Oppose 2022 Model Policy

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I am the mother-in-law of a beautiful, smart, kind and hard-working trans woman.  When she was in high school and finally had the words to explain to her family that she wanted to transition from male to female, she was kicked out of her family home.  Too often such young people are not accepted nor are they received with loving kindness by their parents.  Your policy would exacerbate these problems. We all want school to be a safe and accepting place.  No one would go through all this to have access to the locker room or bathroom of the opposite sex.  I found this panel discussion most informative about gender identity:  https://charlierose.com/collections/3/clip/21056

Governor Youngkin, please don't play into people's ignorance.  Don't attack the least among us.  As you develop your policies, work to lift us all up, to unite us.  Don't play to mean-spiritedness and aggravate division amongst us.  Be a leader.


Oppose in the strongest possible manner

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<p>As a parent of a non-binary child, who is now thriving, I strongly oppose this proposal. I watched my child struggle for years but since coming out, and getting to be their true self, they are thriving. They are in such a good place now. Please do not take that away from my child. It does not hurt anyone to use someone’s correct pronouns. The argument that it violates someone’s first amendment rights to have to use someone’s preferred pronouns is ridiculous! What about the rights of the person who is being misgendered? </p>


Not in support

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<p>I strongly oppose this legislation. So disgusting and discriminatory. </p>


I Strongly Oppose The Proposed Changes

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<p style="text-align: center;">I strongly oppose the proposed changes to the rights of transgender students in Virginia. I am part of the lgbt community and an ally to transgender people and I strongly care about the treatment of them and their rights. </p>


Please don’t let boys come into our showers after practice

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Governor, can you please make the adults stop letting boys into our locker rooms and shower rooms and bathrooms. It isn’t right for them to change with us. I love all of my classmates and want them to be happy. But the girls in my volleyball team don’t want boys near us when we are changing for school.


Support.  The Outcome is Proficiency and Excellence in Reading, Writing, and Math

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<p>Education should be focused 100% on excellence and proficiency in the fundamentals.  Mental health is not the business of the public school system.  The world is a competitive place.  Teach the 99% and put the 1% who can’t hack it in special schools or programs. </p>


Support!!!  Thank you Governor Youngkin!

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It’s wrong they have to complete against these boys!


Girls cannot compete with boys in sports! Not fair! Support!!!


Transgender

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<p>VEHEMENTLY OPPOSED. I thought Republicans wanted smaller government less intrusive government but on the other hand they can’t keep their noses out of the classroom the bedroom and the doctors office. </p>


Support!

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I can't believe so many misguided people think this policy discriminates against trans kids.  It just requires their parents to be involved, which should be common sense.


Students  who depend on the schools for a safe place

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I am a retired administrator who worked in affluent elementary and middle school communities. I also was an administrator in ethnically and economically diverse communities

Governor Youngkin made a statement that he “couldn’t imagine any circumstance in which a parent wouldn’t do what is best for their child.”

If he had empaneled school administrators, teachers, school social workers and psychologists, school secretaries, and cafeteria workers, his eyes could have been opened.  Everyone in a child’s school environment is present for the joys and the pain that the children in their care experience. Schools are mandated by law to report any situation in which a child appears to feel unsafe.

For some children school is their only safe place. Do not take that away from them. Our children deserve that the society they live in will protect them.


Stongly Oppose

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<p>As a parent and an educator I strongly oppose these changes! Kids must feel safe and accepted at school! If school is not a safe space then what hope is there? </p>


Strongly oppose this guidance!!

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I am writing because I firmly believe that this new guidance will endanger the lives of many students in Virginia. The trans community (and the LGBTQ community in general) is already very vulnerable and has a much higher suicidal rate than the average student. I am a Mom to my 20 year old trans daughter. If she did not have supportive teachers, friends and family, she would be incredibly worse off. Please think of all students and oppose this guidance. Thank you


STRONGLY OPPOSE

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I think that by putting a policy like this in place, you are only asking for more bullying, sucide, and mental health crises to occur. You aren't thinking about the children that this affects. Parents need to step up and teach their own children. Quit putting religion in schools. It doesn't belong there.


Support

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<p>Strongly support our Governor </p>


Support mental health resources for suicidal kids: not pronouns and the bathroom of their choice

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Adults need to stop spreading this narrative to our children. If kids are suicidal, then they need to see a doctor immediately! A society w/o boundaries is not the answer to suicidal children.


Policy is harmful and will kill young people - increase suicide rates

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We can all agree that this policy aims to center parents and parental rights and the decisions they make for their children. This fails to consider the child as their own person who is capable of making decisions about who they are. I understand that parents want to know what is going on in their child’s life at school, but if this policy were to pass, it will be dangerous to children who come from homes where their parents do not love their children unconditionally. What about kids who come from abusive homes? Or what if their parent kicks them out and they end up homeless because their parents found out they use different pronouns? There is data and evidence that LGBTQ children who aren’t accepted by their parents have an increased risk of mental health illnesses like depression, anxiety, suicidality, addiction to substances.


strongly support!


I support boys not using girls bathrooms!

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Support Governor Youngkin!


I support boys not using girls bathrooms!  Yes, Governor Youngkin!


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Strongly oppose - all students deserve not to worry about their basic safety and comfort


This Policy is Cruel and I Oppose It

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Trans students deserve to be supported and safe in school. This policy is cruel and will result in the death of kids. The governor does not have the authority to do this and is completely disregarding the democratic process to bully children. I wholeheartedly oppose this policy and hope that it is challenged in court and removed.


I agree with the Governor

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

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

Children who are too young to legally drive or vote or consume alcohol are also too young to make irrevocable choices which will mutilate their bodies and/or chemically castrate themselves.

Gov. Youngkin's policy is a good first step in preserving parental rights over the upbringing of their children.

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


I support boys staying out of girls bathrooms!  Thanks Governor!


Strongly Oppose DOE 22-23 Model Policy

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The proposed policy will remove all sense of safety and support that trans kids have at school. They will be subjected to even more bullying and harassment than they already endure, which will increase their rates of depression and suicide. This rule will help no one and kill kids.


I support boys staying out of girls restrooms

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Common sense. People that disagree must not have little girls.


This does not stop the robbery

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This change does not guarantee that "All students have the right to attend school in an environment free from discrimination, harassment, or bullying." It may help some students who need parental guidance concerning gender confusion, but all the students that need to attend private and home schools are still being discriminated against. Parents whose faith requires their children to have a Christ-centered education are legally bullied into paying taxes that pay for non-Christian education, and then they still have to pay for their own children's Christian education. Undoubtedly, policies that rob parents also rob their dependents because the household has fewer resources. Moreover, if Christian parents work for Christian schools, their pay is often less because these schools don't have public funding. So, despite this big discussion to help s few students, it is only one penny offsetting a multibillion-dollar robbery.

The underlying issue is not being addressed: many families are still being discriminated against, harassed, and bullied, whether they send their children to public school, Christian school, or home school.

Recent Supreme Court decisions prove that Virginia's Blaine Amendment is unconstitutional, and we need executives, legislators, and/or judges to act like freedom-loving Americans and provide equal funding for all students and families, regardless of their religion.

This would benefit all families.


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


Agree with 2022 policy for all students and parents in Virginia's public schools

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I am in agreement with the proposed 2022 model policies in the privacy, dignity and respect for all students and parents in Virginia's public schools.

Please strengthen parents' rights and protect all students by adopting this policy.

Thank you.


MassResistance is Lame


Strongly Oppose the Proposed 2022 Model Policies

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Virginia is an extremely moderate state, yet somehow we are now joining the likes of Florida, Texas, and Ohio in targeting transgender students, forcing them out of school sports (see pp. 10, 18 of proposed policy), and forcing them to either use the wrong bathroom or be relegated to single-user facilities (p. 18).

Va. Code § 22.1-22.3 was passed to facilitate the acceptance of transgender students. The law requires standards relating to "[m]aintenance of a supportive learning environment,"[p]revention and response to bullying and harassment," and "[p]rotection of student privacy," among other things. The 2022 proposed model policies purport to create such standards, but the standards are completely at odds with the statute's purpose. Far from maintaining a supportive learning environment, the model policies mandate that teachers misname and misgender trans students (p. 16). Students who bully transgender students will be encouraged by this behavior from teachers. The policies do not protect student privacy, but instead mandate that their gender identity be revealed to parents who may be unsupportive or even abusive (p. 3).

Model policies under Section 22.1-23.3 are supposed to be created "in accordance with evidence-based best practices." The 2021 Model Policies include a long list of experts, students, parents, and others who were consulted on the policies, as well as a long list of resources. The 2022 policies, in contrast, contains a short "resources" section mainly concerned with the benefits of parental involvement in education.

