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I oppose the Governor’s ill-advised “Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for all Students and Parents in Virginia’s Public Schools” which actually assails the rights of students, parents, and educators.  It ignores the legitimate rights of students to express their thoughts, feelings, and beliefs about themselves, and to trust that the educators and advisors in their schools will have their interests at heart and keep the confidence that the children placed in them to help them weather the turbulence of issues that they may be facing.  No child should have to hide who they are, who they are becoming, or what they want for their own lives.  Parents should be respected to pursue medical and psychological counseling for their children without worrying that the state will interfere.  And employees of all school systems in Virginia should be assured that they can continue to teach, support, and interact with children and their parents in ways that have the best interests of the child at the forefront of their efforts, without being required to “out” a child.

Bullying should be condemned and addressed with disciplinary action. Mis-gendering a child or a child’s loved ones should be a cause for disciplinary action, whether committed by another student, a teacher, advisor, coach or administrator.

Respect for a member of the LGBTQ+ community should be a given. Privacy for a child to explore, express, and mature in a way that will give them joy in being alive should be celebrated. The number of lives lost to suicide will be reduced by such actions by all citizens of the Commonwealth.

The Governor should not enact this policy.


Support!

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<p>Thank you Governor Youngkin. These types of issues do not belong in the classroom and hallways. They are personal and private. They need to be discussed at home, with a counselor, or a medical professional. Protecting kids means protection for all of them. Some are not prepared to hear these types of discussions and it is in no way harmful to those who identify differently from the way they were born. </p>


Stop transphobic policy

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If you've known trans kids of high school age, as I knew friends of my own child, you know how important it is that they be supported and this policy does the opposite as it is transphobic and will harm them. These kids need support, not least because some of them are in families that are hostile to them. The last thing we need is more hostility toward these kids which this policy will create. We need to support them, affirm them, when so much of our society wants to shun them, shame them, and hide them. I oppose the policy set forth by this governor and it should be stopped.


Strongly Opposed

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I strongly oppose this policy.  It helps no one, but harms many.

As a Fairfax County resident, I'm aware that a recent Fairfax Youth Survey, says 2.5-5 % of secondary students identify as trans, and 16-25 % are lesbian, gay, or bisexual.

A quick review of the Trevor Project website reveals the following about suicide:

LGBTQ youth are more than 4 times as likely to attempt suicide than their peers

More than 50 % of trans youths seriously considered suicide during the previous year

In particular, 59 % of black transgender and nonbinary youth seriously considered suicide and more than 1 in 4 attempted suicide in the past year

The Trevor Project estimates at least 1 LGBTQ youth (13-24) attempts suicide every 45 seconds

I hope most people would agree these numbers are more than troubling.  Let's take a look at what The Trevor Project has to say about the impact of having an accepting adult in an LGBTQ youth's life, or school:

Only 1 in 3 LGBTQ youths experience parental acceptance; with additional 1/3 experiencing parental rejection; and the final not disclosing their LGBTQ identity until they are adults

Only 55 % of LGBTQ youth report their school is LGBTQ-affirming; research consistently finds LGBTQ young people report lower rates of attempting suicide when they have access LGBTQ affirming spaces

Having at least 1 accepting adult can reduce the risk of suicide attempt among LGBTQ young people by 40 %

LGBTQ youth report they have higher levels of self-esteem with the presence of trusted adults in their school

If these statistics don't persuade you, perhaps economic consequences may; history shows businesses may not come or stay in a state with these type of proposed policies.

In summary, I once read that LGBTQ youth are not inherently prone to suicide risk because of their sexual orientation or gender identity, but rather they are placed at higher risk because of how they are mistreated and stigmatized in society.  Further, Nelson Mandela said, "The true character of a society is revealed in how it treats its children".  Last, I second another person who posted here when he/she said parents have a right to know their children are safe at school, and these policies will harm student safety.


This is pathetic

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<p>This bill does nothing but further harms children. Rather than protecting kids, all it does is to further traumatize and invalidate their existence. </p>


Protect kids

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<p>I oppose. Youngkin is telling children that their core being, identity, and existence is wrong. Don't pass this. It hurts children and pushes them to self harm and suicide in an alarming number of cases. If you are really pro-life, you would care about all children, not just cis ones. </p>


Utter Nonsense

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The school isn’t required to report when a Muslim student has something non-Halal, why would it be required to report when a student wants to go by a different name?  This is the most unnecessary overstep of students’ rights with potentially disastrous consequences- like more kids being disowned, homeless, or abused.  Parents don’t own their kids.  Protect students.  Protect Trans students.  Stop this nonsense.


Support All Children

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The changes proposed are cynical.  They are based on false information and fear mongering rather than medical guidance from trained professionals.  They are

Rooted in transphobia and seek to further harm trans and nonbinary kids.

Seek to erase trans and nonbinary youth from the classroom.

Create  a hostile & potentially dangerous school environment.

Require teachers and school staff to forcibly “out” students to their parents even if that information may be dangerous to the child.

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

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

We should support the growth and individual paths of each child so that every child can develop into the person they were born to be whether it matches our vision for them or not.  These proposed rules are dangerous to the well-being of the mental and physical future of children.  Leave the guidance as it was, based on medically accepted practices.


Not okay

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You need to treat others with love. Disagreeing with someone’s choice doesn’t give you the right to be as mean as this policy is. Don’t be mean to the kids.


Strongly Oppose

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<p>Trans children are children.  This will kill children. </p>


Trans children are children and all children deserve our protection

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<p>when we did not defer to the medical experts during Covid, people died. If we do not defer to the medical experts about the health of trans children, we will lose many trans children to suicide.  “Parents’ rights” does not mean parents can endanger the life of their children.  </p>


Supporting the porposed policy.

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<p>  Schools were created and paid for by the parents as a means to education the parent's children. It is not a zone for 'teachers' to perform or entertain ideas of social manipulation on the children.</p>


Enforcement of sex-based dress codes;

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If parents are the decision making body it seems odd that school needs to advise on Enforcement of sex-based dress codes; IF my child wants to wear a skirt, kilt, pants, slacks or otherwise regardless of their gender what does it matter to anyone at the school?

There should be guidelines on what clothing needs to cover regardless of whether you are male, female or transgender.  I do not believe it is appropriate for any student to be topless at school or show anything above the mid thigh, no matter their gender.

Since we only look to one mainstream Christian position on this, it is a good time to talk about how other faiths are much more restrictive and how selective this administration is on what is important or valued by parents.


Trans rights/CRT

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Please stop encouraging discrimination.  Who are you to judge anyone? Truth should be  the focus of all of us!


This Bill Protects Families rather than kill children

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This does not kill children. Teaching kids to keep more and more secrets from their parents destroys families.  Parenting is more than a financial responsibility. Parenting clouding making decisions and being able to provide guidance and have discussions so that you can continue to build relationships as a family. Teaching students that you should keep secrets from your parents because the school can support you better than the ones who are raising you sends the wrong message.

If schools are truly concerned about the impact to the students then education the parents on dealing with these situations instead of isolating the parents from the situation and the ability to have tough discussions with their children.  The schools are going beyond curriculum and overstepping.

Parents input should be considered! The picture schools are painting is safe and disappointing.


Strongly opposed - just treat kids with respect

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<p>I strongly opposed the 2022 model policies on the privacy dignity and respect for all students and parents and Virginia's public schools.  I am embarrassed for our state and the department of education for proposing this policy and their specious rationalization.  Just treat kids with respect most of them seem more well adjusted and their parents anyway.   </p>


I OPPOSE This Guidance

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I strongly oppose this guidance. I am an Arlington resident and proud queer woman. This policy, if enacted, would create a hostile and dangerous environment for transgender and non-binary students. As a queer person I know first hand the damaging impact of being outted to my parent without my consistent.

The students of Virginia deserve safe, affirming environments to learn and thrive. Trans and non-binary students should not have to live in fear of being ostracized and demonized for simply being who they are.


I Strongly Oppose

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This will not protect cis kids from trans kids, because cis kids are not in danger because of trans kids. Trans kids are already a minority and this will only serve to make them more oppressed than they already are. Parents, if you want your children to tell you things, then BE A GOOD PARENT. Protect trans kids.


