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<p> I fully support the Governor's new policy. The policy put forth by the prior admin. is nothing more than a far left indoctrination tool that disregards parents rights and each child's right to privacy.  </p>


Damaging Policy

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As a Virginia teacher for 14 years and a parent, I am baffled by this national obsession with pitting parents against schools at students’ expense. I’m so ashamed that it has hit us here in Virginia. Minors are people, too, and the idea that through policy you can dictate identity is preposterous and not what we should be focused on at a time when we need collaboration between home and school to make up for learning loss and social and emotional ramifications of the pandemic and these divisive times. Shame on you, Governor Youngkin, for catering to a group who can vote for you. These young people are turning 18 soon, and they’ll luckily have more say in who leads this fine state. They deserve more protection as they navigate the most difficult years of their lives, not less. I do not support this damaging model policy.


I support this.

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Children have not reached the age of consent. Therefore I agree with involving parents in a decision as impactful as this. I know I didn't have an accurate idea of who I was even in my teenage years. The fact that there are activists here insisting that it's harmful to have people sit down with their parents and think before making a big decision is telling. I think there's still a lot we don't know about gender ideology but it's being marketed as the solution to mental health problems nonetheless. I for one suspect that when your identity relies on stripping away the meaning of the words man and woman and then basing your identity on the very thing you just made meaningless, you are not going to have good mental health. I think this is actually making things worse but it's being marketed as a solution in a knee-jerk reaction that can have huge consequences for the people that accept this belief. You may argue that the meaning isn't being stripped from the terms man and woman, but frankly if your definition of a woman is anyone who identifies as one, which is the definition I see from trans activists, you're still not saying what it means to identify as a woman. It's a circular answer that avoids the question, and so it ultimately leaves the word meaningless if this is what you believe.


Strongly Support/Abolish this Policy Completely

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<p> I am a parent in Virginia and I do not want my kids to be taught this way of living or thinking in any way. Transgender sexuality goes against my belief and the core beliefs of my family. Forcing this on my children is not the school's place and it violates my rights as a parent and the constitutional rights of my children. This policy is religiously discriminating. This policy violates the rights of students all across Virginia. The VDOE cannot afford special privileges to certain students (a very small percentage at that) while stepping on the rights of others (over 98% of the student population.) This is a constitutional violation. I fully support these changes and suggest that this policy be abolished completely. A person is free to live their life as they like</p>


I support this.


Oppose

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<p>I oppose this oppressive legislation. </p>


Agree with Gov Youngkin and Parents

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There is absolutely nothing wrong with parents being involved in their child’s life choices. We as parents are responsible for the upbringing of our children. Parents also have a right to know what is going on in their child’s life at school. No one knows better for a child than their parents


I fully support Youngkin!

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<p> There's a reason we elected Governor Youngkin... School policy and parental rights are vitally important!  </p>


Support all children

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I strongly oppose this proposed policy.  This proposal would create a hostile and potentially dangerous school environment for our VA transgender and nonbinary youth, requiring teachers and staff to forcibly “out” students, prohibit staff from supporting trans and nonbinary students such as using a students affirming name and pronouns, and prohibit access or participation in activities consistent with their gender identity.  All our students deserve a supportive and affirming school environment, especially our vulnerable and marginalized populations like our transgender and nonbinary youth.


Transgender/pronoun Policy

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Support your policy 100%.  Please do not give in!


I support this change.

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<p> Schools should stay out of gender identity and sexual preferences. They should be respectful of all students while sticking to providing education. Parents should provide legal documentation of name and/or gender change to require school staff or students to address a student by biological/legal name/pronouns. No biological male should be allowed to compete in female sports or enter bathrooms/locker rooms; vice versa for females participating in male sport or enter bathrooms. I certainly don't want schools teaching gender/transgender topics or casually discussing with students. Teachers are not there to be a friend . Students don't need to know what staff do on weekends or in relationships. It's called boundaries. In the end</p>


I support this policy-majority of parents support their kids regardless-we need to protect innocence

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I support this policy. Majority of parents support their children even when their son/ daughter says they are gay lesbian transgender Superman a dinosaur or Cinderella!so why deny parents rights to be supportive of their kids through parental consent before social transition?Kids are starting to form their identities at this stage.Why do their identity have to be latched on gender which is claimed as fluid anyway. So if it is fluid it can change,right? Why not encouraged kids identity to be the best Skateboarder or be the best in science class or the best writer, etc.


Regarding Trans LGBT Kids

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<p>We should be supporting these kids and creating a safe space for them to thrive.  Youngkin and Republicans are fostering a hateful environment. We need to fight against right wing extremism like Youngkin and his hateful policies.  </p>


support support support

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<p> Woo hoo thank you  </p>


Support the Gov.

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I am 100% in support of Gov. Youngkin. We shouldn't change what 99% of the students expect to accommodate less than 1%. Young women should be able to expect privacy in shower and restrooms, and not need to worry about being attacked. This has already happened in NVA. Parents need to be in the loop on these types of issues.


I fully support. We need to support all children !

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<p> All children deserve to be protected !   </p>


How can anyone support this?

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<p> I'm not a parent</p>


Support! Studies show increase in sexual assault when bathrooms aren't sex segregated

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<p> Please check out the scholarly journal article Gender-Inclusion Policies and Sexual Violence: ALongitudinal Analysis of Media Reports at Target Stores to see that sexual assault INCREASED BY 70% when public restrooms allowed people to use them based on their self identified gender. Women and children were victims 99% of the time. Protect women and girls!  </p>


May sanity prevail

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The ideas that there are countless genders, that you can switch gender every half hour or even every minute, that neopronouns like frog/frogself deserve respect... These ideas are controversial, to say the least, and have no place in public education. Focus on fundamentals, not political indoctrination.


SUPPORT

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<p> I support this amendment being passed. Parents should absolutely have the right to be involved and make decisions for their children. It is irresponsible to allow children to make decisions that could be devastating to their future. As children</p>


I support this policy-

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<p> I am in support for this policy because it is right in line with Code of Virginia 1-240.1 Rights of Parents: A parent has the fundamental right to make decisions concerning the upbringing</p>


Oppose


I support

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<p> I support this.  </p>


The classroom is not the counselor's office. Teach your subject. Allow parents to parent and guide .

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I support parents. I value teachers who work with parents, not against them.


I Object to the changes in trans rights.. support our children!

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<p>Stop attacking trans children! </p>


Fully support!!!

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<p> Our family fully supports this! Thank you Youngkin!  </p>


This is wrong. And illegal

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This infringes on so many right and pushes ignorant ideology. Anyone saying teachers need to teach math have no idea what the role of a teacher is for kids. They also 100%can’t do

math


Strongly Oppose

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This policy is nothing more than an attempt to continue to marginalize and discriminate against LGBTQ youth, in particular trans youth. A 17 yr old KNOWS their gender and has the right be acknowledge as such. School is supposed to be a safe place. So if a student is living with parents or guardians who are refusing to support them and school is their safe place to be heard and supported, this policy removes that. For example, let's say Sara is a 17 yr old transwoman who is a senior in high school. Sara's parents are not supportive and continually deadname her, deny her identify etc. But school is a safe place for her, she tells her teachers her name and pronoun, etc. Under this policy, her teachers are required to call her by her deadname and pronouns, she is required to use the bathroom that is aligned with her birth sex (which very well may put her at risk for increased harrassment), and now we have notification to her parents, who we know are not supportive. This not only increases Sara's risk of depression, anxiety, etc. but could put her at risk at home and now at school. And when the rates of suicide continue to rise among transyouth there will be much hand wringing but it's clear that policies like these are contributing factors.

How about the governor's office focuses on issues that impact all students, like school districts in the southern part of the state that have so few resources and bus drivers that drivers are making 2 and 3 trips to get kids to and from school, causing some kids to miss up to TWO HOURS of instruction time!!


Support New Transgender Policy

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I strongly support the new Transgender policy recently released by Governor Youngkin and his staff.  These new policies clarify that schools cannot insert themselves between children and their parents, especially concerning major life issues such as gender and sexuality.  Children belong to their parents, not to the schools, and not to the governments that run the schools.  Schools have a responsibility to keep parents informed about any matter concerning their children while at school.  This policy also works to benefit the teachers and administrators in schools:  How could any teacher or administrator bear the personal devastation of having a child tell them about their gender or sexuality issue, know that the child has NOT told their parents, and then NOT inform the parents themselves, only for the child to later commit bodily harm to themselves or to be bullied by other children to the point of psychological damage?  What would the teacher or administrator THEN tell the parent of the child?  This policy benefits everyone concerned and should be implemented.


Strongly OPPOSE!

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I strongly oppose this type of hate filled legislation hurts Virginia kids and families.


We awe family and we support


Support Parental Rights

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Governor Youngkin,

I fully support your measure to update the policies around transgender students in public schools.  On sensitive and divisive issues such as this, we much empower parents to teach their kids as they see fit.  Celebrating so-called transgenderism is insulting to the millions of parents who do not adhere to these same misguided beliefs.  You draft policy correctly puts this issue back in the hands of parents, who can instruct their children on this issues in line with the beliefs.

