Shameful, degrading & dehumanizing

I adamantly oppose the proposed guidance. It is Shameful, degrading & dehumanizing. It operates out of a place of fear vs love.When I was growing up and knew that I was gay, I feared repercussions from my family, friends and community. I stayed hidden, quiet and had times of depression, despair and curiosity that had no outlets in my established community.This policy would continue to endanger students, young people and our commonwealth by making identifying as anything but the majority as shameful, wrong or a reason to hide. I have friends and family who now identify as transgender and this proposed guidance would force them and others to fear being themselves and engaged to contribute. The commonwealth would be better off spending time teaching civics than attacking its own children; this proposal ironically is teaching them a real world civics lesson is hate, malaliged priorities and abusing children and their mental and emotional well being for the sake of a presidential run. That is shameful. Today I am a healthy, strong, committed contributor to the commonwealth as new resident, taxpayer, community volunteer and engaged voter committed to standing up to protect people and our community and empower people to find their voice.

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<span data-sheets-userformat='{"2":769,"3":{"1":0},"11":4,"12":0}' data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"I adamantly oppose the proposed guidance. It is Shameful, degrading & dehumanizing. It operates out of a place of fear vs love.\n\nWhen I was growing up and knew that I was gay, I feared repercussions from my family, friends and community. I stayed hidden, quiet and had times of depression, despair and curiosity that had no outlets in my established community.\n\nThis policy would continue to endanger students, young people and our commonwealth by making identifying as anything but the majority as shameful, wrong or a reason to hide. \n\nI have friends and family who now identify as transgender and this proposed guidance would force them and others to fear being themselves and engaged to contribute. \n\nThe commonwealth would be better off spending time teaching civics than attacking its own children; this proposal ironically is teaching them a real world civics lesson is hate, malaliged priorities and abusing children and their mental and emotional well being for the sake of a presidential run. That is shameful. \n\nToday I am a healthy, strong, committed contributor to the commonwealth as new resident, taxpayer, community volunteer and engaged voter committed to standing up to protect people and our community and empower people to find their voice."}'>I adamantly oppose the proposed guidance. It is Shameful, degrading & dehumanizing. It operates out of a place of fear vs love.

When I was growing up and knew that I was gay, I feared repercussions from my family, friends and community. I stayed hidden, quiet and had times of depression, despair and curiosity that had no outlets in my established community.

This policy would continue to endanger students, young people and our commonwealth by making identifying as anything but the majority as shameful, wrong or a reason to hide.

I have friends and family who now identify as transgender and this proposed guidance would force them and others to fear being themselves and engaged to contribute.

The commonwealth would be better off spending time teaching civics than attacking its own children; this proposal ironically is teaching them a real world civics lesson is hate, malaliged priorities and abusing children and their mental and emotional well being for the sake of a presidential run. That is shameful.

Today I am a healthy, strong, committed contributor to the commonwealth as new resident, taxpayer, community volunteer and engaged voter committed to standing up to protect people and our community and empower people to find their voice.


Oppose Governor Youngkin's transgender student policy

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<span data-sheets-userformat='{"2":769,"3":{"1":0},"11":4,"12":0}' data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"I strongly oppose this proposed policy.  This proposal would create a hostile and potentially dangerous school environment for transgender and nonbinary youth in Virginia, requiring teachers and staff to forcibly “out” students, prohibit staff from supporting trans and nonbinary students such as using a students affirming name and pronouns, and prohibit access or participation in activities consistent with their gender identity.  All Virginia students deserve a supportive and affirming school environment, especially our vulnerable and marginalized populations like our transgender and nonbinary youth."}'>I strongly oppose this proposed policy. This proposal would create a hostile and potentially dangerous school environment for transgender and nonbinary youth in Virginia, requiring teachers and staff to forcibly “out” students, prohibit staff from supporting trans and nonbinary students such as using a students affirming name and pronouns, and prohibit access or participation in activities consistent with their gender identity. All Virginia students deserve a supportive and affirming school environment, especially our vulnerable and marginalized populations like our transgender and nonbinary youth.


Calling all those who claim to be pro-life!

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Please protect trans youth! It’s ludicrous that we have to circulate a petition like this. The people blocking protections for trans kids, are the same people claiming they are pro-life. Well living that out, starts with helping children like these! These protections keep them from being violated (oftentimes violently) or from suicide. Give these kids hope for their future.


OPPOSE

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I oppose the proposed model policy because it will undoubtedly hurt trans youth throughout the state of Virginia.


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Parents should be allowed to make decisions for there children, not the school


Open Heart, Open Mind is RESPECT

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It is with great concern I write OPPOSING this policy which masks itself as a protection of parental rights.  The youth/children who are at greater risk of bullying, depression, mental illness, suicide and a host of other concerns lack vital information and support.  A measure like the policy outlined above will only close doors for those who need help the most.  Often feeling themselves to be outcasts is where it it begins.  Being "different" or rare is to be praised, respected, and treated with kindness.  Asking questions, seeking information, and evaluating data is the mark of a critical thinker...that's what Education promotes!  Lifelong Learning and a passion for it.  Open Hearts and Open Minds create RESPECT.  NOT closed doors.


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<span data-sheets-userformat='{"2":769,"3":{"1":0},"11":4,"12":0}' data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"As the parent of a trans student who went to public schools in Virginia, I am adamantly opposed to your new anti-trans model policies. I also oppose allowing religious objections as the basis for denying individuals to self identify. As an atheist, I do not believe religious values have any place in our public schools system. Religion has no basis in science and has been used as an excuse for violence throughout the centuries. Violence against trans students is a problem that these new model policies will encourage. You were elected Governor to protect all the citizens of Virginia, not just the ones who voted for you, or who support any future ambitions you have."}'>As the parent of a trans student who went to public schools in Virginia, I am adamantly opposed to your new anti-trans model policies. I also oppose allowing religious objections as the basis for denying individuals to self identify. As an atheist, I do not believe religious values have any place in our public schools system. Religion has no basis in science and has been used as an excuse for violence throughout the centuries. Violence against trans students is a problem that these new model policies will encourage. You were elected Governor to protect all the citizens of Virginia, not just the ones who voted for you, or who support any future ambitions you have.


OPPOSE

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<span data-sheets-userformat='{"2":769,"3":{"1":0},"11":4,"12":0}' data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"As someone who felt unsafe coming out as trans before leaving the VBCPS school system, I can only imagine how much scarier these policies will make school be for trans kids. Trans children need support, not a school system that doesn't trust that they know who they are. School should be a space where children feel comfortable and safe to learn, not only allowing but mandating that students are harassed daily will increase the mental anguish that we already face everyday in the outside world. Please keep trans children safe, they deserve to feel protected."}">As someone who felt unsafe coming out as trans before leaving the VBCPS school system, I can only imagine how much scarier these policies will make school be for trans kids. Trans children need support, not a school system that doesn't trust that they know who they are. School should be a space where children feel comfortable and safe to learn, not only allowing but mandating that students are harassed daily will increase the mental anguish that we already face everyday in the outside world. Please keep trans children safe, they deserve to feel protected.


I oppose.

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I strongly oppose this guidance which harms and endangers trans and non-binary youth. Every child deserves to be supported, uplifted, and affirmed in their classroom. When we do not support our children in this manner, we are putting them at risk for health and safety concerns. More than half of all trans and nonbinary youth who do not receive support from adults in their life will consider suicide. However, youth who receive gender affirmation from peers and teachers contemplate at less than half that rate. 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. Students who do not feel safe or supported at school do not perform at their full academic potential, reducing their grade point average, ability to get into college, and ability to contribute to society as a whole.  Additionally, as many schools are evaluated based on the performance and success of their students; any policy such as this violates the individual’s right to a full and fair education and directly affects the school’s evaluation. As adults, it is our job to ensure that children maintain their right to a safe education, and this means supporting and affirming their identity in school.

Implementing this type of potentially dangerous policy sets a poor example for our children. It is essential that we use this opportunity to teach them that including everyone creates a healthy and safe environment for learning. It is vital that they know that they are supported no matter what their gender identity is. We must teach them how to be brave in a changing world so they feel empowered with empathy and a desire to include people of diverse backgrounds. It is foolish to force some adults’ unfounded fears onto children who should feel nothing but protection and affirmation from them.

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. 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. But also consider the wider consequences of this targeted policy that ripples into society as a whole.  Even though trans and nonbinary youth are most impacted, as a society we also lose any of the contributions they would have made, had they been supported as youth and had they been in safe schooling environments. Ultimately this is a policy that harms everyone, and we should not support this.


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I completely and entirely oppose the attack on trans students and their identities. I support my students 100%, and would never comply with anything that could affect their safety or their mental health.


