I am completely opposed.


Strongly oppose.


Child's rights

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<p>Our schools are for the children, not the parents. The children's rights and needs should be our foremost concern. </p>


Strongly Support Parent Choice

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<p>Thanks Governor Youngkin. I support parent choice in our schools. It’s our children and our tax dollars, so we should have the say! Indoctrination by a corrupt education system is unethical and is not an option! Any reasonable parent would be happy for parent choice! </p>


I fully oppose this.


This will bring harm to trans kids.


Strongly oppose

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Virginia was headed the right direction and now we are going backwards in time. Anything less than love and acceptance is unacceptable and will be remembered at every election box going forward.


Strongly oppose


I am strongly opposed.


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>


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I oppose this in the strongest possible manor.


I oppose this fully.


Strongly Oppose

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<p>This would be putting many children in danger as well as families at risk. This doesn’t help anyone but will hurt many. </p>


This policy does not respect individuals

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Entirely on point, of course. Republicans think women can't make decisions on their own, but need the government to "help" them. And they think - despite medical evidence to the contrary - that transgender students don't really exist, and that the DOE knows better than a student does when assessing the risk of coming out to their parents. Of course we wish all parents loved and accepted their children unconditionally! But that is just not true. This whole policy is built on a shaky foundation.


Excellent policy.  Read it and support it.

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This is an excellent policy, and will bring sanity back to the classrooms.  Transgenders should still be treated with care and respect, but the concerns of multitudes of others must be considered.


I am completely opposed.

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I am completely opposed.


Strongly opposed, protect trans students

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I can't help but notice that "parents' rights" seems to mean rights for the parents who share the governor's viewpoints and not so many rights for those that don't, not to mention that this form of all-encompassing focus on parents completely ignores the rights of the students themselves. Cries of "protect our children" appear to either mean protect them from transgender students (obviously offensive) or protect them from whatever is "turning them transgender" (still offensive, but even dumber). The governor himself said he dislikes how schools need permission to give aspirin, but can help children make these "decisions" with impunity; ie. he believes transgenderism to be a choice, one that parents should be making. Except no matter a parent's stance on gender, them not approving isn't going to change anything; people, even young ones, are who they are. The overall message is that this sort of identity isn't valid and it's not going to be accepted, regardless of any pretty words about not tolerating bullying.


This policy will endanger children.

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My state of Missouri seemingly searches for the most regressive and dangerous policies and passes legislation to implement them here.

please, this list will put kids who are questioning their gender identity into harms way. There really is no other reason to have a list with information that ought to be private.


Support Youngkin

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<p>I fully support Governor Youngkin. Transgender students NEED the help of their parents. They do not need to be further secretive about their identity crisis. Childten’s brains are not fully developed so why would any responsible adult allow a child to make a change as drastic as trying to switch genders or wanting to dabble in using new pronouns?  How does being secretive benefit anyone? Being secretive is what people do when they’re being DECEITFUL. When we are honest, there’s no reason for secrets. I believe it is immoral for school systems to support holding crucial information from students’ parents or guardians. I’d also like to say that female students should not have to share their bathroom or locker room with anyone except other females. How about if we focus on THAT? How is it fair for girls to have biological males in their bathroom or locker room? Governor, please be strong in your convictions. I am neither religious nor a strong right or left leaner. I am, however, intelligent and a strong proponent of mental health care. If children and their parents have such poor relationships that they cannot discuss a child wanting to change genders, they clearly need family and individual counseling so they can openly, not deceitfully, figure out the root of the problem and devise a solution for when the child becomes an adult. Thank you for considering my stance on this topic. </p>


Absolutely oppose this cruel and discriminatory policy

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All kids should be protected under law, regardless of their gender identity. Trying to score political points by demonizing trans kids is just plain cruel.


YES: Include Parents: Stable Children and Families Are a Threat to Cultural Marxism

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Parents must be notified of behavior aberrant to a child's sex at birth, so they can choose a mental health professional to intervene. The American College of Pediatrics urges educators, legislators, and healthcare professionals to create policies based on the reality of a child's biological sex by birth: base decisions on facts, not feelings.  Stable children and parents are a threat to cultural Marxism whose aim is - and always has been - to confuse and thereby create compliant slaves of the state.   https://acpeds.org/assets/imported/9.14.17-Gender-Ideology-Harms-Children_updated-MC.pdf


It is a grave mistake to pass this.

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It is a grave mistake to pass this.


This is a terrible policy decision.

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This is a terrible policy decision.


I am vehemently opposed to this policy

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This is awful and should not be passed.


Strongly Oppose

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This policy doesn’t promote parental rights, it’s pushing political agendas onto children. It’s anti-trans governors trying to win over conservative voters and nothing else. No matter what you believe, please open up your eyes and realize that this will only put kids into harms ways. That, children being neglected of their mental health is not going to help parental rights in anyway.


I oppose this in the strongest possible manor.