Thank you for recognizing the roles that parents play in their children's education, and rejecting the false ideologies that seek to divide our communities.


Oppose !


Extremely opposed

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<p>This will hurt more students than it will help. Considering how many trans kids I know personally, and especially since I am non-binary myself, this will only do harm for the student body. These new laws are only to help transphobic parents and the government suppress their children and schools from having their own identity. This shouldn’t even be considered. It is ridiculous how far back we’re going. </p>


Strongly support Youngkins policy!  Thank you for protecting our children

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<p> Strongly support Youngkins policy. The madness needs to be stopped. Thank you for protecting our childrens safety and sanity.   </p>


Support

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<p> Though we need to find a solution for Trans Rights</p>


I support this proposal

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<p> Parent’s rights have been ignored and this will place them where they should be. Schools are not responsible for our children and should not have more rights than parents. This proposal does not take away children’s rights.  </p>


Fully support

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<p> Fully support  </p>


Strongly Support

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Hiding information from parents is a bad idea.  This automatically assumes that all parents are abusive when this is untrue in the vast majority of cases.  Teaching kids (of any age) that they need to hide things from their parents is dangerous!  If a school really thinks they need to hide serious issues from parents, then they'd better have a high suspicion for abuse or neglect, and in those cases they should notify the state.  Otherwise, schools have no business emotionally separating children and parents.

Most of these "trans" kids are just doing what's cool right now and they need support from their parents.  As the adults in the room, it's our responsibility to protect them from harming themselves.  It's also our responsibility to enforce reality.  Having teachers engage in a student's fantasy is very strange and goes against therapeutic approaches.

Parents want what's best for their kids and deserve to teach their own values at home.  This is no different from separating church and state.

I want my kids to grow up healthy and happy with intact minds and bodies.  People who want to trans kids without their parents knowledge are sick.  Go trans your own kids and leave mine alone.

Socially transitioning kids is not a neutral act and should only be done under supervision by appropriately trained therapists and psychiatrists.  Teachers are not trained or qualified to provide this kind of mental health intervention.


Pass pass pass strongly support

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<p> Love Youngkin  </p>


Trans rights for children

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<p>We need to support trans kids and let them use the facilities that are for what they identify as.. </p>


100% Supported

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<p> Teachers and Parents have thier own roles in a child’s life. Don’t take those God given roles away from them. God had made it to be that it is the sole responsibility of the parents to care for thier child. To lead them and guide them. Teachers need to stay in thier lane. Politics should stay away!Please pass this bill to honor the natural order of things. It’s how God created it!  Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old</p>


I oppose this hatred towards LGBTQ+ Youth

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<p>This is against state law and is extremely harmful to our LGBTQ+ youth. You do no have the right to harm and isolate these children for something that is not a choice and does affect those who are not those kids and their families. </p>


Oppose

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<p>I deeply oppose this action. Our schools should be places where our children can express themselves, examine their own autonomy, think thoughtfully, and be shown all the respect they deserve as young adults. We should be respecting their privacy, protecting their safety, and welcoming them as themselves. Using facilities that best reflect the student as they deem is of truly no consequence to other students, and is not a matter requiring parental consent or notification. The school administration should spend their time instead uplifting our students and providing support as they navigate the tumultuous time that is primary schooling. </p>


Oppose these changes as they violate a student's Constitutional right under the First Amendment.

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I read the proposed 2022 Model Policies for the Treatment of Transgender Students in Virginia's Public Schools. I do not support the changes in this new policy. The changes are harmful to and takes advantage of students rights to privacy, and it presents a transphobic ideology that is harmful to students who CHOOSE to identify as they would like to. The First Amendment of the Constitution protects an individual's right to freedom of speech, press, petition, peaceful protest, and religion at the national level of government. The First Amendment does not force or compel others to agree with ideologies that they might not otherwise believe in. A student deserves the right to privacy should they choose to utilize their school mental health and counselor resources without having to fear of being "tattle-tailed" on by the school system to their parents or guardians. No one should need to seek permission to express themselves as they would like to be expressed, and as students are protected under the First Amendment of the Constitution to freedom of speech (Tinker vs Des Moines Independent Community School District) they do not require their parents permission to use the pronouns, names or self expression that they choose to present. These policies violate that right and could be detrimentally harmful to an entire generation of students should these new changes be enacted. I oppose the new changes that are presented in the proposed document of 2022 Model Policies for the Treatment of Transgender Students in Virginia's Public Schools.


Strongly support (common sense and applicable to all students)

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<p> This is excellent and helps all parents fulfill their duties.  </p>


Strong support Trump 2024


We support you and will fight alongside you!

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<p> We support you and will fight with you!  </p>


Excellent policy.  Read it and support it.

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<p> This is an excellent policy</p>


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<p style="text-align: justify;">Transgender kids are confused and possibly mentally damaged children that need help. They may be identifying as trans because they just want to belong to a group. Going along with a lie will never solve the problem.  Going along with a lie is not compassion, it is the opposite.  A biological boy can never be a girl and vice versa. By calling a biological boy a girl, senseless adults are teaching kids it is ok to lie. It is not ok to lie. Going along with the transgender politics will never solve the problem, but will make the problem worse.  Wrong can never be fixed by continuing to do wrong. These transgender kids need serious help, not the clown show that is going on. Adult children need to grow up and start acting like adults with integrity. </p>


Fully support! Thank you for preserving the parents’ right to raise their child.

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<p> Those who oppose this seek to influence a minor for a political agenda  </p>


OPPOSED!!!

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If Youngkin and his party really cared about kids they wouldn’t put them in a position where they could be kicked out and hurt by their family by being outed. Trans students are valid, there is so much science behind being trans. Trans kids need to be able to express themselves safely otherwise suicide rates are going to go up for these kids! Protect trans kids!!


STRONGLY OPPOSE ON GROUNDS FOR VIOLENCE

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Hello, my name is Cat. I am a senior citizen and I am transgender female.

After 6 years, I can tell you from personal experience that I have seen multiple instances where "Clocking" ( when a trans person is detected -- a reference to using radar by police ) as it is known in the trans community or OUTING as it is called in the civilian world is exceptionally dangerous.

I have been personally witness to multiple instances where teenagers, mostly born females, are thrown out to  live on the street...

Homeless...

They come to our trans community from hundreds of miles away to find some person to live with...with no food, money, no nothing...they are scared, alone and need help -- If they can get it. Some are still in school...

For our very small group here in Richmond it's a sudden appearance...we are too often un- prepared to accept a homeless teenager into our homes...we are reminded once again...

Of a parent whom does not want them, because they are trans. A father who is adamant about presenting as a female or a mother who it's too religious to accept them as they are...

Simply because they come out as trans.

Violence is often the response from their very own parents...being ostracized is another. No family to  confide in.  Nowhere to go. No one to talk to.

Too many trans males, trans females  and gender neutral people go on to never speak to their families again simply because someone OUTED or "Clocked" them...

Governor Youngkin is doing this right now. He is endangering our children one and all...their safety is at stake.

We need to OUT him out of office for forcing teachers to OUT their students. It is dangerous. It creates violence. It destroys families.

Each student has an INALIENABLE right by Constitution to automatically  exist -- inalienable  means you can't even agree to give up you're right to exist legally....by law...

"We hold these truths to be SELF evident..."

Make it so.

Cat Smith


I support this.

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<p> I support this proposal. Parents have the right to know what is going on with their child. If a child fears that their parent will abuse them because of this then they need to speak up and report it to child protective services. A living parent will not condemn their child because they are gender confused or homosexual… or for any reason whatsoever. But I would imagine living with this secret from your family</p>


I support!  Protect fair sport and sex based sport for girls!  It's not just a "bathroom thing".....

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<p>I support the new 2022 model policies.  As a woman and Virginia mom of kids in school, I support the policy because it protects sex based rights and fair sport for girls.  I would prefer NOT to have the next Leah Thomas in Virginia.  I also support safe sex based spaces, including locker rooms, for girls.  The rights of biological girls and women should not be replaced and erased!  </p>


Support the governor


Oppose

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<p>As a teacher and parent, I oppose this policy that puts trans youth at risk of not feeling accepted or safe at school. </p>


Morning be forward supporting all

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<p> This guidance harms transchildren and anyone supporting this should be ashamed of themselves. Why does being kind to someone and THEIR identity affect anyone else negatively? It shouldn’t. This is a step back</p>


Strongly support new guidelines

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Two sexes, that’s it. Elementary and secondary school children are not mature enough to make these types of decisions, in my opinion. They and their parents should deal with these issues until the child is legally an adult. I do not want my grandchildren sharing bathrooms, locker rooms, etc. with a child of the opposite sex. I do not want my grandchildren forced to use made up pronouns. I support every individuals right to choose how they live, how they dress, and who they love, but they need to be legal adults before making these life altering decisions. I was a tomboy when I was young. Doesn’t mean I think I am a boy. Let the parents parent and let the teachers TEACH.


Strongly Oppose

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For your hands are defiled with blood and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies; your tongue mutters wickedness - Isiah 59:3

You claim to be protecting students with this policy, ignoring the plethora of data that indicates such policies actually cause additional harm to students that are already at great risk.

