Incompetent governor whines about FOX conspiracies as an excuse to harm children

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Is my state's governor doing anything about insane housing prices and zoning? Is he doing anything to protect poor Virginians hit by global inflation? What about the predictable spike in crime that comes from so many more people becoming homeless? No? He didn't even plan for that?

What has he been doing? Fighting nonexistent CRT in Virginia and now he's intentionally hurting kids already having a rough time. For no reason, this isn't even a "muh tax dollars can't do that cuz muh religion" situation. Just the party of small government getting in the way of private medical decisions.

You're lucky your voters will believe anything as long as it's blamed on the Evil Other Side.


Equal rights not special rights

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<p>Everything should be equal across the board board not special for one group or another. This will never stop, school is not the place to sexual identity affirmed. These kids should be there to learn. </p>


I oppose this proposal

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this is an extremely harmful policy that ultimately leads to several negative outcomes for those trans kids being targeted. Depression, isolation, suicide, etc will result! Being trans is beautiful and courageous and that community does NOT need anymore oppression. Let’s our kids express themselves fully! Instead of encouraging the “us and them” mentality. VOTE AGAINST THIS PROPOSAL!!!


I stand with transgender youth

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Transgender youth have the right to exist and be their true selves in schools without the risk of being outed to their parents. Trans children may not be SAFE to tell their parents about their gender identity due to fear of retaliation, and they should be able to trust their educators to respect their right to privacy and autonomy.


I strongly oppose this bill


why can cis kids have preferred names but trans kids can’t?

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<p>youngkin you’re so silly! </p>


I strongly oppose

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<p>Trans rights are human rights. Stop being cruel. </p>


Minority student academic achievement representative

Policies and ideas like these are terrorizing our community!Its the highest form of bullying when we should be affirming and showing compassion- especially our leaders!  Shame on you !

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Policies and ideas like these are terrorizing our community!
Its the highest form of bullying when we should be affirming and showing compassion- especially our leaders!  Shame on you !


This will kill trans kids

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Trans kids have the highest suicide rate among their peers and forcing them to come out in an unsupportive home will only make the suicide rate rise.

The party of "small government" is really the party of big government lately.


GOP hate on full display

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Bigotry has no place in law


VA teacher & parent strongly opposed

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As a mother, educator, and Virginia resident, I strongly condemn this policy that forces teachers and staff to choose between putting students' lives in danger and treating them with respect.


Strongly support Youngkins proposed changes!!

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<p>Strongly Support Youngkins Proposed Policy Changes!  </p>


Oppose,protect Lgbtqia rights

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This is a bigoted policy .Gov.Glenn Youngkins policy discriminates against our lgbtqia children. It doesn't follow science.our children deserve to be treated respectfully and their gender identity recognized. Im appalled. America is supposed to be a country of human rights ,yet policies like this give way to stripping rights . Oh  and  the part of the policy that schools are require to tell parents abouts lgbtqia children puts children in real danger if they have bigoted  Parents.  Our country is going backwards stripping away people's human rights and somehow conforming to make hatred okay. This will make our lgbtqia children's lives hell.I will fight at the ballot box in every election to turn Va. Blue again and make sure we keep the house, senate,and presidency. To keep these bigoted policies from ruining peoples lives!!!!!????????


Absolutely SUPPORT

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<p>The proposed bill simply supports the respectful treatment of all people without forcing everyone to believe the same way. </p>


Opposed


'Model' Transgender Policy for schools

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<p>The only thing this policy models is poor medical care.  School has a protean impact on child health.  Gender identification is a matter for the children involved, their parents and their health care providers.  This policy is nothing more than a cynical, dishonest intrusion into the life of the child, benefitting only those pursuing a particular political agenda.  </p>


Strongly Oppose

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I strongly oppose this suggested policy. These kids are vulnerable enough as it is and need not be bullied by the government.


do NOT let our rights as trans students be violated!

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<p>i was a trans student in the virginia public school system. i have many friends who are & were as well. even though i’ve since graduated, i feel passionately about upholding future & currents trans students’ right to be treated with dignity & respect. calling someone by their correct name & gender identity is the most basic effort of suicide prevention. treat others how you would like to be treated. </p>


Trans people are real!! Do we have to say this?

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Quit using kids as political tools. I oppose this bill!


Opposed to transgender policy

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<p>I am very opposed to the proposed policy on treatment of transgender youth. It is based on ignorance and irrational fears, rather than concern for students’ rights and well-being. Have you known any trans youth? I have, and when treated with respect and love, they are wonderful kids, and can mature into responsible adults. They do not threaten the rights or safety of straight students, but help make them more aware of the diversity of humanity. Please consider that this policy would be harmful to all students. </p>


Protect trans kids

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I strongly oppose these policies. They will actively harm children and help no one. Trans people are people and they deserve respect, privacy, and safety.


The Policy Does Not Go Far Enough

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Children with gender dysphoria deserve treatment, not accommodation. The policy does not address the treatment options children and parents should be directed to by school divisions when this psychological disease appears.  Furthermore, the policy does not address the use of locker rooms by "transgender" students nor whether they will be accommodated on overnight school field trips with students of their biological sex or identified sex. Finally, the policy does not address the incorporation of gender dysphoric students on school sports teams.

The Policy should be re-written to include these missing elements.


Trans policy

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<p>It is unfortunate that this policy is garnering so much negative attention. We have approximately 4000 trans students out of 1.2 million in the state of Virginia. Yet today there are going to be 100 student walkouts and people are roiled about it to such an extent that it takes away from any kind of concentration on academics. I think the governor has got to understand that the activists prefer to paint parents as bullies and really want them out of the loop when it comes to all decisions regarding their children. This is sad but it is a sign of the times. I think the sticking point is the use of pronouns rather than bathrooms. I can definitely understand a student who is thinking about transitioning would want to confide with a trusted counselor rather than their parents but should the school be complicit  in keeping that information from the parents? I don’t think so. Eventually they will have to find out. </p>


Support parents rights

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<p>The school is overstepping the rights in this issue. All people need to be treated kindly but the school needs to remember who the parents are. </p>


Strongly oppose

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Governor Youngkin is participating in a moral panic that undermines Virginia citizens' privacy, their families, and their education. I strongly oppose Governor Youngkin's dismissal of the model guidelines set forth by the VDOE, and as an educator in Virginia know that it will be harmful to all students, all parents, and all educators.

All people in this country deserve to live their lives free of harassment and without needless intervention from the government. Trans students infringe on no one's freedom, religion, or well-being. To suggest that the model policies adopted by the VDOE somehow infringed on the constitutional rights of others is a baseless, uninformed lie.

If Virginia citizens are genuinely invested in their right to privacy, they should oppose Governor Youngkin's efforts.


Stop going backwards

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<p>Stop going backwards. </p>


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Trans kids are awesome and deserve the same respect we all want


Strongly opposes

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How dare you put our  students and teachers in such a position.


Thank you

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<p>Thank you for bringing some sanity back to our schools. </p>


Oppose

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This is a terrible policy and I will vote against any politician that supports it.  I am from Spotsylvania County, so I have had enough recent experience with bad educational decisions to recognize another bad one.


Opposed

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My trans child has thrived in Virginia public schools because he is not treated any differently than any other child. Please do not remove this. My trans child has a healthy perception of themselves and who he is. He is not the subject of bullying. I am confident this is because he has a safe place at home and at school.

Trans kids will not go away with this legislation. They have always existed and will continue to. This legislation will cause more trans children to feel as if they don’t belong. As of they are different in a dangerous way. We have seen negative language about a population lead to bullying and ostracizing throughout history. Further, the suicide rates for trans children are significantly higher than for the typical youth population. The job of schools and the state is to protect the health and well being of all students. This legislation does not help anyone and is massively detrimental to many.


Transgender Students Policy

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Strongly opposed - stop using vulnerable children for political purposes!


Bigotry has no place in law

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STRONGLY OPPOSE - This will harm children


Strongly oppose this dangerous proposal

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<p>This proposal will increase suicide in children and teenagers. As a child psychologist I am horrified at this legislation that goes directly against research and recommendations from both psychologists and pediatricians. We are already in a huge mental health crisis in this state with limited resources, and this will only worsen it. </p>


Trans are less than 1/2% of population - Strongly Support Your Views


Strongly Support

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This is just common sense. You can respect everybody and allow them to be themselves without denying biological facts, ruining girls sports, and hiding from parents.