Opposed

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<p>Absolutely opposed.  </p>


Public schools may not hide secrets from the public, not to say from the parents. Support Youngkin!

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Support Governor Youngkin 100%.

How public schools are run should be open to the public, particularly to the parents.


Strongly oppose new policy language

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Children, especially trans kids, have suffered enough. The proposed policy change is conflated as a "parental rights" issue, when this should really be a "students' dignity" issue. Trans kids should be validated and supported at school, even if their parents do not support them. If you are one of those parents who is concerned about your kids doing something behind your back (e.g., changing their name/gender expression), then you don't have a problem with their school's policy  - you have a problem with yourself, and your children's inability to trust you for the love, support, and advocacy they deserve. Focus less on regulating against schools validating children, and more on your kids.


Stay in your lane

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Hi!

 Thanks for taking the time to read this. As a homeowner, human rights advocate,  and long time public service advocate choosing to reside in Richmond, VA.  I politely ask you to “stay in your lane.”  I Do not support the governor’s recommendation for our very vulnerable youth.   Your policies, Governor’ Youngkin, will scar those affected by it and thus cause further divisions in our country.   Please understand that peoples livelihood and mental well being rest on your decisions.  Your children are watching.Vote to follow the data and the best interest of our children. Trans or not.


Support

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Believe parents need to be involved in their children's well being,and their counsel is tantamount.

In regard to this forum I fear that the site is dominated by those more apt to use computer apps. Did not find the site easy to find, and assuming many people not adept to computers may not be voicing their opinion.


Agree with Gov. Youngkin

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I agree with Governor Youngkin’s new model policy that recommends transparent communication with parents regarding students considering if they are transgender.
In my opinion, cutting the parents out of these communications can be detrimental to students and usurps the parents’ role in raising their children.

It is outside the scope of government to set up and maintain a system that drives a wedge between parents and their children.

Stay in your lane.


Fully approve of this Model Policy Guideline

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This policy brings common sense changes back into the schools. As seen in Loudon County allowing biological boys professing to be girls in girl's bathrooms adds risks to girls. Privacy and safety for biological girls in bathrooms and dressing room/showers only makes sense. Furthermore, biological boys professing to be girls should not compete with girls in sports. Science proves these trans are superior in strength as chemical puberty blockers do not change their DNA, body structure, etc. Body mutilation and drugs do not make them women. Women are particularly vulnerable to being hurt in contact sports with these trans. Where trans compete against women, trans are overwhelmingly breaking all records because inherently they are not women. This is unfair to women and discriminatory to them. Parental, safety and privacy rights needs to trump other rights.

This grooming of children to convince vulnerable children that they are of another sex is child abuse and needs to stop. To then hide it from their parents is wrong. Parents are the primary guardian for their children not the schools. Forcing others to use non biological pronouns for others is forcing them to participate in a charade that is unhealthy for all and violating others foundational beliefs.

I feel sorry for children who have been groomed to deny the reality of their gender, have been convinced to take dangerous drugs and mutilate their body before they are of an age to really understand the consequences of those actions. We didn't see the escalation of confused children concerning gender years ago before this deceitful grooming started. These confused children need love, compassion and respect. They need counseling to help them to get to root causes for their unhappiness.  Not counseling that quickly rushes them into a life of dangerous drugs and surgeries that sterilize them and are risky. Procedures that are irreversible. Many trans are more suicidal after transition because the fix was not the cure to their root problems.

I fully support his Model Policy re Transgenderism in schools.


Strongly object

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The 2021 document did not take power away from parents, or mandate the deciet  of parents without cause. It did, however, prioritize the student - their safety and comfort, and create an environment where they could learn and do their best without fear or the added stress of being something they are not.

Conversations between the student and school regarding gender or orientation I included the opportunity to ask whether they were supported at home. If the parents are witting, and supportive of their child, whether they agree or not with the change, the parents may be included in the conversation. A parent who listens to and cares about their child would likely not need that Information withheld. And on the other hand, a child who felt endangered either psychologically or physically by sharing the information with that parent would have the opportunity and the safe space to be who they were, without the trauma and abuse that might otherwise follow if their parents were notified.

Let our kids be who they are without threatening their (physical or psychological) safety — just like we feed kids who might might not get meals otherwise, let’s make School the place where they know they are not at risk for being themselves.

Show all students what inclusivity looks like and the benefits to society when people are free to do their best and bring their whole selves to the task.

Find ways or language  to help families where there does not seem to be support for these kids to reconcile who they are with their families … in a safe, thoughtful way, not blindly report on them

Encourage all kids to be their best selves. Their whole selves. And  to help others be their best selves— that’s how we make progress.

Encourage education for families on what LBGTQ looks like and can mean for families and kids, and offer mediation that might help bring us closer together


Protect Families and Children

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Please enact this policy to give parents the rights and ability to be involved in their children's lives and protect them against unwanted/harmful indoctrination in schools.

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

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

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

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

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


No to this policy

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<p>These proposed model policies are contrary to state law and will be extremely harmful to transgender and nonbinary kids. Protect trans and nonbinary kids. RESCIND these model policies. </p>


Trans students policy change

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<p>Any policy concerning trans students should reflect the best practices known by the educational community. The policies adopted should also be inclusive.  This proposed policy change supposes that each trans student is living in a situation where parents are supportive of the child's status. I am concerned about older students for example, who may even face rejection from families over their gender issues. School may be their safest place where they may be appreciated for who they are as an individual.  These are very sensitive and complex issues for students, teachers, and the community and students need to be treated with compassion and acceptance.  A change in personal pronoun may seem unnecessary to some outside observers, while it is vitally important to the trans student and should be respected as such. It is a very simple thing for those in the community to do, and highly meaningful, helpful, and important for the developing student. We as a community need to be mindful of suicide rates of trans students as we struggle to create  policy. Let's come together on what is best practice and eliminate fear and politics from planning for trans students. </p>


What Would the Constitution Do

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Governor Youngkin has consistently stood up for parents and children.  Parents and caretakers should not be kept in the dark about their children, especially something as important as their child's mental health and behavior at school.  Revising this policy is not necessary as current policies already address what a school can and should do if a child is in danger.

Woke school administrators, teachers, and non-parents are violently injecting themselves into the decision-making of parents.  It is not the school's role to determine if a student can hide their behavior from their parents.  VA Code Section 1-240.1 states, "A parent has a fundamental right to make decisions concerning the upbringing, education, and care of the parent's child."  There's no loophole that allows wokesters and bureaucrats to interfere with a parent's bond with their child.  It's a parent's responsibility.  How can a school circumvent the 14th Amendment?  Is it acceptable for schools to quash U.S. Supreme Court decisions that hold the relationship of a parent and child sacrosanct?

The government does not have the authority to deprive parents of their Constitutional rights, natural rights.  The presumption is that always parents should be involved.  If there are serious concerns about a parent’s fitness, then there already is a process in place to protect children when it is necessary. The existing processes should be followed, rather than excluding parents as proposed by leftists.

I support the 2022 Model Policies on Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for All Students and Parents in Virginia's Public Schools.  There is no compromise on this issue.

Respectfully,

Lisa


Transgender policy

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Support policy. All people should identify as gender at birth


Support This Guidance

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The model policy’s primary guiding principle is to ensure that parents have control over “decisions with respect to their children.” Specifically, it upholds the rights of parents under the Fourteenth Amendment by allowing them to take the lead in working with their school to determine the appropriate response to a student’s expressed gender nonconformity. The model policy also protects the First Amendment rights of teachers and students by prohibiting schools from mandating that they adhere to the ideological belief that gender identity is subjectively determined.


Protect trans kids

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<p>Kids know who they are. Kids are their own persons and parents do NOT own them. I oppose this because it will push trans kids to suicide. Do not support something that harms children by bowing to the whims of delusional controlling parents. </p>


Government Failure

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This bill will give parents who aren’t accepting of their children full control to make them called something they don’t identify as in class. This will make them feel much worse about themselves and lead to depression and suicides. Kids already fear going to school for a million reasons and this will make it even worse for them.


