Trans Republican Opposes Men/Boy's in Girl's/Women's Bathrooms & Youth in Sex Work

I believe in God, country, and hard work. I came to Virginia to live the American Dream and to serve this beautiful country that has given me so much opportunity. After years of joining campaigns for brave Republicans in "socialist Republic" states, I was initially happy to see Youngkin win. I think his administration could use a unique perspective on this issue, however.
You see, I don't want boys in girl's room's facilities neither. A nuance that almost everyone misses when implementing a sort of bathroom policy is that trans boys/men (born female) are near indistinguishable from boys and men born male, even at ages too young for medical transition when medical intervention. What this means, in most situations including bathrooms, is that by mandating people to use the spaces assigned to their birth sex, what you are doing is making it easier for random men to claim to be trans and enter women's spaces. As the public becomes more aware of trans issues, random men will claim to have been born female and invade women's spaces. Bathroom bills, or model policies in a similar vein, actually make it easier for creepy boys/men to get into girl/women's spaces since they no longer need a dress or pronoun pin. They just need to claim to have XX chromosomes, which is harder to check.I am living proof that there are indeed some people whose lives are greatly improved by transitioning. I have known since I was 12, and transitioning as a young adult allowed me to pull myself together, establish a career that I love, and serve my country both through work and civics. However, pure self-ID makes me nervous and, alongside a woke anti-police policy, might have opened the door for the Loudoun County situation. A lot of "trans" kids do grab onto a social fab and experiment for fun, but there are people where if they spoke to a medical professional, it would be clear that they have gender dysphoria. Some people need to transition to survive, but there should be guardrails for trans people and women alike. If a kid has a doctor's note and parent's permission, trans children should still be empowered to live as their preferred gender and access most spaces. Unless it's a situation that would out them anyways (like a locker room), medical emergency where biological sex characteristics are relevant, or sports, there is no need to out an actual trans kid or treat them different than peers of the same identified gender. A moderate policy affording those with a sincere, medically verified need to transition social affirmation would embody a path that is appropriately nuanced for a diverse Virginia.In locker rooms, unlike bathrooms with stalls or the classroom, the kid will likely be outed anyways. If past the ages of 16 or in some situations 18, they may be medically transitioning, which putting trans girls into boy's spaces will be literally putting boobs or even vaginas into a boy's space, the exact situation that's often the explicitly stated motivation of policies like this. Personally, as a pre-op trans person locker rooms horrify me as much as everyone else no matter which way I go, and I would prefer a private changing space. Perhaps we could provide this to trans kids. A little bit of dignity never hurt anyone.Sports, we have to be careful to enact language to preserve women's sports. A false assumption that most people on both sides of the aisle make is that trans people are the sex they were born as ("biological sex") who threw on the other gender's clothes like a costume. While some sex based characteristics are indeed immutable, on hormones, some change or change a lot. Google image Nickelodeon actor Micheal Cohen or YouTube beauty guru Nikki Tutorials. Trans men get mini male genitalia, and trans women can breastfeed and need mammograms. Mandating that people play by their birth sex means that a person with a male level of testosterone could play in women's sports - considered duping by most sports organizations. If a trans man starts "T", as the community calls it, he belongs in men's sports. No one remembers the trans man that actually swam with Lia Thomas. Now for trans women, it's complicated. The sex differences that develop in puberty in terms of bone structure, lung capacity, and muscle mass may become at least somewhat permanent. But if a trans women is intersex or started medical transition young (medical transition is a separate conversation, I know) enough coupled with blockers, she doesn't have an advantage. Fairness in women's sports should be based on exposure to male puberty or a male puberty analogue, not birth sex. This means medically transitioning trans boys/men in men's sports, and medically transitioning trans women/girls in another category besides women's unless they transitioned young.This policy asserts that affirming a trans kid by their identified gender is an "ideological" belief that school staff shouldn't have to play into. First, unless we're talking sports, medicine, or locker rooms, a teacher wouldn't need to know nor automatically know a kid was born a different sex. Kids pass for the sex opposite of their birth quite easily without medical transition, in fact. Second, as professionals, we never agree with everything we encounter in our work lives. We remain free to hold whatever opinion we want and express it outside of work. A teacher's job is to ensure that children can learn without being outed as trans and then subjected to bullying. A teacher's personal views can be freely expressed off campus.Parents should be able to know what education their children are receiving and what's going on in schools. By hiding things from parents, we open the doors to abuse, especially abuse against special needs children who may not be verbal. As a plea for mercy, however, please don't make the provision notifying kids if they have a trans kid apply ex-post-facto. If some children's parents find out they transitioned under the old policy, they will become homeless or see their support for attending college derailed. I do not wish to see sex work spike in youth, and setting up every trans kid to be outed to their parents will create the conditions of poverty and homelessness that force children into exploitative and dangerous situations.Unfortunately, the culture wars are out of control and quite divisive. I do feel this tear quite personally - other trans people jeer at my faith in God, limited government, and in my country, and some conservatives jeer at my fundamental existence. I don't ever intend on backing down on either my identity nor my values. In a divided Virginia, I admire Youngkin's and Sears's ability to unite Virginians in pursuing a different direction. I also notice that Nikki Haley, my inspiration to join the Republican Party, takes a more moderate stance on trans issues and maintains Presidential viability in uniting the populist and fiscally conservative wings of the party with many moderate, young, and diverse voters. In light of the social and political climate, perhaps it would help us to allow Virginians to unite around a trans policy that isn't subjected to wild swings every few years. I want to part with this: Despite both the mainstream media and The Daily Wire's neverending lust for clicks and attention, trans people are not what the media portrays us to be. Contrary to depiction from both sides, we are not cringy anime haircuts with pronoun pins. Attention seekers aren't trans people. Trans people are soldiers, they are politicians on both sides of the aisle, they are teachers, they are police officers, they are scientists, they are cashiers, and they are musical geniuses. Trans people are siblings, children, parents, and loved ones of Democrats, Republicans, and Independents. Fundamentally, we are Americans and Virginians. About 1 in 200 people are trans, you probably walk by a few of us every visit to the mall or county fair without even knowing. Some of us have to switch genders to survive, and that's about as okay as being left handed or tall.

