VDOE 2022 MODEL POLICIES

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<p>I fully support the DOE 2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and respect for all students and parents in Virginia's Public Schools. Parents send their children to school to be educated not conformed or swayed by the educators or counselors to change their beliefs. Parents have the right and obligation to raise their children in the beliefs of their family, heritage or culture. Parents have the right to know what the schools and educators are teaching their children. Anything outside of the education curriculum, needs to be approved by the parents of the children. Schools and educators should not be counseling, punishing, or doing anything outside of the education curriculum without the parent's knowledge or consent. I believe the 2021 policies are inherently wrong and I am glad they are being abolished. I do not believe in changing your sex, but in learning how to appreciate and love the person you are and to build self-esteem in the body of the person that you are instead of trying to change who you are. I do not push belief on others and I do not want the belief that you should change your sex pushed on me or my children. I would never allow my own children to change their sex or to identify as another sex. I believe that transgenders need to have their own bathroom and a single use bathroom in every school will provide that without any disturbance to any of the children and with minimal cost. </p>


My main question

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My main question is this: Does this guidance help the least powerful and most vulnerable members of Virginia's population?

Trans children are unquestionably this. The suicide rate for trans youth is far higher than for youth as a whole, which is sadly both unacceptable and unsurprising. These kids are spending their formative years trying to survive in a world that wishes to erase them, to sweep them to the margins, and to dismiss them as broken and "other".

So I ask, what does this guidance do for this population? Does it create safe space for them to live and grow?

If it does not, if it is aimed primarily at allaying the fears of those committed to misunderstanding trans and non-binary people, I think it is a misstep. If it does just the opposite, if it harms this population... well, I cannot back an administration that chooses to harm the most vulnerable.


I oppose Youngkin's guidance document which would put transgender students at risk.

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<p>I wonder if any transgender professionals were contacted and consulted with. This “guidance” steals the rights of trans students to feel safe. </p>


We have to provide safety in schools, kids are still people no matter of their identity.

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You don’t have to be a clinical psychologist to know that when kids leave to school their parents must know that their kid will be okay, and been scared all the time cause they can’t.

For all doctors  it’s not about been homophobic or unnatural, it’s about been a human being and been kind to others.


APPOSE

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This legislation is so harmful and regressive. There is no justification for these policies.

This not what the people want. These policies are not representative of Virginia’s beliefs. This will not keep anyone safe.


If you really think this is about parents, you are an idiot.

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<p>This is an attack on trans ans nonbinary kids. Parents already have rights to their kids' identities if they're good frigging parents, when the kid is good and ready. If you think you are gaining the right to your kid's identity, it's probably so you can tell them it's wrong and you don't deserve that right. You don't deserve them or their trans joy, either. </p>


Oppose

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<p>I strongly oppose the model policies.  </p>


Common Sense Revised Transgender Policies

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I support the revision of the transgender policies.  The revised policies respects the rights of parents.  Several Supreme Court cases and Virginia law affirm that parents have fundamental rights. Virginia code § 1-240.1. states, “A parent has a fundamental right to make decisions concerning the upbringing, education and care of the parent’s child.”

See, e.g., Troxel v. Granville, 530 U.S. 57, 66, 120 S. Ct. 2054, 2060 (2000)(the Constitution “protects the fundamental right of parents to make decisions concerning the care, custody, and control of their children”); Wisconsin v. Yoder, 406 U.S. 205, 232, 32 L. Ed. 2d 15, 92 S. Ct. 1526 (1972)(“the ‘liberty’ specially protected by the Due Process Clause [of the 14th Amendment] includes the rights…to direct the education and upbringing of one’s children”); Santosky v. Kramer, 455 U.S. 745, 753, 71 L. Ed. 2d 599, 102 S. Ct. 1388 (1982)(recognizing “fundamental liberty interest of natural parents in the care, custody, and management of their child”); Wisconsin v. Yoder, 406 U.S. 205, 233 (1992)(recognizing “liberty of parents...to direct the upbringing and education of children”); Pierce v. Society of Sisters, 268 U.S. 510, 534-535, 69 L. Ed. 1070, 45 S. Ct. 571 (1925) (parents have the right "to direct the upbringing and education of children under their control.”)

It doesn’t get any clearer than this.  There is no room for keeping secrets from parents who have the legal authority for the care of their children.

It is wholly inappropriate for schools to be discussing usurping parental rights.

Now let's discuss some of the issues surrounding transgenderism.  First of all, it's simply not true that a female can become male or vice versa.  The indulgence of this delusion is contrary to right reasoning and objective truth.  An example of the wrong thinking is illustrated by Bill Maher: "If kids knew wanted to be at age eight, the world would be filled with cowboys and princesses.  I wanted to be a pirate.  Thank God nobody took me seriously and schedule me for eye removal and peg leg surgery."  This entire narrative has gotten out of hand and needs a major course correction.

Doctors take a hypocritical oath to do no harm.  Now social media is filled with regrets of people who fell for the narrative that they can identify as any gender they want and now they have health issues for the rest of their lives due to the medications and surgeries.  Vanderbilt doctors were bragging about what a money maker these surgeries are.  This is a horrific tragedy that doctors are lining their pockets heavily when they're harming their patients.  Legislation needs to be enacted to protect these children from these predators. And these people need to be held accountable for the damage they do to children.  This accountability needs to be extended to those who work in the school and push this agenda which in the end ultimately hurts the child.


Strongly Oppose. You are killing trans kids

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<p>This is a cowardly act appealing to the basest of bigots at the expense of children’s lives. Children have a right to their identity. Children have a right to privacy. Children are humans too and their lives matter. You are unnecessarily endangering them and jeopardizing not only their education but their shelter, their safety at home. Let trans kids be. </p>


I agree with Governor Youngkins’s new proposals

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I agree with the Governor’s policies to require parental notification and permission for certain books for k-6. And require permission for gender requests when it is different from birth gender.


Horrible, damaging to kids mental health

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<p>This policy is damaging to the mental health of children who identify as LGBTQ+. Using the name a child wants to be called is validating and affirming. Not addressing them the way they want is harmful. It will signify to kids that schools are not safe and they cannot trust teachers. I am a mental healthprofessional. This will lead to worse mental health outcomes and higher suicide rates amongst LGBTQ youth. And it will cause many teachers and allies to quit teaching or risk being fired because they want to support students. We are facing unprecedented teacher and mental health worker shortages. This will put more pressure on the system which will require more services which will increase the demand on taxpayers. And how does this affect other non LGBT kids who want to go by a middle name or a nickname? This has far reaching effects and is incredibly disrespectful. I genuinely don't understand why it's so hard to call someone by their preferred name. We do it all the time for cisgender children (Christopher becomes Chris etc). This policy is stupid and damaging. </p>


OPPOSE!!!!


Opposed to proposed changes

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<p>I am opposed to the proposed 2022 model school guidelines as they do not contemplate student safety in the instance that parental notification may cause the child physical or mental harm. School employees, such as counselors, should be able to use their clinics judgement when notification could cause harm to a child. </p>


Strongly OPPOSE this harmful policy

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The title of this proposed policy is laughably inaccurate, although the contents are anything but amusing.

The measures in the policy purported to promote 'privacy, dignity and respect' are not backed by any research, while there is substantive research to support the conclusion that they will, in practice, deny exactly those things to vulnerable youth in a place where they should be able to expect safety.  It absolutely is the role of public schools to protect children in these circumstances even (perhaps especially) in the face of parental opposition.

The policy as a whole is born of nothing but misinformation and baseless fearmongering.  The protection of children is patently not the point, unless driving more youngsters to take their own lives is deemed protective.

As a candidate Mr. Youngkin stumbled upon a wedge issue that turned out to have legs, fed it with misinformation and deceit, and now must be seen to 'do something about it' so as to promote his profile on the national stage.  This should not be the basis for public policy, particularly ones that impact children.


VEHEMENTLY OPPOSE

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I love you, baby. Be yourself. Don't feel like you need to rush yourself coming out to anyone, not even me. Do what you feel is safe.


I support this policy protecting all students

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Policies should benefit all students, not only trans.


Protect Va’s Children

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I strongly oppose this. School is a safe place for many children, including trans and gender non conforming kids. This proposal is not only discriminatory and cruel, but could put kids in real physical and emotional danger - specifically the threat of kids being outed to parents.  I have had the absolute privilege and blessing to work with trans and gender non conforming youth. It is beautiful to see these young people be able to explore themselves and be themselves. It is a simple matter of respect that teachers should use a students correct name and refer to them with the correct pronouns. I love my state and Im ashamed that this hatefulness is even a question!!


STRONGLY SUPPORT

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I support Parental Rights and Gov. Youngkin! NO one should be able to harm children No on should be allowed to cut off children’s body parts!! It is not right and it has years and years of horrible regrets!!!


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I oppose VA Gov. Youngkin's document which would put transgender students at risk.  "Parental choice" will be harmful to those who may have hostile parents or guardians.  --Tyla Matteson, Chesterfield County, VA


Transgender Policy 2022- I support

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I suppose this 2022 transgender policy to replace 2021 policy.


