Model for treatment of transgender students in public schools

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<p>Fully support. Thank you Governor for taking a stand for our kids to keep them safe. </p>


Look at all the anonymous comments in favor of this trash by Youngkin

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<p>Where are all these anonymous comments coming from? Is Yougkin actually in the state of Virginia today or is he campaigning for another politician in Georgia like yesterday? Why </p>


Strongly support

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<p> Thank you so much governor for returning common sense to our great state. Parents matter and must be involved and active participants in decisions regarding their children. Schools are there to support families</p>


Completely support

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<p>First, let me start by saying that i support peoples decisions to identify however they want. That being said, at what point do other people have to participate in your fantasy? Forcing other people to accept what essentially is mental illness should not be happening, especially in our schools. As a father of 3 I do not want my children to be around, or be around acceptance of, these gender dysphoria environments. Reality is reality. This shouldn't even be an issue, but since it is let us address it. Do not allow people who "identify" as the gender they are not, use the wrong restroom or locker room. There has already been 1 sexual assault as a result of this, we do not need to put our children in further danger. It's time to tell people how things really are, whether they like it or not. I fully support Governor Youngkin's new policy and will be following up on this. </p>


Grandpa says support please save my grandchildren


Fully Support/This Policy is Completely Unconstitutional. It should not exist.

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Oppose-protect trans youth

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These newest guidelines are just more lines that the governor would like to use in order to criminalize the LGBTQ+ community. Trans rights are just as important as anyone else’s; the implementation of this policy will cause harm to all. What about kids that go by Pete instead of Peter, or go by Tim instead of Timothy? These would also serve as against these newest guidelines.


Strongly OPPOSE, lgbtq students need peace

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Students from all walks of life, should be able to go to and fro school in peace. I was a lesbian kid in RPS. Accepting teachers made it easier, as I was dealing with suicidal thoughts and depression. I was going though a loss of a caretaker, and if this was passed, I would’ve probably stayed away from school. Who knows what future I would’ve had, if I was outed and felt sad


Stongly Support

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<p> Young girls safety matters.  </p>


OPPOSE!!!

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This is so wrong!!! Youngkin catering to his base voters.


Affirming trans youth is recommended by all major medical and psychological associations. OPPOSED.

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Keep your politics out of my child's rights. Trans kids matter and you have no right to harm them with these policies.


Strongly oppose. LGBTQIA+ kids lives are important and should be protected.

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I strongly oppose this measure. Kids - all kids - need to be protected and deserve to feel safe and protected in schools. I believe we should provide more resources for teachers and counselors to support all LGBTQIA+ kids.


Totally support our governor


Strongly Oppose for the Mental Health and Protection of Freedom for these Kids

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You can’t possibly know, the pain you’l cause to children who just want to be free to be themselves. Allowing children to dress in a way that makes them comfortable, whether it be a girl who just has more tomboy in her, your a boy who just feels more comfortable in flowy clothing. Dressing isn’t always about gender, its an expression of self and art. Restricting this freedom at such a young age prevents these children from, at its core, being themselves.

My parent lived until 66 feeling shame and hiding who they were. This pain my parent felt, then lead to me, the child, feeling an extension of that pain growing up.  Now that my parent is free to dress how she is most comfortable and to authentically herself, we have stated to heal together. Imagine how much more love there would have been from the start, if my parent was taught to love herself. Please, don’t raise another generation of children, ashamed, guilty, hiding, angry and depressed. The love, acceptance and freedom you give to these children, trickles down to generations to come.

Please love your children and your grandchildren enough to break the cycle.


Support

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<p> Thank you governor younkin for protecting my child and our family.  </p>


Support the parent’s right to raise their own child. Strongly agree.

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<p> School staff are not doctors. They are not there to diagnose children for gender dysphoria. They should not be allowed to deceive parents and manipulate children.  </p>


Fully support guidance document - Parents are responsible for their own kids.

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I am sure all Virginians can agree that strong families make a strong state and nation. Strong families also create a stable and peaceful society. Continuous human flourishing cannot take place from generation to generation without strong families.

Any school board or government guidance that results in dividing families and which usurps the authority and responsibility of parents in raising their children as informed by their own worldview is plainly fallacious. Further, any guidance that promotes or pressures minor children to draw conclusions and take actions that conflict with their own ideals without the knowledge and input of their parents is totally misconceived.

This new guidance from the Youngkin administration will correct the above issues and will let parents be parents, without interference from those who won't ever have to live with the consequences of conflicting and poorly informed decisions forced upon students by school administrators and/or boards.

I fully support the guidance document by the Youngkin administration as written.


Protect our children support this policy

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<p> Stop the abuse by sickos  </p>


Support Parent Rights-it is a constitutional right-do not undermine the constitution

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Parental rights are in the constitution.We should not go against the highest law of our land- the constitution.Schools should not be transitioning children without parental consent. Any school transitioning a child without parents consent is going against the constitution.


I support Youngkin.  Parental Rights

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Parents are in charge of their kids, not teachers.  No school or teacher should hide anything from parents.  I support parental rights and Youngkin.


Fully support

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<p> Thank you for keeping parents’ rights in place. Government schools need to worry about teaching mathematics</p>


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>


I support the Governor and parents rights

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<p>Thank you so much Governor Youngkin for bringing back sanity to the Commonwealth of Virginia.  Faculty, staff, and students should not be coerced into accepting and promoting an agenda that is goes against their conscience. Also, parents have a right to protect their children from this transexual and homosexual agenda.  Children should not have to be afraid to use the restroom for fear of the opposite sex being there.  Teachers should not live in fear that they may lose their jobs.  And parents should not have to wonder is this agenda is being promoted in their child's school.  </p>


Support the governor


I support parental rights

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The schools need to know their place and it is not to parent our children. Not telling parents what is going on with their children when it is this serious is inarguably wrong. I also think biology and science matter, particularly with sports, and believe the teams should continue to be separated by biological sex as always to insure the safety and fairness of sports. We cannot let feelings dictate facts any longer.


Oppose. Hypocritical proposal by people who need diversity training.

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Do not support Governor Younkin's proposed policy for the treatment of transgender students. Everyone should be treated with respect and dignity. While those words did appear in the document, it later contradicts itself in the treatment of transgender people.


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Where’s the General Assembly

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If the General Assembly approved the 2021 version, shouldn’t any changes also have to go through the General Assembly?  There are some situations, like abortion, that make it dangerous for educators to notify parents, and this may be one of those.  We need to be logical with this, but not get in the middle of a parent and child situation.  Youngkin’s changes are purely Republican propaganda, and I don’t think he has the authority to do this.


Vehemently oppose

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I am wholly against Governor Youngkin’s new policies, which would put the lives, mental health and wellbeing of our commonwealth’s transgender and non-binary youth in jeopardy. Denying and refusing to recognize young people’s gender identity is a form of violence and erasure that negatively impacts mental and behavioral health outcomes.


Support this move. Need to still consider how to handle transphobic parents  keep trans kids safe.

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Don't harm our children with your bigotry Younkin!!!!!

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We oppose. You suck as gov!!


Support support support


A Teacher in Support of This

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<p> I'm a high school teacher</p>


Vehemently Oppose

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<p>Support all children, and all people for that matter, equally. Every single one. </p>


Fully support

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<p> I fully support parents' rights to know everything going on with their child/children and for the parents to be the sole parties that choose how their children are raised.  </p>


Strongly Oppose Alienating Students that are Different

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I strongly oppose the changes to the Department of Education Guidelines from Virginia's "2022 Model Policies on Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for All Students in Virginia's Public Schools"

Firstly, that is quite an oxymoron of a title for these changes. It 'respects the privacy and dignity' of all students while providing legal road blocks to them being described by their preferred pronouns. Very few of these students will have the legal access or financial ability to file for their preferred pronouns to be used.

To play devil's advocate, we do not have an issue with a student using their middle name, why is Virginia dictating how children prefer to be addressed?