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I believe in God, country, and hard work. I came to Virginia to live the American Dream and to serve this beautiful country that has given me so much opportunity. After years of joining campaigns for brave Republicans in "socialist Republic" states, I was initially happy to see Youngkin win. I think his administration could use a unique perspective on this issue, however.

You see, I don't want boys in girl's room's facilities neither. A nuance that almost everyone misses when implementing a sort of bathroom policy is that trans boys/men (born female) are near indistinguishable from boys and men born male, even at ages too young for medical transition when medical intervention. What this means, in most situations including bathrooms, is that by mandating people to use the spaces assigned to their birth sex, what you are doing is making it easier for random men to claim to be trans and enter women's spaces. As the public becomes more aware of trans issues, random men will claim to have been born female and invade women's spaces. Bathroom bills, or model policies in a similar vein, actually make it easier for creepy boys/men to get into girl/women's spaces since they no longer need a dress or pronoun pin. They just need to claim to have XX chromosomes, which is harder to check.

I am living proof that there are indeed some people whose lives are greatly improved by transitioning. I have known since I was 12, and transitioning as a young adult allowed me to pull myself together, establish a career that I love, and serve my country both through work and civics. However, pure self-ID makes me nervous and, alongside a woke anti-police policy, might have opened the door for the Loudoun County situation. A lot of "trans" kids do grab onto a social fab and experiment for fun, but there are people where if they spoke to a medical professional, it would be clear that they have gender dysphoria. Some people need to transition to survive, but there should be guardrails for trans people and women alike. If a kid has a doctor's note and parent's permission, trans children should still be empowered to live as their preferred gender and access most spaces. Unless it's a situation that would out them anyways (like a locker room), medical emergency where biological sex characteristics are relevant, or sports, there is no need to out an actual trans kid or treat them different than peers of the same identified gender. A moderate policy affording those with a sincere, medically verified need to transition social affirmation would embody a path that is appropriately nuanced for a diverse Virginia.

In locker rooms, unlike bathrooms with stalls or the classroom, the kid will likely be outed anyways. If past the ages of 16 or in some situations 18, they may be medically transitioning, which putting trans girls into boy's spaces will be literally putting boobs or even vaginas into a boy's space, the exact situation that's often the explicitly stated motivation of policies like this. Personally, as a pre-op trans person locker rooms horrify me as much as everyone else no matter which way I go, and I would prefer a private changing space. Perhaps we could provide this to trans kids. A little bit of dignity never hurt anyone.

Sports, we have to be careful to enact language to preserve women's sports. A false assumption that most people on both sides of the aisle make is that trans people are the sex they were born as ("biological sex") who threw on the other gender's clothes like a costume. While some sex based characteristics are indeed immutable, on hormones, some change or change a lot. Google image Nickelodeon actor Micheal Cohen or YouTube beauty guru Nikki Tutorials. Trans men get mini male genitalia, and trans women can breastfeed and need mammograms. Mandating that people play by their birth sex means that a person with a male level of testosterone could play in women's sports - considered duping by most sports organizations. If a trans man starts "T", as the community calls it, he belongs in men's sports. No one remembers the trans man that actually swam with Lia Thomas. Now for trans women, it's complicated. The sex differences that develop in puberty in terms of bone structure, lung capacity, and muscle mass may become at least somewhat permanent. But if a trans women is intersex or started medical transition young (medical transition is a separate conversation, I know) enough coupled with blockers, she doesn't have an advantage. Fairness in women's sports should be based on exposure to male puberty or a male puberty analogue, not birth sex. This means medically transitioning trans boys/men in men's sports, and medically transitioning trans women/girls in another category besides women's unless they transitioned young.

This policy asserts that affirming a trans kid by their identified gender is an "ideological" belief that school staff shouldn't have to play into. First, unless we're talking sports, medicine, or locker rooms, a teacher wouldn't need to know nor automatically know a kid was born a different sex. Kids pass for the sex opposite of their birth quite easily without medical transition, in fact. Second, as professionals, we never agree with everything we encounter in our work lives. We remain free to hold whatever opinion we want and express it outside of work. A teacher's job is to ensure that children can learn without being outed as trans and then subjected to bullying. A teacher's personal views can be freely expressed off campus.

Parents should be able to know what education their children are receiving and what's going on in schools. By hiding things from parents, we open the doors to abuse, especially abuse against special needs children who may not be verbal. As a plea for mercy, however, please don't make the provision notifying kids if they have a trans kid apply ex-post-facto. If some children's parents find out they transitioned under the old policy, they will become homeless or see their support for attending college derailed. I do not wish to see sex work spike in youth, and setting up every trans kid to be outed to their parents will create the conditions of poverty and homelessness that force children into exploitative and dangerous situations.

Unfortunately, the culture wars are out of control and quite divisive. I do feel this tear quite personally - other trans people jeer at my faith in God, limited government, and in my country, and some conservatives jeer at my fundamental existence. I don't ever intend on backing down on either my identity nor my values. In a divided Virginia, I admire Youngkin's and Sears's ability to unite Virginians in pursuing a different direction. I also notice that Nikki Haley, my inspiration to join the Republican Party, takes a more moderate stance on trans issues and maintains Presidential viability in uniting the populist and fiscally conservative wings of the party with many moderate, young, and diverse voters. In light of the social and political climate, perhaps it would help us to allow Virginians to unite around a trans policy that isn't subjected to wild swings every few years.

I want to part with this: Despite both the mainstream media and The Daily Wire's neverending lust for clicks and attention, trans people are not what the media portrays us to be. Contrary to depiction from both sides, we are not cringy anime haircuts with pronoun pins. Attention seekers aren't trans people. Trans people are soldiers, they are politicians on both sides of the aisle, they are teachers, they are police officers, they are scientists, they are cashiers, and they are musical geniuses. Trans people are siblings, children, parents, and loved ones of Democrats, Republicans, and Independents. Fundamentally, we are Americans and Virginians. About 1 in 200 people are trans, you probably walk by a few of us every visit to the mall or county fair without even knowing. Some of us have to switch genders to survive, and that's about as okay as being left handed or tall.


Strongly opposed. This policy will bring harm to children.

