Support for new policy

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<p>Thank you for being the adults willing to stand up to the insanity that is going on in schools. I've pulled my kids from public school to homeschool, partially due to the ridiculous policies the previous governor implemented. Maybe it's time for others to pull their kids out if they don't like policies.  I'd love to send my child to middle school and not worry for her safety. Homeschool is always an option so maybe parents of trans kids can give that a try instead of forcing entire school systems to cater to them and their relativism ideology. </p>


100% support!

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Schools should not be keeping secrets about children from their own parents.  Parents should be informed about what us going on with their children at school.  I also believe males should use the boy's bathrooms and locker rooms and females should use the girl's bathrooms and locker rooms.  Boys who want to be or think they are girls should not be allowed to enter the girl's bathrooms or locker rooms.


Opposed - Don't Be Cruel to Trans and Queer Kids

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There is no reason to be cruel to trans and queer kids. Schools should be supportive, and part of that is supporting them as they better understand their gender identity and/or sexual orientation. And they should certainly not be outed against their will. That is simply cruel, and is not good education policy.


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

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As a concerned parent, I urge you to withdraw the proposed policy. The physical and emotional well-being of trans children is put at grave risk by this policy. To abide by the policy requires trans kids to socially de-transition, which in effect means erasing them as the individuals they are. It is a cruel policy that has no place in public schools in 2022.

While I take exception with everything in this policy, I'll point out a few items in particular.

At its worst, prohibiting trans kids from accessing restrooms and other school facilities that align with their identities forces them to socially de-transition in order to take care of basic bodily functions. It's shockingly cruel. There is nothing to be gained by requiring a trans girl to use the boys' restroom; quite the opposite, such a policy puts her at risk of physical harm. To protect themselves, some trans kids simply will not use the restroom at school, which can lead to physical ailments.

Trans kids deserve the same access to school sports teams as kids whose gender identity matches their physical sex. Policies that prohibit their access are unfair. Every child deserves a chance to enjoy the wide variety of athletics available in our public schools.  The fear of trans girls unfairly dominating girls' sports is a myth. Organizations like the NCAA have clear guidelines on the inclusion of trans athletes that can be a model for Virginia schools. In 2022, we should not be excluding children from participating in athletics based on who they are.

The mandatory "outing" of children by school staff is one of the most disturbing parts of the policy. This policy centers adults at the expense of children's safety. The policy is blindly pretending that no child will be at risk of physical and mental abuse or homelessness if parents or guardians are notified of gender non-conformity. This is simply not the case. Trans youth are 20 to 40 percent of the youth homeless population, a disproportionately high number.

We need policies in Virginia public schools that value the worth and dignity of all children, including trans children. This policy does nothing but teach trans children -- and they are watching and listening -- that they need to be regulated to oblivion and erased from public life. For their mental and physical well-being, I urge you to withdraw this appalling policy.


Opposed

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<p>I am a Va resident. I do not support this policy and hope it goes no further </p>


Please implement as proposed

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I write in support of these policies that prohibit schools from coming between parents and their children. A school nurse cannot give a child an aspirin without checking with a parent, yet under the policies this proposal seeks to change, a school can facilitate a child's gender transition without informing his/her parents! This is unconscionable. Parents should be able to trust schools, and that can only happen when the school is committed to supporting parents as parents make decisions about what is best for their children.

I also support the proposal's free speech protections. The ideology underlying the policy that this proposal seeks to change is premised on the idea that a person's gender is rooted in subjective psychological experience rather than objective physiology. This is obviously a debatable point, and no one should be forced to parrot ideology he or she believes is false.


This is not a good policy

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Students should have a safe space in their lives & for some, that is school - not home. Schools should continue to support students as whole humans and not as only extensions of their parents. Additionally, teachers and schools should never be forced to out anyone, especially to their oppressive parents.


Policy

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Strongly support.  Stop this madness!


Doesn’t go far enough- should be a felony for a male to enter a little girls bathroom.

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Criminalize this nonsense.


Protect Virginia children and Virginia parents

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I support 2022 model policies because it protects our children and protect parents rights


In favor of 2022 model policies

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Thank you Govenor Youngkin for 2022 model policies! You have my support!


Re: strongly support Govenor

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<p>I strongly support Govenor Youngkin 2022 model policies </p>


This change in policy is likely to hurt more people than it helps

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I’m opposed to the suggested change in policy. The challenge with these policies is that they’re never actually about protecting children and are instead about pushing political views on everyone regardless of how much harm will actually come of them. Requiring teachers to disclose information like this removes one of the few potential places for children to confide in adults they trust when they don’t feel safe at home.


Drop the Cruel Policies (Re: "Policy for Transgender Students...")

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I'm a grandparent of a delightful middle-school child who recently came out as transgender. Their family is supportive. Most of their teachers and classmates were, too, but Gov. Youngkin's edicts, undoing a wiser policy adopted in 2020, began making my grandchild's school environment less safe; the intolerant faction emboldened. So this child has moved to an excellent private school, where they are thriving, though they may age out of it next year. Great job supporting public education, guv!

   Younkin's policies could endanger the lives of trans kids whose parents won't accept them. Limiting kids to bathrooms marked with the gender they were labeled at birth will be cruel. No, such policies do not support "parents' rights," as claimed; only rights of people who will not accept differences. Please drop this bad idea and work on helping all kids learn!


FULL SUPPORT - STOP SEXISM / RACISM AND OTHER DISCRIMINATION IN OUR SCHOOLS

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I'm writing to express my full support for Governor Youngkin's biological gender affirming policies. The radicals want to sexualize our children, discriminate against both biological men and women, confuse children and young adults even more in the hopes to adopt their political ideologies, and it will only get worse if we ever give in. How unfair is it for any sex to take their biological advantages to compete against the other gender in sports and just win everything?! How fair is it for a biological male to self-identify as a female, and compete in female sports with the huge biological advantage males have in bone/muscle structure, strength, etc.? How in the world is this a level playing field showing fairness where a biological male can compete and dominate in women's sports?! How fair is it for biological women to no longer be able to win sports scholarships to higher educational institutions by competing solely against and with other biological women?! Schools were originally meant to be places to develop our children intellectually and morally, but our previous Governor and much of the Virginia school system (especially Loudoun County and Fairfax County) have decided to radicalize and brainwash our children in biological non-truths for an incredibly small percentage of the student population along with forcing popular conforment to their purported fair policies. We're at a crazy point in society where anyone and everyone's thoughts, feelings, and perceptions are all truths. There's absolutely no science, logic, reason, or any other standard anymore which is universally discernable, logicaly, reasonable, and fair. If you don't conform, you're attacked, belittled, ridiculed, and anything else possible to get you to relent to their own individual truth no matter how crazy it is. Children with mental health gender identity issues has risen by over 5000% There's no way any of this has helped children overall, and it especially does absolutely nothing to raise their level of education. If anything it is making growing up even more stressful, anxious, and confusing for our children than ever before. Mental health services and other services for this small percentage genuinely suffering from mental health gender identity issues have been and will always be available, but the radicals want to force, intimidate, threaten, distort, and do whatever other means necessary to garner votes. Ironically enough THEY are the ones that are racists, sexists, and overall intolerant of others. It's all to garner votes, destroy the rights and protection of the family unit, and gain more power in society. I'm tired of my children being discriminated against and taught to feel privileged and guilty because of their heterosexuality, religion, morals, race, and other features the radicals use to separate society. The level of education, knowledge, and intelligence of our children has tanked year by year especially with the government's COVID response, and the radicals would prefer to use the time, energy, resources, and POWER they have or think they have to further their agenda. Sorry, I'm done with being quiet. They are absolutely crazy, and this destruction in our schools must stop.


Gender identity is a personal choice and should not be disclosed outside the individual’s consent

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<p>I do believe that a parent has a say about certain decisions of their child but if a child has a gender identity that is not of their assigned sex then that should not be disclosed or announced by an individual that is not the child. It will potentially harm the child mentally and or physically in a domestic violence or abuse situation. We are a nation built on separation of church and state, so we should practice it and not enforce endangering laws that can affect others based off of the beliefs of a organization that enforced harm and hate over love and acceptance. </p>


A Good Start

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I am the father of a son and a daughter that attend public school in VA.  Thank you for putting parents in the driver's seat for their children's long-term well-being.  I am especially concerned about practices that passively keep parents out of the loop, and I am alarmed about practices that actively deceive parents.  I think that it is an obvious improvement to keep parents fully informed about their children, academically, socially, and with regard to physical and mental health.

I would like to suggest a few more steps to empower parents, protect children, and de-emphasize topics regarding gender and sexuality at K-12 schools in VA.