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OPPOSE THIS PROPOSED POLICY


OPPOSE

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<span data-sheets-userformat='{"2":769,"3":{"1":0},"11":4,"12":0}' data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Hey Glenn, with this cruel, backwards, intentionally harmful and disgusting proposal that seeks to dehumanize LGBTQIA+ youth, the rest of Virginia is finally waking up and seeing who you really are, which is nothing more and nothing less than a Christo-Fascist, Neo-Nazi, White Supremacist bully who is so afraid of his own shadow he needs to knock people different from him down, rather than work to lift everyone up. You are on the wrong side of history and you fascists will lose. May you have the day you deserve."}'>Hey Glenn, with this cruel, backwards, intentionally harmful and disgusting proposal that seeks to dehumanize LGBTQIA+ youth, the rest of Virginia is finally waking up and seeing who you really are, which is nothing more and nothing less than a Christo-Fascist, Neo-Nazi, White Supremacist bully who is so afraid of his own shadow he needs to knock people different from him down, rather than work to lift everyone up. You are on the wrong side of history and you fascists will lose. May you have the day you deserve.


Don't abuse transgender children

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<span data-sheets-userformat='{"2":769,"3":{"1":0},"11":4,"12":0}' data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Transgender is not a psychological disorder. The proposed policy on transgender children in the schools is abusive and dangerous. It would create a dangerous environment for trans people everywhere by making it virtually illegal to live authentically. It would encourage bullying. It would increase suicide rates among trans children. It's effect would spread to the general public, increasing discrimination against adult trans folks, as well. \nThe proposed policy on trans children in the schools is wrong and should be completely eliminated.\n"}">Transgender is not a psychological disorder. The proposed policy on transgender children in the schools is abusive and dangerous. It would create a dangerous environment for trans people everywhere by making it virtually illegal to live authentically. It would encourage bullying. It would increase suicide rates among trans children. It's effect would spread to the general public, increasing discrimination against adult trans folks, as well.
The proposed policy on trans children in the schools is wrong and should be completely eliminated.


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<p>I am strongly opposed to this. Every child deserves to feel loved, respected and supported. Trans youth are more likely than their peers to commit suicide. Why are you actively trying to make those stats worse? </p>
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Support Trans Youth

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I OPPOSE the guidance. This is an attack on vulnerable children. Politicians must stop targeting transgender youth who deserve the same opportunities as their peers and to feel safe, protected and valued in Virginia schools.


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I am MORE than against this proposal, Youngkin is harming people like me with no remorse, and there is no excuse for it. OPPOSE THE BILL.


OPPOSE

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Trans and Non-binary students belong in VA! Their existence does not harm you nor negate your existence. We must support Trans kids, they have a right to be affirmed and validated in who they are.


OPPOSE

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I have quite a few friends who are parents of trans kids. I have watched those families go through years of counseling and treatments, and fight for protection to help their kids. I oppose Youngkin's proposed policy.


Proud to be a former VA Youth

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<span data-sheets-userformat='{"2":769,"3":{"1":0},"11":4,"12":0}' data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"My heart is so proud of these young people for making such a strong and unifying stand against hate.  I'm a 50-something Black, transwoman who was educated in the VA school system. As adults and parents, we instill in our children the tools they need to make good decisions.  We must trust and listen to them.  They are in these classrooms.  They are telling us that they want to live in a world that is free from hate and anti-trans bias and violence,"}">My heart is so proud of these young people for making such a strong and unifying stand against hate. I'm a 50-something Black, transwoman who was educated in the VA school system. As adults and parents, we instill in our children the tools they need to make good decisions. We must trust and listen to them. They are in these classrooms. They are telling us that they want to live in a world that is free from hate and anti-trans bias and violence,


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<span data-sheets-userformat='{"2":769,"3":{"1":0},"11":4,"12":0}' data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"I highly oppose Governor Youngkin’s 2022 draft model policy that would remove and replace 2021’s model policies on the treatment of transgender and non-binary youth in schools. This new proposal would greatly damage the mental health and well being of an already vulnerable group of young Virginians. As a retired educator, I am appalled at what this would ask of teachers and support staff. They would be put in the position of being forced to betray the trust of students they care deeply about, even when they suspect it could lead to harm to the young person. This new policy would be dangerous on many levels."}'>I highly oppose Governor Youngkin’s 2022 draft model policy that would remove and replace 2021’s model policies on the treatment of transgender and non-binary youth in schools. This new proposal would greatly damage the mental health and well being of an already vulnerable group of young Virginians. As a retired educator, I am appalled at what this would ask of teachers and support staff. They would be put in the position of being forced to betray the trust of students they care deeply about, even when they suspect it could lead to harm to the young person. This new policy would be dangerous on many levels.


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<span data-sheets-userformat='{"2":769,"3":{"1":0},"11":4,"12":0}' data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"As a member of the trans community, it is my responsibility to oppose harmful legislation such as this. I am a student, and being in a school that is trans-friendly has helped me in many ways. Just being allowed to go by my preferred name and pronouns in classrooms has not only positively affected my mental health, but also made it possible for me to focus on school, rather than constantly feeling anxious about not being percieved correctly. If this legislation passes, trans students will be othered from their peers even more than they already are. Their mental health will suffer, and they may even be put in danger. There is a reason trans youth can't always come out to their parents, and if they're suddenly outed, it may be harmful. There is a number of reasons this bill cannot be passed. Trans children are people, and they deserve to be treated with respect just like any other person."}">As a member of the trans community, it is my responsibility to oppose harmful legislation such as this. I am a student, and being in a school that is trans-friendly has helped me in many ways. Just being allowed to go by my preferred name and pronouns in classrooms has not only positively affected my mental health, but also made it possible for me to focus on school, rather than constantly feeling anxious about not being percieved correctly. If this legislation passes, trans students will be othered from their peers even more than they already are. Their mental health will suffer, and they may even be put in danger. There is a reason trans youth can't always come out to their parents, and if they're suddenly outed, it may be harmful. There is a number of reasons this bill cannot be passed. Trans children are people, and they deserve to be treated with respect just like any other person.


Opposed to implementing this new guidance for how we treat transgender students

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<p>This change in guidance is another example of how people, based on fear and desire to control those that they fear, or desire to control, in this case, transgender individuals, create policies that in fact will harm the transgender community. There is a lot of language in this document about protecting the rights of parents, and even about protecting the rights of students, so that right should extend to students even when they do not fit neatly into a male or female category. It is not up to the parents or the school or the state to decide how transgender students should identify themselves, no more than, as this document states, should the school, state or federal government deny the religious affiliation of the individual or how they pray, etc. based on the equal protection clause in the 14th amendment. This guidance is a travesty and a violation of individual rights. School is a place to teach about difference so that we can become a stronger community, and in fact this document talks about how bullying is not allowed, yet the guidance will create a ripe atmosphere for such bullying by instituting mechanisms to further reinforce that transgender youths are different, that they are deserving of being pigeon-holed into categories that do not fit the transgender youth's very real perception of who they are which will make them feel more insecure and empower those who wish to do them harm. This proposed guidance states that there is precedent in courts that a person should be protected by their first amendment rights because they feel that their religious beliefs prevent them from calling a transgender individual by the pronoun that they choose to be identified. School is hard enough on youths who struggle with their identity, state and local school governance should do their best to help make them feel a part of their community rather than alienating them. </p>


Don’t reverse protections

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<span data-sheets-userformat='{"2":769,"3":{"1":0},"11":4,"12":0}' data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"As an experienced mental health provider in the LGBTQ+ community, the risk of removing protections for trans youth is disturbing. Please do the homework and research to understand how a reversal on protection can seriously impact a population already at higher risk for suicide and mental health disorders. They deserve to be protected from bullying and other forms of marginalization. Any actions to not protect them will do greater harm to your communities and your state!"}'>As an experienced mental health provider in the LGBTQ+ community, the risk of removing protections for trans youth is disturbing. Please do the homework and research to understand how a reversal on protection can seriously impact a population already at higher risk for suicide and mental health disorders. They deserve to be protected from bullying and other forms of marginalization. Any actions to not protect them will do greater harm to your communities and your state!