This has nothing to do with parental rights! This is horrible!

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Parents should only have a right to their child's identity if they aren't going to verbally or physically abuse the child for being themselves. I feel like any parent who is like "yay! now I get to know!" doesn't understand that they're not the only parent in Virginia and just because they won't beat their kids doesn't mean some other parent won't whip out the cold belt in half a heartbeat. If you are a good parent, you'll find out eventually. Even if you're a bad parent, you'll probably find out eventually, but your kid will be allowed to receive help before exposing themselves to you


Yes!! In support of

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Parents have to pay for their kids food / shelter/ clothing, and are legally responsible for anything their child does until 21, they absolutely need to know what is happening in the schools


Model Policy for treatment of transgender students

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I am in agreement with and support Gov. Youngkin’s policy for the treatment of not only transgender but all students and their parents.


revised Transgender policy

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<p>I support the new proposed guidelines for local school district transgender policies.  These are appropriate and respectful of all students and parental rights.  Our Loudoun County School Board covered up a rape by a "transgender" dressed in a skirt in a girls bathroom to keep the truth from interfering with passing a policy following the old guidelines.  This was so wrong -- and predictable.   We can protect all students under this new proposed policy. </p>
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Safeguarding children *is* “best practice.”

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The ACLU is clearly off their rocker and their opinion should be disregarded since safeguarding children from grooming and predation is not even a consideration in their posted comments.

Parental rights supersede the LGBTQ lobby and the big money machine that is “transgender medicine.”

Transgenderism / gender identity is a belief system that many people do NOT believe in. I do not identity as “cisgender” nor do I have a gender identity. I know WHAT I am, and that involves immutable characteristics that make me different from ~50% of the population. Many people believe the same way. They don’t believe children can be born in the wrong body or that they can be born with the wrong sex characteristics. They don’t believe children are gender ghosts in flesh machines that should be surgically and hormonally altered to best fit the feelings of the ghost part.

Children with gender dysphoria can be treated equally as ALL OTHER STUDENTS without removing the safeguards that keep parents in the loop and require parental permission before engaging with children about their sexuality or gender dysphoria.

Go figure, ACLU is more concerned with protecting the ability for teenage males to access girls’ spaces than they are about protecting kids’ privacy rights and parental safeguards against grooming and predation.


STRONGLY SUPPORT

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Thank you Governor Youngkin for bringing common sense back to our Commonwealth of Virginia!  Thank you for working for our parental voices and putting children first again.  Thank you for following through with your promises.  It's refreshing to have a 'non- lifetime professional' politician who is a true leader in office.  You are strongly supported in this household.


All students should be protected not only a subsection

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Protect all students rights! Sexed based bathrooms. Sexed based sports!Protect biological boys and biological boys!!!! No transing kids in school, no gender curriculum, no gender ideology.

Let us support this policy!


Strongly SUPPORT this and Governor Youngkin

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This is simply common sense - parents need to be recognized and involved.  Strongly support this legislation - don’t allow the attention-grabbing comments to deter you.


This is not about parental rights, this is anti-trans and is harmful. Strongly oppose.

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This is very clearly harmful to our LGBTQ+ youth, who are already at a much greater risk. These kids deserve our support and protections, not these attacks.

I've seen one of our trans kids at school being harassed for being in the bathroom of their assigned gender.

We have a School Board member that has denied the very existence of trans kids completely - and they've said this in a government class to a trans kid.

We have some great teachers who would love to support all of their students and you're stifling and vilifying them.

This is an attack on trans youth masquerading as parental rights. Stop attacking our kids.


Strong support

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Children and young adults depend on those that go before to navigate understanding the world around them and their place in that world. Parents are integral and organic to this process. While there are aberrations, parents are the most knowledgeable, motivated and passionate advocates for their children. To, a priori, assume otherwise is hubris.

There has been a dramatic cultural shift from identity being externally and objectively derived to being internalized and essentially based on how one feels subjecting objective truth to the whim of "personal truths" which are changeable, vague and often undefinable to the point we can't agree on a definition of "what is a woman?".

This is a common sense policy that for decades went without saying and has my strong support.


Screw You, Youngkin! I'm Going To The Bathroom!

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Trans kid here. I'll be 18 in a couple months. I truly believe that sex and gender are irrelevant concepts and we only made them relevant to each other so that we could separate the weak from the strong, and call the weak "women." This is harmful to all people with a vag!na and all trans and nonbinary people.


I support parents and Governor Youngkin

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Our children do not belong to the schools. Why can't the public schools, which we pay for with our taxes, just teach students the basic subjects and not be indoctrinating them with leftist propaganda? Politics is hurting our children and robbing them of a good education.


Yes! Parental Rights and All Students Safety - support this policy

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Thank you Governor Youngkin for the courage and bravery for coming up with this policy…even when a lot of politicians have been sucked by the gender cult…today you are a bigot to the gender cult but a hero to those grounded in facts and reality!


Strongly oppose

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I strongly oppose the new policy.

First, I have seen no evidence that the prior policies were not working or that any parents felt the old policy impacted their parental rights or relationship with their child.

Second, the new policy appears to punish one of the most vulnerable groups of children. Overly burdensome requirements for name changes serve no purpose and restrictions from sports and activities is needlessly cruel when there is absolutely no evidence that trans kids had any "advantage" or were gaming the system.

From my perspective, this is institutionalizing bullying against kids already struggling - .show some compassion.


Opposed

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<p>I am a parent and teacher in Virginia, and am opposed to the Governor’s proposal. One of the most important parts of my job is to help students feel safe and respected. Reporting or outing trans students to their parents has a negative impact on students’ mental health and learning. </p>


this sucks

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<p>If you don't want to use someone's pronouns, shame on you, but there is nothing stopping you from being an a-hole. However, making it illegal for teachers to do this without outing kids to their parents, which could put the kid into a very dangerous situation, is unnecessary and extremely cruel. Youngkin is bullying kids who did not do anything wrong. </p>


This is outrageously wrong!

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Allowing teachers to inform parents about anything relating to their child's gender is dangerous to the child. Parents should also not be informed by school staff if their child is LGBTQIA+ in any way. For some students, the school is the ONLY safe place for them to express themselves and violating that trust by telling their parents is beyond unacceptable. They could be kicked out of their house or potentially killed if parents have a problem with anything the school staff has said about them.

Youngkin doesn't understand how real life works and should not be the one making decisions for schools.


Opposed to the proposed model policy change

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There is no conceivable reason for this policy to be needed and too many abusive transphobe parents out there for it to not end with potentially serious harm to children. Please do not support this.


Blah

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Mr. Governor,

Congratulations on successfully running a campaign based on people not understanding what CRT IS. In order of importance: leave trans kids alone, and get ed.


Transgender policy for schools

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I support Governor Youngkin’s policy.

parents - not schools or unions - are responsible.


new Model Policies for the Treatment of Transgender Students in Virginia’s Public Schools

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Many have noticed the radical departure in Virginia schools from parental authority and I wish to support any policy which leaves decisions on sexuality and other moral issues to the parents.  I am certain that the vast majority of Virginia parents and other family members do not want the the social destruction to follow when taking the schools to this new worship of Man's most selfish and wanton desires.  The government will never be nor should it be the parent of any child.


transgender-issue policies for public schools

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<p>Strongly Support!  </p>


Strongly Support

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<p>As a parent I'm appalled that public school teachers and administrators have taken it upon themselves to groom confused children by indoctrinating them into their delusion that gender is a construct rather than a fact of biology. Gender dysphoria is a mental illness that should be treated rather than encouraged. I do not want government employees secretly counseling my child or any other children on these matters.  </p>


Firmly opposed.

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Parental rights ARE important but a child figuring out their gender identity is not the same as making significant medical decisions they do not understand, which I think some of the comments are mixed up about.

I am opposed to anyone being forced to put transgender people of any age. There is no tangible scenario where not knowing this information immediately is going to harm anyone involved except potentially the child being bullied for it for being outed sooner than they were ready for. Identifying as trans is not a phase, and it is not like pretending to be a dinosaur on the playground. A child would not choose this because they want to be bullied. It does not need to be any harder than it already is.


No to schools keeping secrets-Support this policy

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Schools should not transition students without parents consent. Keeping secrets hurt students. Remember how Loudoun concealed the rape of a student? If schools transition students without parent consent , what else are they doing behind parents backs? I support this policy 2022 by Youngkin.


Strongly support.

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Thanks for bringing back common sense and parental notification.


Cruel and unnecessary

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<p>The policies regarding transgender children in schools recommended by Gov. Younkin are cruel and unnecessary.  They ignore guidance from medical and scientific associations and will lead to more suicides of vulnerable kids. </p>


Callousness and Cowardice

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This policy's callousness is matched only by its cowardice.