Regarding parents, why does a parent get to decide what a student wants to be called in a public space? This puts students directly at odds with parents that do not agree nor do they understand these student's preferences. This will create unnecessary conflict that many LGBTQA+ students/people have avoided their whole lives, just so some parents feel like they have 'control' over their kids for a few more years.

As a social change, this is not productive, and is against the curve. Politically, this is  outdated and targeted to make a small group feel better while providing no benefit to the generally public.

Lastly, if you really want to make a decision, ask the students. I am confident the answer will be these policy changes are by and large viewed negatively.


Support this policy


Oppose wholeheartedly

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These are wrong to put in place. Human rights violations too.


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>


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Why not teach math, reading, cursive, Latin or how to balance a checkbook?


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>


I support the 2022 Model

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<p>Please replace the 2021 model with the 2022 model proposed by Governor Glenn Youngkin. Parents are crucial in the education of their children. Their voice must not be silenced. </p>


Thank you - I support

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<p> Thank you for including parents in this process.  </p>


Totally against these discriminatory policies


I fully support this

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


Fully opposed as a parent of two in public schools.

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<p>kids didn’t ask to be born to their parents and deserve privacy and freedom to live their life as they wish. </p>


Gender affirmation is health policy and suicide prevention

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I STRONGLY oppose the proposed legislation, and shame on politicians for centering the parents rather than the needs of one of the most marginalized groups in our society - if passed, this legislation will result in real harm to those we should be doing everything we can to protect. Trans rights are human rights.


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

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<p> I strongly support this change that protects parental rights and allows them to keep informed of all aspects of their children’s health and wellness.  </p>


Fully Oppose

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Fully oppose your shameful policy changes that harm trans kids in our state.


Strongly Support

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Schools need to focus on education and stop focusing on social agendas.  Trans students are protected in school as every other student is protected. Pushing kids to hide behaviors or desires from parents is a slippery slope of infringing on parental responsibilities and rights.  The schools are not their to pick up the pieces when things fall apart.  Teachers do not have the right to advocate a students life style choices while minors, just as they do not have the right to advocate any other medical issues.

Trans children have the right to be safe in schools.  This does not require the creation for grooming or other harmful situations.  I do not see how this bill harms a Trans child.  Unfortunately, suicide rates may be higher for the Trans population however I don't see how the law will impact the issue.  The students are unfortunately an at risk population that need medical assistance with their condition than a hidden life.

Do protect all students in schools.  Do not allow hidden agendas of adult to influence developing minds.  Consider going to school vouchers to correct this monopoly on insane behavior of a small minority of the population.


Tremendously harmful, political stunt

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The new Anti-Trans policies proposed by Governor Youngkin are a huge step backwards for Virginia.  Recognizing and respecting a child's identity harms no one.  Disrespecting it has been proven to be greatly detrimental to the mental health of trans youth -- even fatally so.  Some of these children aren't safe at home.  This new policy change is a disaster, and is transparently a political stunt done in an election year by the governor, heedless of the pain and harm it will cause.  It is also likely contrary to Virginia law.  I adamantly oppose the governor's proposed changes to Virginia policy regarding trans and non-binary youths in our schools.  We need to protect these most vulnerable children, not contribute to their bullying and erasure.


Strongly support


Oppose - support trans kids

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Oppose - support trans kids


Strongly oppose

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Protect our youth - this includes those of the LGBTQIA+ community. Stop fostering hate. As a non-binary individual, this is  that just grows the divide and hurts everyone.


I fully support. We need to support all children !

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


Trans kids matter, so I oppose!!


I support

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<p> This is not something that should be pushed in schools. No little girl should have to feel uncomfortable because men can go into same restrooms as them. If we allow this than in the future pedophiles will be able to demand same rights and that is unacceptable!  </p>


Supporting Governor Youngkin…I stand for parental rights

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I support for parental right! I support Governor Youngkin. I hope more politicians and officials stand up in protecting parental and children rights. Children are impressionable and they cannot make decisions yet that is why they are children. If nature or God intended children to be capable of making rational decisions then they would have come to the world without parents, no?But children have parents…even the monkey an animal knows how to protect its child….this is same for parents the natural instinct is to protect the child. Socially transitioning is not protecting the child.


I fully support the new policy

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<p> I fully support this policy. Parental rights and input are critical</p>


Fully Support 2022 Model Policies - Strengthen the family!

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I offer my full support of the 2022 Model Policies as they offer and empower parents with their Constitutional rights to be engaged and informed about what is occurring at and in their children’s schools. The 2021 Model Policy weakened, and essentially sought to eliminate any parental involvement in crucially important matters that could drastically and perhaps tragically effect their children’s future. Such policies are not only un-Constitutional, they are immorally wrong. The family is the fundamental and foundational unit of society. Disallowing parental involvement and eradicating our rights to be informed on ALL issues regarding our children, only serves to weaken and diminish the family unit. Society will only continue to deteriorate when acts like VA’s 2021 Model Policy are implemented and enforced.


I Fully Support This


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>


Strongly Support

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<p> I strongly support this  </p>


Strongly support saving children


A strong society starts with a strong family. I fully support Gov. Youngkin.

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<p>Thank you for recognizing parents for their roles in society and within the family. We finally have leadership that is restoring the principles of morality and good core values are country is slipping away from. </p>


I Support This

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I strongly support this. Wreck it Ralph Northam never should have allowed this into the schools to begin with. Thank you Governor Younkin.


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>


Mind your business - let trans kids be

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Stop trying to police personal identity and choices that don’t affect anyone but the person making the choice


Not old enough for voting, drinking, driving & shooting so isn't mature enough for this

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A child is not old enough for voting, drinking, driving & shooting so isn't mature enough for making this important decision!


Fully support

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<p> While the majority of comments are negative</p>


OPPOSE Trans kids matter!!

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These policies will cause harm and difficulties to an already vulnerable population that needs support. Most parents are unsupportive which causes mental health and homelessness in trans youth across our state and country.


We support you and will fight alongside you!

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


Party of small government needs to butt out of personal decision-making.

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For a party that likes to crow about the virtues of small government, Republicans sure do like to assert government control over individuals' decisions about their own bodies. Please butt out of personal decision-making about gender, reproductive rights and everything else that should be left strictly up to the individual citizen.


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>


Strongly Support

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<p> I strongly support the involvement of parents with their children’s choices  </p>


Strongly support protecting children


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>


Thank You Youngkin!! 100% Support!!

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We could not agree more with this policy! We need to protect each and everyone of our children!! Thank you for everything you are doing for these kids!!


Support

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<p> Strongly support affirming parental rights of parents and not the state! Thanks for common sense. How many of the other people actually read what these policies do? Hiding life altering decisions from parents is criminal and extremely arrogant and pretentious of the state to think they could have those conversations better.  </p>


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>


Support.Everyone with common sense should

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We do not need this in our schools. We don't let teachers in our schools discuss God and Jesus. It's a huge no-no to discuss religion an faith, so why are we letting them discuss gender identity and helping them choose their Pro-nouns. Wake up parents.


Strongly oppose this oppressive policy

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<p>I strongly oppose Governor Youngkin’s proposed policy on Transgender students. It claims to correct a problem that does not exist, and at the expense of our children. </p>


Support

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<p> I support the Governor of VA in his stance on parental rights. Govt was not formed to dictate to parents how they should raise their children</p>


I oppose the proposed changes.

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<p>I oppose the proposed changes. Trans kids need support and most don’t have that at home. </p>


100% support parental rights

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<p> 100% support parental rights! No to is Child neglect!  </p>


Fully Oppose


Support thank you


100% for the new policy.

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Thank you for working with the parents of the Virginia Beach Schools on this policy.


100% for the new policy.


Support

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<p> Parental rights and child protection  </p>


I support the governor

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Great job Governor Youngkin! I support your decision 100 percent!


Oppose in every possible way

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Illegal and immoral are these proposed changes.