School legislation affecting LGBTQ kids

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Virginia public schools should be safe and nurturing for ALL children.  No child in a Virginia public school should suffer from any race- or gender-based discrimination.

This new policy helps no one and hurts many.


Support


Oppose

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This is not okay. Please do not pass this policy. Besides all of the awful implications and negative effects it will have, it will also further divide our state.

Education should not be political. Someone’s identity should also not be political, let alone anyone else’s business.

Please, please do not pass this.


How is this supposed to be small government??

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GOP hate on full display


Student safety is at risk! I oppose this law!

A concerned citizen, mother, and teacher

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<p>Keeping ALL students safe is the number priority of any public school system. Forcing students to out themselves will lead to students taking their own lives because they are not supported at home. Stop taking the state backwards. These policies are not protecting parents rights if they are harming the rights of students. If even one child harms themself because of this archaic policy you, Governor Youngkin, will have their blood on your hands. You and your cronies will be at fault! I hope getting votes was worth the pain you will cause! </p>


Strongly opposed!

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<p>Strongly opposed. </p>


Pedophiles trolling

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What's up with the pedophile groomer trolls on this site for real citizens? I support keeping pervert grooming out of OUR schools.


Parent strongly opposes

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I am a mental health practitioner and parent to 2 children.  I strongly opposed these changes to the model policies. You are trying to legislate your religion into our schools. This is indoctrination and violates my rights. I have a teen daughter and she is in no danger from trans girls coming into her bathroom at school. My friends genderfluid child has issues everytime he uses the restroom for his "biological gender" which is how he identifies as well. However because he dresses more feminine and has long hair with bows, her teenage son often needs to have adults with him to protect him when he goes into public because adults will yell and scream at him about going into that bathroom. I have had to teach my children how to advocate because of how adults act toward this teenager who identifies as the gender he was born but presents more fluid because adults are dangerous to him. And that's with him doing what you want to have happen that he is in danger.

We are losing too many trans kids to suicide and to running away. Please just let kids be who they are. Allow them to know when they are ready to talk to their parents.  This is their journey, not the parents.


Bigotry has no place in law


Transgender students


Loving your child is NOT transphobic!

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Nobody loves my child more than I do.  Schools must NOT interfere with existing private mental healthcare by socially transitioning kids with emotional issues!


Strongly Oppose

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I strongly oppose this policy.


Just Be Kind

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This is a hateful policy that will hurt kids and doesn’t protect those you claim it does. Just love kids and be kind. I am a Virginia teacher and see every day how this sort of hateful messaging is harming kids. I wish you could see that. Please rethink this!


Great policy

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So glad Gov. Younkin has listened to the majority of Virginians who want a return  common sense to schools. The pedophiles grooming children to be permanently physically damaged, often leading to long term mental health problems to include high rates of suicide, should have no say in public policy for Virginia's children.


I oppose the new proposed policy

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I entirely oppose the new proposed policy.  It is not based in science or reality.  It feels rather like a political stunt that is designed to 'fire up the base'.


Quit using kids as political tools. I oppose this bill!


Strongly Opposed

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<p>This misguided policy is designed primarily to garner national attention for Glenn Youngkin’s presidential aspirations. But one man’s ambitions are no good reason to harm vulnerable children and teens. Parents, the best way to be involved in your children’s education is by being involved in your children’s lives - pay attention to them, invite conversations with them, build a relationship of trust. You can also join the PTA, stay in contact with teachers, volunteer in order to be a presence in your child’s school. The changes to these model policies will not improve your ability to parent — but it will endanger kids who are in abusive and dangerous households. </p>


Thank you

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<p>I want to thank you for bringing back common sense to our schools. These people saying these changes will kill children I guess were born two days ago. The history of our educational system proves different. Suicide rates began when social justice instead of an education started to show its face some 20 years ago. Kids need to be kids,  allowed to have an imagination without some person saying that it must mean that that kid wants to be other than just a kid.  Any person who is part of our educational system has failed to study the brain and the growth age and it’s affects on children and must be removed. It should be mandatory that every educator at all levels retake or get certification in this area of biology/psychology/neuroscience etc. Thank you for giving these kids life and concentrating on education. Parents need to be the ones who speak for their children, speak to their children and be the voice and provider of what their children need. The education system took the reporting of possible abuses a child may be going through to a level never meant to be imposed on our education system. Protecting is one thing- assume the role of a parent is another. As a parent thank you. And these changes must go further, even imposing legal consequences against any educator who is violating a parents rights. They need to face legal consequences especially if it can be proven that that educator in some way caused the self inflicted death of a child. No more hiding behind the veil of the government. Perhaps they will really think twice before pushing a negative agenda. Thank you thank you thank you </p>


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Governor Youngkin, I believe every individual deserves the same respect. Leave education and the schools to the "Experts" don't micromanage.


Opposed to Youngkin's policy

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His proposals do nothing to protect LBGTQ or transgendered children. Many times school personnel serve as a refuge from parents who just plain refuse to accept a child's sexual orientation. This lack of acceptance alienates this student segment and can lead to increased depression and even suicide. Youngkin's proposals demonize this vulnerable segment of our student population. He is using "parental rights" as a political tool to fuel his own political ambitions.


Please reconsider pushing this bill

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Oppose! This bill is insanity and will harm trans youth!


Support


This is dangerous and shameful

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You are endangering an already persecuted minority of people with your right-wing crusade to ostracize and harm trans youth.  You should be ashamed; making youth functional property of adults and stripping them of a potential safe place to be who they really are.  All because you want to score points with the right-wing voters and get their support for your 2024 Presidential run.

If you were actually concerned for students, you would be supporting them, instead you’re endangering them and singling them out for further harm.

Your actions bring shame to our great Commonwealth, and your supporters are encouraging you to endanger kids.


As a Libertarian I STRONGLY oppose this government OVERREACH

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How is this supposed to be small government??


Comment

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Thanks 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  three students 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.
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 hand.

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


Proposed Change in Transgender Policy

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<p>Do NOT change Virginia’s policy. </p>


I STRONGLY oppose!

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Trans rights are human rights. Trans kids have the right to be safe in schools and treated with respect by adults. Teachers, school counselors and school administrations do not have the right to out trans students to anyone, including their parents!

I am a parent of a trans child who attends Fairfax County Public School and I will continue to fight for their rights!


Support Governor Youngkin

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It is refreshing to have a Governor who is working for ALL Virginians!

Your proposal is very practical. People can choose how to live their lives without it affecting everyone else.. Every individual has their rights including the silent majority. Maybe it is just our school district but when did it become acceptable that the whole classroom is removed because one child who has been main streamed has violent behavior on a weekly basis.  Imagine being an educator having to deal with this for a whole school year!!   All everyone wants is for our children to get a quality education and educators to be able to teach without having to worry about all the other distractions of politics, behavior or using the correct pronoun. Where are the rights for the other majority of students?  Why should they have their education disrupted because a few others have more rights? Be who you want but don’t expect everyone else to change who they are.


i strongly oppose this transphobic policy

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Banning the ability of trans, nonbinary, and gender-fluid students to use their correct names and pronouns in school is transphobic and discriminatory. There’s only so much say parents should have in what happens at school, they should be able to make sure their kids are in a safe learning environment. No one knows you better than yourself, so how come kids aren’t allowed to tell people what their own identity is. These policies could forcibly out kids to their parents which could be very unsafe and detrimental to the student’s life. Do not be enforce these guidelines!


This happened to my kid.

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I absolutely support parents rights. It’s easy to be supportive of all this until it happens to your family.  There must be room for nuance.

My kid socially transitioned herself at school.  I found out by way of a drama teacher bopping up to me stating “oh, your (male name) mom!”  I love my child and would never kick her out of the home.  I also know that my kid has pre-existing mental health issues- as do a number of trans-identified youth.  I also know her mental health has gotten worse since this school facilitated social transition.  Did you know also that gender non-conformity is common in adolescent development of homosexual people?  Social transition is a powerful psycho-social intervention.  Well-meaning teachers being asked to do this could be conducting conversion therapy on a confused gay kid.

Let me ask: for parents who are of the abusive sort, and the school covered this up on behalf of my kid and I found out- wouldn’t this put them at risk?


Trans rights matter

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Trans people are real!! Do we have to say this?


Trans rights should be protected

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It’s duplicitous to present this as a protection of freedoms when it’s explicitly Dewey goes to take rights and freedoms away from a group that is already so vulnerable. I vehemently oppose this bill and any that will try to hide discrimination in language about “religious freedoms”.