There is no debate: transgender people exist and deserve to be treated with dignity and respect.

In America, a young LGBTQ person attempts suicide every 45 seconds. Their blood is on your hands.


I completely support this! So the nonsense and teach core classes!


Find the third path!

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<p>How can we revise this so that children who fear extreme reactions from bigoted parents have a support system, a trusted adult who may not dispense advice about gender but can listen to students who are afraid? </p>


Support

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<p> Parents have a right to know about any issue their child is dealing with. Thank you Governor Younkin!  </p>


New school proposal

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I totally agree with this updated proposal for our school children.

thank you to Gov Youngkin for standing up for parents and for protecting our children.  Praying for the important bill to pass!


support this

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<p> I fully support this new policy  </p>


Strongly support Youngkin


SUPPORT!!

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<p>I fully support keeping parents informed of what is happening at school. As an educator, how can I properly do my job if the parents aren't informed. It's like trying to play offense while the defense isn't even aware there is a game happening. </p>


What nature gave you is what you are.

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If you have internal plumbing, your a female. If you have external plumbing, your a male. Get over it. Your there to learn and nothing else.


Vehemently Oppose. This directive is NOT about parental rights.

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We need to call this out for what it is: a political stunt by Youngkin designed to play politics with the lives of LGBT youth, their families and the Virginia school system in order to burnish his conservative credentials for a 2024 presidential run.  Consider the following:

 1. The Virginia code (section 1-240.1) already clearly states the rights and responsibilities of parents as it relates to children under 18. Read the section - it essentially gives parents full control over the lives of their children making this directive completely unnecessary.

2. The directive violates the Virginia Human Rights Act and federal law and if implemented as written will be challenged in court thus wasting state tax payer money attempting to defend it.

 3. The directive opens the door to codify discrimination toward trans students. Only a fraction of 1 percent (approximately 4,000) of Virginia school students identify as trans, making it one of the smallest but most ostracized group of students in the state.

 4. No Republican governor in the United States can be considered a true conservative unless they put in place anti-LGBT directives and regulations that specifically target trans youth. Youngkin knows he cannot pass anti-LBGT legislation so he is trying to play political “catch-up” with other Republican governors through the implementation of an administrative directive that puts school administrators in the unwelcome position of having to further his political agenda.

5. The publication of the directive was conveniently timed to coincide with Youngkin’s “Red Vest Retreat” to be held near Charlottsville Va. on September 29 and 30, 2022 in order to test his viability as a potential presidential candidate in 2024.  The publication of the directive is clearly part of the referenced “catch up” strategy and will likely be a topic with donors attending the retreat looking to further marginalize the LGBT community as a matter of conservative orthodoxy.

To summarize, this directive is a part of cynical strategy designed to further Youngkin's political ambitions by using the governorship of Virginia as stepping stone to higher office. Virginians want leadership that is inclusive of all its citizens, not a governor who is willing to play politics with the lives of our most vulnerable children, their families and the school system as part of a craven drive to further his own political ambitions. With this directive Youngkin has removed his folksy red vest and shown his true colors. Virginia deserves better!


King Youngkin

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Thank you Youngkin it’s about time


I agree with the proposal

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<p>Parents should have knowledge of what their children are doing.  They ultimately are accountable for their children.  </p>


Strongly support parental rights

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<p> This should be common sense that parents make the decisions for their children and should be fully informed by the education system concerning the care of their child. This is not a socialist state where children belong to the state. School systems should not be indoctrinating children with gender ideology potentially putting them on a path they may not fully understand the full weight of their decision. It has been documented that transitioning is very difficult for adults. Why would we push and encourage this decision on young children when growing up is already so difficult. Those that are truly trans should be treated with the same respect and kindness as everyone else and this policy is in agreement with this. What the opposition wants is to encourage this on young developing minds when they do not bear the responsibility of seeing the child through the whole process. They are not responsible for the mental health</p>


We need to support kids

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<p> It is a simple matter to support all kids</p>


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

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Strongly support Gov Younkin's policy.  It's consistent with VA Code and US Constitution.  Parents have rights and responsibilities.


Very strongly support!!

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Finally, common sense reigns supreme!!


Teacher strongly support

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<p> Parents have the right to know about anything regarding their child</p>


Fully support!

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<p>No rights is being taken away! </p>


Support-Family is basic unit of society

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I support this policy. The family is the basic unit of society. If the family unit breaks down, communities crumble. Schools that work with parents are stronger and schools become better. Do not let school districts go down. Do not socialbteansition kids without parental cobsent.Schools and school districts should be teaching the basic subjects…if schools do well , more people will move into those towns. Schools and school districts that teach junk science and junk curriculum, people leave those towns. Towns with less people, result too schools with lower population…who will support those schools and school districts if people leave the towns?


Strongly support


100% support

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<p>Common sense has returned, morality and decency has returned. </p>


Strongly support

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<p> Parents should have complete control over their children and no Government</p>


Strongly OPPOSE

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I strongly oppose this proposed policy. This proposed policy will be extremely harmful to transgender and nonbinary kids.

I am very concerned because this in mandating schools to inform unsupportive parents of their child’s identity, this policy obliterates the one affirming space a child may have and increases the risk of suicide and abuse by unnecessarily provoking parental hostility and rejection.

As a healthcare worker, I see the effects of stigma and hostile environments on the mental health of transgender and nonbinary kids. Please do NOT allow this policy to be approved.


I fully SUPPORT

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<p>Parents have been entrusted by God to guide their children and the school system is no replacement for parents’ and guardians’ love and support of their children. </p>


Strongly oppose

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Please stop HURTING children. LGBTQ+ kids have exorbitantly high suicide rates. The proposed new policy puts parents over children. Schools have no business protecting parents from reality - they have every responsibility to protect CHILDREN from harm.

trans students will exist, no matter how offended you are by their existence. To make them feel excluded from society is hardly “pro life”.


I support the Dept. of Education's transgender student guidelines

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<p> The Virginia Department of Education will issue guidelines for schools in dealing with transgender students that are common-sense guidelines and will keep students of both sexes safe at school. I believe this to be a fad and not one to destroy every precept just to make one or two students happy. As a mother</p>


Oppose


I completely 100% support this bill!

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Thank you Governor Youngkin for proposing this bill.  I am deeply saddened that Transgender topics are even a topic of discussion.  All it does is bring utter confusion to this great land that was once held high in obvious Common Sense.  To not admit that this is a mental (and spiritual - but that is for another discussion) issue is detrimental not only to the person who feels they are in the "wrong" body, but to society as a whole.  We hear time and time again that children's brains have not fully developed and matured until well after their teen years into early twentys, yet we allow "children" - 5, 7, 10 year olds to decide "who" they are to the point of taking hormone pills and changing body parts?  My biggest problem is this:  I may feel like a "Queen", a "Lawyer", a "Millionaire" etc......but if I actually am NOT those things, I can identify to myself as feeling that way, but what right do I have to MAKE society accept the way I feel about me?  AND to pass laws that infringe upon others that say they HAVE TO accept it??   You are not allowed to impersonate someone else, say a Police Officer, but you can impersonate another gender----just by saying you FEEL THAT WAY???  This is actually called "Lying".  I am actually "Lying" when I "Have to" call a Boy a Girl and vice versa.

Thank you Governor Youngkin for even attempting to put us back on the right track.


Support! How could anyone do otherwise?

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<p> I can’t believe anyone is against this! Have Americans lost their minds?  </p>


Support all the way!!!


100% Support

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<p> It is the family's responsibility to raise our children not the government. Let educator's educate!  </p>


I support this Common Sense Amendment

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Thank you, Gov. Youngkin, for keeping your word to empower parents to participate in the raising of their own children in a public school environment.  Removing/ignoring that power by the previous administration was abhorrent and giving parents back some control is just common sense and what most free-thinking, clear-headed Virginians support!


Support!

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<p> Stop mutilating kids  </p>


I fully disagree with this policy

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<p>The new policy puts at risk trans children at even higher risk. If they do or feel safe coming out to their parents then reporting their gender identity and activities to their parents put them in even greater danger. All children deserve to be able to go to school and have equal rights as other children regardless of their gender or sexual identity. If you actually care about all children then care about ALL children. </p>


Keep Men out of girls sports

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Men shouldn't be allowed to play with girls in competitive high school sports.


FULLY SUPPORT

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Thank you Gov Youngkin! We the parent support and back you!


Fully Support Parents rights


STRONGLY OPPOSE

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Targeting and bullying a minority population for simply existing and wanting to live their lives unhassled by institutions is the stuff of dictatorships. Why are we letting the extreme right control everything?


Support!

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<p>It is a parents right to know what is going on with their children. It is also a students right to go to school and learn. Opening classes with announcing students pronouns takes things too far. Our children should be taught kindness and respect for all, but that does not mean that during this hormonal and very confusing times of their lives they should be faced with making a choice most of them would have never had to think about. Parents deserve to be able to be there for their children in their time of need. Without the school deciding what should or should not be said to the students parents. </p>


Parents First!

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I strongly support Gov. Youngkin’s policy.  Finally some common sense!!