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It is extremely well documented that supporting transgender children in their identities improves their quality of life and that not doing so increases their risk for depression and suicide. Anti-transgender policies in schools will harm children. There is no other scientifically supported outcome to a policy as cruel as this one. Transgender children are already incredibly vulnerable and denying them dignity in schools is inhumane and subjects them to more abuse from teachers and their peers. The American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Medical Association support gender-affirming care, among the overwhelming majority of all major medical organizations in the U.S. The AMA stated in a letter to the National Governors Association that "Empirical evidence has demonstrated that trans and non-binary gender identities are normal variations of human identity and expression," and urged them to stop interfering in accessibility of gender-affirming care for youths. The only reason to implement this policy is to punish transgender children for being trans and to continue to erase transgender people from American society. This policy comes from cruelty, not "parent's rights." We cannot stand by and allow the government to bring harm to children. Parent's rights end where their decisions actively bring harm to children. This policy is government-sanctioned abuse. I strongly oppose it and I hope that my fellow Virginians stand with the most vulnerable members of our communities rather than ostracize them further.


Yes to Gov Youngkin

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<p>Who bore the children? Not teachers. Therefore the parents have the sacred responsibility and duty before God to make sure their children have the education that enables their value system mature. </p>


I fully oppose this.


Virginia parent’s rights

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I support Governor Youngkin and parent’s rights in Virginia.


Kids

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<p>Don't understand why intergender bathrooms are such a big deal when they're literally everywhere these days. And since when do we care about nicknames and pronunciation? Kids either get to express themselves or they turn into Kids that do wild things as soon as their parents unleash them into society. </p>


I am strongly opposed.


What the hell is a furry? Liberals have seriously lost their minds!!!!!!


Parents Rights in School Policies

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Parents have the prime responsibility for their children and what they learn.  The State cannotbusurp this right.


YES to Parental Rights and Protection of our children NO TO THE TRANSGENDER POLICY

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<p>I support 100% the parent's rights to protect their children from all kinds of mental and physical attacks.  STOP USING SEXUAL RELATED MATTERS TO IMPOSE A LIFESTYLE THAT IS BY CHOICE. </p>


Do not do this.


Protect Emotionally Vulnerable Children and Parental Rights!

Dear Virginia Dept of Education,

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

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

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

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

Sincerely,
Carole Gingrich
10575 E Cactus Rd
Scottsdale, AZ 85259

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Dear Virginia Dept of Education,<br /><br />Schools should never secretly socially transition students and keep the child's new name, pronouns and gender identities from parents. I am pleased and relieved that the Virginia Department of Education's revised model policies support parental rights and ensure that school employees don't cut parents out of critical decisions for their children. <br /><br />The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) issued "model policies" in 2021 that encouraged every school district in Virginia to hide a child's new gender identity from parents who choose to affirm the child's biological sex. Under Governor Youngkin's leadership, the VDOE's revised policies make it clear that all children should be valued and parents' rights and beliefs should be respected. The 2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for all Students and Parents in Virginia's Public Schools keep parents involved in major decisions in their children's lives.<br /><br />The 2021 VDOE "model policies" encouraged schools to create "a plan (that) may include addressing the student at school with their name and pronoun consistent with their gender identity while using the legal name and pronoun associated with the sex assigned at birth when communicating with parents or guardians." <br /><br />I strongly support the revised policies that end this practice. Virginia schools should not drive a wedge between parents and their emotionally vulnerable children. Virginia school districts, including those who have already communicated their plans to ignore the 2022 revised model policies, should put an end to secret Gender Support Plans now.<br /><br />Sincerely,
<br />Carole Gingrich
<br />10575 E Cactus Rd<br />Scottsdale, AZ 85259<br /><img src="http://admin.phone2action.com/email/open/leg/657523/148666782" width="1" height="1" />


Governor Youngkin has it right!

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Restore parental rights, Christian values and general common sense!


Governor Youngkin rocks!

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State policy/law trumps local policy/law. Too bad,so sad Albemarle County Schools.


Strongly support Gov Yougkin

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Strongly support our Gov Youngkin


Terrible Policy

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This policy is wrong on so many levels that it is difficult to know where to begin, so I'll address some of the most obvious flaws.  The easiest issue is allowing children to use the bathroom facilities of the gender they identify with.  No child is going to request this option unless he/she is strongly and sincerely convinced that their gender is different from that which they were assigned at birth.  There is still a zone of privacy within bathrooms due to the presence of stalls.  A transgender child with male genitals who uses the girls' bathroom will be relieving herself in a stall, since there are no urinals in those bathrooms.  Conversely, a transgender child with female genitals who uses the boys' bathroom will also be using a stall, since he does not yet have the ability to use a urinal (assuming no surgical intervention has occurred, which should be the case for children under 18).

There should be no blanket rule prohibiting transgender students from participating on sports teams of the gender they identify with.  I understand that the concern here is that transgender children identified as male at birth may have an unfair advantage playing on a girls' team due to muscular development from high levels of testosterone in their teenage years.  This may be true in some instances but there is no need for a blanket prohibition.  This should be a non-issue for younger children prior to puberty.  For teenagers, there may be a more objective way to make this judgment based on things like hormone levels, stage of muscular development, etc., but not a blanket prohibition.

Sports locker rooms, with people dressing, undressing, showering, etc. in full view of others, do present a bit of a challenge, but nothing that should preclude a transgender child from participating in the sports activity.  Special arrangements can be made to allow such a child to dress or shower separately.  It would be a small sacrifice to be allowed to play on the team.

The part of the policy that would prevent a child from being treated as transgender at school without his/her parents' knowledge is extremely disturbing.  The fact that a child is "out" in the school environment but not at home says something about that child's home environment -- most likely that the child would encounter a hostile reaction at home.  The school represents a "safe space" for such a child, but the proposed policy would allow the state (embodied by the school) to force its way into the family relationship in a very ham-handed, and possibly destructive, way.  Such a policy could be very harmful to the child, leaving him/her with feelings of hopelessness with no place to turn.

Certainly school staff should be encouraged to refer to the child as that child would prefer to be addressed.  They should not be required to "out" the child to his/her parents if that child is not ready.  The sincerely held beliefs and feelings of the child should be supported, not discouraged.  Otherwise You are telling the child that his/her feelings and beliefs are worthless.  Transgender children should find support at school, not a stone wall of opposition.

