Dear Virginia Dept of Education,

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

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

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

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

Sincerely,
Janay Trimble
PO Box 642
Glide, OR 97443

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Dear Virginia Dept of Education,<br /><br />Schools should never secretly socially transition students and keep the child's new name, pronouns and gender identities from parents. I am pleased and relieved that the Virginia Department of Education's revised model policies support parental rights and ensure that school employees don't cut parents out of critical decisions for their children. <br /><br />The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) issued "model policies" in 2021 that encouraged every school district in Virginia to hide a child's new gender identity from parents who choose to affirm the child's biological sex. Under Governor Youngkin's leadership, the VDOE's revised policies make it clear that all children should be valued and parents' rights and beliefs should be respected. The 2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for all Students and Parents in Virginia's Public Schools keep parents involved in major decisions in their children's lives.<br /><br />The 2021 VDOE "model policies" encouraged schools to create "a plan (that) may include addressing the student at school with their name and pronoun consistent with their gender identity while using the legal name and pronoun associated with the sex assigned at birth when communicating with parents or guardians." <br /><br />I strongly support the revised policies that end this practice. Virginia schools should not drive a wedge between parents and their emotionally vulnerable children. Virginia school districts, including those who have already communicated their plans to ignore the 2022 revised model policies, should put an end to secret Gender Support Plans now.<br /><br />Sincerely,
<br />Janay Trimble
<br />PO Box 642<br />Glide, OR 97443<br /><img src="http://admin.phone2action.com/email/open/leg/657523/148269819" width="1" height="1" />


Strongly oppose this policy

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<p>As a Virginian and a parent of school-aged children, I strongly oppose this policy. This is another fake issue that the governor has created to "solve", along with the nonexistent issue of voter fraud, where the proposed "solution" will instead do real harm. This policy, masquerading as "parental rights", has the potential to harm an already vulnerable group of children, violating their privacy and creating unnecessary shame by policing their identities and even their bathroom usage. Why not focus precious public resources on solving real problems that Virginians face, like access to affordable housing and affordable higher education? Governor Youngkin should be governing on behalf of all of his constituents, not just his political base. </p>


Protect Emotionally Vulnerable Children and Parental Rights!

Dear Virginia Dept of Education,

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

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

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

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

Sincerely,
HOWARD STAFFORD
941 NW 110th Ct
Ocala, FL 34482

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Dear Virginia Dept of Education,<br /><br />Schools should never secretly socially transition students and keep the child's new name, pronouns and gender identities from parents. I am pleased and relieved that the Virginia Department of Education's revised model policies support parental rights and ensure that school employees don't cut parents out of critical decisions for their children. <br /><br />The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) issued "model policies" in 2021 that encouraged every school district in Virginia to hide a child's new gender identity from parents who choose to affirm the child's biological sex. Under Governor Youngkin's leadership, the VDOE's revised policies make it clear that all children should be valued and parents' rights and beliefs should be respected. The 2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for all Students and Parents in Virginia's Public Schools keep parents involved in major decisions in their children's lives.<br /><br />The 2021 VDOE "model policies" encouraged schools to create "a plan (that) may include addressing the student at school with their name and pronoun consistent with their gender identity while using the legal name and pronoun associated with the sex assigned at birth when communicating with parents or guardians." <br /><br />I strongly support the revised policies that end this practice. Virginia schools should not drive a wedge between parents and their emotionally vulnerable children. Virginia school districts, including those who have already communicated their plans to ignore the 2022 revised model policies, should put an end to secret Gender Support Plans now.<br /><br />Sincerely,
<br />HOWARD STAFFORD
<br />941 NW 110th Ct<br />Ocala, FL 34482<br /><img src="http://admin.phone2action.com/email/open/leg/657523/148269388" width="1" height="1" />


Oppose - this is harmful to kids

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I oppose this. Trans people are simply trying to live their lives in peace, this would bring immense harm to them (through bullies, child abuse, and psychological plus emotional harm). Marginalized members of a society should be protected by their government. This would take away people's freedom and right to live however they please.


Dear Virginia Dept of Education,

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

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

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

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

Sincerely,
David Huners
1312 Rock Chapel Rd
Herndon, VA 20170

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Dear Virginia Dept of Education,<br /><br />I believe Schools should never secretly socially transition students and keep the child's new name, pronouns and gender identities from parents. <br />I am pleased and relieved that the Virginia Department of Education's revised model policies support parental rights and ensure that school employees don't cut parents out of critical decisions for their children. <br /><br />The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) issued "model policies" in 2021 that encouraged every school district in Virginia to hide a child's new gender identity from parents who choose to affirm the child's biological sex. Under Governor Youngkin's leadership, the VDOE's revised policies make it clear that all children should be valued and parents' rights and beliefs should be respected. The 2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for all Students and Parents in Virginia's Public Schools keep parents involved in major decisions in their children's lives.<br /><br />The 2021 VDOE "model policies" encouraged schools to create "a plan (that) may include addressing the student at school with their name and pronoun consistent with their gender identity while using the legal name and pronoun associated with the sex assigned at birth when communicating with parents or guardians." <br /><br />I strongly support the revised policies that end this practice. <br />Virginia schools should not drive a wedge between parents and their emotionally vulnerable children. Virginia school districts, including those who have already communicated their plans to ignore the 2022 revised model policies, should put an end to secret Gender Support Plans now.<br /><br />Sincerely,
<br />David Huners
<br />1312 Rock Chapel Rd<br />Herndon, VA 20170<br /><img src="http://admin.phone2action.com/email/open/leg/657523/148269278" width="1" height="1" />


Dear Virginia Dept of Education,

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

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

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

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

Sincerely,
Vasiliki Fitzmaurice
9236 Caddyshack Cir
St. Louis, MO 63127

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Dear Virginia Dept of Education,<br /><br />Schools should never secretly socially transition students and keep the child's new name, pronouns and gender identities from parents. I am pleased and relieved that the Virginia Department of Education's revised model policies support parental rights and ensure that school employees don't cut parents out of critical decisions for their children. <br /><br />The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) issued "model policies" in 2021 that encouraged every school district in Virginia to hide a child's new gender identity from parents who choose to affirm the child's biological sex. Under Governor Youngkin's leadership, the VDOE's revised policies make it clear that all children should be valued and parents' rights and beliefs should be respected. The 2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for all Students and Parents in Virginia's Public Schools keep parents involved in major decisions in their children's lives.<br /><br />The 2021 VDOE "model policies" encouraged schools to create "a plan (that) may include addressing the student at school with their name and pronoun consistent with their gender identity while using the legal name and pronoun associated with the sex assigned at birth when communicating with parents or guardians." <br /><br />I strongly support the revised policies that end this practice. Virginia schools should not drive a wedge between parents and their emotionally vulnerable children. Virginia school districts, including those who have already communicated their plans to ignore the 2022 revised model policies, should put an end to secret Gender Support Plans now.<br /><br />Sincerely,
<br />Vasiliki Fitzmaurice
<br />9236 Caddyshack Cir<br />St. Louis, MO 63127<br /><img src="http://admin.phone2action.com/email/open/leg/657523/148268853" width="1" height="1" />


OPPOSE: Protect Trans kids from abuse

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Requiring administrators to out transgender children to their parents is not only compromising to the child’s mental health, but has the potential to put them in immediate danger as a result of their parents’ actions. Knowing this, it is not acceptable to implement a policy that would directly harm these people, especially with the sheer amount of discrimination they already face for not being born the way you claim they should.


