I support Governor Youngkin’s policies to protect parents’ & the majority of children’s rights.

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I support Governor Youngkin’s policies to protect the rights of VA parents & the majority of children who aren’t transgenders & shouldn’t be persuaded to be transgenders.  The small minority of transgenders shouldn’t harm the privacy of the majority of children who aren’t transgenders due to the progressive left’s Marxist agenda!  Children shouldn’t be persuaded to be transgenders by their teachers.  This issue is between parents & their children.


I pity Jazz Jennings.  They got it wrong.  Let's get it right, Virginia.

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Jazz is no happier after transitioning than before.  Weight gain, sad eyes.  I will not be surprised if he/she commits suicide.  Becoz his/her issues were not trans-related and becoz they were not linked to gender ideology.  His/Her issues remain becoz the surgery and chemicals were a horrible band aid that was set up to fail.  A band aid when the kid needed much more psychologically.  I do not wish for Jazz to commit suicide but it will not surpirise me a bit if it happens.  So let's get it right Virginia, for our kids.


I'm a parent of Virginia school kids and I oppose the 2022 model policies

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I oppose the proposed 2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for All Students in Virginia’s Public Schools.

These proposed policies would harm transgender and nonbinary students, infringe on my parental ability to support my children's development, and are contrary to state law.

Please keep the 2021 Model Policies for the Treatment of Transgender Students in Virginia's Public Schools. I'm a parent of children who attend Virginia public schools. The 2021 policies provide me the assurance that our schools are using evidence-based best practices to support the development of transgender and cisgender youth.

Thank you,

Bill Pugh

Alexandria, VA


Let them be heard too.  Along with them, I strongly support this bill to protect children.

detransitioners' advocate in Northern Virginia (APS)

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If you're so pro-trans, why are the detransitioners being repeatedly silenced?  Listen to a few of their stories before assuming you know what is right for someone else's kid. Listen to their pain and regret.  It cannot be reversed.  This is not a simple procedure.  Detransitioners WISH someone had said no, they WISH someone had stood up and protected them.  I will do this, I will die on this hill to protect and support ALL children if I have to.


Pro-girls, pro-women = pro-policy

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JK Rowling brought to light that Dr Jacob Breslow - a "pedophilia apologist" -was allowed to sit on the board of trustees at a transgender children's charity (Mermaids).  So those who are pro-trans are ok with letting a person who advocates FOR pedophiles to be in the planning and decision making of a transgender children's charity.  That is NOT protecting any child.  If these types of people want to remove parental rights, something is very wrong.


I SUPPORT and thank our governor

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Suicide is a kid issue and more have committed suicide via Covid lockdowns than trans ideology.  We do need to help kids but looping parents out is not the answer.  There may be a few bad parents out there but don't withhold info from all (hundreds of thousands) for the sake of a few (maybe a dozen). I want no lives lost.  But those dozen could seek help in other ways, ways that don't require the entire school/county/state/country to accommodate in an unhealthy and safe (for the majority) way.


Strongly Oppose. This Policy is Hypocritical and Dangerous.

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The VDOE provides flowery and generic language in the beginning of their description of this policy change about how they believe each student should have the opportunity to go to school every day free from "harassment, bullying, and discrimination" in and "environment where all students thrive". They then go on to describe how they plan to create an environment antithetical to the idyllic scene they painted. This shows that they are aware of the difficulties faced by transgender students on a day to day basis, but are more concerned with upholding the rights of bigots who want to harass children.

The VDOE claims to be concerned with the personal rights of citizens, yet the rights of individuals asking for basic human decency are falling by the wayside to inhibit those who wish to push their own political agenda, masked by "religious freedom". Though the 1st Amendment may protect religious freedom, the government since its creation has sought to separate itself from religious practices. Or so we've been told.

The VDOE claims the initial policy has "disregarded the rights of parents", yet it seems like the change is now disregarding the rights of parents who simply wish for their children to go to school in peace like they deserve, an ideology the VDOE claims to share. To me, the implementation of "parents' rights" seems like a political dogwhistle to attempt to add some sort of legitimacy, obfuscate the core issue of the policy, and grab the attention of those who would otherwise have no interest in the issue.

The VDOE accuses the initial policy of promoting "a specific viewpoint aimed at achieving cultural and social transformation in schools." This is stated as if it were a negative, that cultural transformation in schools is not sometimes necessary. It wasn't long ago that school were segregated by race, which was obviously deemed wholly inhumane. How is this any different? Why should transgender students be singled out by government policies to have their existence made more complicated by rules and political interference?

The VDOE claims they want to create a safe learning environment for Virginia citizens. This policy seeks to create the opposite.


If you read this and believe parents have the right to be parents, SUPPORT IT

MOM who READ the document and UNDERSTANDS what it is saying

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<p>This does not harm students - it provides open communication between parents and the school, giving parents the right to protect their child.  All too soon they grow up and have to fend for themselves.  </p>


In support! Do not leave parents out of this critically sensitive issue!

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<p>Parents are the primary care givers of their children, not the state. Parents should not be left out of this critical issue. </p>


Model Policies

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We choose for our children a whole lot of stuff that they are not prepared to understand or know the consequences of their choices. The new policies honor both the parents and children.  I 100% support the Model Policies.


A first step preventing childhood grooming, cruel & inhumane torture using medical experimentation

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The right of parents to protect their children from grooming and cruel and inhumane torture using medical experimentation in the same of unshackled subjective sexual expression is fundamental to the preservation of our civilization and a God-given inalienable right. This is a first step in the right direction.


Keep the perversion at home- don’t bring it to school

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School is for education. It isn’t a place to display your perversions.


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,
Tom Grigsby
11206 Wedge Dr
Reston, VA 20190

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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 />Tom Grigsby
<br />11206 Wedge Dr<br />Reston, VA 20190<br /><img src="http://admin.phone2action.com/email/open/leg/657523/148194292" width="1" height="1" />


Fully support !!!

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I fully support Govt. Youngkin’s revisions to this policy.

As a mother, people of color and an immigrant, I strongly feel that the greatness of USA is based on the rule of law. The 2022 Model Policies perfectly conforms with all applicable laws and regulations, from the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution to Virginia Status laws. 2022 Model Policies correctly acknowledges and protests parents’ fundamental right in terms of children’s education and welfare.   In contract, the 2021 Model Policies explicitly instructs the school divisions to ignore and violate parents’ rights. It even suggests the school division to cover their wrongdoing by using different ways to address the students when communicating with parents. This is insane.

Under the 2021 Model Policies, a “gender-fluid” biological male was allowed to enter and use female’s restroom in Loudoun County, where he sexually assaulted female students, twice (five months apart in different school).  The 2021 Model Policies is harming real transgender students by infringing the victim female student’s rights, all in name of protecting transgender students’ rights. The 2021 Model Policies is extremely irresponsible and not tolerable!

Parents should raise their children, not the government at any level, and not the school system. Schools are for learning the basics: reading, writing and arithmetic. It is not for social engineering.

We must protect our children! We must protect parent's rights! It is not the government or public school's job to indoctrinate our children!