It seeks to roll back existing protections and affirming policies -- ones that support children -- at a time when mental health and well-being is most crucial for students. It denies a student the name of their choice, and the pronouns of their choice. Who benefits from this? Who is made safer? Which students are more supported and accepted and cared for as a result of this legislation? NONE. Furthermore, this policy cowardly approaches the changes under the guise of empowering parents, which adds additional insult to its transparent bigotry. As a proxy parent and citizen of Virginia, I would like to make it clear that I expect Virginia schools to honor their students -- which means honoring their choices around their identity.

As a white, cisgender woman, I don't check many "diversity" boxes. Which is why I want it to be clear and on the record that I wholeheartedly renounce this policy. I know and have known several trans people so far in my life, and one common theme in all of their threads is an incredible and painful struggle to come to the realization, despite societal and institutional pressure, that their identity is not what had been assigned at birth. I have known their joy as they have finally discovered and began living as their true selves. And I have seen the toll it has exacted on them and their families. Their story is one of bravery and resilience and an often painful journey of self-actualization. Ask doctors how certain they are of assigning genders - believe them!

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I stand with trans people, and I want trans and queer youth reading this to know that you are not alone. You deserve to be yourself as you define, and no matter how this administration might try to couch it in other language, we see right through it, too. "These are good days for bad people", but your living your full lives well -- as your true selves, on your own terms -- will be the best revenge on these backwards policies and those who seek to implement them. Glenn Youngkin and his administration may fail you, but you may yet still thrive. May this policy and his administration be consigned to the rubbish bin of history where they belong. May your light shine on!


Support

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I absolutely support the changes to keep parents included and involved. Thank you!


Strongly support

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Thank you Governor for your continued attention to the rights of parents.

I see too many "students" claiming infringement of rights.  There is no "right" to use the bathroom of your choice or be called by a name that you prefer.  It's a preference, not a right.  I wish the schools would stop indoctrinating and just remember to teach the constitution and the Rights to these "students".


Transgender Issues Policies

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Strongly Support Youngkin's proposed changes


I support Governor Youngkin

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Our leaders at the school board charged with educating our children have clearly lost their focus and priorities. Where they should be improving the curriculum and helping children learn the basics in math, science, English, history, foreign language, arts and physical education, they have failed miserably as demonstrated by our falling test scores. Instead, they spend their time appealing to a minority population that wants to create division through race and gender. People should be allowed to be who they are but a parent is responsible for guiding the development of their child. When the school eliminates that opportunity in the name of wokeness that in its own right is a travesty. When my children were in elementary school, I was immediately called if one of them scraped their knee. I got a full report, what happened, what medical treatment was provided and what their status was in regards to returning to class. Now the schools believe that it is okay for a child to change their gender and a parent isn't allowed to be informed. Where has common sense and sanity gone. So I fully support Governor Youngkin's Transgender school policies.


Do not let VA be like CA

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Support this policy. Schools and towns thrive when they work together with parents, no keep secrets behind parents backs. Parental consent before any school transition. Defund public school! School choice or homeschool!


Strongly Support

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Please continue to support Parents rights to raise their children

Please disregard all of the phony comments from non-Virginias claiming "data supports" but never citing the data or so-and-so organization supports (most are left leaning organizations like the teachers union trying to indoctrinate kids at the youngest, most vulnerable point).

Thank you for having our backs.


Strongly Oppose.

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By promoting teachers and educators to not respect the wishes of the student in the pronouns which they most closely align strips the students of their rights to self expression, and identity. By requiring parents to be informed of their students’ identity you are putting said students in harms way of parents which do not or willfully chose not to understand.

In order to foster the positive environment, mentioned several times, inclusion and respect for all students by respecting their very personal values and states of being is vital. Parents historically do have the best interest of students and have the right at child rearing, but the decisions which regard gender are far out of the sphere of influence of parents specifically in situations which the child whom has as much experience with their parents views choses to keep that aspect of themselves private. The students know their parents opinions and can themselves best gage how to deal with including their  parents and to strip students the ability to seek neutral help when dealing with these issues will make a difficult situation already worse.

This is an unnecessary law which conflates it’s own political interests with objectivity.  It’s not about politics it’s about people and these students need the support available to them. They need to know they have avenues away from their parents beliefs and at times religion to feel comfortable and to have support.


Oppose

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<p>This will ONLY harm children.  Kids don’t have an issue with this, the adults do. Stop creating problems. </p>


Oppose: Don't erase kids' experience and prevent them from being treated like humans with feelings

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First, this goes against Virginia's own Human Rights Act which outlaws discrimination based on gender identity "in places of public accommodation, including educational institutions".  Saying it's okay to refuse to use their preferred name "because it is against your religion"? That's blatant discrimination and you're encasing it in the law to make it okay? What's next, "it's against my culture" to call you by your actual Amharic/Arabic/Tagalog/Cherokee name, "so I'm just going to call you Sam"?!  Or my religion tells me it's okay not to teach you because you're deaf?  Schools are supposed to be places where kids can be safe, can learn, and can develop critical thinking, not places where their ideas about themselves are crushed under the foot of someone who disagrees with them.

It's hard enough to figure out what you're feeling and thinking and who you are as a kid and especially as a teenager. Don't restrict teachers from supporting kids who are struggling - could YOU talk to your parents about all your problems at 14?  Doubt it. Have the people who write this misguided policy really never encountered a victim of child abuse, who's scared to death of their parents, or even just a kid who disagrees with their very strict parents on something minor like food preferences or how involved to be in local politics? How much more are kids going to be isolated if their teachers, often the main other adult authority figures and role models they might have, are required to announce to abusive parents or firmly disapproving parents, 'your kid is dealing with X, Y, and Z'?  No, teachers shouldn't shield a kid who's committing murder or stealing from the liquor store... but having to out a kid who's trying to decipher their own feelings? People who identify as transgender are already more likely to commit suicide, to be bullied, to be victims of violence... Don't further abuse their human rights in school by approving this cruel policy.


APPROVE!

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<p>We need this and much more conservative views from Gov. Youngkin! </p>


Support

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I support this policy. School budgets are for education, not gender ideology. Please be fiscally responsible. Support parental rights to raise their kids.


Please approve this

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Dear Governor Youngkin,

I am a parent and a teacher in Northern Virginia.  I applaud your efforts with the his policy change re trans students.  My experience, having taught more than a dozen of such self-identifying students, is that these are children with serious mental health challenges and who are searching for identity.  I have genuine empathy with their struggle but cutting their parents out of the information loop, as we do now, is wrong.  Additionally many policies, especially allowing boys in girls’ locker rooms and grouping students for overnight trips by identity alone, undermine the rights of other students.  What did the “me too” movement mean if my daughter is still exposed to penises she didn’t ask to see?

One caveat: it puts as a teacher in a bad position if I can’t call a student by their preferred name.  I have always called students my nicknames or alternative names and should be able to continue to do so in the case of kids with gender based motivations for the preference

I apologize for not signing this with my name.  I fear for my job if I am identifying as publicly opposing our current trans policy.


Feminist here: women and girls deserve sex based rights, opportunities, and protections

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<p>I am 100% in favor of a separate gender neutral bathroom for trans IDing students. Women fought for safe private sex-separated bathrooms and changing rooms for a reason: predatory males use any opportunity to have access to girls and women. A bathroom policy allowing trans IDing students into the bathroom they ID into will open a door for *any male student* to go into girls’ bathrooms and locker rooms. No! Girls deserve safety, privacy, and dignity. Lastly, I am 100% opposed to trans youth participating in the sports they ID into. This, again, is absolutely unfair to girls who do not have the strength, speed, size, skeletal advantages, and larger heart and lung capacity of boys who have entered puberty. There are studies demonstrating this and we must protect girls’ safety and opportunities. </p>


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STRONGLY OPPOSE!!! PROTECT TRANS YOUTH!!!


Trans Lives Matter

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Revoking the rights of trans students does not benefit the school system or the people within it. Taking away trans rights does nothing but continue to carry on the stigma that others have towards trans people or those who do not conform to the "societal standard". Glenn Youngkin's proposed policy does nothing to help anyone other than those that would prefer to remain hateful in their injustice. Schools have the responsibility to make sure that all are welcome and safe within a learning environment. By taking away the right to express oneself, these policies directly attack the very people the school system intends to serve. You cannot claim to embrace as safe learning environment whilst waging war on those who are different. Everyone has the right to be who they are, express themselves, learn in a safe environment, and live without fear. Glenn Youngkin's policy violates all of these standards. These proposed policies do nothing but promote hatred and discrimination against those who do not deserve it, promoting instead the idea that people must conform to a fixed, outdated standard.

We continue to see people choose their own groups that align with their own beliefs. We, as people, divide into groups that classify humanity as an "us" or an "other". We cannot let policy continue to create divisions amongst us. Glenn Youngkin's policies actively target the lives of trans youth. They are part of our society. Hiding behind a curtain of persecution does nothing to change this fact. These policies are trying to turn people into "others". Trans students have the right to exist. Trans students have the right to safe spaces. Trans students have the right to express themselves. None of these truths are harmful to anyone. The right to exist does not harm anyone, yet the persecution of other human beings does.