Finally, the most ludicrous part of the proposed policy would allow a school staff member to opt out of using a student's preferred name and pronouns if it goes against a staff member's "beliefs."  Beliefs in this context sounds an awful lot like bigotry.  If a staff member believes that the Bible mandates segregation (as many did when I was growing up), should that person be allowed to avoid dealing with black students?  I find it hard to believe that there are many school staff members as callous as this, but if there are such people, they should get out of the business of public education.  I believe it was Harry Truman who said, "if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen."

In sum, I believe the proposed policy is primarily a political document whose purpose is to advance the Presidential prospects of our clueless hedge fund manager of a Governor and should be treated as such.  If adopted, it is likely to result in great harm to a very vulnerable population of students.


Furry rights are human rights! Equal rights for furries.

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Don’t discriminate against furries!


New Model Policies respect parents and students

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We totally support Governor Youngkin and the new pro-parent policies. Thank you.


Governor You won election to clean up this school insanity. Please don’t let us down.

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There’s a new sheriff in town. Stop the insanity.


Fully Support Governor Youngkin and proposed policies

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Thank you Gov. Youngkin!


This is a terrible policy decision.

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This is a terrible policy decision.


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I support the new proposed policies and Governor Youngkin.


Strongly Support this New Model School Policy

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The former policy has caused so much trouble in Virginia schools.  This New Model Policy will restore peace and eliminate abuse in the schools.

My experience at my local school board meetings is that some students are being trained to be activists for the LGBTQ+ agenda.  It is unfortunate that these students are being taught that people who disagree with them hate them.  That is far from true.  There is such a misuse of information that is damaging children.  Exposing children to pornography and an extraordinary emphasis on sexuality is harming children.  There seems to be an intent to create gender confusion and then claim to help these children with damaging hormone treatements and surgeries that make money for an industry, but leave children and their families with negative physical and emotional effects.  Children should not be pressured in this way to promote an adult agenda.

All children should be encouraged that they are valuable and are created with innate gifts to bless the world.  They should be encouraged to see those gifts in themselves and each other.  These gifts likely have nothing to do with gender and this over emphasis on gender and sexuality is very harmful for the culture.  There is a grave misuse of psychology that is causing harm rather than healing.  This also needs to be addressed.

Thank you for taking these important steps in the this New Model School policy.  This is a great move in the return to valuing parents, children and familial relationships.


Strongly support 2022 Model Policies

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<p>The newly proposed Model Policies protect parents and students. </p>


Oppose, especially Sample Policy section D

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I am a life-long Virginia resident opposed to many of the policy changes in the 2022 Model Policies, especially the remarkably ill-considered Sample Policy in Appendix 1.  Your attempts to cater to a vocal minority will not improve education in the state, and will humiliate already fragile children.  Requiring teachers to disrespect a student’s name of choice is at least as deep an infringement of 1st amendment rights as requiring a teacher to use a students’ preferred name.

I recommend removing Sample Policy section D2 and D3.  Parents who strongly desire their child to only be addressed by their given name may fill out a form to put on file at school.  Otherwise, thousands of parents of children with nicknames will have to fill out forms.  I know many people who spent their entire lives using a nickname not “commonly associated with their given name”.  The oldest attended Virginia schools in the 1930s.  Allowing teachers to address children by their preferred name is not new.

As teachers are mostly likely to be familiar with common nicknames for locally common names, this policy may place disproportionate burden on the state’s minority populations.  Many people across the country will see the resulting discrimination as deliberate by the state government.

The wording in Sample Policy section D6 is unclear and needs to re-written.  Are you referring to the “rights” of the people doing the addressing, or the rights of those being addressed?

Please rewrite section D of the sample policy, and shift the notice-writing burden to the parents with the most rigid name requirements.


I support Christlike principles, the US Constitution, Governor Youngken, & I support parents rights

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I support Christlike principles, the US Constition, & parental rights… Praying.


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I oppose this in the strongest possible manor.


HARMFUL TO CHILDREN

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Any policy that wants to dictate how children should be identified and treated should be viewed with suspicion.  If a child needs certain care or needs to identify with some other gender that is not the business of the state.  It's something that is the concern of the parent and the physician treating the child.  Restrictive measures only intensify fear and mistreatment.  The best thing that the state can do is stay out of people's business.


I Support Gov. Youngkin

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As a Christian and fully practicing Catholic I support Gov. Youngkin and his Guidance Document Change.  This topic is one of many reasons why he was voted into power and that power should be given to the parents, not a small number of people.  I support that  2021 Model Policies should be rescinded and have no further force and effect on us all.   Keep the good work Gov. Youngkin and may God bless you always.


HIWASSEE VOLLEYBALL PLAYER SEVERELY INJURES FEMALE HIGH SCHOOLER WITH SPIKE TO THE FACE

Enough is enough- shame on these woke libs

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how many girls need to be injured in the name of wokeness? Shame on you Libs!


Support Parental Rights

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The newly proposed policies respect and honor the parent's roles in the care of their children during school and other activities. I'm totally supporting these policies and hope that they will be implemented soon.


Judge finds transgender teen guilty of Loudoun County bathroom sexual assaults

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Loudoun County school board is a disgrace!


Completely on board with Governor Youngkin

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<p>Thanks Governor Youngkin for the proposed policies that restore parental rights. </p>


Oppose this harmful policy

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As a university professor who supports undergraduate students in their current work with youth and their future careers working with and on behalf of youth, I strongly oppose this policy. When their gender identity is not affirmed, children come to real and measurable harm.

Transgender girls attending schools preventing transgender and nonbinary youth from using restrooms and locker rooms that best matched their gender identities were 149% more likely to have been sexually assaulted (Murchison, et al., 2019).

Transgender and nonbinary youth whose pronouns were respected attempted suicide at half the rate of their peers whose pronouns were not respected (The Trevor Project, National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health 2020).

Whatever your personal perspective on gender identity, please DO NOT move forward with this policy. The research is loud and clear: if adopted, this proposed policy – which would make it that much harder for already marginalized children and youth to comfortably be themselves and feel safe at school – will lead to more tragedies for Virginia’s kids.


I fully oppose this.


Please, no boy participates in our team!