Parents know better than teachers what is good for their child

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<p>Thank you for using the constitution, law, and common sense to make your rational decision. So many school districts are getting caught up in societal pressure and making hurtful decisions. Parents know their child better than anyone else. They need to be the ones making life altering decisions for their child, not teachers or school administrators who don’t know anything about the child other than the small glimpse they get in school. The majority of kids who identify as trans have other mental health issues. Many have unresolved trauma, a large percentage are autistic, many are desperate to fit in. Only their parents are in the position to know this information & decide how best to address it. It would be great for the schools to provide support & resources for these families, but not make decisions for them. When schools encourage the trans identity & parents do not, it drives a deeper wedge between the child & the ones who have loved them from day one & know them best & are in the position to get them proper help. The vast majority of these kids eventually realize the trans identity doesn’t solve their problems. If they have socially, or worse, medically transitioned, it is harder for them to revert back to who they truly are. They need the adults in their lives to anchor them to reality & lovingly get them the proper mental health support. Please do not be swayed by activists who don’t know or want what is best for these kids. </p>


Up to localities, not politicians in Richmond

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<p>Like abortion, these kinds of choices should left to local school boards to decide as they are the closest entity to parents they serve. </p>


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,
Paul Ranney
3020 Lang Dr
Tallahassee, FL 32303

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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 />Paul Ranney
<br />3020 Lang Dr<br />Tallahassee, FL 32303<br /><img src="http://admin.phone2action.com/email/open/leg/657523/148193634" 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,
Carol Ischinger
3211 Amberley Ln
Fairfax, VA 22031

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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 />Carol Ischinger
<br />3211 Amberley Ln<br />Fairfax, VA 22031<br /><img src="http://admin.phone2action.com/email/open/leg/657523/148193563" width="1" height="1" />


READ DOCUMENT BEFORE YOU COMMENT. If you know what’s best for you, OPPOSE THIS

APS Student who READ THE DOCUMENT and UNDERSTANDS IT

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READ THE DOCUMENT BEFORE YOU COMMENT. IF YOU KNEW WHAT WAS BEST FOR YOU, YOUR FAMILY, YOYR FRIENDS, ETC. YOU WOULD OPPOSE. READ THE DOCUMENT PLEASE, FOR ALL YOU STUPID PEOPLE WHO GO BY WHAT YOU SEE IN THE NEWS HEADLINES. READ. THE. DOCUMENT.


YOUNGKIN IS KILLING CHILDREN. STRONGLY OPPOSE

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The 2022 Model Policy discriminates on the basis of gender and is illegal both from federal and state laws. It discriminates against any students in schools who portray themselves as a gender that does not align with their biological sex. That is illegal. It takes away the rights of those kids and makes them feel horrible inside. Taking away the right for someone to use their preferred pronouns increases the rates of suicide by a lot. According to the Trevor Project, if a genderqueer, genderfluid, nonbinary, transgender, etc. child has one adult in their lives who uses their correct pronouns, it can decrease the likelihood of suicide by up to 40%, which is nearly half. If teachers aren’t allowed to use a student's preferred pronouns, then that will mean that more people will die from self-inflicted harm. Another thing is that sometimes students will only feel safe to be themselves at school, which could mean that they are openly transgender at school, but aren’t at home. This could be for a variety of reasons; the child’s parents may not be accepting, may be violent, rude, never around, etc. If a child would like school staff to use different pronouns but their parents won’t sign for one of the reasons stated above or others, then that’s unfair for the child. Also, if one of the parents of the child is gone and not in touch anymore, that would mean that the child would not be able to use different pronouns, which is totally unfair. Outing a transgender child to their parents could cause a situation where it ends in suicide. With this policy, suicide rates will go up, and isn’t that what we’re trying to avoid? Last I checked, suicide is a bad thing, and I doubt that has changed in the past two weeks. Please consider this when you decide whether to make this official or not. Thank you, Kinsley.


Trans child sexually assaulted multiple girls at LCPS. Enough is enough.

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I fully support the LGBTQ community… but stay out of girls bathrooms and locker rooms. Have some respect for other people while “expressing yourself”


I STRONGLY support the guidance.

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I strongly support the Youngkin administration’s new draft model policy on treatment of transgender students.


STRONGLY OPPOSE- I just wanna friggin pee in peace, and get back to class


Protect Trans Kids right to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness

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"According to the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey:

Nearly half (46%) of respondents were verbally harassed in the past year because of being transgender.

Nearly one in ten (9%) respondents were physically attacked in the past year because of being transgender.

Nearly half (47%) of respondents were sexually assaulted at some point in their lifetime and one in ten (10%) were sexually assaulted in the past year. In communities of color, these numbers are higher: 53% of Black respondents were sexually assaulted in their lifetime and 13% were sexually assaulted in the last year.

72% of respondents who have done sex work, 65% of respondents who have experienced homelessness, and 61% of respondents with disabilities reported being sexually assaulted in their lifetime.

More than half (54%) experienced some form of intimate partner violence, including acts involving coercive control and physical harm."


Protect Trans Rights

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Having grown up in the public education system in Virginia, it is so disappointing to see it hijacked for such blatant reactionary, repressive purposes. Trans children are some of the most vulnerable people in society, subject to harassment, abuse, and violence at rates astronomically higher than most other students. Meanwhile, every major medical organization supports their inclusive and affirmative care. That the Governor can attempt to enact his own legislation through this policy backdoor is authoritarian, immoral, likely unconstitutional, and--more than anything else--dangerous. If enacted, it will absolutely result in the abuse and death of children in our communities and families.


I am NOT going to bother your daughters, that is extremely icky, and they are more likely to hurt me

"Trans pupils are at particular risk of bullying. Half (51 per cent) are bullied at school for being trans.
Trans pupils are also bullied on the basis of their perceived or actual sexual orientation: when taking into account those who experience bullying due to their gender identity and/or sexual orientation, nearly two in three (64 per cent) trans pupils overall are bullied for being LGBT at school.
In addition, more than half of pupils who are questioning or unsure of their gender identity (but who do not presently necessarily identify as trans) are bullied for being LGBT at school (53 per cent)"(Stonewall School Report, 2017).

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"Trans pupils are at particular risk of bullying. Half (51 per cent) are bullied at school for being trans.

Trans pupils are also bullied on the basis of their perceived or actual sexual orientation: when taking into account those who experience bullying due to their gender identity and/or sexual orientation, nearly two in three (64 per cent) trans pupils overall are bullied for being LGBT at school.

In addition, more than half of pupils who are questioning or unsure of their gender identity (but who do not presently necessarily identify as trans) are bullied for being LGBT at school (53 per cent)"
(Stonewall School Report, 2017).


Trans kids do not leer at/harass anyone, please just give us basic human decency

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I am a trans kid, and I can promise you being trans is NOT a mental disorder (see this study: https://nicic.gov/being-transgender-no-longer-mental-disorder-apa-2012), and I am NOT going to harm your child in any way, I would not be able to live with myself if I was to do that.  No trans kids are interested in bothering others, we just want to be able to pee and go back to studying academics.


SUPPORT - Save our GIRLS private spaces

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<p>Need I say anything more than is indicated on my subject line? </p>


I am a trans student, and I oppose Glen's policy- I just want to express myself and focus on school

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I am a trans student (assigned female at birth) and students like me just want a positive experience from school, like any other student. This policy would negatively affect us by not allowing us the right to be truly ourselves, and I know for a fact students would be harmed mentally by this policy. This isn't about "protecting children" (trans people absolutely DO NOT harass others in bathrooms, we just want to be able to relieve ourselves and go back to class- if anything, we're more likely to be taunted and harassed ourselves by cisgender students). This is about Glen's vendetta against anyone who's different. Trans students just want to be treated like humans, and to be seen as humans. We DO NOT AND HAVE NOT hurt anyone (I've actually been called too nice, if that's any help to my perspective on this issue). My parents are supportive, and agree I should be allowed basic human decency, and I am disappointed in other parents who are actively hurting their kids just because they fear change.