Support

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<p> Parents need to be included in all aspects of their children's education  </p>


School Transgender Guidance Document

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A friend came to me for guidance concerning his sister. She was a girls coach at a high school. Her sister had molested at least one student. He said that his sister had been molested by her coach at that age, too.
    Whether I was right or wrong, this is how I answered. He knew this was a crime so I addressed it first. I said that in my family we were raised that the family member was asked to turn himself or herself in. If that did not happen, the family would report the crime. After that I said that at the very least, she should coach at a college, not a high school. Once you graduate from high school, you are no longer a minor. Freshman are hopefully more cautious being on there own. Sex is part of the college scene and hopefully, the students are better prepared to protect themselves or to decide for themselves what their true sexual preference or preferences might be. It is not abnormal to question one’s own sexuality. There are phases in everyone’s life. But generally, after puberty, a person will turn toward their birth sex. The frontal lobe of the brain is also still developing and that is why teens and young adults are often grumpy.
   How did things turn out for my friend’s sister? She began to coach at a college.
   I do not think it is asking too much for a student to wait to fully express their sexuality until after high school. Of course, it is often apparent in high school. I went to a Christian prep school. There was one student in my class who was great friends with both sexes but he did not seem to attempt to have a girlfriend. After graduation, I heard that he was homosexual. It was hearsay but regardless, it did not affect my sincere fondness and respect for him.
   Today, because of social media, etc., I trust that students recognize various differences in sexualities sooner. But schools did not have the right to overstep their educational duties and interfere with all students’ natural sexual development. If there is a safety issue or excessive bullying, yes, parents and the proper authorities or professionals must be notified.


OPPOSE

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Transgender students deserve the same rights and freedoms as everyone else – the ability to be recognized for who they are and how they perceive themselves. Youngkin’s Model Policies would constrict transgender students’ rights to present their true selves to the world.  As the parent of a transgender man, I am well aware of the damage willful misgendering will do to these students, and hope to God these policies are never implemented.


I strongly support these policy changes

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<p> I strongly support these policy changes.  </p>


Support! How could anyone do otherwise?


I fully support this

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<p> I fully support this Guidance Document.   </p>


Oppose


Strongly support the VDOE policy on how to deal with transgender students

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<p> 100% in favor of the new policy  </p>


Support for Gov Youngkin and DOE

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<p> I strongly support Governor Youngkins and DOE plan. Any school unwilling to follow the laws of our Commonwealth</p>


I strongly support the policy.

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I strongly support the policy.


You're giving educators the right to purposefully and intentionally disrespect a student's identity

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Our child was called out and intentionally outed by a teacher when they were using the bathroom (for the sex they were born with). She ridiculed and humiliated them in front of their peers and used this proposed policy as her leg to stand on. This is not okay and unacceptable. This policy claims to give power back to parents and the way they want to raise their children but this is simply not true as it strips power away from those of us parents who choose to love our children the way we best see fit, even if others disagree with it.

This will not create respectful and safe environments for LGBTQ+ kids and will only cause more issues if they feel they have to hide and conceal their identities even further for fear of retaliation.

There are real issues with education that could be addressed, and frankly it is appalling this is what our governor is choosing to focus on.


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<p> Support Youngkin in keeping parents informed and involved  </p>


Strongly Oppose

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Rescinding this document would cause great harm for the youth of Virginia. As a product of that school system, I can say without a doubt that students need to be able to express themselves in a safe school environment without excessive parental oversight. Families may not always be a haven for students and they should have a place where they can discover and experiment with their identity without fear.


Great job - support you and new guidelines.


Oppose this- support & protect our trans kids and staff

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<p>This proposed plan will be harmful for our trans youth. Forcing kids to use dead names, certain bathrooms, etc is invalidating their life experience and will INCREASE their stress. There is plenty of EVIDENCE BASED data that shows forcing trans kids to be their birth sex increases mental illness struggles, violence and suicide risks. There is no harm in allowing our kids to be their authentic selves in a SAFE space. </p>


SUPPORT FULLY


Support

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<p> It is a parents right to know what is happening with their child and the child's right to have their parents support them. Taking a position that all parents are not supportive of their own child is evil but does point out how the current public education system views parents roles in THEIR kids lives. Where will these public school employees be for the kids when they graduateandove to another school</p>


Parents have the right to suck it. Leave trans kids alone. Oppose

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All these supporters crying about "parental right" shouldn't have children to begin with. They talk as if children are their property, and it's disgusting. These are probably the same people who abuse their children and label it as "discipline." Oppose this policy, and f you Youngkin for using trans kids as some kind of political gain. Absolutely revolting these supporters are.


I fully support the revised policy

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<p> A review of the guiding principles illustrates the shift in focus to parents rights</p>


I strongly disagree

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Students should NOT be outed to their parents before they are ready to discuss it themselves. This goes against students privacy and they will no longer trust anyone at school.


Fully Support

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<p> I fully support the Governor's new policy. The policy put forth by the prior admin. is nothing more than a far left indoctrination tool that disregards parents rights and each child's right to privacy.  </p>


Strongly OPPOSE - This will HARM our children NOT protect them

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Suicide is the second leading cause of death among young people in our country, with adolescent suicide rates skyrocketing over the last 2 decades.  Studies by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) ( https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/144/5/e20191183/38246/Suicidality-Disparities-Between-Transgender-and?autologincheck=redirected?nfToken=00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000) show that transgender adolescents are at much higher risk for suicide when compared with cisgender adolescents (those whose gender identity is the same as their gender assigned at birth). Data from NIH further shows that 82% of transgender individuals have considered killing themselves and 40% have attempted suicide, with suicidality highest among transgender youth. (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32345113/)

The biggest risk factors? Interpersonal and environmental microaggressions, internalized self-stigma, and adverse childhood experiences stemming from the lack of school belonging, family support, and peer support.

This effort by the governor puts our children AT RISK and is strongly OPPOSED by the parents, teachers, students, and administrators for Fairfax County Public Schools, where my children attend, and many other VA school districts, as evidenced by the large number of walkouts yesterday. As another commenter shared, this attempt to keep trans children from affirming their gender in the most vulnerable place they can be is a clear disregard for children’s lives.

If you truly want to protect children, do it by allowing them the respect to make their own decisions to support their mental health without adults obsessing over their genitalia.


Highly Support

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<p> I highly support this proposal. I do not co-parent with the school system. If children arenot considered adults until 18</p>


support support support

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<p> Woo hoo thank you  </p>


Strongly support this policy  parental rights to raise their child.

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<p> Strongly support a parents right to raise their child to adulthood.  </p>


Support

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<p> Agree on these policies. Support fully.  </p>


I Fully Support the Proposal

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<p> As a parent of two school-age children who attend public school</p>


I'm against this! Leave the kids alone!

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All these anonymous support posts with no text below the subject line are sus... just saying.


Strongly support

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<p> This is a an issue that should be discussed between the child and their family. The family can then speak to the school. Schools need to focus on education and not social justice issues and taking the role of parents.  </p>


Strongly Support Policy

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Advocates Protecting Children strongly supports this policy that will protect vulnerable children from harmful activists who have a mystical belief that children can be born in the wrong body, are therefore inherently flawed, and the only way for such a child to survive is to dissociate and create a fake persona.  This belief system hurts the child who is encouraged to embrace regressive sex based stereotypes, as well as all the children in a school who are forced to accept the lie that feelings dictate reality. We applaud this policy that will save vulnerable children from going down a pathway of self-harm and lifelong medicalization that damages their healthy bodies.


Fully support this

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<p> Great step in the right direction!  </p>


oppose

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I oppose the new transgender student policy and believe it will be harmful for our students.  Did you even consult with the trans community or parents of trans students in developing these new policies?   I don't want my son worrying about his friends.   He is going to high school to learn as are all the students - gay or straight or trans or nonbinary or otherwise.  Please, focus on education and not persecuting students and singling them out for not conforming to who you think they should be.   Middle and high school is hard enough without government interference.  Get back to educating and away from all the social issues.  Thank you.


Strongly OPPOSE

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This proposal is completely oppositional to the clear statements and wishes of the vulnerable students it claims to protect. It shows failure on the part of the governor to use scientific data to guide policy; there are plenty of published studies that demonstrate just how harmful these ideas are.

The proposed "Model" Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for All Students and Parents in Virginia’s Public Schools will prevent teachers from supporting trans and non-binary students in meaningful ways and will detrimentally affect these young people who are already at increased risk of severe depression and suicide.

The proposal itself is traumatizing for teachers, students and parents alike.

Strongly OPPOSE.


Strongly OPPOSE, because trans rights are human rights

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These policies are NOT model policies, they do NOT promote privacy, dignity, or respect at all. There is plenty of research showing how harmful these policies would be for LGBTQ+ youth and their peers. And there is even more lived experience of trans and non-binary students to prove it. Our school policies need to enhance student mental health, not deliberately harm it.

If you don't know or have never spoken with or ever listened to a trans or non-binary person, what are you basing your opinions on? Who has influenced you to believe they are less than human? Less deserving of safety and support at school?

I strongly oppose these dangerous, transphobic policies, that are not evidence-based in any way, that will directly, negatively impact all of our youth, but most dangerously those who are already living with increased stigma and diminished safety and well-being.