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I'm a member of all-girl swimming team, and for my protection and privacy I don't want to see a guy be allowed to join our team. All participants in sex-specific athletics should be determined by sex at birth, not by what he/she thinks they are.


Support keeping girls safe at school. Thank you governor.


Support for document

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I am glad to see that a teacher will be protected through the free speech and religious beliefs section. The bathroom issue is needing more restriction. It is just too confusing to young children if this is allowed.  While the document says parental rights are protected, not sure how the parental rights of those that don’t want their young child exposed to these issues at school is protected.   Thankful that the Governor is stepping up to protect parents and teachers!


Fully Support Youngkin

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I fully support Youngkin in his efforts  to protect vulnerable children especially young girls. P


If you are too ashamed to tell your parents, perhaps you should reconsider your actions.

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It’s easy to get in with the wrong group of kids. It’s not too late to turn yourself around.


Strongly supporting Parental Rights

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<p>I strongly support Governor Youngkin and the new pro-parent policies. Parents have the rights to protect and guiding their children, we are the first teachers of our children. </p>


!Trans female in California shout out to all Virginia trans- come to California!!

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You will love it here in California. It’s really sunny and people will call you whatever pronoun you like. Bring all your trans friends and come right away. San Francisco is the best. You can pee wherever you want.


Trans female in California shout out to all Virginia trans- come to California!!


Trans female in California shout out to all Virginia trans- come to California!


Trans female in California shout out to all Virginia trans- come to California.


Incredibly supportive

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<p>I’m so excited that legislation might be changing in favor of children and families overall well-being by respecting parents as the authority figure.  I’m hopeful that the current push for parental rights will be supported. </p>


Strongly support Youngkin


If liberal women weren’t so intolerable, there would be a dad helping to raise these kids.

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If these kids lived in a nuclear family with a masculine father, they wouldn’t be confused about their gender.


Government again overstepping bounds!

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<p>No government or outside entity has a right to tell anyone who they are! </p>


Strongly oppose.


Teacher supports Governor Youngkin and Parental Rights

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As a teacher and a parent, I completely support the new Pro-parent policies where the parents have the rights to protect their children. Student participation in sex-specific athletics, school activities and events should be determined by sex at birth, e.g. for overnight travel, accommodations and locker rooms.


DID Y’ALL SUDDENLY FORGET THAT KIDS ARE PEOPLE, TOO?

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I wonder if y’all realize that by enacting this, that you would be completely ignoring a student’s right to personhood?

Consider that a student may be facing discrimination and/or abuse from home, and the only place that they are free to actively be themselves is at school?

Also, this has already been decided in 2020. There is a law in place that requires VDOE  to have have “model policies for transgender students in place using evidence-based, best practices.” According to EBP, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and other sexual orientations are normal variations of human sexuality and are not mental disorders. Similarly, transgender, non-binary, and other gender identities are normal variations of human gender and are not mental disorders (SAMHSA.gov). I BEG you to read the full report on best practices to protect trans youth here: https://www.samhsa.gov/blog/lgbtqi-youth-all-americans-deserve-evidence-based-care .

It seems that Gov. Youngkin is not interested in policy, however, and only looking to persecute and deny personhood to our most valuable asset, OUR YOUTH.

Do not give up, kids. There are millions of us behind you.


People that support boys using our girl's showers and locker rooms are perverts

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You should be locked up


Support parental rights

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Yes to parents. No to grooming


Maintain 2021 draft model policies on treatment of transgender youth in schools

Karen Allen, Unitarian Universalists of the Blue Ridge

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I strongly oppose the new draft policy proposed by Governor Youngkin that seeks to replace 2021 model policies on the treatment of transgender and non-binary youth.  The 2021 guidance was sensible and positive, assisting education agencies to adopt comprehensive policies to create inclusive affirming learning environments that protect these students from discrimination, bullying and harassment in schools.

In my five decades as a licensed clinical social worker and over four decades as a foster parent and parent, I have seen the damage done by well-meaning people of faith who believe that exposure to openly transgender and non-binary youth will somehow convince vulnerable children to "become transgender."  This flies in the face of reason and research.  I have seen the pain of some of my family members and their friends who have suffered from bullying and discrimination in a system that seeks to erase their identities.  Trans and non-binary children need positive role models and the opportunity to see LGBTQI+ experiences reflected in their school curricula and libraries.

I am a member of the Unitarian Universalists of the Blue Ridge congregation in Rappahannock County.  Our faith affirms as its first principle the inherent worth and dignity of every person.  That worth and dignity were respected in the 2021 policy guidance.  Gov. Youngkin's proposed policy on transgender students in Virginia schools violates that practical moral principle and I oppose the new policy.  Every transgender student is a person with inherent worth and dignity and a right to privacy which is denied them in the proposed policy.

Transgender students deserve the informed guidance and compassionate counsel of trusted adults as they navigate their personal experiences.  We all hope that the trusted adult in a child's life is a parent but the reality is that children often turn to an aunt or uncle, a religious educator at church, or a teacher at school who will maintain confidentiality.  Implementing this regressive policy will not change that dynamic of childhood development.  I understand that parts of the proposed policy are already federally unconstitutional under Grimm v. Gloucester.

As a matter of conscience, I will continue to stand on the side of love in defense of the inherent worth and dignity of all people and in firm opposition to this proposed policy which I believe does harm to transgender students.


You parents that are ok with boys being up in girls bathrooms be trippin

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They obviously don’t be having kids if they think that’s ok


Schools should recognize children for who they are

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The governor's policy puts children in danger.  Children need to feel safe in school, to trust their teacher and to be who they are.  Would love to believe that parents know best, but often they do not.  I work with teenagers, some of whom are dealing with issues of gender identity and sexual preference. Some parents support their kids and willingly walk their child's journey with them.  These children struggle, but far less than those whose parents refuse to see the pain their children experience. Kids with hostile parents need an ally as they navigate the complicated road they travel.  Teachers, counselors, coaches can provide that care, and should be allowed to do so, privately, if that's what the child needs.

This policy is not supported by science, by medical professionals, educators, counselors and others who care about kids. If we, as a society, really DO care about kids, can we not support them to be who they are in positive, proactive ways?  Those who think that genitalia determines gender identity, are simply ignorant of the biology that causes gender/genitalia mismatch.