Strongly support


New Transgender Student Policy

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I thoroughly disagree with your hate based policy towards trans students.


Opposed

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This bill will hurt trans students


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Schools can be safe havens for children who are struggling with their identity, and you are trying to take that away from vulnerable children.  If you believe in limited government, why are implementing policies that take away the schools' decision making process?  This is cruelty implemented by policy.


Leave trans kids alone

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Oppose Gov Youngkins Transgender and Anti-CRT Policies


Oppose

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<p>This is going to endanger an already vulnerable group of CHILDREN. Please keep your own personal prejudices out of Virginia schools. </p>


Strongly oppose

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I don’t understand how trans peoples lives effect the governor so much that he feels he needs to create policies that make their lives worse. Leave them alone as these policies will not help anyone, it will just make trans peoples lives harder.


trans: Another mean-spirited self-serving MAGA move by this candidate for president 'governor'

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Serving the people of Virginia doesn't serve Youngkin's fancy, we get it. But being mean to kids? Punching down is what that is called.


Support


Trans rights in schools

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<p>Oppose. Shame on you. Stop worrying in what’s in peoples pants and mind your own business. </p>


Strongly oppose

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Trans rights are human rights and this proposal will harm so many children.


Why dont you pass laws that ACTUALLY HELP PEOPLE

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Persecuting Trans Kids is a shameful political stuntTrans rights!!


Do you want ants? This is how you get ants!

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Of all the policies you could propose to improve the people of Virginia, you choose to implement one that will harm not only a minor population of students, but also risk losing even more teachers due to nonsensical and discriminatory policies. Taxpayer money and time should be devoted to more practical issues such as teacher retention and uniting the commonwealth, rather than trying to divide it further.

You, sir, are a lunatic.


Unfair to kids with unsupportive parents. LGBTQ+ rights are human rights.

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<p>Personal identity causes no harm on another, but denying someone's identity causes harm on said person. There is no reason that an individual cannot be who they feel they are. Should a student not have a parent that is supportive of them, then both the school and the parents (both entities that should be helping to develop this young person into the best version of themselves), are denying their person, and are only working to stuff them into a box set by others. If a student does not feel comfortable on a basic needs level, then they are automatically being sabotaged to not be as successful in school. I could empathize about worries for bathrooms, but at that rate, work to develop alternative options to address that worry directly (offering single person bathrooms) instead of removing people's identity rights. Again, someone going by an alternative pronoun causes ABSOLOUTELY no harm on another person, but denying someone to choose to do that, to be who they are, causes harm on them. </p>


Guiding Principles

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<p>Parents matter. Families matter. Schools must serve the needs of ALL students. Parents have a right to make decisions in raising their children, not the schools & not the government. </p>


Opposed - pure fascist bullying

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I want my kids respected and loved and to know they are safe. No matter what they identify as. End the fascist bullying.


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Trans kids are awesome and deserve the same respect we all want


Support- all you have to do is show proof.

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No one is taking anything away. You simply have to show prof of the name change.


Oppose!

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I oppose this! Bigotry has no place in this country and no place in the law!


I strongly support this

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I strongly support this guidence.  Parents should be part of all discussions regarding their child. Children should not be the final decision with no input from their parents.  A small minority of disruptive people shouldn't have total sway over policy that affects all students.

Bullying should not be allowed. Invented classifications of students shouldn't get different protections because they think they are more special or extra persecuted.


Strongly oppose

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<p>Trans rights are human rights and this proposal will harm so many children. </p>


Trans Liberation now

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Why dont you pass laws that ACTUALLY HELP PEOPLE


I Support Governor Youngkin

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There are 2 and only 2 sexes. You are born with either a Y or X chromosome and school age children need to be recognized and spoken to and in the locker room of their birth sex.  Parents should be supported and in charge of all aspects involving their children, and school age children are not grown up enough to change their bodies.  I support what Governor Youngkin is trying to do.


Support youngkin


Trans Student Policy

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<p>This proposed law is an abhorrent violation the human rights of trans students. The fact that such a policy would be drafted shows you have no regard for the rights and safety of your constituents. Giving parents a voice and say in this matter rather than students will be detrimental to the mental health and safety of trans children all over the county. Many children don’t have supportive families and allowing those families day over their children could be potentially dangerous for those trans children. If you claim to be a voice for your constituents, you would care about their mental health and safety and not pass this law. </p>


I strongly disagree with this policy. Trans rights ARE human rights and we will not be silenced.

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I strongly oppose this bill


Support trans kids in schools

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This policy is immoral. It takes every opportunity to single out trans kids and stick a nose into the parenting at home. Gov. Youngkin wants trans kids to feel unwelcome and this policy encourages bullying behavior so they will feel ostracized. Suicides will result not that he cares. If you don’t parent the way he approves he will hurt your child to gain political points in his fruitless hope of gaining national office. Anyone who hurts kids for their own gain is not worth listening to. Reject these rules


Strongly support


I oppose this policy, it hurts students.

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I graduated from T.C. Williams high School in Alexandria in 2003. We had at least two transgender students at T.C. when I was there. You would not have known that they were transgender because they presented as themselves; no one tried to put them in a box or said that they had to behave dress or act a certain way. Because teachers normalized and modeled respectful behavior towards these students they suffered very little clap back from the general student population. If this ruling our governor has goes into effect it makes life for these transgender students much harder. School is all about modeling behavior that we want children to have, so they grow up into adults that help make a successful, healthy society. When we tear people down and we allow it to happen in schools we say that this kind of behavior is acceptable, whether it be racism, sexism, or gender bias.

This policy also put some kids at risk of abuse. If a child is trying to search out their gender identity and thinks they may be trans, it punishes them for just the idea of exploring and talking about it. Many parents would physically harm their children if they think their children are trans; then there is also the emotional abuse which doesn't leave any physical marks, but does lead to some very messed up adults.


Trans People Belong

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These bills will only result in more suicide; children losing peers, parents losing children, teachers losing children. Why can’t we just let these kids be themselves? It harms no one and prevents tragedy.


This bill will KILL trans kids.

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You can’t claim you’re helping kids when your legislation is going to drive more kids to suicide.

- A trans adult who contemplated suicide because their family isn’t supportive and they couldn’t come out at school because of school policy.


Persecuting Trans Kids is a shameful political stuntTrans rights!!


Trans policy

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I'm in favor of parents having proper influence over their own children and I find this movement highly deviant


Support


Revised Model Transgender Policies

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Do not amend the Model Transgender policies adopted  March, 2021.

The current policies protect our children and allow all children to attend school safely.


Proposal 2022

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Thank you Governor Younkin.


Support most of this legislaton

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This legislation protects ALL children. I do not believe any child should be made to feel uncomfortable because of someone else's beliefs. I do feel single bathrooms placed throughout a school is not a bad idea.


Bigotry has no place in law


Opposed

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We are the parents not the school board. There are too many plans and ideas for the few, forgetting about the majority. I STRONGLY oppose teaching elementary students about this issue!  If parents want to talk to their children, it’s up to them. Plus, on the teacher side you are just putting more on their shoulders. Teachers are becoming social workers and their job of teaching is falling by the wayside. So, I am strongly opposed about this issue.


I oppose - this government is an embarrassment

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<p>Find real work to do, other than take away much needed protections from those that really need it </p>


Oppose Gov Youngkins Transgender and Anti-CRT Policies

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Persecuting Trans Kids is a shameful political stuntTrans rights!!


Oppose


Do Not Change Virginia’s Policy

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Virginia’s Department of Education policies toward transgender youth were developed through careful consideration of serving the needs of all children. In no way were those policies contrary to the interests of anyone. It is not young people who oppose these protections. Please do not allow the loudest citizens to force Virginia to go backwards. Stand up for the children who need you. Resist those regressive individuals who would take us back to a less enlightened time.


Trans students

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<p>Horrible policies. Stop the transphobia and have some compassion for these children. </p>


trans students deserve safety!

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Many trans students use school as an area of their life where they are protected and their emotional needs are met. They deserve to feel safe and comfortable in their educational environment, and this law will cost trans children their lives.


Bathroom rights

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<p>Thank you Governor Younkin. God created each and every one of us as an individual. It’s not up to us as to change that. Appreciate yourself,as God made you. </p>


Approve!

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Let's spend time teaching the core subjects and dispose of the leftist propaganda in our schools! I wholly support this bill!