Support!

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100% support and agree!


Opposed to Youngkin’s Trans Policy!

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Opposed to Youngkin’s Trans Discrimination policy!


Trans rights are human rights

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<p>Freedom of speech and expression are the first amendment for a reason. Stop trying to oppress everyone who isnt exactly like you. Diversity is beautiful. Happy kids are beautiful. Teach tolerance instead of fear. Educate. </p>


This Proposal WILL have a death toll

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This proposal claims to be about protecting children, but it does anything but protect them. It acts on false premises and misinformation to ostracize and isolate an already vulnerable group of children, who are subjected to bad enough bullying. Trans kids don't need their own state bullying them as well. Research has proven that kids that have an affirming school and home are significantly less likely to commit suicide. Taking that away from them based on misinformation won't solve anything. It will lead to suicide. This proposal will have a death toll, and every drop of blood will be on the hands of those who let this proposal pass.


Support for Governor Younkins plan for Parental Rights.

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This proposal is extremely important for parents , their children and the safety of all families!

No one should have control over the rights of parents in guiding their children. Children do not belong to the government, politicians , teachers and strangers!

Thank you, Governor Youngkin for your courage to keep our innocent children safe!

Mrs. Chrysanthe Freire


Strongly Oppose

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I vehemently oppose this new policy. We all have the right to be our own individual no matter what our age is. This new policy will do more damage than good. It will put Transgender children and young adults at risk on many levels. Just let them be who they want to be, not who you want them to be.

In addition, you were asking too much from our teachers. They are the ones that would end up policing this policy which is not fair and takes away from the reason they are in the classroom


Opposition

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These proposed model policies are contrary to state law and will be extremely harmful to transgender and nonbinary kids. Protect trans and nonbinary kids. RESCIND these model policies.


OPPOSE!!

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I vehemently oppose Youngkin’s  proposed policy regarding trans students! He has no business interfering in any person’s identities and lifestyles. Blatant homo/trans phobia!!!


Thank you Gov Youngkin

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Thank you Gov Youngkin for bringing common sense policies back to VA


Support

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Strongly support Gov Younkin's 2022 policy for parental rights.


Let kids be who they want to be!

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<p>How can kids grow into the humans they want to be when they can’t even use the bathroom of their choice? What are you afraid of? LBGTQ+ doesn’t rub off. Is it hurting anyone to use pronouns? No. It’s 2022- let’s act like it. Let’s move forward not backward. </p>


Strongly opposed

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They know who they are or they are trying to find out who they are. Give them the rights as everyone else.


2022 model policies "respect" only cisgender students

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The "2022 MODEL POLICIES ON THE PRIVACY, DIGNITY, AND RESPECT FOR ALL STUDENTS AND PARENTS IN VIRGINIA’S PUBLIC SCHOOLS” really respects only cis-gender students and parents who don’t believe in any other kind of student.

It is wrong to require parental consent before school staff can call transgender & non-binary students by their preferred names & pronouns.  LGBTQ+ students whose parents are unsupportive are at higher risk of depression and suicide (https://www.thetrevorproject.org/resources/article/facts-about-lgbtq-youth-suicide/), and if their school environment is also unsupportive, then their lives are in even more danger.  Letting school staff discriminate against LGBTQ+ students in the name of free speech or religious freedom gives tacit endorsement to bullying by students.

A note about religious freedom - as a Christian who attends church just about every week, I don’t understand what is so “Christian” about misgendering transgender/non-binary students (KIDS).  I am certain that Jesus would never do that.  Every child is made in God’s image, each one is loved by God in their fullness of who God continues to call them to be.

Even worse, if parents have asked for their transgender or non-binary student to be called by their preferred name and pronoun, the student’s and family’s right to dignity is under this policy less important than an unsupportive teacher’s right to “free speech.”  Teachers have power over their students; they are analogous to an adult’s boss in the workplace.  Teachers, administrators, and other school staff have the right to think as negatively as they want about LGBTQ+ people, just like my supervisor or co-workers have the right to hate Asian-Americans such as myself.  But if my boss or co-workers were to say on a daily basis that they hate Asians and wish they’d all go back where they came from or to call me a demeaning nickname instead of my real name, that is not free speech, that is creating a hostile work environment.  Likewise, if a teacher chooses to call a transgender/non-binary student by their birth name, especially if the student and their family have told the teacher their preferred name & pronouns, that is not free speech or freedom of religion, that’s  discrimination.

The requirement for student athletes to compete based on their birth sex is also wrong, even in the name of “protecting” girls’ athletics.  In Texas a few years ago, a transgender boy was forced to compete in the girls’ state wrestling championship since Texas had a similar requirement (https://slate.com/human-interest/2017/02/the-texas-trans-boy-forced-to-wrestle-girls-exposes-the-illogic-of-anti-trans-policy.html).  Not only did that violate the transgender wrestler’s rights, but it also led cisgender girls to forfeit the championship because wrestling against a transgender boy put them at risk of serious injury.  If you are serious about leveling the playing field for cisgender girls in sports, then you should have the VHSL develop a policy based on evidence and extensive input from student athletes, coaches, and families instead of politicians dictating policy.  Students of any gender identify should have the chance to participate in sports and all the health, social, and character benefits from being physically active and being part of a team.  If cisgender female athletes feel that transgender female athletes get an unfair advantage and take away championship and scholarship opportunities, then VHS should address the issue while standing for inclusion.  For example, state championships could add a non-binary /transgender division, following the lead of several marathons in recent years (https://www.runnersworld.com/news/a41233893/non-binary-categories-major-marathons/).  Or if a transgender girl wins a divisional championship, both the transgender girl and the cisgender girl with the best time/score should be allowed to compete in the state championship.  It is also especially unfair to exclude transgender girls from a girls’ team at a school that doesn’t have a boys’ team, such as cheerleading/dance.


Teach,  that's your job, leave parenting up to the parents.

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<p>There is a reason parents are responsible for their children until the age of 18.  adolescents is a tough time for all children and the reason they are the charge of the parent or legal guardian is because they do not have the experience, common sense, life's experiences or reasoning abilities to make life altering decisions and educators have no business interfering in how a parent or caregiver raises their children. </p>


I support 2022 Model Policies

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I support this policy. Since I am responsible for the care of my child until 18 years of age, I should be aware of what is going on with my child when it pertains to education according to the Code of Virginia, § 1-240.1, provides that a “parent has a fundamental right to make decisions concerning the upbringing, education, and care of the parent’s child.”  Also, the Fourteenth Amendment also guarantees the rights of parents to direct the upbringing for their children.   I believe working with the schools because we should be working together not against each other. Why is it too hard to believe the parent should be involved/informed? When individuals oppose this policy, I feel the parents are being ignored, we don’t count, we are not allowed to express our concerns which causes trusts not to exist between myself and the school.

Concerning informing parents,  the following helps define what happens if a child feels uncomfortable about schools informing the parents: “The Code of Virginia, § 22.1-272.1.: Requires “[a]ny person licensed as administrative or instructional personnel by the Board of Education and employed by a local school board who, in the scope of his employment, has reason to believe, as a result of direct communication from a student, that such student is at imminent risk of suicide, shall, as soon as practicable, contact at least one of such student’s parents to ask whether such parent is aware of the student's mental state and whether the parent wishes to obtain or has already obtained counseling for such student.” However, “[i]f the student has indicated that the reason for being at imminent risk of suicide relates to parental abuse or neglect, this contact shall not be made with the parent. Instead, the person shall, as soon as practicable, notify the local department of social services of the county or city wherein the child resides or wherein the abuse or neglect is believed to have occurred or the state Department of Social Services’ toll-free child abuse and neglect hotline, as required by § 63.2- 1509.”

It also states which I support that schools should attempt to accommodate students with distinctive needs, including any student with a persistent and sincere belief that his or her gender differs from his or her sex. A team of appropriate school staff and other caregivers should collaborate with the parents to identify and implement reasonable accommodations or modifications, taking into account the resources and staff available in the school and school divisions, as well as the rights and needs of other students and of school staff.