Leave trans kids and people be

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<p>Let them be - they are harming nobody and just want to peacefully be. Leave them alone and move on. </p>


Strongly Oppose

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This policy discriminated against some of our most vulnerable, trans and other students struggling with their identities.  It is hurtful and dangerous to their mental health.  School should be a safe place for all students - and this policy promotes the opposite.


I am completely opposed.


Strongly Oppose

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It's not the governments job to parent my child or anyone elses.  Your religious beliefs don't belong in public school. If you don't want your child to go to school in an accepting and diverse place, send them to the religious private school of your choice or homeschool.


It is a grave mistake to pass this.


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

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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.


This will bring harm to trans kids.

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This will bring harm to trans kids.


I fully oppose this.


STRONGLY OPPOSED

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Stop picking on kids to try to score political points with your insane base. You are reprehensible and a disgrace. Leave these kids alone!


Do not do this.


Parents rights

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<p>I support parental rights and the parents have a right to raise and make decisions for their child. </p>


Parents rights


This is a terrible policy decision.


I oppose this fully.


Thank you - I support

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<p>Thank you for including parents in this process. </p>


PRAISE GOD! Stop sexualizing kids!

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<p>#SaveTheChildren</p>


I am completely opposed.

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I am completely opposed.


Concern with transportation policy

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<p>I believe this a dangerous and cruel policy.   It has echoes of fascism.  I also wonder why repubs are so obsessed with the LGBT folks .  </p>


I am strongly opposed.


DO NOT DO THIS TO OUR CHILDREN

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I am disgusted by this proposed policy put forth by the extremely ignorant administration currently in power.  This policy is nothing but a green light to allow transgender children to be BULLIED, HARASSED, HAZED, AND MARGINALIZED.  This policy has nothing to do with parental rights and everything to do with an ignorant governor’s bigoted, hated-filled agenda.  How does permitting schools to bully children protect anyone?  This policy takes an already vulnerable group of students and makes them a target for more hatred and understanding.  How about instead of creating fascist policy this administration actually support ALL students and their right to dignity?


I oppose this model policy

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This proposed policy harms students, who should be able to be addressed with gender-affirming names and pronouns and be allowed to use the bathroom that matches their gender identity. As a parent and a professor I believe students learn best when they can be themselves at school, and that, above all, schools must be safe spaces for children and young people.


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I oppose this in the strongest possible manor.


The Proposed Change Violates The Law, Is Not Based On Science, And Not Good For Students Or Parents

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  The proposed changes to the Virginia state guidance on implementing the law passed by the Virginia legislature regarding transgender students in Virginia schools are illegal and immoral and should be rejected by the Governor and his administration.  One reason the proposed changes must be rejected is that they violate the provisions in the law that require state policy regarding transgender students to be based on the best available medical and scientific evidence, and also to be in the best interests of such students.  The proposed changes are not in accord with the evidence showing that what is best for transgender students is policy mandating practices by school administrators and staff that affirm the students’ gender identity.  The proposed policy and its required practices unlawfully attempt to shame such students on the basis of their gender identity and bully them into closeted submission by forcing them to live according to ignorant and false notions of their gender being in accord with their sex or the gender specified on their birth certificate, when that is not the case.

  In addition, the proposed changes in the transgender student guidance policy also violate the Virginia constitution’s requirements for laws to be in the public interest, and for laws to be non-sectarian.  The proposed changes are not in the interest of the trans students attending Virginia schools, as explained above, and they are therefore also not in the interest of the students’ parents and families.  The proposed changes are also sectarian in that they are being promoted and justified in many cases on the alleged basis of religious beliefs – even though no religion on earth requires these policies to be imposed on students and their families.  To the extent that the proposed policy changes are being promoted on the basis of a religious agenda, the proposed changes violate the religious freedom and constitutional rights of the trans students and their families, who do not share the religious views of the proponents of the proposed changes.

  The students who attend schools with transgender students are not demanding the proposed changes in state policy and practices – it is adults who seem to be obsessed with the sexuality and gender identity of other people who are calling for these changes.  The children are not similarly obsessed and frightened by attending school with transgender students – it is their parents who are having problems dealing with the reality that gender dysphoria is a real medical condition that results in the gender identify of some students not matching their sex characteristics or the gender listed on their birth certificate.

  The law and guidance policy in place now were developed in direct consultation with the parents of students in Virginia’s schools, contrary to the official description of the proposed changes in policy.  They also were developed in accordance with the latest scientific and medical information regarding what is best for transgender students and the student body as a whole.  The current law and policy in effect now have no effect on the religious beliefs and practices of parents or students, contrary to the assertion in the official description of the proposed changes – except that they allow all students to be treated the same way, even when they are transgender.  That honors the religious beliefs of all students, and treats them all equally.