A quick look at any of these resources will show that they are being completely misconstrued. The first source, a CDC webpage on "school connectedness," is concerned with connection between students and the school, and has little to say about parent involvement. (In fact, the proposed policies will certainly harm the connection between trans children and their school.) Other resources are concerned with parents who work with school staff to "support and improve the learning, development, and health of children and adolescents" (CDC Parent Engagement Strategy Guide). To be sure, parental involvement is an important factor in student success; parents should encourage their kids to do their homework, read, exercise, eat healthy foods, etc. But not all parental involvement is good. When parents force their children to go by the wrong name, to be identified as the wrong gender, they are actively harming their children.

This is not some abstract issue. Stigmatization of trans youth directly leads to higher suicide rates (see Trevor Project, Facts About LGBTQ Youth Suicide; Medical News Today; etc.). Make no mistake: these model policies, if adopted, will lead to many preventable deaths.

Why is Virginia doing this? Other purple/blue states with Republican Governors, such as Maryland and Massachusetts, are not considering trans exclusionary policies. The reason is that, in general, Republican governors of blue states want to appeal to their state's constituents, and their constituents would never stand for what Virginia is now attempting. Glenn Youngkin, on the other hand, is already looking past Virginia. He is running for president, and wants to appeal to a reactionary national Republican base. Youngkin is sacrificing transgender children for his own (doomed) political ambitions. It is morally reprehensible, and these proposed model policies are unjustified and dangerous.


My Dad is whack

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Take it from me, he nutz


All parents hate this policy

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<p>Stop it for Pete’s sake </p>


Support separate bathrooms for biological genders

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This teacher 100% supports separate locker room and bathroom facilities for boys and girls.  These children are at awkward, impressionable ages. At my school, it is common for the teams to use the shower facilities after morning practice before school begins. It is 100% inappropriate to allow children of the opposite sex into these facilities. It is unfair to push adult ideologies onto these vulnerable children.


Strongly oppose

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I strongly oppose this policy. As a licensed mental health practitioner, I can state without any reservations that this policy will be very harmful for transgender and non-binary students in Virginia. While we hope that parents and caregivers will be accepting and understanding of their child's gender identity, we cannot assume this to be true in every case. Unfortunately, outing a transgender or non-binary child to their parents/caregivers can have extremely negative consequences. This article from the Trevor Project on the suicide rates in LGBTQ+ youth, particularly the part on the impact of having affirming spaces for these youth, is especially relevant here (https://www.thetrevorproject.org/resources/article/facts-about-lgbtq-youth-suicide/).


Strongly opposed

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<p>The suicide risk of children and teens who are misgendered and who will suffer from dysphoria under this policy is enough to make the decision clear. We have already seen an uptick of suicide risk due to the pandemic aftermath... We are about to cause so much more chaos with this policy. </p>


Thank you so much for protecting our kids and giving parents their rights back!

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As a parent of children in VA, I approve of this! I am so happy that you are standing up for girls and boys so they will not be bullied or sexually assaulted again!!  I am so glad that you have given us back our rights as parents!! You can't take an aspirin at school with out a note from a parent, so why does anyone think that parents should not be involved with all decisions for OUR children!!!  Thank you so much!!


Support

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Support new policy change.


Strongly opposed to stripping the rights of students

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<p>As a former Virginia student identifying as LGBTQ+, I have seen firsthand the hurt and violence that comes from forceable outings of students rather than allowing them to come out in their own time. Stripping the protection that teachers give to students by allowing them to be themselves and forcing them to choose between their jobs or their students is a horrible choice. Students deserve to feel safe in their schools to express themselves and figure out who they are. </p>


Support

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<p>Parents have every God given right to know what behaviors their children are engaged in and what decisions they make that could impact their development. Having schools or anyone else be directed to conceal information from parents about their children can significantly impact their relationship with and understanding of their children. </p>


I support policy to keep our school locker rooms free from lefty perversion

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Schools are supposed to be a place for education. The left uses schools as a place to indoctrinate and groom children into their demented ways. Thank you for your help governor.


Human rights are for all

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Human rights are for children and students as well. This violates students’ agency.

Government can not determine a person’s sexuality nor orientation.

This violates Title IX.


Fully Support Gov Youngkin's Changes on School Policies

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Fully support changes made on school policies. Parents have a right to be involved with all decisions regarding their child/children.


Strongly oppose.

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Policies that attack trans, nonbinary, and gender-diverse students and their families are in no way dignified or respectful. By contrast, as the healthcare community has made clear, these policies will significantly worsen the health and wellbeing of students. For some, their very lives will be at risk. In light of the research and statistics on the suicide and self-harm risks for trans and gender-diverse youth, how could you possibly implement policies based in the kind of hate and isolation that we know will harm these children?  All children deserve to be treated with dignity and empathy, and school should be safe for everyone, not just cisgender kids.


Strongly oppose, this is just a political game for the right.

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I strongly oppose this hateful policy, it's clearly intended to keep trans kids from being able to be themselves. Youngkin knows damn well that it puts these kids at risk of abuse and bullying, which from my experience the school systems don't even bother to deal with. All these morons arguing for it are using the most inane reasons and examples, they clearly have no experience or knowledge about the average transgender person. Move on, find something else to complain about and let trans people exist and live without needing your approval, you're all sickening.


Protect Our Students

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As a teacher for 42 years, my number one job was to create a safe physical and emotional environment for my students in order for them to be able to learn and to return home safely every single day. Would any parent expect less from their child's school? Governor Younkin's proposed policy to roll back protections for a clearly identified vulnerable group of students in Virginia--transgender students--is cruel and misguided. It is imperative that the governor educate himself on this topic before pulling the rug out from under transgender students. Governor Youngkin is in a position of leadership and there is no excuse for any leader to consciously overlook opportunities to become informed about policies they push. Human sexuality is complex. Myriad experts in the medical field and in organizations that support people in the transgender community would be glad to work with the governor to educate him. Plenty of teachers, administrations, school counselors, school social workers, and school psychologists would be glad to inform the governor of the potential impact and harm that his proposed policy would have on students and their families. We citizens of Virginia must work together to support ALL of our students each and every day.


If you oppose this bill you are a MORON

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Sexual assault is real. If you don’t believe so then your pronoun should be moron.


Strongly oppose

These proposed VDOE policy changes are less about empowering conscientious and caring parents than about further disempowering an already vulnerable group demonstrated to experience bullying, sexual assault, other forms of abuse, suicidality, and homelessness at higher rates than the general population — transgender, nonbinary, and gender-expansive youth.
The Youngkin Administration's policies would require all Virginia K-12 educators and school employees to:
• Out all transgender, nonbinary, and gender-expansive youth to their parents, regardless of consideration for their safety at home.
• Practice deadnaming and misgendering, both of which can harmfully increase gender dysphoria in these youth, unless parents provide written consent for students to use their chosen names and pronouns in school contexts.
• Separate participation in sports and other activities, as well as use of certain facilities (such as bathrooms), solely on the basis of a youth's sex assigned at birth, which is not the same thing as their gender.
• Police gender expression and appearance of transgender, nonbinary, and gender-expansive youth.As a pastor, I have seen the damaging effects of these practices upon youth who already navigate more challenges than their peers because of societal discrimination.
In addition to providing pastoral care for trans, nonbinary, and gender-expansive youth and adults, I also have worked with a street-free sleep initiative (shelter program) for youth and young adults in Nashville considered too at-risk in local shelters. A vast majority of that population were trans young people experiencing homelessness after being rejected by their families of origin or caregivers. Outing people to their families can make them vulnerable to emotional or physical abuse and even homelessness.Furthermore, requiring professionals who are committed to youths' thriving to participate in practices that compound the harms experienced by the students in their charge — or to face professional repercussions — also carries the potential to cause these professionals moral injury.We can, and should, do better to care for and be in solidarity with our trans, nonbinary, and gender-expansive neighbors. It's a matter of conscientious citizenship and — for me —Christian faith. I believe our neighbors of all genders were created equally in the image and likeness of God. We should be supporting the most vulnerable in our society rather than enabling policies that further harm and place them at risk.

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These proposed VDOE policy changes are less about empowering conscientious and caring parents than about further disempowering an already vulnerable group demonstrated to experience bullying, sexual assault, other forms of abuse, suicidality, and homelessness at higher rates than the general population — transgender, nonbinary, and gender-expansive youth.

The Youngkin Administration's policies would require all Virginia K-12 educators and school employees to:

• Out all transgender, nonbinary, and gender-expansive youth to their parents, regardless of consideration for their safety at home.

• Practice deadnaming and misgendering, both of which can harmfully increase gender dysphoria in these youth, unless parents provide written consent for students to use their chosen names and pronouns in school contexts.

• Separate participation in sports and other activities, as well as use of certain facilities (such as bathrooms), solely on the basis of a youth's sex assigned at birth, which is not the same thing as their gender.

