Strongly opposed

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As a middle school teacher I see students that have identified as a gender different from the one they were assigned at birth for YEARS. For these students, being trangender isn't a passing trend or a product of liberals - it is who they are.

These students have already made the brave decision to accept their identity and proudly be themselves to their families, their teachers, and their peers. Some of these students have been around their peers as a transgender person for many grade levels.

This new legislation puts those students and future students in an incredibly vulnerable position for absolutely no reason. This legislation is not about protecting kids, it is about pandering to your voting base.

Do the right thing, put kids first. ALL kids deserve a safe place to learn in this state.


I am in full agreement with Gov. Glenn Youngkin/poliicies to include parents in school decisions

Rose Gentilini  Moms In Prayer International

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Thank you Governor Glenn Youngkin!!  I am in full agreement with your policies to include parents in the decisions that effect their children at the Public School System.  They should be notified of all activities of their children at the school!!   Please continue to protect my children and grandchildren from transgender issues that are too advanced for them to be indoctrinated with.  Please speak up for the safety of girls using a bathroom with their own sex.  It is dangerous to allow boys into a girls batheroom.

Thank you for speaking to the concerns of all parents.

Sincerely,

Rose Gentilini


This revised policy makes terrific sense

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<p>Finally! a policy that recognizes the role of parents in the mental health of their child.  Gender dysphoria absolutely requires the involvement of parents to help the child navigate the pitfalls of this crucial event.  That the school system would not involve the parents is unconscionable.  </p>


Policy for transgender in schools

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<p>Fully support. Keep kids safe </p>


This is bigotry, plain and simple.

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You don't want to understand, protect or help transgender students or people in general. You want us to cease existing. You want us to disappear. You want to seperate us from the "normal" kids, painting us as predators, painting CHILDREN as predators because you believe that gender and sex are black and white with no fluidity at all. I don't support you trying to target us, period. Leave us alone. We. Are. Not. Hurting. ANYONE. By existing! The only one hurting people in this situation is people like the writers of these bills, further stigmatizing us when we're ALREADY dying from hate crimes all over the country or forced into killing ourselves to get out of this society you've created where you want us to die.

Because that's what's going to happen to trans kids. You're not saving us, not saving anyone: you're just killing us.


Proposed Policy is in Direct Opposition to WPATH Standards of Care

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Transgender people have always existed in society; our culture has simply worked for generations to systemically marginalize them.  This proposal is yet another attempt to erase transgender people, under the guise of parental rights.

All students, including transgender students, need safe spaces and safe people with whom they can fully be themselves, and live their authentic identities.  Transgender students are at greatest risk of victimization, marginalization, and suicide because they often feel unaccepted by their communities.  The current proposed policy seeks to remove school as one setting in which students can feel seen, respected, and validated for who they are.  This policy will not change the identity of one transgender student.  Rather, it will make my clients - and countless others like them-  feel less supported, less safe, and more vulnerable.

Governor, stop pandering to our basest fears, and our most primitive instincts.  Let transgender students and other marginalized students live their lives authentically, without fear, and with the knowledge that they can be loved everywhere – at school, at home, and in the community- just as they are.

If you must make policies regarding transgender/non-binary/gender-non-conforming students then I implore you to follow the guidance already provided by WPATH and the multitude of research showing that affirmation of identity is the best and safest way to support children


Strongly support

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I strongly support this.


I support this policy

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<p>I support this policy.  </p>


Strongly Support

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Teachers unions do not have your child’s best interest at heart.. Do!


Hispanics support safe bathrooms and locker rooms.

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We overwhelmingly support this cause. We believe that schools are for education.


Supprt Youngkin's legislation

Barbara Delery, mother, grandmother, RN, SRAS

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<p>In support of parents and our children. Social experiments and bodily mutilation have no business in our schools.  </p>


Strongly support- children are at risk for sexual assault in bathrooms… just ask Loudoun County

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Governor, please put this nonsense to rest. Allow children to be free of this ultra left-wing perversion.


Strongly oppose; you are putting children at risk

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<p>I understand that the idea of being transgendered is a challenging thing to wrap your brain around. But as the friend to three kids who are trans, let me tell you it is no picnic to feel this way. They aren't making this up. They truly feel like they aren't who they are meant to be. Can I fully understand that? No, because I'm not trans. But what I DO know is that the LGBTQ group of students has BY FAR the highest suicide rate. As a Christian, which I know Youngkin says he is as well, my job is to watch out for the marginalized. Those who live in fear. Those who are the most preyed upon. This bill doesn't watch out for them; it alienates them further. If you love children, you will not pass this bill. </p>


Fully SUPPORT!!!

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I fully support the Governor on this! Thank you!!!


I oppose this policy that stigmatizes vulnerable students and puts them at risk

Douglas Fagen, PhD  Clinical Psychologist

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I am opposed to the proposed policy out of concern for the mental health and well-being of students, and my clients.

I am moved to comment out of concern for my clients who identify as transgender, or as non-binary.  The Governor’s draft policy, and the ensuing debate, focuses predominantly on the role of schools, and the rights of parents.  Invisible in all of this is the emotional well-being, the agency, and the developmental needs of young people.  This policy, if enacted, will result in putting our most vulnerable young people at greater risk of harm than they were previously.

Transgender people have always existed in society; our culture has simply worked for generations to systemically marginalize them.  This proposal is yet another attempt to erase transgender people, under the guise of parental rights.

All students, including transgender students, need safe spaces and safe people with whom they can fully be themselves, and live their authentic identities.  Transgender students are at greatest risk of victimization, marginalization, and suicide because they often feel unaccepted by their communities.  The current proposed policy seeks to remove school as one setting in which students can feel seen, respected, and validated for who they are.  This policy will not change the identity of one transgender student.  Rather, it will make my clients - and countless others like them-  feel less supported, less safe, and more vulnerable.

Governor, stop pandering to our basest fears, and our most primitive instincts.  Let transgender students and other marginalized students live their lives authentically, without fear, and with the knowledge that they can be loved everywhere – at school, at home, and in the community- just as they are.


Policy doesn’t go far enough- should be a felony for a person with a penis to enter a girls bathroom

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Please amend the policy as such.


The proposed 2022 Model Policies provide a great start for restoring parental rights

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I believe the new 2022 Model Policies for Virginia Public Schools provide a great start for restoring parental rights and common sense to public schools. Education "professionals" provide essential input into a child's education but should never replace the role of the parent(s) in defining identity for a child. The hyperbole used in some of the comments opposing parental rights are a clear indication of how far some Virginian's have drifted away from supporting the traditional family and into political ideology. This is a great start in correcting the drift.


2022 Model Policies for Virginia Public Schools - transgender students

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• I am a grandparent of children in the Henrico County and Alexandria school systems.  I have not been engaged in this specific issue before; however, I have been in contact with the Chesterfield County school administration, my school board representative, the entire school board, and the Chesterfield Observer on the issue of critical race theory and its bedfellows: equity, white privilege, diversity, and its most obvious – racism.  Gender identity is related – a political stalking horse for control to substitute political (in this case, school) control over children rather than parental control.  Thus the following comments.

• Thank you for updating these policies to restore protections for basic parental rights and ensuring that parents are no longer cut out of the process—especially when it concerns how gender and sexuality issues are handled with children at school.

• I support the new policies’ removal of language that encouraged school officials to follow procedures to essentially deceive parents when their children are making potentially life-altering decisions regarding their gender identity in a school setting.  In fact, I would strengthen the language to forbid (with sanctions) school officials and teachers from doing so.

• The original policy had language that created a wedge between parents and their child, at a time when they need to have more communication—and I support the new update that removes this barrier.  That this is necessary or controversial is a clear indication that the state school board, local school boards, school administrators, unions, and individual teachers have gone off the rails and that the public has lost control of the public schools.  This policy upgrade should be implemented immediately.  Also, it should be the opening shot in a campaign wresting public, and specifically parental, control over the public schools from an educational establishment (which specifically includes unions) that has become so heavily politicized that it needs serious house cleaning.