As a mom

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<span data-sheets-userformat='{"2":769,"3":{"1":0},"11":4,"12":0}' data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"I am loved by many children. I am love not because I birthed these children, but because these children feel safe with me. These children know that I love them. Not every parent is seen in that light. There are some who have birth children to whom they do not exhibit a parent's love. Just because they are called a parent does not make them a person a child feels safe with. There are parents who mistreat their own children. There are parents who belittle and shame their own children believing that \"it's for their own good\", it will positively impact them or it will change them to whatever they want them to be. In fact it's that mentality that scars children, that has raised our suicide rates, that detaches children from reality. If these children can't feel safe at home being who they are and you are taking away the safety they feel at school.. where are these children supposed to feel safe? Where are they to get reprieve from the stresses they may be facing. There are children's lives at stake. There are children's mental health, both present and future, at stake. I am a technical mother of seven, but I mother 19. Please continue to allow my children to be safe when they are in school because some of them are not safe at home."}">I am loved by many children. I am love not because I birthed these children, but because these children feel safe with me. These children know that I love them. Not every parent is seen in that light. There are some who have birth children to whom they do not exhibit a parent's love. Just because they are called a parent does not make them a person a child feels safe with. There are parents who mistreat their own children. There are parents who belittle and shame their own children believing that "it's for their own good", it will positively impact them or it will change them to whatever they want them to be. In fact it's that mentality that scars children, that has raised our suicide rates, that detaches children from reality. If these children can't feel safe at home being who they are and you are taking away the safety they feel at school.. where are these children supposed to feel safe? Where are they to get reprieve from the stresses they may be facing. There are children's lives at stake. There are children's mental health, both present and future, at stake. I am a technical mother of seven, but I mother 19. Please continue to allow my children to be safe when they are in school because some of them are not safe at home.


OPPOSE

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This legislation is reckless and DISGUSTING. Let people be people!


OPPOSE

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Trans, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming kids belong everywhere, period. Their teachers and classmates would all agree if they had any say in the matter. Stop enshrining abuse and discrimination into law!


A lost child.

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<span data-sheets-userformat='{"2":769,"3":{"1":0},"11":4,"12":0}' data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"I was a child who was bullied in school because I was different, and the teachers did nothing to protect me.I was compilating suicide because I had no peace. I wasn't safe at home from a abusive mother who tried to beat the trans out of me and I wasn't safe at school. School is supposed to be a place where we as trans, gay etc. are supposed to be protect in an environment to learn. But i was denied that opportunity and was for force to drop out of school, made to feel a shame of who I was, kicked out of my home at 16 and was in the streets trying to take care of myself. I got into prostitution,drugs,jail and prisons... This is what happens when the LGBTQ is not allow the same advantaged and respect as other kids. Please protect our youth. we didn't ask to be born this way. But we are asking for a chance to live."}">I was a child who was bullied in school because I was different, and the teachers did nothing to protect me.I was compilating suicide because I had no peace. I wasn't safe at home from a abusive mother who tried to beat the trans out of me and I wasn't safe at school. School is supposed to be a place where we as trans, gay etc. are supposed to be protect in an environment to learn. But i was denied that opportunity and was for force to drop out of school, made to feel a shame of who I was, kicked out of my home at 16 and was in the streets trying to take care of myself. I got into prostitution,drugs,jail and prisons... This is what happens when the LGBTQ is not allow the same advantaged and respect as other kids. Please protect our youth. we didn't ask to be born this way. But we are asking for a chance to live.


OPPOSE

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I oppose what Youngkin is doing to trans kids. Leave them alone. Protect trans kids!!


OPPOSE

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I've always wanted to play softball and I would like to not have that right taken away from me.


100% SUPPORT The New Policy

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Thank You governor Youngkin for bringing the family back to the discussion about how to raise our kids.  It is time that the citizens of Virginia stop allowing or even asking the school systems to raise their children and take the responsibility back as it should be.  This is 100% a family issue, not a government issue.


Way to go Youngkin!  Thank you, thank you, thank you!

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Thank you Glen Youngkin for your proposal to clarify things for students and staff.  Everything else is confusing and detrimental to school age minor children.  As parents, we are so, so glad you became Governor and not McAuliffe.


I Support Pro-Parent Education Policies in Virginia School

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

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

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

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

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


STRONGLY oppose this. Transgender students need support, not harm.

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A. Definitions & Terminology

The 2022 Model Policies define far fewer terms regarding gender identity than the 2021 Model Policies. The 2021 Model Policies defined eleven scientifically-backed and LGBTQ+-inclusive terms surrounding gender identity. The 2022 Model Policies define only two terms regarding gender identity: “sex” and “transgender student.”

Neither of these definitions meet the evidence-based best practices as is required in Va. Code § 22.1-23.3(A). Sex is defined as “biological sex” in the 2022 Model Policies. The 2022 Model Policies also define “transgender student” as “a public school student whose parent has requested in writing, due to their child’s persistent and sincere belief that his or her gender differs with his or her sex, that their child be so identified while at school.” Both these definitions use outdated and scientifically incorrect terminology in defining the trans identity. The 2022 Model Policies’ definitions and terminology cannot meet the evidence-based best practices requirement.

Notably, the 2022 Model Policies define being trans as depending on parents’ recognition instead of the student’s self-identification. They further call being trans the student’s “belief” which reinforces the false narrative that being trans is a choice as opposed to a deeply held knowledge and realization of one’s identity. It further operates on a male/female binary by using the term “his or her” that is demonstrably and scientifically false as it erases the existence of intersex and nonbinary people. This shift in definitions completely strips trans children of the self-determination of their identity in Virginia’s public schools.

This is wrong because being transgender is not a "belief." It has been shown that trans youth who receive support from schools and others are at much less risk of suicide and self-harm. By allowing parents to maintain some sort of chokehold over a trans student's identity, this puts that student at risk of abuse at home and at school. It also puts them at risk of mental health issues including suicidal thoughts and attempts.

This affects my friends who have trans kids of their own, setting up those kids for purposeful misgendering and bullying at school not just by peers but by the authority figures who are supposed to protect and nurture them.

For these reasons, I ask you to repeal the 2022 Model Policies and reinstate the 2021 Model Policies.

B. Bullying, Harassment, and Discrimination

The 2021 Model Policies prohibited “any and all discrimination, harassment, and bullying based on an individual’s actual or perceived . . . sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by law.” The 2021 Model Policies also required that “[a]ny incident or complaint of discrimination, harassment, or bullying shall be given prompt attention” and that “[c]omplaints alleging discrimination, harassment, or bullying based on a student’s actual or perceived gender identity shall be handled in the same manner as other discrimination or harassment complaints.” Finally, the 2021 Model Policies required the establishment of a school contact for both students and parents should the complaint be “not resolved at the school level.”

The 2022 Model Policies make disappointing and harmful changes to bullying, harassment, and discrimination policies. First, it removes the explicit protections for sexual orientation and gender identity. Instead, the only gender identity term it protects explicitly is “sex” which is defined by the 2022 Model Policies as “biological sex.” While the bullying, harassment, and discrimination prohibitions also protect “any other characteristic protected by law,” the removal of sexual orientation and gender identity as explicit categories sends a clear message: VDOE does not care about LGBTQ+ youth being bullied, harassed, or discriminated against.

Second, the 2022 Model Policies require that “[s]chool personnel shall be trained annually on health and mental wellness support to, and safety of, all students.” This is a drastic change from the 2021 Model Policies which required “[a]ll school mental health professionals shall be trained annually on topics relating to LGBTQ+ students, including safety and support for LGBTQ+ students.” The 2022 Model Policies therefore explicitly erase required training for staff on LGBTQ+ health and mental well-being.

Thankfully, the 2022 Model Policies keep the language of the 2021 Model Policies that “[a]ny incident or complaint of discrimination, harassment, or bullying shall be given prompt attention, including investigating the incident and taking appropriate corrective and/or disciplinary action, by the school administrator.” It also keeps the language that “[t]he [School Division’s Designated Contact] shall be available to hear concerns from students and parents when complaints are not resolved at the school level.” It also adds additional language that “[b]ullying of any student by another student, for any reason, cannot be tolerated in our schools. Intervening immediately to stop bullying on the spot can help ensure a safer school environment for all students.”

Stopping bullying for any student is an important goal for Virginia’s K-12 public schools. My concern is that gender identity and sexual orientation are no longer explicitly protected classes under the 2022 Model Policies and that school personnel are no longer required to obtain LGBTQ+ specific health and mental wellness professional development. In fact, it feels like VDOE is bullying the very trans kids they are claiming to protect by removing resources and policies aimed at supporting and protecting them.

This is wrong because removing resources is creating harm. There is no other way to say this. This policy purposefully harms trans kids.

For these reasons, I ask you to repeal the 2022 Model Policies and reinstate the 2021 Model Policies.


Strongly oppose


Strongly Support

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As a Catholic parent and Virginia citizen, I strongly support the new policies which protect children and parental rights.


Strongly opposed.

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I am strongly opposed to this, as it makes focus on the parents rather than the students. These policies would actively harm students, especially those who have difficult home situations in respect to gender identity. Many parents are still not tolerant. Forcibly outing students is no way to ensure their safety.


Absolutely OPPOSE

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<p>I strongly oppose this draft policy. It's discriminatory and harmful to kids and their families, and to us as a community. This policy, and the administration that supports it, continues to try and divide people by using medically and scientifically unfounded scare tactics. This policy is alarmist and absurd. It will only harm the students it is supposed to protect. Trans and non binary kids are HUMAN BEINGS and deserve to be treated with kindness, respect and love. </p>


Strongly agree with the Governor.