• Police gender expression and appearance of transgender, nonbinary, and gender-expansive youth.

As a pastor, I have seen the damaging effects of these practices upon youth who already navigate more challenges than their peers because of societal discrimination.

In addition to providing pastoral care for trans, nonbinary, and gender-expansive youth and adults, I also have worked with a street-free sleep initiative (shelter program) for youth and young adults in Nashville considered too at-risk in local shelters. A vast majority of that population were trans young people experiencing homelessness after being rejected by their families of origin or caregivers. Outing people to their families can make them vulnerable to emotional or physical abuse and even homelessness.

Furthermore, requiring professionals who are committed to youths' thriving to participate in practices that compound the harms experienced by the students in their charge — or to face professional repercussions — also carries the potential to cause these professionals moral injury.

We can, and should, do better to care for and be in solidarity with our trans, nonbinary, and gender-expansive neighbors. It's a matter of conscientious citizenship and — for me —Christian faith. I believe our neighbors of all genders were created equally in the image and likeness of God. We should be supporting the most vulnerable in our society rather than enabling policies that further harm and place them at risk.


Strongly oppose this policy which sacrifices student safety for parental ideology and idolatry

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I am against this collection of model policies.


Strongly against this and all of your policies full of hate.

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<p>Stop using Virginia to launch you bid for the next bigoted president. Been there, done that, still haven’t recovered. </p>


This policy is illegal and does the exact opposite of protecting students

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


Strongly oppose

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<p>I strongly oppose Gov. Youngkins policy regarding transgender in schools. </p>


Strongly Oppose - Our children deserve better

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<p>Our children rely on us to protect them and to love them and support them.  That includes protecting, loving and supporting them in school settings and allowing them to grow and learn in an accepting and caring environment. Children need a safe place to be heard.  This guidance document will only make school a place where they feel uncared for and unheard. </p>


Strongly support

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<p>I strongly support Governor Youngkin common sense policies that protects children and the right of the parents to make decisions of what best for their own children. </p>


Melanie Meren, Fairfax County School Board Member

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The Governor’s stated intent to roll back protections and supports for transgender and gender-expansive students with a new model policy from the Virginia Department of Education is harmful, abandons students in need, and tramples the rights of their parents/guardians. All students should be able to live without fear of prejudice, discrimination, harassment, or violence.

Students in Fairfax County overwhelmingly disagree with the Governor’s stated intention.

I support continued implementation of Fairfax County Public Schools Policy 1450 to protect students, educators, and other staff from discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity; and FCPS Regulation 2603 that relies on robust parent/guardian engagement to help provide transgender and gender-expansive students with the strongest protections and supports in the Commonwealth. Furthermore, I am committed to the Board following the Virginia Human Rights Act, Title IX's prohibition on gender identity discrimination, and the settled law of Grimm v. Gloucester County School Board, 972 F.3d 586 (4th. Cir. 2020), which requires respect for students’ gender identity.

Protecting, supporting, and affirming our transgender and gender-expansive students is critical to achieving a safe and respectful learning environment for all students, and providing them with equal access to educational programs, services, and activities. From this commitment, I will not waver.


Thank you, Gov. Youngkin

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<p>The task of raising children is one of the most difficult, yet rewarding endeavors. When they are school-aged, we are constantly teaching, guiding, supporting. It is our responsibility to walk alongside our children through challenges and whatever is concerning them. Thank you for this new policy, restoring the right of the parents to be aware of issues concerning our children so that we can do our job to the best of our ability. </p>


Support of proposed changes to education policy by Gov. Youngkin

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In light of all the issues parents and teachers face trying to provide quality education to our youth it is absolutely essential to have parents on board every step of the way to provide support and transparency in every classroom.

I support Gov. Youngkin our children and families need it.


Strongly support Governor Youngkin

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In total support of Governor Youngkin and the proposed revisions


Oppose


Strongly opposed

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I will never understand the unrelenting desire to control other people.  What possible harm can it do to call a child by their chosen name and used their preferred pronouns?  Even if their identification as transgendered ends up just being a phase, who has been harmed by showing kindness and empathy to the child.   Legislating identity and orientation will only exacerbate an already hostile, unkind environment.  I strongly oppose this legislation.


Support Gov. Youngkin

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Strongly support Gov. Youngkin’s proposed changes.


By this logic e should help all disordered children achieve their perception of body and self


SUPPORT - THERE IS A COMMON GROUND!!  Both sides want to be Safe!!!

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<p> I support this.  It is a step in the right direction, it is not perfect, but none the less.  It is so sad to see what people that oppose this are writing by not even reading the document!  It is not against the trans community.  And they are not even thinking how harmful this can be for vulnerable high school, middle and grammar school age girls when opportunists take advantage like we saw in Loudon County</p>


Strongly supports

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<p>I strong this. The are children. We concern them minors until the age of 18. They are not allowed to vote, drink alcohol, or make medical decisions without their parent’s permission. Why is this different? </p>


We should help the anorexic vomit and body integrity identity disorder to amputate a limb

They both want to achieve the body they identify and are comfortable with

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By this logic we need to support all disordered children in achieving their perceived bodies and reality


Strongly Favor New Policy, and Urge Enforcement Mechanisms

Arthur Schaper
              / MassResistance

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Dear Virginia Department of Education:

My name is Arthur Schaper, and I am the Field Director for MassResistance, the international pro-family group that makes the difference.

Gov. Youngkin's updates to the education code and policies must be implemented. Parents must be foremost in knowing and approving any changes or recognition of a student's identity and being.

Schools, districts, staff should not be pushing false identities onto children, and they certainly should not promote these false identities without the parents' knowledge or permission.

Frankly, I fear that the updated guidelines are not strong enough, in fact, because school districts can choose not to comply with the rules entirely. There needs to be enforcement mechanisms in place to ensure parents are respected fully in all the decisions made regarding their children.


Strongly Opposed


Strongly SUPPORT. For kids' safety and parents' rights

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I strongly support the new policy. It protects kids in schools, upholds parents' rights, and offers support to kids with gender dysphoria.


Opposition to proposed changes to Model Policies for the Treatment of Transgender Students in VA

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As an educator and citizen of Alexandria, VA, I am writing to voice my strong opposition to the proposed changes to the Model Policies for the Treatment of Transgender Students in Virginia’s Public Schools. The proposed guidelines are not only at odds with the recommendations of the National Association of School Psychologists and other expert organizations, it also wrongly privileges "parents' rights" at the expense of students rights. It is well documented that LGBTQ+ youth have higher suicide rates than average, and that in many cases, the sources of these youths' trauma is from a lack of support, or even violence, from their parents and other family members. The proposed policies merely give cover to parents to engage in psychological and emotional abuse of their children under the guise of "parental rights." If enacted, these guidelines will directly contribute to the deaths of children in the state of Virginia.


Strongly Support this common sense policy

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I am writing to strongly endorse Governor Youngkin's sound policy regarding the protection of minors from lifelong, irreversible, sterilizing, and mutilating medical interventions that masquerade as "gender affirming" health care.

Both Law and Science support a policy that prevents minors from causing irreversible damage to their developing bodies.  Children lack the legal capacity to enter into contracts or make their own health care decisions. They do not have  the intellectual capacity to make irrevocable hormonal and surgical changes to their bodies.  Puberty blockers cause harm to both osteo development and tissue growth.  There is also the issue of of lifelong dependency on hormone treatments. Minors are not capable of comprehending the impact of being dependent on such drugs for the rest of their lives nor the risk of unknown potential side effects.  The National Women's Health Initiative conducted in the 1990s showed that postmenopausal women who took estrogen for prolonged periods of time had a higher risk of heart disease, blood clots, and stroke.  As a result of that comprehensive study, medical guidelines supporting hormone replacement for postmenopausal room were significantly altered.  No such study has been conducted on the lifelong  use of hormones begun by transgender adults when they were minors.  As a society, we should not be medically experimenting on our children nor encouraging them in any way to participate in such high-risk experiments.

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

• I support the new policies’ removal of language that encouraged school officials to follow procedures to essentially deceive parents when their children are making potentially life-altering decisions regarding their gender identity in a school setting.  Parents must have knowledge and awareness of their child's medical condition, as parents are legally responsible for their child's welfare.

• The original policy had language that created a wedge between parents and their child, at a time when they need to have even more trust and communication—and I support the new update that removes this barrier.  In this country, the state (including the public schools) does not own the children of the families they serve.

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

• I support the updated language that empowers schools to make their own decisions on how to best protect kids—especially when it comes to protecting vulnerable students in a state of undress in locker rooms or overnight sleeping quarters for school field trips.