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

• I support updated language to make clear that cross-sexual (biological) locker rooms and school bathrooms are forbidden.  Accommodation for students who think they are not their birth sex should be made with separate facilities where applicable, but under no circumstances should biological women use men’s facilities or men use women’s facilities except under adult supervision in emergency situations where the opposite biological sex is excluded.  Title Nine should not be ignored.

• Middle and High School years are challenging – for students, parents, and schools; we already have bullying policies to ensure a safe environment, while respecting students’ rights.  That’s why it is important schools have the freedom—as this updated policy allows— to address bathroom/privacy issues on a case-by-case basis with parents— but under no circumstances allow biological women use men’s facilities or men use women’s facilities except under adult supervision in emergency situations where the opposite biological sex is excluded.  Period.  All that said, ignoring biology and allowing schools and/or school personnel to encourage or enable life changing decisions without consulting with parents or guardians are purely political actions grounded in nothing but ideology and should be rigorously disciplined.

• Please finalize these updated 2022 model policies as written without removing, indeed emphasizing, the protections to restore parental involvement in the process and protect children’s privacy and safety rights.

• Peace if possible.  Truth at all costs.


... Just wow.

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<p>I just want to say, if a kid wants to go by a nickname there's nothing you can do about it. They'll tell their friends what to call them. Maybe they'll even introduce themselves by that name to new people to avoid that old name period. Trying to force students to accept a part of themselves that they feel is wrong or doesn't feel like them is just needlessly cruel, and will no doubt push children AWAY from their parents AND their educators. School is supposed to be a place to LEARN, and it's bad enough that all they do is cram for the next upcoming test or exam. It's already stressful, don't give students more stress by trying to keep something as silly as a name secret. They have so many more important things to be worrying about, like their future, or who they are. </p>


Strongly oppose

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This misguided policy is reactionary and whips up sentiments at the cost of safety and mental health of some if the most vulnerable Virginia children.

Listen to the kids.


Support for Gov policy on school boards and parents rights

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I support Gov Youngkins educational policy esp regarding parental right. Parents have a say in their child’s like to include schooling ,medical procedures and psychological health. Please continue to keep our right and voices heard


I support!

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As a parent of two young children, I need schools to focus on teaching them things directly with education! Sexual orentation, gender dysphoria, political justice, and sexually charged books should not be included. Focus on the Important stuff, they can worry about all the other stuff when they are older and NOT in school

 Parents have ever right to take care of our children!


Thank you Governor Youngkin for putting families first!

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<p>Parents do not agree to abdicate their responsibilities just by sending their children to public schools. They retain their parental rights to decide what's best for their children. Unfathomable that the schools believe they have "parental " rights and know what is better for our kids. </p>


Parents are the first educators of their children

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Parents are the primary educators and caretakers of their children. It is their fundamental right to know what is going on with their children. Public schools are not our public parents.

I sincerely hope that the State of Virginia recognizes parental rights and prevents this grace overreach of power. I strongly support Governor Youngkin’s proposal.


Special Education Students Need Attention Too

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When will someone with the authority stand up for Special Education Students?

School Divisions should NOT be playing Doctor's without Licenses and DENYING the NEEDS of Special Education Students, yet the Leftists are most worried about spreading Transgenderism to kids, which is harmful to young minds!


FULLY OPPOSE

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This is just another example of Gov. Youngkin imposing his bigotry and hatred on the Commonwealth. I strongly oppose this attack on trans youth and the fear mongering. This policy feeds the division in our commonwealth and the country at the risk of youth lives and health. I strongly oppose this policy and pray that our elected officials will turn their attention to the plethora of issues that need addressing promote love and support for all Virginians.


Parents have a right to know what's going on with their children

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I fully support the proposed policy changes.  Parents have a right to make decisions about their children and have a vested interest in caring for the mental health of their children.  School personnel must respect the parents wishes and should not seek to come between or put a wedge between a parent and child on such an important issue.  Schools should be focused on teaching language, math, and science.   Schools must stop creating gender confusion and stop grooming children.  Parents love their children and wants what is best for them.  The schools have no interest creating happy and healthy children because everything they are doing is causing confusion, dissatisfaction, fear and depression in our youth.  Leave our kids alone.


Pandering to Paranoid Parents Doesn't Protect Kids

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I am a parent of a Virginia Public School student and I am appalled by the proposed new Model Policy for the Treatment of Transgender Students in Virginia’s Public Schools. It puts the safety of transgender students at risk to pander to the governor's political base.

The guidance document itself does not provide any clear guidance other than going on ad nauseum about parents' rights. It is quite a departure from the 2021 Model Policies guidance document which gives clear guiding principles on areas like bullying/harassment, school records, student privacy, facilities, dress code, etc. The primary role of the public school system is not to uphold parental rights, but "to promote student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by fostering educational excellence and ensuring equal access" as per the mission of the US Department of Education.

As cited in the 2021 Model Policies document, LGBT youth have a 120 percent increased risk of experiencing homelessness compared to youth who identified as heterosexual and cisgender. Forcibly outing transgender students to their parents, as this guidance document implies should become policy in all VA school districts, could create irreparable harm. Parents may have rights to their own beliefs, but where those beliefs could create harm for a student, the student's right to safety should supersede. Students should be able to decide what is safe to disclose.


No Such Thing As Non-Binary

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There are only 2 genders and they are NOT fluid. Stop teaching kids this is OK. Get it all out of schools. This has NO place in education in Virginia, or anywhere. The new policies help, but all students deserve privacy, not only 'trans' kids...


The New Policies Are A Good Start

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On the right track! THANKS!


2022 Model Policies for Virginia Public Schools - the treatment of transgender students

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I am opposed to this policy that denies the basic humanity of students.  For someone else to decide how to name another individual steals the identity of the individual from them and hands it to someone else.  Such a practice is fundamentally abhorrent.  The idea that a teacher can call a student something that the student is not is detestable.  I am deeply saddened by the very thought that we live in a world where elected and appointed public officials and school teachers and administrators are given the power to strip away the human rights of students.  I had always hoped that schools were a place where students would be nurtured to develop into their best adult selves.  Now it appears that our schools will not recognize the basic human rights of our students.  I cannot believe that such an environment is nurturing our young people.  As I understand it, personal identity is recognized as a human right in international law.  Virginia is steering a dangerous course if the policy stands.  We all stand to suffer dire consequences if we deny the humanity of students.  I am opposed to this policy.


Protect Emotionally Vulnerable Children and Parental Rights!

Dear Virginia Dept of Education,

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

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

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

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

Sincerely,
page hufty
340 Island Rd
Palm Beach, FL 33480

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Dear Virginia Dept of Education,<br /><br />Schools should never secretly socially transition students and keep the child's new name, pronouns and gender identities from parents. I am pleased and relieved that the Virginia Department of Education's revised model policies support parental rights and ensure that school employees don't cut parents out of critical decisions for their children. <br /><br />The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) issued "model policies" in 2021 that encouraged every school district in Virginia to hide a child's new gender identity from parents who choose to affirm the child's biological sex. Under Governor Youngkin's leadership, the VDOE's revised policies make it clear that all children should be valued and parents' rights and beliefs should be respected. The 2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for all Students and Parents in Virginia's Public Schools keep parents involved in major decisions in their children's lives.<br /><br />The 2021 VDOE "model policies" encouraged schools to create "a plan (that) may include addressing the student at school with their name and pronoun consistent with their gender identity while using the legal name and pronoun associated with the sex assigned at birth when communicating with parents or guardians." <br /><br />I strongly support the revised policies that end this practice. Virginia schools should not drive a wedge between parents and their emotionally vulnerable children. Virginia school districts, including those who have already communicated their plans to ignore the 2022 revised model policies, should put an end to secret Gender Support Plans now.<br /><br />Sincerely,
<br />page hufty
<br />340 Island Rd<br />Palm Beach, FL 33480<br /><img src="http://admin.phone2action.com/email/open/leg/657523/148172967" width="1" height="1" />


Parents' desires for THEIR children should be your first and only consideration.