Leave trans people alone for god's sake

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Isn't there enough pain in this world without more laws designed to hurt trans kids?

Please, please don't pass this. Loving your children or 'protecting your emotionally vulnerable children' means taking them at their word and believing and supporting who they are. Children are not property, and they ought to use the name, pronouns, and bathroom that make them happiest.


This is a horrible idea

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The American Medical Association recognizes trans people, you think you know better? No. You don't. There is nothing about this bill that you could even PRETEND "protects youth." Some kids will be beaten by their parents if outed. It doesn't take a genius to figure that out. This is about wanting trans kids to suffer and that's down right despicable. Actually educate yourself before trying to pass legislation on this.


Oppose. This will further harm vulnerable trans kids

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Using the right bathroom, and having people call you by your name might not seems like big issues, and to the minority of kids, they’re not. They are taken for granted. Of course teachers will refer to you by your name. Of course you’ll be able to pee in peace.
Now imagine for a second that none of that is guaranteed. Yo I teachers take attendance and they get to your name. But it’s not your name. It’s a name someone gave you, before they even knew you. You don’t want to get in trouble, you don’t want your parents getting angry, so you say “here” and sink down in your seat, waiting for the bell to ring so you can escape. You raise your hand, needing to go use the bathroom. You step into the same bathroom you’ve used, only to be met with hostile stares, and a “you can’t be in here,”or “get out, freak!” or a slew of other nasty names and epithets.
At least you’ll have sports. You’ve run cross country every year in middle school, and in your freshman year. This is the first day of practice and you are excited to be back with the team. Your coach greets you, but puts you with the wrong team. You ask him why you aren’t with your team, and he just shakes his head. “You can’t compete with them anymore. You’ll still run, but the other teammates are unfriendly. They know you don’t belong, and you have never felt more like an outsider in a sport you love.
Everything is wrong. When you come home, you are treated to a lecture about how you are just confused. Defending the awful day you’ve had, your parents ramble about fairness and safety and how you’re better with the gender you should have been. You feel like an imposter. Walking around with a poorly fitted mask. Last year you didn’t need the mask, you could be a normal human in the anonymity of public school. Now that is stripped away.
How does that sound? Do you want to go through high school  like this? For many transgender teens, this is a reality, and this law will solidify that. No trans child wants special treatment. All they want is the same experience their peers have. Whether that’s having their chosen, true names printed in a school roster, using the womens bathrooms  during a break between classes, or playing sports with their teammates. We don’t want to be lifted up on a pedestal. We don’t want you to cater to our every need. We just want to be like every other teenager and every other person in the state of Virginia.


Protect Transgender Youth

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I am writing as a concerned citizen about the recently proposed Model Policies would which severely roll back transgender rights in Virginia. It would deny transgender youth the ability to use the facilities they identify with, create an arduous process to be acknowledged with proper pronouns, force teachers to expose one's gender identity to their parents (which can be very unsafe for many youth), and no longer require school employees to not discriminate against trans youth. Transgender youth have already extremely high rates of suicide, self-harm, and mental health crises, and this will only make that worse. Please revoke support for the Model Policies and refuse to implement these policies.


Dear Virginia Dept of Education,

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

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

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

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

Sincerely,
Margarita Lopez
116 Miller Dr
Del Rio, TX 78840

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Dear Virginia Dept of Education,<br /><br />Schools should never secretly socially transition students and keep the child's new name, pronouns and gender identities from parents. I am pleased and relieved that the Virginia Department of Education's revised model policies support parental rights and ensure that school employees don't cut parents out of critical decisions for their children. <br /><br />The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) issued "model policies" in 2021 that encouraged every school district in Virginia to hide a child's new gender identity from parents who choose to affirm the child's biological sex. Under Governor Youngkin's leadership, the VDOE's revised policies make it clear that all children should be valued and parents' rights and beliefs should be respected. The 2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for all Students and Parents in Virginia's Public Schools keep parents involved in major decisions in their children's lives.<br /><br />The 2021 VDOE "model policies" encouraged schools to create "a plan (that) may include addressing the student at school with their name and pronoun consistent with their gender identity while using the legal name and pronoun associated with the sex assigned at birth when communicating with parents or guardians." <br /><br />I strongly support the revised policies that end this practice. Virginia schools should not drive a wedge between parents and their emotionally vulnerable children. Virginia school districts, including those who have already communicated their plans to ignore the 2022 revised model policies, should put an end to secret Gender Support Plans now.<br /><br />Sincerely,
<br />Margarita Lopez
<br />116 Miller Dr<br />Del Rio, TX 78840<br /><img src="http://admin.phone2action.com/email/open/leg/657523/148267921" width="1" height="1" />


Oppose the Model Policies-Protect Trans Students

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I am writing as a concerned citizen about the recently proposed Model Policies would which severely roll back transgender rights in Virginia. Transgender youth have already extremely high rates of suicide, self-harm, and mental health crises, and this will only make that worse. Please revoke support for the Model Policies and refuse to implement these policies.


Dear Virginia Dept of Education,

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

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

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

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

Sincerely,
Rosemary Del Prado
1140 Queen Palm Ct
Hollywood, FL 33019

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Dear Virginia Dept of Education,<br /><br />Schools should never secretly socially transition students and keep the child's new name, pronouns and gender identities from parents. I am pleased and relieved that the Virginia Department of Education's revised model policies support parental rights and ensure that school employees don't cut parents out of critical decisions for their children. <br /><br />The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) issued "model policies" in 2021 that encouraged every school district in Virginia to hide a child's new gender identity from parents who choose to affirm the child's biological sex. Under Governor Youngkin's leadership, the VDOE's revised policies make it clear that all children should be valued and parents' rights and beliefs should be respected. The 2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for all Students and Parents in Virginia's Public Schools keep parents involved in major decisions in their children's lives.<br /><br />The 2021 VDOE "model policies" encouraged schools to create "a plan (that) may include addressing the student at school with their name and pronoun consistent with their gender identity while using the legal name and pronoun associated with the sex assigned at birth when communicating with parents or guardians." <br /><br />I strongly support the revised policies that end this practice. Virginia schools should not drive a wedge between parents and their emotionally vulnerable children. Virginia school districts, including those who have already communicated their plans to ignore the 2022 revised model policies, should put an end to secret Gender Support Plans now.<br /><br />Sincerely,
<br />Rosemary Del Prado
<br />1140 Queen Palm Ct<br />Hollywood, FL 33019<br /><img src="http://admin.phone2action.com/email/open/leg/657523/148267612" width="1" height="1" />


I OPPOSE the guidance. Please trust experts and science, and stop further marginalizing trans kids.