Strongly in favor of this Guidance Document

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The family must be protected as it is the foundation of a sustainable culture.


Parents that encourage this nonsense should be in jail.

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Attention seeking parents have created an environment where these attention seeking kids are having temper tantrums over pronouns. Truly sad!


I Strongly Oppose. I care for my kids' classmates

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I strongly oppose this legislation. My kids' classmates (elementary age) also deserve to be themselves and feel safe at school.


Isn't this policy ground for impeachment?

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I don't really understand how impeachment works, but I know ordering emotional abuse and endangering children's lives on even a smaller scale is a crime.


Support this policy. Get boys out of girls bathrooms.


LCPS board members are personally responsible for sexual assaults in bathrooms

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They should be in jail.


I support the new policies

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It is common sense to treat students by their birth gender until they are adults and can make an informed decision about their gender.


I Strongly SUPPORT The New Policy

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<p>Parents must give consent to have a child's cavity filled at the dentist; likewise they should be involved in life-altering decisions, like changing genders. </p>


Parents Have Rights As Well

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Dear Sir/Madam,

I strongly support Governor Younkin's perspective and I believe that parents should be informed of what their children are doing in school.

Thank you.


Support of Gov. Younkin’s policy

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I strongly support the proposed updated Transgender guidance suggested by the VDOE.  Parents have the important responsibility of guiding their children through many different phases of development before they reach adulthood.  Our children are bombarded by many different influences, many of which, we, as parents, would prefer to protect them from.  This is a difficult task in this day and age.  This policy reinforces the fact that parents are the ultimate influencer and decision maker in a child’s life. I applaud Governor Youngkin and his staff in their efforts to draft a fair policy that addresses a very sensitive topic.


This is abuse

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One need only read the comments from the parties supporting Governor Youngkin's latest education policy to know that, if enacted, they are going to result in the abuse and murder of schoolchildren by their parents.


Support this legislation

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<p>Supporting the rights of parents to care for their children and decide what is best for them is the only way to go. It's really so basic, and with this legislation, Governor Youngkin shows he understands it. Parents affirm their child's identity. Schools educate. It really is that simple. Children with mental illness or emotional illness who have gender confusion- that is their parents job to address, not the school's. If the school boards can stop focusing on gender ideology and get back into education, our children would benefit. </p>


Trans people have rights. This is a bigoted step backwards. I oppose!!!

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<p>This law will be deemed unconstitutional. </p>


Strongly oppose bill

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This change in guidance policy will worsen educational environment for transgender and intersex students and, by giving ground to bullying and harassment, for ultimately all students. It will lead to a spike in child abuse and suicide.


Support Children, Oppose Oppression

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<p>We should support our children and listen to their needs first and foremost. Oppressing anyone with outdated social constructs is merely an attempt to limit and control the freedom of the individual. No one should be able to deny another's identity. </p>


Support children

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<p>Anti-trans legislation is incredibly dangerous for trans children. It leads to a rise of deaths and self injurious behavior. Make schools safe and welcoming for children. </p>


Teach children to live themselves as they are instead of changing into someone else to please societ

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Coming from a person who lost a dear friend to suicide I can tell you he only thought he was spared to be a girl because society told him boys don't act that way or walk that way ect. Ect.  He killed himself 3 years after his operation when he realized he didn't like being a woman either. These kids need to learn to love themselves as they were born or they will always think something is wrong with them. Stop teaching children that if they are females and like male activities or vise versa they were born wrong!!!


Strongly support parental rights


Strongly oppose

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Don't do this, this will hurt so many people


I oppose this

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I oppose the choices on how you handle trans students. Only using the pronouns they were assigned at birth rather than their preferred pronouns gives them the feeling you don’t respect them or their belief of what they identify as. Automatically telling the student’s parents that they are trans is wrong for two reasons, one, it is THEIR sexual identity and THEIR choice when or if to tell people, you doing this takes away that choice, two, parents may respond negatively to their child being trans which may result in mental and physical abuse to the student. While letting them use the bathroom of their preferred pronouns may seem strange, for the student it may act as a form of reassurance that this is their gender and they have the right to use this bathroom because that is their pronouns, which may boost confidence in themselves to be what makes feel like themselves, resulting in motivation to succeed in school


Transgender rights

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I oppose governor Youngkin’s transgender policy. It fosters misunderstanding and is discriminatory toward transgender parents and their children. Every person should be valued and respected. The policy is intolerant, is based on political agenda, does not take into consideration medical and historical evidence. It attacks the right of people to decide their own life choices. There are better ways to help children and schools deal with this sensitive condition instead of traumatizing children.


Protect trans kids

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Outing children will lead to children being ostracized and hurt by their families. These policies are cruel and should not be passed. Children are not your pawns in a culture war, and transgender children will not cease existing just because you torture them.


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,
Angela Ramia
841 Ninovan Rd SE
Vienna, VA 22180

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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 />Angela Ramia
<br />841 Ninovan Rd SE<br />Vienna, VA 22180<br /><img src="http://admin.phone2action.com/email/open/leg/657523/148189256" width="1" height="1" />


Everything Should Not Be Acceptable

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There are some things we as parents should not give our child a choice to do. We as parents know what is best for them. Parents are a child's first teacher as we are to teach them right from wrong. If a child decides they would like to take a gun to school for instance, is this something a parent would allow their child to choose to do? No! As a parent, we teach them so that they can learn what’s right from wrong. Once they become adults, then it becomes their choice and responsibility to carry out what they were taught. If any changes need to be made, it should be to allow our educators to teach our children about the importance of finances, reading and comprehension, writing full and complete sentences, writing in cursive, teaching them how to deal with their mental health and how to become a successful adult.

These are things that will benefit them in the future and create true change not “Standards of Learning.” I think teaching about the importance of waiting to have sex until marriage is necessary and also teaching them the important of love and not hate. I understand that it’s not all on the educators and that we as parents have a responsibility in this as well, but let’s work together. We all have roles to play, so let’s allow our teachers to teach education and success and let the parents pick up where the teachers left off. A parent’s responsibility is to teach them how to respect others, how to be obedient, and how to have self control. I agree that it is time for parents to step up to the plate and parent again but setting boundaries in the school needs to take place.

Teachers deal with enough. Schools are created to help provide an education for our children, not to define who a child “decides” or “feels” they want to be. Too many times parents want to put their responsibility off on educators, which I don’t condone, but parents have a choice not to accept everything just because it is someone else’s child. Right is right and wrong is wrong and parents will be held accountable concerning how they raise up their child. Everything is not acceptable and those who believe in God understand this.

Allowing the opposite sex to use bathrooms based on their preference opens the door for rapists, pedophiles, child molesters, sexual abuse, physical abuse, and the list goes on. Allowing this then opens the door for lawsuits, violence, bullying, suicide, etc. Personal issues/decisions should never be forced on others. Yes, everyone has their own rights but at what point will we stop? I understand that everyone can’t be pleased but what measures are we willing to take in regards to the safety of our children? No one knows the true intent of a persons heart, but this will just open the door for unnecessary issues and problems.

Some like the policy and some do not, however, I believe that born males should use the male bathrooms and that born females should use the female bathrooms. If you all feel the necessity to give a transgendered person their own bathroom, then by all means do so, but to allow the opposite sex to go in a bathroom not designed for them because they feel that they are not that sex, is NOT ok! I understand that we are in a different day in time but some things should not change. This is how it's always been and this is how it should stay.