Support to get these suicidal kids mental health care- not a free pass to the girl’s shower facility

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<p>These people advocating to give suicidal kids a life without boundaries need to go back to parenting 101. That is ridiculous. Life has boundaries and rules. One of them is that males aren’t allowed to wander into girls bathrooms, locker rooms, and team shower facilities. Do whatever you want at home but when you come to school there are rules. </p>


OPPOSE this Guidance

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The Commonwealth of Virginia should make sure students feel safe and protected in school. This INCLUDES letting students express themselves anyway they want in school as long as it does not disrupt class. The Commonwealth CANNOT require transgender students to receive approval from their parents to express themselves in order to receive the same compassion and respect all other students receive. We need to support them, not judge them as unworthy of making their own decisions.


In support

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We need something that will help students, protect teachers, and support families.  I believe this presents a good start in those areas.  We should be able to help students without division between the school and students’ guardians.


Strongly SUPPORT!!!


support

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I support Governor Youngkin's proposed policy change in favor of consideration and respect for all students and parents.


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I Strongly SUPPORT Governor Youngkin's new policy


Oppose

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It upsets me that the the State of Virginia is focusing on policies to exclude a small population of its students instead of focusing on issues of much greater significance to all students such as increasing teacher pay and improving access to the internet in rural communities. I hate to think of how much time and energy is being wasted trying to prevent kids from using a bathroom or playing on a sports team. Let's focus on education people!


Strongly support Gov Youngkin and parental involvement in children's schools

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I strongly support Governer Youngkin's proposal to keep parents involved in their children's schools.  As a parent I can hardly believe this conversation about teachers/administrations and students keeping secrets from parents is even happening.  Not only is it my right as a parent to know about life changing conversations being had between my children and school authorities but it's my responsibility to be involved. I fully appreciate there are circumstances in which school authorities believe a parent/parents to be a threat to their child but in such cases that becomes a legal matter, and the proper legal authorities should be notified. What Governor Youngkin is proposing simply allows parents to parent.


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The new policy is inclusive of ALL students and does not provide special treatment for anyone. Let's get back to academics - period.


Oppose

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I oppose this change in policy which will risk the inclusion and protection of transgender and non-binary youth by taking away the guarantee of a safe and inclusive school environment.  These children often suffer disporportionately high rates of sex discrimination at school, including sexual assault and harassment or bullying because of their desire to express themselves and their identities freely.  Parents have every right under the existing policy to be involved in and to support their children in this.  However, like for so many minority populations before them, societal and parental support for the transgendered is not a guarantee and these kids often have nowhere to turn for a safe mental and physical environment, including gender-affirming school health services.  Schools should always be that safe place for any child regardless of their sex, orientation, race or economic status.

I reject a change in policy that will only serve to see transgender people feel less safe. Treating all students with dignity and respect is not a religious stance.  However, parents whose religion support discrimination against transgendered humans have the opportunity to see their children educated in that belief at parochial school.  Public schools should be reserved for the equal treatment of all.

The trend of state bills excluding transgender students from athletics is a false solution in search of a nonexistent problem. For more than a decade, state athletic associations around the country have implemented eligibility policies that ensure transgender student athletes can compete consistent with their gender identity. Those inclusive polices have benefited all students, including cisgender girls and women.[17] There is no evidence that the participation of transgender girls and women has affected the level of play in states with inclusive policies.[18] Furthermore, girls’ athletics participation has increased or stayed the same in those states that have inclusive sports policies, while girls’ athletics participation has declined in states with discriminatory policies.[19]

While state laws banning discussion of LGBTQI+ people’s lives and contributions in schools were repealed or overturned in recent years, several states have now rushed to pass new “Don’t Say Gay or Trans” laws.[25] For example, Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay or Trans” law makes it illegal, in some cases, and otherwise creates new and vague barriers to discussing LGBTQI+ topics, including the existence of transgender people.[26] We’ve seen this move before, and research shows that the ”no promo homo” laws now being revived contribute to a hostile school climate. [27] LGBTQI+ youth in states with these laws are more likely to experience harassment and assault based on their sexual orientation and gender expression than LGBTQI+ youth in states without these laws.[28] In addition to reducing harassment, inclusive curriculum in courses such as health education is essential for LGBTQI+ youth to make informed decisions about their health and future, and avoid potential adverse health outcomes.[29] LGBTQ youth who found their school to be LGBTQ-affirming have reported significantly lower rates of attempting suicide.[30] All students deserve access to an education that affirms their own identity and deserve the opportunity to see themselves and their families reflected in their school’s curriculum.

We support the full inclusion, protection, and celebration of transgender youth, including access to school facilities and extracurricular activities such as athletics, gender-affirming care, and inclusive curriculum, because all young people deserve safe, healthy, and inclusive environments. Transgender and non-binary youth deserve the chance to succeed and thrive like any other child.

We call on state policymakers to reject attacks on transgender and non-binary youth, to commit themselves to meaningfully advancing policies that support equal opportunity, [31] and to reassure all students in the nation’s classrooms that they will have the chance to learn, grow, and thrive. If you have any questions, please reach out to Steven Almazán, k12 education senior program manager at The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, at almazan@civilrights.org.


STRONGLY OPPOSE. Does it matter?

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<p>Will any of our comments matter to Youngkin? Here's hoping that someone is listening to our concerns. </p>


Oppose- Trans Rights are Human Rights

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This policy is cruel and disgusting, and would only serve to make the lives of my trans and gender nonconforming students more dangerous. Kids deserve to be treated with dignity and empathy, and school should be safe for everyone, not just cisgender kids. The idea of being forced to deadname and out students is repugnant and would make me strongly consider leaving Virginia to teach somewhere else.


OPPOSE

This is targeting an already vulnerable group. Let kids be kids.


Please consider

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<p>Please ensure that the new policies and guidelines be adhered to and enforced that have been set to ensure parental rights at a time when communication between parents and teens is crucial. Children need protection with privacy in bathrooms, locker rooms and on field trips to not share with opposite sex. And parents have the right to know anything happening with their children in school. </p>


Strongly agree with the policy

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I strongly support the rights of the parents.


Support Youngkin's education bill

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Fully support Gov. Youngkin's education bill


Strongly oppose


STRONGLY OPPOSE

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This is an extremist regulation that doesn’t reflect the concerns of students:

Multiple school districts in Virginia already implemented the 2020 model transgender policies. These laws had a transformative effect on every LGBTQIA+ student. So many students have been able to be themselves, gain access mental health care, and not have to worry about parental abuse under the old guidelines. Queer kids deserve more affirming schools and not being hurt by these new regulations. This threat to student safety has been a big distraction from academics since it was announced.


I support the policy

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<p>As a parent, I don't want my kids exposed to things, especially those of sexual matters, in school settings. Especially in uncontrolled settings like school bathrooms. I know how rowdy those bathrooms can be. I think trans students should have a safe space bathroom, but not let everyone co-mingle in whichever bathroom they choose. I don't want my kids to hear and see things they don't yet understand or can comprehend. As a parent I support the bill and think schools need more officers and more support counselors for mental health. </p>


NO "new rules" regarding transgender students

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An important concept of “honorable” governance is to do no intentional harm.  Accept people, particularly the young, for who they are and accept them as human beings.  I taught in the public school system in Virginia for 40 years.  One mantra that was handed down and repeated over and over was “meet the students where they are.”  This proposal is the direct opposite.  It intentionally will force our transgender children to meet the government where the government dictates they should be. This ridiculous piece of “executive tinkering” is nothing more than political pandering in order to maintain, and hopefully increase, support from a like-minded base of folks who are, to be kind, of questionable intellect.  These “new rules” harken back to the days before Brown vs, the Board of Education when Black students, through no fault of their own, were denied an equal education, equal facilities, and equal treatment as human beings.  Honorable governance has a lot to do with decency, with respect towards others, with compassion and with just plain common sense.  In this particular instance, we find that with the “new rules.” common sense, decency, respect and compassion have been left behind. In their place we find authoritarianism, rejection, callousness, and a total lack of compassion for those who are caught up in truly life changing decisions.  It is, indeed, a sad day when the governor of a state tries to make their reputation on the backs of a minority.  Shame on the governor, those in the legislature and those in our state who see the “new rules” as being a positive step.


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This proposed policy change is outrageous.  It would violate the rights of transgender and non-binary students.


STRONGLY SUPPORT Gov. Youngkin -- No need for more sexual assaults or experiences in bathrooms

Recent UVA & Virginia Public School Grad

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Keep bathrooms separate. Children don't need more confusion and liberal agenda pushing in public schools, there's enough of that already. Let kids be kids, there are plenty of "safe spaces", single toilets, and stall options for trans students. Don't make everyone else uncomfortable shoving these with these matters of sexuality and sexual preference down kids throats and ignoring the wishes of their parents/guardians just because the less than <1% of people who it applies to are pushing the agenda. There are other options for trans students, and quite frankly, I think there would be a lot more bullying and assault taking place if we allowed free sharing of bathrooms.