Douglas McLean, Financier of Campbell Co VA

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<p>I strongly urge you to ELIMINATE the desires of Social Experimentors, also known as 'Engineers' from consideration. Education in general has posted dismal numbers since the very first year community schools were taken over as 'Public'. With each passing year the outcomes continued to deteriorate as politicization and special I treats of minuscule populations presumed to know better than the parents. This year Mark's a record-number of parents who NO LONGER trust the 'Public'Schools to provide an education with worth and integrity, and the fault for that lies with militant organizations pushing deviant agendas.At the top of that list is the NEA and it's state affiliates. When those who pay the bills are targeted as enemies to be excluded, it's time for things to change. I urge your organization to stop pandering to these special interest groups and back the Governor's (AND Taxpayers) wishes as evidenced by the voters' decision to send him to the Governor's office. </p>


Respect For ALL Students, Not Just Some

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<p>Yes to the new policies! </p>


Erasure at the Cruelest Level

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Transgender people have always existed in our society. Youngkin’s policies will only HURT children. It will put trans youth in a more dangerous place. Schools may be the only place where trans youth can be their true selves. Not every trans child comes from a supportive home environment.

Youngkin’s anti-trans policies is the cruelest type of erasure, hacking away at a child’s self-esteem and self-worth. If the governor wants to do what is best for children, then he has no right to cherry-pick which HUMAN BEINGS he wants to care about.

Telling a trans child that they are not valid or not to be accepted for who they are will push these students into self-harm, isolation from society, and suicide. Then the blood will be on Youngkin’s hands.


Get suicidal kids mental health care- not a free pass to girls restrooms.

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This policy creates a safe environment for ALL kids. Suicidal or not- society has rules. Get help immediately.


Get Adult Content Out of Schools

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Stop Grooming Children for the Sex Trade! The new guidance is a good start!


Support Gov Youngkin"s Proposed Policies

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Education Policies

Governor Youngkin is proposing 'common sense' educational Policies and putting parents back in control of their children's education!  It's about time! He is in our prayers.


views on transgender students

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Hello there,  My name is Walt Allen.  I did want to relay some info for public schools in Virginia.  As we know, kids that are 12 years old are not allowed to get a tattoo, marry, join the military, vote, buy cigarettes, purchase beer, and many other activities that one must be an adult to do.  Why.....because they are children....their frontal lobes are not fully developed.....and they need to be protected from poor decisions and adult responsibilities while they develop.  I believe that children should not be allowed to have any interventions to transition their sex at all.  They are minors.   As well, I believe that fellow students and teachers should not be forced to call a biological boy a girl.....or vice versa.  I do not believe that boys (who think they are girls) should be allowed to go in the girls' restrooms or play on their teams.  Imagine this....if a boy exposes himself to girls in the restroom.....and identifies as a girl....no problem.  If a boy exposes himself to girls in the restroom.....and identifies as a boy....he is in big trouble.  This is lunacy.  Please go back to teaching reading, writing, and arithmetic.  Some good lessons in values would be great too.

Thanks, Walt Allen


Gov Youngkin school policy

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I support Gov Younkin's school policies.  He introduces change in a common sense way with no drama and is not swayed by those trying to create the drama.  Parents are teachers also.  School teachers should be teaching skills to students, keeping parents in the discussions if possible.


This will contribute to teen suicide in Virginia---what the hell is wrong with you?

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I was a transgender teen in the Virginia public school system. Even before the 2021 Model, my school required a court order for changing my documents, and I was not permitted a gender-neutral changing area for physical education. I was lucky in that most of my teachers acknowledged my preferred name and pronouns, but others were not. Two of my friends, both transgender, took their own lives in high school because neither their families nor teachers supported them.

By requiring teachers to refer to students by their legal names and pronouns corresponding to their sex marker, you are creating an atmosphere of hostility that will be felt acutely by vulnerable teens and their families. Does such legislation apply to nicknames as well? Will all teachers have to call students who go by "Charlie" "Charles"? What about cisgender students who, for whatever reason, use a different name than one marked in the system?

Parents do have the right to educate their children on these issues as they see fit, but they cannot "protect" children from people (other children!!) different from themselves. Punishing transgender teens for existing helps no one and harms kids who may have seen school as the one place where they would be (relatively) safe and respected.

To those of you concerned about trans teens in athletics: they would have to be very good at or very passionate about the sport of their choice to continue with it after transition. No one is making coaches to put trans athletes on the team, nor have they ever been. The ostracization trans teens face from their peers alone is enough to deter most from participating in sports of any kind, and physical education as it stands is a psychological nightmare for us. If you see, or suspect, a trans athlete on your child's team, they're there because they love the sport, are good at it, and have a coach that believed they would be a good fit on the team. If they weren't, they'd quit. Would you be making such a stink for tall kids, short kids, fat kids, or kids that are just kind of weird on your child's sports team? Stop assuming malicious motives for literal children and let kids be themselves.

I don't know about you, but I would never wish a teen suicide on any parent. I would rather trans kids be alive and respected in our schools than ostracized, shunned, punished, and dead, regardless of how they are treated at home or other parents' opinions.


Strongly Support the 2022 Model Policies

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I strongly support the 2022 Model Policies which specify that parents -- not teachers -- are the ones to determine gender issues regarding their minor-age students in the public schools. In sports and in other areas, gender-confused "transgender" students must participate based upon their biological/birth sex, not their distorted, subjective "identities."


Thank God for Governor Youngkin and his loving and moralistic policies

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I totally support all government guidance and polices that acknowledge the right of parents to raise their children as they believe best and to stand against what the radical left and LGBT groups promote.  Hopefully more guidance will be forthcoming that addresses the root of the problem of sexual perversion and that would be the Darwinian Theory of Evolution being taught in all public schools today.  This theory which has never been proven factual and whose experts have been publicly admonished for the faked findings they published supporting it.

Evolution states that man is an accidental happening in the slim which clearly declares that man has no dignity, and we are junk.  It is no wonder that some students have no self-worth and get into perverted and unsafe activities to try and find purpose and to meet their "confused" psychological desires.  They really need help from their parents who love them most and will only be hurt by a DOE administrator, school board member, or a teacher that is driven by feelings and political agendas.  "Love is not love if it sacrifices the truth."

Biblical Christianity says the opposite of what evolution says, i.e., man was created by a loving all-powerful God a little lower than the angels to serve and glorify him and enjoy him forever.  In conclusion, a student's life changing decisions are clearly linked to whether he or she believes that he or she has a noble origin and a noble destiny.

Thank You


STOP the LGBTQ recruitment going on on our schools. It’s despicable that this is being allowed!

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We send our children to school to learn math and science. Stop this nonsense in our schools.


Guy Who Made Money Spying on Children Goes Authoritarian on Children

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Youngkin sucks. I hope he has permanent chlamydia. I oppose his ruling.


STRONGLY SUPPORT GOV. YOUNGKIN'S MODEL POLICY

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I believe parents are in the best position to know and understand their children and thus need to be involved in their education at public schools.   Their right supersede the rights of government or of the elected school boards in their area.


Protect our kids now and always!!!

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

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


Concern for Our children

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As a grandparent of a grade school athletic girl, I am concerned for my granddaughter or any impressionable girl to support Governor Youngkin in giving parents information on what their child is experiencing in the classroom, in the locker room and on the field of play.

Parents are the first source of care and of trust for their children.


I support Gov. Youngkin's new commonsense policies!

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Gov. Youngkin's policies enhance open communication with parents about their child's life-altering trans decisions. Parents must be informed and actively engaged in their child's life decisions.


Support of Pro-Parent Policy by VA Department of Education

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

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

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

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

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


The lack of lgbt education personally affected me as a child

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This anti-teaching kids about lgbt does more harm than good not just in my personal opinion but also in my personal experience!

As myself I knew something was wrong and that I had an affinity towards and wanted to be a girl when I grew up since about age four. Even at that age I understood something was off about me but lacked the understanding of what to call it and what to do about it other than knew that it was something I had to keep secret as unfortunately for me this was the late 80s, so trans education, yet alone education about gay/lesbian were yet a thing and I was aware enough that feelings and thoughts I had at the time if I shared them would have likely resulted in punishment home or bullying at school. Also the internet did not exist yet… So I literally went most of my child hood not knowing what was wrong with me, feeling depressed, having this secret inside of me that I did not know who to talk to about and worse of all I did not even have a name for..