Government overreach - infringes upon right to life, liberty, & pursuit of happiness

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I believe that these policies constitute government overreach and infringe upon the rights of students’ rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Nowhere in the United States Constitution does it say that harassment is free speech. What logical reason is there for there for a parent to need to know about the decision of their child in regards to something as simple as pronouns? It’s government overreach. Students in many other states are also allowed to pursue sporting activities that align with their identity. This should be the case in Virginia as well. States should be revising their policies to reflect the guidances of the American Psychological Association, American Medical Association, and American Academy of Pediatrics—that people who identify as a gender different than theirs assigned at birth *are* whatever gender they identify as.


I Oppose: Supporting trans people universally helps your constituents, despite what bots say

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Studies such as https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-015-1867-2 and many others indicate that giving trans people support (including social support, reduced transphobia, and having any personal identification documents changed to an appropriate sex designation) were associated with large relative and absolute reductions in suicide risk. In other words, helping trans people makes a significant positive difference in the lives of your constituents. I have found no studies whose results suggest that any harm is done to non-trans people as a result of these policies. As such, I oppose these changes.

Additionally, many of the comments in support of this change have identical titles and comment bodies that are empty or the same as the title, suggesting that these are not the opinions of individuals and instead are computerized submissions by a small minority who wishes to inappropriately sway the government. Please do not let this transparent attempt at unfair influence succeed.


I strongly opposed this policy

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I oppose this policy. It discriminates against those whose gender identity and expression do not conform with sex-based expectations.


I Strongly Oppose

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<p>Trans children should have the right to be themselves in their schools. Forcing trans children to use the wrong bathrooms and be called by the wrong pronouns only furthers trans children’s rate of depression and suicide due to discrimination they already face. This is an incredibly dangerous policy that should not be passed. Trans children deserve to live happily as themselves without these dangerous, discriminatory policies. I strongly oppose this policy, protect trans children. </p>


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,
Forouzan Grigsby
11206 Wedge Dr
Reston, VA 20190

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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 />Forouzan Grigsby
<br />11206 Wedge Dr<br />Reston, VA 20190<br /><img src="http://admin.phone2action.com/email/open/leg/657523/148187858" width="1" height="1" />


In full support

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Thank you Governor Younkin!


Oppose this bill

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<p>I strongly oppose this bill as it will cause more harm to children who are already marginalized and at risk of bullying and suicide. </p>


Thank you Governor Youngkin

Concerned Parent that sees this as progress

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My current school board has gone off the deep end.  Who would think that it is ok to keep a file on record for children with expressly denied access to parents?

A minor is a minor - this policy change removes a huge overstep of the state's authority towards treatment of students that are not legal adults while still maintaining the individual family choice (will say again that a minor is a minor, it is a family choice ... expressly the parent's) to undergo medical procedures aimed at addressing issues associated with gender dysphoria.

Perhaps the larger audience needs to take a step back and level set around the fundamental concept: can you vote? fight for your country? Make your own decisions about financial matters, etc?  If the answer is no, then you are a minor/dependent and have parents or legal guardians entrusted by the state to provide care and protection.  How did we get to the position we are in now where we have allowed an independent, government-sanctioned body to have unquestionable (and secret) authority over those parents or legal guardians?


Support for parent's rights and children's safety

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Our schools are becoming mental asylums, and the inmates are in charge.  The goal is to indoctrinate our children into all manner of insanity, and for no other reason than to justify and normalize the insanity of those in charge. It doesn't matter if these kids can't function in life,  it only matters that these children grow up accepting, admiring and promoting the insanity that these people are indulging in, and validating their 'feelings' and 'emotions'. No student should ever know any details of the sexual, political and religious preferences, or the reasons for those choices,  of any teacher or other school staff member.  This information is not essential to his education.

Forcing others to accept this insanity is morally, ethically, spiritually and constitutionally wrong.  This is not 'inclusion' or 'diversity' or 'equity' or 'equality' in any form, it is neglect  of the mental health of the person who is unstable, and abuse of those who aren't.  In order for mental illness to be accepted and promoted as 'normal', then people who are not mentally ill are forced to give up their personal rights to accommodate it.

There is a huge problem of bullying in our schools, but it's most often the bullied child who gets punished, not the one doing the bullying. No child should be punished for defending himself if he is physically accosted.  Children who do this generally come from homes that do this, and it seems that administration is scared to death of these people.  Any child who physically bullies or abuses another should be taken to task, with his parents present, and punished accordingly.  If the admin is fearful of the parents, then a police officer, with the ability to make arrests and file charges,  should be present at every meeting, and the meeting should be video and audio recorded start to finish.  Any parent that decides to get violent should be arrested on the spot and criminally charged and prosecuted.  Physical attacks by bullies should be dealt with by filing assault charges in juvenile court. Bullying will happen only as long as we allow it, and only as long as we force others give up their rights to protection and safety to accommodate it.

Just how far should the 'rights' of mental illness go?  Should we allow a bulimic child to literally vomit themselves to death in the school lunchroom, in front of other children trying to eat lunch? Should we force every child to throw up after lunch, so the bulimic child doesn't have to feel 'different'?   Should we allow an anorexic child to prevent others from eating?  Suppose a child has an aversion to wearing clothing, are we going to allow that child to attend school naked, and then demand that all children disrobe to satisfy this person's mental illness and make him feel 'accepted'? If a child wants to commit suicide in the classroom, should we just sit back and allow it?  Should their parents be notified before, during or after the act is carried out? Is it up to the individual teacher or the principal to decide that, or do they have to get instructions and permission from the child? It is, after all, the child's 'personal choice, belief, and right'.

How many times have we arrested and prosecuted teachers, coaches, and other staff for molesting our children?  Why are we prosecuting them, and then allowing our schools to teach these very abnormal behaviors to our children?  This is simply to protect the molesters, because once everyone sees this behavior as 'normal', it could cease to be a crime. We don't allow the creep in the neighborhood to groom and molest our children, and yet we send them to school and allow this to happen, and pay for it with our tax dollars.

There are books in our school libraries that promote sexual gratification and perversion, and give not only explicit written directions on how to carry it out and tell you how to feel about it, but reinforce it by showing pictures of those acts in progress.  If those books were movies, they would be rated XXX by the film industry, and no child under 18 would be allowed to view them. There are schools and other government-funded venues that allow drag queens and other sexual influences  access to our children.  Law Enforcement would criminally charge adults who did this in their homes, but we are perfectly fine with allowing it in schools and public libraries.

There have already been cases in our Virginia schools where a child claiming to be 'transexual'  sexually attacked other children, of the gender he claimed to be, in the bathrooms that he demanded to be allowed into.  This wasn't a boy thinking he's a girl, this was a boy who wanted easy access to girls, and once he got it, he performed a violent sex act on these girls, using his male genitalia.  Obviously, he didn't really think he's a girl.  There are male athletes in the women's locker rooms who parade around these women proudly exposing their 'manhood'.  If these men were truly in belief that they were women, wouldn't they be hiding that symbol of manhood, instead of flaunting it publicly?

The bathroom controversy is ridiculous at best.  Why should people who do not want to be publicly viewed in a restroom by the opposite sex be forced to do so?  What happened to their right to protection and safety?  If we're going to do this, shouldn't we just put the toilets out in the open in the hallways, so everybody has a fair and equal chance to view our most personal activities?  Why not simply designate single occupancy restrooms for those who don't 'feel comfortable in a restroom for their biological gender', or people who just want the privacy?  Doing that protects everybody's privacy and safety, without denying anyone's rights.  And I can guarantee you that every single school in Virginia already has at least one of those single occupancy bathrooms somewhere on the premises, for use by teachers and staff.  If they have a right to privacy and safety in the restroom, then our children should have that same right.