  Accordingly, it would be better for Virginia students and for their families if the Governor and the other people who are so obsessed about other people’s sexuality and gender identity address their irrational anxieties in a more constructive way and stop bullying transgender students and their families.  I urge the Governor and the state to keep the state guidance on transgender students as it is, acknowledge and respect the purposes and science-based facts behind the law on transgender students enacted by the Virginia legislature, and dispose of this ill-conceived, illegal, and immoral proposal to change state policy.


This is a terrible policy decision.

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This is a terrible policy decision.


I STRONGLY Oppose

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I strongly oppose this policy


Strongly oppose

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<p>Stop taking away rights. </p>


I fully oppose this.


I am completely opposed.


Strongly opposed

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This policy will deny students’ right to their own identity. The DOE should not dictate who a person is.


It is a grave mistake to pass this.

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It is a grave mistake to pass this.


Trans Right are Human Rights. I strongly oppose these policies.

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Trans Rights are Human Rights. I strongly oppose these anti trans and non-binary policies.


Strongly oppose.


I strongly oppose this policy

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<p>As a product of Virginia Public Schools and the daughter of a teacher in Hanover Public Schools, I know that this policy will do more harm than good. This policy will harm trans children, and will also will give schools an undo power to police the gender, identity, and self expression of all children. School is for learning, not for forced conformity. It's ludicrous that to go by Chris instead of Christine you need parental permission. This is a hateful waste of time.  </p>


Strongly oppose

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Strongly oppose, support trans kids.


I Support the 2022 Model Policy

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I support this Model Policy.  It uses traditional values to help address a new social concern, that affects an extremely small number of students, in a manner that protects everyone's rights, including parents, without forcing anyone to conform to someone else's values.


It is a grave mistake to pass this.


This is a terrible policy decision.


I oppose this fully.


I am strongly opposed.


Oppose

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<p>Strongly Oppose. </p>


K-12 school policy

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Thank you, strongly support this policy 100 percent


Absolutely oppose-Bad policy will harm kids!

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<p>As a teacher, I have taught many trans kids in my classroom over the years. These students just want to be treated with dignity and kindness, and they want to feel safe. Home is not always an understanding or safe place for them to be themselves. Some of these students are already struggling to feel safe at home. This policy requires teachers to forcibly out students to their families, who may or may not understand or support them. This will absolutely result in increased stressors on a population that is already marginalized and struggling to fit in. This policy is telling these students that they are not acceptable as who they are. The state will absolutely be at fault for the increases in suicide and homelessness directly related to this draconian policy. I absolutely oppose this policy, and I oppose the way the governor is trying to end run around the legislature to force this on our teachers and kids. </p>


I oppose this in the strongest possible manor.


Horrible Idea

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<p>I strongly oppose </p>
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This will bring harm to trans kids.

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This will bring harm to trans kids.


Do not do this.


I strongly oppose

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Trans rights. Do not pass this bill. I know plenty lgbt people this bill would set a precedent to affect negatively.


Opposed

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<p>This is incredibly harmful. I do not support this on any way. </p>


Strongly oppose.


Trans Students Deserve Better

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<p>Your new policy on transgender students is appalling. The lack of basic empathy, and the lack of understanding that students' lives and well-beings could be at risk, means you do not care at all about them. I do not have to be trans to realise the horrific implications--students getting kicked out of their homes, being unsafe at home, et cetera. It's monstrous. Youngkin should not forget who voted him in--the people--and how soon these teenage Virginians will be old enough to vote him out. </p>


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I oppose this in the strongest possible manor.


Oppose strongly.


Oppose the draft policy

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The proposed guidelines are not only harmful to trans students.  They also put educators in a terrible position. When a trans child confides in a trusted educator, this policy requires the educator to betray that trust and report the student to parents, even when doing so could be emotionally or physically harmful to the child.


WOULD YA LOOK AT ALL THE IDENTICAL BOT REPLIES!

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<p>The "opposed" aren't even trying to appear legit on this. </p>


It is a grave mistake to pass this.


This will bring harm to trans kids.


Strongly oppose this. Act now to protect trans kids!

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<p>This proposed document is fundamentally anti-trans and is completely misleading in its goals. Ostracizing and endangering trans students by outing them to their parents and peers does nothing to protect students, and punishing teachers for discussing preferred pronouns is inane, considering we all use them. As a former VA public school student, I feel that the fear of diversity and progressive ideology present in this guidance encourages a narrow world-view and misinformation far behind modern research about gender identity that could leave students less compassionate and less educated as they navigate life. This is an attack on trans students who deserve a supportive environment amongst their peers and educators at school, regardless of whether they have one at home. Transgender identity is not an ideology that one can subscribe to or reject, and denying a trans student's existence and bodily autonomy should not be considered protecting another's first amendment rights. Furthermore, any claims that this proposed guidance protects girls is completely disingenuous. These proposed guidance changes will guarantee material harms to the lives of trans and cisgender girls alike. </p>


100% support parental rights

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100% support parental rights! No to is Child neglect!