Glenn Youngkin's policy is nothing but an excuse to promote fear and hatred. This policy cannot be allowed to pass. The cost of existence for trans youth is not comparable to the fear others have of change; however, it seems that today's trans youth has again been passed over for the pride of those who would rather be hateful than accept others. I stand with the trans students. I stand against those who wish to persecute them. These policies do not intend to protect anyone. Persecution is not protection on any scale. Protection is guaranteed rights, not the continuation of hatred.


Strongly Oppose

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This could harm transgender children, we should be protecting them not hurting them!


Strongly support Youngkin's empowerment of parents

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I believe students are being groomed and confused about their identity which will clarify as they get older. I think it's a mistake for teachers and schools to foster and socially toughen this identity in a secretive way and thus encourage harmful and irreparable medical treatments for vulnerable kids. Parents should not have their children alienated and exploited by woke actors and ideologies in the elementary and secondary schools. Trans decisions should not be made until after age 21 (brains are undeveloped until age 25).


Oppose

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<p>This rule making is highly dangerous and unfair to children who are not able to voice  their vote. Being transgender is real and not a matter to be legislated. Youngkin is joining trump in trying to create a space akin to nazi germany. </p>


Support 2022 Policy

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I support the proposed policy predicated upon several assumptions:  that the US Constitution, VA State Constitution, Supreme Court decisions, Virginia statutory law are all preeminent in this discussion; that federal law is defined as legislation that has passed the US House of Representatives, US Senate and been signed into law be the president; that "equity" is no longer an operative goal, specifically that biases of social, socioeconomic, cultural, familial, programmatic, staffing, instructional, assessment, and linquistic inequities are not all within the realm of schools to solve.

The US Constitution stipulates promoting the GENERAL welfare.  An estimated .39% of Virginia's population is considered transgender.  Children in K-12 are vulnerable to the influence of their peers, and, from research, generally do not form concrete, life-long sexual identities until after progressing through puberty.   Videos and other testimonies from those who have undergone puberty blockers or surgical procedures indicate great regret when undergone at too early an age - many of these undertaken because the children felt "special" because of the attention paid them.

The proposal to treat children with respect and dignity, as well as to address bullying, harrassment, and other forms of abusive treatment IMMEDIATELY - to articulate this as the "culture" of the school, borne out by explicit and understandable rules and regulations of supporting ALL children, regardless of differences of characteristics, should provide a supportive environment for the purposes of education - acquiring the knowledge, social development, and skills necessary for a fruitful life.

My main concern was children in dysfunctional, non-supportive families - but that was answered with referral to Social Services (which I hope is better than most Child Protective Services agencies).

Educating children as to the negative impacts of being bullied, as well as being a bully, (excellent study from 1980 - Norwegian - which I haven't been able to relocate and is quite clear that neither benefits long-term) should be a component of health education.

My only concern is found in the sample policy, Section D #7.  Part of teacher training should be to refrain from personal verbalizations that would encourage a student in a functional household from keeping information from his or her parents.


Do not let Youngkin turn Virginia in Texas.

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There are a lot of issues Virginia faces. Instead of addressing them, Glenn Youngkin and the Republicans insist on distracting us with culture war non-issues. Trans children are extremely vulnerable and legislation like this and rhetoric that surrounds them is dangerous, divisive, and unamerican.


Being transgender is not a delusion like schizophrenia and dissociative identity disorder.

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<p>although gender dysphoria is in the DSM, it is not a delusion. Any competent mental health professional knows this. Furthermore, the treatment for gender dysphoria, regardless of age, is socially and eventually medically transitioning. To refuse this treatment to kids who need it is child abuse </p>


Strong Opposition from a Clinical Psychologist

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Credentials:

I am a Virginia resident and a clinical psychologist with a specialty in providing services to children, adolescents, emerging adults, trauma survivors, and LGBTQ+ clients. I have provided therapy to transgender, nonbinary, and gender expansive youth and their families in rural Southwestern Virginia and in Northern Virginia. As part of my doctoral studies, I conducted a systematic review of risk and resilience factors for mental health among transgender and gender diverse youth, which has since been published in a peer-reviewed journal (Tankersley et al., 2021). I’ve also received specialized training in LGBTQ+ affirming mental health care via a one-year rotation with the UCLA EMPWR Program.

Position:

I strongly oppose the “2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for All Students and Parents in Virginia’s Public Schools” for the reasons outlined herein:

Evidence:

Mandating that teachers use pronouns that align with a student’s sex assigned at birth and legal name will increase risk for suicide and self-harm for transgender, nonbinary, and gender expansive students.

The Trevor Project’s National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health 2021 (https://www.thetrevorproject.org/survey-2021/?section=AffirmingSpaces) collected data from nearly 35,000 LGBTQ youth ages 13-24 across the U.S. This is one of the largest studies of LGBTQ+ mental health conducted to date. Among transgender and nonbinary students who attended affirming schools, 18% had attempted suicide in the last year. By contrast, among transgender and nonbinary students attending non-affirming schools, 23% had attempted suicide in the last year.

In a community cohort sample of 129 transgender and gender diverse youth, chosen name use in more contexts was associated with lower depression, suicidal ideation, and suicidal behavior (Russell, Pollitt, Lee, & Grossman, 2018).

Mandating teachers to disclose gender identity information to parents will increase the risk of homelessness among gender diverse Virginia students.

LGBTQ+ youth are over twice as likely to experience housing insecurity as compared to non-LGBTQ+ youth (Morton et al., 2018).

Findings from the LGBTQ Homeless Youth Provider Survey revealed that among 381 homeless LGBT youth, the most frequently cited contributor to homelessness was family rejection based on sexual orientation and/or gender identity (Durso & Gates, 2012).

Youth across the nation are currently endorsing unprecedented levels of anxiety, depression, and suicidality as demonstrated by the advisory issued by the U.S. Surgeon General in December 2021: https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/surgeon-general-youth-mental-health-advisory.pdf. The Model Policies will add insult to injury for gender diverse youth who are already bearing a significant mental health burden.

Allied cisgender classmates of gender diverse students will also be negatively impacted by the Model Policies. Bearing witness to the mis-gendering, deadnaming, out-ing, and emotional distress of their gender diverse classmates will create additional psychological distress and distraction from coursework. Students across Virginia have already organized peaceful protests and school walk-outs that powerfully demonstrate the collective harm caused by these proposed policies: https://roanoke.com/news/national/virginia-students-protest-youngkin-transgender-policies/article_2ff0bcf9-e2aa-5016-b27f-ab7d589cc411.html

These policies will actively damage the mental health of gender diverse youth in Virginia, which will then put further strain on school counselors, who are already understaffed to sustain the present mental health crisis. The American School Counselor Association recommends a ratio of 250 students for every 1 school counselor. For the 2020-2021 academic year, the ratio was 415:1. In Virginia specifically, 11.4% of psychologist positions and 7.6% of school social worker positions were unfilled according to the 2021-2022 Staffing and Vacancy report.

Gender diversity is not pathological. It has existed for all of recorded history, across cultures and continents (https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/content/two-spirits_map-html/ ).

Virginia Public Schools have a duty to educate students in Virginia, regardless of identity, in a safe learning environment. The Model Policies fail on both counts. I implore you not to implement these policies.

Mia Tankersley, Ph.D.

References

Durso, L. E., & Gates, G. J. (2012). Serving our youth: Findings from a national survey of services providers working with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless.

Morton, M. H., Samuels, G. M., Dworsky, A., & Patel, S. (2018). Missed opportunities: LGBTQ youth homelessness in America. Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago.

Russell, S. T., Pollitt, A. M., Li, G., & Grossman, A. H. (2018). Chosen name use is linked to reduced depressive symptoms, suicidal ideation, and suicidal behavior among transgender youth. Journal of Adolescent Health, 63(4), 503-505.

Tankersley, A. P., Grafsky, E. L., Dike, J., & Jones, R. T. (2021). Risk and resilience factors for mental health among transgender and gender nonconforming (TGNC) youth: a systematic review. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 24(2), 183-206.


This is a state endorsement of Transphobic Abuse.

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Trans Kids already face dysproportional rates of abuse, policies like this only serve to protect and endorse their abuse.


All kids life matter

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Non- trans are getting sucked into this ideology and then they have to detransition. Listen to the stories of detransitioners. Detransitioners are valid! Parental rights to raise their kids!When kids are mutilated, schools are no help.It is the parents who are there.


Very strongly support

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Thank you sir for standing up for parents and their RIGHTS to raise their children.  Schools should be a trusted authority that we can trust to be an extension of our values - not a political body responding to a Union or other political sponsor.  Too many of our schools are realizing their failings in this and starting to enact policy and courses in secret to try and hide their policies and extreme politics from parents.  THANK YOU for helping us.


I strongly support Governor Youngkin!!!

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I strongly support Governor Youngkin!!!


OPPOSE

The title “2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for All Students and Parents in Virginia’s Public Schools” is a misnomer. The proposed 2022 model policies substantively strip students of privacy, dignity, and respect. It actually endangers students.