I Agree and support our Governor

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


Unequivocally Oppose

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I have been a Virginia resident for my whole life, and have voted without fail since I was 18.  Few policies have made me embarrassed to call myself a Virginian, but this is one of them.  How dare you treat LGBTQ+ youth as second class citizens (or worse)?  I am proud to have a trans child in my life, and the harm this would do to them and others like them is horrendous.  Republicans claim to be the party of personal liberty, and yet use ugly policies like this to take away liberties of others.  Trans youth (and trans persons in general) are harming no one.  And it is proven fact that trans youth who do not have adequate support, not just at home but within their communities, are more likely to self-harm and commit suicide.  Passing this policy will put blood on Gov. Youngkin's hands, plain and simple.  Does Youngkin want trans youth to die?  I beg you to lead with love and compassion, not with ugly hate.  Though I myself am not Christian, I cannot help but to ask, "What would Jesus do?"  Not this, I can assure you.


Support

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<p> I fully support this.  </p>


Strongly oppose - let our children be children

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<p>This is absolutely horrifying and will only further hurt transgender students. Transgender children are not trying to spy on other kids in the bathroom. They are trying to understand who they are and live a life in which they feel correct and whole. Parents need to be involved in a child's life, but who better than the child in question can understand their own gender identity? How does a child choosing their own pronouns, name or even just a nickname in an effort to feel more like themselves affect your life in the slightest? Keep the government out of our schools and let our children be children. </p>


Transgender policy

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The guidance document says, in part, “All students have the right to attend school in an environment free from discrimination, harassment, or bullying” and then goes on to put forward a policy which will cause exactly those things, and likely worse. Multi-millionaire Glen Youngkin, who sends his children to private schools unaffected by this policy, is cynically using this as a wedge issue to further his own political ambitions. He cares not one whit about the 4000 or so transgender kids in public schools, and is using this, just as he used Critical Race Theory in his election, to inflame passions and whip voters into a frenzy, and divide and rule at the expense of already vulnerable children.

I’m reminded of Pastor Martin Niemöller’s words in the aftermath of the holocaust:

“First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist.Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.”

Shame on Youngkin.


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>


Thanks to Governor and DOE for the Policy Revision

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<p>School should be about supporting academic teaching and learning in the classrooms, preparing students for solving the serious problems our world is facing. Prepare them for success in a challenging and competitive workplace. Teach them problem solving that leads to leaving the world a better than they found it. Get the misguided focus off genitalia. Award teachers and students cutting class to hang out with friends and create mayhem with unexcused absences. No disciplinary action makes those in charge at school level equally irresponsible. </p>


I Strongly Strongly Support This


Model Policies for Trans Gender Students

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I support the newly revised policies presented by Governor Younkin One Hundred Percent! We need to stop pandering to the 1 percent of students with sexual dysphoria.

Having opposite sex students use the same bathrooms, hotel rooms, etc. is crazy and immoral. By the way, we won’t stand for it in my community! We are fed up with radical Lgbtq+ ad finitum  perverts calling the shots. Through the Northam policies in the garbage can where they belong!


Oppose wholeheartedly

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wrong and harmful policies.


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>


Completely Opposed to Guidance Document

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The proposed guidance document appears to be intended to create a negative school environment for transgender students. There is no intent to consider transgender student's health and mental wellbeing which is especially important in such a vulnerable group of people. The policies, if enacted, border on state mandated bullying of transgender students by school personnel. It is difficult to express in word how strongly I oppose these proposed policy changes.


SUPPORT

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<p> Let's get back to teaching academics in Virginia!!!!  </p>


Strong Support


Grandpa says support please save my grandchildren


Fully Oppose

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these policies are wrong


Fully Support

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<p> I absolutely 100% support parents rights an common sense!!  </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>


Policies for the treatment of transgender & non-binary students

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<p>Please don’t change the existing policies for the treatment of transgender and non-binary students.  These students’ biological status presents no harm to others nor is any other student in danger of becoming transgender or non- binary because of them.  It is simply biology not a choice.   I fear the governor’s policy changes if enacted would result in more bullying & abuse of these students and possibly result in an increase in the suicide rate among our young people.  In a democracy the state doesn’t tell a citizen who they are or write laws that force a young person to live a lie daily and pretend they are someone else without harm.  All our citizens deserve to be who God made them without harassment.  Thank you for your time and consideration of my request.  </p>
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I support our Governor.

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<p> I fully support Governor Youngkin.  </p>


Strongly Support

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Parental rights before a student socially transitions.When a student socially transitions this paves the way for medical gender transition.Why mutilate kids? They are perfect as they are.


100% Supported


Strongly oppose

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These proposed guidelines are harmful to trans kids in schools and will reverse the positive progress the 2021 guidelines required. These proposed new guidelines prohibit teachers and school staff from supporting the developmental exploration of gender expansive students and could forcibly out students to their families.  As part of their maturing into adults, children need to have safe spaces to fully explore their developing identities apart from their families.  This policy will cause serious harm to students.

In addition, this policy will add to the reasons why teachers are leaving our Commonwealth's school systems in droves.  Let our teachers TEACH!  Don't make them into the gender police.


I Fully Support This

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<p> I fully support the model policies you have put in place. Schools have zero right to indoctrinate kids with their woke garbage. They also have zero right to pressure kids to change their identities and take drugs without telling the parents. Thank you for standing up for the rights of parents. These policies are long overdue.  </p>


Support this


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>


Support the Proposal

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<p> These kids need help not more confusion.  </p>


VA policy on transgender in schools

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I am strongly in favor of this change in guidance. It’s a strong start to protecting the children of Virginia from the social contagion of transgenderism that is running rampant in our culture. This will give parents better ability to protect their children; give students time to mature before making irreversible, life changing decisions; and provide fairness to the rest of the students in terms of their physical privacy and the ability to compete in athletics with their own sex.


Support for Youngkin!

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<p> These are children. Don’t the parents already see how their children are living. Conversations need to happen.  </p>


Support

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<p> As a school board official</p>


Stongly Support

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<p> Young girls safety matters.  </p>


Support Trans Youth and the LGTBQ+ community

Stacy L. Baron, Psy.D., Baron Therapy and Testing

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<p>As a clinician I work with trans youth and the LGTBQ+ community.  Whether or not one "believes" in the concept of gender fluidity the fact remains that youth who are not supported are inordinately at higher risk for suicide (and depression and anxiety).  Without our care and support these youth are in real danger.  Their feelings about themselves affect no one.  There are many misconceptions about trans youth that just a bit of reliable, well researched education could eradicate but the myths and misunderstandings persist.  Please do not undo the policies put forth by Gov. Northam....lives are are stake!!!  </p>


I fully support this policy. Northern Virginia doesn’t rule all of VA

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<p> It’s time we get back to basics. Ultra liberal northern Virginia doesn’t represent all of VA. Their ideology is dangerous and needs to be stopped. It isn’t the schools right to make decisions for my child that is my job. Children have no idea what they identify as because they are still developing who they are. Keep this out of our schools and let our children develop organically.  </p>


Fully Support

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Fully support the Governor’s policy changes


I 100% support this!

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<p> Protect our children from this sexually nonsense!  </p>


Full-fledged support

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I strongly believe such actions are necessary in order to discourage manipulation of vulnerable persons and maintain their long-term happiness and well-adjustment.


I Strongly Support and Thank You

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<p> Thank you for fighting for parent's rights. Often times the educational system and educators need to be reminded that they are our employee</p>


Full support

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<p> Thank you Governor!  </p>


Support this policy to stop hurting children


I am Trans and I support this

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<p>As a fully transitioned MTF I strongly support this bill. This is not something that schools should be trying to take on and control with children. My children change their minds from week to week on how they feel and you can't tell me that isn't something trans kids do when it comes to how they feel about their gender identity because I did. This shouldn't be in the schools, Leave it to me an my family to handle with Love, Care, and respect. Everyone should support this. </p>


Great idea! Support the whole family

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<p> These are the right direction for the commonwealth! Keep supporting families!  </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>


Strongly support

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<p> I strongly support this change that protects parental rights and allows them to keep informed of all aspects of their children’s health and wellness.  </p>


Support the Proposal


Support the parental right

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Majority of parents are good and  want the best for their child- therefore parents consent should be needed before school transition a child socially. If something happens to the child whether emotionally, mentally because the school transitioned the child socially will the school be there when the child is “broken” mentally and emotionally? Some teachers think they are doing the child a favor but they are not doing the child a favor. It’s the schools’ mancheasen syndrom. Any school teachers administrators transitioning a child should be investigated as to who they are and what their purpose are—-why are they grooming the child to transition?