-Aaron


Opposed


How is this supposed to be small government??

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I strongly oppose this bill


Oppose. Government overstep. Stay out of education.

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Oppose. Keep your extremist religious views out of our schools and out of our homes. If you can’t do that, you have no business working in government or education.


Targeting transgender children is cruel and harmful.

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Any policy that seeks to target transgender or non-gender conforming children by outing them to their families, before they are ready to do so themselves, that forbids school administrators, staff, and educators to use gender-affirming pronouns, and that forces students to use bathrooms that do not conform to their gender identities is a cruel and harmful policy, one that exhibits the governor's lack of conscience and compassion. The governor and his supporters are engaging in an invented campaign of moral panic, one that is aimed at some of the most vulnerable members of our society. This policy will place children in danger for no justifiable reason whatsoever, a terrible irony given the governor's avowed position on the sanctity of life and of protecting children. The proposed policy is beyond shameful -- it is a horrifying attempt to impose a theocratic vision of sexuality and gender identity, and any compassionate person should reject this policy and those who would seek to enforce it.


Please reconsider pushing this bill

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Oppose Gov Youngkins Transgender and Anti-CRT Policies


Thank You Governir Youngkin

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Thank you Governor Youngkin!


Trans rights matter

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You’re going to get kids killed doing this


RESPECT TRANS PEOPLE

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<p>Trans people should have the right to safety. I don't think a Cis person should be able to decide the </p>


Discrimination by law is still discrimination

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<p>I oppose the Governor's attempt to discriminate against LGBT and QUEER students by enacting this law. </p>


this is disgusting ; strongly opposed

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<p>this is disgusting, students have the right to safety in their identity </p>


I oppose this policy

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For some kids school is the only safe place for them to be themselves. Suicide rates dropped after same sex marriage was legalized and youth suicide rates have dropped overall, but LGBTQ students still have a higher rate of suicide compared to their peers. These youth will continue to exist no matter what you do about it, don't make their lives more difficult than they already are. Have empathy.


I strongly oppose this bill


I oppose this because it’s un-American

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LGBT kids suffer from depression at much higher rates than their straight peers. This increases their risk of suicide. Removing the protections that give them a safe and supportive environment at school will only make that worse, which will result in more dead children.

Governor Youngkin says he supports parents’ rights. But the parents of trans kids have rights, too. We have the right to expect a safe and uplifting attitude from the school system. The proposed rules would rob us of that right.

These rules are bigoted and un-American.


Strongly opposed

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This policy is just the latest example of the governor trying to score points with his MAGA base. It is not based on medical science or the most recent psychiatric/psychological guidelines. It is about hurting trans kids, period. Do not implement this policy.


This is not the purpose of Government, bottom line.

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LGBTQ kids are already marginalized. It is not your place to further marginalize them. They are hurting no one, they are within their rights, YOU have no right to dictate their lives. Whether you agree with their choices or not does not give the government the right to control them or the services accessible to them.
YOUR BELIEFS SHOULD NOT CONTROL SOMEONE ELSES LIFE.


STRONGLY OPPOSE!!! Government OVER-REACH!!!

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This is gross and invasive governmental over-reach. STRONGLY OPPOSE!!


Adolescent vulnerability Department of Education

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Comment

As a retired clinical psychologist and former high school teacher, I know only too well the general vulnerability of youth during this time in their lives. New questions and insights arise as bodies and minds are changing and youth grapple with what those changes mean for themselves, their families and their world. At such a time intergenerational conflict is common as youth begin to question their parents’ value systems and begin to develop their individual identities - holding on to some of what they have received while embarking on new journeys in self-discovery.

At such a time, youth need safe spaces for exploration and often seek to balance their parents’ perspectives with those of other trusted adults: teachers, coaches, counselors. The guidance suggested by the governor’s plan threatens to upset this precious and natural progression from child to adult by imposing state mandates that can remove the safety adolescents seek by confiding in trusted mentors as they explore their changing and developing personalities before talking more directly with their parents whom the may perceive as non-supportive. Keep in mind that this process, which is a normal part of adolescent development, can be deeply and dangerously complicated if a child comes from an abusive home. In such instances forcing school personnel to notify parents of every private thought or concern an adolescent may express could actually put that adolescent in danger.

Let’s continue trusting the professionals involved in educating and counseling our youth to rely on the ethical standards of their professions and know that when they learn of dangerous thoughts or behaviors of any of the youth in their care, they will act appropriately to keep youth safe and work with the youth where appropriate on a plan for how to bring their parents into these conversations.


Opposed - What about parental and children's rights?

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This directly opposes parents' rights, although it claims to support them. The parents of trans children have rights, too. As parents, they support and advocate for their children - that includes trans children. These children already face a lot of challenges and adversity. We don't need to make school an even less safe place for them. These kids have a right to be who they are. It isn't hurting anyone to support trans kids, but this legislation would severely harm trans kids. They are already struggling. Denying them the right to be who they are causes them more harm. We should be protecting these kids and helping them navigate what is a confusing and painful experience, not shaming and rejecting them.


Strongly oppose

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This is inhumane and a blatant human rights violation. It future victimizes gender non-confirming children. I strongly oppose.


Opposition

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this is HIGHLY unethical. i am deeply disappointed in our state government… aren’t we trying to PROTECT our children? not put them in danger?


Strongly Oppose

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<p>This policy will only harm our children and is discriminatory against LGBTQIA youths. We do not need a policy that will worsen the mental health crisis that already affects many of our children especially LGBTQIA youths, who are more at risk. This is not about parental rights. Do not pass this legislation. </p>


New School Policy Regarding Trans Kids

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<p>This new policy is a absolutely disgusting. Now allowing trans kids the right to bring comfortable with their identities? It makes me sick and I will never support this. </p>


In favor of this


I oppose this bill

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The bill targeting trans youth is despicable. With higher than average suicide rates, we would be giving ground to an increase in these rates, all for political reasons and pure ignorance. Trans youth ARE YOUTH, our future, and they must be protected as fiercely as the rest.


Trans Liberation now


Strongly oppose

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This order is a political act to curry favor with conservative parents, and a bigoted and harmful one for students. Teachers shouldn’t be prohibited from showing their students the respect of naming them as they wish to be named and identified. Education can’t happen if respect and trust are absent from the classroom.


Strongly oppose- all or none

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First off, since you want to use "God given names" as an excuse, let's remember Saul became Paul, amongst many other biblical name changes.

Secondly, it's all or nothing...if Nadia cant be Enzo without legalities then Robert cant be Rob or Robbie, Matthew doesnt get the legal option to be Matt, Richard cant be Dick, a girl named Lauren Brooke Smith, though shes gone by Brooke her whole life, must legally be called Lauren at school.

Equality is across the board, what you take away from one, you must take away from all. Or you could be human instead of a monster and what you allow for one you must allow for all. People are people are people, period.


Opposed

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tThis policy is hateful!


This bill is garbage

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Oppose! This bill is insanity and will harm trans youth!


Get Government out of Schools

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Teach, educate students to be succesful in life with knowledge and proper curricullim not social reform ideas imposed on them by others.

Keep this crap and government out of schools. Parents control their children not departments of education or school systems.


I support the family, parents, and children

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Schools, or any person there in, have no business standing between a child and their parents unless real harm can be demonstrated. Allowing the school to facilitate a child's gender transition without parental involvement is far outside any rights or responsibilities a school possesses. Parents should be involved in all decisions regarding their children unless real harm can be proven. Adults in schools should not be discussing sex with kids in elementary school and only with older kids in preapproved curricula. These ideas used to be as basic as eat healthy. Now, they are controversial. How did it come to this?


support the governor's policy

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We must support this policy. Parental rights are too important, and all of us, regardless of beliefs, will regret it in the end if it continues along such a dangerous path.


New policy

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<p>Thank you. Father of two daughters. Keep pushing back against radical activist promoting delusion in our schools. </p>


Don't let hate and ignorance win!

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<p>I oppose these changes to the education policy. These proposed changes are a violation of the establishment clause of the 1st amendment.  None of what the Governor is proposing is helpful to any student because if you diminish one, you diminish all.  </p>


Why dont you pass laws that ACTUALLY HELP PEOPLE

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How is this supposed to be small government??


Finally bringing common sense back

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Thank you for bringing common sense back to the community.