Support the new model granting parents rights to make decisions for their children

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<p> I support respect Parents rights to make decisions with respect to their children and not the Commonwealth of Virginia. If a parent chooses to relinquish this right</p>


Support this policy- It is in the best interest of all children including trans children.

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<p> This is about parental rights. Parents bear the responsibility of raising The child to adulthood. School administration should not be making medical diagnosis of children experiencing gender dysphoria. They are not medical professionals.  </p>


Support Kids and Their Family Support System

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<p> Kids are just that</p>


I support trans children

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<p>I think this is outrageous. I support trans children and I am against this policy </p>


Fully Support!!

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<p> This is needs to pass.  </p>


We support you Youngkin!

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<p> I applaud your efforts to remove the silliness enacted by Northram “protecting” the LBGT” students.  </p>


Oppose

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<p>This causes real harm to young and vulnerable students. </p>


100% Support Policy

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<p> I support the policy change 100 percent. Parents should make decisions for their under age children.  </p>


FULL SUPPORT

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I support your policy Governor Youngkin!


Strongly OPPOSE

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<p>These policies will put these children's lives at risk. They are not protecting anyone, they will severely harm trans and nonbinary students. Do better. </p>


Support this policy


Supporting Student Rights

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<p>I personally know and play a significant role in the life of a Virginia student who identifies as nonbinary. It is important that this student and all others like them are given the opportunity to feel safe and supported in the school environment so that they can focus on learning, growth, and development. By protecting student's rights to their gender expression our state can make schools safe spaces for ALL children and create a system that nurtures them to be their very best. Please do not allow this harmful legislation to pass and potentially hurt thousands of Virginia students. </p>


Fully SUPPORT

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<p> “The Department also fully acknowledges the rights of parents to exercise their fundamental rights granted by the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution to direct the care</p>


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<p> FULLY SUPPORT!!! THANK YOU GOV. YOUNGKIN!  </p>


support this

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<p> I fully support this new policy  </p>


Protecting our most vulnerable

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Having spent a few years helping to care for suicidal, depressed children and teens in acute hospital settings, I can confirm without any equivocation that not all parents are good and decent people. That often the best, most important source of support some will ever receive comes at school through teachers and counselors who knew that that child's survival depended on them having someone trustworthy and loving on their side. Depression, suicide, anxiety, mental health crisis came about not because of who or how they were but by how they were and are received by those around them. What should be taught is that sexuality, sexual preference, you name it with the word "sex" in front of it, it is all on a spectrum. It is never just either one extreme or the other. It can exist anywhere in between. That is the human condition. That has always been and will always be. What you propose is dangerous and panders to fear and antique thinking. If parents are so afraid of this, send their kids to private school where they can perhaps pretend these varieties don't exist.


FULLY SUPPORT

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<p> Crazy we are even debating the fundamental rights of parents to raise and love their kids. Neither federal</p>


Strongly support the Republican sanity


Oppose


Hateful. Do not / would never support.

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<p> It's a hateful policy. We have a governor that wants to harm children for the sole purpose of gaining a little MAGA clout in the anti-civil-rights d!ck measuring contest going on between our republican governors in this country.  </p>


Oppose for students AND teachers

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How is asking someone to use a diff. pronoun force them to do something "against their ideological beliefs?"

At the beginning of each school year teachers ask for students preferred names or nicknames.  Creating a rule that it must be something "commonly associated w/ the name" appearing on the school record" is absurd. People have nicknames that are unusual so anything not explicit should be followed. In addition, teachers shouldn't have to police which nicknames are allowed.

Lastly, referring to anti-trans faculty and students as having their "constitutionally protected rights" infringed on, what about the trans students constitutional rights?

Being a child or adult who is transgendered is not fun, it's not a joke, it's not to sneak into bathrooms. It's a hard, painful path, and codifying these rules like you have is about the most un-religious and cruel thing I've seen in education since segregation.  Public schools don't have a chance when the Youngkin admin wants to concentrate on creating huge divisions instead of actually educating children.  The added burden on teachers will result in less of them.  Shame on Youngkin and the people who crafted these rules. We aren't in the America I learned about growing up and loved.


Common sense and God fearing

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<p>Strongly support. </p>


I 100% fully support this action by our Governor.

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<p>I am in support of this common sense approach to trans gender. I believe its a fair policy and supports our parents. </p>


Adamantly Oppose

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Governor's Guidance Document on School - Model Policies for the Treatment of Transgender Students in Virginia’s Public Schools - is an attempt to return to the 1600&1700's; where anyone 'different' had a chance of being burned at the stake. It effectively says that if a person does not fit the Governor's perception of life; that person is not real.

It is horrifying to have government presume to control what a child, or any person, can feel or be.


We support you and will fight alongside you!

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<p> We support you and will fight with you!  </p>


Your right to raise your child by messing them up for life. Trans kids matter!!!!!!! Opposed!!!!!

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The policies are cruel and centering parents who are unsupportive which is so sad. Listen to the experts, affirm trans kids. Their lives depend on being supported.


I strongly support this policy.

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<p> I am a parent and a grandparent. I expect the school system to teach reading</p>


I strongly support the governor on this


Oppose Bullying Trans Youth

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Young people in Virginia deserve to show up every day to a safe space with adults who affirm them. Data from the 2019 Virginia Youth Survey show that LGBT youth are almost twice as likely to experience bullying in schools than their non-LGBT because of who they are. Forcing students to conceal their trans and non-binary identities further stigmatizes them and causes more mental health harm. I see over and over rhetoric from the governor's office about "parents being involved in their children's education," when in fact, these rules do nothing to support children or parents. Supporting a parent's choice to emotionally harm their child by not supporting their transition, and removing school as a safe and affirming space, further harms children. Students deserve a place where (regardless of their family's rejection) they have a place to focus on learning. Data from the 2019 GLSEN National School Climate Survey shows that LGBT students with many affirming educators had higher GPAs, felt more welcome, and missed less school, as compared to students with no or few supportive educators. What you are doing with these policies is removing supportive educators, thereby causing students to feel unsafe and perform worse in school. Support our students by giving them the freedom to be themselves and learn in school. Support our trans students.


Yes to this policy, appropriate and necessary


Strongly support (common sense and applicable to all students)

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<p> This is excellent and helps all parents fulfill their duties.  </p>


LGBTQ+ youth protections

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Gov. Youngkin's policies assume that all parents of children in public schools are good and supportive people who have their children's best interests at heart. Unfortunately, this is not a realistic assumption. In the real world, there are many LGBTQ+ youth who do not feel supported or protected by their parents and for whom school is a place of refuge. Gov. Youngkin's backward policies have taken that safety away and should be reversed immediately.


Strongly support protecting children


I mean OPPOSE, I support Trans youth!!!!!!!


I oppose the proposed "model policies"

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Students should be able to trust their teachers and feel safe in schools. These policies would force teachers and schools to violate students’ privacy.

The policies put the “rights” of parents to know and control every aspect of their children’s lives over the safety of children. But parents should not have absolute rights over their children. Some parents are abusive, and sharing all information about their children puts the children at risk. Teenagers deserve some privacy and choice regarding personal matters such as gender expression, even from their own parents. If teenagers are given no rights and treated merely as the property of their parents, they will not be prepared to live as independent adults.

The “model policies” claim that the First Amendment prohibits the government from requiring employees to speak in a many which is “contrary to an individual’s personal or religious beliefs”. But it’s not true that the First Amendment prohibits the government from requiring public school teachers to speak to their students in respectful, non-abusive ways, even if the teachers personally or religiously believe that the students are subhuman and deserve to be abused. The First Amendment does not prohibit the government from requiring their employees to do their jobs, and the job of a teacher requires treating students respectfully. In the case of transgender students, treating them respectfully includes making a good faith attempt to refer to them by names and pronouns that they accept.

About 85% of transgender students consider suicide. Giving controlling parents the right to restrict teens' gender expression at school and giving teachers the right to openly disrespect transgender students in class will worsen the situation and drive children to suicide. These policies are harmful to children.


In support of

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<p> CHILDREN should not be given this power! It is a parents job to raise their children until they are 18. Once they are of age</p>


Oppose Abusive Transphobia. Destroy this policy!

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This is a rollback of rights for trans students. The only parental rights this supports are transphobic parents who wish to abuse trans children to "normalcy" and when that doesn't work kill them. The supportive parents of trans students' rights won't be respected, since the schools would require the trans students to identify with the names and gender assigned to them at birth. This is a murderous and spiteful policy that should be removed immediately and their political supporters impeached from office. Destroy this policy!


I strongly support this. As a young woman

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<p> I want to feel safe in my sport and bathrooms.</p>


OPPOSE

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<p>We should all strive to be kind and inclusive. No harm comes in teachers addressing student in the manner the student wishes. </p>


Strongly Support Youngkin's Policy

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<p>In MOST cases (not all), this is nothing but a FAD! Yes, all children should feel heard and safe and have the right to not be bullied, but sacrificing the comfort of the masses all for the comfort of the few makes no sense whatsoever and will only create MORE problems and more bullying.  </p>


Thank you for passing this legislation that gives parents the ability to parent their own kids

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We don't need the State, regardless of what current "agenda of the day" is in power, taking over the guidance of our children in sensitive areas, like sexuality.   This is not about religion.  This is not about "bullying" or being anti-gay or anti anything.  This is about preserving the inherent right of parents to guide their children and to know how their child is developing, and to know that someone else's agenda is not being shoved down their throat whilst at school.