The proposed 2022 model policies rely heavily on parental rights to make “the best” decision for their children. There is no denying that the Fourteenth Amendment provides parents with a fundamental right to make decisions concerning the upbringing, education, and care of their children. While this fundamental Constitutional right is undeniable, the affirming caselaw in the proposed 2022 model policies are fallaciously cited for the proposition that parental decisions always withstand Constitutional scrutiny.

The parental rights construct is widely embraced by our society, and on its face, connotes reasonableness. However, this construct has been misconstrued in the proposed 2022 model policies to convey an unfettered right. In fact, parental rights is not without limits. The state, acting as parens patriae, will step in and substitute its judgement for that of a parent when necessary to protect a child from a parental decision that is abusive, neglectful, or otherwise harmful.

The current 2021 model policy acts as parens patriae because it encompasses a safety mechanism to protect the identity of transgender/gender-expressive students from parents who are not supportive of their child’s gender identity, and could cause the child physical or psychological harm, and/or housing instability. The 2022 proposed model policies removes this safety guardrail which is short-sighted, dangerous, and inconsistent with state and federal law.

Allowing minors to make certain autonomous medical decisions without the need for parental consent and involvement is strongly supported by Virginia law. Specifically, a minor is deemed an adult under state law for the purpose of consenting to medical or health services: (i) To determine the presence of or treatment for venereal, infectious, or contagious diseases for which there is mandatory reporting to the board of health; (ii) when needed for birth control, pregnancy, or family planning (except sterilization); and (iii) when needed for outpatient care, treatment or rehabilitation for substance abuse, mental illness, or emotional disturbance. (See Virginia Statute § 54.1-2969). Allowing students to autonomously assert their gender identity/expression while at school without parental consent and involvement is the kind of sensitive medical information that aligns with the spirit of this law, but was unevolved when the law was enacted in 1950.

Moreover, the state acts as parens patriae to protect the medical information of minors from parental access when it is unsafe for the child. Specifically, access to a minor’s health records may be denied if the minor’s treating physician or treating psychologist determines in their professional judgment that furnishing the records to a parent would be reasonably likely to cause substantial harm to the minor. (See Virginia Statute § 20-124.6). The current 2021 model policies embodies this type of professional judgement and aligns with state law.

The proposed 2022 model policies exclusively centers parental rights over the rights of the students to which the policy applies. By contrast, the protection of children is inherent in Virginia’s laws. By enacting these protective laws, Virginia legislatures have prioritized the rights of children when their safety is at risk, signaling a compelling interest in preserving and prioritizing students’ rights to privacy in their gender identity/expression, including privacy from unsupportive parents or guardians.

In addition, the proposed 2022 model policies makes a preposterous leap that the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS), in extending Title VII protections to transgender employees in Bostock v. Clayton County, “narrowly,” and “explicitly refused to extend this interpretation to other federal antidiscriminatory [sic] laws such as Title IX.” On the contrary, there is no such explicit language in Bostic. Further, it is well established that SCOTUS only decides the specific facts and issues currently before it. Finally, since Title IX protects everyone who interacts with a school receiving federal funds from discrimination, including parents and guardians, students, employees, and applicants from sex-based discrimination, regardless of their real or perceived sex, gender identity, and/or gender expression, it is highly improbably that SCOTUS purposely crafted the Bostic decision to block all Title IX discrimination complaints against schools by any plaintiff, or to limit school employees to suing only under Title VII.

In sharp contrast, the Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights (OCR) in response to Bostic noted that “courts rely on interpretations of Title VII to inform interpretations of Title IX.” OCR provided well-reasoned guidance for arriving at this interpretation to include noting the textual similarity between Title VII and Title IX. Specifically, OCR opined: “The Department issues this Interpretation to make clear that the Department interprets Title IX's prohibition on sex discrimination to encompass discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.” (See https://www.federalregister.gov/.../enforcement-of-title...).

In conclusion, the proposed 2022 model policies are inconsistent with state and federal laws, and endangers transgender/gender-expressive students. The current 2021 model policies conforms with state and federal laws, protects students, and should stand.

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The title “2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for All Students and Parents in Virginia’s Public Schools” is a misnomer. The proposed 2022 model policies substantively strip students of privacy, dignity, and respect. It actually endangers students.

The proposed 2022 model policies rely heavily on parental rights to make “the best” decision for their children. There is no denying that the Fourteenth Amendment provides parents with a fundamental right to make decisions concerning the upbringing, education, and care of their children. While this fundamental Constitutional right is undeniable, the affirming caselaw in the proposed 2022 model policies are fallaciously cited for the proposition that parental decisions always withstand Constitutional scrutiny.

The parental rights construct is widely embraced by our society, and on its face, connotes reasonableness. However, this construct has been misconstrued in the proposed 2022 model policies to convey an unfettered right. In fact, parental rights is not without limits. The state, acting as parens patriae, will step in and substitute its judgement for that of a parent when necessary to protect a child from a parental decision that is abusive, neglectful, or otherwise harmful.

The current 2021 model policy acts as parens patriae because it encompasses a safety mechanism to protect the identity of transgender/gender-expressive students from parents who are not supportive of their child’s gender identity, and could cause the child physical or psychological harm, and/or housing instability. The 2022 proposed model policies removes this safety guardrail which is short-sighted, dangerous, and inconsistent with state and federal law.

Allowing minors to make certain autonomous medical decisions without the need for parental consent and involvement is strongly supported by Virginia law. Specifically, a minor is deemed an adult under state law for the purpose of consenting to medical or health services: (i) To determine the presence of or treatment for venereal, infectious, or contagious diseases for which there is mandatory reporting to the board of health; (ii) when needed for birth control, pregnancy, or family planning (except sterilization); and (iii) when needed for outpatient care, treatment or rehabilitation for substance abuse, mental illness, or emotional disturbance. (See Virginia Statute § 54.1-2969). Allowing students to autonomously assert their gender identity/expression while at school without parental consent and involvement is the kind of sensitive medical information that aligns with the spirit of this law, but was unevolved when the law was enacted in 1950.

Moreover, the state acts as parens patriae to protect the medical information of minors from parental access when it is unsafe for the child. Specifically, access to a minor’s health records may be denied if the minor’s treating physician or treating psychologist determines in their professional judgment that furnishing the records to a parent would be reasonably likely to cause substantial harm to the minor. (See Virginia Statute § 20-124.6). The current 2021 model policies embodies this type of professional judgement and aligns with state law.

The proposed 2022 model policies exclusively centers parental rights over the rights of the students to which the policy applies. By contrast, the protection of children is inherent in Virginia’s laws. By enacting these protective laws, Virginia legislatures have prioritized the rights of children when their safety is at risk, signaling a compelling interest in preserving and prioritizing students’ rights to privacy in their gender identity/expression, including privacy from unsupportive parents or guardians.

In addition, the proposed 2022 model policies makes a preposterous leap that the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS), in extending Title VII protections to transgender employees in Bostock v. Clayton County, “narrowly,” and “explicitly refused to extend this interpretation to other federal antidiscriminatory [sic] laws such as Title IX.” On the contrary, there is no such explicit language in Bostic. Further, it is well established that SCOTUS only decides the specific facts and issues currently before it. Finally, since Title IX protects everyone who interacts with a school receiving federal funds from discrimination, including parents and guardians, students, employees, and applicants from sex-based discrimination, regardless of their real or perceived sex, gender identity, and/or gender expression, it is highly improbably that SCOTUS purposely crafted the Bostic decision to block all Title IX discrimination complaints against schools by any plaintiff, or to limit school employees to suing only under Title VII.

In sharp contrast, the Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights (OCR) in response to Bostic noted that “courts rely on interpretations of Title VII to inform interpretations of Title IX.” OCR provided well-reasoned guidance for arriving at this interpretation to include noting the textual similarity between Title VII and Title IX. Specifically, OCR opined: “The Department issues this Interpretation to make clear that the Department interprets Title IX's prohibition on sex discrimination to encompass discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.” (See <a rel="nofollow" role="link" style="list-style-type: none;" tabindex="0" target="_blank" x="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.federalregister.gov%2Fdocuments%2F2021%2F06%2F22%2F2021-13058%2Fenforcement-of-title-ix-of-the-education-amendments-of-1972-with-respect-to-discrimination-based-on%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR2q02yqYgny5wvnK9tmS1MMIj369m_tPV4NGozhxtvbEliLvRwIchztpH0&h=AT2WakpdI0PgTkDVa8O-bXzyXCmWZVFKfp4uLq6xQ2SRm7hT0uNbDfvUrpq4EcZtVE2RxTTH0OO3-z17GSRJWB6GRw2kbcWkHklEbikRrAFX3zpmCSl9SFUWdtI1tsD-ig3ztWQ&__tn__=-UK-y-y0.g-R&c[0]=AT0ymb-MvXtvbbnr-i2Vt1MCrO-EhCz4znxG4LchhnLsCX2dySAlgFXxzm4eeRmwxxZdiPdFZB1AUmayuIVjNHBh3AGwWwm8y0zMpiUCz74zokJClOgDw_NwI9udTSIwhW4wM-zCXWRD2m5cEaw00AkRAgVt-wrvoRhU_NpzORgFY4ekPYJrNRg4WBYluhCti2jMsdPQp2egTWAhkxVcL6dSxyr1">https://www.federalregister.gov/.../enforcement-of-title...).