This policy puts transgendered kids in danger and should not be implemented.


Parental Rights

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As a mother of 6, three girls and three boys, I have an irreplaceable role in guiding them and ensuring their well-being. If children are struggling with gender dysphoria, they need guidance and emotional support from parents.


Transgender

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ALL Students deserve to be identified, recognized, and respected regardless of their gender identity. Virginia’s children and teens have the right to education and freedom their identify - don’t pass this model policy as it will alienate and essentially not recognize or respect a valuable (& fragile) population of Virginia’s students. These kids have rights to their identify, and not be forced to be someone they are NOT.


I 100% support the parental rights

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Thank you Governor Youngkin for fighting to protect the parents rights to be able to make decisions about THEIR OWN children. We support you and may God bless you!


Reversal of this Discriminatory Policy Will Not Inhibit Parents’ Rights

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Parents have a right to participate in their children's upbringing, yes, but where this policy discriminates against public school students is on the basis of sex, by forcing them to be use restrooms that do not correspond with their gender identity, dictate what pronouns they must be called based on their sex, and subject to treatment in educational environments that violates their 14th amendment right to not be subjected to discrimination on the basis of sex.

I reiterate that this proposal discriminates against transgender public school students.

Furthermore, this policy does not further a legitimate government interest. Parents’ rights to  be involved in their children’s education are not protected or furthered by this proposed policy. In fact, the policy only speaks to the treatment of transgender youth and how parents can petition the school on behalf of their children to change their names. This is not an important government interest, because parents had the right and the ability to petition the schools for this purpose without this policy.

in summary, this proposed policy discriminates against transgender youth, in violation of the 14th amendment, and does not further a significant government interest by protecting or furthering parents’ rights. In fact, this policy does not impact parents’ rights at all.


Protecting our children by supporting Parents' Rights policies

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


Education/Transgender Policy

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<p>Support Gov. Youngkin's policy.  Parents should have the right to be aware and participate in  any issues regarding their child's sexuality.   </p>


Transgender

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I stand with Gov. Youngton


Parental rights

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Parents are the first &foremost teachers  of their children. Children are taught the truths of A,B, Cs and 1,2,3s. The truth of their sex as being born a male or female is paramount & obvious truth. Sports should be their sex at birth. Pronouns should be their name at birth. Restroom use should be their sex at birth. Other single-sex bathrooms should be provided. Counseling, caring & love should be given to children having confusion and questions. But TRUTH is of utmost importance- children respond to TRUTH. We have a moral obligation to teach it. ??


All family members STRONGLY Support YoungKin

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<p>I definitely respect each student questioning their biological identify, but to issue a policy about transgender in school, as a government, it should protect for majority, not minors in school,  after all transgender students are minor group. Do not hurt majority students. I do not want my kids’ heart and spirit to be hurt. Transgender student can do everything what they want outside of school, not inside school. Government must protect majority. </p>


I fully support Governor Younkin's proposed changes to protect children and parents rights

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I completely support the changes that Governor Younkin has proposed. A child must turn 18 years old before they can vote, sign debt contracts, and every other major decision in their lives, and this should be no different. Parents are the one's responsible for their children until they are 18, and parents should be the one's making decisions for their children. If we won't allow a 13 year old to vote for a 4 year President, how can anyone think that same 13 year old should be able to make completely life changing decisions without their parents knowledge & involvement?

Also, under NO circumstances should a biological male be in female restrooms and female locker rooms for the safety of our daughters & granddaughters.


Parental Rights in schools

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<p>I totally agree with Governor Younkin. Parents ARE responsible for their children from the day they are born.  Give Transgender students their own bathroom. That avoids all problems of boys or girls saying they feel like the opposite sex just so they can use the boys’ or girls’ bathroom. The majority has always ruled. I believe the majority of women don’t want to share a bathrooms with boys/men. Thank you. </p>


Uphold parents' God-given and constitutional right

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Parents have the rights to guide their child's development. They are the first teachers of their children.


Thank you Governor Youngkin!

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<p>Thank you Governor Youngkin for having enough foresight to know that parents are best suited for making decisions about their children and that public schools work for the PUBLIC not to promote their own agenda! </p>


How’s a real girl gonna mature if we don’t let some pretend girl penises in their bathroom

It’s just part of becoming a woman. No to policy yes to girl penis

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Hahaha the world is so fun right now.!totally bizarre woke garbage. It’s so silly that it definitely will fade with all the other silly fads. Jelly shoes, emo, mosh pits, crimp hair, trans. Yeah it’s gonna fade out too. Cause it’s silly.


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I oppose this in the strongest possible manor.


Totally support Gov Youngkin and parent's rights

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Parents know their children's needs better than anyone. Under the new policies, school must keep parents fully informed and require schools to enforce laws, regulations and policies that prohibit bullying or harassment.


Totally support Governor Younkin's policy

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<p>The children belong to their parents, NOT the school boards or the teachers unions!  No children should be subjected to the dangerous shared bathroom policies that have resulted in at least several rapes. Girls should not have their athletic opportunities stolen by biological males!  Teachers should NOT be allowed to call a child by anything other than their biological gender pronouns or names without the consent of their parents. And NOBODY has the right to force parents to subject their children to any medical treatment, including forced vaccinations or anything else, or to have it done behind their backs without permission. </p>


Strongly support pro-parent policies

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


Protect parent's rights

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Parents are responsible for their children and it is not the states role to direct such things. Protect parents ability to instill values in their children.


Governor Youngkin's Policy on parents being informed

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I totally support Governor Youngkin's policy on parents being informed of what their children are taught in public schools.  The children are part of a family unit and NOT the property of the State.  Some of what children are being exposed to today in the educational environment is totally inappropriate.  More time should be taught on the basics, i.e. reading, writing, math, history, etc.  Children are very impressionable and easily influenced.  Totally support this policy!


YES

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<p>Parents need to be involved. </p>


Why is this even being considered

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What are people afraid of?  Why do Republicans all want to impose their retro beliefs on the majority?  Trans kids should have the same rights as everyone else.