This is hateful

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<p>I am livid that you are attempting to kill trans kids. And I know you will say you aren’t but taking away the one space (school) where they can fully be themselves will kill them. The rates of suicide of trans kids is going to skyrocket. This legislation is nothing less than hate filled rhetoric. Trust trans kids. They know who they are. Support trans kids. They know who they are.  Give trans kids the space to be who they are and support them, love them. They will flourish just like every other kid. Please. Stop this horrible policy from going into effect. Do not do this to the venerable population of trans kids. </p>


Unconditional love is something these people are not capable of. OPPOSE!!!

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Oppose oppressive policies.


Strongly support a parents right to raise their child.

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<p> School systems are not medical professionals that are in the profession of diagnosing gender dysphoria in children. School systems do not pay the medical bills of these children.  </p>


I support Governor Youngkin on Model Policies for the Treatment of Transgender Students in Virginia’

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<p>Transgenderism is the sort of fad to which young adults are prone.  40-50 years ago, anorexia swept through the young, primary female population.  That fad killed many young women and affected the health of others.  Trangenderism could be worse.  No parent or organization supported anorexia.  Dozens of organizations support the transgender fad, and they work to keep parents ignorant of what is occurring with their own children.  Worse, the surgery to 'change' sex (a biological impossibility - trust the science) permanently mutilates the victims.  Years from now when the victims of this fad realize that it has not brought them happiness, what will the schools say?  The schools will have to be prepared to say something when the lawsuits flood in ten years from now. The activists will say nothing because they will have moved on to another cause in their never-ending war with civilization.  </p>


Fully support!!!

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<p> Our family fully supports this! Thank you Youngkin!  </p>


Support

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<p> As a school board official</p>


Parents have GOD GIVEN authority!

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STATE OF VIRGINIA

It is always in the best interest of the parents and children that you never take away parental rights.  Schools are created to educate children.  The role of the teacher is to help children learn to read and write.  IT IS NOT A TEACHER's JOB to brainwash children.  The very few students who are struggling with gender identity can discuss their concerns with parents at home!!!   Please don't ever force a teacher to call a girl--- a boy or a boy-- a girl.  Normalizing such confusion is not OK!!


Strongly Support This

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<p> I SUPPORT THIS  </p>


I oppose insanity

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The policies are cruel and centering parents who are unsupportive which is so sad. Listen to the experts, affirm trans kids. Their lives depend on being supported.


Fully Support!!

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<p> I fully support this. Thank you for standing up to the woke agenda hurting our children!!  </p>


No.

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“In order to have faith in his own path, he does not need to prove that someone else's path is wrong.”
? Paulo Coelho


Against The Governors new rules

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This is nothing but a political stunt for nationwide exposy

It is just a shame I have lived 71 years and the republicans have morgen into

a group of politicians that continually stir the pot to do what they can for the

party not the people they represent. Keep your nose out

of our families and let the schools Handle things and kids just

want to go to the bathroom and not get beat up for how they wish

 To identify themselves.
     There are no great answers but the government is not god as they perceive themselves.


I strongly support Governor Youngkin

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<p style="text-align: left;">I’ll strongly support Governor Youngkin’s initiative to keep parents involved in EVERY decision regarding their children. This is why we recently moved to this state. I will without a doubt pull my children from public school if this is not upheld. Schools do not have the authority to make decisions or keep  secret information regarding our children. Our children do not belong to the public school system and never will. </p>


Fully Support!!

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<p> This is needs to pass.  </p>


Experts all agree, trans kids need to be affirmed so they can lead fulfilling lives.

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trans rights are human rights.


Oppose - We need to protect trans kids

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<p>Taking away rights from trans youth will not protect them. Outing them when they are not ready will not protect them. Listen to the kids. Let them speak for themselves. </p>


I support sanity


Support model policy

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<p>Our kids need to have the right to privacy from the opposite sex in bathrooms, locker rooms  and sports need to be fair.   Parents are the best decision makers for their own children.   Woke leftists are spreading propaganda, brainwashing kids into gender confusion.   It must stop.   </p>


Support

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<p> It’s parents rights on the line not the school board who only follow the dictates of those who think they know best. Biological you are either male or female. There’s no in between! We are walking a precarious line that borders on rebellion to God Almighty!!!  </p>


I support parents rights

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<p> I fully support the proposed policy which restores parents rights to guide their children’s moral values and remain fully informed of any changes that involve their children. Thank you for not allowing a very vocal - and radical - minority to force their views upon all of us.  </p>


Absolutely support this important policy guidance

Please return to educating instead of encouraging youth confusion

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liberal left has swung too far and exposed their hand. Guess what people don’t want it. This guidance is getting us back on track.


Support Gov. Youngkin

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<p> SWVA needs attention on the educational front. I feel like there is a lot of wasted time in school.  </p>


Unconstitutional Policies that harm innocent trans kids

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Oppose these horrible and cruel policies.


OPPOSE!!!


100% Oppose

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Stop targeting minorities of all kinds.


Fully support!!!

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<p> Our family fully supports this! Thank you Youngkin!  </p>


Please pass this policy. Supporting this policy

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Please pass this policy. We need to protect parent rights for the sake of the kids wholistic development. Schools should not be in the business of socially transitioning kids. School budgets should be used to improve English, Math, Science and Reading. We should check how these schools are doing in these subjects. Gender curriculum should have no place in schools…taxpayers should not be footing the bill for gender curriculum. Inclusive? Then there should be services for detransitioners and desistors as well in school.


Support Kids and Their Family Support System

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<p> Kids are just that</p>


Fully support

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<p> I fully support this policy. I’ve taught for 10 years in Northern Virginia</p>


Fully support this Bill

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<p> Great work Gov. Youngkin !  </p>


Oppose wholeheartedly

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The policies are cruel and centering parents who are unsupportive which is so sad. Listen to the experts, affirm trans kids. Their lives depend on being supported.


Strongly support parental rights

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<p> This should be common sense that parents make the decisions for their children and should be fully informed by the education system concerning the care of their child. This is not a socialist state where children belong to the state. School systems should not be indoctrinating children with gender ideology potentially putting them on a path they may not fully understand the full weight of their decision. It has been documented that transitioning is very difficult for adults. Why would we push and encourage this decision on young children when growing up is already so difficult. Those that are truly trans should be treated with the same respect and kindness as everyone else and this policy is in agreement with this. What the opposition wants is to encourage this on young developing minds when they do not bear the responsibility of seeing the child through the whole process. They are not responsible for the mental health</p>


Fully support! This will help youth and families

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<p> Thank you for putting forth these ideas! It will be great for our youth and families!  </p>


New policy on trans yourh

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The previous policy on trans youth was working well, so I don’t understand why Governor Youngkin wants to introduce a new policy to stigmatize and shame trans youth. Except to score a few cheap political points. Young people have a difficult enough time in this phase of their lives and they need support. The proposed policy is a step backwards.


Studies show that if you stop watching Fox News you will actually learn facts and be smarter.


Strongly Support!

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As parents, we strongly support this common sense policy.


I Strongly Strongly Support This


Excellent Policy with supporting rationale and legal guidance

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<p> Thank you to the Youngkin administration for a rational policy that protects the rights of parents in this sensitive area. Parents need to be informed and involved in decision making regarding their transgender student. School personnel should not have exclusive power in this area.I fully support the direction and guidance this policy brings to the school setting.  </p>


strongly agree

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The changes Governor Youngkin is making regarding school policy are reasonable.  Parents should be involved in all aspects of their children's lives.  Gender dysphoria is a real thing and children who suffer from it need help, not a quick fix that they may regret later in life.  These children are minors and are too young to make life altering decisions.  Parents need to be involved in these decisions.  This policy is respectful.  Students with parental permission, can change their name, pronoun, etc.  Women's sports is protected so female athletes have opportunity for scholarships and fair competition. Female and male children can be comfortable using the bathrooms and locker rooms in their schools.  Thank you for brining parents back into the decisions of their children where parents belong.


Strongly support my governor


Strongly Support - Thank you Gov. Youngkin!

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Thank you Governor Youngkin!  For bringing common sense to the Virginia Department of Education and for supporting parents in the upbringing of their children and their education.  Please keep up the good work!


Save the suicide of kids and support this policy


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I could not be more opposed to this vicious policy.

How dare you treat human beings this way - children no less (because you dont understand them).

You are literally causing REAL HARM to human beings who are already marginalized when you are supposed to be caring for the residents of your state/attendees of your schools.

This is despicable and nothing other than throwing red meat to people who CLAIM to be "Christian" but their actions prove otherwise. They are nothing more than hypocrites who dont even TRY to understand someone different than them.

Shame on them and shame on you.


fully support this policy to align with the virginia constitution

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<p> parents need to be the primary caregivers and educators of their children. the government is not equipped morally or intellectually to make these choices.  </p>


Very Strongly Support!!