In conclusion, the proposed 2022 model policies are inconsistent with state and federal laws, and endangers transgender/gender-expressive students. The current 2021 model policies conforms with state and federal laws, protects students, and should stand.


I approve of Gov YOUNGKIN’s policy on  including parents

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<p>Parents are primary providers of care for their children. They are the team BEFORE educators and counselors and health departments ever come into play. As such parents are the first members of the support team for their child and the other support people join to support the parents. At no time (unless legally deemed unfit) should parents be kept out of the loop with important developmental needs of their child. I support Governor YOUNGKIN’s policies on continuing to uphold the rights of parents while maintaining respect of each child. I like how respect is the first bullet point listed. </p>


Proposed Educational Policy

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<p>I support the Governor’s proposal.  Sufficiently balanced.  </p>


This policy will hurt children

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Suicide is the second leading cause of death among young people aged 10 to 24 (Hedegaard, Curtin, & Warner, 2018) — and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth are at significantly increased risk. LGBTQ youth are more than four times as likely to attempt suicide than their peers (Johns et al., 2019; Johns et al., 2020).

This model policy is a callous attempt to score political points at the expense of the health and safety or our children. Shame on you.

Please, follow the clear research showing that we need safe spaces for all children, especially transgender children, to grow and learn.


Strongly OPPOSE-Our best evidence is that this will hurt kids

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This policy presents the false premise that it is being done to increase "parents' rights."

How can the governor tell our schools to act contradictory to the recommendations of the largest professional association of pediatricians, the American Academy of Pediatrics, which says that it is in the best interest of transgender children to affirm their gender identity and support them? Gender non-conformity is not a mental disorder.

Children who choose not to inform their parents about their gender identity realistically fear their parents' reaction. Their mental health suffers. How does the governor weigh the harms to these very vulnerable children versus a victory for "parents' rights"? How many children would have to be hurt by this policy for the governor to re-consider?

Is this what is meant by Matthew 25:35-40? These children were not made wrong. All children deserve our support.


Strongly support. This is already passed. Thank you

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Let’s get back to reality. Support.


I support all children being able to live authentically and happily, according to their biology

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I encourage everyone regardless of beliefs to watch the following video. It is a biologist and professor who explains human and other animal biology and gives proof to how humans are BIOLOGICALLY.  https://youtu.be/szf4hzQ5ztg

Please share with friends, it is incredibly insightful!!!!

Because of this, I do not support this policy.


Approve - worry that others are indoctrinating my child

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<p>Approve. I worry that others are indoctrinating my child and I don't even know. I want to make sure I too have a voice in my child's education. </p>


Agree with this policy

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Please pass this policy. Schools should not be transitioning students. School staff and teachers who transition kids need to have their mental health checked! Don’t groom other people’s kids.


When the schizophrenic is sure they ate something else do we have a parade and help them change

Do we celebrate insisting on using both names for a dissociative identity

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Why do we celebrate and encourage mental illness and provide mutilation and drugs to confused youth


Keep Parents in charge of their own children

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Stop bowing down to the minute percentage of the population, who unfortunately are suffering from mental illness. No school, teachers or administrators should be able to push their liberal agenda onto innocent child! Parents must be informed of any changes in their child’s name or gender.


Strongly oppose


Strongly Support

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<p>I strongly agree with this policy. As the mother of a child who suffered with anxiety and depression, I know that keeping this kind of information from families is dangerous. Parents should be a part of their child's life and not kept separate and in the dark. I have read the policy and support it fully. </p>


Strongly Oppose the Governor's Anti-LGBTQ Policies

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It is human nature for people to be fearful of the unknown. The CDC estimates that only 1.4% of people under 18 identify as transgender and many parents across the commonwealth that are supportive of this effort have never met or interacted with a transgender individual. This policy is a clear attack on the rights and safety of the trans community, fueled by the Governor's anti-LGBTQ agenda. It is also clear from the data the ability to be identified by one's desired name and pronouns is not an issue for Virginians today. The Governor's decision to take away protections from a vulnerable group of his citizens is not motivated by any policy debate or any pressing issue the commonwealth faces, but as a fear-mongering effort to drive a wedge in a cultural issue and generate more anger among his supporters that desperately need more education on the transgender community.

It is disheartening that the Governor values his 2024 presidential campaign and drawing attention to himself on Fox News more than the safety, health, and wellbeing of students that he was elected to lead. Not to mention - the students he is using to score political points are some of those most desperately in need additional health services. Transgender youth are over 40% more likely to develop depression and anxiety-related mental health conditions compared to their cisgender peers. Numerous studies have found that schools and families providing gender-affirming care can reduce suicide and mental health conditions for transgender youth by as much as 60%. The Governor's proposed policy is not in the best interest of Virginia's students and will cause significant harm to a vulnerable group.

I am strongly opposed to this policy that implements a model that will take away protections and rights for transgender students and will cause significant harm to the trans community. I hope that the Governor will shift his focus to more pressing matters faced in Virginia instead of his forthcoming 1% finish in the 2024 Iowa caucus.


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TEAM YOUNGKIN


Strongly oppose this dangerous policy

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I am someone who mentors a transgender teenager in a Virginia high school, and I am vehemently opposed to this policy. Many of this teen's friends are LGBTQ+, and most of them have found school to be one of the few safe places for them. If this policy were to pass, many could find themselves being forced to use a name no one knows them as, or be forced to use a restroom that's completely different than anyone who knows them would expect them to use. Some may be outed to parents whose personal views on this topic could result in a threat to their personal safety- I know at least two who would be kicked out of their homes as the try to complete their final year of high school.

Aside from being dangerous, this policy is also likely illegal. The Virginia Values Act bans discrimination against LGBTQ people in places of public accommodation, which includes educational institutions like public schools. This means that schools must offer a safe and equal learning environment to all students, teachers, and staff, including those who are LGBTQ. This policy would be in active violation of that.

The Trevor Project’s 2022 National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health found that 45% of LGBTQ youth seriously considered attempting suicide in the past year, including more than half (53%) of transgender and nonbinary youth. Nearly 1 in 5 transgender and nonbinary youth attempted suicide. However, LGBTQ youth who had access to an LGBTQ-affirming school reported lower rates of attempting suicide than those who did not. Additionally, learning about LGBTQ people or issues was associated with significantly lower odds (23%) of a past-year suicide attempt in LGBTQ students.

The VDOE must reject the draft policy, for the safety of our youth.


Oppose Hatred in Virginia & OPPOSE Our MIA Governor Creating MORE Division

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I strongly oppose Youngkin's division tactics by creating an "US" and "Them" with our LGBTQ community. Virginia is the state for LOVERS, not HATERS!!!!! STOP THE HATE AND DIVISION! Stop creating imaginary fears and problems, like CRT, to scare people into voting for you! The GOP hatred platform gig is up! Please see the Ken Burns FREE documentary on the US and the Holocaust. If you don't know your history, you are doomed to repeat it! LET'S NOT REPEAT THE DIVISION & HATE!


About time!Support All Kids! Support All Kids Rights is Human Rights!

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No to socially transitioning schools without parent consent! Transitioning harms kids—-adopt wait and see instead of transitioning and affirming.


GovernorYoungkins school transgender policy

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I support Governor Youngkins transgender policy.

Parents are responsible for their children. The schools and school board are not responsible for teaching social agendas to children. To the schools and school board and their unions, do you want to be responsible for money to feed them, buying them cars, paying for their education etc. How do you think you are doing any good for that child or family if you are keeping secrets from the parents who are responsible for that child. After all God didn’t knit that child together in your womb, He did that in the parents womb and He created male and female - nothing in between.


Strongly disagree with Transgender policy

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This policy of exposing children to a potentially  abusive environment is going to result in someone getting injured or killed. Are your so called parent's rights more important than an injured or dead child?


Strongly Oppose

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<p>Strongly oppose </p>


Approve for the SAFETY of TRANSGENDER and ALL students!!

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Governor You kin’s policy revision designed to include parents in the decision making process of Trangender minors is exactly what needs to be implemented to protect these very vulnerable and impressionable youths as they embark on the biggest, most life changing decision of their life that will not be able to be reversed with our significant pain, trauma, surgeries and mental anguish. These children need their families to be brought into this process or it is doomed to fail the child and the family. Leading a double life is difficult for even a highly trained espionage professional.  Why would we think a minor could handle the mental stress of leading a secret double life, being one person in their school environment and another person at home, without significant mental anguish and duress? Excluding parents “for the safety of the child” harms the child and their God-given support structure, their family, who gave birth to them and has known the child since before they were born. A counselor or teacher only knows a 1-3 year snapshot of that child and is in NO way qualified to be counseling the child on their sexual identity and sexual choices. This goes for all children—no school counselors/teachers should be giving ANY SEXUAL ADVICE to ANY STUDENT (LGBTQ and Heterosexual) WITHOUT the parent present.  Period. Their job is to work auto HELP kids communicate with parents and fellow students. Not promote secrecy and double lives, resulting in MORE confusion and mental stress/anguish/depression for the child.  Who is to blame when these children commit suicide after finally realizing that they have been fed a lie and gone through the irreversible damage  of puberty blockers and/or painful self-mutilating surgeries on their under developed, underage bodies? The schools, teachers and counselors, that’s who! The parents have a necessity and a RIGHT to know. Include parents immediately

Approve Governor Youngkin’s Transgender policy revision immediately for the safety of all students and their families!