As a parent, I feel with the following Codes the school will make sure no discrimination or bullying is allowed for all students plus I should be able to request to review materials without being denied.

The Code of Virginia, § 2.2-3900, et seq.: Prohibits “unlawful discrimination in educational institutions on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, military status, or disability.”

The Code of Virginia, § 22.1-207.2: Provides that parents have the right to review the complete family life curricula, including all supplemental materials used in any family life education program.

The Code of Virginia, § 22.1-201.2:1: Provides that parents shall have the right to review any audio-visual materials that contain graphic sexual or violent content used in anti-bullying or suicide prevention programs.

The Code of Virginia, § 22.1-291.4: Provides that bullying and abusive work environments are prohibited.

In conclusion, as parents, we deserve to know of what is taking place with our child because that is our parental rights.


Parent Strongly Opposes

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<p>This proposed plan takes away the rights of transgender students. Please do not roll back the rights of these students under the guise of "parental rights" to direct their child's education. If parents have a right to direct public education, then I'd prefer to direct it not to bully and harass vulnerable students. Please keep the current guidance and reject this hateful proposal. </p>


Policy on Transgender Students in the Relationship to All Students

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Approve of Policy by the governor, thankful for his leadership in VA.


Trans Rights are Human Rights

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<p>Trans rights are human rights. That's it. That's all there is to it. Trans people have just as much right to live their lives how they want as you do. </p>


Oppose 2022 VADOE Transgender student policy

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The VADOE 2022 Transgender student policy is the theatre of the absurd.  How dare the governor repeatedly say the policy protects all students.  This is an effort by Republicans to claim black is white, up is down, etc.  The 2021 Policy was created by consulting many people that are trans, know trans kids, are parents of trans kids and treat trans kids.  The 2022 policy has NO credentials because no credible or knowledgeable people worked on it.

Listen to trans kids! Listen to their parents! Listen to professional educators! Listen to medical and mental health providers. https://richmond.com/opinion/columnists/column-my-patients-deserve-better-than-youngkin-s-anti-trans-policies/article_28d8a2ff-360d-55ed-b57b-6cd0ba95f1be.html     Scrap the 2022 policy because it is the right thing to do.


strongly oppose

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I want my peers to have good educations, which cannot happen in schools that are actively hostile to them and endangering their safety. I love my trans friends and I want them to be safe and comfortable and protected in school.


Regarding the Proposed Model Policy Revisions made by VDOE

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I am opposed to the proposed 2022 model policy revisions. These revisions create an environment that is unwelcoming to transgender students, whether they are open to their gender identity or not. As students, our number one goal is to learn and study in a comfortable and accommodating environment. These revisions basically do the complete opposite of this. If these policies are enacted, many trans and queer youth across the state will have to forcibly come out to their parents and be placed in a situation where their fates will remain unknown and put them in an uncomfortable situation. It's just a matter as to which is more of a bigger concern: putting trans youth at risk of being negatively treated by their families or freaking out because the person sitting in the stall next door isn't the same gender as you. I would most definitely pick the former.


I support the 2022 proposed policy

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Thank you for allowing parents to rsise their children.


Protect Parents Rights and Families

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Strongly agree that parents should be included and informed of any changes or co Carns regarding their child. If the children are not in custody of the schools then how is it possible for the schools to withhold information from the parents. These students live with the parents and it is the parents job to protect their children. How can parents do that if they are kept in the dark? If a child is bullied or has other changes in behavior then know about a potential identity change could help parents manage emotions.  Keeping parents in the dark is supporting divisive relationships between students and parents which could contribute to other issues within the household. If anyone feels a child is in danger then they should call CPS or make a report. Let parents raise their children. Schools need to stick to curriculum and not shutting parents and guardians out of their own children's lives.


Full support


Support of the Govenors proposed policy

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I strongly support Governor Youngkins proposed policy for dealing with “transgender” children.


Transgender

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I support the changes to the bill. Parents should know what's going on in school.

They are young and need their support.


OPPOSE 1000%

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Fewer cisgender girls will be raped by transgender girls in the bathrool at school if this doesn't pass than transgender girls who will be beaten at home if it does. Not even percentag-wise. Raw numbers. Trans girls go into the bathroom to PEE, as do all other trans folks. Not to mention that bringing supportive teachers into this is just cruel to the teachers who actually want to help trans kids who are struggling at home.


Support LGBTQIA youth, stop this policy now, and give parents their rights back

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This policy was initiated under the false flag of giving parents the rights to direct their children, but truly it is about controlling other people's children. Virginia schools already have policies in place to let parents opt out of any training or teaching that they oppose. This policy is about denying the right to exist for a specific class of people, and that is in direct controversion of the 14th Amendment. This policy will remove the 14th Amendment rights of students and the rights of parents to direct the upbringing of their children. Under this policy, a specific class of students will be forced to live a lie and hide their true identity, and parents will be denied the right to raise their children to be healthy adults. This policy will damage the health, safety and dignity of LGBTQIA children and staff, and it will damage Virginia's youth and degrade our schools by making hate speech & hateful actions official school policy. The American Academy of Pediatrics has stated, "Transgender children are already at increased risk for violence, bullying, harassment and suicide. They may be more prone to depression and engaging in self-harm. These children need acceptance and affirmation, not stigmatization." The policy also stigmatizes gay children and staff as well. They will live in fear. I do not see much difference between this policy and the Nuremberg laws, or the Jim Crow laws Virginia was enforced, and history has shown us what awful consequences those laws wreaked. Virginia schools under the 2021 policy were places of safety, dignity and respect and this proposed policy will make the schools unsafe for students. I do not want my children to be educated in an environment that promotes hate. Stop this policy now.


This will result in deaths.

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These policies, quite frankly, will out trans kids and teens. Those kids will be on the streets or in their own homes which may be worse. There will be child abuse not monitored or regulated. Suicides will occur. Please don't let this happen.


Changes to the 2022 Model Policies

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<p>This proposal leaves me concerned about the education of our lawmakers. The name-dropping of constitutional amendments without relevance or a full grasp of their contents was wildly inappropriate and did not grant the proposal the legitimacy that might have been intended. Empowering parents is not a right, it is a tertiary goal made largely unnecessary by the ability of parents to choose what district they live in and whether or not their children attend a private or charter school. It is wonderful when parents get involved, but that does not give them the right to dictate educational policies to professionals and the student body at large. I would direct your attention to The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child which emphasizes the rights of children and the responsabilities of adults towards them. I believe the safety and wellbeing of a child supercedes the hurt feelings of an adult, particularly given the inherent power imbalance. A child can suffer bodily or mental harm from ignoring their identies or disclosing information without their consent. And that is not acceptable. America is intended to be a nation for all people, as the 14th amendment does clarify, which includes trans people and those of other gender identities than the norm. It would be un-American and unconscionable to enshrine policies that go against that fundamental ideal. </p>


I Oppose.

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<p>You know who knows who these kids are best of everyone in the world? THEMSELVES. Trans kids and cis kids know who they are better than any politician and yes, better than any parent ever will. Respect children's pronouns. Let them be who they are. </p>


SUPPORT THIS POLICY

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The bottom line is not about the popular vote. The bottom line is about preventative, proactive measures to keep all students safe.


Opposition to 2022 Model Policies

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October 26, 2022

Jillian Balow

Superintendent of Public Instruction

Virginia Department of Education

P. O. Box 2120

Richmond, VA 23218

RE: 2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for All Students and Parents in Virginia’s Public Schools (“2022 Model Policies”)

Dear Superintendent Balow,

Penn Carey Law If/When/How: Lawyering for Reproductive Justice, the reproductive justice pro bono organization at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, appreciates the opportunity to provide this comment in response to the Virginia Department of Education’s Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for All Students and Parents in Virginia’s Public Schools (“2022 Model Policies”). Our student body includes students from the Commonwealth of Virginia and students who intend to practice in the Commonwealth after graduation. For that reason, Penn Carey Law students have a direct interest in commenting on the 2022 Model Policies.