I have friends who teach in Arlington and FCPS schools who say during bathrooms breaks, middle and even elementary schoolers are doing sexual activities in the bathrooms. This could only get worse with allowing sharing of bathrooms with biological boys and girls, especially in middle/high school. Not just for trans students but all students taking advantage of private bathroom space for sexual activities in school where boys and girls can co mingle. Bad news all around.  Parents and teachers try to prevent grinding at school dances, but you're ok allowing them to share bathrooms together as they please?


Strongly oppose

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I strongly oppose this offensive guidance.


Governors policy

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Strongly support Governor Younkin


Very Strongly Opposed

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I have been a resident of Virginia for over 26 years, for 14 of which two of my own children attended public schools, and I have never seen a proposed policy so out of touch, so cruel, so inhumane towards another human being in our state, let alone an innocent child.

This proposal is 100% intended to fuel hate and does NOT act in our children's nor society's best interest. It is disgusting and has no place in our state. In the strongest, most emphatic terms - I vehemently oppose this proposed policy as it will destroy the fantastic progress in our great state.

In essence, problem with the Policy Proposal is that it puts transgender children in dangerous situations across the Commonwealth. By “outing” transgender children to their families without their consent, they are opening the possibility of abuse and neglect at the hands of their own families, abandonment to our foster care system - which is already disproportionately full of transgender children, and suicide over being forced to live a life that is not theirs. This policy will create an additional, needless mental health crisis, one that none of our children let alone our communities can withstand.

Just because trans youth are "different" their rights and freedoms are no different. Stop being so afraid of people who are different. This hate fueled rhetoric masquerading as a policy has no place in our state or anywhere near the VDOE.


STRONG support for the 2022 Model Policies

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Empowering parents DOES improve outcomes for all children, especially those most at risk.


it won't change Youngkin, he doesn't care

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This is a waste of time. Let's put this to a real vote, put it on the ballot. Most people are kind in this world. You are hearing from the cruelest group, in support. Let's vote. This is all a waste of time. So half say yes and half say no. Now what!


Worried for already vulnerable children

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I am heartbroken that we in Virginia are, once again, at the back of the line for progress and human rights. We shut down entire school districts to prevent racial integration, and now we are endangering the lives of already vulnerable children.

It is hard enough to grow up being "different." But then to have the adults in your life actively turn against you is terrifying. School is supposed to be a safe place, with trusted teachers and staff- not a place to live in fear over your very identity.

The children this policy is claiming to protect are not the ones in danger. It is just the opposite. Even this discussion, in which we debate who is allowed to be accepted in our society, is putting more gender-fluid, nonbinary, and trans children at risk of mental health struggles, self-injury, even suicide. No one wants to feel like they are unwanted.

We should be working to include everyone in our schools and our society. That has been the slow arc of American history. Let us continue on the path to a better country for all.


Support parent rights

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Vote to support!  Parents must maintain rights over their children and biological definitions of male and female must be protected.


OPPOSE - Protect gender minorities

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I OPPOSE this policy. By erasing gender minorities from the classroom and enabling school policies that are hostile to trans and non-binary youth, what we're fundamentally doing is creating an environment of hatred in Virginia's schools. School policies have a very real effect on the behaviors and beliefs of students, and so by implementing a discriminatory policy such as this, we would not only be driving the suicide rates of youth belonging to gender minorities up by more than 1.5x [https://www.jahonline.org/article/S1054-139X(20)30653-4/abstract], we would also be teaching our next generation behaviors rooted in transphobia and a lack of respect for diversity.

As a trans woman, I can attest that the last thing children need is for queer identities to be further erased and suppressed in our school system. I, like many other trans and non-binary people, have the experience of realizing much later in life than I would like that my assigned gender indentity was preventing me from living a fulfilling and authentic life. If anything, what our schools need is to educate children about what it means to be queer, and the importance of respecting gender minorities.


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<p>For anyone who thinks this won't result in deaths, please put your life where your mouth is. If a child dies due this this bigotry, please do us a favor and follow an eye for an eye, as your bible says. </p>


Oppose the policy

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<p>Transgender rights are human rights. Why deny anyone dignity and respect? Some parents and teachers are not supportive and nuturing of their children/students and we need policies to protect children. </p>


Support Gov. Youngkin

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Give back the rights to parents.


oppose

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<p>This is a waste of your time. Focus on real issues. Let parents worry about their own children. This is not an issue. Leave model alone. </p>


Strongly Opposed

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Strongly opposed to the Governor's policy on transgender rights


Strongly SUPPORT

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I strongly support the new proposed policy.   There has been an effort to take aware parents rights of their own child.  this will help restore those rights


Support Parents Children Won't Die

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As a mother of a trans gender teen, I grapple daily with pronouns and still refuse to call my child their new name!  ( I call them by the first letter as a compromise and everything is fine)

 I support parental rights to be involved in any decisions, changes, etc and for parents to be a part of any decisions with school administrators.  Children will not die!   Schools do not have control over OUR children.   Parents are first since we are responsible for our children and wevpay for the schools and all the educator's salaries!  Thank you Governor for standing up to BIG ED!

There needs to be some adjustments to the policy for age appropriate decisions. K-8 should be addressed  differently than Highschool.


Strongly support

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This is what is best for our children not some ivory town school  board /principal out of touch like Loudoun county passing down horrible choices that gets our child victimized then tries to cover it up. if you do not like the law. then try and get it changed but you are here to enforce and ensure the law and wishes of the state and parents are followed. If you do not like it then get out and find a different job.


Thank you for Parent's rights policy

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Thank you for updating these policies to restore protections for basic parents rights and ensuring that parents are no longer an outsider in their childs education! This is especially important in the area of sex education and other moral and social quandries our child should be influenced by the parent first and foremost. Parents have the role of leader in their childs lives. Government has a supportive role to the parent and if there is ever any concerns that surface in the school day the parent should be informed especially in the elementary years.

The previous policies have been a wedge cause dicention in the family and creating a place of battles that do not need to be planted inthe minds of impresionable children.

These sexualized books and curriculum have no place in school libraries nor do sexual indecent book reading by drag queens. dressed in inappropriate attire that violates dress codes.

Teachers that have such wildly offesive lifestyles should not be permitted to teach young children and even older children. This is promoting life choices that is violation as well. The bible was taken out of school yet these destructive gender confused books and teaching inappropriate sexual behaviors was just an openly indecent move on the previous administration.

I am thankful you have had the courage to stand up against this evil that tried to overtake parents right to protect their child.

You will always have my support as you move in the best interest of the strengthening of the virginia family/

Sincerely,

Mrs. Gilda Wilson


STRONGLY SUPPORT!

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I STRONGLY support Gov. Youngkin's revised guidance and 2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect of ALL students and ALL parents! The name says it all! I write in support of these policies for several reasons:

First, these policies acknowledge the fundamental right of parents (guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution) to direct the upbringing, education and care of their own children. No school policies should permit teachers or administrators to keep secrets from parents about their children for any reason whatsoever. Children belong to their parents and not to the schools, and parents have the right to know any and all information regarding their children.

Second, these policies rightly acknowledge that all students are entitled to privacy, dignity and respect and for those struggling with gender confusion, a narrowly tailored solution can be arrived at for their benefit without putting the privacy and safety rights of all other students at risk.

Third, biology is reality and it is objective truth, and there is no situation where it is appropriate or safe for a biological male to be permitted to compete against biological females in female sports. Period. This is for fairness and for the safety of our young girls. There are no exceptions.

These policies preserve parental rights and protect children from harm, and I strongly support their finalization and adoption.


Strongly Opposed

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<p>I am for child and youth safety. They should be able to use pronouns and restrooms that affirm their being - not someone else's opinion. </p>


Support removal of LCPS school board to stop sexual assaults in bathrooms

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Sexual assault is real. It happened multiple times at LCPS thanks to our insane school board. They all have blood on their hands. Thank you governor for stepping up and helping us out.


Strongly 100% support

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<p>100 % support the new transgender policy. They are children and they must have parental and adult guidance. </p>


OPPOSE/RESCIND Youngkin's administration  “Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect

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Research Shows New Policy Will Make Schools Less Safe for LGBTQ+ Youth ? When transgender people are aware of anti-trans policies being introduced into their state, they report higher levels of discrimination, greater depressive symptoms, and a decreased sense of belonging. ? Students experience better mental health outcomes when school officials respect their gender and use their chosen names. ? Research shows that when transgender students feel more connected to their school, they are less likely to experience symptoms of anxiety and depression. Schools that adopt the Youngkin administration’s proposed policies will operationalize anti-trans policies and harassment. ? All students deserve to feel safe, and transgender youth report being physically threatened or harmed at twice the rate of other student groups. Outing students will only increase this. ? Having non-discrimination policies reduces LGBTQ+ bullying.