It wouldn’t be until middle school age (12 or 13), likely from other kids or media in general at this time still making fun of queers, drag queens openly that I thought I finally had a name for what I was, a transvestite, but even this was wrong. And wouldn’t be until almost an adult, now being in the 2000s, late high school, with lesbian character having in just the few years prior recently kissed on tv and sparking mass interest in gay and lesbian and a bit about transgendered individuals, that I finally learned or became more aware of the difference and terms between transvestite and transsexual/transgendered individuals.

However by this point as a result of the lack of awareness, education, etc, for all those childhood and teenage years of my life, I did not know who or what I was really inside, just knew I felt more like a girl but I had zero clue, zero outlets, zero help, and zero confidence or anything to express or let others know what I was keeping hidden all those years.

I know that if I had the education, if school fostered a more welcoming atmosphere about trans, if info or services were available to trans youth when I was a child, I know I’d of likely come out way back then, began my transition back then, rather than an as adult, back before the years and years of irreversible pubity changes as the wrong gender, and today be a much more happier/complete person, rather than struggle with self-esteem and self-appearance (body image) issues.


This democratic family will vote for you if you protect our girls.

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My girls deserve to be safe at school.


Support Gov Youngkin

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<p>Transitioning children is abuse.  Support the governor!  School is not the time to play dress up but to learn.  These kids need years of therapy and to make a decision when they become an adult.  </p>


We support no allowing people with penises into girls bathrooms and locker rooms


Agree with new transgender policy

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I agree with what the Governor is trying to do.  People who have studied the trans issue for many years (BEFORE it became such a big thing) have said that it is a dysphoria akin to anorexia.  If an anorexic is 80 lbs. and keeps claiming they are fat and need to lose weight, we do not affirm that and help them to do so.  We try to help their mental state and treat the cause, rather than the symptom.  This has clearly become a social contagion as evidenced by the large numbers of people suddenly claiming that they are trans.  (It should remain a rather steady number by statistics.) Research also clearly shows that the vast majority of children who are confused about their sex resolve this on their own if things aren't made into a big deal. And the majority of people who go through all the things to change are not happier in the long run--they have treated the symptom and NOT the cause!!

The online tests to help determine whether or not you are trans are rife with questions that anyone would answer yes to--what teenager (or any person, for that matter!) has not at one time or another felt uncomfortable with their body??

Scientific evidence shows that the human brain does not fully develop until about the age of 25.  We have rules and laws about drinking and making other major decisions as a minor, but we allow permanent surgery and/or hormones in young people?  And what happens if (as I suspect it will) cancers begin to appear after people take the amount of hormones necessary to maintain a different appearance for years?  It is hard to believe this will NOT happen as there have been plenty of women who have developed estrogen receptive cancers after taking hormones after menopause--and that was for hormones that were NOT foreign to their bodies!!

Albemarle County is having secret teacher meetings and providing binders and implant stuffers for those who wish to appear as the other sex.  They are also saying that you MUST address people by their "preferred pronouns" and you can be suspended (or teachers get in trouble) if you do not.  BUT THEY CAN CHANGE THEIR PRONOUNS AS OFTEN AS THEY WANT!    So anyone can see that this is rife for abuse and the ability to get people you don't like in trouble; just trip them up by changing pronouns.  And "They" is a plural pronoun, NOT a single person!!

Also, why are the students allowed to just walk out of classes to protest things with no repercussion?  If the students REALLY feel strongly about something, they should either be willing to accept the punishment for missing classes OR organize and march on their own time!!  Would the schools be as understanding about a border control or anti-abortion protest?  I don't think they would.  And kids are in school to learn basic subjects, NOT to protest!!

Schools are failing in education these days; they are spending WAY too much time, money, energy, and effort into the gender wars and other social things instead of actually working at the school subjects; that's why the US is so far behind other countries these days.  We need to get back to reading, writing, and arithmetic and STOP the social justice stuff in schools!!


Youngkin Model Policies are Common Sense Improvements

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Families consisting of parents and children have always been the cornerstones of civil society. This structure, however, is in the way of the left's quest to pull down everything connected to traditional America - its schools, institutions, justice system, monuments, culture, etc. Using the power of government schools to undermine the family is a feature, not a glitch, in this radical project. Thank you Governor, for supporting Virginia families. Education Department employees should never be allowed to have any authority related to elective medical treatment for our minor children. For them to decide, without total parent support, any matter regarding puberty blockers or surgical modification to sexual appearance should be illegal. Parents should specifically be allowed to sue personally any school employee who acts with such overreach. Medical transition rarely leads to positive outcomes. While the left claims to care about students, its outrageous actions show that they are merely pawns in a ideological war.


Parental Rights

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I strongly support parental rights in all school activities.  I support 's policies.


strongly support parental rights and Gov. Youngkin

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Strongly support parental rights and Gov. Youngkin


Strongly support the new policies

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Parents are responsible for their children until they are adults.  When schools start excluding parents from what is happening in the classroom something is terribly wrong.  The state is not the parent!

Thank you Governor Youngkin for restoring basic parental rights.


Strongly oppose discriminatory and transphobic changes to the model policy

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Transgender students exist, their rights are human rights and not an ideology.   This proposed change will irreparably harm children.


Total Support for Governor Youngkin

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I give total support for all of Governor Youngkin's education policies.

Control of schools and school boards belongs to the parents only.


Strongly support parental rights

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Fully support Govt. Youngkin’s revisions to this policy. Parents should raise their children, not the state, and not the school system. Schools are for learning the basics: reading, writing and arithmetic. It is not for social engineering. Yes, it's fine to provide support for children who are struggling, but it's their parents, NOT the culture/schools/teachers/administration who should be helping their children deal with the challenges of life - whatever direction/shape those might take. The fact that there even has to be legislation to clarify things like this demonstrates the destruction of the worldview upon which our country was founded and the downfall of our nation.


Strongly Oppose

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<p>As a parent of a child, I want my kid supported. Any parent would want their kid supported. Why does my child not deserve the same support as your cis child because they identify differently? This is not a “choice” these trans children are making to be different. My child has said to me, “mom, it’s not like I chose this life of oppression.” A trans child is just a child, like yours, who knows who they are. They have to be brave and face a lot of public judgment, harassment from other kids or non-supportive adults. Can’t we allow school to be one place they feel nurtured? My kid is not confused…they are not going through a phase…my kid is an A student..they are not dumb…they deserve equal rights and equal treatment for who they are, just like all kids do. Let’s not go back in time and reverse equality efforts just because you have not been exposed to this situation close enough to understand it. Get educated. Challenge yourself to grow as an individual and realize if you walked one day in the shoes of a trans child, you would feel quite differently. Please do not allow this to pass. Please protect my child. I love them dearly. </p>


Keep trans kids and teens safe

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I am strongly opposed to any policy which discriminates against transgender students. It is not the place of the government to involve themselves in these personal decisions. If a child or teen feels unsafe expressing their gender to their family, and confides in a trusted adult outside their family, their privacy should be kept. Many transgender kids and teens may face abuse or emotional harm from their families. Rates of suicide are significantly higher in students who identify as LGBTQ+. A supportive and safe environment is one way to reduce the self-harm often inflicted by these adolescents. That includes allowing them to use the pronouns with which they identify and the names that they choose. Imposing your choices on them is a violation of their personal freedoms.

There are limits to parental rights. A parent who mistreats, abuses or abandons their child forfeits certain rights. A parent who refuses to educate their child or get them necessary medical treatment may also forfeit some rights. While I believe schools should share information with parents, there are limits. Just as a trusted medical practitioner may not share a patient's personal information, a trusted adult in a school setting should not be forced to share information if doing so will cause harm to a child.

I have a transgender teen in my family who lives in another state. I am grateful that they have experienced a supportive school and family as they have made a transition over the past year. I am also grateful that they live in a place where this is possible. I hope that Virginia also remains a state in which this is possible for all people.


Any compromise possible?

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Is there a way to have the new Youngkin policy apply to younger children of tender age -- and not to high schoolers, some of whom are legal adults?

Tender age children could feel confused by gender identity, and I believe parents should be involved/informed in any big changes in behavior at school.

Teenagers are more likely to conceal stuff from parents anyway, and are more able to cognitively process concepts like gender identity.