Sexual orientation or performance should not ever be a topic of discussion in schools, in any way, shape or form.  It is a personal and private choice that has no bearing on education, whether you are the teacher or the student.  There are children coming out of school knowing the sexual preference of every teacher and peer, but can't tell you when the Declaration of Independence was signed, can't make change for a dollar, and can't properly punctuate a sentence.  Any teacher who feels the need to make their sex life public to their students, or discuss or attempt to influence any student's sex life, with or without the student's consent or participation, should be fired on the spot.  This information has no determination on the intelligence or education of any student.  History, math, science and English are steadfast facts, they don't change because Mary likes other girls, or because Johnny wants to be a girl, or because the teacher has a different personal opinion.   Two and two will always equal four, no matter who you're having sex with, or how you're having that sex. There will always be 10 dimes in a dollar, whether or not the teacher or the student prefers nickels or quarters.  Personal preferences, opinions, beliefs, and theories are not facts, they don't belong in a school curriculum.

There are children who are being taught that their parents can't be trusted, that their parents are 'against' them, and that their parents have no say in their upbringing.  These parents are the very people who provide these children with food, clothing, shelter, transportation, medical care, and every other aspect of their support and livelihood, at great personal expense and sacrifice.  Since these teachers obviously feel a moral obligation to the child to destroy his home life, shouldn't those teachers have a moral and legal obligation to take over those parental responsibilities, since they believe they're the only people qualified who can or should be trusted with the care of this child?

Children can't go on a field trip without a signed authorization from a parent or guardian,  in many cases they must bring a note from a doctor to say they can or cannot participate in physical education or to explain an absence from school, they have to have a physical by a licensed physician and parental consent to participate in sports, they can't even take an aspirin at school without authorization from both the parent/guardian and the physician.  Children can't buy alcohol or tobacco products, they can't get a driver's license, they can't vote or be elected to public office, they can't take out a loan or sign a legal contract. These laws were made for their protection and safety.  And yet, we're going to encourage them to participate in behaviors that could be seriously and permanently detrimental to both their physical and mental health without even asking or notifying the parents?  Parents should be notified immediately of any illness, action or situation involving their child, especially one that is going to affect their child's mental or physical health, or may have some impact on other members of the family.

I am sick to death of the 'normalization' of mental illness and downright evil.  This does not 'protect' our children, it doesn't make them 'safe'.  It deepens their illness and bad behavior, and has an adverse effect on everyone around them.  Mental illness is not a 'right' that should be protected, it is a disease that needs to be treated, in children and adults.  If a child gets leukemia, and the parents refuse to treat it because the parent and/or child doesn't want to, then CPS will step in and take control of that child, forcing them to get that treatment.  Mental illness should be no different.

With the current climate in our schools, no child is 'protected', no child is 'safe'.  No child will come out of this unscathed. Even if it doesn't 'happen' to every child, every child hears about it.  It's hard to make a right decision or form an honest opinion when you're only subjected to the wrong influences. Good, honest and trustworthy teachers live in fear of losing their jobs for doing the right thing, while those with perverted and criminal agendas are allowed to remain on staff and inflict intentional emotional and physical harm to our children. School staff are designated by law as 'mandated reporters', which means they have a legal obligation to report dangerous situations involving children to the proper authorities.  And yet, they are allowed to hide and promote dangerous situations without reporting to the parents, who are morally, ethically and legally responsible for that child's protection and safety, and that's just fine.

Parents and/or guardians should have an opportunity to review and question all curriculum before it is implemented, and notified of and allowed to review any changes to it before those changes are implemented.  Parents should have the right and the opportunity to sit in on any class at any time, and should be allowed to video and/or audio record those classes.  Parents should have the right to attend and review any school-sanctioned or sponsored club or event, whether on school property or not. Parents should not have to pre-register or get prior permission to do this.  Every teacher is supposed to have a pre-planned lesson before the class, and it shouldn't change because a parent is in attendance. Every school library should be fully accessible to every parent, and any new books acquired should be available for parents to review before being added to that library.  Any parent should be allowed to opt their child out of accessing any book they deem not fit.  Any school that does not remove agenda-driven teachers, or teachers who promote sexual or political indoctrination, or offers sexually explicit materials without written parental consent, should lose all public funding until that teacher is dismissed or the material removed.  Every parent should be given the option of enrolling their child in a private school of their choice if they are dissatisfied with the public school, and the state should pay at least the amount that they would pay for that child in public school.  Teachers and staff should not be on 'paid administrative leave' for infractions.  If they are found 'not guilty', they can be re-paid and re-instated after that determination.  If they have been on paid leave, they should have to re-pay that money if determined 'guilty'. No teacher or administrator should have an 'unbreakable contract', nor  should they receive any payment for unfinished contracts or benefits if they are legitimately removed from their jobs.  Parents attending school board meetings should never be 'silenced' or removed from those meetings for voicing concerns or complaints.  Parents need to be notified immediately by phone, and then in writing, of any event, action, or situation involving their child.  Parents should have the right to opt their child out of any class, club, or event that they do not agree with, and if it was not on the original or revised curriculum, they must be given the information in writing at least one week prior to the class, club, or event taking place. That information should include the agenda and the names of the sponsors, supervisors, or teachers in charge.

Parents have been discouraged from participating in their child's education, and we all know the reasons.  It's blatantly obvious.  Our children deserve better.


In support

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Thank you for letting parents be in charge of raising their kids. The agenda of some educators has gone way too far, reaching the point where it's indoctrination.


Gov. Youngkin's transgender-issue policies in schools

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<p>I support the updated 2022 model policies as written without removing any of the key protections to restore parental involvement in the process and protect children's privacy and safety rights. </p>


Reconsider this policy

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I thought this was The Land of The Free? Why are we treating our children and citizens like this?


A useless policy

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Government leaders should be more worried about covid-19 in schools and the resulting teacher shortage, not trans kids.


Let kids figure out who they are

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An important part of growing up is learning who you are. That involves taking risks and that process should be respected by peers and mentors. Kids can choose how they want to be addressed; the question is just whether the grown ups will respect them.

Safety concerns about letting kids into the spaces of their choice are bogus. There aren’t demonstrated cases of harm arising from letting people choose. Such a policy doesn’t make sense because we don’t check IDs at the entrance to restrooms or locker rooms. However, trans kids are routinely bullied. The focus should be on protecting everyone from bullying but that’s not what the proposed policy would do.


I strongly OPPOSE this policy.

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I oppose any measures that are harmful to trans children. This policy should not be enacted. It would only further harm and endanger these children.


If you think that Boyce should be in girls bathrooms, moved to California!

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You will be happy in California!


On behalf of the Hispanic community, we support this bill.

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Keep girls safe in their bathrooms and locker rooms. Thank you Governor Youngkin.


Stop discriminating against girls

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Girls deserve their own bathrooms, locker rooms, and sports teams. If you don’t agree, move to California. You will be happy there.