Strongly Oppose

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I'm never going to support something that hurts or could hurt others. Particularly my friends.


Strongly support this

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<p> This is a great first step in restoring parental rights in the midst of this storm of denial of biological reality.  </p>


I support trans students, not the governor

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Governor Youngkin needs to focus on his own family and stop attacking others. Fostering hatred of people who are different does nothing to change anything for the better, and he'd be better off focusing on teaching his kid respect for the law. His lazy and irresponsible parenting needs to be fixed before he dares interfere with people who actually care for their own kids. Ruining lives and public education is a disgraceful, unchristian action.


protections for transgender students

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Can we stop rolling back protections for students? This only serves to further isolate trans students who are struggling with their identities and feeling unsafe. If I have to endure one more person who says they have a "constitutionally protected right" to ignore their students concerns, needs, and pronouns, I am going to throw up.


Leave it alone

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Please leave the existing policies aline. The existing policies were well thought-out and tested. A future hostile environment lawsuit will be expensive to Virginia taxpayers. The US is also suppose to be a role model for acceptance and respect.


Strongly Support

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<p> I strongly support this  </p>


Strongly support this decision

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This issue is about parents right to know what's going on in their schools and to make sure that schools are not indoctrination centers for radical teacher's beliefs. Children don't need to be involved in gender reassignment, they cannot consent to such behavior and enabling someone with a mental illness is not kindness, it is cruelty.


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

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<p> I support this policy change</p>


Fully Support!

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<p> Fully Support!  </p>


100% SUPPORT the proposed transgender school policy changes

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<p> I fully support the governor's proposed transgender policy changes in our public schools.  </p>


Strongly Oppose

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This will only increase mental health issues and suicide rates among chidren. Please do not leverage the wellbeing of a very small population of vulnerable individuals in your political calculations. Leave them alone.


Parental authority over their children

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Parents have to know and have authority to authorize a students name, pronoun use and sex identity and schools must not infringe on this authority nor encourage a student to partake in transgender, gender change or any such thinking and in fact should provide counseling for a student who has these proclivities.  You are born male and female period.

Parents need to ensure counseling availability at early signs of this and if the child is older they need more, and maybe, more intense counseling regarding their being who they are and their birth sex.  Nothing can change a male, or female, completely from one sex to another.  A male is still a male and a female is still a female regardless of surgery, dress or actions.


I support

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<p> I support this new policy. All children and students are precious and made by God.  </p>


Oppose: This change discriminates against transgender youth.

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Educate yourself and follow the advice of medical professionals related to the care of youth who are transgender.


Support!

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The media is reporting that the majority of the comments are against the policy. Well what the “media reports” is not necessarily what the people desire. Especially when it’s apparent that some of the posts are identical in verbiage and appear probably from the same IP address.

in an effort to provide social emotional welfare for our students, and because of the media‘s insistence that we all sing the same tune, school systems have bent over backwards to kowtow to the liberal left. Let’s go for moderation. And let’s ignore any of those ridiculous comments that blame everything on Trump. Trump is a has been. Let’s look to the future.


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>


Support for proposed changes

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<p> These seem to be a balance to needs of both groups that give parents input.  </p>


I support this new policy that better protects all kids

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This new policy is based on law, research and common sense.  All children deserve to feel safe in school.  Children who are questioning their gender deserve support and certainly safety. Who really believes that a middle school girl who identifies as a boy would be safe in the boy’s locker room?  This policy provides support and parental involvement. There are numerous cases of sexual assault resulting from the  Trans bathroom policies across this nation. Kids have a lot of stressors in their lives.  This policy takes the safety of all children into consideration.


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>


I support our Governor.

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<p> I fully support Governor Youngkin.  </p>


SUPPORT!!!

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It seems that those who oppose the policy and their "reasons" for doing so, well, they just haven't read the document.  It simply removes the rules that were adopted in 2021.  Those who say it endangers trans-kids are uninformed.  Protecting any kid who is "different" has nothing to do with this policy.  We can protect kids who have different thoughts and ideas about themselves and adopt this policy.  The document specifically supports:

respect for all students and prohibits discrimination, harassment, or bullying

reaffirms the parental rights that Virginia law already provides and by the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution

prohibits governmental entities from requiring individuals to adhere to or adopt a particular ideological belief

and supports the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution guaranteeing religious freedom and prohibiting the government from compelling speech that is contrary to an individual’s personal or religious beliefs.

Now, how can any reasonable person be against that unless:

they support bullying

don't think parents should be the primary influencer of their children

believe that the government should be able to make citizens believe whatever it wishes, and

doesn't believe in the 1s Amendment.

Lastly, did you know that the so-called Judgement Center of the brain doesn't fully mature, on average, until age 25-27?  That is why kids, teens and young adults still need older, wiser parental figures in their life. Here are a couple articles on that.

https://www.businessinsider.com/age-brain-matures-at-everything-2017-11?op=1

This article shows maturity as young as 19 ... still after High School.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11180420/


Protect our children support this policy

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<p> Stop the abuse by sickos  </p>


Strongly Suppor the Youngkin model policies

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I strongly support the Youngkin Model Policies because LGBTQ+ students are not being discriminated at all based on the new policies. It provides a more clear guideline for schools to handle transgender students in the future. As a matter of fact, the whole nation should adopt this policy.

I'd ask LGBTQ+ activists to seek parental advice. Think it over, if children can decide what is best for them from the beginning, why does anyone need a parent? Parents are there to provide and protect, no matter you are religous or not.

For those poeple who like to argue from scientifically, let me say this: From an evolutionary biology perspective, LGBTQ+ reduce human reproduction and population and is clearly a trait that will be selected for extinction. It is not evolutionally superior!!! Do not make it trendy.

For new immigrants, if you stay quiet and let activists keep brainwash your children at school, you are destroying the future of your children.

Bottomline, LGBTQ+ people are not being discriminated. Rather, non-LGBTQ people are being discriminated. If you want to live as a LGBTQ+, be my guest, but do not force your ideology to others and pretend that you are morally superior.


I strongly support


Fully support this policy

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I fully support this policy. It is a common sense

approach.


Strongly support

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<p> Thank you so much governor for returning common sense to our great state. Parents matter and must be involved and active participants in decisions regarding their children. Schools are there to support families</p>


Strongly oppose

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Proposed policy is harmful to children. The primary purpose of this bill is to pander to the right wing and get their votes.


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<p> I fully support the governor's proposed transgender policy changes in our public schools.  </p>


Trans-kids supporter

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Don’t you have better things to do with your time other than bullying kids? Shame on you. In America, EVERYONE is created equally. Virginia’s Governor is UN-American and should be removed from office immediately.


Strongly Support

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<p> I strongly support the involvement of parents with their children’s choices  </p>


SUPPORT

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<p>I am a retired Virginia public school educator.  No matter what the issue......discipline, field trips, medication, movie showings, grades, etc...........the FIRST thing an administrator would rightly ask is, "Have you talked to the parents?"  This is no different.  Parents are responsible for every aspect of a child's upbringing.  It is unfathomable to me that any school employee would deliberately hide information from a parent, particularly issues of such magnitude that the trajectory of a child's life could be completely changed at a time when they are most vulnerable, but not the most rational.  This is a commonsense policy that rightly places parents as the primary source of responsibility and care for their own child.  </p>


I support Youngkins policy


Child/Teenage suicide

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Please do not change the protection for Trans kids. Their suicide rate is higher than the general population, over 40%. A major part of the suicide rate comes from societal pressures and expectations, but significant stress comes from parents who often do not understand or support their child. By repealing these protections you will be contributing to the deaths of trans teens all over Virginia and that blood will be on your hands. Humanity in leadership is key, without humanity how can you call yourself a christian


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>


I strongly oppose Youngkin's unsafe, discriminatory proposal

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As a parent of two school aged children, community member who cares for all Virginia students, and a former educator, I strongly oppose the proposed 2022 model policies. The policies are harmful and make school unsafe for trans, nonbinary, and gender expansive children.  How a person identifies does not negatively impact others and identities should be respected.