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Teachers should stick with teaching the fundamentals not getting involved in teaching transgender ideology to our kids. All kids have a right to feel safe in their locker rooms and bathrooms of their born gender..


OPPOSE this policy

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As a public educator and ally to the trans and LGBTQ+ community, I vehemently oppose these policies. Governor Youngkin shows a complete disregard for the safety of trans students and the professionalism of Virginia educators. These policies are based in fear, hatred, and apathy. If you truly desire to serve and protect ALL students in Virginia, you will oppose these proposed policies and any further attacks on the LGBTQ+ community. You will respect the professionalism of your highly trained educators, and you will educate yourselves on how to show compassion and solidarity with the LGBTQ+ community.


Opposed for cisgender reasons

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I am puzzled why adults would want someone who presents as a boy entering a girl’s bathroom. If that were the case I could imagine some boys as a prank entering a girls bathroom and saying , “Although you can’t tell by the clothes I’m wearing I’m a girl (heh heh).

Please have kids who present as boys go to the boys bathroom and kids who present as girls go to the girls bathroom.

Thank you.


Strongly Oppose

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The purpose of schools is to educate and care for children.  It needs to be a safe place where they can be themselves, or they cannot learn and grow. We know there are many, many cases of parents not supporting their children's gender identities, and if you are not aware of the damage this can cause to these kids - then you are living under a rock.

I OPPOSE!


STRONGLY OPPOSE: I may not be alive today if this policy were in place when I was in school

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As a transgender person myself who has been through elementary, middle, and high school in Virginia, and graduated with a bachelors degree from VCU, I strongly oppose this policy change. It is absolutely essential that Youngkin, and all policy-makers alike, speak to and listen to the lived experiences that this policy will DIRECTLY impact. Suicide rates and transphobic violence rates are absolutely higher than they should be (without this policy change). All humans have the right to live comfortably, be treated with dignity and respect, and be treated as a human no matter their race, socioeconomic status, religion, sexuality, gender expression, and gender identity so long as they are not harming themself nor others. Trans youth are not “choosing a lifestyle”, they are choosing to live happy and comfortably, and it is not trans youths’ fault that others do not support them; it is the fault of those opposing this policy not having enough education to speak on this issue, as simply speaking to AND listening to trans youth, adults, and elders is enough education. If Youngkin really wanted the best for his people (as we do live in a democracy), then he would not allow this policy to move forward as a majority of his constituents DO NOT support this. Furthermore, pushing this policy forward would inherently cause Youngkin to NOT be a politician that speaks by and for his people. Plain and simple. Otherwise, this is an obvious attack on not only Virginia’s democratic system, but the democratic system of this country.


OPPOSE THIS- SUPPORT TRANSGENDER STUDENTS

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I am appalled and enraged that Governor Youngkin and his new administration feels it necessary to go after transgender students in this way.  I have a transgender child who tells me on a daily basis- "Well, mom- 3 days until I lose my rights... 2 days until I lose my rights"

Why anyone thinks it's necessary to make ANY student feel this way on a regular basis is beyond me.  I worked in public education for 19 years and it never occurred to me that one close-minded individual would have the ability to affect so many incredible kids with their hate and mis-information.

I'm disappointed and afraid for our children. I can only hope that school districts don't adopt this policy if it passes.


Support for Policy Change & Gov. Youngkin

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Parents are the primary educators of their children and they have a right and obligation to have a say in the education of their children. I support these policy changes. Thank you, Governor. Parents know their children’s needs better than anyone. If children are struggling with gender dysphoria, they need guidance and emotional support from parents. Under the new policies, school officials must keep parents fully informed, and require schools to enforce laws, regulations and policies that prohibit and deter bullying or harassment.


Strongly Oppose

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Your argument states  “The First Amendment forbids government actors to require individuals to adhere to or adopt any particular ideological beliefs. Practices such as compelling others to use preferred pronouns is premised on the ideological belief that gender is a matter of personal choice or subjective experience, not sex.”  And yet this model would require others to adhere to your own personal ideological beliefs. In fact, every law you put out is enforcing your ideological beliefs. And every policy a school board puts into effect enforces their collective ideological beliefs. Your reasoning is faulty at best and dangerous at worst. How are you qualified to make these changes? A large panel of experts worked together to create the current model. Before you launch the suffering and deaths of more children, do your research and come back with something better. Better yet, leave this alone.


Youngkin's transgender policies

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Gov. Youngkin, I oppose your inhumane transgender policies.


anti trans legislation/totally opposed

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<p>This is junk science with potentially horrifying results for trans community and those who love them.  </p>


Let kids be kids and protect the innocent

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This course of indoctrination has no place in schools. Childrens brains are not even fully developed until they leave high school. Children can not get a tatoo without permission from their parents . This is part of the cultural war against basic American values . The left is still trying to cover for that trans person that assaulted a young female student in northern Virginia. Please people , open your minds and think for yourself . Now I’m heading to the train station.
Rip


As a parent of K-12 VA students, I oppose this harmful policy.

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We VA parents expect and demand an accepting and loving environment for ALL of our students. The governor's hateful, bigoted policy will cause great harm to our children and young people. How do I know? B/c research, published by our own government, tells us this.

According to the U.S. government's Youth.gov website, "suicide is the third leading cause of death among youth ages 15 to 24, and LGBT youth are more likely to attempt suicide than their peers.4 This does not mean, however, that LGBT identity itself is the cause of these challenges. Rather, these higher rates may be due to bias, discrimination, family rejection, and other stressors associated with how they are treated because of their sexual identity or gender identity/expression.5 These challenges, which researchers refer to as “microaggresions,”6 can contribute to anxiety, depression, and other mental health challenges, as well as to suicide and self-harming behavior."

According to the CDC, "For youth to thrive in schools and communities, they need to feel socially, emotionally, and physically safe and supported. A positive school climate has been associated with decreased depression, suicidal feelings, substance use, and unexcused school absences among LGB students."

DO THE RIGHT THING. Parents and young voters are paying attention.


Strongly Oppose-Model Policies for the Treatment of Transgender Students

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I strongly oppose this anything but "Model" policy. As I read this proposal, the only thing it models or emulates is bigotry, discrimination, harassment and putting our children at risk. Our schools should be teaching our students about dignity, tolerance and compassion. Instead, we are doing just the opposite.

The adoption of this policy will be a grave mistake for the Commonwealth, pushing it in exactly the wrong direction. How many businesses will want to relocate to the economic powerhouse of Northern Virginia now?


Strongly Support Proposed Policy

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Generally, the parents are legally held responsible for the activities of their children until they become 18 years old and activities related to this guidance should be no different.

There are many activities, some of much less impactful, that require parental approval; things such as field trips, participating in sports and yes obtaining a drivers license require parental approval. Do people generally believe that getting parental approval for activities such as these are so terrible? There are reasons activities such as the consumption of alcohol and the use of tobacco products require someone to be 18 years old.

There is a small minority of students and parents pushing the transgender changes. It is their right to make personal choices such as this for themselves but they are pushing their choices down the throats of others and making it inconvenient for the majority of students and their parents causing major inconvenient changes in the lives of others. What is wrong with requiring the small minority pushing these changes to take a few extra steps, rather than creating problems for the vast majority? They should not mind if it is truly that important to them.

I am surprised that the outcry from women concerning the transgender policy is not greater. For years equal opportunity for women in sports and other activities has been pushed. Some of the proposals supporting transgender activities destroys progress in this area.


Strongly Support our Governor

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<p>All children should feel safe to include those children that are not transgender.  </p>


Kids cannot define their own 'truths' b/c they are still maturing...like many adults!

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This issue must be broken down and consideration given to the following components:

I've been told that 'kids should be able to live their 'truths' and be supported at school despite their home environments'.

kids' cannot define their 'truths' b/c they are still maturing.  Many adults still struggle to identify their 'truths', perhaps because we change as we mature throughout our lives

schools cannot be expected to support a plethora of 'truths' - the schools' mission is to teach academics

adolescents have always explored and stretched societal norms...it does not follow that this normal exploration and societal challenge should be reason to change an institution (school's) mission to teach academics.  If this were so, then schools would never be able to foster student progress b/c they would be forever rewriting curriculum and policy

Parents must ALWAYS be primary caregivers of students and as such, must ALWAYS be consulted first and respected as students' legal guardians.....yes, LEGAL guardians

anytime there is a deviation from this fact, there must be a legal notification  in student file

schools cannot be expected to keep multiple files on students (traditional and 'gender-preferred').  Schools are having a hard enough time focusing on catching students up academically and preparing them to be our future leaders

We used to teach grammar in schools.  Pronouns' purpose is to refer to someone or something.  That someone or something is 'true'.