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<p> Stop the grooming and brainwashing of our children!  </p>


Strongly Oppose

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<p>Keep religious beliefs out of schools. Focus on more serious issues. </p>


Strongly support Youngkins policy!  Thank you for protecting our children

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<p> Strongly support Youngkins policy. The madness needs to be stopped. Thank you for protecting our childrens safety and sanity.   </p>


Yes. Thank you


I support


Strongly Oppose

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I strongly oppose this policy as it would be harmful to our kids.


Fully Support - Keep Girls and their sports fair and SAFE.

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I fully support that sports teams should compete in a single-sex. Biological men should never compete against biological women as it gives an unfair advantage. This is preventing more women from being able to advance in their sport and is setting them back.

I fully support that boys and girls (and men and women) should have separate locker rooms and bathrooms. Let's TRY to prevent sexual aggression, rape, intimidation, etc.

Amazingly, some people have a problem with this common sense.

Thank you, Governor Youngkin and his administration!

-Mother in Virginia Beach


Strongly oppose

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<p>This will directly endanger and harm transgender students. This policy is about pushing an agenda, it does not come from a love and respect for our youth, and our students. These policies force students to out themselves to their peers and their parents, and not all kids are in circumstances where this will be safe. Humiliation, bullying, hate crimes, abandonment, harassment, suicide, murder: these are what this policy will bring upon transgender kids and students. Even if you hate queer students, as HUMANS, they deserve to be safe. </p>


Bigots, transphobic and down right awful people the right wing Christians are.


Strongly Support New Policy Guidance

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<p>I strongly support the new Transgender policy guidance policies that restore the basic rights of parents to have an up-front say in their child's education and upbringing while they are at school.  I don't see where a child's gender and sexuality issues should be viewed any differently from any other special needs accommodations that schools are asked to make for students.  Any special requirements for children with physical or learning disabilities, medical issues, etc. all require a parental request and consent for any special accommodation to be offered by the school.  The administration of a medication of any type (even as benign as an aspirin or cough drop) has to be requested by a parent to an administrator and the medication administered by a staff member.  Why, then, would parents NOT be informed about major items like a child's gender and sexuality issues that arise at school and NOT be allowed to provide the school with the needed direction for the accommodation of the child's needs in this regard?  The new policies reaffirm a parent's right to provide such direction in this regard.    </p>


Fully support

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<p> Fully support  </p>


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

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I strongly oppose Gov. Youngkin's proposed Model Policies for the Treatment of Transgender Students in Virginia's Public Schools. The proposed policy is completely mean-spirited and will result in greater bullying of transgender teens. This proposal is purely political, designed to curry favor with the religious right. It doesn't address any real problem and plays to prejudice. There are 1.2 million students in Virginia public schools, but only an estimated 4,000 are transgender. They are few and far between. Some people may not like transgender teens using the bathroom of their sex, but in day-to-day school attendance it doesn't seem to cause any real problems. Most school bathrooms have privacy. Some Youngkin supporters raise the issue of rape. This is a red herring. As far as I know there is one questionable case of possible rape by a supposedly transgender student in Loudon County. This appears to be a unique case. It's terribly unfair to punish all transgender students throughout the state because of one case. How many other rape cases were there in public schools over the years by heterosexual students? Were bathroom policies changed because of those cases? I also believe the government (schools are part of government and this is the governor's policy) has no business inserting itself into the parent-child relationship just because a child presents as transgender at school. The governor's policy presumes a transgender student is a problem just because the teen is transgender and therefore parents should be notified. Wrong, wrong, wrong. Being transgender is just who the teen is inside. It's not something that should be treated like a disease or a discipline problem. I know because I'm the mother of a transgender daughter. The governor's policy will do tremendous harm to vulnerable teens just to score political points.


I Agree and support our Governor

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<p> I Agree and support our Governor</p>


Grandma supports


100% Support

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<p> It is the family's responsibility to raise our children not the government. Let educator's educate!  </p>


Trans kids before the fad is due to poor parenting

A little guidance would avoid a lot of difficulty in life


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<p> I strongly support this - this is common sense  </p>


Oppose. How can there be so many horrible people that support? Fear gets them.


Morning be forward supporting all

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<p> This guidance harms transchildren and anyone supporting this should be ashamed of themselves. Why does being kind to someone and THEIR identity affect anyone else negatively? It shouldn’t. This is a step back</p>


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 REPLACE the 2021 Model Policies with Governor Youngkin's 2022 updated Model Policies.


I strongly support this legislation


Support strongly


I support Parents Rights

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<p>Hello. I support this policy and parents rights. My daughter was 14 when she told me she was trans. This shocked me as she had never shown any signs of this. She was a part of a group of 9 girls who all came out as trans in a class of 60. These girls where immersed in this ideology during covid via discord, tik tok and other social media. These girls where all lead by a certain teacher who brought this idea to them. She encouraged them to be trans. This has caused many issues for these girls. This teacher was with them for months and now we have years of therapy and discussions with my daughter to help her accept herself for who she is. She is a girl and no matter what surgeries or hormones she takes she always will be. This teacher knew my daughter was trans 4 months before we knew. She started this path and now if no where to be seen to live with it and support my daughter to understand herself better. Teachers are not parents. </p>


Support

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<p> The rights of a few shouldnt overpower the majority and we live in a world where this appears to be happening daily. Schools shouldn’t be a political venue rather a safe place to be educated. Treat everyone the same.  </p>


STRONGLY OPPOSE

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56% of transgender youth reported a previous suicide attempt and 86% reported suicidality. School belongingness mitigates these risks and is a significant predictor variable for reducing suicidal ideation and attempts among transgender youth (Austin et al., 2020).

Transgender and nonbinary youth whose schools prevent them from using the restrooms/locker rooms that best matched their gender identities were significantly more likely to be sexually assaulted, 26% for transgender males and 149% for transgender females (Murchison et al., 2019).

28% of transgender youth whose pronouns are not affirmed attempted suicide in the past year. In fact, when pronouns are respected, transgender youth attempted suicide at half the rate of those who did not have their pronouns respected (Trevor Project, 2020).

Transgender adolescents experience significantly disproportionate levels of childhood abuse compared to cisgender adolescents and experience greater levels of homelessness as a result of being kicked out or abused (Thoma, 2021).

Fewer than 2.5% of transgender youth re-transition to cisgender (Olson et al, 2022).


Absolutely support

People are tired of this, get back to education

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<p>Get back to education </p>


Support Youngkin policy

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Schools need to get back to academic pursuits. A current high school graduate could not pass the 1895 6th grade graduation test. They are even unable to give change at the register if they are presented with cash. We need academic excellence to prepare children for life and jobs.
Thank you


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<p> I fully support this new policy  </p>


If it's a fad then how come many young kids are trans before they have ever heard of it? Trans=fact

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The policies are cruel and centering parents who are unsupportive which is so sad. Listen to the experts, affirm trans kids. Their lives depend on being supported.


Strongly Support

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Thank you Governor Youngkin! The State and School should never attempt to override parental authority. Good leadership sir! May God bless you!


Fully support this

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<p> Great step in the right direction!  </p>


This policy will drive children to kill themselves.  There is no "parental right" to kill your child

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I'll try to keep this as level-headed as possible.

You're going to kill children.

That's not alarmist, or hyperbolic.  That's a fact, based on actual research.

When you tell children that who they are is not acceptable in the schools you require them to attend, suicide rates go up.  It's been shown, time and again.

But you don't actually care about children, and never have.  Not unless you can brainwash them to be dutiful, obedient workers, church-goers, and parents who don't rock the boat.  You'll sacrifice as many children as are needed to make sure that the ones who survive to adulthood don't threaten your straight, white, Christian hegemony.

So no amount of telling you how evil this policy is–telling you how much actual terror these marginalized children are living under–will change this policy before it's implemented, because you've already proven that you don't care, just by putting it up here.

So what I'll tell you is this.  I am smarter than you.  I have a law license.  And I care very much about the children whose lives you're trying to destroy.

Also, I have friends, and I am very persuasive.

I am already committed to doing everything in my power to see that Governor Youngkin never sees another term in any public office.  I'm committed to that even if this policy is withdrawn today.

But if this policy goes into effect, I will represent every child who is harmed by this policy.  I will guarantee that a class action suit is brought against the Governor, and the Board of Education, on behalf of every last student who is harmed by this bloody act of cruelty masquerading as the work of responsible adults.  I will work day and night to make certain that every single official involved in crafting this absolute nightmare attempt at bullying children regrets the day they chose to declare the people I care about as unworthy of basic dignity.

I hope none of you ever have another night of peaceful sleep.

John N. Bradley

Virginia State Bar Number 75953


Strongly oppose


Wholeheartedly Support This Policy - Protect our Girls!

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Allowing biological males to compete against females is ridiculous. Allowing biological males to use girls' bathrooms and locker rooms is insane.


Support thank you


Fully Support

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<p> I fully support this model.  </p>


Oppose

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I strongly object to this proposal. Virginia schools should not be forced to adopt policies that are shown to directly harm transgender children. Additionally, the wording of this proposal in regards to parents' ability to dictate school policy appears to have been purposefully left open to interpretation.