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,
BEthany Heim
5236 Inverchapel Rd
Springfield, VA 22151

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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 />BEthany Heim
<br />5236 Inverchapel Rd<br />Springfield, VA 22151<br /><img src="http://admin.phone2action.com/email/open/leg/657523/148185812" width="1" height="1" />


No Help, Only Harm

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Trans children will not be helped by this bill. It will, in fact, endanger them. Transphobic parents are already more likely to be abusive, and the requirements to notify parents will expose vulnerable kids to further abuse. Additionally, the outright disrespect towards trans children  required by this bill will further torment and humiliate people who are already at higher risk of bullying, depression, and suicide. This bill is nothing more than virtue signaling to a hostile set of beliefs; it is not designed to help anyone, only to provide yet another scapegoat for an angry, hateful mob to target.


Support for Gov Youngkin’s  Transgender Policy

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I Strongly Approve of Gov. Youngkin's Transgender Policy Changes

Our schools need to focus on their real job: education. Not indoctrination. Teachers in our schools have the responsibility to teach children the objective subjects of reading, writing, math, science, and history.  Parents have the responsibility to teach their own children their morals and their belief systems, not teachers. Parents have the ultimate authority over and the ultimate responsibility for their children's lives, not school administrators and teachers.


Schools should not be discriminatory

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Trans children are not a threat to learning. This bill is totally bigoted for no good reason.


Trans children are okay

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Spend more effort preventing school shootings, not this.


LCPS sexual assaults in bathrooms is real-school board members are at fault

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School board members will be held personally financially and legally responsible.


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Polices should be used to further education, not to harass children on the basis of their sex. This new policy is completely untoward and serves no functional use.


Get suicidal kids mental help. Not new pronouns and a bathroom pass to my daughters locker room.


A day closer to a Handsmaid reality… STOP!

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<p>If your child was born with a reproductive system that wasn’t working or was somehow wrong you would agree to have it surgically fixed to further complications in the future… how is this any different from a consenting human who has deemed a part of them isn’t working or feels wrong? We should want to help them not make it worse for them? School violence is already an issue… doing something like this will further alienate kids who already feel alone… some of them see school as the only safe place away from home…if you take that away they have nowhere? It could lead to terrible things…suicide…school violence…crimes in general… come on people. Don’t let this happen to our babies. </p>


Support this bill. Protect our girls in the bathrooms


Agree totally with Gov. Youngkim

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     As a teacher for over 30 years, I never experienced any student who wanted to change their gender or be called a certain pronoun and dress in clothing contrary to their given sex at birth. This is definitely a new fad. And all the new sexes or lack of any sex altogether, is mind boggling.

These children need mental help, not a sex change.


School policies targeting Trans-Students in Virginia

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The new school policies in VA constitute discrimination against and oppression of trans students in that state's school system. I'm quite sure that these new policies are filled with illegalities, and are undoubtedly unconstitutional!


School Transgender Policy

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I strongly oppose the recently proposed Youngkin School Transgender Policy.  Schools should be a safe place for students to enhance learning. This proposal will have the totally opposite effect.making transgender students, in fact, less safe and will have a detrimental effect on their overall well being.


I strongly oppose this cruel policy

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Having read the policy, it is clear that it is intended not to protect any students, but to single out and endanger transgender students. This policy is shameful and needlessly cruel, and I for one have no idea why the state government is attempting to actively harm children trying to be themselves, with no clear motive other than cruelty. I strongly oppose this policy, and call for its rescinding immediately.


NO - DANGEROUS

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<p>This is a terribly dangerous thing to propose and goes against the long-standing and well researched pedagogical practice of creating a safe and comfortable environment for all students to be able to learn. Forcing teachers to go against their morals will only worsen the teacher shortage. Do NOT do this. </p>


I strongly support the new pro-parent policies.

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<p>Parents know their children better than any educator.  Families have been beleaguered by educators with ideologies that might differ greatly from parents. There should be more attention to basic subjects, and more self-restraint by educators expressing and enacting their opinions as influencers on our children </p>


Support our transgender children/Oppose this insane policy

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You can not have a heart or conscience.


Oppose this policy/provide a safe place

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Our children should be safe in our schools to be who they are.

transgender, gay, or otherwise.


Protect transgender kids

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I strongly OPPOSE Governor Youngkin's draft model policy that would remove and replace 2021's model policies on the treatment of transgender and nonbinary youth in schools. I am nonbinary myself and it is important to me that trans and nonbinary children get the support they need in school. For me, being able to be out in school and have supportive and accepting teachers and friends was very important. I want other kids to have that same supportive experience. Trans and nonbinary kids are deserving of protection from bullying, harassment and discrimination just as much as cisgender children. Governor Youngkin's policy is rooted in transphobia and seeks to further harm trans and nonbinary kids. It will work to erase trans kids from the classroom, which creates a hostile environment and is not conducive to learning. Trans and nonbinary youth are important and valuable and worthy, and their identity should not be repressed and hidden. They should be protected, supported and nurtured. I OPPOSE these policies and want the Virginia Department of Education to REJECT them.


I strongly support new pro-parent policies proposed by the VDOE

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Here is why I support the new policies:

-- The new policies honor the sacred role of parents in the care of their children during school, athletics and other activities.

-- Parents know their children’s needs better than anyone. If children are struggling with gender dysphoria, they need guidance and emotional support from parents. Under the new policies, school officials must keep parents fully informed, and require schools to enforce laws, regulations and policies that prohibit and deter bullying or harassment.

--The new policies protect the fundamental religious liberty interests of personnel and students.


Refreshing

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It is refreshing to read a document developed by Virginia that is based on the Constitution and other legal documents rather than political popularity.  Thank you for restoring parental rights.


Thank you

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<p>Gov Younkin, I know you endure a barrage of criticism who hold onto an ideology at the cost of everything good and stable in our communities. Thank you for keeping parents involved in schools, as this creates a greater life-long wellness and lower suicide rates in kids. I trust you will do your best to accommodate the needs of the wide spectrum of Virginian citizens. Thank you for being committed to our children. </p>


I strongly oppose this discriminatory law

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Think about which of these scenarios is more damaging:

A child killing themself. Like twenty-one percent of transgender youth attempt to do, according to The Trevor Project's 2020 survey. A number that sharply rises when children are not supported for who they are. A person with a family and a life and things they love dying because the people around them invalidate them and discriminate against them, backed up by bigoted laws.

Or a transgender girl using the bathroom that best fits her gender identity. A kid who just wants to pee in a place that feels right to her. A kid who doesn't want to hurt anyone.

29% of queer youth have experienced housing instability, and of those, 28% reported a suicide attempt in the past year. There are parents who abuse or abandon their children for being queer. Because of this risk, telling parents about their child's identity without their child's permission is a human rights violation.

If you want to "protect children, especially girls", this includes transgender children, especially transgender girls.

Sincerely, a nonbinary kid who wants to be a neuroscientist and doesn't want to spend their entire life fighting for basic human rights.


This policy will cause suicide rates among transgender kids to rise

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As a trans kid, this hurts my heart. This is going to cause anxiety, suicide, and depression among young children to rise. It's going to hurt trans kids like me. It's going to lead to children being outed to their parents, being kicked out or running away and becoming homeless. It's not okay.

According to the Trevor Project's 2020 survey, fifty-two percent of transgender and nonbinary youth have seriously considered suicide. Twenty-one percent have attempted suicide.

Transgender and nonbinary youth who reported having pronouns respected by all or most people in their lives attempted suicide at half the rate of those who did not have their pronouns respected.

Acceptance saves lives.

In the words of Mike Mullin, a member of the Virginia State House of Delegates, “Trans kids deserve to learn and thrive in an environment free of bullying, intimidation, and fear. That means being addressed as who they are and supported for who they will be. Especially from their teachers and their administrators.”