Penn Carey Law If/When/How is focused on ensuring access to reproductive health care for all. Our work is greatly informed and influenced by the work of advocates of color in the reproductive justice movement who advocate for “the human right to maintain personal bodily autonomy, have children, not have children, and parent the children we have in safe and sustainable communities.” We recognize that discrimination and stigma often deny transgender individuals these basic human rights.[1]

With this in mind, Penn Carey Law If/When/How believes that the Virginia Department of Education’s 2022 Model Policies deny its students and parents the same rights the policies purport to protect. With the purported intention to treat transgender students with respect, compassion, and dignity, the 2022 Model Policies, in practice, invalidate transgender students and harm their well-being. Further, we condemn the Department’s decision to bar supportive parents from their right to ensure a gender-affirming environment for their child’s education. These policies stand in stark contrast to the 2021 Model Policies. We urge the Department to maintain the 2021 policies, which seek to eliminate the harassment and discrimination of LGBTQ+ students, protect student privacy, and ensure the individual right to self-expression.

Respect, Compassion, and Dignity for Transgender Students

Transgender students deserve respect, compassion, and dignity, as stated in the 2022 Model Policies.[2] However, if school personnel follow the recommended Sample Policy, those practices will produce the opposite effect. Local students and advocates have emphasized that these policies will promote harassment and gender-based discrimination in the classroom.[3] Studies show that these concerns are well-founded.

For instance, correct pronoun usage saves lives. A 2022 study revealed that transgender and non-binary youth who lived in a household where everyone respected their pronouns died by suicide at half the rate of youth who did not live with anyone who did.[4] However, this study also showed that fewer than one out of three transgender and non-binary youth lived in a household where everyone respected their pronouns.[5] Consequently, schools may be the only gender-affirming space for many transgender students. The 2022 Model Policies view correct pronoun usage as “compelling others to use preferred pronouns.”[6] However, transgender students are simply asking for a fundamental level of respect that is critical to their mental health and well-being.

In addition, participation in school athletics helps combat depression and anxiety for students.[7] Although transgender youth want to play sports for these mental health benefits, a 2021 study showed that 68% of transgender and non-binary youth did not participate in sports due to fear of discrimination.[8] The 2022 Model Policies exacerbate this likelihood of discrimination against transgender students by determining student participation based on sex assigned at birth rather than gender identity.[9] Leaving students to either regularly play on a team that delegitimizes an essential part of themselves or not play at all, the 2022 Model Policies deny transgender students the ability to safely engage in student programming.[10]

It is critical that the 2022 Model Policies implement practices that demonstrate respect, compassion, and dignity toward a transgender student’s intrinsic sense of self. To provide a foundation that encourages respect, compassion, and dignity for all transgender students, the 2022 Model Policies should accurately frame sex and gender. Currently, the 2022 Model Policies define gender identity as “an ideological belief that gender is a matter of personal or subjective experience, not sex.”[11] However, gender is a part of everyone’s identity[12] and essential for how young people perceive themselves.[13] Like sex assigned at birth, gender identity is not a choice.[14] The 2021 Model Policies provide an example of how the Virginia Department of Education should best honor these basic tenets. The 2021 policies acknowledge and specifically call out the harassment and bullying faced by LGBTQ+ youth and require schools to provide a safe environment for all students.[15] In addition to encouraging specific gender-discrimination remedies and protections, the policies mandate student confidentiality and privacy with an eye to preventing discrimination and abuse.[16]

The 2021 policies also conform with federal guidance and directives that forbid sex-based discrimination and seek to remedy harassment in schools.[17] The 2022 Model Policies fail to conform with federal guidance by preventing equal access to programs and activities in a way that is consistent with a student’s gender identity.

Parental Rights and Children’s Freedoms

The 2022 Model Policies indicate that one of their primary aims is to support a parent’s right to direct the upbringing, education, and control of their children.[18] However, these same policies significantly limit the rights of those parents who are supportive of their child’s gender exploration, transition, or nonconformity. Notably, the model policies require that any extracurricular activities separated by sex—including athletics—use students’ sex assigned at birth to determine where they will be placed, and that overnight travel accommodations, locker rooms, and bathrooms be divided on the basis of sex.[19] They limit the name a child may use in school to that provided in writing by a parent or guardian, and do not require school staff, teachers, and other students to use the name and pronouns a child and their family have selected.[20] It is clear from these policies that a parent who is supportive of their child’s transgender identity has less ability to oversee their child’s upbringing than a family who is critical of it. Supportive parents cannot direct the manner in which their child participates in school activities or the facilities that are available to them, nor can they ensure the use of their child’s correct name and pronouns at school. As such, the 2022 Model Policies provide only an illusory protection of parental rights.

Even if the 2022 Model Policies adequately and uniformly upheld a parent’s right to direct the education of their child, which they do not, they neglect to consider that these rights are not without limitation. While our nation does highly value parental involvement in a child’s education, that right does not supersede a child’s educational freedoms. These freedoms were no better elucidated than in the landmark desegregation cases of the twentieth century, which rebuked the idea that parental rights included the right to preserve a segregated school system.[21] While these cases dealt with the issue of race rather than gender identity, they demonstrated clearly that the freedom of parents to direct the education of their children must always yield to children’s “freedom to learn.”[22] The 2022 Model Policies run afoul of this fundamental freedom by denying transgender children who lack parental support an equal opportunity to participate in the public school system. Under these policies, transgender students may not be referred to in the manner they choose without parental consent.[23] They may not participate in school sports or other extracurriculars, nor use bathrooms or other facilities, in a way that aligns with their deeply held understanding of themselves.[24] These policies deny all transgender students, but especially those with parents critical of their gender identity, full access to the privileges and benefits of the public school system and therefore undercut their fundamental freedom to learn.

In addition, the 2022 Model Policies provide that no guidance, training, or other material may encourage or instruct teachers to conceal information about a student’s gender identity from their parents.[25] However, parents do not have a fundamental right under the Fourteenth Amendment to be informed of their child’s gender identity when it differs from their sex assigned at birth.[26] Policies that instruct teachers to keep a child’s gender identity confidential until they have consented to such disclosure do not undermine parental rights.[27] In fact, schools have a legitimate interest in choosing not to disclose a child’s name or pronouns to parents when they believe that doing so might subject them to abuse, neglect, or other harm.[28] By failing to provide procedures to ensure the privacy of transgender students who do not feel safe or comfortable disclosing their gender identity to parents, the 2022 Model Policies do not adequately protect those children who might face repercussions at home.

Freedom of Expression

            The Department insists the 2022 Model Policies adhere to the First Amendment. Because the First Amendment “forbids government actors to require individuals to adhere to or adopt any particular ideological beliefs,” the Department claims that the practice of using an individual’s correct pronouns violates principles of religious freedom and forces teachers and students to adopt inconsistent beliefs.[29] This claim is overbroad and erroneous. The cases cited by the Department in no way implicate the use of another individual’s specific name or pronouns as a compelled ideological belief.[30] We acknowledge that the Sixth Circuit in Meriwether v. Hartop noted that a university professor at a public university plausibly stated a claim for a violation of First Amendment rights when punished for failing to use a student’s appropriate pronouns.[31] But the court’s opinion merely allowed the case to proceed in lower courts. The holding of Meriwether was not applied or relied on in a later case, which noted that Meriwether was not binding precedent and illuminated the “distinction between K-12 schools and universities in addressing speech and other constitutional issues.”[32]

            A far more compelling First Amendment argument protects the freedom of expression of all students by allowing them to use the name, pronouns, and other gender expressive means that best communicate their gender identity. Any restriction on a student’s ability to express themselves consistent with their gender identity causes substantial harm and is worth protecting against.[33] The 2021 Model Policies acknowledge these harms and note that the policies are consistent with the First Amendment because “schools may not prevent students from expressing their identity.”[34] The Sixth Circuit in Meriwether is correct that “titles and pronouns carry a message.”[35] The ability of students to send this message as an expression of their personal belief and identity and have that message met with dignity and respect is the right that deserves protection.[36] A rule that states otherwise could be met with legal challenge under Title IX and the First Amendment.[37]

Thank you for the opportunity to comment on these proposed model policies. Please contact our Regulatory Directors, Hannah Stommel, hstommel@pennlaw.upenn.edu, and Kaatje Greenberg, kaatje@pennlaw.upenn.edu, if you have questions.