I am completely opposed.

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I am completely opposed.


Do not pass this Christofash nonsense from Glenn Younkin of Holy Trinity Church

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Glenn seems dissatisfied with restricting his reactionary, transphobic BS to the church he literally owns, Holy Trinity Church in Mclean VA. This policy will terrorize and hurt trans kids who already face enormous pressure. But I guess that doesn't matter to Youngkin as much as pleasing his gladhanders who worship at HTC on Sunday and then design bombs at Raytheon on Monday, eh?

Nearly half of all LGBT youth have seriously considered suicide. Youngkin's awful policies would push the trans kids of VA one step closer to the edge. He should step down from office and, by way of reparations, give a fraction of the $$ he's made from corporate adventurism to the minority groups he's targeted. His bootlickers at Holy Trinity Church should repent and finally oppose the fascist who runs their house of worship and the state.


I oppose this fully.


I am strongly opposed.


It is a grave mistake to pass this.

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It is a grave mistake to pass this.


STRONGLY OPPOSE

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I STRONGLY OPPOSE THIS POLICY.


This will kill people

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I know the goal of US conservatives is to find ways to make the lives of everyone they don't like miserable. You probably know this too. But the reality is, trans kids will die. Their blood will be on your hands, and you don't even care


This is a terrible policy decision.

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This is a terrible policy decision.


New school guidlines

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I 100% believe that parents should be completely informed on all things pertaining to their children.  Schools/teachers/administrators who "help" students by misleading parents are in essence making the students complicit in lying and deception.  Also, if you are encouraged to lie about who you are, is that shaming?


I fully oppose this.


Protect trans youth

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<p>This is wrong and will harm our trans youth in so many ways. </p>


Whoever is doing the bot please stop, even though I agree with you

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This law is cruel that is true and I've already posted a comment about that. But whoever it is that also opposes law that clearly has some bot posting the same six comments over and over again, you're not helping. There are a number of comments from actual Virginians talking about how this will harm actual Virginians and you are watering them down and making them not be heard. The right wing psychopaths implementing this will use your bot as an excuse to disregard the many many comments from people concerned about the harm this will do. Your heart is in the right place but that is not the way to do it, if you truly oppose this law and want Virginians to be heard saying so, please stop.

P.S. Also you spelled "manner" as "manor" and it's been bothering the crap out of me.


This is a terrible policy decision.


It is a grave mistake to pass this.


Strongly oppose.


As the mother of a transgender child who is now an adult, I vehemently oppose this policy

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<p>The Governor purports to say this policy gives parents the power in their children’s lives, but that would only be parents who oppose transgender. Parents of transgender children are absolutely stripped of the power to handle their child’s transition in the way they see fit. If your religion tells you LBGTQ people are sinners, that’s your religion, but not mine, and the Governor has no right to force his, in my opinion misguided, view of transgender into my and my child’s lives. </p>


Strongly oppose.

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This is a hateful policy.


Do not do this.


This will bring harm to trans kids.

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This will bring harm to trans kids.


Please stop the hate

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Trans children are children. Please stop demonizing and politicizing their existence. Allow them to thrive by being true to their authentic self.


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I oppose this in the strongest possible manor.


Transgender policy

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<p>As a 70 year old retired educator and a mother and grandmother, I am not in support of the oppressive anti-lgbt+ policies of the current administration. A minority group of radical right wing hysterics are undermining our schools, our teachers, and our communities. You are trying to impose your values on others. Leave the children alone. As a former teacher, school counselor, and curriculum and instruction supervisor, I worked with these students for over 40 years. We worked out solutions without all of this uproar. Absolutely disgusting treatment of children from incompetent leaders. </p>


I am strongly opposed!! This is going to hurt vulnerable children!

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<p>Do not do this, we are better than this as a whole. </p>


I am completely opposed.


Strongly oppose

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This proposal is sick. It denigrates children and allows their peera and teachers to harass and bully them, and worse it forces teachers to put them in potentially deadly situations when outing them to unsupportive parents and guardians. This is fear mongering and othering in the worst traditions of McCarthy and Gingrich. As a parent of children in VA pu lic schools I will not allow this monstrosity to be their education. Don't do this, it is hate and spite.


Transgender policy

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I strongly support the new policy.  Parents should be the ultimate decision-makers regarding their children—not school personnel colluding with a child about a matter as important as their sexuality.


I am strongly opposed.


I am completely opposed.

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I am completely opposed.


I Strongly oppose this policy

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This policy is gonna make an already marginalized group have their gender identity dictated by their parents. This is blatantly horrible for people who are already suffering with their gender identity and prone to suicide due to the harrassment they encounter. Truly awful policy that shows how much of a joke and dangerous our Governor is. Destroying our climate and making schools unsafe areas and stripping children of their right to their gender identity. Corrupt and Authortarian policies coming from a joke of a governor from a joke of a party, which claims to in favor of a small government.