1) I submit that the policy should minimize public transitioning.  Going through a public transition can be an added stresser to transitioning students.  Also, observing a child's gender transition can be disruptive and confusing to the surrounding student body.  Further, all topics of sexuality should be dealt with at an age-appropriate manner, leading to a sliding scale of policies and practices by age.  Ideally, all gender transitions should be conducted outside of the academic school year (during summer break) so as to avoid public transitioning.  When delay until the end of the academic year cannot be achieved, I would recommend that the transitioning child be transferred to a new school to minimize publicity of the transition.  This will allow the child to credibly present as the new gender without the headaches of questions about previous status.  This should be especially true for cases where the transitioning child is very young (i.e., grades K-6).  A school transfer would also shield the larger student body from the confusion and early sexualization inherent in a public transition.

2) I submit that the policy should minimize discussions about gender and sexuality in school.  Similar to other States, I submit that any discussion of gender transitioning should be eliminated from schools.  This should extend not just to explicit instruction and counseling, but extend also to celebrations like so-called "Pride Month" and other events that deal with LGBT topics.  I do not want schools to present my children (regardless of age) with topics that are sexually charged, or highly controversial more generally.    Even when a teacher, counselor, or administrator may be aligned with my personal and public convictions, I feel it is out of bounds for schools to be involved in these discussions. The policy may also limit the prominence of flags, isignia, and other decals that deal with LGBT topics and other political controversies.

3) I submit that the policy should minimize gender-related care that schools provide.  I am very dubious of so-called "affirmative care" and its wisdom.  School counselors and psychologists should not treat children who are dealing with gender transitions, in any stage of the process.  Such treatment should be reserved for external specialists.  School personnel may not even be qualified to provide referrals or recommendations for outside treatment.  Schools and school personnel should focus on their actual expertise, which is to educate children in basic skills and college preparation.


OPPOSED OPPOSED

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Stop trying to tell LGBTQ students they are not welcome or accepted. You are causing more harm than good with such mean-spirited proposed policies.

Why do Republicans want to make this state and country, a white Christian nation? Worry more about your family and children and not mine.


Policies that harm trans, non-binary and lgbtq+ children

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Please do not pass any policies that marginalize any children, including lgbtq+, especially trans and non- binary children. They are vulnerable and deserving of support and protection just as much as any other children. Have some compassion. FP


Support- stop the attack on girls.

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Give girls back their bathrooms, locker rooms, and sports. “Trans rights” has become taking away “girls rights.”


Oppose

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I oppose this guidance.


OPPOSED - stop the attack on LGBTQ+ students

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<p>This Machiavellian proposed policy further negatively impacts LGBTQ students be prejudicing them. The governor's proposal will further cause isolation and ostracism of LGBTQ students and harm to their development. STOP! You are the problem. LGBTQ students are NOT the problem </p>


Full support for Revised Model Policies for the Treatment of Transgender Students in Virginia’s Publ

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 For thousands of years civilized society has deemed the parents to be the best choice to be primary caretaker of their children. In a few years the 21st century medical/science community will prove that this policy corrected a very evil misguided inhuman practice call "transgender Sis." Full support for this policy will ensure that the children will be in the good care of the parents and not the DOEVA.

SCIPIO


Ann Marie Barrett (LCPS counselor) arrested for sexual relationship with transgender student

Let’s leave it up to the teachers/counselors at LCPS????

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Have parents lost their minds?


Anti-Trans Public School Policy

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Please do not allow this policy to go into affect, as it will be very detrimental to the health and well-being of transgender students.


VIRGINIA IS DEFINITELY NOT FOR LOVERS WITH THESE POLICIES!!

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These policies send a message of hate and rejection towards transgendered youth! Virginia will live in shame until you leave office, and things go back to normal then. Worst governor who deceived the naive and ran on lies! Please tell me how that is being a good “Christian”?


Opposed. A clear violation of the Virginia Human Rights Act

The proposed policy is a clear violation of the Virginia Human Rights Act — a state policy aimed at safeguarding individuals from unlawful discrimination in educational institutions. The VA Human Rights Act identifies sex and gender identity as two separate concepts. The proposed policies do not offer any evidence-based best practices, information, guidance orprocedures for supporting or protecting transgender youth and their families. The U.S. Supreme Court has said that students “do not shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech and expression at the schoolhouse gate.” However, the proposed policy definition of a transgender student directly violates a student’s First Amendment rights by limiting one’s ability to express their identity without parental involvement.

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The proposed policy is a clear violation of the Virginia Human Rights Act — a state policy aimed at safeguarding individuals from unlawful discrimination in educational institutions. The VA Human Rights Act identifies sex and gender identity as two separate concepts. The proposed policies do not offer any evidence-based best practices, information, guidance or
procedures for supporting or protecting transgender youth and their families. The U.S. Supreme Court has said that students “do not shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech and expression at the schoolhouse gate.” However, the proposed policy definition of a transgender student directly violates a student’s First Amendment rights by limiting one’s ability to express their identity without parental involvement.


APPALLING CHILD ABUSE!

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Being trans is hard enough for a child to deal with!!! STATE SANCTIONED ABUSE WIll ADD TO THEIR DIFFICULTIES IN A INTOLERANT WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


What about the zoophilia community. See us we are real. And have rights too.

Please let us bring our lover animals to school. We must celebrate anything

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See how s. Our community is growing and the queer community is making everything goes sooooo normal. Definitely good for kids and families


OPPOSE! OPPOSE!

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From WAPO:

Contrary to statements that suggest otherwise, the 2022 model policies do impose a specific ideology. Christian nationalism is not relegated to churches, extremist groups or religious-political leaders; it exerts control and fosters political violence through public policies and institutions that seek to exterminate non-White, non-Christian, and non-heteropatriarchal thought from the nation.


Defund gender based sports! Defund gender bathrooms. All for one, one for all.

Pandemic over, social justice concern fading, turn up the queer issues


Dignity

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Protect children's choice, dignity. Liberty,justice for all. Thank   you.


I strongly support this

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Boys shouldnt be allowed to play on the girl's team it's unfair to the girls


Strongly oppose. We must protect Trans Kids

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I strongly oppose this current proposal. It is crucial that we protect ALL children and that includes trans girls and boys.

There is no benefit to barring a trans child from participating in sports or using a restroom that aligns with their gender identity.


I Support Youngkin and Parental Rights

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<p>We should never be comfortable with adults having secrets with children about their health, mental struggles or sexuality.  NO ONE loves a child more than his/her parent does.  Parents may not always agree with their child's perspective, but they always want above all for their child to be healthy and happy.  Depriving a child of his/her parents' involvement in critical struggles and decisions is abusive - to all parties.  </p>


strongly oppose

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I’m a mom and educator in Virginia. While both of those roles have always come with a responsibility to care for the well-being of all of my children, those at home and those in the school building, VDOE’s new Model Policies have made the weight of this burden almost unbearably heavy. As a parent and as an educator, you want your child to be comfortable with who they are and to be healthy, and that means access to environments that affirm who they are, recognize their humanity, and treat all aspects of their lives – mental, emotional, and physical – as precious. I’ve seen the statistics, and I understand the dangers of not letting trans children and youth be who they are, and not giving them access to affirming care or the right to live their lives as their true selves. I’m speaking out against these new policies in an attempt to save lives, because make no mistake – this is a life or death situation for so many people.


Agree with Youngkin

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Parents should be the final decision making authority in children's lives until age 18 and any use of puberty blockers and treatments to try to transition children's sex should be illegal because such treatments are heinous and similar to what the Nazis did in WWII with their medical experiments.  So I wholeheartedly agree with Gov. Youngkin that parents should not be overridden in the school system as it relates to their children.


Fat white woke women would sacrifice their own kids to prove they are more woke than their neighbor

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<p>Just imagine when they can come out on Facebook as a trans mom. Wow what an exciting day that will be for them. Their poor children. </p>


Strongly support

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This policy is very well written, and is based on law and science, not feelings.  The policy also explicitly calls for the care and nuturing of those who could be affected.  There is absolutely nothing hateful or bigoted within the policy.  Read it.


Support the 2022 guidance

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<p>Thank you, Governor Youngkin.  Children were entrusted first to families, not to schools or the State, so I am especially appreciative that the 2022 Standards enforce rather than dissect the parental role.  When I weigh out the value of affirming the long-standing agreement of sex and gender against affirming the transgender movement, it's a no-brainer.  When a school buddy lost an eye or an arm, the disability was a transparent issue and we all knew, so we knew how to help and not bully.  No amount of "trans-ing" got back that arm or eye, sadly.  But it was out there and and as kids we were curious about prosthetics to help our buddy appear to have an eye or have some function like an arm would have.  When a kid pretended to be a cat or dog or even a dad or a mom, we might have played along if it were age appropriate, but we kept a sense of what actually could or couldn't be in mind:  we knew that people were people and not dogs or cats and that boys weren't moms and girls weren't dads in real life.  This current gender-fluid philosophy has no factual basis:  it will steal the opportunities children have to grow into who they were genetically created to be, forcing them to live in bodies that are neither true to their birth sex or their imagined gender and no way to un-do the damage for the rest of their lives.  This trans movement isn't really a nuanced thing which requires privacy in the school system:  it's a deliberate deception that will mutilate and destroy our kids.  I appreciate that this 2022 Model document is a step in the right direction to secure the role of families.  It appears to be limited by federal decisions that I also hope are overturned.  I'm not anti-anybody:  the reality is that promoting transgenderism will hurt us all.  </p>


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I support transgender rights and transgender protections in Virginia Public Schools.