Opposed to new guidelines

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Having reviewed both sets of documents it is clear that the 2021 guidelines are much superior.

In particular:

1.  The new guidelines require teachers and staff to forcibly out students who come to them for help.  Most parents are uneducated about the complexities and difficulties of these issues and are not equipped to deal with them constructively.  The assumption that parents always know best for their children is naive at best.  Teachers and counselors are better informed about the issues involved.

2.  The guidelines prohibit the use of the students preferred name, nouns and pronouns.

3.  Creates bathroom and sports policies that limit access and participation in participation in activities consistent with gender identification.

4. The 2021 guidelines are prefaced by a list of highly qualified experts who worked very hard to formulate logical responses to the challenges and needs of LGBT+ students.  The 2022 guidelines do not include that list so we must conclude that these experts do not support the changes.

The basic aim of the revised guidelines is prohibit the free expression of students gender and creates an atmosphere that discriminates against students with unconventional or non conforming identities.

I strongly oppose the 2022 guidelines.


Model Policies for the treatment of Transgender Students in VA Public Schools

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<p>If children are struggling with gender dysphoria they need guidance and emotional support from parents and family. School officials should keep parents informed and partner with parents to support the psychological and emotional needs of their children. It is the school’s responsibility to enforce laws, regulations and policies that prohibit and deter bullying and harassment. </p>


Strongly oppose

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<p>This would be so detrimental to the wellbeing of many children </p>


Parents involvement

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I agree with governor younkins policy. If children are experiencing confusion with their identity they need help and figuring that out. I believe  that help comes from not only  School counselors personnel but parents should be the main ingredient idiot and the child's rearing both educational mentally and physically and emotionally. To take parents out of the equation it's just causing more problems with the child who is confused as to who they are. Proper counseling identification of identification of the root of the problem that's causing their gender devoria should be addressed by both parent and school counselors if available. The adults that I know that have transitioned over to another sex still remain confused and angered so trying to "fix" or change  their gender did not change the problems that is inherently rooted in them that's causing their dysphoria..  Please allow parents to continue to rear their children and provide the spiritual emotional mental and physical support they need and don't try to take parents out of the equation.


School is for education. My family supports this policy.


Multiple sexual assaults occurred in bathrooms in LCPS thanks to free for all bathroom policy.

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Thank you governor for standing up for our children.


I Reject the New Policy of the VDOE

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As a former public educator and human being, I am disgusted by these new guidelines. Having worked with students for the last eight years, I have seen the detrimental effects of non-acceptance. The overall well-being of Virginia's youth is at stake if this policy stays in place. The implementation of this policy is a direct violation of human rights.


Oppose Governor's Guidelines for Transgender Students

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These new guidelines are lacking in compassion and will do more harm to a vulnerable segment of the population.  Not using a person's 'name' and preferred pronouns is just cruel.  And many students do have to keep things 'separate' from their parents because they already know what the reaction will be...loss of love, home, emotional and financial support.


Support policy to stop the discrimination on girls and women

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Girls deserve their own sports teams, bathrooms, shower facilities, and locker rooms? I don’t care what trans people do but don’t infringe in girl’s rights while trying to promote your own.


Protect Emotionally Vulnerable Children and Parental Rights!

Dear Virginia Dept of Education,

Schools should not interfere with parental rights. Schools are not to replace parents. This feels like another excuse for the State to take ownership of children. Reminds me when DC had children consenting to vaccinations without informing their parents. What if they had an adverse reaction? Parents wouldn't even know that it was related to a pharmaceutical product.
Will this push to keep parents in the dark about gender identity extend to hormone blocking drugs being started without the parent's knowledge? This is my concern.

The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) Under Governor Youngkin's leadership, the VDOE's revised policies make it clear that all children should be valued and parents' rights and beliefs should be respected. The 2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for all Students and Parents in Virginia's Public Schools keep parents involved in major decisions in their children's lives.

Sincerely,
Alexandra de Toledo
6217 Squires Hill Dr
Falls Church, VA 22044

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Dear Virginia Dept of Education,<br /><br />Schools should not interfere with parental rights. Schools are not to replace parents. This feels like another excuse for the State to take ownership of children. Reminds me when DC had children consenting to vaccinations without informing their parents. What if they had an adverse reaction? Parents wouldn't even know that it was related to a pharmaceutical product. <br />Will this push to keep parents in the dark about gender identity extend to hormone blocking drugs being started without the parent's knowledge? This is my concern. <br /><br />The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) Under Governor Youngkin's leadership, the VDOE's revised policies make it clear that all children should be valued and parents' rights and beliefs should be respected. The 2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for all Students and Parents in Virginia's Public Schools keep parents involved in major decisions in their children's lives.<br /><br />Sincerely,
<br />Alexandra de Toledo
<br />6217 Squires Hill Dr<br />Falls Church, VA 22044<br /><img src="http://admin.phone2action.com/email/open/leg/657523/148169231" width="1" height="1" />


I do not support Youngkin

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<p>This is a massive invasion of a child's privacy. If they do not feel safe to be their true selves with their parents, who is the school to potentially endanger them? Regardless of one's feelings on trans youth, it is not debatable that the safety of the child needs to come first. Let's do the right thing. </p>


Protect Emotionally Vulnerable Children and Parental Rights in Fairfax County

Dear Virginia Dept of Education,

Schools should never secretly socially transition students and keep the child's new name, pronouns and gender identities from parents. This happened to me and I don't wish any other parent to have to go through this.

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

Sincerely,
Karen Walters
5707 Wood Mouse Ct
Burke, VA 22015

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Dear Virginia Dept of Education,<br /><br />Schools should never secretly socially transition students and keep the child's new name, pronouns and gender identities from parents. This happened to me and I don't wish any other parent to have to go through this. <br /><br />I strongly support the revised policies that end this practice. Virginia schools should not drive a wedge between parents and their emotionally vulnerable children. Virginia school districts, including those who have already communicated their plans to ignore the 2022 revised model policies, including Fairfax County, should put an end to secret Gender Support Plans now.<br /><br />Sincerely,
<br />Karen Walters
<br />5707 Wood Mouse Ct<br />Burke, VA 22015<br /><img src="http://admin.phone2action.com/email/open/leg/657523/148169178" width="1" height="1" />


These guidelines are transphobic

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<p>Schools had their own policies and everything was fine. There is literally no reason for the governor to enact these guidelines just to try and score political points. He should be ashamed to be singling out the most vulnerable in our society for his benefit. Parents and voters do not want this. Courts will not uphold this. Virginia already lost a lawsuit about bathrooms for transgender kids. Why is the governor intent on wasting tax payer money to do it again? Trans and non binary kids need our support and help. </p>


STRONGLY OPPOSE this harmful, inhumane policy

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As a parent of a child in a Virginia public school, and the friend of numerous families containing nonbinary or transgender young people, I strongly oppose this new policy. Transgender youth are particularly vulnerable and need understanding and inclusion, not to be misnamed and misgendered by adult authority figures, and forced to use bathrooms that don't fit their identities. For some kids, school is the only place it is safe for them to be themselves, and we need to respect and keep them safe in the learning environment. Likewise, the posture of the school toward kids who are minorities or in any way different from their peers is an example to other students of how they should treat people different from them. The schools--and the state leaders, such as you, Gov. Youngkin--should model understanding and compassion, not prejudice and rejection.

Transgender people are 8 times as likely to be suicidal than straight/cisgender people, according to the Trevor Project--and that's not because of anything in their psychological makeup, it's because some people in society feel the need to ostracize and demonize them, and make their lives unlivable.

This new policy, Gov. Youngkin, will put transgender and nonbinary youth at risk of harm. It's irresponsible and cruel. I strongly oppose it and support the policy enacted under the previous administration.