Strongly opposed/Not supportive of Parents or Children

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<p>This new guidance is showboating. It doesn’t support Virginia’s parents or Virginia’s children. It supports government overreach, and a politician more concerned about his future career, than his support of the Commonwealth. Definitely one more concerned with himself, than caring for children more at risk of suicide, self harm, and bullying. </p>


Oppose Transgender Teaching/Indoctrination

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I can think of no reason why a teacher or guidance counselor in elementary school would see the need to discuss gender or sex in general with a child.  At that age a child wants to be a trash collector because riding on the back of the truck looks fun, so why would we be talking about something as life changing as changing genders?  This is child abuse and I am certain that years from now many children who were groomed into changing their gender will regret and hold the school system accountable for their decision.  Why the rush?  Why now, is transgenderism all of the sudden a crucial issue?  This is an agenda being pushed by a minority and supported by the teachers unions.  In the end, parents are responsible for their children, not the school or government.  Hands off!


This is a terrible policy decision.

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This is a terrible policy decision.


I strongly oppose this bill


Strongly Opposed

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Strongly opposed to this initiative.


I strongly support this to protect my child and protect the rights of parents

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Please stand strong to protect children and the rights of parents.  I have been a prosecutor specializing in sensitive crimes and crimes against children for all of my career and firmly believe children need our protection and parents need to be involved and informed of every decision involving their child.  This is their constitutional right.


Strongly approve

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<p>I strongly approve this Guidance Document. Parents have the right to know and be involved with all things regarding their children. </p>


Gov Youngkin's Transgender Policy

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<p>Governor Youngkin's policy to ban acknowledgement and acceptance of transgender youth in our schools is misguided and will result in significant harm to families and children across Virginia. This policy appears to be driven more for the purpose of furthering Youngkin's  political aspirations among the far-right and/or to force his own personal beliefs onto others. </p>


You cant legislate trans people away

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STRONGLY OPPOSE - This will harm children


Reinstall Model 202.  Protect the rights of all students including trans kids.Parents  can join PTA

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Hello,

Please keep politicians out of school policies.  Parents can join PTA if they want to affect their child’s schools education.  Keep the old model designed to protect all students.  Support your teachers, not radical parents.

Best,

Robin  Muse


Strongly support


Trans kids

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Kids should feel safe and included at school.  All kids.


Trans Policy

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A return to sanity with gender policy.  Continue your path and thank you Governor Youngkin!


Parental Rights Respect

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I absolutely support the new school policy that requires schools to respect parental rights.  The fear that trans or gay children will be abused is laughable---there are many other laws and policies that require schools to report abuse.


Please reconsider pushing this bill


negative mental health impact of gender identity theory

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Gender identity theory is philosophically untenable, and is leading to a mental health crisis in our children. Imagine you're a child and one day you are told you might not actually be the gender you were born as. "How do I know if I am," you would think. "Maybe I'm not? Or I might be neither gender, or I could be both, or I could be something else entirely!?!? And most importantly, what ELSE isn't true that I always believed in? Is up really down? Is the sky really blue?" The bottom soon falls out of reality, and it's no wonder our adolescents (and even younger) are so widely diagnosed with depression and anxiety, and are self-harming and attempting suicide! Society is programming them to have existential crises!

It must stop! Please, Governor Youngkin, keep fighting the good fight!!!


Strongly oppose

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<p>This resolution will cause irreparable damage to so many children. </p>


Hypocrisy

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The policy protecting parental rights seems to apply after the womb but they deny parental rights while in the womb. It's all about controlling people, not respecting rights.


Support

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Thank you for having common sense


Leave trans kids alone

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Please reconsider pushing this bill


Strongly Opposed

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This change will put extra stress on the students and the teachers.

Please ask yourself how you would want your child or grandchild to be treated.


Strongly oppose

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Leave trans kids alone. Don't make their lives any harder than they already are.


Oppose


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Why dont you pass laws that ACTUALLY HELP PEOPLE


Transgender Policy

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I support Youngkin on this. Stop pretending letting opposite sex people use bathrooms they want to use is harmless to our kids.


Strongly oppose.

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If kids can’t be themselves at school where can they be ?


I support Youngkin


Totally for-Thank You!!!


Oppose this awful proposition.

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As an educational assistant and an older sister, I am not one to stand idly by when the well-being of children is threatened. If this passes, this will only end in more bullying for trans youth which can lead to higher suicide rates. How these children identify themselves should be between themselves and should not be questioned. Leave these poor babies alone.


Trans bill

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<p>I oppose this bill. Trans kids need a safe space. </p>


VERY STRONGLY OPPOSE! This will HARM so many kids!

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In a perfect world, all parents love and support their children but sadly in this imperfect world, this is not the case. These proposed changes will do unspeakable harm to trans youth whose parents may harm them or put them out on the street just for being themselves. I STRONGLY oppose.


Trans people are real!! Do we have to say this?

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I strongly oppose this bill


Strongly oppose

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By enacting this policy, so many children will get killed or put in unsafe situations. Think of the children, and oppose this policy.


Fails to acknowledge that schools are often a safe harbor for children suffering from abuse

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This is a clear political pawn bill and fails to acknowledge that many LGBTQ kids suffer a lot of abuse at the hands of their parents/caregivers. This bill is an overstep of government and is setting up a future of American children to be raised in a fascist state. Why don’t you work on creating bills that will create positive and meaningful changes instead of wasting time trying to score political points at the expense of our children and our tax payers dollars.


Thank you

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<p>Thank you for correcting this insanity.  Gender is not fluid and pretending it is is ludicrous.  </p>


Leave trans kids alone

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Trans kids are awesome and deserve the same respect we all want


OPPOSE

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<p>Words cannot express what a harmful and degrading policy is being recommended. Just the thought that a child’s private counseling would be shared with others (even in a parental  capacity)  is unfathomable. My heart goes out to the children of our commonwealth and what is being planned and carried out with our current governor’s administration.  The voices of our children are being silenced, just as the choices of the women of this nation have been removed. Governor Youngkin and his board should be ashamed. I know I certainly am ashamed to be in s commonwealth that could ever support these measures. </p>


Strongly oppose this policy

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All people have rights.  Transgender people have the same rights.


Strongly oppose

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<p>Strongly oppose Youngkin's model policy.  </p>


Strongly Oppose

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<p>I strongly oppose these proposed changes.  As a mental health professional, and a parent, I can clearly see the damage these changes would cause.  This isn’t about “protecting our children” and will, in fact, lead to children dying.  Please take this opportunity to do the right thing.  Do your research, and rescind these proposed changes.  </p>


I strongly oppose this bill


The left has lost their minds

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<p>This doesn’t change anything, it just makes people accountable for their beliefs. Not much different than providing papers during Covid. If you are, you are, just show proof. </p>


Oppose

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<p>I strongly disagree with Governor Youngkin. Our children are not political pawns. Trans rights are human rights. Protect our children by allowing them to be who they are. The measures proposed by the Governor will lead to mental health issues including suicide and youth homelessness as children who are outed by the schools fear being thrown out of their homes. How is this helping our children? </p>


Oppose

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<p>This guidance is damaging to the mental health of LGBTQ+ students, who are already at a higher risk of isolation and suicide. This makes them less safe and is downright dehumanizing. </p>


Good Job Youngkin!

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This has needed to happen for a long, long time.  Great to see someone still has some sense left.  Keep up the good work!


How is this supposed to be small government??

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You’re going to get kids killed doing this


Youngkin is a moron

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The subject title says it all


STRONGLY OPPOSED - let's try and save some lives

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<p>Trans kids face enough harassment in their lives and it is our duty as a society to protect them as much as we protect all of our children. The government is supposed to make laws to protect the people and doing this will actively harm children. </p>


150% FOR Power to the parents

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1000% For power back to the parents


This bill will lead to a higher suicide rate among young people

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<p>this bill isnt about protecting youth. The care provided for trans kids does not permanently change anything about their bodies. All the steps are reversible,  should the child decide they want to detransition. Requiring the name on records be used in schools impacts more than just trans kids. It will have unintended negative impact on kids from different cultures, even your standard issue nickname will be a problem. This is government overreach, plain and simple. Parents are not forcing their kids into these decisions and it is not abuse in any way shape or form. Consult with mental health professionals to confirm this point. Kids are not blank slates that parents write a new person on. They have their own needs, desires, personalities. All this will do is delay the inevitable and cause harm in the meantime. </p>
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Let kids be kids

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This bill targets trans students. It is not right nor fair. LEAVE KIDS ALONE


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Oppose Gov Youngkins Transgender and Anti-CRT Policies


Oppose this vile assault on freedom

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This is just sick. This policy is designed most cruelly to allow persecution of kids who are already at risk. If Republicans had any shame left they would be appaled. Too bad the party of Lincoln has become the party of right wing Christian fanaticism. This policy model is a prime example of the ways evangelical hate is being forced on Americans. Protect at risk LBGTQ kids! The first one who is killed by an extremist parent or commits suicide after being outed by their school will be on your hands. Youngkin, go  yourself and stop ing over children.