Adam D


Get suicidal kids mental health care: not new pronouns and a pass to the ladies restroom

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Stop encouraging this nonsense on your children and they won’t be suicidal.  Take them to the doctor!


Strongly oppose

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<p>My faith calls me to affirm the inherent worth and dignity of every person. The proposed policy on transgender students in Virginia schools violates this moral principle and I therefore oppose it. In addition, some provisions of the proposed policy are already federally unconstitutional (Grimm v. Gloucester). </p>


Strongly Oppose this Policy which Harm Our Kids

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I strongly oppose this guidance which harms and endangers trans and non-binary youth. Every kid deserves to be supported, uplifted, and affirmed in the classroom. Trans and nonbinary youth with support from just one adult are 40% less likely to consider and attempt suicide. Youth who receive gender affirmation from peers and teachers attempt suicide at less than half the rate of those who are not. These proposed policies are rooted in transphobia and unfounded fearmongering and seek to force trans youth into schools that threaten their safety, mental health, and lives.

As a non-binary adult, trans-inclusive policies would have substantially bettered my childhood. As a gender-nonconforming child, bullying from other students made me withdraw from school, friendships, and my hobbies. I felt I could not talk about how I was feeling with adults. As a student, a policy such as this would have made me feel less safe, less supported, and more ostracized. As a mentor for trans youth, I see the positive impact a supportive environment has on our trans and nonbinary youth. I also see the lasting adverse effects of circumstances that are not affirming. Educators and the VDOE have a responsibility not to enact policy that hurts our children and further exacerbates inequality.

I strongly oppose the proposed policy for all of the above reasons and because it creates a slippery slope for all of our most vulnerable students. Where do demands for parental rights and forced assimilation stop?

Please consider the most impacted people in this issue: trans and nonbinary youth. They will be the ones who suffer the long-term impacts of policies that are forced upon them.


STRONGLY OPPOSE


Strongly oppose


Hate has no place in our schools

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<p>Schools should be a safe place for ALL students—not a source of hate and political controversy. I oppose this bill and any bill like it. </p>


Diametrically Opposed

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Unless we support trans kids in their learning and growing, they are confused and scared and horribly likely to self-harm. We should be doing everything possible to help them through this time of transition, not putting roadblocks in their way.


Horrendous embarrassment

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<p>As a daughter of two VA public school teachers and as a graduate of FCPS, I think the new policy being brought up in discussion that would aim to strip gender non-conforming students of their right to privacy and a safe learning space is an embarrassing for this state. Students deserve to have a safe-space where they can learn, grow and thrive — making children live in constant fear of being outed to their parents is not only a failure in the school’s behalf, it’s dangerous for many. Students should have the right to safely express themselves at school and live as their authentic self, with no fear of repercussions or being outed to people outside of their designated safe space. For a state (and county) that has struggled with mounting student suicide in the past decade, enacting policies like this is only going to make that worse. Additionally, it is not the school nor the teachers’ right or responsibility to share anything about their students unless they are in immediate danger, which is absolutely NOT what is happening here. Students have the right to express themselves fully and schools should aim to be a safe space, not a space where students fear being turned in to their (potentially unsupportive, abusive, ultra religious etc) parents. </p>


restrooms and showers should be private for EVERYONE - regardless of gender!!!

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Governor Youngkin's draft policy model:

Is rooted in transphobia and seeks to further harm trans and nonbinary kids.

Seeks to erase trans and nonbinary youth from the classroom. They create a hostile & potentially dangerous school environment.

Requires teachers and school staff to forcibly “out” students to their parents against their will in some circumstances, such as where a student seeks counseling.

Prohibits teachers and school staff from supporting trans & nonbinary students, such as using a student’s affirming name & pronouns.

Creates bathroom and sports policies that prohibit access and/or participation in activities consistent with their gender identity.

If people are concerned about privacy, then make ALL restroom and shower facilities private for EVERYONE!  NO ONE should have to be exposed to ANYONE'S private parts, regardless of sexual orientation and/or identity!  Don't persecute those, who through no fault of their ow, already have a hard enough time coping in this world.


Let All Kids Be Kids-Oppose

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<p>I have many trans people in my life, all adults, some that I have known before they transitioned, most that I met and had no idea if they were trans or cis until they decided to twll me. I’m sure there are many people who are trans that I am not aware of too! The ideas that are behind this law are coming from people who don’t know trans people - or don’t know that they know trans people. Trans people are everywhere, including school. Trying to outlaw being trans is like trying to outlaw being left handed. It doesn’t change anything to make someone hide being trans or forcing someone to learn to write with their right hand. The other comments on here supporting this law are coming from people who are basing their ideas on things on tv or online, not based on real people. </p>


Strongly oppose this transphobic BS!!

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<p>The 2021 guidance protects kids like my son. He did not ask to be trans. He wants to go to school like everyone else and be himself. Trans youth are not pushing some agenda on other kids. If you really think your pansy white Republican child is going to "turn" because they associate with my trans kid, you are pathetic. My kid's biological sex is none of your business. Do we ask teachers if their birth certificate says male or female before we let them in a certain bathroom? Or call them by Mrs or Mr? No, it's just common sense and decency to respect a person for who they say they are. </p>


Parental Rights

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Parents are legally responsible for their children till they reach legal age. They have the responsibility and right to guide their children to the place in life they want them to have. No one else. They get to say who can and can't advise them, and their children, on topics that may be difficult for them.  If you want to do anything else, put it into Law, not a VDOE Policy.

Corollary; school choice and funding following the child, plus the law of supply and demand can render this discussion moot. That's the nexus of this in the end.


Strongly oppose

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<p>This guidance goes against all the research that has been done that shows that transgender and non binary children have better health outcomes when they are supported at school, such as using their preferred bathroom and names. It is also discriminating against students on the basis of sex and gender identity, a right provided to public school children by title 9. I strongly oppose this new policy. </p>


I OPPOSE the guidance. Trans rights are human rights

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<p>I am a concerned community member, I OPPOSE the draft policy and want the VDOE to reject any policies that target trans students for discrimination and hate. </p>


Strongly oppose the revised transgender policy

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The proposed policy is ill-advised and founded on fear rather than facts. This will lead to more challenges for students who identify as transgender. Such rigid focus on parental rights and biological sex will place these youth at even greater risk for bullying and physical attacks, homelessness, and even suicide.


Strongly appose

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<p>It’s simply discriminatory.   </p>


Oppose. What’s next? Gay kids must use opposite gender BR?

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<p>Very discriminatory policy. AND AGAINST VIRGINIA LAW PROTECTING STUDENTS. </p>


Strongly OPPOSE the guidance. Stop attacking our kids!

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Dear VDOE,

I OPPOSE the draft policy and want the VDOE to reject the guidance. Schools should be safe spaces for children, not a place where extremists can force other families' children to conform to their individual, personal beliefs. Children deserve to express themselves authentically in school, regardless of what strangers and politicians prefer. This is a terrible overreach by the state government and will lead to children suffering needlessly.

Please protect these children by rejecting the guidance.


Noone is being harrassed in bathrooms? Are you aware of the LCPS bathroom sexual assaults?

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<p>Society rules serve a purpose. Enjoy your deviance at home.  Don't involve my kids. </p>


It is my business when your child is having a pronoun temper tantrum at school

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Set proper expectations for your children. We are a society of rules... but you are too selfish to understand that.


It is my business when your son wants to take a roster spot on my daughter's soccer team

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but you are too selfish to understand that.


It is my business when your son is naked in my daughters locker room

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You are too selfish to understand.


Please read your last comment, Kylie, and ask yourself that question!  Stay out of others' business!

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Stay out of people's business.  Their bodies.  Their healthcare.  Their achieving their best versions of themselves.  Why do you CARE?  Do a little research and learn about what all you protesters are talking about.  Read about the kids who will testify that noone is being harassed in these "bathrooms" you worry about.  Kids keep to themselves.  The hateful theories ascend from you, the ignorant parents, and not the kids.  Worry about more important things, like our warming globe, homelessness, and adopting unwanted kids.  Please.  Consider it!  Grow UP!