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I OPPOSE the guidance in the draft model policy. It is not based on what is best for kids, and it is harmful and dangerous to trans kids in particular.

Trans kids do not harm others by living in their gender identity. Policies that put them at greater risk of harm are cruel and unnecessary.

Health care professionals and mental health providers who specialize in care of trans kids have long advised that the best course of action is to recognize and honor kids' stated gender identities. They have also warned of the harmful impacts of policies and practices and behaviors that marginalize trans kids or invalidate their voices.

My trans kid is at a school that has been supportive of their identity. As a mother, I know that I am sending them into an environment that respects and honors them for who they are, that wants them to thrive and to live as their full self, and that wants to protect them from harm. These school policies are NOT harmful to non-trans kids or to others -- so please stop trying to fix something that is not broken.

Please believe trans kids when they tell you who they are. Please believe the experts who advise on what is best for trans kids. Please trust the science that explains the complexity of gender identity. Please consider that not all trans kids have parents who recognize their gender identity, and thus the model policies remove one of the few potential "safe spaces" that trans kids may find. And most of all, PLEASE CARE ABOUT THE KIDS WHO ARE ALREADY AT RISK OF SELF-HARM, AND UNDERSTAND THAT THE NEW MODEL POLICIES WILL INCREASE THAT RISK.


These policies will kill children!

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I strongly oppose these proposed policies—they discriminate on the basis of gender identity under the guise of protecting freedom of speech and parental rights. The proposed policies violate the Virginia Human Rights Act which prohibits discrimination on the basis of gender identity and sexual orientation.

It is a well supported fact that trans youth are at a significantly higher rate of suicide and self-harm when they are unsupported by adults. Trans students already experience a significantly higher risk of houselessness, self-harm, and sucide. By stripping students of their autonomy, denying them mental health care, outing them, failing to protect against gender-based discrimination, and refusing to use their correct names and pronouns, you are knowingly and intentionally putting them at higher risk. Children are not the property of their parents or the state, stop treating them as such! Enacting these policies will inevitably kill trans students. I demand that they be withdrawn.


Dear Virginia Dept of Education,

Schools should never secretly socially transition students and keep the child's new name, pronouns and gender identities from parents. I am pleased and relieved that the Virginia Department of Education's revised model policies support parental rights and ensure that school employees don't cut parents out of critical decisions for their children.
The fact that this has to even been presented and made mandatory is troubling. It needs to be made a criminal offense to keep parents of a minor out of the loop with this…

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

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

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

Sincerely,
Patricia Rasmussen
29150 Oakpath Dr
Agoura Hills, CA 91301

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Dear Virginia Dept of Education,<br /><br />Schools should never secretly socially transition students and keep the child's new name, pronouns and gender identities from parents. I am pleased and relieved that the Virginia Department of Education's revised model policies support parental rights and ensure that school employees don't cut parents out of critical decisions for their children. <br />The fact that this has to even been presented and made mandatory is troubling. It needs to be made a criminal offense to keep parents of a minor out of the loop with this…<br /><br />The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) issued "model policies" in 2021 that encouraged every school district in Virginia to hide a child's new gender identity from parents who choose to affirm the child's biological sex. Under Governor Youngkin's leadership, the VDOE's revised policies make it clear that all children should be valued and parents' rights and beliefs should be respected. The 2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for all Students and Parents in Virginia's Public Schools keep parents involved in major decisions in their children's lives.<br /><br />The 2021 VDOE "model policies" encouraged schools to create "a plan (that) may include addressing the student at school with their name and pronoun consistent with their gender identity while using the legal name and pronoun associated with the sex assigned at birth when communicating with parents or guardians." <br /><br />I strongly support the revised policies that end this practice. Virginia schools should not drive a wedge between parents and their emotionally vulnerable children. Virginia school districts, including those who have already communicated their plans to ignore the 2022 revised model policies, should put an end to secret Gender Support Plans now.<br /><br />Sincerely,
<br />Patricia Rasmussen
<br />29150 Oakpath Dr<br />Agoura Hills, CA 91301<br /><img src="http://admin.phone2action.com/email/open/leg/657523/148266921" width="1" height="1" />


Dear Virginia Dept of Education,

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

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

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

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

Teachers should focus on reading, grammar, and mathematics before America is LAST in the world!

Sincerely,
BONNIE STICH
426 Eastgate Village Wynde
Louisville, KY 40223

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Dear Virginia Dept of Education,<br /><br />Schools should never secretly socially transition students and keep the child's new name, pronouns and gender identities from parents. I am pleased and relieved that the Virginia Department of Education's revised model policies support parental rights and ensure that school employees don't cut parents out of critical decisions for their children. <br /><br />The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) issued "model policies" in 2021 that encouraged every school district in Virginia to hide a child's new gender identity from parents who choose to affirm the child's biological sex. Under Governor Youngkin's leadership, the VDOE's revised policies make it clear that all children should be valued and parents' rights and beliefs should be respected. The 2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for all Students and Parents in Virginia's Public Schools keep parents involved in major decisions in their children's lives.<br /><br />The 2021 VDOE "model policies" encouraged schools to create "a plan (that) may include addressing the student at school with their name and pronoun consistent with their gender identity while using the legal name and pronoun associated with the sex assigned at birth when communicating with parents or guardians." <br /><br />I strongly support the revised policies that end this practice. Virginia schools should not drive a wedge between parents and their emotionally vulnerable children. Virginia school districts, including those who have already communicated their plans to ignore the 2022 revised model policies, should put an end to secret Gender Support Plans now. <br /><br />Teachers should focus on reading, grammar, and mathematics before America is LAST in the world!<br /><br />Sincerely,
<br />BONNIE STICH
<br />426 Eastgate Village Wynde<br />Louisville, KY 40223<br /><img src="http://admin.phone2action.com/email/open/leg/657523/148266826" width="1" height="1" />