Strongly oppose

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Please prioritize the well-being of children over personal bigotry.  All children need love and support, especially from those who are supposed to teach and guide them.  It is not only wrong but also extremely dangerous and detrimental to a child’s mental health and livelihood to not be accepted and to be misgendered and mistreated.  Please protect and support trans youth.


Do not support this

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Against this policy. Harmful to all.


Accountability matters- support Youngkin

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Good job. Make everyone more accountable. Can we get back to focusing on the core subjects now?


You’re going to get kids killed doing this

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STRONGLY OPPOSE - This will harm children


Strongly Oppose

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I oppose this guidance for two reasons.  First, the Governor seeks to restrict the rights of Virginias which have been specifically protected by the Virginia State Legislature and in federal courts.  He is not a monarch and does not have the power to do this.  This is nothing but a stunt and likely a part of his main activity - running for future political office.

Second, I oppose this because of the harm it will do to Virginia children and teenagers.  The removal or restriction of individual rights is an undisputed harm and this is what the Governor seeks.  Those districts which follow along in this attempt will create painful situations for their students.  It is widely recognized that bullying and abuse of transgender children can lead to depression, anxiety, and suicidal feelings.  And far from protecting any imagined rights of parents to change the personal identity of their teenage children this guidance is silent on parental disagreements.  Does the Governor choose the option of fathers by default?  Mothers?  Must a court sort out what name the child may use while all other kids use nicknames without remark?  One might assume that the Governor would wish schools to always defer to the parent who rejects the child’s own wishes in this matter.

In short, this is a political stunt designed to further Glenn Youngkin’s personal aspirations which will result in harm to Virginia teenagers and expensive and retracted legal fights which the state will lose.


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I stand with the transgender youth community and strongly oppose these hateful and discriminatory model policies


STRONGLY OPPOSE. These are CHILDREN and this will subject them to bullying and harm!!

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It’s not humane to forcefully out a transgender child. Just because you “don’t believe” in trans kids, that doesn’t make this okay. You’re subjecting thousands of children to bullying and harm that could cause irreversible damage — way more damage than the damage you assume happens to them during the transitioning process.

Being transgender isn’t about wanting to chop off body parts (most don’t even do this!!!!!) —  if a kid is transgender it’s literally just because they want to be their most authentic self AND NOW YOURE PREVENTING THEM FROM DOING IT SAFELY!! DONT PASS THIS BILL!!!


STRONGLY OPPOSE - This will harm children


OPPOSE


transgender bill


Firmly oppose

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The policy is cruel and ill-conceived.  It purports to treat all students with "compassion" but prioritizes parental wishes over children's well-being and educators' expertise. It meddles in areas--such as toilet facilities--that the Commonwealth has no business in attending to.  Its purpose is political, not educational or humane.


I strongly oppose

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I oppose this action to stigmatize our trans students. This will put them in danger in many ways. It’s appalling  that Youngkin has even proposed this


Against


I support this.


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Please reconsider pushing this bill


Strongly Oppose

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I strongly oppose implementation of these proposed changes. Transgender students are among the highest risk of bullying and suicide. With suicide amongst children continuing to rise it is in the best interest of everyone involved to keep the current policy. Trangender rights are human rights and we will not stop fighting to protect them.


Oppose

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I strongly oppose Gov. Youngkin’s proposed changes to policies regarding transgender children in VA schools. Our schools should be places of inclusion and affirmation where all students feel safe to learn. Youngkin’s policies will create a hostile environment for transgender students, who are already more at risk for experiencing mental health problems and abuse.


Persecuting Trans Kids is a shameful political stuntTrans rights!!

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Bigotry has no place in law


Oppose

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<p>This should be opposed, all students should have the right to express themselves in school. </p>


Strongly support

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This is common sense! No one is losing anything, just allowing parents to have a voice in their children's lives.


Finally some common sense

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It finally seems like the adults are back in charge. Good job. I support you.


Parents Matter

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<p>Parental rights do not stop at the front doors of schools. If a parent is held responsible for their child’s actions in all other areas of their school life until the child turns 18, then anything related to that child should be under the authority of the parents. I support Gov. Youngkin’s clear guidance on the issue. </p>


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Why dont you pass laws that ACTUALLY HELP PEOPLE


OPPOSE

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Please protect our youth over bigotry and hate.


Let the trans be forced to use there gender bathroom

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<p>Our family stands behind you !! Gods smiling </p>


Oppose!


Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness

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People existing and having their own identity is important for them.  Each of us having a good sense of self helps the world be a better place.  Telling someone else what there self should be to conform to someone else's world view only hurts that person and what they can bring.  It does not hurt anyone else to allow them to exist as they are.  It does not matter who you love or what is/is not in your pants.  Separation of church and state.  You do not get to insist that these people cannot exist based off some ill conceived notion that it is against God.  The First Amendment protects against that.  The Declaration of Independence says "We hold these truths to be sacred & undeniable; that all men are created equal & independent, that from that equal creation they derive rights inherent & inalienable, among which are the preservation of life, & liberty, & the pursuit of happiness".  Being Non-Binary or Transgender does not prevent anyone else from what the Declaration puts forth.  Telling them they cannot be such because you don't think so, or believe their parents MIGHT not think so, simply invalidates one of the countries founding principles that you claim to charish.


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Quit using kids as political tools. I oppose this bill!


OPPOSING This Guidance (Citations Included)

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The first portion of the previous document is a literature and legal review. The first portion of the presented document is largely fawning over the idea that children are parents' property and therefore parents should get to dress their own dolls up however they want.

Here are some laws that explain why that's illegal, as cited by the State of Virginia:

First Amendment: The First Amendment protects freedom of speech and expression. Schools may not prevent students from expressing their identity.

Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment: This clause guarantees every citizen equal

protection under the law. It protects LGBTQ+ youth in schools from unfair or discriminatory

school actions.

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964: The US Supreme Court ruled in June 2020 that this

federal law includes protection based on sexual orientation and gender identity in its prohibition of employment discrimination.

Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972: Title IX is a federal law that prohibits schools

that receive federal financial assistance from limiting or denying a student’s participation in any school program on the basis of sex. This may be understood to prohibit discrimination, including sexual harassment, based on sex stereotypes, sexual orientation, and gender identity or transgender status.

Equal Access Act: This is a federal law that requires public secondary schools to provide equal access to extracurricular clubs. Schools must treat all clubs the same and use school resources in the same way, including for Gay-Straight Alliance or Gender-Sexuality Alliance (GSA) clubs.

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA): This is a federal law that protects the

privacy of student educational records. It prohibits the improper disclosure of personally

identifiable information from student records. Information relating to gender identity or sexual orientation may constitute personally identifiable information.

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA): This is a federal law that mandates the privacy protections for individually identifiable health information. Demographic information such as gender may be considered protected health information under HIPAA.

Conversion Therapy Prohibited: The Code of Virginia § 54.1-2409.5 prohibits licensed

professionals from engaging in conversion therapy with youth under 18 years of age. Note that conversion therapy is opposed by most major professional organizations such as the American Psychiatric Association (APA, 2018), the American Counseling Association (ACA, n.d.), and the American Medical Association (AMA, 2019).

Virginia Values Act: This state law expands the Virginia Human Rights Act to prohibit

discrimination in employment, housing, and public accommodations on the basis of sexual

orientation and gender identity.

Virginia Anti-Bullying legislation: Virginia school boards are required to include bullying

prevention as a part of character education (§ 22.1-208.01 of the Code of Virginia). In addition, school boards are expected to include bullying as a prohibited behavior in their student codes of conduct (§ 22.1-279.6.D of the Code of Virginia) and to implement policies and procedures to educate school board employees about bullying and the need to create a bully-free environment (§ 22.1- 291.4 of the Code of Virginia). Finally, §§ 22.1-276.01 and 22.1-279.6 of the Code of Virginia requires including standards for reducing bias and harassment in the enforcement of any code of student conduct.