Oppose

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I OPPOSE the guidance. My step-daughter is engaged to a trans person. They have to put up with enough hardships without this sort of institutionalized bullying.


Strongly Oppose This Policy

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<p>This policy will do nothing to actually help children. It will only further isolate and undermine vulnerable children and allow others to treat them not as who they are but how each individual sees the child. Reject this harmful and negligent policy. </p>


Strongly support proposition

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<p>Strongly support proposition </p>


Be yourselves- but not in my daughters bathroom

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Why do your “rights” have to infringe on everyone else’s “rights”?


Strongly Support 2022 Model Policies

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<p>I strongly support Governor Youngkin's 2022 Model Policies on Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for ALL Students and Parents in Virginia Public Schools. </p>


Strongly Support proposed policy

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As a parent of 2 girls, one of whom is still in LCPS, I strongly support this new policy. My daughter's right to use the school bathroom, locker rooms, and play sports with other girls should not be impacted by the misguided perception that children may be able to decide and change their gender. She has avoided using school bathrooms since the current policy was adopted.  How is that fair?

My older daughter, now in college playing on a Division I team, had to compete against a male allowed to play on an LCPS sports team. This same person was awarded an athletic scholarship, despite him having barely passing grades, at one of the schools also considering my daughter, who graduated in the top 12 of her class.  The impact to our girls is real and we cannot allow this to continue.

I believe all people should be treated with respect, however the schools have no right to enable children in making decisions about their gender without parental involvement. There is a type of psychosis going on among children now who have been convince that living as a different gender will be a positive experience in their life.  This is a lie that has been propagated through media and misguided teachers.  The facts are that many of these children experimenting with gender fluidity will have more regrets and are more likely to have suicidal ideations than if they were allowed to mature into adults and get passed this fad.


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,
Derek Hanley
340 Old Mill Rd
Santa Barbara, CA 93110

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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 />Derek Hanley
<br />340 Old Mill Rd<br />Santa Barbara, CA 93110<br /><img src="http://admin.phone2action.com/email/open/leg/657523/148489879" width="1" height="1" />


Strongly SUPPORT the proposed Guidance Document

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<p>The new policies honor the sacred role of parents in the care of their children during school activities, athletic activities and any other in which the child/student is participating. </p>


VA Parent Who Strongly Opposes 2022 Proposed Model Policies

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<p>I strongly oppose the proposed 2022 model policies as a parent and a private citizen. These policies would not create an environment that "ensures the dignity and safety of all students in Virginia," they would in fact do the opposite. These policies would ostracize transgender students and deprive them of the same basic rights afforded to cisgender students. For some transgender students, school is the ONLY place where they can feel safe and these policies would effectively ruin that, causing additional mental and physical distress to these youth during a time when they need the most support they can get. Just because one parent chooses to raise their child with certain ideologies does not mean that all parents should be forced to do the same - that is what public education stands for. Nor should teachers bear the burden of having to enforce these policies and not allowing their students to express themselves as they themselves see and feel most fit. It's one thing for parents to have their own rules in their own house, it's another to try to apply those rules to every child who happens to attend a public school. These policies would erode the relationship of trust between teachers and students that is a hallmark of public education, especially for transgender students. Cutting our youth off from the critical support networks of their teachers and peers by enacting policies that singles them out in these ways will only add to the epidemic of anxiety, depression, and suicide that our youth are already experiencing. </p>


Agree with Policy

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<p>I agree with the policy as stated. A non transgender child has the right to be in a bathroom/locker room of those of the same biological sex and should not have to share a bathroom/locker room/hotel room on a field trip of someone who is biologically of the opposite sex regardless of the gender that person affirms to have.  </p>


Support furry rights. We deserve the same rights as everyone else.

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No more Discrimination.


I have anorexia and no one is affirming the body I need to be happy. Celebrate my braveness

won’t anyone help me change my body. It’s how I identify this is sickening

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Support trans, support all mental illnesses. Affirm mental silliness and help kids realize their delusions. Just makes sense.


Parental Rights

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Strongly Support Gov. Youngkin because I am a Bible follower


Parental rights

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Thank you for your consideration of the importance of parental rights in the raising and forming of their children especially as it pertains to moral development but also in light of society’s quickly evolving abuse of our children’s education and now physical safety. Vote in favor of parents as the first educators of the next generation. In most every case, No one will love a child more than it’s mother and father.


Strongly oppose - harmful change in policy

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This policy is cruelly harmful to transgender children whose parents are not supportive of what they are experiencing. The comments on this town hall forum provide ample proof of the massive amount of urban legend and misinformation which has caused hundreds of people to believe a narrative of who transgender children are that is false. The parents writing many of these comments are exactly the parents that would not allow their children to express their gender identity and whose kids would be at risk of suicide and other forms of self harm. 82% of transgender youth have considered suicide and 40% have attempted suicide. (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32345113/) Please do not contribute to suicide rates in this population by implementing a policy like this. If this administration claims to be pro-life, protect the lives of these youth.


Oppose


vehemently oppose changing this new policy

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<p>I urge you to protect all students, including trans and differently brained.  The world is already hard enough for children who don't fit the narrow definitions our society has used for generations.  We need progress, protection and support for all children.  Please reject this retrogressive proposed change.  </p>


Strongly OPPOSE--Please protect trans kids!!!

Brittany Zeman, Virginia Commonwealth University

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As a clinical social worker who works with many incredible, strong, loving, BEAUTIFUL transgender (trans) folks in the DMV area (including minors), I strongly oppose Governor Youngkin's 2022 proposed model policy. It deeply saddens me that trans kids are being used as pawns in this next iteration of America's culture wars. Trans kids need our protection and deserve to feel safe and affirmed in their schools. This model policy, however does the opposite--rooted in transphobia, this policy is discriminatory and will deeply harm trans kids (who are already disproportionately at risk for so many mental health challenges as a result of transphobia in our society).

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

On the other hand, having at least one accepting adult in one's life can reduce the risk of a suicide attempt among LGBTQ young people by 40 percent. This policy would enable hateful adults to continue to demonize trans kids and prevent many who want to be allies from being able to do so. In short, passing this policy will affect the rights and mental health of trans kids in such a way that truly puts their lives in danger.

In addition to my professional experience working with the LGBTQ+ community in our area, including trans youth, this matter is a deeply personal one for me. My partner of 10 years underwent a gender transition several years ago that may well have saved their life and deeply enriched my own. I, myself, also identify as a member of the LGBTQ+ community. I love my transgender partner and I'm so proud of the immense beauty and love they spread throughout our world.

After living in Washington, DC for many years, we are planning to move to Virginia in early 2023. However, should this model policy pass, we may not stay in Virginia. We do not want to live in a state whose public schools do not create safe and inclusive environments for LGBTQ+ youth. Trans affirming school policies matter greatly to us, as the passage of anti-trans legislation such as this model policy has a ripple effect--harming the selfhood, mental health, and overall wellness of the entire LGBTQ+ community.

I ask the VDOE to reject this draft policy. Please act to protect trans kids in Virginia. They deserve to feel safe and affirmed in their authentic identities at all times in all settings, including as they attend Virginia public schools.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Brittany Zeman


Strongly Support Governor Youngkin

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Man can not change the gender of a person, DNA cannot be  changed just body and genital mutilation. All a lie from Satan to destroy the quality of life for those who fall into this demonic trap. Chromosomes XX or XY CAN  NOT BE CHANGED!


Strongly Support, simply read proverbs 1 to understand the beginning of wisdom

The (A)proverbs of Solomon (B)the son of David, king of Israel:

2 To know (C)wisdom and instruction,To discern the sayings of (D)understanding,3 To (E)receive instruction in wise behavior,(F)Righteousness, justice and equity;4 To give (G)prudence to the [a]naive,To the youth (H)knowledge and discretion,5 A wise man will hear and (I)increase in learning,And a (J)man of understanding will acquire wise counsel,6 To understand a proverb and a figure,The words of the wise and their (K)riddles.

7 (L)The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge;Fools despise wisdom and instruction.

The Enticement of Sinners

8 (M)Hear, my son, your father’s instructionAnd (N)do not forsake your mother’s teaching;9 Indeed, they are a (O)graceful wreath to your headAnd [b](P)ornaments about your neck.10 My son, if sinners (Q)entice you,(R)Do not consent.11 If they say, “Come with us,Let us (S)lie in wait for blood,Let us (T)ambush the innocent without cause;12 Let us (U)swallow them alive like Sheol,Even whole, as those who (V)go down to the pit;13 We will find all kinds of precious wealth,We will fill our houses with spoil;14 Throw in your lot [c]with us,We shall all have one purse,”15 My son, (W)do not walk in the way with them.(X)Keep your feet from their path,16 For (Y)their feet run to evilAnd they hasten to shed blood.17 Indeed, it is [d]useless to spread the baited netIn the sight of any [e]bird;18 But they (Z)lie in wait for their own blood;They ambush their own lives.19 So are the ways of everyone who (AA)gains by violence;It takes away the life of its possessors.