Fully support

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<p> While the majority of comments are negative</p>


Alexandria Mom Strongly SUPPORTS This Policy

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<p>Transgender students deserve to be protected and supported at school, as this policy rightly notes. Students also deserve to be supported and guided by their parents. Thanks to this policy, they will be. Parenting decisions belong to parents, NOT to any outside party, including schools or teachers. We are in the midst of an adolescent mental health crisis, which is exactly why we need to encourage parents to be more aware of and involved in their children's lives, not less. It is shameful that some schools and teachers have made of habit of actively lying to parents about what their children are doing at school. No matter how much a school or teacher might disagree with a parenting decision, it is NEVER okay to take those decisions away from parents. These are difficult decisions, and parents should be guiding their children through them. Teachers and schools have no right to interfere with that in any way. THANK YOU Governor and the Virginia DOE for writing this common sense policy. </p>


Teacher strongly support

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


I support parental rights and The governor

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<p>I support parental rights and am against the mutilation of young children. </p>


Support for this policy

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<p> It seems like everyone feels this will cause suicide rates among trans students to increase. Suicide is the result of a mental health problem. Sane rational people do not commit suicide. Perhaps get mental health help for these students. But keep this nonsense out of the schools!  </p>


Support the governor


STRONGLY SUPPORT

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STRONGLY SUPPORT GOVERNOR'S POLICY ON TRANS STUDENTS


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>


I fully support this Governor!

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<p> There has been a concerted effort to specialize minors in an attempt to implement an extreme movement that will affect the future of these children in a negative and harmful manner. Parents have the right to be involved in the education of their children and sexual content should not be introduced to young children. Gov DeSantis signed a very strong law that prohibits certain sexual behaviors from being introduced to children. I strongly urge you to adopt the same strong laws that protect children in the state!   </p>


Fully Support the New 2022 Model Policy

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It is essential to restore parental rights with regard to their children's education.

The new 2022 policy is spot on and achieves a very good balance.


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<p> I support this policy change</p>


Unconditional love

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We should be practicing unconditional love and support of all of our students


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>


Strongly Support!!

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<p> I am a small business owner in Virginia and watching young female students in Virginia being traumatized by bathroom attacks in their own schools has lasting repercussions. If young women do not feel safe</p>


Vet who does NOT support this travesty

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<p>I fought for the right for ALL Americans to be free, not for some stuffed shirt to pick for them. I would never support anything such as this. This sort of thing was wrong when I was born in the 70's, grew up in the 80's, and it's been wrong ever since. Grow up, and let people be free. There is NO HONOR is such a law. </p>


I support Youngkins policy


Fully support

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<p> I fully support this decision  </p>


Support Amendments to transgender policy

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<p>I STRONGLY support Governor Youngkin's proposed changes to the current transgender policy.  I support parental rights.   We also need to determine why there has been such a dramatic increase in children who are experiencing gender dysphoria. </p>


Education transgender policy

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This is it dangerous step for students who are already at risk of suicide. As a psych nurse for 18 years, I know that some parents are not as loving and supportive as we would like to think. Suicide is already a serious problem for our youth. Let's not make it worse.


I support our Virginia Governor!

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<p> Parents need to be able to parent their children ALL the time even at school! These policies protect the parents as much as their children!  Transgender boys and girls need their parents’ guidance as well.  I am a former teacher and treated all children equally.  It saddens me to see the direction where the education associations are trying to take our children! Thank you Governor Youngkin for supporting parents! </p>


Strongly support

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<p> Let parents to parent their children! Teachers should stick to academics  </p>


Strongly OPPOSE - Our youth will suffer!

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As an educator working with young people in our schools, I can attest to what the DATA surrounding mental health and identify confirm; when we support and affirm young people to be themselves, they THRIVE, which mean we as a society THRIVE! Transphobia has no place in our world, especially in our schools. We have an humanitarian obligation to welcome and value ALL students!


I support

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<p> I support this.  </p>


Strongly support

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The vast majority of parents support biological reality and parental rights! Gov. Youngkin, please stand strong and know you are supported.. The voices of the few have drowned out the majority for far too long!


This bill is based on fear

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<p>There is no need for this policy to be put in place. The basis for this is to appeal to a small, but loud, minority who are novitiates by fear. Allowing young people to use the bathroom their are more comfortable with does not endanger students, in most circumstances the trans student is more concerned with being in a safe space. Logically if a predator were to commit assault they will do so. </p>


Against this barbaric proposal

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Please protect the youth and protect women and kids


Support!

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<p> Stop mutilating kids  </p>


Fully support!!!

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


Support

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I am Latina and support parental right.We need our children to learn math, science, reading. Schools should not be teaching social transition. The children do not know how to count and read but can remember all the genders? This is not right.Math and science and reading first.


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>


STRONGLY SUPPORT

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In favor of this proposal


Strongly support protecting children


Strongly Support Governor's Policy on Transgender Students

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These are minor children trying to make decisions for themselves without parental involvement.  If parents knew what is going on with their children, they'd be better equipped to support and help them through the difficult process.  Keeping things a secret from the parents only adds to more stress for these children.

Further, allowing biological males to enter a girls bathroom, or room with girls on field trips, or compete in girls sports, set women back quite a bit.  This is dangerous and irresponsible.  What is the litmus test to know for sure if a biological boy is really transgender or not? A boy can simply say that verbally and get away with being in a girls bathroom, etc.  This is not good and puts girls at risk.  Women are still at enough risk as it is from sexual predators and this just adds to it. Please pass this policy.


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>


Stop the insanity strongly support our governor


Support


I oppose this discriminatory and damaging policy

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The policies proposed by Governor Youngkin will put trans youth at risk of violence and run counter to our Virginian ideals of equality and non-discrimination. Trans students have the right to be treated with respect and dignity. Requiring a trans student to use a bathroom tactility that does not align with their presenting gender will draw attention to these students and put them at risk of harassment and violence. A student that presents and identifies as male should be permitted to use the men’s room and vice versa. This policy strips students of existing rights and will be harmful to the mental health of trans students. Further, the policy requiring submission of documentation in order to use a preferred name in school is overly burdensome and will harm students. Students should be able to provide and go by their preferred name at school regardless of their gender, without a requirement to engage parents. Trans students have historically suffered from negative mental health outcomes, including suicidal thoughts due to discriminatory policies, bullying and harassment.  These proposed model policies are contrary to state law and will be extremely harmful to transgender and nonbinary kids.


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>


Oppose

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I strongly oppose this. These proposed changes put transgender kids in danger. Teachers must put the safety and well-being of their students before the parents rights. The students name and pronouns are personal to the student and should not require a parents input. Requiring teachers to out students to their parents puts the student in danger of abuse and homelessness. Teachers who cannot respect students gender and pronouns should be fired for bigotry. Religion is not a part of public school. If teachers can’t put their own beliefs to the side to respect their students then they do not belong in public school.


Great  policy decision support it


This is an attack on those that are the most vulnerable

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This policy is a direct attack on those who are the most vulnerable. Trans kids are struggling as is and this policy will effectively make children's lives harder for simple political theater. There is nothing to be gained from this policy besides additional trauma to the trans kids of Virginia.

 Trans rights are human rights.


All for it....

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All for it...a child needs parental guidance before making a life changing decision.v


Strongly support!!