Dear Virginia Dept of Education,

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

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

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

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

Sincerely,
Callista Mendoza
10370 Democracy Ln
Fairfax, VA 22030

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Dear Virginia Dept of Education,<br /><br />Schools should never secretly socially transition students and keep the child's new name, pronouns and gender identities from parents. I am pleased and relieved that the Virginia Department of Education's revised model policies support parental rights and ensure that school employees don't cut parents out of critical decisions for their children. <br /><br />The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) issued "model policies" in 2021 that encouraged every school district in Virginia to hide a child's new gender identity from parents who choose to affirm the child's biological sex. Under Governor Youngkin's leadership, the VDOE's revised policies make it clear that all children should be valued and parents' rights and beliefs should be respected. The 2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for all Students and Parents in Virginia's Public Schools keep parents involved in major decisions in their children's lives.<br /><br />The 2021 VDOE "model policies" encouraged schools to create "a plan (that) may include addressing the student at school with their name and pronoun consistent with their gender identity while using the legal name and pronoun associated with the sex assigned at birth when communicating with parents or guardians." <br /><br />I strongly support the revised policies that end this practice. Virginia schools should not drive a wedge between parents and their emotionally vulnerable children. Virginia school districts, including those who have already communicated their plans to ignore the 2022 revised model policies, should put an end to secret Gender Support Plans now.<br /><br />Sincerely,
<br />Callista Mendoza
<br />10370 Democracy Ln<br />Fairfax, VA 22030<br /><img src="http://admin.phone2action.com/email/open/leg/657523/148169054" width="1" height="1" />


Dear Virginia Dept of Education,

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

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

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

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

Sincerely,
Sam Janney
15613 Willowmore Dr
Midlothian, VA 23112

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Dear Virginia Dept of Education,<br /><br />Schools should never secretly socially transition students and keep the child's new name, pronouns and gender identities from parents. I am pleased and relieved that the Virginia Department of Education's revised model policies support parental rights and ensure that school employees don't cut parents out of critical decisions for their children. <br /><br />The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) issued "model policies" in 2021 that encouraged every school district in Virginia to hide a child's new gender identity from parents who choose to affirm the child's biological sex. Under Governor Youngkin's leadership, the VDOE's revised policies make it clear that all children should be valued and parents' rights and beliefs should be respected. The 2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for all Students and Parents in Virginia's Public Schools keep parents involved in major decisions in their children's lives.<br /><br />The 2021 VDOE "model policies" encouraged schools to create "a plan (that) may include addressing the student at school with their name and pronoun consistent with their gender identity while using the legal name and pronoun associated with the sex assigned at birth when communicating with parents or guardians." <br /><br />I strongly support the revised policies that end this practice. Virginia schools should not drive a wedge between parents and their emotionally vulnerable children. Virginia school districts, including those who have already communicated their plans to ignore the 2022 revised model policies, should put an end to secret Gender Support Plans now.<br /><br />Sincerely,
<br />Sam Janney
<br />15613 Willowmore Dr<br />Midlothian, VA 23112<br /><img src="http://admin.phone2action.com/email/open/leg/657523/148169035" width="1" height="1" />


Dear Virginia Dept of Education,

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

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

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

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

Sincerely,
Nathan Lancaster
85 Wagoneers Ln
Stafford, VA 22554

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Dear Virginia Dept of Education,<br /><br />Schools should never secretly socially transition students and keep the child's new name, pronouns and gender identities from parents. I am pleased and relieved that the Virginia Department of Education's revised model policies support parental rights and ensure that school employees don't cut parents out of critical decisions for their children. <br /><br />The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) issued "model policies" in 2021 that encouraged every school district in Virginia to hide a child's new gender identity from parents who choose to affirm the child's biological sex. Under Governor Youngkin's leadership, the VDOE's revised policies make it clear that all children should be valued and parents' rights and beliefs should be respected. The 2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for all Students and Parents in Virginia's Public Schools keep parents involved in major decisions in their children's lives.<br /><br />The 2021 VDOE "model policies" encouraged schools to create "a plan (that) may include addressing the student at school with their name and pronoun consistent with their gender identity while using the legal name and pronoun associated with the sex assigned at birth when communicating with parents or guardians." <br /><br />I strongly support the revised policies that end this practice. Virginia schools should not drive a wedge between parents and their emotionally vulnerable children. Virginia school districts, including those who have already communicated their plans to ignore the 2022 revised model policies, should put an end to secret Gender Support Plans now.<br /><br />Sincerely,
<br />Nathan Lancaster
<br />85 Wagoneers Ln<br />Stafford, VA 22554<br /><img src="http://admin.phone2action.com/email/open/leg/657523/148168793" width="1" height="1" />


Stop pushing this in city schools. We dont want mixed bathrooms either.

Malika Lewis- richmond city public schools

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All you hear about is the city schools advocating for this. I don’t know one family that was support boys being in girls bathrooms. Parents don’t speak up but I’m telling you how they feel.


Strongly SUPPORT

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Get government out of parental rights and religious beliefs.  Treat LGBQTx as the illness gender dysphoria.  Notify parents of their student's stressfulness due to their GD.  Schools must be primarily concerned with students learning reading, writing, and arithmetic.


OPPOSE

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OPPOSE the policy proposed by Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin


I support Youngkin’s policy

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<p>I support the policies because they discourage schools from keeping information from parents, who are and should be the most invested people in a child’s life forever. </p>


Protect Parental Rights in Children's Education

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I am a grandmother with granddaughters in Stafford County middle and high schools. I want to thank you for updating these policies to restore protections for basic parental rights and ensuring that parents are no longer cut out of the process - especially concerning how gender and sexuality issues are handled with our children at school.

I support the update that removes the language that seemed to create a wedge between parents and their child. Parents must be involved in and have a say so in their child's education.

I support the updated language that states that students and teachers can't be forced into compelled speech that violates their constitutional rights.

I support the updated language that allows schools to make their own decisions on how to best protect children, especially in restrooms, locker rooms and on field trips.

Please finalize these updated 2022 model policies without removing any of the key protections to restore parental involvement in the process and protect children's privacy and safety rights.

Thank you!


Thank you, Governor Youngkin!!

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Thank you for updating the transgender policies in Virginia to reflect the rights of parents to  have a say in how and what their children are taught in school.  I appreciate that these updated policies removed language that allowed teachers to essentially deceive parents and also allowed them to encourage children to deceive their parents when the children were making life-altering decisions regarding their gender identity in a school setting.  Teachers and parents should be partners in doing what is best for the children, not adversaries.  Getting back to the basics and away from fads should be the priority of all.


Protect Transgender Children Always & In All Ways

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I’m reading a lot in this political piece written by the current administration of the State of Virginia about parents rights but not about children’s rights. There are a number of references to cases and constitutional amendments regarding parent’s rights but do we not care as much for citing references regarding the rights of children? Children are so many magical things! And for those of you seeing them as property, they are future tax payers, not very far down the road at all. They are future voters. These children that you reference with little to no value except to belong to someone are people themselves, evolving people, growing every single day in insurmountable ways. For the parents out there and politicians who see these remarkable pint-sized people as something to “control” and manipulate into what you see as acceptable, you’re missing the whole point of procreation. No one needs another you. Children get to be who they are. They get to believe what they believe. You as a parent get to have an influence on your children, yes. The influence I am hoping to have on mine is to be a kind person who sees the inherent worth in all people, to appreciate the beauty all around us, to use their brilliant minds in creative ways, and especially to know unconditional love. What I’m seeing you as “catholic” and “christian” parents and politicians deciding is the most important influence you want to have on your children is that you own them and they get to be only who you say they are, their brilliant minds should be used to spew hate and discount the dignity in all people, they get to love in only a way that is acceptable to you, and that they are loved conditionally. These are the children who need protected the most. Children have rights. When a child is not safe to be themselves in their own home, the hate they are facing from their own parents has no right to follow them to school. Deciding to replace the necessary policies to protect transgender students in Virginia public schools is an absolute disgrace and you should be ashamed of yourselves.


As a parent and voter, I strongly oppose the governor's policy.

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Unsupported trans youth are already more likely to commit suicide. Why would Governor Younkin want to increase that risk? Let's work on inclusive policies that lower that statistic. I am a caucasian, cisgendered woman. I am unafraid of diversity, but I do realize that there are others who are fearing the loss of their dominant position in our culture. I don't mean that facetiously. I know it is very uncomfortable for them. I think diversity is an asset in every single setting. Thank you. Kindly, Tracey Cardwell Roberts


Strong support for Gov. Youngkin’s education policies

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I fully support Governor Youngkin’s new education department policies regarding the transgender-issue. Thank you for updating these policies to restore protections for basic parental rights and ensuring that parents are no longer cut out of the process. I am actively involved in the public schools in my area and clearly see the need for these protections.