Wisdom Warns

20 (AB)Wisdom shouts in the street,She [f]lifts her voice in the square;21 At the head of the noisy streets she cries out;At the entrance of the gates in the city she utters her sayings:22 “How long, O [g](AC)naive ones, will you love [h]being simple-minded?And (AD)scoffers delight themselves in scoffingAnd fools (AE)hate knowledge?23 “Turn to my reproof,Behold, I will (AF)pour out my spirit on you;I will make my words known to you.24 “Because (AG)I called and you (AH)refused,I (AI)stretched out my hand and no one paid attention;25 And you (AJ)neglected all my counselAnd did not (AK)want my reproof;26 I will also (AL)laugh at your (AM)calamity;I will mock when your (AN)dread comes,27 When your dread comes like a stormAnd your calamity comes like a (AO)whirlwind,When distress and anguish come upon you.28 “Then they will (AP)call on me, but I will not answer;They will (AQ)seek me diligently but they will not find me,29 Because they (AR)hated knowledgeAnd did not choose the fear of the Lord.30 “They (AS)would not accept my counsel,They spurned all my reproof.31 “So they shall (AT)eat of the fruit of their own wayAnd be (AU)satiated with their own devices.32 “For the (AV)waywardness of the [i]naive will kill them,And the complacency of fools will destroy them.33 “But (AW)he who listens to me shall [j]live securelyAnd will be at ease from the dread of evil.”

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The (A)proverbs of Solomon (B)the son of David, king of Israel:

2 To know (C)wisdom and instruction,
To discern the sayings of (D)understanding,
3 To (E)receive instruction in wise behavior,
(F)Righteousness, justice and equity;
4 To give (G)prudence to the [a]naive,
To the youth (H)knowledge and discretion,
5 A wise man will hear and (I)increase in learning,
And a (J)man of understanding will acquire wise counsel,
6 To understand a proverb and a figure,
The words of the wise and their (K)riddles.

7 (L)The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge;
Fools despise wisdom and instruction.

The Enticement of Sinners

8 (M)Hear, my son, your father’s instruction
And (N)do not forsake your mother’s teaching;
9 Indeed, they are a (O)graceful wreath to your head
And [b](P)ornaments about your neck.
10 My son, if sinners (Q)entice you,
(R)Do not consent.
11 If they say, “Come with us,
Let us (S)lie in wait for blood,
Let us (T)ambush the innocent without cause;
12 Let us (U)swallow them alive like Sheol,
Even whole, as those who (V)go down to the pit;
13 We will find all kinds of precious wealth,
We will fill our houses with spoil;
14 Throw in your lot [c]with us,
We shall all have one purse,”
15 My son, (W)do not walk in the way with them.
(X)Keep your feet from their path,
16 For (Y)their feet run to evil
And they hasten to shed blood.
17 Indeed, it is [d]useless to spread the baited net
In the sight of any [e]bird;
18 But they (Z)lie in wait for their own blood;
They ambush their own lives.
19 So are the ways of everyone who (AA)gains by violence;
It takes away the life of its possessors.

Wisdom Warns

20 (AB)Wisdom shouts in the street,
She [f]lifts her voice in the square;
21 At the head of the noisy streets she cries out;
At the entrance of the gates in the city she utters her sayings:
22 “How long, O [g](AC)naive ones, will you love [h]being simple-minded?
And (AD)scoffers delight themselves in scoffing
And fools (AE)hate knowledge?
23 “Turn to my reproof,
Behold, I will (AF)pour out my spirit on you;
I will make my words known to you.
24 “Because (AG)I called and you (AH)refused,
I (AI)stretched out my hand and no one paid attention;
25 And you (AJ)neglected all my counsel
And did not (AK)want my reproof;
26 I will also (AL)laugh at your (AM)calamity;
I will mock when your (AN)dread comes,
27 When your dread comes like a storm
And your calamity comes like a (AO)whirlwind,
When distress and anguish come upon you.
28 “Then they will (AP)call on me, but I will not answer;
They will (AQ)seek me diligently but they will not find me,
29 Because they (AR)hated knowledge
And did not choose the fear of the Lord.
30 “They (AS)would not accept my counsel,
They spurned all my reproof.
31 “So they shall (AT)eat of the fruit of their own way
And be (AU)satiated with their own devices.
32 “For the (AV)waywardness of the [i]naive will kill them,
And the complacency of fools will destroy them.
33 “But (AW)he who listens to me shall [j]live securely
And will be at ease from the dread of evil.”


100% strongly oppose and we must fight for furry and transgender rights

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Furry and transgender rights are important. This policy discriminates against those rights!


I strongly oppose this policy change

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<p>This will hurt trans youths that feel they unsafe and unaccepted by their family and will lead to much more harm than any preceived good. </p>


Good policy. I support

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This is a very good first step in protecting children. Most young girls don't wants a guy in the bathroom with them. It would be silly to accommodate the very few transgender students at the expense of the other students who don't want them in their bathrooms. Not to mention by allowing transgender students to use the bathroom that matches their so called "gender identity" the schools would be affirming them in their delusion even further. Good on Governor Youngkin for this policy.


Supporting Gov. Youngkin administration newly proposed pro-parent policies

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I strongly support the new Pro-parent model policies to protect the parents' rights to guide their children's development.


if you want boys to be in girls bathrooms- move to California where you will be happy.

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All you lib fools should love together. Stay away from my kids!


School board members that disreguard DOE policy need to be held personally accoutable

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Woke school boards are creating the perfect storm for sexual assault. School board members and superintendents must be held personally accountable both criminally and financially for the results of their negligence.


Protect the kids- get boys out of girls locker rooms/shower facilities

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Ultra left wing liberals have no boundaries. They would sacrifice children to push their agenda. They are fighting so hard to keep parents in the dark while they groom our children.


Protect the Children

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Thank you Governor Youngkin for revising school policies to protect the rights of parents and especially protecting the children from the LGBTQ agenda. They are only children and do not have the processing skills to make such life altering decisions at that age. None of this should be happening in schools,  confusing children and making them think they are someone that they really aren't. We all need to support Governor Youngkin's policies and encourage other governors to do the same!


Support- stop “affirming” body dysmorphia. Get kids mental health support and healthy guidance

social fad is a manifestation of extreme liberal adults needing a cause

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Extreme adults encouraging misguided kids. These adults will hurt these kids for life so they can have some cause to fight for. A fake cause.


Using “parental rights” to justify hateful policies!

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Youngkin said during a recent interview: “We must have parents at the front of the line — not at the exclusion of a trusted teacher or counselor — but parents must be the first stop for these decisions.”

How shortsighted of you! Not all of us are so dumb to fall for this.

While this might work if the parents are loving and supportive,  but what if they aren’t? Then what? You may end up with blood on your hands.

What basis do you have to overrule all of the major psychological associations that have designed standards of care for trans minors over the last several decades?


Governor's student gender guidelines

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<p>  Regimentation in a learning environment is a bad thing, but some consistency is vital. A student's gender at birth should govern which restroom or locker room is used, to protect the rights and safety of other students and prevent disruption. Surely most school-age children and adolescents are aware that some openly identify as LGBTQ etc.  Those students' right to be free of harassment both verbal and physical is law. With that in mind, school is not the time and place to be militant in demanding one's orientational differences be accommodated. It verges on privilege and sets a bad precedent. Other special interest groups could demand racially or religiously segregated facilities, as we see at some colleges with regard to recreation halls and dormitories. It diminishes us all.</p>


I was second string- I thought maybe I’m a girl- BOOM state record here I come- trans sports please

How will I be the best if I can dominate in the girls team! Thanks trans

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Trans is awesome totally a game changer for my sports career. Thanks trans


Opposed - Please have Empathy for Students

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One of the comments in support of this guidance states: "All the rights of our students under 18 reside with their parents." To me this is the chilling crux of this discussion. As a survivor of a childhood under abusive parents, I know the consequences of this statement.  I recognize that the comments in support of this guidance come from loving parents, who are concerned for their children. Unfortunately not all parents are equally loving. It should not a question of the parents' qualities, but rather the recognition that children have rights of their own, not subject to their parents.