Dear Virginia Dept of Education,

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

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

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

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

Sincerely,
Donna Grebas
7800 Beach Rd
Chesterfield, VA 23838

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Dear Virginia Dept of Education,<br /><br />Schools should NEVER secretly socially transition students and keep the child's new name, pronouns and gender identities from parents. I am pleased and relieved that the Virginia Department of Education's revised model policies support parental rights and ensure that school employees don't cut parents out of critical decisions for their children. <br /><br />The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) issued "model policies" in 2021 that encouraged every school district in Virginia to hide a child's new gender identity from parents who choose to affirm the child's biological sex. Under Governor Youngkin's leadership, the VDOE's revised policies make it clear that all children should be valued and parents' rights and beliefs should be respected. The 2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for all Students and Parents in Virginia's Public Schools keep parents involved in major decisions in their children's lives.<br /><br />The 2021 VDOE "model policies" encouraged schools to create "a plan (that) may include addressing the student at school with their name and pronoun consistent with their gender identity while using the legal name and pronoun associated with the sex assigned at birth when communicating with parents or guardians." <br /><br />I strongly support the revised policies that end this practice. Virginia schools should not drive a wedge between parents and their emotionally vulnerable children. Virginia school districts, including those who have already communicated their plans to ignore the 2022 revised model policies, should put an end to secret Gender Support Plans now.<br /><br />Sincerely,
<br />Donna Grebas
<br />7800 Beach Rd<br />Chesterfield, VA 23838<br /><img src="http://admin.phone2action.com/email/open/leg/657523/148266697" width="1" height="1" />


Students should use the bathroom of the sex they were born with!

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The thought of boys in the bathroom with my daughter at school is unsettling. Which bathroom you use shouldn't be based on how you feel, but how you were born!


Protect the Rights of Children in Schools

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This bill sets an absolutely dangerous precedent for the safety of not only the trans children in our school, but also all children around the country. This bill is going to cause direct harm to the school district's trans children.  Informing parents of transgender students of their gender identity of they are not out to them could cause them to be in direct physical danger. Stories of parents hurting and even killing their own children for being outed to them as queer are disturbingly common, and the actions proposed in this bill will only allow that kind of violence to continue. If a child has not spoken to their parents about their gender identity, there is probably a reason, and it is the choice of that child and that child only if and when they discuss this with their parents. People on this side of the argument talk all the time about individual rights of the parents, but what about the individual rights of the children? What about the right not to be put in danger in your own home by your school organization? Furthermore, transgender students facing hostility and disrespect towards their identity, as well as not having their preferred names and pronouns respected, directly correlates to higher cases of suicidal thoughts or actions in children. You claim that this bill is to protect children, but you are directly putting the young people you are in charge of educating and protecting in harm's way with your actions. Please, I beg of you to research the psychology of gender identity and of queer children before making a school decision based on what you feel to be correct. Plenty of research has been done on this topic, and it is your responsibility as school administrators to do this research and make decisions in the best interest of your students. These bills set legal precedent, and so this could affect children far beyond your district, as well as having the potential to affect other groups than transgender students by the same principles you put forward. Please, I urge you to research the psychology of gender identity and queer children and reconsider this bill.


Dear Virginia Dept of Education,

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

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

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

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

Sincerely,
Elsie Odom
3031 Brookhaven Way
Augusta, GA 30909

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Dear Virginia Dept of Education,<br /><br />Schools should never secretly socially transition students and keep the child's new name, pronouns and gender identities from parents. I am pleased and relieved that the Virginia Department of Education's revised model policies support parental rights and ensure that school employees don't cut parents out of critical decisions for their children. <br /><br />The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) issued "model policies" in 2021 that encouraged every school district in Virginia to hide a child's new gender identity from parents who choose to affirm the child's biological sex. Under Governor Youngkin's leadership, the VDOE's revised policies make it clear that all children should be valued and parents' rights and beliefs should be respected. The 2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for all Students and Parents in Virginia's Public Schools keep parents involved in major decisions in their children's lives.<br /><br />The 2021 VDOE "model policies" encouraged schools to create "a plan (that) may include addressing the student at school with their name and pronoun consistent with their gender identity while using the legal name and pronoun associated with the sex assigned at birth when communicating with parents or guardians." <br /><br />I strongly support the revised policies that end this practice. Virginia schools should not drive a wedge between parents and their emotionally vulnerable children. Virginia school districts, including those who have already communicated their plans to ignore the 2022 revised model policies, should put an end to secret Gender Support Plans now.<br /><br />Sincerely,
<br />Elsie Odom
<br />3031 Brookhaven Way<br />Augusta, GA 30909<br /><img src="http://admin.phone2action.com/email/open/leg/657523/148266559" width="1" height="1" />


OPPOSE: trying to push a religious agenda

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Let kids be kids and find their own identities. The point of having a child is to bring someone new into the world…. Not shape someone into a mold of what YOU want. That’s your job to live your own life. It hurts no one by giving kids full opportunity to be themselves. Our schools should be safe spaces and they oftentimes aren’t anyways because kids can be so harsh to their peers. But it creates an even more hostile environment when a {trans} child can’t even get support from their teachers/adults.

To also spread your own personal religious agenda onto the youth of our state is disgusting. There is and should always be a firm separation of church and state, as that is our constitutional rights.

Last, to undo a policy that was already made into effect and waste taxpayer’s money on this tomfoolery is such a disappointment. The state could be spending their money in places that actually need that to survive.


Governor, please don’t allow boys in our locker room when we are changing after practice.

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We have practice on Tuesday and Thursdays before school. Showers are mandatory. Please don’t let the teachers allow boys in our locker room. It’s not fair to us and we feel violated. Thank you governor.


Dear Virginia Dept of Education,

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

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

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

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

Sincerely,
A Sawyer
11023 Barton Hill Ct
Reston, VA 20191

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Dear Virginia Dept of Education,<br /><br />Schools should never secretly socially transition students and keep the child's new name, pronouns and gender identities from parents. I am pleased and relieved that the Virginia Department of Education's revised model policies support parental rights and ensure that school employees don't cut parents out of critical decisions for their children. <br /><br />The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) issued "model policies" in 2021 that encouraged every school district in Virginia to hide a child's new gender identity from parents who choose to affirm the child's biological sex. Under Governor Youngkin's leadership, the VDOE's revised policies make it clear that all children should be valued and parents' rights and beliefs should be respected. The 2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for all Students and Parents in Virginia's Public Schools keep parents involved in major decisions in their children's lives.<br /><br />The 2021 VDOE "model policies" encouraged schools to create "a plan (that) may include addressing the student at school with their name and pronoun consistent with their gender identity while using the legal name and pronoun associated with the sex assigned at birth when communicating with parents or guardians." <br /><br />I strongly support the revised policies that end this practice. Virginia schools should not drive a wedge between parents and their emotionally vulnerable children. Virginia school districts, including those who have already communicated their plans to ignore the 2022 revised model policies, should put an end to secret Gender Support Plans now.<br /><br />Sincerely,
<br />A Sawyer
<br />11023 Barton Hill Ct<br />Reston, VA 20191<br /><img src="http://admin.phone2action.com/email/open/leg/657523/148266047" width="1" height="1" />


The bill trying to be passed by governor Youngkin is demeaning and can be affect to kids mentahealth

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<p> I used to go to a school in Caroline County Virginia, which is a very southern and conservative county. During my time here I had a friend who was trans and went by he/him pronouns and the name Tyler. Almost no teacher respected his pronouns or name and most called him by his dead name. This was very upsetting, not only for him but his friends, like me, who could see how sad and depressed he became when his identity was not respected. This new bill that governor Younkin is trying to pass will make this terrible situation that my friend went through all that more common. By not respecting someone’s identity and pronouns can be detrimental to a persons mental health, especially a young person who’s still trying to figure out who they are. By denying a person to be called by their preferred name or pronouns is demeaning and un-humanizing. By allowing this bill to pass you are openly agreeing that a child’s identity doesn't matter which is disgusting.</p>


Governor Youngkin's policies make sense.