Virginia Identification Documents legislation: §§ 46.2-323, 46.2-341.12, 46.2-345, and

46.2-345.2 of the Code of Virginia require the Department of Motor Vehicles to offer any

applicant the option to mark “male,” “female,” or “non-binary” when designating the applicant’s sex on an application for a driver’s license or special identification card. Additionally, §§ 32.1-261 and 32.1-269 of the Code of Virginia require the State Registrar to issue a new certificate of birth to show a change of sex upon request and, if a certified copy of a court order changing the person’s name is submitted, to include the person’s new name.

For many people, their gender identity matches their sex assigned at birth. For others, their

gender identity does not necessarily correspond to the sex assigned at birth, where the gender identity may be one in a range such as transgender, nonbinary, or gender-expansive. Gender identity is considered an innate characteristic that most children declare by age five to six (Lamb & Lerner, 2015). In 2020, the American Psychological Association (APA) and National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) declared in a resolution that “all persons, including children and adolescents who are diverse in their sexuality and gender identities, expression, and/or presentation, have the inherent human right to equal opportunity and a physically and psychologically safe environment within all institutions.” The American Academy of Pediatrics (2018) also acknowledged that, “variations in gender identity and expression are normal aspects of human diversity.”

Additionally, privacy and confidentiality are critical for transgender students who do not have supportive families. Disclosing a student’s gender identity can pose imminent safety risks, such as losing family support or housing. According to a recent study, LGBT youth have a 120 percent increased risk of experiencing homelessness compared to youth who identified as heterosexual and cisgender (Morton, Dworsky, & Samuels, 2017). School divisions will need to consider the health and safety of the student in situations where students may not want their parents to know about their gender identity, and schools should address this on a case-by-case basis. If a student is not ready or able to safely share with their family about their gender identity, this should be respected. There are no regulations requiring school staff to notify a parent or guardian of a student’s request to affirm their gender identity, and school staff should work with students to help them share the information with their family when they are ready to do so. Refer to additional discussions regarding when parents are aware of but are not affirming of the student’s gender identity in the next section.

Because of societal prejudice and lack of awareness or understanding, transgender students may experience rejection, criticism, or bullying, that affect their emotional health and academic achievement. A 2019 national survey by GLSEN found that 84 percent of transgender youth feel unsafe at school, and those who experience victimization have significantly lower GPAs, are more likely to miss school out of concern for their safety, and are less likely to plan on continuing their education (Kosciw, Clark, Truong, & Zongrone, 2020). Compared to their cisgender and heterosexual peers, LGBTQ+ youth report much higher rates of depression, anxiety, alcohol and drug use, and lower self-esteem. LGBTQ+ youth of color may experience additional stress and adverse effects as a result of their intersecting identities, facing both bias against their gender identity or expression as well as racism. Research has shown that LGBTQ+ students experience higher levels of victimization because of their gender identity and/or gender expression and have more adverse outcomes compared to their cisgender and heterosexual peers (Human Rights Campaign Foundation, 2018):

? 73 percent of surveyed LGBTQ+ youth have experienced verbal threats because of their

actual or perceived LGBTQ+ identity.

? 77 percent of surveyed LGBTQ+ youth report feeling depressed or down over the past

week, and more than 70 percent report feelings of worthlessness and hopelessness in the

past week.

? 95 percent of surveyed LGBTQ+ youth report trouble sleeping at night.

Furthermore, a recent study found that socially transitioned transgender children who are supported in their gender identity have no elevations in depression and only minimal elevations in anxiety relative to population averages (Olson, Durwood, DeMeules, & McLaughlin, 2016).

According to the Office of Civil Rights (OCR), “in cases where a complaint alleges that a

school’s action or policy excludes a person from participation in, denies a person the benefits of, or subjects a person to discrimination under an education program or activity, on the basis of sex, the Bostock opinion guides OCRs understanding that discrimination against a person based on their status as homosexual or transgender generally involves discrimination on the basis of their biological sex. “(OCR, 2020). For transgender students, acts of verbal harassment may include the intentional and persistent use of names and pronouns not consistent with their identity. Sexbased harassment may also include the disclosure of the student’s gender identity without their consent as this presents safety concerns for the student.

Schools should provide a safe educational environment for all students and treat all students with dignity and respect, regardless of a student’s sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, or transgender status. Local school boards should expand their policies prohibiting discrimination, harassment, and bullying to emphasize that discrimination or harassment against a student, by either school staff or by other students, on the basis of their gender identity is prohibited under federal and state laws. Nondiscrimination policy and related complaint procedures should be readily accessible to students and parents/guardians. While there are existing procedures for complaints related to discrimination, harassment, and bullying, school divisions may consider emphasizing steps that a student or parent may take for complaints specifically related to discrimination based on gender identity. For example, a division-level ombudsman or team may be established to hear concerns brought by students, families, and staff when their concerns are not resolved at the school level. This division-level ombudsman or team may also be available to provide consultations to school staff with questions regarding the implementation of the policies.

For many transgender students, their daily emotional and psychosocial wellness are dependent on receiving support and recognition for their gender identity. A transgender student may adopt a name that is different from their legal name on their birth certificate and use pronouns reflective of their gender identity. Many transgender students will adopt the gender pronouns typically associated with their gender identity. For example, most transgender girls will use she/her/hers pronouns, while most transgender boys will use he/him/his pronouns. There may be a less common pattern of pronoun usage among nonbinary students. Nonbinary students, as well as transgender students, may use gendered pronouns like she/her/hers or he/him/his, use genderneutral pronouns such as they/them/their or ze/hir/hirs, use multiple sets of pronouns interchangeably, or use their name in place of any pronoun. School divisions should accept a student’s assertion of their gender identity without requiring any particular substantiating evidence, including diagnosis, treatment, or legal documents. A student is considered transgender if, at school, the student consistently asserts a gender identity different from the sex assigned at birth. This should involve more than a casual declaration of gender identity, but it does not necessarily require any substantiating evidence nor any required minimum duration of expressed gender identity. Establishing gender identity can present differently from student to student, including, but not limited to: uniform assertion of such an identity, indication that the identity is sincerely held as part of the student’s core identity, or that the student is not asserting such an identity for an improper purpose. Schools should work with a student to address any concern that an asserted gender identity may be for an improper purpose, such as permitting the student to respond with information that supports the request to be treated consistent with their gender identity.

When a student asserts that they have a name and/or pronoun affirming their gender identity, school staff should abide by the student’s wishes as to how to address the student. All school employees shall treat all students with respect and dignity. In accepting employment with a school district, a school staff member agrees to abide by and uphold their school board’s policies and procedures, as well as federal and state laws. A school administrator may need to direct school staff to abide by the wishes of a student on their name and pronoun. A school employee’s intentional and persistent refusal to respect a student’s name and pronoun is considered discriminatory. Schools also should be prepared for genuinely innocent confusion or uncertainty that may come up from school staff and students. Existing school board policies, including antidiscrimination, harassment, and bullying policies, may need to be adjusted or clarified relating to processes that address when a school staff member fails to comply with the student’s request or an administrator’s directive to use the name and pronoun consistent with their gender identity.

Schools shall allow students to use a name and gender pronouns that reflect their

gender identity without any substantiating evidence. School staff shall, at the request of a

student or parent, when using a name or pronoun to address the student, use the name and pronoun that correspond to their gender identity. In the situation when parents or guardians of a minor student (under 18 years of age) do not agree with the student’s request to adopt a new name and pronouns, school divisions will need to determine whether to respect the student’s request, abide by the parent’s wishes to continue

using the student’s legal name and sex assigned at birth, or develop an alternative that respects both the student and the parents. This process will require consideration of short-term solutions to address the student’s emotional needs to be affirmed at school as well as the long-term goal of assisting the family in developing solutions in their child’s best interest. For example, a plan may include addressing the student at school with their name and pronoun consistent with their gender identity while using the legal name and pronoun associated with the sex assigned at birth when communicating with parents or guardians. Research has shown that transgender youth with supportive families experience a 52 percent decrease in recent suicidal thoughts and 46 percent decrease in suicide attempts (Ryan, Russell, Huebner, Diaz, & Sanchez, 2010) and that “chosen name used in more contexts was associated with lower depression, suicidal ideation, and suicidal behavior” (Russell, Pollitt, Li, & Grossman, 2018). Thus, school staff should be prepared to support the safety and welfare of transgender students when their families are not affirming. School staff should provide information and referral to resources to support the student in coping

with the lack of support at home, provide information and resources to families about

transgender issues, seek opportunities to foster a better relationship between the student and their family, and provide close follow-ups with the family and student. Refer to Appendix A for resources to support families of transgender students. To comply with § 63.2-1509 of the Code of Virginia, whenever school personnel suspects or becomes aware that a student is being abused, neglected, or at risk of abuse or neglect (as defined by § 63.2-100 of the Code of Virginia) by their parent due to their transgender identity, they must report those concerns to Child Protective Services immediately. Before making a decision on policies relating to situations when parents or guardians are not accepting of the student’s gender identity, school divisions should consult their school board attorney.