Oppose - A Solution Looking for a Problem

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<p>Less than 2 percent of high school students identify as transgender according to the CDC. If the concern behind this legislation is the safety of non-transgender students, it’s incomprehensible that this small segment of the student population could account for the nearly 15,000 sexual assaults reported to the U.S. Department of Education in schools K-12 in 2017-2018. This seems to be a solution to solve a problem created out of fear and ignorance. Thirty-five percent of transgender students are bullied at school and 35% attempt suicide. Even one successful attempt is far too many. This legislation will only exacerbate this tragedy. Solve the real problem behind school sexual assaults and stop looking for scapegoats and boogeymen. </p>


Summary On Why These Policies Are Horrible Ideas (1/3)

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Hello. I am an LGBTQ+ ally resident of Gloucester who is highly concerned with these policies, to say the least. My concerns primarily lie in 3 areas. The first part I am concerned with is how teachers are able to out a student's gender identity without their consent. From my personal experiences, I can say that many students and parents in my area, as well as similar ones, have opinions on transgender people that range from neutral/mildly against to overly negative. After the reveal that a student is transgender, they may be the target of abuse at school or at home. In 2021, data from the Trevor Project showed that around 52% of LGBTQ+ students (Of both high school and middle school) had been bullied either online or in-person by classmates, and 54% of that population had attempted suicide at one point. Additionally, 1,055 transgender adolescents reported to a cross-sectional online survey that they had experienced multiple forms of child abuse at home, including psychological, physical, and sexual. These can lead to extreme mental health problems, as well as increased chances of suicide.


Strongly support Parents' rights!

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<p>As a father and a grandfather, I strongly support the parents' rights. Parents know their children's needs better than anyone, parents have the rights to be involved in their child's development. The new pro-parent policies honor the sacred role of parents in the care of their children during school, athletics, and other activities. </p>


I Strongly OPPOSE OPPOSE

Kate Shim, Korean Rainbow Parents DC (KARP DC), KQTDC

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As a parent of queer child,  I know nothing can change my child and accepting who my child is best thing I did.  I also know how much harm can be done if I didn't accept my child.

I oppose this model policy forcing to come out to parent when parents are not ready to accept their children, since there will be more depression, more bullying incidents, and more suicide attempts in trans and non-binary students.

According to a poll conducted by Morning Consult on behalf of The Trevor Project, 85% of transgender and nonbinary youth -and two-thirds of all LGBTQ youth (66%) — say recent debates about state laws restricting the rights of transgender people have negatively impacted their mental health. When asked about proposed legislation that would require schools to tell a student's parent or guardian if they request to use a different name/pronoun or if they identify as LGBTQ at school, 45% of LGBTQ youth said it made them feel angry, 34% felt nervous, and nearly 1 in 3 felt stressed.


Hispanics support family and the governors policy

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On behalf on the Hispanic community, I would like to thank Governor Youngkin for bringing some normalcy back to our schools. My family has left the Democratic Party along with most Hispanic families that we know. There is no end in sight to this liberal idiocy. They have pushed the envelope way too far. Don’t mess with Hispanic kids.


In support of 2022 Model Policy for Parental Rights (Fairfax County)

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Dear Governor Youngkin,

Thank you so much for putting forth this sound 2022 model policy in support of parental rights. After our son's middle school (Irving) principal emailed to parents the support of a peaceful protest to your policy, my husband and I emailed back a response of disappointment to not have a rally in support of this policy, as our family is in favor of. Her silence and lack of response to us as concerned parents has only elevated the need for this policy as the school refuses to communicate with its parents. I pray this policy go into effect as early as possible to protect not only our son, but youth from making a decision (including one of sterilization) that impacts them for life before their prefrontal cortices are even developed (age 25). We are so very grateful for your leadership in this matter and pray you will see this through. Gratefully from concerned parents in Fairfax County.


Fully Support the Guidance Document

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I am a high school counselor in a public school in Virginia and fully support Governor Youngkin's proposed guidance document.

I won't get into the weeds of what "transgenderism" is and is not.  That is an entirely different conversation.  What is important is the respect of parents as the parents of our students.  All the rights of our students under the age of 18 reside with their parents.  Our roles as educators in the schools is just that - educators.  Who, what, where, why, and when a child "identifies" as is as important to the parents of the student, as it is to the school - and there should be open communication between the two.

I like how this guidance document protects the rights and dignity of ALL parties involved - students, parents, and school professionals.  I enthusiastically support its full implementation.


Strongly Oppose

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This proposed model policy is a violation of students' rights. All students deserve to feel safe at school. Student's identities should not be weaponized against them. This policy would out students to potentially hostile parents if students want to use their proper names and pronouns at school. Trans students already have lower participation in sports than other demographics, and this policy would further exclude these already marginalized students.


Strongly Oppose

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I strongly oppose, this policy is inhumane.


Oppose to transgender policy in public schools

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<p>I strongly believe that student participation in sex-specific athletics, school activities and events should be determined by their sex at birth. Students should use the bathrooms and facilities that correspond to their sex, not by what they think they are. </p>
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Concerned Parent

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<p>Only girls born as girls in girls bathrooms and boys born as boys in boys locker room -- we should not be changing what has worked for thousand of years - kids have enough to worry about they don't need this all complicated for them too and they shouldn't have to fear for there lives </p>


I OPPOSE the 2022 Model Policy

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I strongly oppose the 2022 Model Policy.


Strongly support Youngkin’s guidance.

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I strongly support this guidance. Schools can love and support transgender children without undermining parental rights. Children belong to families, not schools.


Protect Children

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Please affirm parental responsibilities and rights to protect their children. Thank you for the opportunity to respond to this vitality important measure.


Opposed- This infringes on children’s rights

I am strongly opposed to this bill.  I believe all Americans, even children, have the right to express their sexual orientation and develop in a safe space (especially at schools). I believe in limited government and this is a complete infringement on Virginians personal choices. I have lost faith in the governor and expect sensible elected officials to defend our children’s rights.
Sincerely,
Chrisshe/her

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I am strongly opposed to this bill.

 I believe all Americans, even children, have the right to express their sexual orientation and develop in a safe space (especially at schools). I believe in limited government and this is a complete infringement on Virginians personal choices. I have lost faith in the governor and expect sensible elected officials to defend our children’s rights.

Sincerely,

Chris
she/her


Supporting the Parents' Rights

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To whom it may concern,

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

Parents are the first teachers of their children and have an irreplaceable role in guiding them and ensuring their well-being. It's our parents' constitutional right to guide our children's development. 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.

Sincerely,

Mynga Pham


STRONGLY OPPOSE

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<p>I strongly oppose this guideline as students deserve to feel safe, supported, and able to learn and grow in school. These guidelines are harmful to transgender and non-binary students as it target and stigmatizes them. </p>


Transgender girls are a product of the Left’s Toxic Masculinity.

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Put a stop to the Left’s madness.   Transgenderism is a mental disorder.


OPPOSED Proposed Trans Policy

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<p>i am a grandparent of a Trans young high school student in Hanover County. His safety, acceptance and feeling of wholeness is my primary concern, with regards to this policy. It is essential for him to feel valued in order to become a productive citizen. My grandson is not a pervert, as is implied by those who don’t know him. I believe in making good policy for ALL students. ALL students includes ALL students. It is essential that Trans students, as well as other minorities, know how they can be supported, in order to feel an integral, productive part of school and society in general. </p>


Biden claims children belong to teachers in classroom.   Transgenderism is attack on nuclear family.

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<p>Biden is endorsing BLM's attack on nuclear family.    This is vile and unacceptable.  </p>


Oppose proposed regs

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<p>I strongly oppose the Youngkin administration's proposed regulations.  I know some trans and questioning kids- it is very stressful for them and the suicide rate is extremely high for such children.  I encourage the administration to keep the prior regulations.  </p>


My daughter shouldn't have to see penis and balls in her locker room.

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Keep that nonsense in your own homes. I support your lifestyle of choice but leave my kids out of it. Don't push that nonsense on everyone else.


We send our kids to school to learn from teachers- not to think like them

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<p>The school board in Albemarle County is treading on thin water. They will be personally negligent if they disobey DOE guidance. </p>


You Matter and WE LOVE You

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Sending love to all the folx who are working hard to respect and uplift all of our children. We send love to the young folx who are asking for respect, love, and decency.


What other contagions follow Transgenderism?   Pedophilia?   Devil worship?   Bestiality?

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Who started this Transgender madness?  Where did it come from?    Is anyone else asking these questions?


Girls should not be forced into unfair sports and unsafe locker rooms to accommodate trans ideology.

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This bill is not Christian nationalism, but rather common sense. You can identify as trans if you want, but you have no right to force other people to put themselves in dangerous and unfair situations in order to affirm your beliefs. We do not hate you, but we have rights of our own that you cannot infringe. You do not have a right to make everyone accept your beliefs and frankly if you think your existence is threatened by the fact some people disagree with you the problem is most likely your beliefs. You do not have the right to force girls to allow boys access to their locker rooms. Women have already been assaulted and raped as a result of these policies, and even when no one is raped, it is still horrid and humiliating to force girls to change in a locker room where random boys can come in based solely on who they say they are and watch them change. You do not have the right to compete against biological women if you are a biological male because you have unfair advantages such as bone structure that hormones and surgery don't change. Even if you think everyone must agree with you and live how you want them to live in order to accommodate your beliefs, you have no right to force us to.