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First and foremost, parents are the first and ultimate guardians of their children, and MUST be kept informed and consulted about what is happening to their children and what they are being taught.  We are not, and I hope never, in the situation of "Brave New World" wherein children are not raised by parents, but by State nurseries.

Next, we live in a physical world, and our physical bodies matter.  A transgender person has a body of one gender and a sense or soul of another gender inside.  They are not a "she" or a "he" but a kind of hybrid - a "s/he" for example.  It is wrong to call a transgender person either "he" or "she" for just one side of their being.  It is  a lie, and we should not be lying to our children.  Male bodies should not be commingled with female bodies in activities designed for "females only" or "males only" .  This includes bathrooms and sports.   We DO need to recognize the difficulty of the transgender condition, similar to a handicap, and make sure that all human rights are available to such persons - including employment, protection from denigration and the like.

Third, instead of mangling the English language to conform to "woke" ideas, how about developing vocabulary to include these ideas, without stealing the words from those to whom they traditionally belong.  For example, a word to distinguish a gay union, other than "marriage", which traditionally includes the possibility of procreation, or another pronoun (eg s/he) to identify the dual gender people?  Language is being twisted and forcibly used to promote politically "correct" ideas which are not true.

Last - abortion - whatever word one calls it by - is the taking of a human life.  The fetus is alive by biological definition of life and it is human; its life is being taken.   We must stop the virulence by which it is being promoted as any time any place in all conditions with taxpayer funding.  If it is a choice, it is a choice, most of the time, for convenience, promoted as "politically correct".    The Supreme Court was correct Constitutionally.  If it is not wished for some to object to abortion, then pro life should not be objected to, either, it's clinics to help women  vandalized and the like.  We do not need to kill our babies to protect our country or our planet.


Student lives, reputation of this state, and my property values are all at risk from this proposal

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This is not something I want to see my elected officials spend their time and energy on. Students of all ages who are different are already bullied. This proposal would make transgender people stand out even more and is placing them at an unfair risk. I'm not willing to hurt people in order to hold up a pretense that the gender they were assigned at birth is somehow more important than their preference of gender presentation in the real world. I hope you're not either.

To ask teachers and school administrators to invest their attention in this is not productive. This proposal is a waste everyone's time and tries to ignore a student's human rights. It also brings down the reputation of this state and if passed, will harm our state economy and property values. What do we have to do to get our elected officials to represent the mainstream in all its diverse beauty rather than fringe fundamentalists who are afraid to accept human beings as they truly are?


Trans Lives Matter—protect kids not bigotry

Ayla R., 2L at University of Baltimore School of Law


Support science, not ignorance. Sex is not binary. Facts over belief please. Oppose changes.

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Once again politicians choose ignorance instead of science. Some people are born male, some are born female, and some are born both male and female and some are born with strange hybrid combinations. There can be extra or missing chromosomes or hormones or both. Looking at someones private area does not tell the complete story. In the good old days children who were not normal were killed at birth. Then later they were altered according to the parent's choice of sex. Now parents are deciding not to do that anymore. Youngkin wants to punish these people for their biology and make them go back into hiding. They already have huge mental health issues because they are not like the majority of people and this policy change will make that worse. If locker rooms are such an issue for people, do away with them and communal bathrooms as well. They have always been sources of trauma for all kids in school anyway so change how that is done. The country of India recently acknowledged that there are three categories of gender in humans, m,f, and other. How sad that in the U.S. so many people let belief get in the way of science.


Support to protect our children from the woke indoctrination of the ultra left.

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Thank you governor for helping parents to protect our children.


Dear Virginia Dept of Education,

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

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

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

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

Sincerely,
Leticia Barrientos
322 E Ada St
Odessa, TX 79761

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Dear Virginia Dept of Education,<br /><br />Schools should never secretly socially transition students and keep the child's new name, pronouns and gender identities from parents. I am pleased and relieved that the Virginia Department of Education's revised model policies support parental rights and ensure that school employees don't cut parents out of critical decisions for their children. <br /><br />The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) issued "model policies" in 2021 that encouraged every school district in Virginia to hide a child's new gender identity from parents who choose to affirm the child's biological sex. Under Governor Youngkin's leadership, the VDOE's revised policies make it clear that all children should be valued and parents' rights and beliefs should be respected. The 2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for all Students and Parents in Virginia's Public Schools keep parents involved in major decisions in their children's lives.<br /><br />The 2021 VDOE "model policies" encouraged schools to create "a plan (that) may include addressing the student at school with their name and pronoun consistent with their gender identity while using the legal name and pronoun associated with the sex assigned at birth when communicating with parents or guardians." <br /><br />I strongly support the revised policies that end this practice. Virginia schools should not drive a wedge between parents and their emotionally vulnerable children. Virginia school districts, including those who have already communicated their plans to ignore the 2022 revised model policies, should put an end to secret Gender Support Plans now.<br /><br />Sincerely,
<br />Leticia Barrientos
<br />322 E Ada St<br />Odessa, TX 79761<br /><img src="http://admin.phone2action.com/email/open/leg/657523/148265353" width="1" height="1" />


Oppose

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<p>Stop worrying about childrens genitals. All kids deserve respect. </p>


2022 Model Policies Are Unacceptable

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From the very start of this document, it is at odds with itself. By requiring the use of a student's legal name and pronouns and going against their direct wishes, you immediately fail to provide them with an "opportunity to receive a high quality education," you fail to "meet their individual needs or create an environment where students can thrive," and you're surely not showing "value and respect to the distinct abilities and characters that make each child unique." These policies do not protect or encourage respect. A parental document isn't necessary to respect how a student wishes to be acknowledged. Dead naming and incorrect pronouns are forms of discrimination and harassment, which this document claims schools throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia should be free from. How can you expect transgender students to thrive in an environment that hurts them, 6+ hours a day, 5 days a week? It is dangerous, frankly, to their mental, physical, and emotional health.

So, if not students, who are these 2022 policies REALLY "protecting?"