Strongly support!!!

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Strongly support the new policy.


I oppose this bill

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<p>Anyone for the passing of this bill is weaponizing the comfort and safety of children for the sake of their anti-trans bigotry :) </p>


Strongly Support

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<p>I agree that parents should have the ultimate decision on their child's education. The constitution states and reiterates that we do. I strongly support this bill, proclaiming the rights of parents. </p>


Do NOT pass this proposed policy revision.

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<p>Protect transgender youth from becoming a pawn for partisan politics.  These children already have a lot on their plate as they navigate their lives.  Who endangers children just to rile up a political base to get votes?  </p>
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Strongly Opposed.

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<p>Please do not roll back protections for trans kids. </p>


Oppose

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What, you want to bring SA into this as a problem? Then do something about the cases that happen all the time first.


Strongly Oppose: Children will die if this is enacted (based on scientific research, not opinion)

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This policy is discriminatory. Nothing about this policy is based in fact or scientific research; instead, it is based on discriminatory ideas. It is hateful, and we know, based on research, that children will die if it is enacted. Others will be disowned, kicked out of their homes and/or spiritual communities. This policy puts these children in danger, of self-harm and/or harm by others.


Model Policy for all Students and their Parents attending VA Public Schools

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<p>Strongly support the proposed 2022 Model Policy for Students and Parents of Students </p>


Please support the improvements!

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Parents provide the best education for their children. By sending them to public or private schools, they want this to continue. Education should not be politicized with transgender, critical race theory or other Marxist indoctrination!


Strongly support new policy!!!

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Strongly support new policy


Support

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<p>This is important for parental rights and young women's right under Title IX. It is also important that all children are treated with care and respect. Children NEED their parents involved in their lives. </p>


Strongly support Governor Youngkin and Parents’ rights.

Virginians and all Americans are behind Governor Youngkin’s common sense policies regarding our children. Thank you Governor for having the fortitude to stand up to leftwing bullies and to represent the majority of Virginia. We are behind you 100%.Thank you sir.

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Virginians and all Americans are behind Governor Youngkin’s common sense policies regarding our children. Thank you Governor for having the fortitude to stand up to leftwing bullies and to represent the majority of Virginia. We are behind you 100%.
Thank you sir.


Harmful to children

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These policies are harmful to our most vulnerable children.  Teachers are advocates for students and they provide safe spaces for their students.  In some cases a student's home life may not be a safe space and schools and teachers other that needed support.  There is a high suicide rate for our transgender youth...these policies are not recognizing them as valued members of society and are causing harm.  Please keep politics and narrow minded thinking away from our children.  Set a positive and nurturing example.  There are very important issues that need attention....not this.


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I strongly support the 2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for All Students and Parents in Virginia’s Public Schools (2022 Model Policies) which withdraw and replace the highly objectionable Model Policies for the Treatment of Transgender Students in Virginia’s Public Schools (2021 Model Policies).

First and foremost, we must speak honestly about truth and reality. Embracing the truth does not include accepting, affirming, and then endorsing the subjective “gender identity” asserted by children suffering from a confused or distorted self-perception of their sex/gender.

Following both “the science” (i.e., biology, genetics) and age-old wisdom, Virginia parents know and teach their children that there are only two sexes/genders: male and female. While those suffering from gender confusion or the psychological disorder of gender dysphoria may insist that they “identify” as one of the opposite sex/gender, there can never be any actual change in their sex/gender. Chromosomally, a person is and will forever remain the sex/gender he (xy) or she (xx) is born, notwithstanding resort to radical hormonal interventions and various surgeries, which, while they may physically disguise the transgender person, can never transubstantiate the body and soul of that person and turn him or her into the opposite sex/gender. The (scientific) truth of the matter is that male DNA is baked into virtually every cell of a boy and female DNA into virtually every cell of a girl.

In the context of public education, parents are justifiably concerned, and rightfully entitled to demand, that their children be taught the scientific truth of human biology and genetics, not false, woke “gender ideology,” and that parents play the central role in dealing with any gender issues.

In many instances, Virginia educators are not simply addressing gender identity issues, they are fomenting them. Advancing “gender ideology,” educators, through their policies, practices and personal biases – and standing as authority figures before captive audiences of impressionable       pre-adolescent/adolescent students – frequently cause otherwise happy and sexually-comfortable young/very young children to question and doubt their sex/gender. And, once having succeeded in creating the doubt they instigated (resulting in pre-adolescent/adolescent gender confusion), they then welcome and endorse these children exhibiting gender-confused behavior. To complete this child-abusive process, educators are then hiding this behavior from the children’s parents. The objective of the 2022 Model Policies is to stop this highly objectionable regime.

In 2021, the Most Rev. Michael F. Burbidge, Bishop of the Arlington Diocese of the Catholic Church, issued “A Catechesis on the Human Person and Gender Ideology,” (“Catechesis”) which specifically noted the errancy flowing from the 2021 Model Policies for the Treatment of Transgender Students in Virginia’s Public Schools (2021 Model Policies). He said:

The claim to “be transgender” or the desire to seek “transition” rests on a mistaken view of the human person, rejects the body as a gift from God, and leads to grave harm. To affirm someone in an identity at odds with biological sex or to affirm a person's desired “transition” is to mislead that person. It involves speaking and interacting with that person in an untruthful manner. [One must] communicate the fullness of the truth, in no circumstances can we confirm a person in error.

Indeed, there is ample evidence that “gender affirmation” not only does not resolve a person's struggles but also can in fact exacerbate them. The acceptance and/or approval of a person's claimed transgender identity is particularly dangerous in the case of children, whose psychological development is both delicate and incomplete. First and foremost, a child needs to know the truth: He or she has been created male or female, forever. Affirming a child's distorted self-perception or supporting a child's desire to “be” someone other than the person (male or female) God created, gravely misleads and confuses the child about “who” he or she is.

Another strong source of misinformation about the nature of the person, and the meaning of the body is, regrettably, the public education system. Our region's [Virginia’s] public schools provide an excellent education in many regards. However, many [schools] also aggressively promote a false understanding of the human person in their advocacy of gender ideology. Current policies [the 2021 Model Policies] compel the use of chosen names and/or pronouns. Staff in many schools are required to affirm a child's declared “gender identity” and facilitate a child's “transition,” even in the absence of parental notice or permission. Parents with children in public school must … [be] vocal against this false and harmful ideology (emphasis added).

I applaud the 2022 Model Policies’ much-needed citation of applicable and controlling Federal Constitutional as well as Virginia law on this matter which makes clear that it is the students’ parents – not schools – who are primarily and preeminently given charge over their children and their children’s upbringing, health, and education. See, Troxel v. Granville, 530 U.S. 57 (2000) (citing Pierce v. Society of Sisters, 268 U. S. 510 (1925) “the ‘liberty [interests] of parents and guardians… [under the 14th Amendment] includes the right ‘to direct the upbringing and education of children under their control.’" Virginia law explicitly states: “A parent has a fundamental right to make decisions concerning the upbringing, education, and care of the parent's child” (“Rights of Parents,” Code of Virginia § 1-240.1). By omitting citation to these laws, the 2021 Model Policies misled the public with respect to the legal rights and authority of parents regarding the education of their minor children-students, including transgender students.

Further, the 2021 Model Policies presumptuously cast school personnel in the role of arbiters of fundamental family matters and cast parents as outsiders, not as the primary caregivers and educators that they are under the law, with respect to determining what, if anything, school personnel would disclose to a parent about the parent’s minor child-student and any transgender tendency the child might be exhibiting in school. (“In the situation when parents or guardians of a minor student (under 18 years of age) do not agree with the student’s request to adopt a new [transgender] name and pronouns, school divisions will need to determine whether to respect the student’s request, abide by the parent’s wishes to continue using the student’s legal name and sex assigned at birth, or develop an alternative that respects both the student and the parents.” (Emphasis added))

Sadly, this dangerous gender ideology is being promoted nationwide by educators. Seattle radio host-social commentator Jason Rantz has exposed educator-fostered “gender ideology” which has harmed so many impressionable minor children-students and their families.

Activist-educators defend these policies by arguing it protects students from bigoted parents who have the audacity to believe in biology and gender. But if there were truly concerns over abusive parents taking out their disagreement over gender identity in physically or emotionally abusive ways against a student, police should be involved.

Oftentimes, however, the concern isn’t about abusive parents. Educators simply fear a parent might intervene in a child’s development. They think they’re the real parents.

Hoping to create a more accepting society, these teachers don’t stop to think if a student is truly confused over his or her gender, or if it’s part of a political or social trend.