I keep reading about science and I believe in science.  But science can mean many things and when science is not defined clearly it leads to multiple interpretations which is not science, though it is scientific exploration.  Genetically one is male or female.  Emotionally one may prefer to be male or female.  Male pronouns refer to genetically defined males.  Female pronouns refer to genetically defined females.

the bathroom issue is easy to resolve....there are single use bathrooms in all schools.  They can be made available to all students.  No one needs to be 'outed' for using them.

traditional bathrooms should remain single-sex bathrooms for genetically determined boys and girls.  NO BOY OR GIRL SHOULD BE MADE TO FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE BECAUSE A BOY FEELS LIKE BEING A GIRL AND SO CAN USE THE GIRLS' BATHROOM, AND VICE VERSA.  Same with locker rooms.

students being forced to share bathrooms and locker rooms with peers of the opposite sex are being bullied and this can not be allowed


Strongly Support This

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Parents are the first educators of children and they should be allowed to participate in the education practices of the children's schooling.  To deny them this right is WRONG!!


Very against this suggested law.

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Please leave a child's privacy to him/herself and their parents. No state officials need to tell or suggest to parents how they should raise their children.


Strongly support parent & child rights and Governor Youngkin

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<p>I strongly support parental rights and children's rights for our schools to not impose legislation that threatens all children.  </p>


Strongly oppose the proposed policy changes

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<p>I oppose Gov. Youngkin's proposed policy changes that would discriminate against transgender youth and would expose them to bullying and mistreatment in school, when we should be affirming their chosen identities.  These changes would completely reverse evidence-based best practice trans-inclusive policy that was established last year. I support the trans-students' rights to use their names and pronouns as they choose along with recognizing their other needs. </p>


Strongly Oppose

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I strongly oppose this proposed guidance and urge the VDOE to reject it in full. Instead of wasting the taxpayers' time and money with this proposal, the VDOE should enforce the guidelines that are already in place which support and protect ALL Virginia students.

I grew up and attended school in Virginia. When I was in middle school I realized that I was gay, but I only came out to a few close friends before I graduated high school because I was scared to be bullied or worse. I cannot imagine the fear that trans and nonbinary students in Virginia are currently facing as this harmful and hateful proposal is being considered. Perhaps, instead of vilifying marginalized youth, the state of Virginia should increase the support and resources for all students.

It is abhorrent to me that a small percentage of children in Virginia are being used by this administration to score political points from the far right voting bloc. I cannot stress this enough: these are CHILDREN. They are only just figuring out who they are and how they will experience the world. By using these kids as political cannon fodder, this administration is making them a target for verbal and/or physical abuse from their peers, and also from bigoted adults who may not even be part of their community! This kind of experience will only lead to an increase in self-harm and suicide in a marginalized community that already experiences a higher likelihood of these terrible actions.

Let Virginia be the example for other states to look up to! Reject these dangerous guidelines now! Let schools in Virginia be a safe place for all students!


Transgender Policies in Our System

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I strongly support Gov. Youngkin’s policies regarding transgender in the Loudoun County School System.


Strongly Oppose

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These proposed changes are bad for students and would end up increasing bullying, hate, suicide, self-harm, and homelessness.


STRONGLY IN OPPOSITION

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STRONGLY IN OPPOSITION, THIS WILL ONLY HURT PEOPLE


Respect and protect transgender youth

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I strongly oppose any policy against transgender youth!


I oppose the 2022 Model Policies

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I vehemently disagree with the Virginia Department of Education's 2022 Model Policies, which withdraws the 2021 Model Policies and effectively ensures transgender public school students will regularly encounter emotional and psychological harm while obtaining an education.

It is *not* harmful for students to 1) learn to be respectful of one another by using a classmate's chosen name & pronouns; 2) let their classmates pee in peace; 3) play sports with classmates of either sex. While for some students these actions may feel uncomfortable, they are not *harmful* to their emotional or psychological well-being.

The discrimination and exclusion the 2022 Model Policies allows is harmful to transgender students.

I am a homeowner & taxpayer and have lived in Virginia for 18 years.


Strongly oppose

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Support transgender youth and oppose this policy!


New Transgender Policies

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We support the new policies for the following reasons:The new policies honor the sacred role of parents in the care of their children during school, athletics and other activities. In particular,

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

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

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

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


respect and protect transgender youth

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Gender non-conforming students continue to be at higher risk of physical violence, depression, suicidal ideation/attempts, and substance abuse- and that is with the current protections in place.  Rolling back student’s rights policies for gender diverse youth will, without a doubt, increase these harmful outcomes.  As a resident of Virginia, please do not institute this harmful policy.


So painful to see this hateful legislation  in VA

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Why is a Californian commenting?  My family  settled Virginia in early 1700s & stayed til 1940s.  I got the expression  " don't be hateful" from them.  As in, *don't  judge, don't  condemn".  Kind, loving people who created the America as the land of freedom.  Virginia . . .please remember  your roots & make us proud.


Concern for children's safety and health

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As a social scientist who has conducted research on LGBTQ experiences with health and criminal legal systems, I know that by effectively hiding the existence of transgender persons, issues, healthcare, etc, not only prevents all children from understanding the larger society in which they participate, but actively threatens the welfare, health, and lives of transgender and other queer children. I am currently a resident of FALLS Church and I oppose any legislation that pulls support for LGBTQ kids and is based on policy ideas that are known to contribute to LGBTQ youth mental health crises.


STRONGLY OPPOSE


Respect and protect transgender youth!

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Youth should feel safe in the school environment, even when they may not feel safe in other environments. This is the responsibility of the school system, to respect the rights and safety of our children!


Strongly oppose

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<p>I oppose this policy. Teachers should not be forced to out students (no one should ever put anyone, regardless of age or power dynamics). In this case, it violates a student’s human rights by potentially putting them in an unsafe situation at home. Denying a student the use of their preferred name a pronouns is destructive to their mental health. This policy is hostile to trans and non-binary students under the guise of catering to the parents.. but how are the parents being supported when they support their trans/non-binary child? This is a terrible and offensive policy and for the safety of our children it should not be implemented. </p>


Opposed

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Another attempt to suppress the rights of people who want to be on the outside what they are on the inside.  Simply Jim Crow applied to another oppressed group.


Strongly support the Governor

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I STRONGLY SUPPORT the Governors proposals to put parents in the driver’s seat on this issue.  We must protect our children and stop homosexual grooming of innocent children!


Absurd

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<p>As the mother of a non-binary child and the sister to a transgender sibling, I find this proposal outdated and filled with fear of the unknown.  </p>


Strongly Support Gov Youngkin's Ed. policies protecting Parental rights to care for THEIR CHILDREN

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I strongly support Gov Youngkin's 2022 Virginia Eduction policies that protect parents' fundemental GOD GIVEN Rights to care for their Children as theys see fit.  The real danger to these and all children are the leftist activists that pushing these insane ideologies to further political agendas that are doing great harm to our children, families, country and world.


STRONGLY OPPOSE

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Ruins a good policy with one that is unconstitutional and will waste taxpayer money in court battles.


Strongly opposed

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<p>This draft policy is nothing more than institutionalized discrimination against a highly misunderstood and mischaracterized minority. It’s sick. It’s part of the ongoing technical genocide sweeping this nation against trans people and you should be deeply ashamed for even considering it. </p>


OPPOSE. YOU ARE KILLING TRANS CHILDREN.

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Glen Youngkin's model policies


100% SUPPORT

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<p>This isn't an anti-trans policy, this is about parents having the right to help their children and be involved in their children's lives. </p>


As a faith leader, I strongly OPPOSE

The Rev. Dorota Wright-Pruski, St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Arlington

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Our core identity in The Episcopal Church stems from our Baptismal Covenant, which guides our relationship with God and with one another. In that covenant, we promise to respect the dignity of every human being. This proposed legislation is transphobic, unjust, and disrespects the autonomy and lived experience of trans kids. I strongly oppose this bill and, on behalf of all the families whose children will be harmed by it, urge that it be defeated.


OPPOSE

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The 2022 document states that it "...prohibits compelling others to affirm ideas that may be contrary to their personal religious beliefs." The document is, in fact, compelling transgender supporters to affirm and comply with non-supporter's beliefs. The new document is absolutely eliminating options and thus imposing a restrictive and thus discriminatory environment. The new document is restricting freedom of personal choice that can be reasonably accommodated.

All beliefs can be deemed "religious" by an individual. Thus, a "belief" need not be religious to be valid.


Support

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Very strongly support. Thank you Governor Youngkin for your common sense


Opposed

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This discriminatory model singles out a community targeted by bullying, the opposite of what it purports to do.