This policy will hurt transgender students, will make it impossible to create environments where trans kids feel safe, and will lead to increased suicide rates among an already vulnerable population.

I'm just a kid. I should be thinking about friends and homework, not whether my own country is going to pass policies that will make me want to kill myself.


STRONGLY OPPOSE

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For all the people saying "suicidal kids should get help, not access to opposite restrooms" or crud like that, the reason why these kids are suicidal is because of you, making their lives a living hell. I had to be revived after a suicide attempt because of this when I was a kid. I was 10. A 10 year old shouldn't have to be hospitalized multiple times throughout their life. I am an adult now, fully transitioned (had surgery so I have male parts). If they are going to push this type of thing on adults too later on, I guess they're going to have to make me, a  transman with a penis, use a women's restroom. Shame on you.


Teach math and science not gender crap

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<p>We do not need to help kids be confused about sexuality. That comes naturally at some point. What we need to go back to teaching math, science, true history and leave the parents to help with personal decisions. </p>


oppose

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stop trying to worry about what's in a child's pants. strongly oppose this obviously transphobic policy.


Transgender kids

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<p>In the past 5 years I have had the privilege of watching a withdrawn, unhappy daughter of a friend of mine transition into an outgoing, confident, academically thriving son.  The process required the support of both family and school.  We need to support our kids, not throw up roadblocks.   </p>


Strongly Oppose!

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<p>This will harm transgender and non-binary youth. LGBTQ+ youth need support, love, care and deserve to feel safe at school. This guidance will do the opposite of that. This is discriminatory, targets LGBTQ+ youth, and makes life much much harder for them during an already challenging time in their lives. I strongly oppose this guidance. </p>


Thank you, Governor

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Thank you for protecting our students from the assault of the liberals and for restoring parents’ rights to make decisions regarding their kids.


If you think boys should be allowed in girls bathrooms then your pronoun should be moron


protect trans children

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<p>taking away right to transition socially without of fear of being outed increases child abuse and suicide among kids. </p>


Support Youngkin and protect our children!

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Children should be addressed as their parent-given name and biological gender. Girls should not fear sexual assault in their bathrooms and boys should not have to worry about girls in their bathrooms. Girls should not have to compete with boys in their own sports and lose to someone who has a distinct biological advantage. This nonsense about children choosing their gender when their brains are not even fully developed enough to make decisions of permanence regarding their gender is lunacy. It’s no wonder trans children are much more likely to commit suicide! It’s so sad this conversation is even happening.


Parents are first teacher of their children

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The new policies should honor the sacred role of parents in the care of their children during school, athletics and other activities.


Restore parents in any process that deals with their kids

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Parents are in place for a reason.  We will stay with our kids after they graduate forma. certain school, after they no longer have a certain teacher and when they are mature adults.  This has always been respected and understood by all parties dealing with kids.  Removing the individuals who conceived and have born the responsibility for these kids is violating a protection that is seen and respected in nature and in other cultures.  Kids should not be able to make life altering decisions without parents being invited into the process, as those parents will be the ones walking alongside that child long after any school system does.  We need to respect the order given by God and seen in nature.

If a kid can't go see a rated R movie until they're 18, why in the world would you allow them to alter their physical bodies and nature earlier than that?


I Support parental rights ..is there peer reviewed research stating 1,000's of children will die?

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Encouraging children to leave their home and that a 'safe' home will be found for them is sending a harmful message. Who will be responsible for that child when something happens to them? Who will pay for that child's day to day living expenses? I shudder to think if they will be told they need to 'work'.


Support Youngkin and protect girls sports and families!

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<p>We must protect our children and their God-given biological gender. Protect parent’s rights! It is not the government or public school’s job to indoctrinate our children. </p>


Strongly oppose this discriminatory policy

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To whom it may concern:

I strongly oppose the governor’s proposed policy to discriminate against trans and non-binary students in Virginia’s public schools. We did not struggle for independence from a tyrant in the 1700s, fight a war to end slavery in the 1800s, and fight to rid the world of Nazism in the 1900s only to succumb to an ideology of hate in the 2000s. The Commonwealth has too proud a history to stain with an intrusive government policy that, among other things, makes decisions about bathroom use. How is this a “small government” proposal?

The policy would also force educators into the role of religious/morality police in a fashion strikingly similar to the oppressive regime in Iran. This is not a policy grounded in liberty. This is a policy of control and of religious fundamentalism in a constitutional democracy that forbids the blending of church and state.

I oppose this policy furthermore because it will jeopardize the physical and mental well-being of thousands of Virginia students. The immediate harm this policy would cause should be grounds upon which to stop its implementation alone.

Finally, this proposal’s unconstitutional premise will invite scores of justified lawsuits that will cost Virginia taxpayers millions of dollars—funding that could and should be used to support education.

How does this policy improve Virginia’s educational conditions and outcomes? The answer is that it does not. Rather, it satisfies the political objectives of a governor attempting to score cheap political points at the expense of our most vulnerable young people. For them, school—and life—will become unbearable. But I think this governor knows that, and simply doesn’t care.

 I urge the Virginia Department if Education to reject this malignant proposal.


transgender

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I am from the school that says we were created male and female.  While there may be a time when a person questions that, it should not force all of our country and students to accomodate the question.  This is one of the many items that are forced on the majority to comply with a few of the minority.  Many things are like this in our culture that are forced on us. It is time that all our policy makers stand up and say NO! If there is a need then by all means we should adjust.  When electricity became available kerosene lamps went out by majority desire. When cars became available horses ceased to be kept by desire. Both of these were by majority desire.  So it should be and not by ALL of the many new variants.


Restore Parental Rights

Fr. Denis M Donahue, St. Philip Church, Falls Church, VA

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Parents need to know what is going on in the lives of their children.

Fr Donahue


Strongly OPPOSE - respect children's confidentiality

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One of the key tenets of therapy is confidentiality -- it's the foundation upon which a trusting relationship is built. Therapists don't share with parents the specific content that is discussed unless it is a threat to the child's safety or that of others. If a child does not trust their parents, it is vital that they have other adults in whom they can confide. Having just one trusted adult in a child's life can be the difference between life or death by suicide.  If a child doesn't want to self-disclose about their identity to their parents YET, it's for a very good reason - likely fear or shame. Trusted school staff can encourage students to self-disclose to their parents, but won't (or shouldn't) if the student has genuine, valid fear of negative consequences. Unfortunately, this is sometimes the case with transgender students.

It is to be celebrated when a child trusts any adult enough to self-disclose that they're trans. As parents, it is our job to raise our children to become independent, self-sufficient adults. Teachers also help students learn about building trusting relationships. Mandating that teachers break this confidence undermines building safe attachment with others. If parents want to know -- and believe it's their right to know -- anything confidential that a child discloses then those parents shouldn't allow their children to attend public schools, houses of worship, access to friends or relatives, or going online. Kids don't share everything with their parents.


Support for Governor Youngkin Model 2022 Policies

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I completely support Governor Youngkin's Model 2022 policies.  This is a necessary change to restore parents rights and properly redirect how our local schools operate.  It is destructive for school officials to use their authority to isolate students from their parents.  Furthermore, it is refreshing to see our schools being directed back to academics and away from political/social transformation.


Opposed!