I hope this has clarified that what Governor Youngkin proposes for students is illegal, harmful, without merit, and denies youth their right to live and flourish as entire persons in a safe, supportive environment.


I definitely oppose Youngkin’s proposal.

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His proposals go against current state law.  We need to be kind and supportive of our “trans neighbor” and protect them.  Taking away their rights goes against our Democracy.


I support the new standards thank you Glenn Youngkin

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<p>I support the new standards lets get back to learning and stop all this effort on being woke. </p>


Thank you Governor Youngkin!


Support for the Governor's policy

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As a result of the old trans policy, both of my children (started middle and high school last year) were indoctrinated at school and let to believe they are another gender, though which one changes regularly. As a result, they both became depressed and had to go on medication, and both struggled with cutting for quite a while. Both were 100% mentally healthy prior to starting middle and high school under the gender theory indoctrination. Please support our Governor's attempts to combat this madness!


YES - excellent policy! THANK YOU GOVERNOR YOUNGKIN

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Dear Governor Youngkin,

I read the entire model policy on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for All Students and Parents.  This model policy restores normalcy to the school system. It is clear and reasonable.  Our innocent children are suffering irrevocable harm from the pressure and brainwashing of the radical LGBTQ+ activists who are using our tax dollars to advance their ideology instead of educate children.  Schools must be freed to teach academics - by all measures our schools are failing and therefore our students are failing.  Thank you for liberating students and placing parents back in their rightful, lawful role!


Bigotry has no place in law

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THESE POLICIES WILL KILL KIDS !!!


OPPOSE!

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<p>These proposed model policies are contrary to state law and will be extremely harmful to transgender and nonbinary kids. Kids deserve a safe space to learn. All students deserve to be treated with respect and dignity. We have already passed into law that Virginia supports our trans and non binary youth these are just discrimination. </p>


common sense guidance

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thank you governor for sound gideance in this subject... thank you fir not listening to the woke agenda and putting parents first...


THESE POLICIES WILL KILL KIDS !!!

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Please reconsider pushing this bill


Teachers OPPOSE these restrictions.

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Students deserve to feel safe at school and need to focus on learning and not being discriminated against. Schools are for learning not politics!


DiscriminatoryTrans Policy

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<p>Focus on improving VA and not on Issues you have no personal experience. Leave them KIDS alone. </p>


Stop pretending and provide proper paperwork. Great job Youngkin

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I completely agree with Youngkin. Identifying as = pretending to be unless you have proper documentation. No one is saying you can’t be called by a different name. They’re just saying you have to provide the paperwork- just like everyone else. Stop being so entitled.


Oppose

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Oppose. Protect Trans students


Transgender policy statement

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<p>I applaud Gov. Youngkin's statement on Transgender policy in our schools. </p>


I strongly disagree with this policy. Trans rights ARE human rights and we will not be silenced.


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As a Virginia taxpayer, I am very concerned about the proposed policy (Model Policies for the Treatment of Transgender Students in Virginia’s Public Schools) to force transgender youth to use facilities associated with the incorrect gender and force staff to mistreat transgender youth. There are nearly-zero examples of negative consequences to respecting transgender youth, but countless positive outcomes.

This policy would humiliate transgender students and put them in harm for no reason. Transgender youth are already much more likely to be the victims of sexual assault than straight youth. This statistic will almost certainly widen when transgender girls, who appear the same as cisgender girls in 90% of ways, are forced to use changing rooms with boys.

In addition, transgender students are already much more likely to be bullied by their peers than straight students. But this policy would force the parents in their lives to also be bullies. Transgender students won't respect or feel protected by teachers who use the wrong name and pronouns for them.

The worst part of this policy is that transgender students aren't able to leave their situation when they become uncomfortable. While it is bad when transgender adults are denied restroom access at their job or a store, they can leave and go somewhere more tolerant. Transgender youth are forced to attend schools. They cannot leave when facing abuse without receiving civil penalties. Given that Virginia uses the force of law to keep students at school, they have a duty to respect and protect them once they're there.


PROTECT TRANS KIDS


I SUPPORT THE NEW policies.

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<p>Parents deserve the right to know what is happening with their students. </p>


OPPOSE

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<p>There is nothing to gain and so much to lose. Kids in crisis need support, not blanket repudiation. Transgender issues are scary for a lot of adults who find today’s discussions about gender, sexually and identify confusing and unsettling: imagine being a desperate kid in need of understanding and kindness and acceptance while working through these deeply personal conflicts. Kids need guidance. Adults need education. The governor and state lawmakers who support this roll back needs education.  Kids don’t need the message that there is something fundamentally, unnaturally, criminally wrong with them: they don’t have the experience of being an adult to see through blatant political pandering. I fear Gov. Youngkin’s rollbacks of the state transgender policy will result in slamming shut safe avenues for those kids, and we’ll see desperate and despairing kids harm themselves to the point of suicide. </p>


Opposed

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In order to support the rights of students, I oppose Governor Youngkin. School should be safe for students especially those who do not have a safe place at home.


Please reconsider pushing this bill

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STRONGLY OPPOSE - This will harm children


i oppose this policy


Protect Transgender Kids !!!

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Transgender kids deserve the right to be respected for who they are. Follow the advice of the medical and mental health professionals and provide a safe place for transgendered kids in the public schools.


Oppose. Protect trans and non-binary students

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<p>I am a parent and have worked in public education for many years. I've seen the challenges that trans and non-binary students have faced. The proposed policies do not respect students and instead set them as political pawns for Youngkin's future ambitions. </p>


Oppose this proposed policy

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When a child is not called by their pronoun, that is discrimination. While I am not a parent of a trans student, it is easy for me to see they deserve the same freedoms, rights and opportunities as all other people. We are all humans, nothing less. Parents and teachers want to cultivate an environment where all students feel included and can thrive. This proposed policy does not accomplish this. Discrimination cannot be allowed under the excuse of a religious "right". It is wrong.


How is this supposed to be small government??

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Trans Rights are human rights


In order to actually support ALL students, this must be Opposed

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I oppose the adoption of the 2022 Model Policies. This document states the goal is to support all students however the only group this policy is supporting are the small minority of anti-trans in our state. Passing these policies puts children’s lives in danger and only supports hatred and discrimination. Please consider the well being of all kids and our kids first, not politics and the small group of parents who are driving this agenda.


Oppose

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<p>This bill would be incredibly harmful to youth in Virginia. It would set a dangerous precedent. This is a slippery slope towards fascism. There are far more pressing issues that need to be addressed than attacking Trans children. </p>


Common sense guidance - thank you Governor.

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<p>The hate from those that oppose these practical changes is very telling. This forum should be restrifcted to just those with school age children and not political activists. </p>


Completely again with Youngkin!

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Youngkin brings sensibility back to our school system. Kids cannot continue to be allowed to pretend they are something they aren’t. If they’re seriously changing their identity, they should be able to provide the proper documentation. It’s no different than changing your name when you get married. It’s not discriminatory, it’s simply showing that you’re serious about you’re requested name change.


Support for the Governor's policy

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We cannot allow parental rights to erode in Virginia. The trans policies under the old administration will begin a slippery slope, and soon parents will find their children raised by the state. Support Governor Youngkin's policy!


DNC hate on full display! Parental right ARE human rights & LGBTQIA isn’t under attack here! Read!!!

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How is this supposed to be small government??


Strongly oppose any changes to the current policies for transgender kids.

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<p>Strongly oppose and changes to the current transgender policy. The existing policy from 2021 was well researched and thought out, with experts in child development and psychology involved in the writing. The new policy is basically driven by a group of homophobic fearful parents who are afraid their child may be different and want to control their kids. Schools shld remain autonomous and a safe place for all kids to go. Stop throwing our kids in the middle of political battles. </p>


I Support the Governor

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You were born either male or female. Change you requirements after you become an adult. Leave the schools alone and let the teachers teach!