I support Gov Youngkin , parents and children

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 Thank you Gov Youngkin for changing guidelines for School protocol. Parents teachers counselors administration and children should all work together to protect each other‘s rights the parents have a right to know about their child. Hopefully some out reach programs for parents and their families will help. Honesty and working together to provide comfort to students and families.


Strongly Support Governor Youngkin!!!

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<p>Strongly Support Governor Youngkin!  Protect our daughters!  </p>


STRONGLY OPPOSE

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Strongly Oppose this policy. Trans rights are human rights.


School policy

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I would like to state that I am in agreement with the new proposed policy guidance


I fully support this - parents' rights and birth sex should be respected.

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<p>Thank you, Governor, for attempting to restore parental rights in the public schools. I'm shocked at how teachers and administrators can allow a student to be a different name or gender, and use the bathroom of the opposite sex at school without telling parents. This is no judgment on what people choose for themselves, but as minors I believe the parents should be fully informed and involved. I'm also very glad that you will end the practice of allowing students to use the bathroom of their identity instead of their birth sex. I feel my daughters will be much safer and have more privacy this way. </p>


Support this 2022 Transgender policy

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Please pass this 2022 transgender policy. Parents consent should be required before kids are transitioned in school.


Transgender guidance document

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Strongly support this policy. Keep up the good work!


Sacrificing children’s lives for parents’ egos. Oppose


Strongly oppose


Strongly oppose

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This will be detrimental to the lives of trans and non-binary kids. And what ridiculous policy is next?


Younkins transgender policy


STRONGLY OPPOSE!

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<p>I stongly oppose Youngkin's efforts to dehumanize transgender students and rollback the support that has been implemented in the past few years.  All students deserve to feel self and appreciated.  I am very concerned that if this change goes forward, students mental health and lives will be at stake.  </p>


Strong opposition to the proposed guidelines

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<p>I am writing to express my strong opposition to the proposed guidelines. All students have the right to attend school in an environment free from discrimination, harassment, or bullying. The research is clear that the mental health of transgender youth is greatly harmed when they are in environments that are not inclusive, and policies like these that restrict transgender rights may increase risk of serious psychological harm and even suicide (Day et al., 2020). The proposed policies are not science-informed and research suggests that may in fact lead to worse mental health and academic outcomes among transgender youth. </p>


I Support Transparency and Parental Rights

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<p>It is strange to see people acting as though it is normal for school officials to conspire to hide behavior from parents that could affect a child's health and wellbeing. Encouraging children to remove their healthy body parts and take castrating drugs is not a civil rights issue. Transgenderism seems to be a real but very fringe condition; these current numbers are impossible, and suggest the condition has become a social contagion. I support Youngkin's policy because parents must be involved in issues affecting their children's mental, physical, and emotional health. Teaching kids to lie to their parents is wrong, and it is a sign of how politicized the transgender issue has become that anyone would think otherwise. </p>


Strongly support Governor Youngkin's parental rights bill

Stephanie Mercuro, Loudoun County Parent

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Keep up the great work!


Oppose. You’ll make Teens feel even worse.

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<p>I strongly oppose this. Trans and Non-binary teens and kids already face enough stress and pressure without you rolling back protections. All this will do is make the ALREADY TOO HIGH suicide rate in students EVEN HIGHER. </p>


oppose the 2022 proposed model policy for trans students

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The 2021 model policy for transgender students is evidence-based and informed by leaders who work closely with transgender youth in Virginia and that policy reflects an intimate understanding of their needs and desires for treatment in schools. The 2022 policy proposed by Gov. Glenn Youngkin is informed only by the political moment largely advocating for genocide of trans people and will actively contribute to harming, alienating, and traumatizing transgender children across the state. When transgender children are not supported, they experience higher rates of depression, self-harm, and suicide, in addition to the abuse they may experience if outed to unsupportive parents by the school system. If this policy is accepted, so much money will be wasted on law suits to undo the harm it will cause that could be allocated to other, more worthy investments like higher wages for teachers. Transgender kids deserve to grow up to be happy adults, and this policy does not support that.


Strongly support 2022 policy—-replace 2021 policy!

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2021 policy is giving too much power to schools and undermining parental rights.No parent should be left out of socially transitioning kids at school. VA is saber  than the other states!Pass this 2022 policy!!!!


Support for the new model, and sad that so many feel parents are less trustworthy than the school

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I support the new model.  I support the idea that schools need to work with parents, rather than against.

While I understand that there may be a very few cases where parents are hostile to their children's views, it seems to me that encouraging the child to reveal an alternate gender preference at school and hide it at home is not healthy for the child or the family.  The idea that parents will kill their children or drive them to suicide is a strawman argument that should not guide policy.  The previous model prevented teachers from consulting with parents even when it would be beneficial for the child.

I think that the outrage over pronouns and nicknames is misplaced, and shows a lack of understanding of the new model policy.  The new policy protects those who do not wish to use a specific pronoun or nickname from being forced to do so.  I think we should be very careful about any policy that allows one person to dictate what another can and cannot say.  I understand that there may be cases where a person is effectively bullied by the use of a name or pronoun that they reject, and I believe that the current policies against bullying should be sufficient to handle this without resorting to mandating speech.


I strongly APPOVE of this measure!

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<p>The simple fact of the matter is, we now KNOW that many educators in these schools to NOT have the best interests of their students in mind. They simply want to indoctrinate them into their own ideology. We've fought this before and WON and we will continue to do so. An educators job is to teach the basic fundamentals: Reading, Writing, Math and Science. That's it. Everything else is the job of the parents. These are NOT your children. You have been entrusted with their care to TEACH them, not indoctrinate them. More teaching and less activism. If there are educators that want to be involved with activism, they should resign from their teaching job and become and activist. You get paid OUR tax dollars to teach. That's it. Nothing else. If you can't handle that, resign. </p>


Defend Va. parents rights

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The original policy had language that created a wedge between parents and their child, at a time when they need to have more communication—and I support the new update that removes this barrier.

• I support the updated language that acknowledges students and teachers can’t be forced into compelled speech that violates their constitutional rights, including First Amendment and religious freedom protections.


OPPOSE

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If parents need their school to make them aware of their child’s gender status they have already failed this aspect of parenting. One wonders what other failures have occurred?

Youngkin wants to reward parenting failure by unnecessarily forcing school staff to enter into a family issue whether the staff feels that is the best thing for the situation or not. There are valid reasons why a child avoids communicating some information to their parents.

These proposed rule changes are driven by politics, not what is in the best interest of those involved. Using people facing difficult situations for political gain is as always, disgusting behavior.  Virginia deserves better.


Transgender Policy

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Why are you promoting harm instead of harmony?


Aye!To this policy

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Parents rights to protect their kids and raise kids as parents see fit. Schools should not transition kids. Transitioning kids without parents consent is courting lawsuits—-taxpayers will be footing the bill for these lawsuits…with this inflation, towns and school districts are better funding schools with real education not gender indoctrination.


I support Gov Youngkin’s policy changes

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Parents’ rights and the safety of Virginia children are more important than a small, screaming minority.  I completely disagree with school teachers and administrators  indoctrinating children to support radical left agendas.  Don’t listen to the loud minority that is supported by the leftist media.  Governor Youngkin has the support of all concerned parents, grandparents and hard working Virginians.


Keep the old transgender student rules

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The governor's newly proposed policies endanger the lives and safety of any gender questioning student in school.  By denying their stated sexual identity, forcing them to be silent so as not to be "outed," and literally turning them in to people who may harm them because of this information, Virginia is now choosing to put these students' lives and safety at extreme risk.  The abject inhumanity and heartlessness of these regulations demonstrates the governor's ignorance when it comes to contemporary gender issues and the advice of experts.  We should stick with the old regulations and let these kids live their lives.


STRONGLY OPPOSE

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This is an unconscionable attack on basic human rights, and Governor Youngkin should be ashamed of himself. Shame on anyone who would seek to attack CHILDREN for their gender identity. This policy belongs in the dustbin of history.


I support parental rights in their children’s education

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I support the revised policies drafted by Gov. Youngkin’s regarding parental rights in our children’s education. Government should understand there are limits to their involvement and brainwashing of our kids upbringing. Move to Russia, Cuba, Venezuela or Nicaragua if you want to live as a communist.


Governor policy

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Strongly agree with Governor Youngkin!