Parents are responsible for their children

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<p>I support the Governor’s transgender policy.  I graduated from k-12 in Virginia and I have seen many transitions, most good. I’m baffled and dismayed by the notion that information about a student under 18 can be kept from a parent.  This is a scary departure from many legal norms and an even scarier departure from common sense.  Please don’t let anyone take primary caretaker status from parents, I’m sick over this.  </p>


Protect Trans Youth

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I am absolutely appalled at the potential for these transphobic and dangerous policies to be put in place. School should not be a place where students have their dignity and humanity stripped from them; it should be a place where they are able to be their true authentic selves. The people supporting these policies are bigots to their core and if you implement these policies, you too are complicit and admitting that YOU are transphobic bigots. As a cisgender woman, I will never truly and fully understand the trans experience. However, I believe it is my duty to advocate for this community and use the privilege that I have to create a better, inclusive and accepting world. Nobody should be denied the right to be who they are under any circumstances. Putting these pro-parent policies do the exact opposite of that. These policies are quite literally creating a life or death situation for trans youth across the state. Denying trans and gender non-conforming individuals treatment in schools that affirm their gender identity is putting trans youth at an even higher risk for depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation, suicide attempts, and suicide. The facts have shown time and time again that using students chosen/preferred name, using their correct and preferred pronouns, and something as simple as using the bathroom that aligns with their gender identity drastically decreases  the alarming rate of mental health issues within the trans community. A few years ago VA was leading the way for southern states to become more inclusive and accepting of all identities, and now, if these policies are put into place, we will be going backwards and destroying all the progress we have made. These utterly transphobic policies have no place in VA and no place nationwide. Lives will be put at risk and the blame is completely on the disgusting governor and VDOE. Protect our students. And protect trans youth.


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Totally against forcing children in bathrooms that don't fit their gender as they see it.


Parental rights 1st and foremost!

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<p>Common sense approach is needed for parents and our children. We know our children best and will be their best advocates in nearly all aspects. Thank you Gov Youngkin for putting a stop to the policies that interfere with parenting and guiding our children. The far left policies are increasing confusion in our youth and higher rates of suicide.  </p>


This is a grave mistake

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<p>This so-called law is a serious mistake. It is going to put transgendered youth at risk. It will legitimize small-minded so-called educators and parents. </p>


Support Governor’s Policy

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I strongly support Governor Youngkin’s plans for the Virginia Department of Education. Virginia must protect its parents’ rights to direct the upbringing of their children, and schools should never lead young people into falsehood and ideological beliefs that run contrary to reality and the moral good of students.


My Family of 10 Supports Youngkin

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<p>Thank you, Governor. I have 8 children and fully support the changes you are making in VA. Thank you for restoring parental rights. Thank you for upholding parents’ God-given and constitutional right to guide their child’s development and for protecting the First Amendment rights of students and staff at public schools in VA.    </p>


Oppose

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I strongly oppose this policy.  It appears needlessly invasive of young people's private thoughts and wants among their social groups and potentially dangerous to people who may disagree with their parents on matters concerning their own psychological wellbeing.


Fully support Governor And Parents!

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<p>I absolutely agree that parents should be notified if their son or daughter indicates they want to be called by a different name or gender than that of record. This is an important issue that should be discussed and handled by families! Teachers and school officials are overstepping. </p>


Strongly oppose 2022 policy

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The 2021 policy respects transgenders. The 2022 proposal DOES NOT!


I am completely opposed.

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I am completely opposed.


Support Youngkin

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<p>Fully support Governor Yongkin’s policy and parental rights stance. </p>


Fully Support Gov Youngkin and this policy

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<p>100% support this. Common sense policy. </p>


Governor's program

I oppose any advice or encouragement from the teachers and any school/library material discussing transgender subjects with students. This is the rightful task of the parent, doctor or minister.


Gov. Youngkin's DOE proposals

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Gov. Youngkin's DOE proposals are wrong, regressive and damaging to all affected.  So much political posturing for what?  Certainly not the benefit of those students directly affected by the proposed changes.  Shame on you!


Strongly Support Youngkin

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Thank you for your sanity, Gov Youngkin


Hispanics overwhelmingly support this policy.Thank you for protecting our children and families.

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<p>We support policies that are pro family and put our children first. Governor, please protect our children from the agendas of the left. </p>


We support the governor!

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<p>Our family supports the Governor’s policy. </p>


Overhauling Virginia Department of Education Transgender Policies on Public Schools

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Support Governor Youngkin proposal overhauling  the Virginia Department of Education transgender policy mandates in public schools. Common sense dictates that parents need to have there parental rights restored and we need to stop the sick views concerning transgender rights. We need to restore the first amendment rights to all Virginians and stop this insanity that is going on in our schools..


Protect Emotionally Vulnerable Children and Parental Rights!

Dear Virginia Dept of Education,

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

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

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

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

Sincerely,
Sandra Collins
236 Cooperative Way
Arrington, VA 22922

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Dear Virginia Dept of Education,<br /><br />Schools should never secretly socially transition students and keep the child's new name, pronouns and gender identities from parents. I am pleased and relieved that the Virginia Department of Education's revised model policies support parental rights and ensure that school employees don't cut parents out of critical decisions for their children. <br /><br />The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) issued "model policies" in 2021 that encouraged every school district in Virginia to hide a child's new gender identity from parents who choose to affirm the child's biological sex. Under Governor Youngkin's leadership, the VDOE's revised policies make it clear that all children should be valued and parents' rights and beliefs should be respected. The 2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for all Students and Parents in Virginia's Public Schools keep parents involved in major decisions in their children's lives.<br /><br />The 2021 VDOE "model policies" encouraged schools to create "a plan (that) may include addressing the student at school with their name and pronoun consistent with their gender identity while using the legal name and pronoun associated with the sex assigned at birth when communicating with parents or guardians." <br /><br />I strongly support the revised policies that end this practice. Virginia schools should not drive a wedge between parents and their emotionally vulnerable children. Virginia school districts, including those who have already communicated their plans to ignore the 2022 revised model policies, should put an end to secret Gender Support Plans now.<br /><br />Sincerely,
<br />Sandra Collins
<br />236 Cooperative Way<br />Arrington, VA 22922<br /><img src="http://admin.phone2action.com/email/open/leg/657523/148662990" width="1" height="1" />


It is a grave mistake to pass this.

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It is a grave mistake to pass this.