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


I strongly support

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<p> The family unit is the fundamental organizing principle of our society. No government has the right to break up the family unit except under the most extraordinary circumstances. Schools that set themselves up as “substitute parents” are grossly out of bounds. Schools have no right to transition students’ gender without parental consent. They cannot give students Tylenol without parental consent! This policy also protects young women and girls from biological boys with serious mental health problems and preserves women’s right to fair and equitable completion in sports. Thank you to the Youngkin administration for protecting girls and families from the craziness of the trans movement!  </p>


Strongly Supporting the DOE Policy Change to Protect All

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This Fairfax County dad thanks Governor Youngkin and DOE for this common sense policy change which protects ALL students equally. All those posting comments should be registered voters, not under age students looking for an opportunity to skip school and hang out with friends. Adults make decisions in our system—and that includes parents of misbehaving students. Students and activist staff members need to return to class and work on the serious problems in this country. Thank you to the many dedicated teachers who choose to responsibly keep teaching students for academic excellence amidst the mayhem.


Oppose this- save a life

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This policy will increase trans depression and suicide. Save a life and stop this policy.

I’ve know people who have committed suicide and have self harmed

I don’t want to see another friend die


i am opposed to Mr. Youngkin's cruel and obstructive model guidelines.

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<p>I don't need many words to say that i'm horrified that the head of Virginia's government would single out transgender students in such a brutal way. </p>


Support

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<p> The lobbyists have convinced a lot of people that kids are at risk with these guidelines but in fact</p>


The VDOE's hypocrisy is on full display in this document

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Treating transgender students as anything other than the individual adolescents they are is dehumanizing, unethical, immoral and simply wrong. If educators are to "strive to meet the individual needs of all students entrusted to their care, and...work to create educational environments where all students thrive," then they must affirm students' chosen and lived identities. The VDOE's statement that "each child is a unique individual with distinctive abilities and characteristics that should be valued and respected...The Department supports efforts to protect and encourage respect for all students" is beyond hypocritical when followed by the dismissal of transgender students' identities. The VDOE continues this hypocrisy by claiming that they are "mindful of constitutional protections that prohibit governmental entities from requiring individuals to adhere to or adopt a particular ideological belief" yet shaping educational policy according to the ideologies of christian fundamentalism. Parents have never been denied the right to "direct" the education of their children; there are multiple avenues for them to do so, including homeschooling. They do not have the right, however, to bully the public school system into ignoring the civil rights of the adolescents in those schools - and the acknowledgement, affirmation, and acceptance of transgender students' identities in the public education system is inherently a civil right.


I fully support the new policy

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<p> I fully support this policy. Parental rights and input are critical</p>


Without parental consent, it's grooming.

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They want the state to raise your child.


Strongly support

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<p> Please help all children be safe. Transgender students in restrooms has resulted in assaults. Assigned restrooms for those with special needs should be available. At the high school where I taught</p>


STRONGLY SUPPORT!

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<p>Parents have a right to protect their children from this horrific, evidence free plague. This shouldn’t even be an option for those under 25. </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>


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>


Protect Children

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A child is a child. All children have their own ideas, their own personality, their own interests, etc. Why should be discriminate against those that need our love/acceptance the most. This has nothing to do with policy, this has everything to do with transphobia.

Us as humans get nervous or scared when we don't know/understand something. And this is what these people are doing. Shutting down things they don't understand. Us as Americans SHOULD be focussed on always learning/always growing as a person. It makes me very sad that they cannot do that.


Strongly oppose this bill

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Hello, I was a student of VDOE and graduated in 2020. My schools have always been supportive and incredibly accepting of everyone. This new bill is absolutely heartbreaking to say the least. This is a complete violation of privacy, and SHOULD NOT be passed. Kids being trans should be the least of the worries when it comes to Virginia education. Instead of deciding to be outwardly transphobic, how about something is done about the gun violence in schools? How about something is done about the disparity of wealth and how that is affecting students' education? How about making sure that children are fed and taken care of? Ever thought about those issues before deciding that trans students are the be all end all? Instead of worrying about someone's identity and who they are, maybe you should be worrying about things that actually matter. And maybe you shouldn't put students in unnecessary danger. Thank you.


Hunter strongly opposes we strongly support


I oppose this policy.

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<p>As a former teacher, parent, and grandparent, I oppose this restrictive policy. </p>


Support

Matthieu Poirier, Eastern Virginia Médical School

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<p>I fully support transgender rights </p>


Fully Support

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<p> Fully support all aspects of the proposed legislation  </p>


Strongly support the policy, but it doesn’t go far enough

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Trans freaks and groomers need to be excised from society, not celebrated!


Oppose 2022 Model Policies...

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Support student choice.


I support the 2022 model policies.

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<p> I support the 2022 model policies. Thank you Governor Youngkin!   </p>


About time! Do not waver Gov., fully support this!

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Long overdue, thank you Gov. Youngkin!


Thank you - I support

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<p> Thank you for including parents in this process.  </p>


Good for those kids

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I am not sure what the issue is, but a day off of school is always good


Youngkin’s privacy disregard

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<p>I oppose the Governor’s disregard for the privacy of students and women in Virginia. Where does he get off outing lgbt kids to their family. Telling women what to do with their health care decisions. All the while he spends running around the country planning a run for president . He needs to go back to Coperate American where he can bully his employees. Keep him out of our schools and health care decisions. Recall Youngkin </p>


Support trans kids- save a life

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This policy will increase trans depression and suicide! Save a life and stop this policy!

I’ve know people who have committed suicide and have self harmed

I don’t want to see another friend die


Support!

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<p> Stop mutilating kids  </p>


Strongly oppose - support trans kids like all other kids!

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Let kids be kids and grow into the people they want to be. To punish children for expressing themselves in a way that feels comfortable to them is unconscionable. To out them to others could be deadly. How kids express their gender identity is no one's business, especially when it comes to the state or the school.


Support All Students


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>


Strongly support!!!! Thank you Youngkin!

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<p> Strongly support Youngkin’s updated policy.  </p>


Strongly Support This New Approach

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<p> No matter one’s belief system</p>


These policies are not good. Oppose.

The least of which is that they're unlawful under the Virginia Human Rights Act. But even if they were lawful, they're immoral. Kids are going to be who they are, regardless of how the state tries to regulate identity.I strongly oppose this state government overreach.

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The least of which is that they're unlawful under the Virginia Human Rights Act.
But even if they were lawful, they're immoral. Kids are going to be who they are, regardless of how the state tries to regulate identity.
I strongly oppose this state government overreach.


In support

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<p> Fully support this!  </p>


Oppose this draconian policy

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Parents have always had a say in their children’s education but it’s very difficult for young people to gain confidence in their own bodies and socialization. I don’t the GOP dog whistles like CRT, book banning, etc… just to scare parents and gain political points. Education should be about academics, critical thinking and separation of church and state and civics to be good and productive citizens.


Strongly support


Strongly oppose!

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Strongly oppose this bill


Support the policies

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<p> The new policies provide balance in caring for each student and the views and values of their parents. It returns the responsibility for children to their parents. It also respects and better balances the rights and dignity of each student. Children with gender dysphoria will receive more balanced care under the supervision of parents in partnership with school personnel as needed rather than the possibility that parents be excluded from the conversation. Overall</p>


We need to support kids

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


Strongly Support Governor Younkin and Parents' rights

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<p>Children deserve to have parents involved in their lives.  Children don't belong to the state, they belong to a family.  The new policies have common ground with the previous rules with regard to ensuring a safe learning environment without bullying, discrimination, or harassment for students.  It lists the First and 14th amendments of the US Constitution as primary evidence.  </p>


FULLY SUPPORT THE POLICY

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<p> Governor's Youngkin new model policy affirms the dignity of every student no matter how they see themselves. Previous policies discriminated agains children that see themselves as God made them</p>


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Indoctrination = Grooming


Fully Support

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<p> I fully support this model.  </p>


I support parental rights-support wait and see

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I support parental right and requirement for parental consent before a school transitions a child socially. Kids grow out of gender confusion—-I did.