Strongly oppose

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I very much  OPPOSE the policy proposed by Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin that would force teachers to out LGBTQ students, prohibits teachers from using the correct names and pronouns of their trans students, and bars trans students from sports teams and bathrooms that align with their gender. Trans youth are already under attack, and this policy would take away what for many may be their only safe space. This is not right and will hurt future generations.


I support you moving to California if you think boys should be allowed in little girl's bathrooms

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You will be very happy in California.


Support for Governor Youngkin

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Thank you Gov. Youngkin for taking steps to keep our children safe and parents informed. Your common sense policies are greatly appreciated?


Dear Virginia Dept of Education,

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

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

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

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

Sincerely,
Alvin Lui
13933 Wildcat Dr
Carmel, IN 46033

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Dear Virginia Dept of Education,<br /><br />Schools should never secretly socially transition students and keep the child's new name, pronouns and gender identities from parents. I am pleased and relieved that the Virginia Department of Education's revised model policies support parental rights and ensure that school employees don't cut parents out of critical decisions for their children. <br /><br />The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) issued "model policies" in 2021 that encouraged every school district in Virginia to hide a child's new gender identity from parents who choose to affirm the child's biological sex. Under Governor Youngkin's leadership, the VDOE's revised policies make it clear that all children should be valued and parents' rights and beliefs should be respected. The 2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for all Students and Parents in Virginia's Public Schools keep parents involved in major decisions in their children's lives.<br /><br />The 2021 VDOE "model policies" encouraged schools to create "a plan (that) may include addressing the student at school with their name and pronoun consistent with their gender identity while using the legal name and pronoun associated with the sex assigned at birth when communicating with parents or guardians." <br /><br />I strongly support the revised policies that end this practice. Virginia schools should not drive a wedge between parents and their emotionally vulnerable children. Virginia school districts, including those who have already communicated their plans to ignore the 2022 revised model policies, should put an end to secret Gender Support Plans now.<br /><br />Sincerely,
<br />Alvin Lui
<br />13933 Wildcat Dr<br />Carmel, IN 46033<br /><img src="http://admin.phone2action.com/email/open/leg/657523/148167915" width="1" height="1" />


Dear Virginia Dept of Education,

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

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

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

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

Sincerely,
Amanda Shallant
42812 Viola Ct
Leesburg, VA 20176

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Dear Virginia Dept of Education,<br /><br />Schools should never secretly socially transition students and keep the child's new name, pronouns and gender identities from parents. I am pleased and relieved that the Virginia Department of Education's revised model policies support parental rights and ensure that school employees don't cut parents out of critical decisions for their children. <br /><br />The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) issued "model policies" in 2021 that encouraged every school district in Virginia to hide a child's new gender identity from parents who choose to affirm the child's biological sex. Under Governor Youngkin's leadership, the VDOE's revised policies make it clear that all children should be valued and parents' rights and beliefs should be respected. The 2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for all Students and Parents in Virginia's Public Schools keep parents involved in major decisions in their children's lives.<br /><br />The 2021 VDOE "model policies" encouraged schools to create "a plan (that) may include addressing the student at school with their name and pronoun consistent with their gender identity while using the legal name and pronoun associated with the sex assigned at birth when communicating with parents or guardians." <br /><br />I strongly support the revised policies that end this practice. Virginia schools should not drive a wedge between parents and their emotionally vulnerable children. Virginia school districts, including those who have already communicated their plans to ignore the 2022 revised model policies, should put an end to secret Gender Support Plans now.<br /><br />Sincerely,
<br />Amanda Shallant
<br />42812 Viola Ct<br />Leesburg, VA 20176<br /><img src="http://admin.phone2action.com/email/open/leg/657523/148167904" width="1" height="1" />


Strongly Agree!! Thank you so much Governor!!

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This is so important! Thank you so much Governor Youngkin for all that your are doing!!


such importance guidance.  thank you.  protect women, protect all students, promote reality


Strongly support Gov. Youngkin and protecting our children.

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I support Gov. Youngkin and this bill to allow parents to protect their children.  It shouldn’t even be necessary, teachers and schools should stick to teaching their subjects, NOT political activism!


Couldn't be more opposed

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Our trans students are important and their mental health is important.  While I think they should be encouraged to talk to their parents, I am opposed to mandating it as this could be disastrous.  Knowing several trans students, some of their parents are opposed to their identity.  This is tragic.  This isn't something to "fix".  It is their identity.  Governor Youngkin should stay out of education and mental health and leave this up to the experts.  When will we become a nation that welcomes differences?


Opposed to 2022 trans  policy

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I strongly oppose the 2022 draft model policy on trans gender youth backed by Gov. Youngkin. Hostility, prejudice, ignorance and ostracism have no place in our schools, especially as policy. We have a responsibility to model fairness, compassion, equality, inclusiveness and critical thinking for ALL our young people so they can learn these  important values inherent in a vital democracy. I work with trans youth as well as adults in a healing environment and witness up close the tragic damage done by adults and children who are imitating adults who treat trans people as if they are inferior, mentally ill, morally bad, or even sub-human. This treatment can cause great suffering which is repugnant and totally unnecessary, but which is poisoning all our lives and futures. The trans people I know have a greater lens of kindness with which they perceive and act in the world and this education policy does nothing but support contempt for diversity and the cultivation of an enemy culture. I am truly aghast at the level of downright meanness and psychological ignorance this proposed policy reveals and actively would advocate. I say NO to it!’

Damaris Chrystal


Support All Trans Students!!

Valentina, Virginia Public Schools Student

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Hi. I am a 7th grader in Arlington, VA Public Schools. I think that the new restraint on transgender students should be removed. Let students live their life to the fullest. Honestly. I am not transgender but some of my friends are trans and I support them all the way. Locker rooms might be a problem, but they aren’t the biggest problems we’ve faced. Letting students be themselves has so many benefits. Better mental health, better grades, more friendships, and better life in general. Things that you don’t realize until it’s been taken away. They are plenty of solutions instead of make a rule that students can’t express themselves. I don’t agree with this new rule/restraint and move that it should be lifted.


My new pronouns are king and handsome- I demand libs use them immediately.

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How would libs like calling me king?  Guess what I don't want to refer to one person as a them. It doesn't make sense. It's freedom of speech... So let's stop demanding things from one another and all just get along.


Strongly Oppose

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<p>I oppose the Governor's proposed Guidance Document because it would put unworkable and unnecessary barriers on transgender students' and their families' ability to see that they can live comfortably as they are.  Not allowing transgender students to participate in school activities as transgender, or be called by the names they have chosen without formal legal name changes, puts students in jeopardy--and denies their parents the right to make choices for their transgender children.  And in the rare instances where a student fears the parents' reaction, I trust the schools to work through that situation individually with the student and the family more than a policy that would unrealistically treat all families alike.  </p>


Strongly Oppose in the Name of Empathy

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I open with a verse from Corinthians 12:26:" If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part in honored, every part rejoices it."

Honoring students with how they preferred to be identified is a basic human right. Not supporting policies that reinforce their choices reduces their humanity to something lesser. This lack of empathy not only weakens us as a civilized republic but as caring human beings.

I oppose the state's 2022 Ed plan in the name of basic human rights and empathy. Life is filled with enough challenges already, so let's remove as many barriers as possible for our children so they can become well rounded, independent, empathetic members of our society. History has its eyes on us.


SUPPORT SUPPORT SUPPORT

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My family supports separate locker room and bathroom facilities.


On behalf on the hispanic community- we support safe bathrooms and policies to protect girls.

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I didn't vote for you last time governor but I will next time if you can keep our girls safe at school. Thank you for bringing common sense to our state.


Red meat for MAGA

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MAGA folks, unwad your panties from your cracks. People are people.


Thank you for this very important guidance protection women's safety, sports, and privacy

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this is so important to the safety of our girls.  Thank you.


I support mental health care for suicidal kids; not new pronouns and a pass to the girl's bathroom.