There isn’t a sudden surge of transgender or gender non-conforming students. Kids are being prompted to identify as gender non-confirming, particularly whites, to be a part of a social justice trend. Others may subconsciously seek to join a marginalized community, so they aren’t constantly demonized as oppressors by their left-wing teachers. No wonder some teachers embrace these secrets; they don’t want to be stopped in their efforts to indoctrinate students (emphasis added).

For those [children] who are legitimately confused — and these children obviously exist — secrets like this can be soul crushing. That’s why these policies are so dangerous.

[School] Districts are tearing families apart, rather than strengthening them.                        (See, Jason Rantz: “WA schools intentionally, dangerously lie to parents about their child’s ‘identity’”, Washington Radio Station 770-KTTH, Aug 2, 2022.)

Accordingly, I strongly support the text in the “Whereas Clauses” of the 2022 Model Policies which, among other things, states: “education must focus on academic subjects, and, without exception, should not include personal bias, personal political opinion, or indoctrination.”

Among the provisions in the 2022 Model Policies, all of which I support, I particularly endorse:

II. Guiding Principles, § A.1: “Schools shall respect parents’ values and beliefs”:

Parents have the right to instill in and nurture values and beliefs for their own children and make decisions concerning their children’s education and upbringing in accordance with their customs, faith, and family culture.

and

V. Development, § C.

These 2022 Model Policies adhere to the First Amendment. The First Amendment forbids government actors to require individuals to adhere to or adopt any particular ideological beliefs. Practices such as compelling others to use preferred pronouns is premised on the ideological belief that gender is a matter of personal choice or subjective experience not sex. Many Virginians reject this belief. Additionally, the First Amendment guarantees religious freedom and prohibits compelling others to affirm ideas that may be contrary to their personal religious beliefs.

I also strongly endorse Section II. Guiding Principles, § A. 2 – “Schools shall defer to parents to make the best decisions with respect to their children”:

           Parents are in the best position to work with their children and, where appropriate, their                       children’s health care providers to determine (a) what names, nicknames, and/or pronouns, if               any, shall be used for their child by teachers and school staff while their child is at school, (b)               whether their child engages in any counseling or social transition at school that encourages a               gender that differs from their child’s sex, or (c) whether their child expresses a gender that                   differs with their child’s sex while at school.

This provision appropriately places in the hands of parents and their children’s health care providers – not school principals, teachers, staff, or counselors who are imbued with and who often actively propagate false gender ideologies – the determinations to be made with respect to sexual/gender identity. Educators should not be permitted, under the gloss of “education,” to shoehorn in leftist, woke gender ideology before captive audiences of minor children-students.

The 2022 Model Policies appropriately recognize and propose “reasonable accommodations” be made to protect the personal safety, privacy, and modesty of all minor children-students – both those few (< 1%) who suffer from gender confusion and the great majority (99% >) who do not.

Finally, I endorse both the language and content in APPENDIX 1, “Sample Policy, III. Model Policies, §§ G and H.  These provisions properly require males and females to follow their true (biological) sex in sex-specific programs with respect to bathrooms and other school and/or sports facilities, and that schools shall provide reasonable modifications to this policy only to the extent required by federal law.


Policies re Transgender Students.

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This policy is cruel and inhumane and is completely lacking in compassion for these children.

Middle and high school are difficult for most children. By targeting LBGQ children. you  are compounding an already difficult period in their life.  There are many other problems that need addressing in our schools, which are more important.  Leave the sexual identity issues to the children, their parents and their medical professionals.

Finally,  this policy seems to be nothing more than the Governor catering to his right wing base in order to strengthen his prospects for the presidency.  The Governor was elected to serve the Commonwealth and not to use the governorship as a spring board for a presidential run.


STRONGLY OPPOSE THIS MODEL

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<p>I strongly oppose the draft model policy against trans youth. Trans youth have above average suicide rates. This is due to the invalidation they face every day from “adults” who treat them as less than their peers. Stop invalidating trans lives, trans youth, or anything thereof. Trans people are people, and deserve to be treated as such and identify how they please. </p>


Strongly Oppose

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As a parent and tax payer, I strongly oppose these guideline. I urge the VDOE to

NOT adopt them.


STRONGLY SUPPORT CHANGE

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This change supports parents as their proper role as parents. It’s not the governments job to raise children it’s parents.  Surprised how this seems to be a novel idea.  It is the normal tru and real way thing are.  This Chang just supports how what is already supposed to be,  and prevents it from being stolen, twisted or distorted.


Support, parents should be involved

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<p>I want to express my support for these updated policies.  They make our schools safer, protect personal beliefs and keep parents involved.  They should be implemented. </p>


People that be wanting boys to use girls restrooms and locker rooms be trippin

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Dumb to have to make a rule that boys use the boys room. Everyone should know tyat


STRONGLY OPPOSE

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<p>I strongly oppose Gov. Youngkin's policy. Hate does not belong in schools. Trans and non-binary students deserve safety. </p>


I support what Virginia DoE is doing

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We need the focus to be moved back to education of the sciences, English and math and stop putting so much focus on what pronouns people want to be used. I'm the parent of Virginia students and I applaud this policy and hope they continue to go further. The LGBTQ population is such a small population, the rest of the students shouldn't be affected by such a small minority. What people do in the privacy of their own home is their business, but that shouldn't be pushed on my children in public schools. Focus on education, not on trans-agenda


Support all Children

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Virginia Department of Education please do not adopt the new Model Policies


solve the concerns don't add hatred

There are other solutions - oppose this one

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<p>There are legitimate concerns about sports and locker rooms, but those can be solved in other ways. Why do we have to have huge wide open locker rooms! No one wants to show their personal areas to anyone. This is a dumb archaic system. Stop making a broken system worse. Find new solutions Offer locker room choices, offer sporting choices, all biological female, all biological male and both. The world changes, be part of a positive solution not an advocate for the past. All people deserve respect. There was a time were African Americans were slaves and women didn't vote, the world changes, get on board. </p>


Strongly support


Strongly Support This Policy - Parents Should be Involved

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This policy does not discriminate against the kids.  It takes the power away from the schools and school boards and puts it firmly back into the hands of the parents where it should have been all along.

Schools and school boards are not overseers of our kids.  Their one and only focus should be to teach our kids factual, unbiased information.  They should have no role in the social aspect of the kids and should never act as a a parent or lie to parents either directly or indirectly through omission.

Too many people are reacting from emotion without reading the policy.  They need to read and understand the policy and no school district should be able to "decide" not to follow state policy and guidance.  If they do, they should be punished appropriately such as removing state funds from the school district until they comply with the policy.


Good start but doesn’t go far enough

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I am very happy to see the governor pushing this action to reverse the radical trans-agenda pushed by the previous governor. It needs to go further, as this perverse trans-agenda is permanently harmful to children and only serves to confuse their young minds. Unfortunately, current case law doesn’t allow us to go further at this time, but we must not stop trying to get this nonsense out of our schools and provide harsh punishments for those who violate the principles laid out in this proposal.

keep up the great work.


STRONGLY SUPPORT

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<p>I strongly support parental rights to raise their children as they see fit.  The government should not have say. </p>


Strongly Opposed - this is absurd!

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I am very strongly opposed to this bill!

Does Governor Youngkin even know any trans people (adults or children) in real life? It does not seem likely, or he would never have proposed this legislation. Does he realize how much courage it takes for a CHILD to attempt to live their own life the way they want to?

Sure, there are some parents who will support their children no matter what. However, there are also parents who would rather see their child DEAD than have them live as the opposite gender. And this is exactly what will happen if this legislature is passed. These children's lives are very fragile, and this bill would unnecessarily put a very high percentage of them at risk.

To what benefit? How does this impact Gov. Youngkin at all? Is he just trying to gain votes from the ignorant population that doesn't understand anything about being trans? Sounds like it to me.

The governor needs to go out and speak to the members of the trans community whose freedoms and rights he is planning to take away. (The "right wing" claims to be all about "freedom" but it is so clear that the only freedom they care about is their ability to remove other people's rights.)

I have a very close friend who is trans, and if he walked into a woman's restroom, there would be a lot of screaming because he is a tall man with a full beard. Many trans adults are "undetectable" as are trans children who have not started puberty.

In my experience, people use the restroom privately. No one has ever demanded to see my genitals, nor would they have an opportunity to do so. Trans girls who live and dress as girls all day, every day are gentle souls who are not out to attack or rape girls.

I am not trans, but I have always used a nickname. If you called me by my legal name, I would not even turn around. My teachers never had an issue with using the name that I prefer, and I went to school in the 1960s. Using a preferred name is nothing new and if you insist that teachers cannot call a student by their preferred name, it MUST apply to using nicknames as well. What is the point of doing that?