Dear Virginia Dept of Education,

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

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

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

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

Sincerely,
Sandra Stout
6758 Northeast Birch Street
Hillsboro, OR 97124

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Dear Virginia Dept of Education,<br /><br />Schools should never secretly socially transition students and keep the child's new name, pronouns and gender identities from parents. I am pleased and relieved that the Virginia Department of Education's revised model policies support parental rights and ensure that school employees don't cut parents out of critical decisions for their children. <br /><br />The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) issued "model policies" in 2021 that encouraged every school district in Virginia to hide a child's new gender identity from parents who choose to affirm the child's biological sex. Under Governor Youngkin's leadership, the VDOE's revised policies make it clear that all children should be valued and parents' rights and beliefs should be respected. The 2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for all Students and Parents in Virginia's Public Schools keep parents involved in major decisions in their children's lives.<br /><br />The 2021 VDOE "model policies" encouraged schools to create "a plan (that) may include addressing the student at school with their name and pronoun consistent with their gender identity while using the legal name and pronoun associated with the sex assigned at birth when communicating with parents or guardians." <br /><br />I strongly support the revised policies that end this practice. Virginia schools should not drive a wedge between parents and their emotionally vulnerable children. Virginia school districts, including those who have already communicated their plans to ignore the 2022 revised model policies, should put an end to secret Gender Support Plans now.<br /><br />Sincerely,
<br />Sandra Stout
<br />6758 Northeast Birch Street<br />Hillsboro, OR 97124<br /><img src="http://admin.phone2action.com/email/open/leg/657523/148264990" width="1" height="1" />


Strongly support

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Parents ARE the strongest factor in student success.  They deserve to be supported, not bypassed.  Title IX was written to encourage women in sports.  Thanks for reinforcing that position.  Finally, single-use bathrooms should satisfy the need for any student wanting or needing private accommodations.


Dear Virginia Dept of Education,

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

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

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

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

Sincerely,
Marsha James
PO Box 7
Palmer, TN 37365

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Dear Virginia Dept of Education,<br /><br />Schools should never secretly socially transition students and keep the child's new name, pronouns and gender identities from parents. I am pleased and relieved that the Virginia Department of Education's revised model policies support parental rights and ensure that school employees don't cut parents out of critical decisions for their children. <br /><br />The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) issued "model policies" in 2021 that encouraged every school district in Virginia to hide a child's new gender identity from parents who choose to affirm the child's biological sex. Under Governor Youngkin's leadership, the VDOE's revised policies make it clear that all children should be valued and parents' rights and beliefs should be respected. The 2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for all Students and Parents in Virginia's Public Schools keep parents involved in major decisions in their children's lives.<br /><br />The 2021 VDOE "model policies" encouraged schools to create "a plan (that) may include addressing the student at school with their name and pronoun consistent with their gender identity while using the legal name and pronoun associated with the sex assigned at birth when communicating with parents or guardians." <br /><br />I strongly support the revised policies that end this practice. Virginia schools should not drive a wedge between parents and their emotionally vulnerable children. Virginia school districts, including those who have already communicated their plans to ignore the 2022 revised model policies, should put an end to secret Gender Support Plans now.<br /><br />Sincerely,
<br />Marsha James
<br />PO Box 7<br />Palmer, TN 37365<br /><img src="http://admin.phone2action.com/email/open/leg/657523/148264844" width="1" height="1" />


Strongly support parental rights and protecting our children!

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The perverse left is at it again. This time it’s our children. Thank goodness for a common sense governor.


My family supports this bill- protect girls sports and private spaces.


Dear Virginia Dept of Education,

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

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

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

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

Sincerely,
Sue Hoard
771 E 300 N
Camden, IN 46917

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Dear Virginia Dept of Education,<br /><br />Schools should never secretly socially transition students and keep the child's new name, pronouns and gender identities from parents. I am pleased and relieved that the Virginia Department of Education's revised model policies support parental rights and ensure that school employees don't cut parents out of critical decisions for their children. <br /><br />The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) issued "model policies" in 2021 that encouraged every school district in Virginia to hide a child's new gender identity from parents who choose to affirm the child's biological sex. Under Governor Youngkin's leadership, the VDOE's revised policies make it clear that all children should be valued and parents' rights and beliefs should be respected. The 2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for all Students and Parents in Virginia's Public Schools keep parents involved in major decisions in their children's lives.<br /><br />The 2021 VDOE "model policies" encouraged schools to create "a plan (that) may include addressing the student at school with their name and pronoun consistent with their gender identity while using the legal name and pronoun associated with the sex assigned at birth when communicating with parents or guardians." <br /><br />I strongly support the revised policies that end this practice. Virginia schools should not drive a wedge between parents and their emotionally vulnerable children. Virginia school districts, including those who have already communicated their plans to ignore the 2022 revised model policies, should put an end to secret Gender Support Plans now.<br /><br />Sincerely,
<br />Sue Hoard
<br />771 E 300 N<br />Camden, IN 46917<br /><img src="http://admin.phone2action.com/email/open/leg/657523/148264779" width="1" height="1" />


Oppose!

I strongly oppose this guidance! This is not a good way to go about treating children. All of the current medical studies and highly regarded medical associations would oppose this guideline. Trans students are 9 times more likely to commit suicide because of guidelines like this. If you really cared about protecting children’s lives, you’d just let them be called what they want. It’s not hard.Not only is this a horrible guideline, but you define an “eligible student” as 18 years of age! So effectively no one! Not even if parents provide a note requesting it! How is that allowing parents choice?!

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I strongly oppose this guidance! This is not a good way to go about treating children. All of the current medical studies and highly regarded medical associations would oppose this guideline. Trans students are 9 times more likely to commit suicide because of guidelines like this. If you really cared about protecting children’s lives, you’d just let them be called what they want. It’s not hard.
Not only is this a horrible guideline, but you define an “eligible student” as 18 years of age! So effectively no one! Not even if parents provide a note requesting it! How is that allowing parents choice?!


No more sexual assaults in bathrooms: support this bill and protect females.


Attacking children who need support

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This policy spits in the face of the work that was done to bring Virginia in line with the right side of history. It's bullying and taking away the one safe space some kids have. Trans kids aren't a threat to anyone and instead they're threatened every day especially if they don't have supportive parents. If you want increased rates of youth suicide, then this is a great way to do it. I was a trans kid who started self mutilation in middle school, suffered from depression and had an alcohol problem in high school, and ultimately tried to kill myself in college because I didn't have the verbiage I needed to describe my feelings and the knowledge that I would have the support of my loved ones. Don't do that to kids just to have a victory in the  manufactured outrage of the culture wars


Agreed with the new common sense model policy

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Thank you Governor for this common sense approach.  As a mom, I am so grateful.  We parents love our children and want their best.  Thank you so much for supporting us parents.