I oppose this fully.


Trans youth

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Your theocratic attack on trans youth is a danger to kids and a hate riddled example of current fascist Republican policy. Do some scientific work and show the compassion of Christ not the unquestioned hatred of others. Represent and love all Virginians.


Support protection of parents right

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Support protection of parents right


This is a terrible policy decision.

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This is a terrible policy decision.


Strongly Oppose

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As the parent of two cis-gendered students in public school, I strongly oppose this policy which is born out of hatred and bigotry, as well as political opportunism. Children deserve to be safe in schools. This policy goes against all medical and psychological experts, and will hurt children. My teenage daughter supports her trans friends. Teenagers are light years ahead of us on this. We need to listen to our children. Your parental rights are not my parental rights, so let's just disagree while we keep our children safe.


This is a terrible policy decision.


I oppose this in the strongest possible manor.


strongly oppose

not only can outing people against their will put them at risk of harm, but the American Psychological Association and the American Medical Association both agree that the best policy for a trans persons well-being is an accepting environment, which includes using preferred pronouns, accessing facilities that match their gender identity, and generally providing support. the general gist is that the overwhelming medical and psychological consensus is:support trans people, don't exclude them

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not only can outing people against their will put them at risk of harm, but the American Psychological Association and the American Medical Association both agree that the best policy for a trans persons well-being is an accepting environment, which includes using preferred pronouns, accessing facilities that match their gender identity, and generally providing support.
 the general gist is that the overwhelming medical and psychological consensus is:
support trans people, don't exclude them


STRONGLY OPPOSE


It is a grave mistake to pass this.

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It is a grave mistake to pass this.


Strongly oppose

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Trans kids need protection. Strongly oppose new policy. I am a teacher and care about my students.


Put the children in uniforms and stop all of this.

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there has been a lot of talk about the rights of the transgender community to be dramatic with regard to their clothing.  But what is not being addressed here is the root cause of this relatively new situation.  those of us adults having grown up in a time where are the sodomy rainbow flag pedophile culture was not present it to the children were they were sexualized. So that was not a part of the culture at the time, and so people were not having struggles with their identity, which has come about from a lack of responsible leadership on the part of this one nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all.  so there has been tremendous harm that has happened to the children throughout this country as a result of these far left-wing sense of liberties and entitlement to show the kids things that they should not be exposed to against the king of kings.  The children are the victims, and there should be a national recovery period of time where all of the children are wearing uniforms under no circumstances should a boy ever go into a girls bathroom and vice versa.

It’s extremely important that no child is ever placing that kind of emphasis on something about gender identity, being more important than the core fundamental values that should be held up across the board for safety and security of all of the children.  so there are lots of things that need to be turned around..  And it is the job of the justice department to be helping to guide these core values of what is acceptable for children to be exposed to in these public school systems this sexualized community.

when you are presenting to children as early as kindergarten, the rainbow pedophile flag in the classroom, introducing sex things this sex identity flagfor the children. You certainly are going to create a great deal of confusion about who is who for the kids.  School is to be used for education of subject matters.  And all sex things are to be kept away from children. and certainly the children would not even know to have these problems in the first place unless you showed them how to have these problems by disturbing the peace in the first place.

I strongly recommend that you remove all sex related things remotely in the presence of the children.  And the sex flag for the children beginning in kindergarten is one of the root causes of this disturbance to these vulnerable victims..

The children should not be exposed to rainbows except for in the sky or in the artwork and never, was it appropriate to expose them to the rainbow to be used for perverse works.

and by the way on here, it looks like the real comments are coming from real parents, and it looks like the lefties have a bunch of bots with comments that are the exact same thing with nothingness in the comments for the most part.

thank you, Governor of Virginia you are heroic, and taking a very strong stand for the well-being and safety of these children across the board. And of course you never ate ever but a boy go into the girls restroom  that is a safety issue. It’s also disturbing to the girls.

yeah, we didn’t have kids confused about whether or not they wanted to be a boy or a girl and that’s because we didn’t have the pedophile culture in the school, sexualizing the children.


Do not do this.


I am completely opposed.


STRONGLY SUPPORT

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<p>I strongly support this policy.  Parents are responsible for their underage students. </p>


It is a grave mistake to pass this.


Opposed

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Vigorous opposition. Listen to the voices and concerns of your constituents. All of them, including the already marginalized.


I am strongly opposed.


This will bring harm to trans kids.

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This will bring harm to trans kids.


This will bring harm to trans kids.


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I oppose this in the strongest possible manor.


I oppose this fully.


Hateful Policy

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<p>If this was about parental rights, parents would be able to more easily support their trans/non binary children in schools. If it was about freedom of speech, teachers would be able to call students what they asked to be called. This proposed law attempts to hide behind political buzz words while truly being rooted in hate. </p>


DOE

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We should protect the students for who they are. Mental health is a serious issue in queer communities because we don’t do enough as a society to value and accept everyone we are meant to protect. Everyone is created equal.