Heartily Support Parental Responsibility

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I am aghast that any parent, teacher organization, school superintendent, school administrator or elected official, to include school boards)  would conspire to keep information from and thereby deceive parents who are responsible for their child physically, emotionally, psychologically, medically and  financially. It is NOT the teacher, school staff or school board who have these responsibilities. Children are not the ward of the state, a school, whether teachers, counselors, psychiatrist, or even a school board.  Teachers and schools are important players teaching our children. But put us not think that teachers/schools teaching our children that deceiving parents is ok, or even desirable. This proposal is not transphobic but brings parents to center for approvals for any trans actions within the schools. With parental approval, trans students may be referred to by a preferred name or pronoun. And let’s face it, there are biological differences between boys and girls imprinted in every naturally occurring cell that make it between inappropriate for biological boys and girls who have not been anatomically altered sharing bathrooms, showers/locker rooms. Where has common sense gone?


Parental rights

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I am strongly in favor of the rights of parents to determine how their children will be raised and educated especially when it comes to sexual and racial matters.


Youngkins Transgender Policy

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I am adding my voice in support of Governor Youngkin's policy on transgender individuals.  I do not believe that any biological individuals should have access to any opposite biological individuals bathrooms or any place where personal privacy is needed.


I oppose!

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Ways to make schools better for Virginia children:

decrease class size

increase teacher pay

upgrade facilities

Fund each classroom so that teachers have the resources they need.

Ways to make Virginia schools dramatically worse:

THIS PROPOSAL

I oppose and hope that the governor has a solution to actually improve schools in Virginia.


New proposed LGBT guidelines for schools. I am Opposed to this proposed regulation.

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I am opposed because it runs counter to what mental

hea professionals tell us about the unintended harmful implications for students who would be placed in harms way by such a mandate


strongly oppose these policy changes

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<p>First I want to say that I can easily understand the strong belief that parents should be informed of what is going on with their child no matter what. At first blush I'd say most all parents would say yes to that. From that perspective I can understand the instinct to support these changes and to find fault in the idea that educators and school staff may be allowed to keep some information they gain from a child's parents. But when we are talking about transgender and nonbinary children, not all families and parents are created equal. I am the proud mother of a trans son. My husband and I fully support our child's right to use the pronouns and name that best identify him. I will, and already have to some degree, give my permission for his use of them in school and everywhere. Not all kids have a safe space at home when it comes to being trans or nonbinary. Some know all too well that if they come out, their parents will tell them they are misguided or that they aren't mature enough yet to decide these things about their gender. And that is at BEST. At WORST, if these kids were outed to parents, they could be verbally and mentally abused, turned out on the street, etc. Even before they come out to anyone, trans and nonbinary youth are at such major risk of depression, self harm and suicide. Read that again -- even before they come out. If they know that coming out means isolation, being ridiculed by those you love and trust and being made to feel they are wrong or bad or not "normal" will only worsen an already fragile image of themselves. If they have a place like school with their friends, with a kind teacher or counselor, where they can just simply try out a small step towards social transition and use a name or pronouns and not be terrified that parents will be immediately informed...that is so HUGE and positive for them in working their way down the scary path of trying to figure out and be who they really are. It doesn't hurt anybody. In addition to supporting teachers and educators being able to simply use a name or pronouns without the burden of having to report it to the child's parents, I also feel that a trans person should be allowed to choose the bathroom or other facility matching their trans identity. Adults thinking that trans kids are all just creeps trying to watch your kid go to the bathroom need to seriously consider why that's their immediate assumption. They are not criminals or future pedophiles. Trans people are people just like you and me. They are not mentally ill or in a phase. Just imagine, honestly try to imagine, that in your brain, in your thoughts and feelings, in every fiber of your being, you know you are not the gender they assigned you at birth because of the external genitalia that are visible. How scary and hard would that be? In a world where we have needlessly and exhaustively based so much on two very binary genders with pre-determined ways to look and act. How hard would it be to come to terms with this and to be brave enough to try and tell the world who you really are on the inside? Then to find out how much of an uphill battle it has to be to just live as the person you know you are. Gender is not just the parts in your pants. Science already knows this, there are studies about how gender is also determined in the brain before birth. We have medical cases of people born with genitalia of both sexes. Wake up! It's so much more complicated and beautiful than we have all been taught to believe. It's ok to be skeptical, its ok if you don't understand it all. It's not ok to support policies that block the rights and hurt the safety of those who differences you don't fully understand. </p>


Support this policy -safe space for all kids-no to incidents like Loudoun

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Leave our kids alone. Stop gender indoctrination!Support this policy.


Policy proposal for transgender students

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<p>I am in support of the governor's policy. I believe parents should be informed of situations related to their children. I also believe that we are using our children as political pawns and should get back to teaching our children. Our tax dollars are not being used as intended which is to educate. </p>


In favor of the Governor’s policy

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Parents should have the right to know what’s going on with their kids!


Strongly oppose.

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Strongly oppose. Protect the rights of trans youth and all trans individuals.


OPPOSE this policy!

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<p>You are putting children in danger of harm and increased suicide rates with this disaster of a policy. </p>


I approve this measure

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Parents need to be involved in decisions regarding their children period.


Support common sense 2022 Model guidance

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As a father of 5 children, I support this common sense approach to this challenging issue. Nowhere in this guidance do I see any "phobia" or hatred. The policy seeks to ensure parents are engaged in the decision regarding their children. That does not seem out of line. What is out of line is forcing people to say things they don't believe in and to affirm lifestyles that are in opposition to their beliefs. I wish the comments were more civilized - vilifying someone who opposes your view does not make your argument stronger, it makes you appear afraid of the merits of your argument.


Full Support of Governor Youngkin!!!

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<p>I am in full support of the proposal to return Virginia schools to common sense and decency. </p>


Support this policy!!!!Support Youngkin! Youngkin is few sane governors!

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Please pass this policy. Support parental rights. Support Youngkin!


2022 Model Policey: Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for all Students and Parents in VA Public Schools

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I fully support and am in complete agreement with this 2022 policy for Virginia Public Schools.  This policy which requires use of facilities and programs based on a student's biological sex such as bathrooms and locker rooms is extremely important for the safety and dignity of Virginia Students.  The importance of parental approval of any attempted changes to name or pronouns is vital.  Past compromises to this policy in Virginia Public Schools such as the rape and coverup which occurred in Loundon County Schools needs to be prevented and this policy strengthens this protection.


STRONGLY OPPOSE - Protect Trans Youth!

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I will just leave a quote here from a trans person regarding this bill:

"If anything like this existed when I was in school, I would not be alive. School was my only real refuge from a place of near constant verbal abuse over my transness, occasionally boiling over to physical. The few teachers that supported me were what kept me alive. This will kill."

Republicans love to claim they are doing this to "protect", but who are they protecting? Children are far more open-minded and accepting than us adults; I promise someone expressing their gender will not hurt you or them. The moral panic comes from a fear of losing the nuclear family where women can be subjugated and men stay powerful. Let trans youth express themselves and be treated how you would want to be treated: with kindness and respect.


No Child has the wrong body

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The insanity of the Democrats funding gender confusion and targeting minors in k-12 is beyond dangerous. Stripping Parental/Female rights while they sell the idea to children outfit and personality determines whether qualified to be Male or Female.

No child has ever suffered from using accurate facilities and pronouns !
Children are being convinced they should hate themselves as is while gross opportunists prey on them based entirely on LIES.


Strongly oppose repealing Boysko Simon legislation. Protect trans kids!

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Trust the evidence!  There is enough data on this issue to show that Gov. Youngkin's proposal is a very bad idea.  The Virginia Education Association (VEA) has laid out the evidence in a very clear and self-explanatory manner.  It is imperative that trans kids feel safe at school as well as outside of school.  I strongly oppose Gov. Youngkins proposal and recommend NOT repealing the Boysko Simon legislation.


I wish people would read the policy

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To read the policy before commenting would be more productive. I will listen to those who disagree and give reasons. Those who are throwing mud, especially with foul words, are not helping. The state has wrongfully intruded into our lives and families. Youngkin is restoring the parents’ rightful place in the lives and education of their children. A final comment:  Anonymous must live 24/7, spitting through the computer.


I 100% support the proposed changes by Gov Youngkin

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I 100% support the proposed change made by Gov Youngkin.  While we need to be loving of children with gender dysphoria or who are questioning, it is not the role of the public school system to be affirming or promoting re: identity.  The parents rights to raise their child have been systematically undercut by schools which want to promote alternative lifestyles.   This is not the job of the schools.  Let the parents raise their kids, and let the schools teach.    At the same time, we should not be tolerant anyone who bullies or denegrates a child who is questioning their identity.  All children need to feel safe at school.


Support policy

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Parents should be informed and need to consent before schools socially transition kids.Keeping secrets is not good. If schools start keeping secrets, they might just bring kids to drag shows without parents consent.


Strongly oppose trans genocide

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This is the first step to violently eradicating trans people. If we establish in law that trans children are a threat to schools what will happen to trans adults? This is not about protecting kids it is about killing trans people.