Support this vital guidance for our schools

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ThNk you for this guidance doc


Protect Emotionally Vulnerable Children and Parental Rights!

Dear Virginia Dept of Education,

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

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

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

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

Sincerely,
Darlene Driver
1012 Apalachee Run Trail
Dacula, GA 30019

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Dear Virginia Dept of Education,<br /><br />Schools should never secretly socially transition students and keep the child's new name, pronouns and gender identities from parents. I am pleased and relieved that the Virginia Department of Education's revised model policies support parental rights and ensure that school employees don't cut parents out of critical decisions for their children. <br /><br />The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) issued "model policies" in 2021 that encouraged every school district in Virginia to hide a child's new gender identity from parents who choose to affirm the child's biological sex. Under Governor Youngkin's leadership, the VDOE's revised policies make it clear that all children should be valued and parents' rights and beliefs should be respected. The 2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for all Students and Parents in Virginia's Public Schools keep parents involved in major decisions in their children's lives.<br /><br />The 2021 VDOE "model policies" encouraged schools to create "a plan (that) may include addressing the student at school with their name and pronoun consistent with their gender identity while using the legal name and pronoun associated with the sex assigned at birth when communicating with parents or guardians." <br /><br />I strongly support the revised policies that end this practice. Virginia schools should not drive a wedge between parents and their emotionally vulnerable children. Virginia school districts, including those who have already communicated their plans to ignore the 2022 revised model policies, should put an end to secret Gender Support Plans now.<br /><br />Sincerely,
<br />Darlene Driver
<br />1012 Apalachee Run Trail<br />Dacula, GA 30019<br /><img src="http://admin.phone2action.com/email/open/leg/657523/148264146" width="1" height="1" />


Trans-gender phobia shrouded in parental rights

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The 2022 policies put out by the VDOE may be “promoting parental rights” but what happened to the rights of the students.  I am all for parents playing the primary role in their child’s upbringing but that doesn’t remove all power from the child.  Some of my greatest concerns in this new policy are the inability for a child to be allowed to identify themself as the name or pronoun to which they identify and the inability to seek gender affirming support from the school counselor or psychologist in privacy and without fear of their parents being informed.  When a child enters into a school counselor’s or school psychologist’s office they should be entering into a relationship with that professional in which they are able to speak freely.  There are many more issues with this policy but overall it takes away the individual rights and privacy of the student.  Our goal as parents, caregivers and teachers is to be supportive of our children not to strip them of their rights and ability to express themselves.  If this policy passes, bullying and intolerance will increase and in turn so will the rates of depression and suicide.


They choose food at lunch, they can choose a bathroom...

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This document presumes a need for parental consent in area where none is needed. Students are free to choose what they eat in a lunch room without confirmation on family values regarding consumption of meat (or chocolate milk). Gender identity is something that a student can alone know or feel -- and there is no compelling need to check with a parent to confirm that. There is compelling evidence of mental health effects--including self harm--that results from forcibly outing transgender youth to their parents. Please don't place a desire for legislative wins infront of our children's well being.


Support new policy

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I support the policy revision to restore the role of parents concerning their children at school and to hold schools accountable to parents. Responsible adults, including parents and teachers and administrators, owe it to our society and all of our children to protect the most vulnerable. We need to strengthen the family unit, not place a barrier between parents and their children. I support the removal of language that allowed school officials to deceive parents. Also I support language that students and teachers cannot be forced into compelled speech that violates their 1st Amendment rights.


Support Gov Youngkin 100%

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Parents are responsible for minors

As a parent, I fully support the transgender policy change requiring the confirmed notification of parents in any minor child gender decisions.  Parents are responsible for all major decisions regarding their minor children.  Parents are in the best position to love, care for, nurture and support their children as they mature.

The educational system should not usurp parental authority and parents' formational role responsibility toward their children.  Educators should not be allowed to encourage children to make life altering decisions without the knowledge and consent of their parents.

Thank you Govenor Youngkin!


This Document Contradicts Itself

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The proposed policy starts by acknowledging that no government entity can force individuals to "adopt a particular ideological belief," nor can it compel speech against a person's religious or personal beliefs. But it goes on to say that teachers will be required to use a student's legal name and pronouns in the absence of written documentation (even, it's implied, if that goes against the student's wishes and comfort). How is this not an ideological imposition? As a Christian, I hold the dignity of the full human person sacred, and so this law -- requiring me, if I were a teacher, to hurt and humiliate transgender children -- would directly violate my religious beliefs.


Protect trans kids because that is the loving thing

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Surely you are aware of the overwhelming body of evidence that shows simply using trans people’s pronouns and names significantly reduces the likelihood they’ll hurt or kill themselves, right? Surely you know that their identity in no way infringes on your own or on any other person, right? Surely you know that Jesus ministered almost exclusively to those outside the “accepted majority”, which right now means trans kids, among many others, right? I don’t need to post on the public comment section to beg you not to enact mortifying and dangerous rules simply because some of my Christian siblings don’t know how to love trans kids exactly as they are, right?

Right?


Strongly oppose

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This will kill children. Look up any study about mental health and depression/suicide rates among trans youth who are not allowed to transition against those who are. Couple that with the children who will suffer abuse if their parents find out and so will not feel safe to come out even to friends at school, lest teachers find out.

"Protect children"--yes, this is how you protect children, by giving them a safe place to explore their identity and talk to adults without having to worry that it will get back to their parents. Your worst case scenario is what--that a child will identify as trans and their parents won't know? How can you frame that as anything other than control issues, the idea that a child doesn't have the right to privacy? No one is performing surgery on teenagers without their parents finding out. No one is slipping teenagers hormones under the table--and if they were, that would only get worse. And you can't frame it as making sure kids have the support of their families by making sure the families know they need it. That only works in a perfect world where the family can always be counted upon to give it. Outing people continues to be just as dangerous as it always has been.


Support for the updated policy

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I support the updated language which restores parents' ability to be involved and aware of any situations involving their child while at school.  The idea that school administrators or teachers would make decisions for a minor child without parental support or knowledge is wrong!  I also support the way this updated policy gives schools the freedom to make decisions that are best for their student-body instead of being forced to follow a one-size-fits-all state policy.


Support proposed transgender policy

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Transgender ideology rests on a fundamental disconnection from reality. Sex is binary (with anomalies, of course), not a spectrum. One's self-identification as male or female, if disconnected from one's bodily sex, is nothing more than a stated self-description, no matter how sincere. And if body is unconnected from "gender," then there is no meaning to the "gender" one claims to possess. That is, it makes no sense to say a male body can harbor a female self, and that therefore the body must be altered chemically or surgically to match the subjective mental gender. If a female can live in a male body, then there is no need to conform the body (or name) to that gender identity. Self-alteration is simply paying homage to the very sex stereotypes the gender buster claims to reject.