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I am opposed to replacing the 2021 document with the proposed 2022 one. It is very curious that the 2021 document clearly cites all the various professional individuals who contributed to the development of the 2021 guide. They speak from knowledge and experience and NOT from a phobia or stance of non-acceptance. This change will do more harm to children all across the state. So many proponents are quick to condemn or dismiss and attempting to convince people that this is a choice. These individuals are born this way and struggle every day to come to terms with how they were created. Yes, I said created and I believe we are all created in the image of God and these, too, are children of God reflecting a God who is loving, caring, and supportive of the beautiful person they were born to be. They need love and support to navigate a world that wants to judge and bully. The 2021 guidance provides ways for schools to do just that. The 2022 document throws all that out the window. If this can be stopped by the legislature, it should be stopped. We brag that we are a state where Virginia is for lovers! Let's prove that by loving these children and giving them the support they need and keep the 2021 guidance in place.


Protect transgender students

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I can't say it any better than Chris W so I'm just going to quote him here

"This policy will not only harm students psychologically, it will increase rates of child abuse by transphobic family members and ostracization in schools. Students should be accepted for who they are and approached with lovingkindness. This policy is rooted in coldhearted hostility and will increase rates of depression and suicide among transgender students. Do not allow it to pass. These students deserve dignity, love and respect."


Protect Transgender Students

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This policy will not only harm students psychologically, it will increase rates of child abuse by transphobic family members and ostracization in schools. Students should be accepted for who they are and approached with lovingkindness. This policy is rooted in coldhearted hostility and will increase rates of depression and suicide among transgender students. Do not allow it to pass. These students deserve dignity, love and respect.


Parental Rights

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Our children do not belong to the state


Protecting families and the rights of parents is vital

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<p>I am so glad that Gov. Youngkin has updated the policies on transgender and schools.  Hiding this from parents does not create more safety for a student.  It alienates parents and further divides families.  This commonsense approach is so needed and necessary right now.  Parents should absolutely be informed about what is happening in our students' school. If this is such a vital issue in their lives, then shouldn't they be having this conversation with those who love and care for them most?  Please finalize the updated 2022 guidelines and invite parents back into their proper roles.  </p>


Get kids the support they need

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If a child has mood disorders, anxiety disorder, schizophrenia, depression, substance abuse, eating disorders, suicide or other challenges, we would seek to get them medical treatment.

If a child has gender dysphoria, the "solution" that is promoted by the transgender community is to do everything possible to accept that situation and rush the child into a complex medical treatment scenario to accelerate and accept the feelings of the child.  No one would accelerate and encourage a child to give into their feelings on anxiety disorders, depression, eating disorders... but the community will use people for their political benefit and just rush to push people (of any age) into their community with no vetting or thoughts of the ramification.

Many people need real help and assistance, not just using people as political tools to achieve an end.


Respect transginger rights

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<p>Please do not tell me I cannot use a public restroom because I have red hair even though I have dyed it blonde. </p>


Parents Need to be Assured that Your Transgender Policy won't Harm their Children

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<p>Your new policy on dealing with transgender children in Virginia Schools takes away parental power to influence education by forcing teachers to mis-identify their children.  Studies elsewhere has shown that such policies often cause depression in the child, sometimes suicide, and similar reactions by parents.  This is a direct contravention of your campaign promise to empower parents about their children's education.  </p>


Support parents

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Teachers don't need to be put in place to adjudicate and deal with these issues.  Let's just help the teachers get clarity on how they get their job done -- remove potential distractions, confusions, lawsuits, or other risks to the school system by giving parents the control of the students gender status.

With a lot of psychological confusion or trauma, we seek to help the person resolve the issue, be transparent, and deal with what they're experiencing.  Hiding information from parents will not help this.  It's not hard to ask students to use the right locker room, bathroom, or name.

Then, get back to the business of education instead of these petty debates.


Support Parents and Children!

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The new policies honor the sacred role of parents in the care of their children during school, athletics and other activities.

Parents know their children’s needs better than anyone. If children are struggling with gender dysphoria, they need guidance and emotional support from parents. Under the new policies, school officials must keep parents fully informed, and require schools to enforce laws, regulations and policies that prohibit and deter bullying or harassment.

Student participation in sex-specific athletics, school activities and events should be determined by sex, e.g., for overnight travel accommodations and locker rooms.

Students should use the bathrooms that correspond to their sex. Single-user bathrooms and facilities should be made available in accessible areas and provided with appropriate signage, indicating accessibility for all students.

The new policies protect the fundamental religious liberty interests of personnel and students.


Opposed to 2022 Model Policy on the Privacy, Dignity, etc

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This policy goes to lengths to condemn bullying -  yet the policy, in it's black and white, parents-always-know-best verbiage is in reality promoting bullying.  I work with foster children.  Not all parents know best. Children have a right to feel safe in school - for some children, a trusted teacher or counselor who will protect their privacy may be the only responsible adult in their life.  This policy, if enacted, could endanger the safety of children.

In addition, the pettiness of this policy is breathtaking.  What is the point of getting all hyped up over name changes and pronoun preferences?  It's not a big deal. Is it really so hard just to be polite and call a person by the name that they prefer?


Parent in charge - School has no business in sexuality.

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Social Emotional Learning needs to go away, PERIOD!!!!  It is terrible for the children, it is invasive, AND it goes into sexual orientation, which is against the law!  IT WASTES TIME THAT COULD BE SPENT ON REAL LEARNING.  IT IS RACIST AND IMMORAL andTO MAKE SOMETHING LIKE THIS AN OPT-OUT IS RIDICULAS.  If people feel that they are unequipped to bring their children up with morals, dignity, confidence, etc... then allow these few to go to the school and ask for more.  But, seriously, for most people I am sure they can manage on their own.

SEL NEEDS TO BE OUTLAWED.  IT IS COMMUNISM AND SOCIALISM AT IT'S WORST.  AT NO POINT IN TIME OUGHT THE SCHOOLS BE INVOLVED IN ANYTHING SUCH AS TRANSGENDERISM, OR ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE CHILD'S SEX.   BATHROOMS ARE FOR MALES AND FEMALES ACCORDING TO THE PERSON'S SEX, NOT SEXUAL PREFERENCE; XX = FEMALE; XY = MALE.  MAYBE PLACING XX AND XY ON THE DOORS WILL MAKE IT CLEAR.  IT IS SCIENCE.

WE NEED TO GET RID OF THIS ALPHABET AND PRONOUN CRAP AND GET BACK TO REAL EDUCATION; THE KIND THAT TEACHES ONE "HOW TO THINK" NOT "WHAT TO THINK."

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I AM HOPING THE OPINION OF ADULTS, NOT CHILDREN, MAKE THE DIFFERENCE.

BECAUSE WE REALLY DO KNOW...

Roxanne M. Joseph-Barber


Respect trans lives!

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<p>I strongly oppose your revised transgender policy for our schools.  A person should be allowed to be the gender they are without the government interfering.  You are putting trans students at risk for abuse and suicide.  Are you unaware of the suicide statistics for trans people?  This is truly a respect life issue.  Not every student lives with a warm caring family.  Parent's rights is the wrong way to frame this.  It is both bad law and bad policy to discriminate against trans students.  Please stop using our schools for political purposes.  </p>
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Strongly Oppose

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These proposed policies and changes violate the Virginia Human Rights Act, which protects against discrimination on the basis of gender identity in public settings, including schools. As a parent to a child in a Virginia public school system, I strongly oppose the policies and support the Virginia Human Rights Act.


It is time for common sense to return to the US @ Va. Government Policies.

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The Democratic Party and the teacher unions have done such a wonderful job educating our children in our public schools {sac} that focusing on non-core studies may give them a chance to hone their skill-sets to the next level of incompetence. Let parents be parents. Nothing the government touches ever turns out well.