It is unfortunate, but the parents of transgender children are often the least educated on the needs of their transgender children.  If you want to help, offer educational programs for transgender children and their parents.  Foster and develop a culture of inclusion.  Stock un-censored libraries.  Consider your family members and friends who are in the LGBT community - don't fool yourself, they are there.

If you out transgender children and rely on their parents for support, then mental health issues and suicides will increase.  Why would the government want to encourage this?  The proposed policy is based on an outdated and uninformed ideology.

If you want to look at schools, look at the curriculum, include historically correct content, respect all students, and pay your teachers.


Strongly Support this measure

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Parental rights are not surrendered in full or in part at any time to the public school system or its agents simply because the parents of the child decide to allow the state to educate their child.  There is a fundamental problem with any government agency that believes it has the right to act for the child without parental consent in any matter unless it is determined by the court system that the parent is not fit to serve in that role.  And, even in such cases where a child is a ward of the state, it should never be a decision left to those who specialize in the basic education of children.  In such cases, the agent of the state whom is acting in the stead of the parent would then be the one to make such a decision.  Virginia public school educators have forgotten their roles.


absolutely oppose!

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<p>I completely oppose this guidance. It is not based on best practice guidelines for the health and well being of transgender minors--yes, there are peer reviewed scientific studies that show negative health impacts when these kids are not supported in their gender identities at school. If you don't believe in science, stay out of government. This policy is not in any student's best interests. I strongly oppose. </p>


absolutely oppose


I oppose this divisive proposal

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As someone who identifies as LGBTQ+ and who experienced bullying in the Virginia public education system, I strongly oppose the proposed Guidance Document change and 2022 Model Policies.

It is an obligation of the Commonwealth to provide children safe learning spaces and to treat those same children with respect and dignity.  Some students may not be comfortable discussing their identity issues with their parents.  By including “parents’ rights” or “parental choice” language, children who are already struggling with identity issues may be further hindered by these oppressive and discriminatory proposed policies.  Each child must be valued and respected.  Implementing these suggested policies will cause irreparable harm to children who are already suffering discrimination, bullying, and oppression.

Parents have the right to seek alternative education mechanisms if the public education system does not sufficiently align with their curricular needs.  Those parents seeking to educate their students with a curriculum influenced by religious or other belief systems can elect to enroll their student in institutions that align with those wishes.  Parents wishing to impose an ideologically influenced curriculum in the public education system will be infringing on the rights of those parents who do not agree with those ideologies.  A curriculum shaped by religious ideologies has no place in Virginia’s public education system.  Such a curriculum would be contrary to the tenet of separation of church and state.

By implementing these proposed policies, we will see an increase in discrimination against an already marginalized population of students.  We will see an increase in rates of self-harm and suicide.  This is contrary to the goal of treating every child with dignity and respect and providing our students with the safe learning spaces they deserve.


Strongly oppose

Pretending that non-conforming students do not exist will not make it true. This is a shortsighted, fearmongering policy that will do excessive and avoidable damage to all our children--failure to learn how to engage with those who are different will handicap all students.This policy underlines the backward and fearful nature of this administration.

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Pretending that non-conforming students do not exist will not make it true. This is a shortsighted, fearmongering policy that will do excessive and avoidable damage to all our children--failure to learn how to engage with those who are different will handicap all students.

This policy underlines the backward and fearful nature of this administration.


OPPOSED.

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<p>This is disgusting. </p>


Actually read the policy... rational, ethical, applies common sense

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Thanks for creating a policy from a rational rather than emotional position. Thank you for recognizing parental responsibilities and rights and holding us accountable for being engaged with our child/children's development and education. Thank you for holding school officials, teachers, and counselors to the long-held professional and ethical standard of communicating with a minor's parents when mental health, developmental, and/or educational concerns arise. Thank you for giving back the voice of young women and girls who may not feel safe or comfortable with a biological male being present in their intimate spaces. Middle and high school especially is awkward enough for biological females developing into womanhood without additionally having a biological male in the locker room with them. Thank you also for addressing the necessity to show respect and due concern for providing support for those struggling with gender dysphoria. You cannot foster a safe learning environment by forcing unnatural, anti-scientific, anti-rational policies in schools. Empathy, communication, reasonable accommodation (i.e. separate designated bathroom for trans-identifying students), additional counseling support, yes. Lying to parents, colluding to obfuscate biological truth, telling young women that they are bigots if they speak up for themselves and their need to feel safe too, no.


Strongly oppose this nonsense

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As a concerned citizen, this administrations attack on trans youth is not only bigoted but also detrimental to the well-being of these students. Children deserve a safe space and feel included at school. The lgbtq+ community has enough bullying and this policy will prohibit teachers from supporting trans and non-binary students by not allowing their affirming name or pronouns .

I urge VDOE  to reject this draft policy


OPPOSE

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As a lifelong Virginian, I 100% OPPOSE Youngkin's proposed removel of the "Model Policies for the Treatment of Transgender Students in Virginia’s Public Schools"

I am disgusted that Youngkin and his administration would turn their backs on any population, let alone our vulnerable children


Strongly SUPPORT- Finally some sanity- Thank you Gov. Youngkin

Virginia parent of 5 and registered voter

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Parents are the primary educators of children and this common sense policy simply supports the rights of parents and in doing so helps children. We do not abdicate our parental rights when we send our children to school.  Shame on those who seek to drive a wedge between parents and the most vulnerable of children. Children who suffer from gender dysphoria need the help and support of their parents rather than being encouraged to bypass their parents and rely on government or school officials, many of whom have a political agenda. Thank you, Governor Youngkin.


I strongly oppose this on behalf of my young child

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<p>I strongly oppose this guidance. It would discriminate against my student; who has done nothing wrong! Please do not pass this. </p>


Support

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<p>The previous policy took away rights of parents. Parents raise their own kids not the public and definitely not teachers. I understand that some parents are not supportive of their kids but they are still in control until age of adulthood. We don’t let kids vote, drive and drink until their brains can handle it.  We also shouldn’t cater to one person and make everyone else uncomfortable!  </p>


Model policy on treatment of transgender students

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I vigorously oppose these policies as they are not based on scientific data or reliable research. The “model” policies will only serve to further stigmatize and isolate LGBTQ+ people. The policies are a disgrace to the Commonwealth.


Sopport

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<p>I agree with Gov Yougkin 100% in repealing Model 2022 and giving parents their rights back. </p>


Governor Youngkin's proposed guidance on discussion of sexual transgender issues in public schools

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I strongly support Governor Youngkin's reforms limiting the discussion of sex and gender issues in Virginia public schools.  Especially for preteens, these matters are inappropriate subject matter for any public school programs. Furthermore, parents, not schools should be the major guiding influence for these schoolchildren. There should be no special treatment for transgender students, though there should be careful monitoring to prevent harassment of such children.

The schools should return to major and nearly complete emphasis on teaching reading, grammar, spelling,  writing, mathematics, computer skills, science, history, and geography.  But even if the schools enter into current events more than I would prefer, all gender issues should be excluded from instruction, since these are controversial and no point of view should have public funding or endorsement. Sex education should be out of grade school and for middle and high school, it should be limited to the basic biological facts, and edcation on the risks of sexual experimentation including the risk of unintended pregnancy and transmission of sexually transmitted diseases.

As for preferred pronouns, the whole issue should be ended and there should be no rules as to how students are addressed.  Indeed any such rules are an unconstitutional invasion of free speech under the First Amendment.

Much of the current push to discuss gender issues is indoctrination of students in one, new and not publicly accepted view and is far worse than a waste of public funds and educational time.  Most of those with gender dysphoria outgrow it and, though unacknowledged, many who go the route of sex change regret the decision which is often physically irreversible.  But, for the schools, it does not matter what view is right, because the subject should be off-limits to the schools.


Fully Support Gov. Youngkin

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I completely agree and SUPPORT Gov Youngkin's policy to restore to parents their God-given right and duty to oversee the upbringing of their children. Many comments I have read on this topic make it sound like transgender and LGBTQ+ children must have privacy or they will be bullied or will be suicidal, and yet there are many many parents commenting on how supportive they are of their children's decisions. So why then must parents be excluded from communication? I disagree with teachers and other professionals being in control of what parents get to know about their kids. Teachers need to teach reading, writing, and arithmetic! Maybe if they focused on what they are supposed to, our education statistics would be better! Parents need to parent their children and stop trying to just be their friends. And children need to be free to be kids without the pressure of changing their biological sex because the world says they should just because they don't like who they are. Most teens wish they could be different than what they are - it's called going through puberty. Most teens can't even decide what they want to do as a career or what major to decide on for college. How can they possibly make such permanent decisions regarding their sex at that age?

Thank you, Gov Youngkin, for your common sense, pro-constitutional policies!