You Are A Terrible Person For Doing This

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Barring people access to their preferred bathroom is such a childish thing to do, especially when the shame is bad enough. Bathrooms in your home are used by people of all genders, so it’s only logical the courtesy extend to public bathrooms. Furthermore, trans people have existed, do exist, and will always exist, so banning them from their preferred place is denying their existence. But clearly, you don’t care as long as you never have to acknowledge someone by their preferred pronouns. Be kind to the people you govern and respect who they want to be.


I OPPOSE this proposed guidance doc

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This proposed guidance document will NOT protect students, it will NOT serve all students. It will restrict their freedom and human rights. Many transgender students do not come out to their parents because they fear a lack of acceptance. School can be a place of acceptance. The suicide rate among transgender students is high, this will make it worse. Gov Youngkin and this so-called Education Dept are misguided, wrong and are not supporting all students in Virginia. Acceptance, kindness and love is what all students need, not out-dated, fear-mongering rules.


Generally support proposed policy, but some changes are needed.

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In accord with the proposed policy, parents should have sole responsibility for identifying the name, biological sex, and gender identity of each of their children, as well as to provide birth certificates, if available.  However, parents do not have the right to give their children entrance to restrooms and locker rooms of the opposite biological sex.   Non-trans people have rights, too!  Therefore, school systems should provide these facilities on the basis of biological sex, plus additional facilities as needed to accommodate trans people who prefer not to use the facilities provided for their biological sex.

With regard to sports teams, school systems should continue to define sports teams on the basis of biological sex in recognition of inherent physical differences by sex.  Parents should give approval for their children to participate in sports but do not have the right to give their children entrance to sports teams of the opposite biological sex.

For more information, see:

Littman, L.  (2018).  Gender dysphoria.  https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0202330.

Littman, L.  (2019).  Gender dysphoria (correction).  https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0214157.


I fully oppose this.


Strongly oppose.


I vehemently oppose this

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All this would do would bring more danger to trans students. If you care about bullying, suicide rates, or anything that relates to transgender kids, then passing this would significantly worsen those conditions and harm them even more.


I Oppose This Fully...teachers are not grooming children to be trans

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There are issues with which you could actually be helping children have better experiences in their education journey. This is not one of them and I see it for what it is...nonsense pot stirring attention grabbing stunt.

Parents have plenty of say in education and ways to file complaints etc are already in place.

We need 1. Better lunches for students 2. Better pay for teachers 3. Better vocational education opportunities 4. Spread the wealth a little and financially help the schools whose population is mostly free/reduced lunch. 5. Better counseling opportunities for students who aren't thriving 6. Stop suspending students so much and instead help the school communities with resources to engage with these students. 7. Repeat number 6


Best Policy Ever!!!!

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Glad to see someone in government has common sense.


I am completely opposed.

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I am completely opposed.


Fully SUPPORT!!!!

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I fully support this… parental rights are vital to our families, schools, cities, counties, states and nation!!!


Horrible and Hypocritical

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<p>This is saying that it gives parents choice over what happens in the classrooms but what about the parents who disagree? Not all parents are Christian or religious at all and understand that deadnaming and outing students against their will is extremely damaging. LGBT teenagers are already more likely to commit suicide or be homeless than other teenagers. This is setting up a system of increasing these preventable outcomes. Students need to feel safe at school, and since we refuse to protect them from active shooters, then at least let them be comfortable being themselves at school and getting the support other straight kids receive without teachers, who I'm sure want to help these students (and if they don't, they shouldn't be teaching - if you can't accept different religions and beliefs than yours, you have no business being in public service of any kind, "Live and let live" and all that), feeling like their jobs will be threatened. Not sure how any part of being LGBT affects other students, or especially other parents and families as a whole, that this policy is even being considered. I've been in high school in the 2000s. The only people who know about a student being LGBT are the people who the student is comfortable knowing. If that means they're completely out, don't destroy their confidence and well-being by deadnaming them and preventing them from being involved in sports like other students are able to enjoy without issue. For people who boast so hard about Christianity, no one involved in this decision seems to have ever actually read the Bible, nor understands any of the tenants within it. Anyone who votes in favor of this is despicable and should be ashamed of themselves and the legacy they'll leave behind of being completely ridiculous and dragging Virginia back into the dark ages instead of being any part of the present or future who aren't so bothered about witch hunting. That happened in the 1600s and 1700s... Not an event we need to bring back by the people who claim other people disagreeing with Christianity or saying "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas" is a witch hunt against them. Maybe more of them needed to pay attention in school, especially history, instead of being so absorbed in so many other people's lives. Maybe they wouldn't be so ignorant. </p>


Strongly Oppose - Afraid for my students

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I am so afraid of what this policy will mean for my transgender and non-binary students. I am afraid for the students who have just a few hours each day where they feel free to express themselves or explore gender identity because they know that their parents would be angry, possibly violent, if they were to do so at home. I am afraid for the students who feel suicidal and need support, but will be too afraid to ask for help if it means teachers and counselors are legally obligated to out them to their parents even if they did not feel safe to share that information yet.