Sincerely,

If/When/How: Lawyering for Reproductive Justice

University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School

[1] If You Really Care About Reproductive Justice, You Should Care About Transgender Rights!, Nat’l Women’s L. Center (Sept. 2015), https://nwlc.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/rj_and_transgender_fact_sheet.pdf.

[2] Va. Dep’t Ed., 2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for All Students and Parents in Virginia’s Public Schools 16 (2022) [hereinafter 2022 Model Policies].

[3] Matt Lavietes, Students stage walkouts across Virginia over governor's transgender school policies, NBC News (Sept. 27, 2022, at 1:59 PM), https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/students-stage-walkouts-virginia-governors-transgender-school-policies-rcna49594.

[4] National Survey on Youth LGBTQ Mental Health, Trevor Project, https://www.thetrevorproject.org/survey-2021/?section=Introduction.

[5] 2022 National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health, Trevor Project, https://www.thetrevorproject.org/survey-2022/assets/static/trevor01_2022survey_final.pdf.

[6] 2022 Model Policies, supra note 2, at 5. While the Model Policies use the term “preferred pronouns” to refer to an individual’s pronouns, this term incorrectly implies that pronouns are merely a preference, and that others may opt to refer to that individual by different pronouns. By contrast, the term “correct pronouns,” which we use throughout this comment, accurately states that any pronouns other than those specified are incorrect. See A. C. Fowlkes, Why You Should Not Say ‘Preferred Gender Pronouns, Forbes (Feb 27, 2020), https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleefowlkes/2020/02/27/why-you-should-not-say-preferred-gender-pronouns/?sh=10d7ff441bd6.

[7] Beyond Endorphins: The Mental Health Benefits of Youth Sports, Nat’l Council Youth Sports (July 19, 2019), https://ncys.org/beyond-endorphins-the-mental-health-benefits-of-youth-sports/.

[8] LGBTQ Youth Sports Participation, Trevor Project (Sept. 15, 2021), https://www.thetrevorproject.org/research-briefs/lgbtq-youth-sports-participation-2/.

[9] While the Model Policies use the term “biological sex,” this term does not fully capture the complex physical and chromosomal variations that can occur; because the determination of an infant’s sex is often made by a doctor based on that infant’s genitalia, which may not align with the person’s own identity, many advocates prefer the term “sex assigned at birth.” See Sex and Gender Identity, Planned Parenthood, https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/gender-identity/sex-gender-identity.

[10] See Ellen Heiman et al., 16 Penn Law Organizations, Statement in support of Lia Thomas, Daily Pennsylvanian (Jan. 25, 2022), https://www.thedp.com/article/2022/01/supporting-lia-thomas.

[11] 2022 Model Policies, supra note 2, at 5.

[12] Transgender Persons, Ctrs. for Disease Control & Prevention (Sept. 14, 2022),  https://www.cdc.gov/lgbthealth/transgender.htm.

[13] Transgender Exclusion in Sports, Am. Psych. Ass’n (Mar. 2021), https://www.apa.org/topics/lgbtq/transgender-exclusion-sports#:~:text=Gender%20identity%20is%20central%20to,entirely%20(ACLU%2C%202020).

[14] Grimm v. Gloucester Cnty. Sch. Bd., 972 F.3d 586, 594 (4th Cir. 2020).

[15] Va. Dep’t Ed., Model Policies for the Treatment of Transgender Students in Virginia’s Public Schools 7 (2021 [hereinafter 2021 Model Policies].

[16] Id. at 11-12.

[17] See 34 C.F.R. ch. I (2021) (applying the decision in Bostock v. Clayton County, which forbids sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination as unlawful sex discrimination, to schools under Title X). A federal court has temporarily enjoined the implementation of these guidelines against several states that do not include Virginia.

[18] 2022 Model Policies, supra note 2, at 5.

[19] Id. at 17-18.

[20] Id. at 16.

[21] Brown v. Bd. Educ., 347 U.S. 483 (1954) (Brown I); Brown v. Bd. of Educ. 349 U.S. 294 (1955) (Brown II).

[22] Joshua Weishart, What the Law Says About Parents’ Rights Over Schooling, Educ. Week (Nov. 29, 2021), https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/opinion-what-the-law-says-about-parents-rights-over-schooling/2021/11.

[23] 2022 Model Policies, supra note 2, at 16.

[24] Id. at 18.

[25] Id. at 17.

[26] John & Jane Parents 1 v. Montgomery Cty. Bd. Educ., No. 8:20-3552-PWG, 2022 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 149021, at *20-21 (D. Md. 2022).

[27] Id. at 21.

[28] Ricard v. USD, 475 Geary Cty., No. 5:22-cv-04015-HLT-GEB, 2022 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 83742, at *8 (D. Kan. 2022).

[29] 2022 Model Policies, supra note 2, at 5.

[30] See 2022 Model Policies, supra note 2, at 6 (citing West Virginia State Bd. Educ. v. Barnette, 319 U.S. 624, 642 (1943) and Oliver v. Arnold, 3 F.4th 152, 162 (5th Cir. 2021)). The former is a case about saluting the flag. The latter is a case about compelled transcription and recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance.

[31] Meriwether v. Hartop, 992 F.3d 492, 492-503 (6th Cir. 2021).

[32] Kluge v. Brownsburg Cmty. Sch. Corp., 548 F. Supp. 3d 814, 842 (S.D. Ind. 2021).

[33] See supra Section A.

[34] 2021 Model Policies, supra note 13, at 7.

[35] Meriwether, 992 F.3d at 507.

[36] Case Note, Sixth Circuit Holds Public University Professor Plausibly Alleged Free Speech Right Not to Use Trans Student’s Pronouns, 135 Harv. L. Rev. 2005, 2012 (“To ensure that expression of varying and competing viewpoints characterizes campuses, it is crucial to appreciate the complementary relationship between university antidiscrimination policies and academic freedom goals. Indeed, when transgender students are excluded, it is academic freedom that suffers, not free speech that wins.”)

[37] For a fulsome discussion of the likely constitutionality of laws that require the use of an individual’s correct pronouns, see Tyler Sherman, All Employers Must Wash Their Speech Before Returning to Work: The First Amendment & Compelled Use of Employees’ Preferred Gender Pronouns, 26 Wm. & Mary Bill Rts. J. 219 (2017) (discussing that pronoun laws would require close constitutional scrutiny but should survive due to compelling anti-discrimination goals); Dennis Baron, Does the First Amendment mean “You can’t make me say your pronouns”?, Web Lang. (Jun. 12, 2022, 10:00 AM), https://blogs.illinois.edu/view/25/1559663297 (discussing that pronoun mandates “don’t aim to silence . . . speech” and instead “validate the words of those whose voices have been constantly silenced”).


Let us live.

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Let us live our life, all we want is to be comfortable. These false ideas of trans people and your personal beliefs are interfering with peoples lives. I am a trans man. I’m a man, a normal man like any other. I want the same things any other child wants, to succeed, to have fun, to create and to live happily and go to college and get a nice job. I do all the same things your children do and you do as people. I like to watch TV, I like to listen to music and play with my pets, I breath, I think, I have a soul.

what makes me any different from you or your children? What makes me deserve any less respect then you? False conceptions of who we are cloud your judgement. We want the same respect that we have given you. Return it, and do the same for us.

we are humans.


Strongly Support

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The purpose of school is learning - usually referred to as "Reading, writing and Arithmetic".  The purpose of school is not, has never been the discussion, discovery, and exploration of their gender beliefs/ sexuality.  This new policy will rightly place traditional education at the forefront, and leave the sexuality discussion to the parents - where it belongs.

Failure to implement this new regulation will seriously impact Virginia students from competing in the global economy, as other - better prepared and focused students - pass them up.


Strongly oppose

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Children have the right to be themselves and no policy should assume they are mere extensions of their parents’ will. This will only encourage harm against trans kids, disguised as concern.


Strongly Oppose! Why is this even on the table?