You have my full support!


Oppose

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I oppose these policies.


OPPOSE

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This doc is a part of the long lines for setting the groundwork for Socratic terrorism against the LGBTQIA+. Let us live our ing lives without outdated and bigoted rhetoric. Society shouldn't be controlled and altered to support a mindset that encourages hate and the dehumanization of people, whether it is based on race, sex, or Gender Identity. Let us look back in history to when POC and women were treated as less. This process is the same as it was back then. Stir fear in the minds of people uneducated and impressable without showing the reality that were are all the same. I knew I was Transgender at age 6 but was forced to go through 15 different "methods" to "cure" me bc they didn't know what was "wrong" with me. I lived in the countryside with ing idiots for a decade plus. Went through years of being afraid to be who I am and lied to and gaslit by people who say they love me and only want the best. I tried coming out of the closet for years and it only got worse when having to deal with my incompetent mother's white supremacist bf. I endured hate-filled years and was reused to live my life the way it was supposed by those who said they love me. I lived under others who never loved me and only wanted themselves to be comfortable at cost of my life. I was only afforded the chance to be me in late 2020 when I planned suicide. At that my body was already ed due to undergoing the wrong puberty when it could have been avoided entirely. No one should ever have to go through what I experienced just to be happy and I implore you to not force anyone to undergo the absolute show I still have to endure.


OPPOSE proposed 2022 VDOE guidance document!

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I am writing to voice my strongest possible OPPOSITION to the proposed 2022 VDOE guidance policies. These policies are focused on further marginalizing among the most vulnerable populations: children and transgender individuals. These are purported to be made to further parent rights, but this is hypocritical, as the parents of out transgender students are not considered here at all. I feel these were drafted out of ignorance, with no consideration to families with lived experience, and will cause further bias and stigma on these children who are already disproportionately alienated and suffer from mental health issues, including suicide. By promoting these policies, children will be forced to come out even if they are in unsafe environments to do just that, furthering endangering these children.

I urge the VDOE and school boards across the Commonwealth to disregard these proposed policy changes, and continue to operate under the 2021 guidance. I have witnessed first hand how the 2021 policies offered support, compassion, and most importantly RESPECT to transgender youth. From personal experience - in Virginia and in schools across the country - I have seen transgender youth thrive when offered the chance to be themselves and to live life - including basic things like going to the bathroom - as the person they were born, at school and in the community.


Model Guidance policy revision for transgender students

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Public schools are for ALL children and above all have a duty to assure childrens physical and social-emotional well-being. Notably such as in the case of Sandy Hook, Uvalde and Marjorie Stoneman, public schools have miserably failed to protect students, staff and communities from wanton violence and mayhem. Now your proposed model guidance not only doesn’t protect transgender students, it actually threatens to inflict damage on them! Do you imagine that parents or children, knowing the heavy burdens and risks posed by affirming a non-biological gender identity, would CHOOSE such an identity and its costs without incredible pain and struggle?

You must be aware that self-harm and suicide are the real harms that affect this population which struggles for a sense of self-worth in a world that already marginalizes and mistreats them.  Your guidance model is a huge step in the wrong direction and will only increase the injuries and risk of injury to this vulnerable group of students. I vehemently oppose it and find it morally repugnant. Shame on you.


Strongly Oppose

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<p>This is garbage legislation, at the expense of our children. </p>


Oppose harmful proposed changes to model policies

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The model policies that were put in place in 2021 are based on best practices to improve educational opportunity for transgender and non-binary students. Students who feel safe and respected at school are more able to learn. The new proposed model policies would harm students by creating hostile learning conditions. This proposal seeks to prevent transgender students, even those with supportive parents, from being treated with the same respect as their non-transgender peers. This is just wrong.


As a Virginia mother, I oppose this new divisive policy

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I am writing to oppose the 2022 "Model Policies for the Treatment of Transgender Students in Virginia’s Public Schools ."  These policies do not adequately take account of and protect the rights of students.  I also find that the policies are written in a way that is divisive and overly simplistic in dealing with a complex issue.  At the heart of the matter is the freedom of individuals to present themselves in the world as they feel comfortable and right for them.  There must be a recognition of the rights of students to do so, and the importance of it to their mental health.  While I believe parents have a role in their children's education, parents cannot be the "owners" of their children and have absolute rights to do whatever they want with their children.  The policies need to incorporate flexibility to support students and to weigh special situations.


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

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Way to go Loudoun County


#metoo  Support bathroom safety

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<p>#metoo Support the right's of biological females to enjoy a safe place at school.</p>


OPPOSE Transgender policy proposal by Youngkin

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As the parent of a transgender teen I strongly oppose the policy requiring legal documentation or parental consent in order for a student in Virginia schools to use preferred name, pronouns and bathroom based on gender identity. My son is fortunate enough to have parents who are open and accepting of him and his gender identity. I know from experience that not all students are able to openly share with their parents that they are transgender. I do not believe that the government should have any say in what a person chooses to be called or what pronouns the person wishes to use. By enforcing this new policy the government is adding additional obstacles for students to overcome in their attempt to live their truth. No person should feel the need to hide or “conform” to gender norms in order to accepted by society. This policy will have extreme negative consequences on our youth’s mental health at a time where mental health concerns are already on the rise. Schools and government entities need to consider that by creating an environment where students will be forced to “conform” they are also creating an environment that promotes negativity towards queer/transgender students. Please recognize that our students are individuals with rights and should be treated with respect by everyone. Please do not create  more reasons for our children to feel outcast, ostracized, shunned, ignored and meaningless. Every person matters and with the high rate of teen suicides which is even higher among teens in the LGBTQIA+ community we need to find ways to love and support them and let them know they matter and are loved instead of adding more reasons to make them feel like they are not important and are not worth loving.  They are enough! They matter! Thank you.


OPPOSE

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<p>I oppose the 2022 Model Policy.  As a professional who has worked with youth for over 40 years, I oppose anything that sets them up for abuse, neglect and exclusion.   Definition of self is the most basic of human needs and rights.  Our job as professionals is provide a safe environment for all children and adolescents to grow, explore and flourish.  </p>


Ultra woke parents would sacrifice their own kids to score woke points with their lib friends.

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It will be such as amazing day when you can come out on facebook as a trans mom. Your lib friends will be so jealous. I feel so bad for your children. You are a child abuser.


Oppose.

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I strongly oppose this guidance which harms and endangers trans and nonbinary youth. Every child deserves to be supported, uplifted, and affirmed in their classroom. When we do not support our children in this manner, we are putting them at risk for health and safety concerns. More than half of all trans and nonbinary youth who do not receive support from adults in their life will consider suicide. However, youth who receive gender affirmation from peers and teachers contemplate at less than half that rate. 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. Students who do not feel safe or supported at school do not perform at their full academic potential, reducing their grade point average, ability to get into college, and ability to contribute to society as a whole.  Additionally, as many schools are evaluated based on the performance and success of their students; any policy such as this violates the individual’s right to a full and fair education and directly affects the school’s evaluation. As adults, it is our job to ensure that children maintain their right to a safe education, and this means supporting and affirming their identity in school.

Implementing this type of potentially dangerous policy sets a poor example for our children. It is essential that we use this opportunity to teach them that including everyone creates a healthy and safe environment for learning. It is vital that they know that they are supported no matter what their gender identity is. We must teach them how to be brave in a changing world so they feel empowered with empathy and a desire to include people of diverse backgrounds. It is foolish to force some adults’ unfounded fears onto children who should feel nothing but protection and affirmation from them.

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. 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. But also consider the wider consequences of this targeted policy that ripples into society as a whole.  Even though trans and nonbinary youth are most impacted, as a society we also lose any of the contributions they would have made, had they been supported as youth and had they been in safe schooling environments. Ultimately this is a policy that harms everyone, and we should not support this.


I Oppose

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I strongly oppose the proposed policy. It is not an inclusive policy, and it directly affects the overall wellbeing.


Youngkin's transgender policy!

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I oppose Youngkin's interference in and changes in Virginia's transgender policy.

How many transgender youths did he interview before making this policy?  I doubt that he talked with a single one and has no idea the hurt and harm this policy will do to transgender youth in Virginia.

Youngkin needs to stop using education, Virginia youth, transgender youth, and the LGBTQ community as political fodder.


Thank you Governor Youngkin. Thank you for keeping all children safe. These children are minors and

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Thank you Governor Youngkin for keeping all children safe.  Thank you for putting a stop on 'woke' teaching in schools and getting back to the real education values.


Governor, please defund not complying school districts and forcefully remove school board members.

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It is imperative to reign in these liberal school districts that are harming our children.


Support


Strongly oppose

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This harmful policy takes the rights out of students, parents, and educators and centralizes them in an overreaching government. This policy is wrong, harmful, and unchristian. It should never have been proposed, and it should never be codified.