I am even afraid for my students who have loving and supportive parents who support their gender identity, chosen name, and pronouns. They may be forced to use a bathroom and locker room that triggers their dysphoria - or would have this policy protect any teacher who refuses to use their name and pronouns despite having parent support.

Please reconsider these policies, they will increase discrimination against transgender and non-binary youth.


I am strongly opposed.


I strongly oppose this.


I’m opposed to this


Do not do this.


this policy will cost lives

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transitioning has saved millions of lives. 97% of trans people are satisfied with their transition. many times, transitions involve medical interventions. these also save countless lives a year. depriving children of medicine is cruelty. depriving children of the bare ability to socially transition is murder. this policy will cost lives—childrens’ lives.

fascism is on the rise. fascists hate trans people. fascists have been putting forth policies like these to intentionally end trans lives. by supporting this code, you will align yourself with the fascists.

history has indicated this is a bad idea.

don’t let fascists abuse you into harming other people. people are struggling right now, due to the ineffectual nature of the US government & capitalists exploiting this for centuries. when somebody deprives you of resources & convinces you it’s it’s ok to harm people, that is abuse.

break the cycle of abuse.

i have been placed in many unsafe situations because i am trans. i’m midwestern, too, so that was really hard. many important trans people in my life have died by suicide. i started transitioning 5 years ago. the US medical system has made me wait around 11 years to receive a lifesaving surgery. i estimate because i still haven’t got it. i found myself 10 years ago, actually, but couldn’t transition until 5 years later because i lived in the rural christian midwest. a place where the klan runs things.

waiting that long under that kind of fear has traumatized me extensively.

i got this weird disorder that makes me feel repulsed about my body & my sex organs, so that kinda sucks. i’ve wound up in a psych ward over it. i only got out 2 months ago.

i have 3 college degrees & held stable employment in the finance sector before I came out—just random facts.

it sounds insane, but the most insane part of all of this?

i’m only one trans person.

there’s millions of stories like these. over centuries. and they’re not children’s books.

if this seems cruel to you, then why would you put anyone through this? why would you put CHILDREN through this?

don’t put children through this. that’s what this law will do, just to be clear. all of us know this. by all of us, I mean “every trans person in the country”.

5% of young adults in the US are trans or nonbinary.

that’s millions of people.

the next generation of adults (today’s children) will likely supersede them—as the zoomers have sped right past millennials. millennials were once the gayest generation. i’m a millennial.

to break a cycle of abuse, you must first stop participating in it.

decline to participate in abuse. don’t burden yourself with the eventual guilt you will feel over thousands of trans children’s lives being lost to your actions.

strike this down.

it is cruel. it is child abuse.

don’t participate in child abuse.

thank you.


Strongly oppose!!

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How can you be so unbelievably cruel to children??  Let children be who they want. Let them learn in a safe, inclusive environment!


I oppose this fully.


Strongly oppose these policies

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I strongly oppose these transphobic policies. I live in Charlottesville, and know many transgender students who will be extremely harmed by this legislation. It will make their learning environment feel unsafe and overall be detrimental to their educational experience. Having your identity ignored and disrespected is something that can destroy people’s mental health, which is the effect these policies will have on the transgender community.


DO NOT PASS THIS

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Trans kids are alienated enough as it is, why pass legislation that makes it so much worse?!


Strongly oppose.


Protect trans kids

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Children deserve an equal right to privacy as distinct human beings. They deserve safety. They deserve a government that isn’t actively out to hurt them, that doesn’t engage in mass genocide. The proposed changes from the DOE are unacceptable and contradictory to those common-sense statements.


I oppose

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This will drive suicide rates of teens up, and it will create an unsafe space for trans students at school. Some people don’t have a good home life, or their parents are transphobic. School is a place they can be themselves without any question. By passing this, it states that you only care about cis youth. That trans people don’t matter.


It is a grave mistake to pass this.

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It is a grave mistake to pass this.


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I oppose this in the strongest possible manner. This does not protect children, it actively harms them.


I Strongly Support Youngkin’s Policy

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This will NOT bring harm to trans kids. This is a wonderful policy decision. Trans students are already protected. Stop imposing the lifestyle you've affirmed your trans child to live in on others. By doing this, you are leaving all other male and female students out. Trans kids are not the only people in our nation's schools. This is NOT a policy of hate. It is real love because those of us made in God's image love others enough to tell them the truth. All people trying to force this on others are the REAL BULLIES and the majority have "Love is Love," "Love Lives Here," and Love Trumps Hate," signs and bumper stickers all over their homes and cars.  By doing this you are telling all others who choose to live as a male or female to keep away. Please stop trying to stamp out the image of God from His creation of male and female. Thank you.