SUPPORT

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<p>As mom of a 14 yr old trans son, I fully support the trans community, especially those underage. Let me tell you why: When my child came out as trans at the age of 11, he was immediately showered with support from myself and his siblings. And yet, even despite that ongoing support and ally-ship, he has still been demeaned/degraded/bullied by peers and other family members to the point where he attempted suicide last year. Taking away basic human rights will NOT stop a child from being trans, it will, however, tell them they do not matter and they should not be alive. It is not grooming. It is not influence. It is acceptance. It is giving these kids visibility and validation that they need to live. My child's right to stay alive is more important than any government or board's opinions. And to those actively trying to take that away from any of these kids-- SHAME ON YOU. </p>


Full Support/Thank you

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<p> I agree. Schools are not the authority on children</p>


I support the 2022 model policies.

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<p> I support the 2022 model policies. Thank you Governor Youngkin!   </p>


Oppose 2022 Model Policies...

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Support student choice.


Oppose 2022 Model Policies...


Stop the abuse of children support this policy


Strongly support our governor


Strongly support!

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This change is very much needed.  Previous model policy did not consider the right of parents to know what is happening with their children.  It also did not take into account the discomfort felt by other students in the bathroom/locker room.  Instructional time needs to be spent on core academic subjects, not social ideology.


Strongly Oppose

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As the parent of a child in a Virginia middle school, I strongly oppose this policy. As parents, it's our job to guide our children as they become the adults they are meant to be. It's not our job to force them to be something they are not. When you examine this policy its a struggle to find out what it's goals are or who these policies help. They certainly don't help our kids. This policy is little more than bullying. The bullying of a specific group of children for no beneficial reason or goal, targeting and alienating a group of kids to appease political fanatics.

The Trevor Project’s 2022 National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health found that 45% of LGBTQ youth seriously considered attempting suicide in the past year, including more than half of transgender and nonbinary youth.

The Trevor Project estimates that more than 1.8 million LGBTQ youth (13-24) seriously consider suicide each year in the U.S. — and at least one attempts suicide every 45 seconds.

LGBTQ youth are more than four times as likely to attempt suicide than their peers (Johns et al., 2019; Johns et al., 2020).

These facts are horrifying. Policies like these aren't going to stop kids from talking about or having sex. They aren't going to stop a gay kid from being gay. They aren't going to stop a trans or nonbinary child from being trans or nonbinary. What this policy will do is further demonize, exclude, and attack kids who are most at risk and most in need of our support, not further isolation and vilification.

The previous policy which protected the rights of these kids harmed NOBODY. They did not prevent parents from engaging with schools regarding issues related to their child's sexual or gender identity. They did not take away a parent's right to parent and have meaningful discussions in their home with their children about sexuality or gender identity. They did not take away a parent's right to engage with doctors, social workers, or mental health workers if they had concerns about their child's gender or identity. All they did was allow children who most need it to feel SEEN and to feel that they don't need to hide or lie about who they are.

Why is it controversial to call someone by the name they've asked you to use? It cost us NOTHING to show basic human respect to these kids. What kind of precedent are we setting, what kind of moral code are we teaching to our kids when we tell them that no, they don't have to respect someone's wishes when it comes to their name or identity? When a teacher says "Please call me Mrs. Johnson, not teacher, not Susan, not MISS Johnson", we expect our children to respect that. If a kid named Richard wanted to be called Rick, or Jennifer wanted to be called Jen, we wouldn't bat an eyelash. We would honor their choice of the name they like the best that they feel best represents them. Why is this any different?

Policies should always be focused on inclusion, not exclusion. They should always be focused on what is best for the KIDS, not their parents. If anyone on the Board honestly thinks that demonizing children to coddle a sect of self-righteous indignant parents is the right thing to do then you have utterly failed to understand your mission. You can't please every parent, especially when it comes to issues that have been politicized. You simply can't win, some group will be mad no matter how this issue resolves. What you CAN do and what you CAN control is focusing on what is best for the KIDS. And when you are faced with a policy designed to exclude a SPECIFIC SET OF KIDS, you can't look yourself in the eyes and tell yourself that you are enforcing something that is good for them.

Do better, Virginia. Lead. Be an example in basic human decency. Be a safe place for kids, ALL kids.


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Notice how they have stopped trying to convince the parents, and have instead come straight for the kids?

Then they treat you with disdain for opposing them...

Quite the tell.


Oppose totally

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<p>Tolerance of differences and protection of vulnerable children  is a sign of civilization. </p>


I strongly support Governor Youngkin's support of parental rights

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<p> Governor Youngkin has shown a great concern for the rights and welfare of all students and their parents. I strongly support these documents.  </p>


Support the parent’s right to raise their own child. Strongly agree.

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<p> School staff are not doctors. They are not there to diagnose children for gender dysphoria. They should not be allowed to deceive parents and manipulate children.  </p>


I oppose these policies

I am writing from Charlottesville, VA to oppose these model policies. If implemented, theywould severely harm transgender students.
These policies do not protect parental rights - forcing counselors and teachers to out students to their parents has only the effect of causing harm and stress to students, not increasing theagency of parents over their children. In fact, these policies are likely to endanger students withunsupportive parents, and encourage bullying from teachers and peers.
The model policies will create direct harm to transgender students and violate their privacy andliberties. Forcing kids to use names, pronouns, and facilities which do not reflect who they arecauses long term negative effects, and studies show that transgender students who are not able to safely express themselves at school are at much higher risk for depression and suicide.Overall, these policies are set to create immense harm to an already vulnerable group ofstudents. I oppose these measures wholeheartedly, and believe they should not beimplemented.

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I am writing from Charlottesville, VA to oppose these model policies. If implemented, they
would severely harm transgender students.

These policies do not protect parental rights - forcing counselors and teachers to out students to their parents has only the effect of causing harm and stress to students, not increasing the
agency of parents over their children. In fact, these policies are likely to endanger students with
unsupportive parents, and encourage bullying from teachers and peers.

The model policies will create direct harm to transgender students and violate their privacy and
liberties. Forcing kids to use names, pronouns, and facilities which do not reflect who they are
causes long term negative effects, and studies show that transgender students who are not able to safely express themselves at school are at much higher risk for depression and suicide.
Overall, these policies are set to create immense harm to an already vulnerable group of
students. I oppose these measures wholeheartedly, and believe they should not be
implemented.


Support support support


100% SUPPORT

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<p> 100% SUPPORT More parental rights!  </p>


Support

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<p> The lobbyists have convinced a lot of people that kids are at risk with these guidelines but in fact</p>


Strongly OPPOSE - Protect Trans Kids!

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<p>STRONGLY OPPOSE. These proposed model policies will be extremely harmful to transgender and nonbinary kids, who are people and deserve our protection. </p>


Support trans kids- save a life

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This policy will increase trans depression and suicide! Save a life and stop this policy.


I fully support this bill !!

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<p> I fully support this bill!  </p>


Strongly Support!

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<p> I strongly support this bill. Stop normalizing mental illnesses.  </p>


Strongly Oppose

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<p>Requiring teachers and school staff to forcibly out students to their parents is extremely harmful for young people who may not feel safe at home. Students should be able to have a safe environment to seek gender related  counseling without exposing information to their parents. These policies are transphobic and seek to erase trans people by prohibiting teachers from supporting trans kids. Trans kids should be able to use the bathroom and have the dignity of being referred to in the way they feel most comfortable. They are not harming anyone and only seeking to express their truth and feel comfortable in their skin. Please do not pass these harmful policies. </p>


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Don't worry parents, most of you are working and don't have time to post support here.

Some don't even know this exists, becasue they are too busy BEING A PARENT.


Very Strongly Support!!

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


Save the suicide of kids and support this policy


OPPOSE YOUNGKIN


I support this move

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<p> The issue of how to address children who are unhappy with their biological sex will continue to dog our educators and families. This is a serious mental health issue and treatment for this issue should be addressed by parents and their doctors</p>


I oppose these policies

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I am writing from Charlottesville Virginia so say that I oppose these policies. These policies violate privacy of students and potentially put them in dangerous situations with family, teachers, and peers where they may feel more inclined to self harm or commit suicide. Overall these policies only add to the troubles these students face daily.