I oppose this policy as a mother and an educator.

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<p>All children should have a safe and welcoming educational setting regardless of gender or identity. </p>


Strongly support!!

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<p> Parents should definitely be the ones giving permission for this kind of major change.  </p>


65% decrease in suicide attempts

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The simple act of calling a child by their chosen name and pronoun is powerful. Educators are trained every year in how to protect children in their care. If respecting a child's identity will prevent them from developing depression, and decrease suicidal thoughts and attempts then that is what we will continue to do. I strongly disagree with Governor Youngkin's uninformed and harmful proposed changes.

https://news.utexas.edu/2018/03/30/name-use-matters-for-transgender-youths-mental-health/


Support

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<p>Social transition without parental knowledge and consent is unethical. Schools do not employ professionals trained to evaluate or diagnosis students with gender dysphoria, and affirmation of students without gender exploration, and evidence led treatment is leading to misdiagnoses (evidenced by existence of detransitioners). Schools should not and cannot make medical, including psychological, decisions for children. </p>


Strongly support

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<p> Fingers crossed this will pass. Much needed change!  </p>


100% Oppose

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wrong and dehumanizing to a marginalized group. trans kids matter and you cannot erase them.


Physician and mom, aunt, cousin to wonderful LGBTQ people

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<p>Given the rates of depression, anxiety, suicide and houselessness of LGBTQ kids, I want to voice string concerns regarding the proposed policy. Many of these kids come from homes where their choice is of supported. I fear that the policy will cause an increase in the stress and disenfranchisement they experience. It is and should not be the schools role go out these kids to a potentially threatening home situation. I strongly oppose the proposal. </p>


Support

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<p> It is a parents right to know what is happening with their child and the child's right to have their parents support them. Taking a position that all parents are not supportive of their own child is evil but does point out how the current public education system views parents roles in THEIR kids lives. Where will these public school employees be for the kids when they graduateandove to another school</p>


I support this, I support reality and truth. Trans is a fad encouraged by an agenda

Young confused fad. Or there would be a normal distribution in population


Support Trans Youth

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<p>Every human being -- trans youth included - deserves to be valued no matter what they look like, where they come from, who they love, what gender they are, etc. </p>


Support this policy


Strongly Oppose

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As the mother of three daughters who are students at Virginia public schools, I strongly oppose the proposed model policy.  This policy actively seeks to harm transgender students under the guise of protecting so called parental rights.

I grew up attending Virginia public schools, when homophobic language was common.  I cannot imagine trying to learn at school every day while actively trying to conceal my identity for fear of bullying.  My daughters' school district already has policies in place which are supportive of LGBTQ kids, and the environment is much better than when I was a kid.

Transgender children who are supported in their identities have a drastically lower incidence of anxiety, depression, and mental health issues compared with children who are not supported in their identities.  Supporting a transgender individual's identity includes using a student's correct name and pronouns, and allowing them to use bathrooms and access  activities consistent with their gender identity.

This proposed guidance would make it harder or impossible for schools like my daughters' to be supportive of transgender students, and would raise the risk for these kids in attending school every day.  Schools should not be in the business of bullying children or harming kids' mental health, and neither should parents.


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<p> CHILDREN should not be given this power! It is a parents job to raise their children until they are 18. Once they are of age</p>


OPPOSE Trans kids matter!!

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Oppose this bull crap policies.


Oppose this policy - a single mom


SUPPORT

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<p> I support this amendment being passed. Parents should absolutely have the right to be involved and make decisions for their children. It is irresponsible to allow children to make decisions that could be devastating to their future. As children</p>


I support


Parents should support their kids no matter what. Unconditionally. I OPPOSE.

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I am deeply opposed to the policies.


Strongly Support

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There is nobody in the world who loves a child more than their parent does.  Schools see kids for a few hours each day.  Some schools only see kids for one year.  These teachers/schools don't "love" those students.  Their parents love them.  The teachers/schools will be with these kids for a little while and then forget they ever even existed.  Let parents do what they know to be best for their own children.  The teachers and schools aren't going to deal with the fallout down the road.  The parents will be there to pick up the pieces later.  Parents have a vested interest in the long-term health of their children.

Any adult who teaches children to lie to their parents is a dangerous adult.  This is especially true in regards to issues of mental health.  If given the truth, most parents will seek out mental health treatment for their kids.  If the problem is hidden from them, they don't even have an opportunity to seek treatment.

Teachers are already mandatory reporters.  If a teacher thinks a student is being abused or neglected, they already have proper channels for handling that.

If parents want their kids to go by a different name and wrong pronouns, let them make that choice.  Teachers/schools/government should not be deciding that.


I fully support Governor Youngkin's K-12 policy.

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<p> I fully support Governor Youngkin's New K-12 pixies. That's one of the reasons I voted for him. Parents have every right to determine what their children will be taught in school.  </p>


Strongly Oppose - This is a big step backwards and only serves to promote division and hatred.

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Strongly Oppose - Virginia needs to move forward, not backward.  All students matter and this proposal only creates division, bullying, bigotry and hatred.  We need a governor that supports the people, not a vocal minority.


NO! OPPOSE!


I support this policy.

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<p>I support this policy.  </p>


Supporting this policy- a single mom

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Please pass this policy. I support it. I am a single mom and I expect schools which are taxpayer funded to do the right thing which is teach my children skills that make them competitive nationally and globally. How can we compete with other countries like China, etc if our children cannot even do simple math or spell correctly but can recite the new, ever changing  gender identity? Socially transitioning children at school is a distraction for these children. Thank you for suggesting this policy Governor Youngkin even when it is not popular to do so.


Grandma supports


Strongly Oppose

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<p>I strongly oppose the "model policies".  It is risible that such policies would reduce bullying and improve the educational climate.  The policies will reduce local control over educational policy and set the Commonwealth down a path toward centralized State-planned education.  I reject such proposals.  This statist overreach into local educational policy threatens the integrity of Virginia's educational system, the very system that underpins the Commonwealth's ranking as the Top State for Business.  I believe personal autonomy is the cornerstone of liberty.  This hamfisted policy tarnishes the values we hold most dear.  </p>


Trans rights are human rights. I oppose.

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Trans kids deserve better.


Strongly Oppose


Support

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<p> Let’s get back to STEM. Allow parents to raise their children.  </p>


Transgender rights

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I do not support Gov. Youngkin’s transgender/LGBTQ policy . Students should the right to choose what they want to be called! I taught for 40years and always asked students if they would like like to be called something other than their given name, out of respect for them. Stop treating them like they can’t think for themselves!!


Strongly oppose

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I believe strongly as an educator, parent and human being… this is on the WRONG side of history. Please continue to listen to both sides and support ALL of our kids. People over politics… please.


100% Support

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<p> Schools should not be allowed to keep secrets from parents. Girls should always be protected. These common sense policies are long overdue. Advocating for trans kids should not come at the expense of girls.  </p>


Full support for these proposed policies

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<p>Thank you Gov Youngkin for keeping your promise to empower parents.  School boards and officials have gotten dangerously carried away with the power they feel they have over our kids.  </p>


I fully oppose this bill !!


Strongly oppose

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<p>As an ally and an advocate, I strongly oppose the model policies that have the potential to be harmful to transgender and nonbinary children.  </p>


Oppose

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Isn't there something else you could be doing for education, rather demonizing children.


Very strongly support

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<p> Parents have the right to know what is going on at school with their children.  </p>


I support this proposal

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<p> Parent’s rights have been ignored and this will place them where they should be. Schools are not responsible for our children and should not have more rights than parents. This proposal does not take away children’s rights.  </p>


Penis=Male. Vagina=Female. PERIOD!!

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XY chromosomes=Male

XY chromosomes =Female

PERIOD!!


We support the governor!

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<p> Great policy!  </p>


Younkin is a inbred looking idiot


I fully support this bill !!

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<p> I fully support this bill!  </p>


Oppose this barbaric policy

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<p>This is a completely misguided policy change. Ignoring the guidance and wisdom of medical professionals to score political points is shameful and immoral. </p>


Move forward supporting all

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<p> This guidance harms transchildren and anyone supporting this should be ashamed of themselves. Why does being kind to someone and THEIR identity affect anyone else negatively? It shouldn’t. This is a step back</p>


Oppose this Harmful and Irresponsible Proposed Legislation Change

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This proposal is completely oppositional to the clear statements and wishes of the vulnerable students it claims to protect. It shows that the governor has not listened to them nor does he give a crap to even use scientific data to guide policy, as there are plenty of published studies that show his ideas are what perpetuate harm and place transgender youth at higher risk. The proposal itself is traumatizing and forces the folks who it most gravely impacts to again fight just to be themselves. The trash comments from folks supporting this clearly are meant to be inflamatory, bullying, and reveal how little they understand about how harmful this would be.

Fully oppose.


Trans kids deserve better. Oppose.

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The policies are cruel and centering parents who are unsupportive which is so sad. Listen to the experts, affirm trans kids. Their lives depend on being supported and cared about. Parents that don't support trans kids are evil.