Parents should be aware of what is happening to kids. Teachers cannot replace parents. It is nothing short of tyranny for the government to assert that it has parental authority before the actual parents. Besides, there are abusive teachers as well as parents. In addition, it is frankly not healthy for a kid to have a transgender identity. It is not healthy to tell kids that there is something wrong with their body and they need to change their gender. It is not healthy to affirm a set of beliefs that rely on first diminishing the differences between male and female until the words man and woman are essentially meaningless and then on basing one's identity off of the very things just made meaningless. No loving parent will affirm such a destructive belief, just as no loving parent will tell an anorexic child that they need to be thinner. The idea that it is abuse for a parent not to affirm a belief that will destroy their child is ludicrous.


Transgenderism is a cry for help.     Enabling it only exacerbates the problem.

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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 107%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">We owe it to our children to  find it’s root cause in order to cure for it.  </p>


Protect kids from sexual liberal grooming in schools-

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Pervert liberals have no boundaries. Now they are grooming kids with this nonsense.


Children are not born with the ability to make life changing decisions.

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A child is God's gift to a married man and woman to be taught how to get information and how to make critical decisions.  While the process of training up a child is long and sometimes difficult, the result should be that a child will mature and grow into a responsible adult with the ability to take care of themselves and to be able to be responsibile in relation to others.  We only ask children to make decisions which are in alignment with their development.  We give authority to make decisions based on their ability to understand the relationship between the consequences of their actions and being able to take full responsibility for those actions.  So we don't allow children to play with a knife until they are able to physically maintain control of the knife and are able to learn the proper method of using the knife and also understands to consequences of using it incorrectly.  A child is able to understand things where the cause and effect are very short term.  However, the understanding of the cause and effect of things which take much longer to see consequences take a much more mature development of the mind.  We don't let children decide when they should drink alcohol or smoke tobacco, or drive a car because they cannot understand the long term impact of those decisions.  So why in the world would we let a child decide anything that would alter the God given and appointed gender or sexual identity?


Prioritize and protect kids of all identities

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These proposed policies contradict state law and put trans and nonbinary youth in danger. All children should be protected, regardless of their identities.  These policies assume that all parents are good parents, and ignores that possible emotional, psychological, and physical harm that OUTED children can experience. If you care about children and their safety, RESCIND THESE POLICIES.


I support new proposed 2022 policies

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<p>I support new 2022 proposed policies for Schools. It reenforces parental rights over their children’s decisions and protects the children from making bad decisions concerning issues they are not mature enough to understand the consequences. School is for learning, not for indoctrination. Parents must have the final decision concerning their child’s health and welfare. </p>


This policy endangers students

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I am a parent of 3 teens, 2 of whom still attend public K-12 schools in Virginia. I strongly oppose the 2022 Model Guidelines. Teens in the LGBTQ+ community attempt suicide at much higher rates than other teens. That risk is multiplied when families do not support their child's identity but can be somewhat mitigated when schools do. These new model guidelines will lead to children who are not safe being their true selves at home having to hide at school as well or risk being outed to families (some of whom will respond by abusing them or kicking them out of their homes) and disrespected by teachers and classmates. The 2021 Model Guidelines respected and affirmed students, saving lives and protecting the dignity of students. The proposed 2022 policies are cruel, discriminatory, and will further harm vulnerable students. Schools must be safe places for all students, and that means rejecting these guidelines.


Going backwards in time: A Hypocrite's Journey

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<p>I truly find this disturbing in many ways. I am support LGBTQ+ rights! Even if you don't, it is not up to the government to dictate who someone is as long as they are not hurting any one else. And no I am not counting those whose fragile concepts of society feel as though their way of life is being torn away from them because LGBTQ+ people are not running into your house trying to harm you or take away your rights. </p>


Strongly oppose

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<p>Let’s not go backwards. Trans kids matter. </p>


Concur with new policy but…

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<p>I absolutely love the change in direction.  It’s the parents choice and school boards and schools seem to be against it.   One thing I don’t agree with is letting girls in boys bathrooms and boys in girls bathrooms.  I don’t want my kids in a bathroom with someone of the opposite sex.  </p>


I oppose

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<p>I strongly oppose this change. </p>


Transkids Need to be TOLD THE TRUTH!

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Don't let adults lie to children!  Have we lost our minds?  End policy 2021 NOW!


This Bill Supports Children and Their Parents

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Support this bill!  End lying to our children and undermining parental authority!


Policy Should Reflect the Truth

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Lying to children about their bodies?  Adults agreeing to to this?  What?  Are we insane?  Support this policy and withdraw 2021 policy


SUPPORT 2022 Model Policies

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The democrat socialist lies - stop the madness.  Support Youngkin's proposed guidelines.


Yes, Withdraw Model Policies of 2021 - Do not support perversion!

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Children need to be guided through the difficulties of life based on the truth - not wishful thinking!  Biology does not change.  Adults are to tell the truth and not lie about biology!


Strongly Oppose

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I strongly oppose this bill.  It is significantly flawed in that it opens the possibility of schools  endangering children in their homes.  Children need to feel that school is a safe place and it is our obligation as communities to provide that care. It is widely understood by medical professionals that children experiencing gender identity questions in an unsupportive environment are at a high risk for death by suicide. It is possible to have school policies in place that respect parental right but at the same time recognize there are circumstances when protecting children must take priority.  The current policy provides that and this proposed policy denies it and appears to infringe upon the ability of schools to protect our children, seeming to require teachers to willingly enforce possible harm on a child.


These policies groom hate!!

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Republicans continue to strip away basic freedoms, and this is just another example. Think beyond white, “Christian” men, and find some compassion for all. These are bullying and hateful policies that are a disgrace to a large amount of Virginians. Cannot wait until you are out of office, and there is a return to basic human decency!


Transphobic, hateful policies!!

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This is not about bathroom rights. It’s about human rights!

These policies take away the freedoms of transgendered children, while stoking the flames of transphobia. We are not all Christian nationalists. Quit forcing your shortsighted,  bigoted policies on all of us. You are a disgrace- the worst governor ever. The only freedoms you care about are those of straight, white, “Christian” men!


Not all of us are Christian nationalists, so quit forcing it on all of us!!!!

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From WAPO:

Contrary to statements that suggest otherwise, the 2022 model policies do impose a specific ideology. Christian nationalism is not relegated to churches, extremist groups or religious-political leaders; it exerts control and fosters political violence through public policies and institutions that seek to exterminate non-White, non-Christian, and non-heteropatriarchal thought from the nation.


Oppose 2022 Model Policies

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<p>If this policy is passed, it will not protect our most vulnerable students.  It is unfounded, and jeopardizes the mental health and safety of transgender students. Schools and teachers not only provide educational opportunities, but also must provide a safe and respectful environment for each student to learn.  A supportive teacher/counselor in the school could be the only person available to help a vulnerable transgender student find safety and empathy.  Every student must be given the opportunity to grow into a responsible adult.  </p>


Protect all children, including transgender children

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Kids have enough problems in school without having to battle with the state government about something so fundamental as their gender identity. Kids are not pushed by their parents or teachers into changing their gender identity against their wishes. Usually it's the reverse -- kids often delay telling their parents about their real gender identity because they are afraid of their parents' reactions.

Kids need to be free to be who they are, especially when they have narrowminded parents who can't get past their own bigotry and may kick the kid out of the house or harm them in another way if the kids are "outed" against their will.


It's mid-boggling how many people support this horrific bill

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It shocks me how many people are just blindly following the bill and supporting it under the guise of "parental rights". The reason kids don't want to tell their parents about them being trans, gay, pansexual, what have you- is because they might not feel safe telling their parents, because they might feel endangered telling them. This doesn't protect anyone- it just gives teachers and students an excuse to abuse and deadname students, which can really impact someone's mental health. No, being trans is not a fad, it's a legitimate thing that many people feel like that's the only thing that will make them feel comfortable in their own body. Already, about 80% of trans youth said they considered suicide, and 40% said they tried to end it all. Is that what you want, Youngkin? Because if this bill gets passed, the pain, suffering and blood of these kids will be on YOUR hands.


Be a ing decent person.

DOES IT REALLY ING MATTER SO MUCH THAT YOU CANT TREAT A KID HOW THEY WANT TO BE TREATED???SO ING WHAT?DROP THE POLICY YOUNGKIN

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DOES IT REALLY ING MATTER SO MUCH THAT YOU CANT TREAT A KID HOW THEY WANT TO BE TREATED???

SO ING WHAT?