This is a win for kids, whether they realize it or not

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Great decision making. It's about time someone stood up for the rights of biological girls. Literal children shouldn't be forced to share their locker rooms, bathrooms, scholarships and sports teams with boys who want to pretend they're girls.

There is nothing wrong with being gender non conforming. If you are a boy who wants to wear a dress and makeup, just wear the dress and makeup! You don't need to also pretend you are literally a girl and infringe on the right of actual female children to have private, safe spaces. There are few things more inherently male than trying to colonize space. If these transgirls were really girls, they'd understand how disturbing it can be to be forced to accept boys in their female only spaces. If they were really girls, they'd have empathy and wouldnt insist on using girls spaces to validate themselves.

Also, the idea that your kid will kill themselves because you won't "affirm" their mental illness, is a myth. The study was carried out on only 22 transgender people, all of whom had a history of mental health issues including self harm. The truth is, about 80% of kids with gender dysphoria will age out of it. It's literally a phase for most kids! Just love your child, support them without enabling them, and let them wear what they want. Remember - threatening suicide if you don't get what you want, is a manipulative tactic. There has never before been a group of disenfranchised people who gained rights by threatening suicide.Ever. In all of history. Jewish people in Nazi Germany didn't do it. African Americans didn't threaten suicide when they were trying to gain equal rights or when they were subjected to chattel slavery. Native Americans were driven from their land and were victims of genocide and they didn't threaten suicide if they didn't get what they want. It is nothing short of emotional abuse. If someone you love threatens suicide, they need professional mental health help.

Just imagine if we treated people with anorexia by affirming that they are indeed grossly overweight and need CoolSculpting and gastric bypass to lose weight. When you have an eating disorder, you literally see a fat person in the mirror even if you're severely underweight. It's a delusion. It's unbelievable to me that it's becoming socially acceptable to tell kids that they were born in the wrong body, rather than telling them that they're perfect the way they are. These kids need therapy to learn to accept themselves. A lifetime of damaging hormones and surgery isn't going to fix what's wrong inside.

Many of the kids commenting here in outrage will be grateful for this decision when they get a little older and get some perspective.


Support

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<p> This brings schools back in line with where they should have been all along on this issue.  </p>


Educator who supports this policy

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<p> Parents should always be informed when something involves their child… always  </p>


100% support parental rights

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<p> 100% support parental rights! No to is Child neglect!  </p>


Facts don't care about your feelings. This will increase mental health issues and suicides. Oppose.

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From the National Alliance on Mental Illness -

"86% of LGBTQ youth report being harassed or assaulted at school, which can significantly impact their mental health."

"The LGBTQI population is at a higher risk than the heterosexual, cisgender population for suicidal thoughts and suicide attempts." (Suicide risk in LGBTQ people is thought to be highest during the teen years and early 20s).

If you really cared about young people, you'd be doing everything in your power to prevent deaths by suicide. Lord forbid, you're the reason a teen feels so horrible about who they are because their parents, teachers, and school disagree with their existence that they decide to end their life. At the end of the day, you'll have to face that judgment not from me but from a higher power (if you believe in God).


The left is Rigging the comments like the election. Support our children and parental rights!!

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Glen Youngkin has implemented in the favor of the parents, who would oppose that??


I support this policy I support children


Oppose- If you don't know/respect your child's preferred name/pronoun, then shame on you.

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If parents do not know/respect their child's preferred name/pronoun, then problems must run deep in the home.  The proposed policies by the Governor do the opposite of what he says it will do.  It is taking away the responsibility of parents to communicate in a healthy way with their child by giving teachers and school administration the responsibility of reporting children and having to engage in conversations with students about why they cannot be called their preferred name/pronoun. Parents should have a healthy enough relationship with their child to discuss all of this at home.  Furthermore, many of the comments from people who support these policies are saying that we need to get back to educating our children.  These policies would do the opposite.  It would turn our teachers and administrators into name/pronoun monitors, putting added responsibility onto our teachers.  Let teachers teach rather than address what parents should be addressing at home.


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>


Without parental consent, it's grooming.

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If you oppose parental rights, you might be a groomer.


Strongly support trans kids

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Strongly support trans kids


Support

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<p> I support parental rights. I support biology. I support Governor Youngkin. I support common sense. I support a biological female's right to privacy in bathrooms and locker rooms. I support a biological female athlete's right to participate in sports and to compete against other biological females.  </p>


Support- Parental right to know social transition

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<p>I support parental rights/need for parental consent before a school socially transitions a student. It is the parents who fully know their child. If the school transitions a child the school does not really know the history of the child—-mentally, physically, medically,emotionally,etc. Any issues resulting from socially transitioning could be a legal issue waiting to happen for the school, the school district. </p>


Support Kyra is a Williamsburg hack

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<p> Support the bill  </p>


Strongly oppose

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Trans students need to be protected, especially at school where trusted adults should be in charge!


Support New Policy

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<p> I support the new policy that keeps parental rights intact!  </p>


I strongly oppose this dangerous policy

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This policy is extremely dangerous for transgender youth. Do your job, protect and support all children!


Dangerous precedent

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<p>I fear That Governor Youngkin's plan to leave Virginia school's transgender policies up to parents sends a very dangerous message to our children.  Hopefully, the majority of Virginia parents with school age children are understanding, loving parents who nurture and accept their children for who they are and don't force untenable expectations on them with no regard for their health and well being.  Unfortunately, that is not always the case.  We have many parents who want to force or mold those children, who may be a little different from their friends and classmates, into unrealistic expectations.  I fear this new policy will increase the number of suicides of those children who now feel unprotected and abandoned.  The school will no longer be their safe place.  It will increase the likelihood of ridicule in schools from mean spirited classmates and, perhaps, embolden them to commit violence against them.  Why must Governor Youngkin put these students in harm's way?  I oppose this proposed new policy. </p>


Support the governor


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Parents, protect your children.

They are the future, and exactly why the groomer needs them.


Strongly oppose


Strongly support. Pro-parent.

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<p> Strongly support this policy. Thanks for supporting parents. If you’re anti-parent you’re part of the problem. Thanks for being part of the solution.Keith Appell  </p>


I STRONGLY support this!

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<p> Focus on academics ONLY!!  </p>


Listen to the silent humble majority - SUPPORT this order

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<p> Parents are the ultimate decision-makers in a kids life. Teachers may be secondary support - at best. As the father of four kids in LCPS - I strongly support this Executive Order.  </p>


100% Support

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<p> We need to stop enabling mental illness in our community.  </p>


I strongly oppose the new policy.

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I strongly oppose the proposed policy. The proposed policy makes teachers and school officials out students to their parents, which can create an unsafe home environment for transgender students. The proposed policy also forces transgender students to be deadnamed and misgendered, which is extremely detrimental to the mental health of transgender students. Transgender suicide rates among students WILL rise if this policy is put into place. This isn’t an issue about parental control, this is an issue of oppressing and causing harm to transgender children. Oppose this policy to save trans lives.


This policy is bad and dangerous. We need to protect trans students.

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<p>Respecting and protecting trans students is suicide prevention. Plain and simple. </p>


Support

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


I support!

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When it comes to children's health issues, parents should be the most informed and involved of anyone. I am so grateful to see parents' rights restored in Virginia! I also support keeping biological males out of female bathrooms and locker rooms. Girls have the right to feel safe, too. If students are uncomfortable using the bathroom or locker room of their biological gender, I hope they can be accommodated with access to single restrooms they can use in private. Most schools already have these, but this might be included in the final wording of the policy.


Support Yougkins policy 100%

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Support Youngkin's policy 100%.


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 Support Governor Youngkin’s Transgender School Policy

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<p> I strongly support this policy as it protects parental rights and protects sports programs for girls. Thank you</p>


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Which address did you scope out?

Do you think this is a boomer or something?

You'll see what I want you to see.


Excellent course direction for Virginia

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<p>Thank you for reasserting the importance of parental involvement in the education of children. Prioritizing parent notification is a very simple bar to clear and schools have an obligation to notify parents. CAUTION: Do consider striking the "Nickname" language from the policy. Seems like an overly broad piece of policy. </p>