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I oppose this in the strongest possible manor.


I fully oppose this.


I am completely opposed.


It is a grave mistake to pass this.


Transgender rights means life

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Transgender students are at higher risk for suicide and depression.   Honoring their rights saves lives and is the only humane decision.  Choose to support human rights.


This will bring harm to trans kids.

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This will bring harm to trans kids.


Strongly oppose

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I strongly oppose, this will very obviously bring harm to trans kids


I oppose this policy

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<p>This will bring harm to trans kids and only make our public schools an even more unsafe place for trans and non binary students. Please let kids be themselves without being shamed by everyone around them. </p>


I strongly oppose this

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<p>This policy will do much more damage than good. We need to move forward with our policies and thinking, not backwards. </p>


Do not do this.


This is a terrible policy decision.

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This is a terrible policy decision.


getting rid of guidelines to protect the rights and health of transgender students

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Please do not make these changes.  The health and well-being of transgender students is at stake.  Cis-gendered students are so minimally impacted by these accommodations and one could even argue that the impact was a positive broadening of their consciousness and conscience to the fact that we are not all alike and we all deserve to be cared for.   For the transgendered students, your taking away of their recognition is life threatening.


STRONGLY SUPPORT


I strongly oppose this

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<p>As a teacher I feel strongly that forcing us to out students to their parents will result in a higher suicide rate and depression among our trans and LGBTQ+ students. I support parent right to know about their child however if a child is uncomfortable with telling their parents I do not believe it is my job to do so. Protecting my students is my number one priority. </p>


Strongly oppose.


I Strongly Oppose.

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<p>I believe this will not take proper care of, or give respect to the youth who need protection. </p>


I am strongly opposed.


Commonsense model program

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This program is just what it says "Commonsense".  I totally agree with everything that is mentioned in the brief I read.


Protect Trans Students

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<p>I strongly oppose the new regulations regarding the treatment of transgender and gender expansive students in Virginia schools. Forcing educators to misgender, dead name, and out trans students is not only cruel, it is dangerous to the mental health and emotional well-being of these students. If a student doesn't feel safe coming out to their parent, we must trust that they have a good reason for feeling that way. To out them is risking putting them in danger of abuse, homelessness, or worse. We must treat all students, regardless of gender identity, with the dignity and respect due to them as human beings. These new regulations do not do that. </p>


I oppose this fully.


It is a grave mistake to pass this.


Thank you!

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Thank you Gov Youngkin for fulfilling your campaign promises and standing up for the silent majority who elected you. Keep up the great work— you are a beacon of hope! May God Bless you, your family and everyone in your administration.


This is a terrible policy decision.


I'm a parent of two kids in school

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I strongly oppose because I think the lives of transgender persons are valuable, even when they are kids.

You harm the efforts of the parents that wish to support their trans child, and embolden abusive parents that will harm or abandon their child.

You should not call yourself "pro-life" if you support policies like this one, since you are killing kids out of fear of what is different from you.


Oppose

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Support trans kids and their rights


Strongly Support


I fully oppose this.


Protect trans and nonbinary kids

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Youngkin's plan will put children who are already vulnerable at risk. Many LGBTQ+ do not have supportive family. They need a safe place at their schools. They need allies like their teachers. Do not give anyone permission to bully a child.


Strongly support new K-12 policy


Fully Support Parental rights

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These are OUR children not yours. Utter absurdity that schools still believe it's appropriate to get formal parental permission for their student to go on a field trip but it's not okay for them to have parental permission to be acknowledged as LGBTQ behind their parents' backs. Thank you Governor Youngkin for putting FAMILIES first and acknowledging parental rights.


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I oppose this in the strongest possible manor.


It is a grave mistake to pass this.

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It is a grave mistake to pass this.


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This law is cruel that is true and I've already posted a comment about that. But whoever it is that also opposes law that clearly has some bot posting the same six comments over and over again, you're not helping. There are a number of comments from actual Virginians talking about how this will harm actual Virginians and you are watering them down and making them not be heard. The right wing psychopaths implementing this will use your bot as an excuse to disregard the many many comments from people concerned about the harm this will do. Your heart is in the right place but that is not the way to do it, if you truly oppose this law and want Virginians to be heard saying so, please stop.

P.S. Also you spelled "manner" as "manor" and it's been bothering the crap out of me.


FULLY OPPOSE

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<p>FULLY 100% ABSOLUTELY OPPOSE </p>


Strongly oppose.


This will bring harm to trans kids.

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This will bring harm to trans kids.


Strongly oppose

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Do not let Virginia's children down by demanding that they be like Gov. Youngkin.  Open hearts will lead to open minds.


Strongly oppose


I am strongly opposed.


Strongly oppose this!

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Please treat all of our children with respect, decency and with concern for their well being.


Oppose

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<p>This is stupid I am completely opposed </p>


It is a grave mistake to pass this.