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<p>I support whatever financial resources are required for our suicidal youth. It is imperative to treat these kids immediately. </p>


I support this policy

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<p>Parental rights are foremost to receive the most benefit in a child's education!  </p>


Efficacy of our schools continue to fade- thank goodness focus is on boys be coming girls

Let’s get some priorities correct- yes to education- no to drag show


I Strongly Oppose this transphobic policy

Summer an Arlington Public School Student

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I am a 7th grader at an Arlington Virginia public school. I find policy extremely transphobic, appalling, and frankly disgusting. The fact that the draft policy says “All students have the right to attend school in an environment free from discrimination, harassment, or bullying,” but then decide to do the opposite of that, promoting a school environment full of harassment, discrimination, and bullying just because someone identify as a different gender that is assigned to them at birth. This policy promotes discrimination just for being transgender or nonbianary this does not “encourage respect for all students” but again does the complete opposite. This policy creates an unsafe and unfair environment for kids. Our elected officials are supposed to be grown ups and smart, encouraging a safe environment for kids and helping create a better world but somehow manage to do the opposite with such ease. I read the draft policy official policy and think “Wow” it gets more disgusting the farther I read. Our elected officials try to hide how awful and discriminatory this policy is with “Respecting students” and “Parents have the right”. I know this will have an extremely negative impact on me and my fellow peers.  Schools should be safe for all student no matter how they identify and their sex. This policy should not even be considered for a second let alone a moment. I strongly oppose this policy and it should be rejected immediately by the Virginia Department of Education.


STRONGLY SUPPORT TRANSGENDER MODEL POLICIES

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Undergirding the sexualization of children across the country is the portrayal of parents as potentially unsafe while schools are trusted allies, as well as a willingness to keep parents in the dark about curriculum and their child’s decision to pretend to be the opposite sex at school. The stakes couldn’t be higher, as reports multiply of schools secretly helping children so-called “transition,” sometimes playing a part in parents losing their child


Proposed Guidance is Discriminatory and Dangerous - I DISAGREE

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In 2020, 52% of nonbinary and trans youth seriously considered attempting suicide (Forbes article, using the Trevor Project's annual data). However, "transgender and nonbinary youth who were able to change their name and/or gender marker on legal documents, such as driver’s licenses and birth certificates, reported lower rates of attempting suicide (Trevor Project, attached)". Our students who are not 18 and cannot go through this process to change their legal name rely on safe spaces in their life to be called by their preferred name and pronouns, including school. Sometimes, this includes only outing themselves to their peer groups, or a teacher they connect with. Out of the transgender youth and nonbinary youth who attempted suicide in 2021, 24% live with no one who respected their pronouns, 19% live with "some" who respect their pronouns, and 13% live with all who respect their pronouns. This is a stark difference. There are several students who come to mind who fall into the "none" category and who I am deeply concerned about, as school is their safe space. Not allowing school to be their safe space anymore puts these students at a higher risk of suicide and is, at its core, a discriminatory practice as school staff are not allowed to respect students' gender identity.


Wholeheartedly support Governor Youngkin!

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Good for you, Governor.


Stop this- I’m a trans girl and will never get the state record if I can’t dominate on a girl team

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I couldn’t compete w girls but I’m moderately average in the girls team. I need antroohy too!


Strong opposition to this unlawful, harmful, and unconscionable model policy

Proud parent of a trans student and a cis student

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As a parent of two children currently attending Virginia public schools, and one graduate of a Virginia public high school, I write in strong opposition to the model policies amendments proposed.

As a parent, I certainly aim for a integrated approach in which my children receive support at school and at home to question, inquire, and express their full humanity. And I am fortunate that my trans daughter has such support from us as her parents, and from her school personnel. Still, our child experienced school avoidance, learning loss and acute mental health distress as they grappled with their gender and sexual identity before they were ready to talk to us about it. I have deep gratitude for school personnel and other members of the community who our child communicated with before they were ready to share with us. In fact, sharing their self discovery process with others affirmed to them that they had parents who would also be affirming. And in sharing their pronouns and identity expression, we have seen our child transform - their school performance has dramatically improved, their interpersonal communication with us and others has improved, and they are demonstrating independence, confidence, and long-term goal setting to degrees we have not before seen. Trans youth experience high rates of mental health distress and suicidality, and yet acts of identity affirmation - such as using their identified pronouns and avoid "deadnaming" them - dramatically reduce that risk.  Data indicate that 82% of transgender individuals have considered killing themselves and 40% have attempted suicide, with suicidality highest among transgender youth. (Austin A, Craig SL, D'Souza S, McInroy LB. Suicidality Among Transgender Youth: Elucidating the Role of Interpersonal Risk Factors. J Interpers Violence. 2022 Mar). Studies have found that gender affirming health care and other gender-affirming practices reduce mental health distress, including GAD and suicidality rates both in the short term and in the long term.

Parental rights matter, but our laws and traditions already recognize the limits of parental rights. The clearest example of this is mandated reporting laws which require certain professionals - including school professionals - to report when they suspect child abuse or neglect.

I know from personal experience that not all trans youth will be able to safely express their gender identity to their parents. The model policies will harm the very students who need safe spaces the most, and have the absurd and unintended consequence of punishing teachers and schools from accommodating trans and nonbinary students in a way that supports their learning and provides them the space and time to determine their identity and how to safely share it with their parents. It will have the unintended consequence of school personnel, as mandated reporters, becoming more likely to suspect child abuse or neglect if they have students who are demonstrating acute mental health distress due to the harm and lack of safety they experience at home.

Additionally, this model policy increases the risk that trans and nonbinary students who self-advocate for themselves in non-affirming school settings will be unnecessarily punished, and history reflects that Black and brown students are likely to be disproportionately punished when they self-advocate.

Teachers and school personnel should be committed to a supportive learning environment that best equips students to maximize learning. Trans students cannot do that when they are under acute anxiety, depression, or other mental distress due to misgendering, deadnaming, and other aggressive acts by adults that serve to deny them their full humanity.

School personnel don't have to understand gender identity to know that if it makes a kid happier, healthier, and better able to function in life, then the "cost" to them of using a child's affirmed pronouns and name pale in comparison to the costs and harm of not doing so. Kids need time to figure out how to share their identities with their families, and these model policies only serve to exacerbate distress, disrupt and harm family relationships, and harm students' learning.

I urge you to withdraw these model policy revisions in their entirety, as they are likely unlawful, will result in state resources being spent on inevitable litigation, and most importantly, will cause unreasonable, unconscionable, and patently avoidable harm to Virginia students.


When this imagined fad fades- truth, absolutes, rights and wrongs. really will remain

All this will pass and we can get back to reality and being functional


Strongly Oppose.

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This attack on trans youth is a prime example of ignorance and fear mongering. If transgender individuals are of primary concern to you, I must emphasize these are not monsters set on preying on your children, these are real children who deserve love and care. I stand against targeting marginalized children. They deserve accommodations, not hatred from our government. Especially with the suicide epidemic with trans youth. Disappointed in Gov. Youngkin for this disregard of Virginia’s students.


Strongly support this protection of women, their sports, and privacy


New policy is common sense and badly needed

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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.

Gender dysphoria is real, but very rare. The previous DOE policy manipulated our children, promoting the lie that changing gender would somehow solve life's inevitable problems.  It doesn't. The previous policy also discriminated against children who followed their religious belief, that God creates us men and women.

Parents know their children’s needs better than anyone. If children are struggling with gender dysphoria, they need guidance and emotional support from parents.


Strongly oppose

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<p>I am in strong opposition as this violates so many children's rights, privacy, and peace. Parents and educators have made it known that this is wrong. It is unfair and unjust, as many Virginians (especially students themselves) have said. This will do so much more harm than our governor can even understand. </p>


Trans is a fake fad bandwagon liberal adults are using to have a cause and get likes

Treat mental illness, give real guidance on being a man and woman


Affirm, celebrate, use my pronouns or it’s violence against me, I’ll kill myself. That’s how stupid

How is 1% forcing misguided ideas and policy on the other 99%. It’s a joke

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This is all a fad bandwagon the liberal adults are using to have a cause