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<p>Strongly oppose. Trans rights are human rights. Don’t let this be your legacy. </p>


Oppose this policy

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Trans students have just as much right to exist and be treated well as their cisgender peers. Enabling bigotry and using children (minors) as political pawns should never be acceptable.

Follow established best practice for keeping young people alive, and give them a chance to survive and thrive.


STRONGLY OPPOSE

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Trans rights are human rights. They deserve protection. Period. End of story.


Support policy 100%

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No, I disagree. changing ones pronouns, will not only cause a distance between a child/ teen and parent, but also leads to identity confusion and sometimes even depression. your parent should definitely know if you have any surgeries. first of all, surgeries are complicated and if they go wrong they can be life threatening. if something were to go wrong in a surgery, you would probably want your parents to know and your parents would most likely be notified anyway. secondly, changing your body is a very serious and life changing choice that sometimes is irreversible. all in all, I think parents should know about theses things not only because they are your legal guardians, but also for your own mental and physical well being.

we should not pass this policy

-anonymous duck


Groomers gonna Groom

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Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
'Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
 Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!'
He took his vorpal sword in hand;
Long time the manxome foe he sought—
So rested he by the Tumtum tree
And stood awhile in thought.
And, as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!
One, two! One, two!
And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back.
'And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.
'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
Thx G.Y. for helping parents slay the insane Jabberwocky that is a day in VA schools. Kids rule! Stop CRT and proliferation of mental illness being presented as health care that should be hidden from parents.

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<a rel="nofollow" x="Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.  'Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!'  He took his vorpal sword in hand; Long time the manxome foe he sought— So rested he by the Tumtum tree And stood awhile in thought.  And, as in uffish thought he stood, The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame, Came whiffling through the tulgey wood, And burbled as it came!  One, two! One, two! And through and through The vorpal blade went snicker-snack! He left it dead, and with its head He went galumphing back.  'And hast thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy.  'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.">Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:

<a rel="nofollow" x="Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.  'Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!'  He took his vorpal sword in hand; Long time the manxome foe he sought— So rested he by the Tumtum tree And stood awhile in thought.  And, as in uffish thought he stood, The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame, Came whiffling through the tulgey wood, And burbled as it came!  One, two! One, two! And through and through The vorpal blade went snicker-snack! He left it dead, and with its head He went galumphing back.  'And hast thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy.  'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.">All mimsy were the borogoves,

<a rel="nofollow" x="Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.  'Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!'  He took his vorpal sword in hand; Long time the manxome foe he sought— So rested he by the Tumtum tree And stood awhile in thought.  And, as in uffish thought he stood, The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame, Came whiffling through the tulgey wood, And burbled as it came!  One, two! One, two! And through and through The vorpal blade went snicker-snack! He left it dead, and with its head He went galumphing back.  'And hast thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy.  'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.">And the mome raths outgrabe.

<a rel="nofollow" x="Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.  'Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!'  He took his vorpal sword in hand; Long time the manxome foe he sought— So rested he by the Tumtum tree And stood awhile in thought.  And, as in uffish thought he stood, The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame, Came whiffling through the tulgey wood, And burbled as it came!  One, two! One, two! And through and through The vorpal blade went snicker-snack! He left it dead, and with its head He went galumphing back.  'And hast thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy.  'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.">'Beware the Jabberwock, my son!

<a rel="nofollow" x="Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.  'Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!'  He took his vorpal sword in hand; Long time the manxome foe he sought— So rested he by the Tumtum tree And stood awhile in thought.  And, as in uffish thought he stood, The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame, Came whiffling through the tulgey wood, And burbled as it came!  One, two! One, two! And through and through The vorpal blade went snicker-snack! He left it dead, and with its head He went galumphing back.  'And hast thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy.  'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.">The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!

<a rel="nofollow" x="Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.  'Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!'  He took his vorpal sword in hand; Long time the manxome foe he sought— So rested he by the Tumtum tree And stood awhile in thought.  And, as in uffish thought he stood, The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame, Came whiffling through the tulgey wood, And burbled as it came!  One, two! One, two! And through and through The vorpal blade went snicker-snack! He left it dead, and with its head He went galumphing back.  'And hast thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy.  'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe."> Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun

<a rel="nofollow" x="Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.  'Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!'  He took his vorpal sword in hand; Long time the manxome foe he sought— So rested he by the Tumtum tree And stood awhile in thought.  And, as in uffish thought he stood, The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame, Came whiffling through the tulgey wood, And burbled as it came!  One, two! One, two! And through and through The vorpal blade went snicker-snack! He left it dead, and with its head He went galumphing back.  'And hast thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy.  'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.">The frumious Bandersnatch!'

<a rel="nofollow" x="Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.  'Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!'  He took his vorpal sword in hand; Long time the manxome foe he sought— So rested he by the Tumtum tree And stood awhile in thought.  And, as in uffish thought he stood, The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame, Came whiffling through the tulgey wood, And burbled as it came!  One, two! One, two! And through and through The vorpal blade went snicker-snack! He left it dead, and with its head He went galumphing back.  'And hast thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy.  'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.">He took his vorpal sword in hand;

<a rel="nofollow" x="Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.  'Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!'  He took his vorpal sword in hand; Long time the manxome foe he sought— So rested he by the Tumtum tree And stood awhile in thought.  And, as in uffish thought he stood, The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame, Came whiffling through the tulgey wood, And burbled as it came!  One, two! One, two! And through and through The vorpal blade went snicker-snack! He left it dead, and with its head He went galumphing back.  'And hast thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy.  'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.">Long time the manxome foe he sought—

<a rel="nofollow" x="Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.  'Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!'  He took his vorpal sword in hand; Long time the manxome foe he sought— So rested he by the Tumtum tree And stood awhile in thought.  And, as in uffish thought he stood, The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame, Came whiffling through the tulgey wood, And burbled as it came!  One, two! One, two! And through and through The vorpal blade went snicker-snack! He left it dead, and with its head He went galumphing back.  'And hast thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy.  'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.">So rested he by the Tumtum tree

<a rel="nofollow" x="Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.  'Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!'  He took his vorpal sword in hand; Long time the manxome foe he sought— So rested he by the Tumtum tree And stood awhile in thought.  And, as in uffish thought he stood, The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame, Came whiffling through the tulgey wood, And burbled as it came!  One, two! One, two! And through and through The vorpal blade went snicker-snack! He left it dead, and with its head He went galumphing back.  'And hast thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy.  'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.">And stood awhile in thought.

<a rel="nofollow" x="Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.  'Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!'  He took his vorpal sword in hand; Long time the manxome foe he sought— So rested he by the Tumtum tree And stood awhile in thought.  And, as in uffish thought he stood, The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame, Came whiffling through the tulgey wood, And burbled as it came!  One, two! One, two! And through and through The vorpal blade went snicker-snack! He left it dead, and with its head He went galumphing back.  'And hast thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy.  'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.">And, as in uffish thought he stood,

<a rel="nofollow" x="Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.  'Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!'  He took his vorpal sword in hand; Long time the manxome foe he sought— So rested he by the Tumtum tree And stood awhile in thought.  And, as in uffish thought he stood, The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame, Came whiffling through the tulgey wood, And burbled as it came!  One, two! One, two! And through and through The vorpal blade went snicker-snack! He left it dead, and with its head He went galumphing back.  'And hast thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy.  'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.">The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,

<a rel="nofollow" x="Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.  'Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!'  He took his vorpal sword in hand; Long time the manxome foe he sought— So rested he by the Tumtum tree And stood awhile in thought.  And, as in uffish thought he stood, The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame, Came whiffling through the tulgey wood, And burbled as it came!  One, two! One, two! And through and through The vorpal blade went snicker-snack! He left it dead, and with its head He went galumphing back.  'And hast thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy.  'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.">Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,

<a rel="nofollow" x="Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.  'Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!'  He took his vorpal sword in hand; Long time the manxome foe he sought— So rested he by the Tumtum tree And stood awhile in thought.  And, as in uffish thought he stood, The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame, Came whiffling through the tulgey wood, And burbled as it came!  One, two! One, two! And through and through The vorpal blade went snicker-snack! He left it dead, and with its head He went galumphing back.  'And hast thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy.  'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.">And burbled as it came!