The new policy has only one downside: it lets parents who are taken in by this false ideology request the school's cooperation with this madness for their child. But otherwise, the proposed policy is a welcome return to sanity.


Physical and emotional safety first

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<p>For some children, home is a safe and open space to be curious and discuss topics like gender identity and expression. In these cases, family involvement in a child’s exploration, learning and decision-making process may be healthy and advantageous. However, to varying levels and degrees, this is not the case for every child and their family, or other major people in their immediate circle. In these latter cases, school buildings, activities, classmates and even faculty and staff, may serve as this child’s only safe space to navigate and learn about themselves in a free, empowering and developmentally appropriate way. It is not ideally embraced or promoted for parents and other family members to be excluded or withheld from information regarding their children’s lives, however, sometimes this is the best and safest option for the time being… and it truly depends on the specific child and situation. In this case,  I believe that forced blanketed sharing will result in more harm than good. There is no perfect or easy way to approach this, but outing gender queer/trans/non-binary students is not the answer. </p>


Oppose--this proposed policy is harmful

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This is a deeply misguided policy change. It uses the language of "parental rights" to promote an anti-transgender mindset that will harm children.

In the first paragraph, the document claims that "All students have the right to attend school in an environment free from discrimination, harassment, or bullying." But the force of this policy will pit parents vs students, schools vs. students, and students vs students--and therefore increase pressure on marginalized kids. It will render transgender students the object of unnecessary scrutiny, surveillance, and discipline, and will therefore have a negative impact on their well being.

Two further points.

1. The document says "The First Amendment forbids government actors to require individuals to adhere to or adopt any particular ideological beliefs. Practices such as compelling others to use preferred pronouns is premised on the ideological belief that gender is a matter of personal choice or subjective experience, not sex. Many Virginians reject this belief. Additionally, the First Amendment guarantees religious freedom and prohibits compelling others to affirm ideas that may be contrary to their personal religious beliefs."

I do not see that respecting a person's self-identification is a matter of "compelling" that is based on an "ideological belief." It is a matter of respecting an individual's sense of themselves. Wouldn't compelling teachers to use the pronouns and names associated with the sex a person was assigned at birth, against their wishes, be a matter of compulsion based on the ideological belief that sex identity is fixed?

2. The document also claims: "The Department is mindful of constitutional protections that prohibit governmental entities from requiring individuals to adhere to or adopt a particular ideological belief." Yet again, *this document requires individuals to adhere to or adopt a particular ideological belief*-- namely, that the sex assigned at birth is fixed and unchanging.

There is no need for this policy. It imposes unnecessary stresses and strains upon transgender students and will cause distress.

PS: The bathroom panic is manufactured. Transgender individuals are put at greater risk when they are forced to use bathrooms that do not correspond to their gender identity.

PPS: The sports team panic is manufactured. I see no evidence that permitting transgender kids to play sports, predicated on gender identity, will have dangerous repercussions.


Dear Virginia Dept of Education,

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

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

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

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

Sincerely,
Joseph Ysasi
8913 Amethyst Dr
Zeeland, MI 49464

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Dear Virginia Dept of Education,<br /><br />Schools should never secretly socially transition students and keep the child's new name, pronouns and gender identities from parents. I am pleased and relieved that the Virginia Department of Education's revised model policies support parental rights and ensure that school employees don't cut parents out of critical decisions for their children. <br /><br />The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) issued "model policies" in 2021 that encouraged every school district in Virginia to hide a child's new gender identity from parents who choose to affirm the child's biological sex. Under Governor Youngkin's leadership, the VDOE's revised policies make it clear that all children should be valued and parents' rights and beliefs should be respected. The 2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for all Students and Parents in Virginia's Public Schools keep parents involved in major decisions in their children's lives.<br /><br />The 2021 VDOE "model policies" encouraged schools to create "a plan (that) may include addressing the student at school with their name and pronoun consistent with their gender identity while using the legal name and pronoun associated with the sex assigned at birth when communicating with parents or guardians." <br /><br />I strongly support the revised policies that end this practice. Virginia schools should not drive a wedge between parents and their emotionally vulnerable children. Virginia school districts, including those who have already communicated their plans to ignore the 2022 revised model policies, should put an end to secret Gender Support Plans now.<br /><br />Sincerely,
<br />Joseph Ysasi
<br />8913 Amethyst Dr<br />Zeeland, MI 49464<br /><img src="http://admin.phone2action.com/email/open/leg/657523/148263107" width="1" height="1" />


Trans students deserve protection

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<p>I am strongly opposed to this policy. I believe trans students should be allowed to be there true selves during school and shouldn't be policed to follow their assigned gender. Trans kids who aren't reaffirmed in their gender identity are more likely of commiting suicide than trans kids who are affirmed in their identity. This policy will only hurt trans students, approving it will put there life's at stake. </p>


Strongly Oppose

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STRONGLY OPPOSE - Please do not risk children's lives for the sake of politics.


FROM A STUDENTS PERSPECTIVE

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WELL, SOMEONE ELSE'S PRONOUNS DON'T MATTER. I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO GO HOME AFRAID THAT MY LEGAL GUARDIAN WILL ABUSE ME FOR BEING MYSELF AND COMFORTABLE. IF I WANNA GO BY A NAME/PRONOUN WITH MY FRIENDS SO BE IT, IDC WHAT MY PARENTS SAY I WILL STILL GO BY MY PRONOUNS SO WHAT! ALSO, ALL OF THESE SUPPORT COMMENTS ARE FROM OLD PARENTS WHO DON'T GO TO SCHOOL. THIS IS A STUDENT'S PERSPECTIVE. >: (


Stop the anti Trans hate!

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These policies reflect the fake hysteria being whipped up by right wing politicians under the guise of "parents' rights."  There is no harm being done to cisgendered students by the presence of trans kids.  In fact, it seems like the main people objecting are not their fellow students, but their bigoted parents.  The most important thing here is to protect the physical and psychological well-being of kids who are transgender or questioning their sexual identity.  They deserve the right to feel safe at school, not to have to be ashamed or to be fearful of being outed.  If they haven't revealed themselves to their parents as transgender, that is probably for a reason, the fear of being rejected, an unfortunate reality for many.  Let them be who they are, to figure things out.  These proposed policies will cause harm to young people who are already marginalized in society at a formative time in life when mental health is already at crisis levels.  It is disappointing to see so many adults support such a hateful policy.


Oppose this to the fullest!!!!

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<p>Youngkin does not care about Virginia. He has no right to go after children. He needs to spend more time reading a map of the USA since he thinks we’re a border state. He also setting up for 24. This proposal is sickening. Fully support all th students who walked out the other day. </p>


WTH what about intersex kids

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there are ppl who have mutated genders and are born like that. WHere does a person who has both male and female organs or none at all use the bathroom?