DROP THE POLICY YOUNGKIN


Support Transgender Children

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Kids in schools have enough problems without having to battle with the state over such a fundamental issue as their gender identity. Contrary to conservative mythology, kids are not pushed by their parents or teachers into changing their gender identity against their wishes. In most cases it's the opposite -- kids often delay telling their parents about their real gender identity because they are afraid of how their parents will react.

Kids need to be free to be who they are, especially for kids who need an escape from narrowminded parents who can't get past their own bigotry.


I support Youngkin and his commonsense protections for families

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<p>As Youngkin said clearly, "Children belong to families, not the state." Did anyone that is not in support of this legislation read about Mao's communist China? ...Or any other system of government that relied on children informing against parents and encouraged to put the good of the facist or communist system ahead of commonsense morality. Protecting transgender rights at the expense of commonsense morality and family strengthening decisions, is dangerous and ludicrous. </p>


Loudoun County- Judge finds transgender teen guilty of Loudoun County bathroom sexual assaults

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There are true consequences to the LCPS sexual grooming agenda. Governor, please hold our leadership criminally and financially responsible.


The first rule of indoctrinating students is not to tell anyone that you are indoctrinating students

Andrea Weiskopf Latin Teacher LCPS- direct quote from her Twitter page

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The staff at LCPS doesn't even try to hide their agenda.  They are proud to be grooming your children.


Ann Marie Barrett (LCPS counselor) arrested for sexual relationship with transgender student

Let the teachers and counselors at LCPS handle our kids sexuality?????

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LCPS has created their perfect storm for sexually grooming our children to fit their agenda. They would like to keep the parents in the dark while their teachers and counselors counsel our children with the issues that they have created.


This is what happens to parents that dare defy the LCPS agenda

It’s frightening how brazen they have become

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Read this article to see what happens to people that dare to defy the LCPS agenda. It is frightening how brazen they have become.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/loudoun-teachers-target-parents-critical-race-theory-hacking?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=benshapiro&fbclid=IwAR3S8hOqQxs3BORib-MAg6w-EXihXrZGylZeUzrkJqjBWMxgVTYcHLLekrQ


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This bill is not supportive of children and their choices.


Support-!this is so important for children and the schools. Protect girls, sports, bathroom safety


This guidance is bigoted. No mention of the real issues systematic racism and social justice

Trans policy is taking away from the real issue. BLM


Strongly in Support

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<p>I am in support of parental rights.  I had lost confidence in our public school systems to do what is best for all children.  That is one of the reasons I removed my kids from the public school system.  These new policies are reasonable and put parents back in the process of making decisions for their children.  These new policies create a better environment for parents to know what counsel their kids receive at school.  They also protect teachers who are compelled to violate their own conscious related to gender and sexual identity issues. It's crazy to think that the government knows better than a parent. Please finalize these 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>


Support new transgender school policies

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The transgender craze is just that - a trend.  It wasn't mentioned in the media before same sex marriage was legalized in 2015.  It was a non-issue.

 Children want acceptance, and are susceptible to the latest trend, especially when it's amplified through social media.  What children want today, however, could easily change in five years.  It is horrifying that children's bodies are being medically mutilated because of a trend.  Where are the adults in the room?

I support the revised 2022 model policies 100%.  They put parents in the room.  Thank you, Governor Youngkin.


Harmful to Children

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This is harmful to children and puts them in danger.


Strongly support 2022 model policies

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I strongly support the passage of 2022 model policies as written


Parents are the sex educators

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Parents not schools should be educating their own children on human sexuality. In addition the parents should be teaching the children when is the right time to engage in such behavior. The schools should never be involved in any of it. This policy is just the right thing at just the right time.


The Obvious Wins

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Never thought I'd admit it, but Pink Floyd had it right when I graduated from high school. It's truly hard to believe (42 years later), there's this much more depravity in our world; and Pink Floyd's lyrics ring even more true today..."Hey teacher, leave those kids alone."  Take your gender confusion to your shrink, and leave our kids alone.  If you can't (or REFUSE to) teach reading, writing, math, real history and real science as you were HIRED TO DO, provide all parents a favor by finding a different career path. Perhaps Macy's cosmetics counter would be more suitable with your "passions."

LEAVE OUR KIDS ALONE!!


Oppose

I think the burden on changing identification of a student in the 2022 model is unreasonable because there are plenty of "nicknames" students might want to be called for reasons other than being trans that don't happen to be "commonly associated with" a legal name (for whatever definition of "common" the people applying these rules choose). Like, seriously? My parents need to tell the school division in writing that I'm trans so that I can get called Flash instead of Eugene? Sorry to make this about Spider-Man, but that's a clear example, right?
I think the definitions used are bad. Like, it's saying the student only counts as transgender when their parent says so; also I'm not sure what requesting "that their child be identified while at school" means. Identified as something? With something?
And I just think that requiring personnel to use only official-record pronouns and names inherently contradicts any effort "made to ensure that a transgender student wishing tochange his or her means of address is treated with respect, compassion, anddignity in the classroom and school environment." Idk, man, I think misgendering people the way that this document brazenly does on page 9 is patently disrespectful. What else does "respect" mean?
I don't think parents have the right to infringe their children's rights to their name and their privacy.

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I think the burden on changing identification of a student in the 2022 model is unreasonable because there are plenty of "nicknames" students might want to be called for reasons other than being trans that don't happen to be "commonly associated with" a legal name (for whatever definition of "common" the people applying these rules choose). Like, seriously? My parents need to tell the school division in writing that I'm trans so that I can get called Flash instead of Eugene? Sorry to make this about Spider-Man, but that's a clear example, right?

I think the definitions used are bad. Like, it's saying the student only counts as transgender when their parent says so; also I'm not sure what requesting "that their child be identified while at school" means. Identified as something? With something?

And I just think that requiring personnel to use only official-record pronouns and names inherently contradicts any effort "made to ensure that a transgender student wishing to
change his or her means of address is treated with respect, compassion, and
dignity in the classroom and school environment." Idk, man, I think misgendering people the way that this document brazenly does on page 9 is patently disrespectful. What else does "respect" mean?

I don't think parents have the right to infringe their children's rights to their name and their privacy.


Gov.Youngkin new K-12 policies

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I support new k-12 policies zn


trans KIDS matter

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regarding that hideous thing that is being done to trans and lgbtqia+, the government ,especially our GOVERNOR, does NOT have the right to put trans kids FOR ANY REASON! it’s not your business. instead of being worried about children finding themselves, what you need to be worried about is your old asses and what nursing home you’re going to.


Policy regarding transgender students

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I strongly oppose this policy! School administrators and teachers should be supporting our children, not creating harm, which this policy would do.


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Thank you, Governor! Parents are ultimately responsible for their kids, not school/teachers!


Support for Gov Youngkin's Protection of Children and Parental Rights

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<p>I am happy to support what Governor Youngkin is doing. It is a sad day in the Commonwealth of Virginia when parental rights need to be reiterated. Parents have a right to raise their children how they see fit, and according to SCOTUS, the state is never to supersede the rights of the parents unless abuse is proven. That means, that even if you disagree with a parent's religion, ideology, etc, we have the right to raise our children how we think is best. That is the beauty of the United States. Public school does not actually mean government school; if there are those who want to keep God and religion and those beliefs out of the school well then I want these gender ideologies kept out as well. I would love for schools to go back to actually teaching and encouraging students to think. The public school is not a substitute for parents raising their children. We the parents appreciate those teachers who are working with our children to teach them math and how to write, and we appreciate those teachers who are in the schools to be a support as our children navigate, but never is a teacher to take the place of the parent or stand in the way of a parent-child relationship. </p>


Protect Trans Students!

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


Please don't endanger trans kids

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I do not support Governor Younkin's reversal of policies regarding trans-gender students put in place by former Virginia Governor Ralph Northam.

While I believe that parents should have an active role in their children's lives, in this case, if a child is transgender and is lucky enough to have parents who are caring, open-minded and supportive, the parents are probably already actively involved in the situation.  Unfortunately, too many parents are not educated on the subject or are transphobic or homophobic, and there is certainly a reason that a young person fears to share the situation with then. These kids are in real physical, emotional and psychological danger from their families and peers and can suffer lasting damage.

I urge Governor Younkin's administration to seek the advice and guidance of the medical profession in creating guidelines for the the best way to handle these precious and vulnerable children who are almost certainly being bullied or abused by peers, and too often by their families. The American Medical Association, the Academy of Pediatrics, and the American Psychiatric Association are three of the most prominent national medical organization that have developed guidelines regarding trans children.  Certainly the advice of organizaitons such as these should be followed when our government creates guidelines about what is best for its citizens.

I am grateful for the opportunity to comment about this important issue. I hope the Younkin administration will keep and open mind and listen to the views expressed on this forum.