<a rel="nofollow" x="Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.  'Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!'  He took his vorpal sword in hand; Long time the manxome foe he sought— So rested he by the Tumtum tree And stood awhile in thought.  And, as in uffish thought he stood, The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame, Came whiffling through the tulgey wood, And burbled as it came!  One, two! One, two! And through and through The vorpal blade went snicker-snack! He left it dead, and with its head He went galumphing back.  'And hast thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy.  'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.">One, two! One, two!

<a rel="nofollow" x="Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.  'Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!'  He took his vorpal sword in hand; Long time the manxome foe he sought— So rested he by the Tumtum tree And stood awhile in thought.  And, as in uffish thought he stood, The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame, Came whiffling through the tulgey wood, And burbled as it came!  One, two! One, two! And through and through The vorpal blade went snicker-snack! He left it dead, and with its head He went galumphing back.  'And hast thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy.  'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.">And through and through

<a rel="nofollow" x="Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.  'Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!'  He took his vorpal sword in hand; Long time the manxome foe he sought— So rested he by the Tumtum tree And stood awhile in thought.  And, as in uffish thought he stood, The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame, Came whiffling through the tulgey wood, And burbled as it came!  One, two! One, two! And through and through The vorpal blade went snicker-snack! He left it dead, and with its head He went galumphing back.  'And hast thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy.  'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.">The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!

<a rel="nofollow" x="Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.  'Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!'  He took his vorpal sword in hand; Long time the manxome foe he sought— So rested he by the Tumtum tree And stood awhile in thought.  And, as in uffish thought he stood, The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame, Came whiffling through the tulgey wood, And burbled as it came!  One, two! One, two! And through and through The vorpal blade went snicker-snack! He left it dead, and with its head He went galumphing back.  'And hast thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy.  'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.">He left it dead, and with its head

<a rel="nofollow" x="Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.  'Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!'  He took his vorpal sword in hand; Long time the manxome foe he sought— So rested he by the Tumtum tree And stood awhile in thought.  And, as in uffish thought he stood, The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame, Came whiffling through the tulgey wood, And burbled as it came!  One, two! One, two! And through and through The vorpal blade went snicker-snack! He left it dead, and with its head He went galumphing back.  'And hast thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy.  'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.">He went galumphing back.

<a rel="nofollow" x="Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.  'Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!'  He took his vorpal sword in hand; Long time the manxome foe he sought— So rested he by the Tumtum tree And stood awhile in thought.  And, as in uffish thought he stood, The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame, Came whiffling through the tulgey wood, And burbled as it came!  One, two! One, two! And through and through The vorpal blade went snicker-snack! He left it dead, and with its head He went galumphing back.  'And hast thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy.  'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.">'And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?

<a rel="nofollow" x="Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.  'Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!'  He took his vorpal sword in hand; Long time the manxome foe he sought— So rested he by the Tumtum tree And stood awhile in thought.  And, as in uffish thought he stood, The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame, Came whiffling through the tulgey wood, And burbled as it came!  One, two! One, two! And through and through The vorpal blade went snicker-snack! He left it dead, and with its head He went galumphing back.  'And hast thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy.  'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.">Come to my arms, my beamish boy!

<a rel="nofollow" x="Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.  'Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!'  He took his vorpal sword in hand; Long time the manxome foe he sought— So rested he by the Tumtum tree And stood awhile in thought.  And, as in uffish thought he stood, The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame, Came whiffling through the tulgey wood, And burbled as it came!  One, two! One, two! And through and through The vorpal blade went snicker-snack! He left it dead, and with its head He went galumphing back.  'And hast thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy.  'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.">O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'

<a rel="nofollow" x="Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.  'Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!'  He took his vorpal sword in hand; Long time the manxome foe he sought— So rested he by the Tumtum tree And stood awhile in thought.  And, as in uffish thought he stood, The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame, Came whiffling through the tulgey wood, And burbled as it came!  One, two! One, two! And through and through The vorpal blade went snicker-snack! He left it dead, and with its head He went galumphing back.  'And hast thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy.  'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.">He chortled in his joy.

<a rel="nofollow" x="Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.  'Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!'  He took his vorpal sword in hand; Long time the manxome foe he sought— So rested he by the Tumtum tree And stood awhile in thought.  And, as in uffish thought he stood, The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame, Came whiffling through the tulgey wood, And burbled as it came!  One, two! One, two! And through and through The vorpal blade went snicker-snack! He left it dead, and with its head He went galumphing back.  'And hast thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy.  'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.">'<a rel="nofollow" x="Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.  'Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!'  He took his vorpal sword in hand; Long time the manxome foe he sought— So rested he by the Tumtum tree And stood awhile in thought.  And, as in uffish thought he stood, The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame, Came whiffling through the tulgey wood, And burbled as it came!  One, two! One, two! And through and through The vorpal blade went snicker-snack! He left it dead, and with its head He went galumphing back.  'And hast thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy.  'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.">Twas brillig, and the slithy toves

<a rel="nofollow" x="Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.  'Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!'  He took his vorpal sword in hand; Long time the manxome foe he sought— So rested he by the Tumtum tree And stood awhile in thought.  And, as in uffish thought he stood, The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame, Came whiffling through the tulgey wood, And burbled as it came!  One, two! One, two! And through and through The vorpal blade went snicker-snack! He left it dead, and with its head He went galumphing back.  'And hast thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy.  'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.">Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:

<a rel="nofollow" x="Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.  'Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!'  He took his vorpal sword in hand; Long time the manxome foe he sought— So rested he by the Tumtum tree And stood awhile in thought.  And, as in uffish thought he stood, The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame, Came whiffling through the tulgey wood, And burbled as it came!  One, two! One, two! And through and through The vorpal blade went snicker-snack! He left it dead, and with its head He went galumphing back.  'And hast thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy.  'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.">All mimsy were the borogoves,

<a rel="nofollow" x="Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.  'Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!'  He took his vorpal sword in hand; Long time the manxome foe he sought— So rested he by the Tumtum tree And stood awhile in thought.  And, as in uffish thought he stood, The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame, Came whiffling through the tulgey wood, And burbled as it came!  One, two! One, two! And through and through The vorpal blade went snicker-snack! He left it dead, and with its head He went galumphing back.  'And hast thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy.  'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.">And the mome raths outgrabe.

Thx G.Y. for helping parents slay the insane Jabberwocky that is a day in VA schools. Kids rule! Stop CRT and proliferation of mental illness being presented as health care that should be hidden from parents.


Strongly Oppose This Policy

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<p>I am a parent of 2 teenage heterosexual children attending public school in Virginia.  I strongly oppose this policy.  I believe this policy will be harmful to transgender children.  School should be a place of safety for transgender children, a place where they feel supported and that they can trust the teachers and other adults.  Mental health is an important consideration for all children.  This policy will have a significant negative impact on the mental health of transgender children and will likely result in an increase in suicides.  This policy should not be enacted rather we should do more to provide a safe, supportive environment for transgender children. </p>


OPPOSE THIS!!

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This is wrong and contrary to the medical and mental health recommendations of the overwhelming majority of doctors, mental health practitioners, and medical organizations in this country and across the world. It will result in worse outcomes for youth that are already harassed, bullied, and exposed to violence. These young people experience homelessness, drug abuse, sexual abuse, and physical violence at higher rates than any of their peers. And the policies proposed will do the opposite of help, it will introduce more and worsened harm.

This needs to stop. Stop using transgender children as a political football and do what is right for them. Stop politicizing trans youth and oppose this policy! Protect trans youth!!


STRONGLY  SUPPORT

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The bottoms line is not about the popular vote. The bottom line is protective, proactive measures to all students safe.


Strongly Opposed to Proposed Policy

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<p>These policies are dangerous and unnecessary.  </p>


I agree with Governor Youngkin

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Please respect parental rights and prerogatives to raise their children without inappropriate interference from government employees. Pushing children toward unalterable surgery is inexcusable, and odious.


Kids deserve to live and be supported, trans or cis.

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<p>I oppose. Trans children deserve privacy and respect. Misgendering on purpose is hate speech and can drive children to suicide. </p>