If liberal women weren’t so intolerable, there would be a dad helping to raise these kids.

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<p>Nuclear families with a strong father presence are ket to raising healthy children with appropriate thoughts regarding gender. </p>


Oppose

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<p>I strongly oppose this measure. It's based in fear and bigotry. This measure would have a negative impact on mental wellbeing of trans children, and could potentially place students at risk from abuse within their home environment. </p>


OPPOSE

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I strongly oppose.  As a parent of school-aged children, one of whom is non-binary, I want school to be a safe place. We're in Virginia Beach, where we've had a wonderful experience from supportive staff. I want every kid to be supported, no matter how they identify. Kids are kids. They don't deserve to be negatively affected by politics when they just want to go to school to receive a good education and make friends.

When I was in school, some of the most impactful people in my life were my Teachers and Coaches. I looked up to them. They taught me how to be a good student. They did not judge me. They supported me and made me feel welcomed and safe. This policy may force some very vulnerable students into depression, self harm, running away, or worse. Let's not reverse equality efforts that have been made. We must educate ourselves on trans kids and their lives so that we can show empathy and protect them. I want all kids to be protected in school. I strongly oppose this policy. Thank you for reading.


Dubious legality, political theatre at the expense of vulnerable children

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Proposed guidelines seem likely to be out of compliance with current law. If not, they should be.  This looks like an act of political theatre designed to trigger anxiety and inflame the 'invented' culture wars.  They also put some of the most vulnerable children at risk in a sad attempt to excite a non-empathetic base that are easily fooled by the governor's political rhetoric.


OPPOSE

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<p>I saw someone comment that "Parents know their children’s needs better than anyone." What a useless blanket statement. Some parents are abusive or do not have the mental faculties to support children who are going through a crisis of identity. This is the same kind of reasoning that excuses those parents who gave guns to their kids as birthday gifts and raised future terrorists. The bottom line has been spelled out enough already: trans rights are human rights and no parent should be able to dictate the core identity of their child - that is not our job as parents. Our job is to nurture and support them no matter what, and that includes listening and understanding and accepting what they are trying to tell us. For those unfortunate children who do not have supportive parents to turn to, we should not leave them to be oppressed and abused by neglectful or bigoted parents who's worldview is too influenced by outdated beliefs, unfounded fear or imbecilic conspiracy theories. Who are you protecting when you say a child might be endangered if a trans child uses the same bathroom? What precedent is there for any trans child ever committing such a transgression? I do not want the rules of society to hinge on baseless lies and ignorance and 'fear of others'. This policy gives parents the wrong kind of power. The only power parents should need is the power of love. Youngkin should do some soul searching and ask himself why he is so scared of that which he does not understand and is so willing to endanger children for the sake of winning a few points with a crowd of misguided right-wing people who say they are pro-life but hate anyone who does not conform to their strict interpretation of what that life should look like. </p>


Only an absolute pervert would advocate for boys to use girls locker rooms and shower facilities.

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Liberals have lost their minds. Stop playing these fantasy games with children.


Oppose the 2022 Model!

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I oppose the 2022 model because it does not respect the dignity of students and their gender identities.  The proposed model is a risk to the safety and health of trans students.


Transgender

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Put the Bible back in schools..There are 2 genders, Male and Female.. Children are born male or female..No choosing your sex.  Rights are stated in the Constitution for both sexes.  Go back to the basics, in the Beginning, "God created" not man..


Support mental health care for suicidal kids- not a free pass to girl’s locker rooms and restrooms.

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Get mental health care if you are suicidal. Society has rules. It's life. Use your own bathroom.


OPPOSE 2022 Model Policy

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Hello,

My name is Eileen Misterovich. I am a medical student in Virginia. I believe the 2022 Model Policy is wrong because it doesn’t allow students to use facilities that are congruent with their identity. This poses a danger to trans students because it makes them vulnerable to humiliation, and violence from their peers and faculty members. It is invasive to base access to faculties based on “biological sex” rather than a person’s sense of their identity and where they feel most comfortable.

Much of the 2022 model policy focuses on prioritizing a “distraction-free environment” with a “focus on learning”. This language clearly does not prioritize the experience of transgender students who will certainly have trouble learning when they feel unwelcome and discriminated against in their school environment. One of the most egregious aspects of these policies is access to the bathroom. Access to a clean, safe bathroom is essential to students’ health and well-being. Suppose a transgender student cannot enter the bathroom where they feel safe and comfortable. In that case, they risk their own health and education by either neglecting to relieve themselves at all (risking urinary tract infections) or using inaccessible restrooms that jeopardize their learning time.

This affects the broader LGBTQ+ community because it creates a dangerous environment for transgender students. As a future medical professional, the mental, physical, and emotional well-being of young people are important to me. As a medical provider, I will see these students with much less frequency than their teachers and peers. The chronic stress of being in an unsafe environment will profoundly affect their health. Creating a supportive and affirming environment for trans students is important for laying a foundation for mental and physical health, whether it's preventing UTIs or promoting mental well-being.

For these reasons, I ask you to repeal the 2022 Model Policies and reinstate the 2021 Model Policies.


OPPOSE

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I vehemently oppose Governor Youngkin's  discriminatory policy against trans youth.


STRONGLY OPPOSE THIS GUIDANCE

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I am both an educator and a member or the LGBTQ+ community, and I strongly oppose this guidance.


100% Support

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Thank you governor for reigning in these liberals from destroying our youth.


Unprecedented danger to all trans young people in Virginia

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While some parents are aware that their child's gender expression doesn't fit with their body identity, they love and protect that precious child no matter what.  I hope these parents are in the majority but we all know that there are parents who will never accept these young people.  In fact there will be parents who will physically hurt these children and mentally damage them as well.  There will be young people who will be turned out into the streets because the parents simply cannot bear the thought of a trans family member.  Trans children and gay children are part of many Virginia families whether acknowledged or not.  We need to keep every one of them safe.

To subject these children to such danger just so our elected officials can push a demented, evil view upon us all is not just unkind but must be ended immediately.


support parental rights

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Stop indocrinating our children!


Support 100%

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<p>Thank you Governor Youngkin. Thank you for keeping all children safe. These children are minors and parents need to be aware what is going on at school. </p>


Trans gender policy

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<p>Strongly support </p>


Trans female in California shout out to all Virginia trans- come to California

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You will love it here in California. People call you whatever name you want. San Francisco is really great. You can pee wherever you want- even outside. Please get all of your trans friends and come right away.


Trans female in California shout out to all Virginia trans- come to California!!!


Trans female in California shout out to all Virginia trans- come to California!!


I oppose!

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I strongly oppose this guidance which harms and endangers trans and non-binary youth. Every child deserves to be supported, uplifted, and affirmed in their classroom. When we do not support our children in this manner, we are putting them at risk for health and safety concerns. More than half of all trans and nonbinary youth who do not receive support from adults in their life will consider suicide. However, youth who receive gender affirmation from peers and teachers contemplate at less than half that rate. 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. Students who do not feel safe or supported at school do not perform at their full academic potential, reducing their grade point average, ability to get into college, and ability to contribute to society as a whole.  Additionally, as many schools are evaluated based on the performance and success of their students; any policy such as this violates the individual’s right to a full and fair education and directly affects the school’s evaluation. As adults, it is our job to ensure that children maintain their right to a safe education, and this means supporting and affirming their identity in school.

Implementing this type of potentially dangerous policy sets a poor example for our children. It is essential that we use this opportunity to teach them that including everyone creates a healthy and safe environment for learning. It is vital that they know that they are supported no matter what their gender identity is. We must teach them how to be brave in a changing world so they feel empowered with empathy and a desire to include people of diverse backgrounds. It is foolish to force some adults’ unfounded fears onto children who should feel nothing but protection and affirmation from them.

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. 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. But also consider the wider consequences of this targeted policy that ripples into society as a whole.  Even though trans and nonbinary youth are most impacted, as a society we also lose any of the contributions they would have made, had they been supported as youth and had they been in safe schooling environments. Ultimately this is a policy that harms everyone, and we should not support this.


Trans female in California shout out to all Virginia trans- come to California!


STRONGLY OPPOSE Youngkin's policy regarding trans youth.

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<p>This proposal encourages hate, discrimination, and bullying. It is DANGEROUS to our youth. Trans people are frequent victims of violence and yes, murder. They also frequently take their own lives. Let's not give hatred a platform in our public schools. Our children need and deserve to be welcome in our schools and in our larger society. Our children need and deserve our guidance to encourage acceptance and to extend kindness to those who are different than ourselves. Life is hard. Adolescence is awfully hard. Let's not make it even harder. </p>


Oppose!

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I strongly oppose Gov. Younkin's policy and support trans youth!