Do not allow this bill to pass. It will not benefit anyone, and it will certainly cause a lot of children harm.

Also, why isn't there a field on this board that would allow readers to count the number of opinions for or against this proposed legislation? Am I supposed to read all 56,000 comments in order to determine how the constituency is leaning?


Strongly Support a revised policy that protects kids by keeping parents informed.

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Just stop trying to brainwash our children.  It's just that simple.  Parents know what is best for our kids.


2022 Model Policies for the Treatment of Students in Virginia’s Public Schools.

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I support the Governor 's position on this issue.

Children do not belong to the teachers or their union.


Oppose this transphobic, hateful policy

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<p>This policy actively endangers youth by disregarding their identity, their mental health, and their right to disclose their identities to their families when they feel safe to do so. It disregards parents’ rights to affirm their child’s identity. ALL youth (and all people) deserve the right to be addressed in a way that aligns with who they are in their heart. </p>


Oppose this pile of poo

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This is hateful and should not be adopted. Focus on the homeless, equal pay for all, affordable housing and healthcare, leave book burning and child hatred out of your agenda. Do good!


Parents should be raising their children; not the schools

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Thank you, Gov. Youngkin, for your concern for education in Virginia. Thank you also for understanding that the parents are who should be responsible for the raising of their children. The school and government should never usurp the authority of the parent. These children are minors for a reason. They cannot vote, they cannot drink, they cannot own a firearm for a reason. Their brains are not yet fully formed. All children should be protected and safe in the school system and those regulations are already in place. There should be no bullying and no hate speech. But there also should be no biological boys in locker rooms, bathrooms and on sports teams with biological girls (and vice versa). Girls should not fear who they will run into while changing in the locker room. Women and girls deserve to enjoy playing sports and not fear injury (from a much stronger and bigger biological male) or replacement on a team by a biological male. These policies will destroy Title IX, and women's sports. Science is clear on the biological differences between girls and boys and it should not be ignored. Thank you, again.


Thank you governor for not bowing down to the outspoken few

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Our kids deserve better than to be led by the whacko left. Thank you for listening to common sense.


OPPOSE

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<p>This new model is imposing some people's religion over my child's freedoms!! This is nonsense, I will let you know my child's pronouns and you will respect and follow my wishes. If the staff/ teachers don't like it, get another job! If the teachers can break this policy, what prevents them from breaking all polices? How about the government focus on NOT hiring pedophiles and physically abusive staff and leave the parenting to parents. Youngkin you have far bigger problems, stop pandering to the crazy Trumpers and Qanon. </p>


Governor Youngkin's proposed transgender student policy

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I oppose Governor Youngkin's proposed policy towards transgender students.


Opposition to this policy

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I oppose this policy. We are putting our youth in danger by not looking after their individual needs outside of their parental situation. Teachers are put into an uncomfortable position and are not able to do what they are good at- having honest connections with their students. Kids won’t be able to form that safe connection with someone who is not part of their family. People behind this policy aren’t taking into consideration the indirect harm they could potentially cause to hinder growth of students in schools. What about students who are apart of unsafe homes?

Oppose oppose oppose.


Strongly SUPPORT

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ONLY parents have the right to make these decisions for their children!  THANK YOU Governor Youngkin!

The government needs to extricate itself on anything that overrules parental rights.


If a parent tells you their child's pronouns then owner it

if parents are the authotity then stop over riding their directions

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<p>If parent's are the authority then when they notify the school that what their child's pronouns are then call them by the correct pronouns! This ain't that hard people. How can a teacher paid by MY tax dollars NOT call my child the correct pronoun when I have provided my request in writing! I am the parent, so honor my authority and the school can do their job and teach! </p>


Support this Legislation

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<p>I strongly support Governor Youngkin's proposal in upholding parental influence over government influence. </p>


Governor’s change to the transgender policy

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I oppose this policy change.


support all children in the state of VA

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<p>All citizens pay taxes including Democrats and LGBTQ citizens, stop discriminating! How about if we don't agree with the model, you give us our own money back to send our children to a school that won't be filled with hatred. </p>


Parents are the authority

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parents are the authority and other children should be taught and raised. Schools have no place in perpetuating mental health illness, if and whenever that is the case. Most parents would absolutely demand to know what’s going on with their children at school. Any legislation undermining parents control opens way too many doors for criminal action among other, not well-meaning adults. Absolutely our kids should be safe within the school system. That is an entirely different conversation than undermining parents authority and control.


Please reverse this policy

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Please reverse this policy so that all students are safe and respected in Virginia schools.


New School Policy

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<p>Totally agree with the Governor.  All students treated equally so teachers and students can focus once again on Math, Science, Reading, etc.   </p>


STRONGLY OPPOSE

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<p>I strongly oppose this policy. Keep the 2021 VDOE Model Policy. </p>


Opposition Re: 2022 Model Policies

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As a transgender graduate student in Virginia Commonwealth University’s Mental Health Counseling and Rehabilitation program, I am writing to you regarding your decision to withdraw the 2021 Model Policies for the Treatment of Transgender Students in Virginia’s Public Schools. As somebody who has lived in Virginia their whole life and received k-12 education in Fairfax County, graduating in 2017, I am worried our schools will become less hospitable to LGBTQ+ students if your office adopts the proposed 2022 Model Policies. I urge you to reenact the 2021 Model Policies in the best interest of both transgender students and the broader student population.

                The proposed 2022 Model Policies endanger transgender students in several important ways including restricting privacy, confidentiality, and self-expression. The decision to mandate parental permission for students to be able to utilize nicknames, names, or alternative pronouns and to express gender (section II, A.2) and requiring teachers to out students’ gender identity to parents (section II, A.3) puts the physical safety of transgender students at risk (VA DoE, 2022). This focus on parental rights, as they are described, is continuous in the proposed policies. I do believe the healthy participation of parents in the lives of their children and their education is important and in my experiences in the Virginia public school system this was already adequately addressed. My parents had access to my syllabi and were aware of the sex ed curriculum and when I brought my self-injurious behavior to the attention of my school counselor this was appropriately communicated to my parents for my safety and wellbeing. Importantly, the school did not out me to my parents which would have exacerbated my mental health symptoms. According to a 2020 study on transgender adults, 24.8% of respondents reported experiencing familial physical abuse, 7.5% experienced familial sexual abuse, and 57.9% experienced other familial abuse (Strauss et al, 2020). There are many reasons a student may not feel ready to share their identity with their family and they should be respected. One serious example is if a student feels they are in danger of familial abuse as a result of their identity. Furthermore, this practice of outing students would have hurt me personally as a trans person who was in the closet with their parents while I lived with them, and it is not in line with my understanding of healthy child and family development. Defining “transgender student” as “a student whose parent has requested in writing….that their child be so identified while at school” is another example of how the document limits the individual self-expression of students which is important to all of our psychosocial development (VA DoE, 2022). Best practices supported by the American Academy of Pediatrics promote responding to transgender youth in affirming, supportive ways which enable self-expression and enforce a feeling of safety and security (Rafferty, 2022). While this reaction is not always guaranteed at home school policies should work to ensure that students have access to these supportive reactions while in a safe educational environment. “Research has shown that if a transgender teen has even just one supportive person in their life, it greatly reduces their risk of suicide” (Rafferty, 2022). Teachers, counselors, and other school faculty have the potential to be that one supportive person if they are not limited by the proposed 2022 Model Policies.

                The proposed 2022 Model Policies eliminate many positive changes which were implemented in the 2021 Model Policies, such as explicitly mentioning the banning of conversion therapy in Virginia Code 54.1-2409.5 and will further endanger the mental health of a marginalized community. Reenacting the 2021 Model policies will protect transgender students with dangerous or uncertain familial situations and will help transgender students avoid social discrimination and isolation and protect their confidentiality. I hope that you will choose to move away from the proposed 2022 Model Policies and help facilitate a healthy, supportive learning environment for transgender students.


Youngkin don't be a hypocrite

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<p>You can't say it is the parents right to raise their children and then in your policy take that right away. The government does not have the right to discriminate against a child because they are part of the LGBTQ community. You can't make a policy that says a parent can notify the school of their child's gender, pronouns and such and then turn around and say you won't enforce your own policy!!! This is a load pf GOP manure! You can't have it both ways. If parents are best placed to decide what is best for their children than you have to respect and follow their wishes. </p>


Strongly Oppose!! Trans rights are human rights!!

Virginia parent and nurse concerned we're going backwards in history

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" The 2021 Model Policies promoted a specific viewpoint aimed at achieving cultural and social transformation in schools." <-- Oh, a culture where my trans son has the same rights as your cisgender son??? Oh no, is it 2022 and we live in a free country or something??

This policy takes rights away based on gender. Their suicides will be on your hands, Youngkin.