OPPOSE

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<p>As a teacher and parent this legislation is dangerous and negligent. Being inclusive is always the right choice. It costs you nothing to acknowledge and affirm another person’s humanity. Virginia schools should be a welcoming and safe space for all students. </p>


You can be pro-parent without putting children at risk.

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They're calling this "pro-parent" but ignores many parents while putting thousands of kids in harms way. This is just playing politics and doing so while putting the future of this state in harms way. Bad governance, bad policy, bad parenting.


I support Governor Youngkin and this common sense policy in favor of the family.

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

We feel so strongly about this, we sent all three of our children to private school for their entire education.  Not because we could afford it; it was a great struggle financially but we believed it was best for them.  Public schools are not even doing a good job on the core subjects, let alone being responsible for guidance in this area.

Also, I believe that all parents should be required to do a certain number of days substitute teaching in public schools to experience what teachers have to go through all year.  I did it and it was an experience I will never forget.  It convinced me that our decision to choose private school was the right one.


Perhaps you wouldn’t get bullied if you stopped using the girls bathroom- just a thought.


Gov. Youngkin's DOEposals

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I fully support Gov. Youngkin's VDOE's proposals.  It is time to frame policies which place the relationships within families ahead of school administrators' overreach, especially when addressing the youngest and most vulnerable in Virginia.


In support of 2022 Model Policies for Students and Parents in the Public Schools

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Thank you Governor Youngkin for these updated policies. I am absolutely in favor of these new policies.


I am strongly opposed.


Opposed

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This will harm transgender kids and teachers.


It is a grave mistake to pass this.


Strongly support Governor Youngkin and this common sense policy in favor of the family.

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We appreciate all people being respected. Respect doesn't mean placing your children in bathroom and locker room settings with the opposite sex.  Anyone knows that everyone is looking and it's not wise to put anyone's child in that uncomfortable setting where much harassment or any assault can and has occurred. The parents are responsible for their children, and want to trust that their children will be able to use the restroom and locker room without being viewed by someone of the opposite sex.  I would suggest a separate restroom/locker room for those children whose parents have chosen to signoff that they want this for their child.  They can have their restroom/locker room, and the male and females will safely have theirs.


I am opposed

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I am completely opposed to the governors transgender law. It is going to really harm the transgender community. No one knows how transgender people feel at home. No one knows how the parents treat them. The transgender community needs our support.


Kids know their parents well enough to know if they can talk to them and many know they can't.

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Just as parents believe they know their kids, kids really do know their parents. They hear and see what their parents say and do when the parents think no one is listening.  They understand how receptive a parent will be to many issues, especially sexuality.  If kids can find a safe place at school why would anyone want to take that away.  I fear the result of this ill conceived, politically motivated policy change will be kids with no place they can be themselves.  The consequences will be on you.


This policy will harm transgender kids

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As a former student of VA public schools and sister to a transwoman, I vehemently oppose Governor Youngkin’s proposed changes to the policies currently protecting trans kids in public school. My sister came out to me and her friends months before she was comfortable coming out to my parents. These policies would have stripped her of the ability to be “out” safely at school and amongst her peers unless she wanted to risk having a teacher forcibly out her to our parents. My parents are loving and open minded, but I still felt sick to my stomach for the six months it took between her coming out to me and her telling my parents, as I was worried and unsure how they would react. Imagine how she must have felt, holding this secret and those fears for years!! Luckily my parents reacted well. Many CHILDREN will not be so fortunate when coming out as transgender, and if outed against their will by teachers to their parents, may face physical, verbal, or sexual violence, religious conversion attempts, or homelessness. Upholding trans-inclusive policies is the only way to ensure that these children get the RIGHT to an equal education as outlined in our country’s laws. Studies show that over 80% of transgender people have thought about suicide, and over 40% have actually attempted suicide. That is horrifying. The good news is research shows that policies that are trans-inclusive at school have a statistically significant effect in reducing suicidality in trans youth. By taking away trans-inclusive policies in the school, the Governor is increasing the risk that trans kids will think about or try to commit suicide. That might not mean anything to him, but that could have left my parents without a child and myself without a sibling, and that means everything to me.


Judge finds transgender teen guilty of Loudoun County bathroom sexual assaults

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Keep parents in the dark and let the teachers and counselors handle it?


Support Our Governor

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Support our Governor to allow parents to raise their children as God intended.


Support VDOE'S Proposed Model Policies

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<p>I strongly support the VDOE's newly proposed Model Policies for the Treatment of Transgender Students in Virginia Public Schools.  Parents have primary responsibility for their children and must be included/involved in any and all actions affecting their children.  Thank you Govenor Youngkin for correcting the previously proposed misguided policies in this area.  </p>


I support Gov Youngkin Transgender policy

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I am a 67 year old tomboy. In my family, we do not identify gender based on dress, makeup, or other social constraints. It is simple. Boys have penises and girls have vaginas. The transgender movement is anti-woman. They want to put us back in dresses. Keep boys out of the girl’s bathroom. Teach girls to beat up boys!


I support the Governor’s education policy/position. The new policies honor the sacred role of parent

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

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

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

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

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


I am completely opposed.

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I am completely opposed.


I Support new pro-parent policies

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<p>As a parent I thought the children where safe when they went to school but now it is not the case. Like when a child gets into an altercation or gsis sick at school the parents are automatically informed they should also be informed if they are having gender or any other body dysmorphic thoughts. And it is not a right of the school to teach gender  ideology in the achool curriculum  nor have it accessible to them in the library. </p>


I fully support the Governor's policy

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I fully support the Governor's policy


Support new pro-parent policies

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*All parents should be made aware of what their children are doing at all times and the school system should help make this happen instead of hiding information from their parents.

*No one should be forced to  lie to another person the truth never changes and neither does the sex that we are born with.

*Respect and love doesn't mean you have to support and agree with their choice of life.


Be yourself and be happy but get the hell out of my daughter’s bathroom and locker room.

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Stay in you lane. Don’t offend the rest of your society with your “rights”


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I oppose this in the strongest possible manor.


STOP BLAMING PEOPLE FROM NORTHERN VIRGINIA

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It’s not all northern Virginians! Come to one of our school board meetings. It is only a few outspoken people that support all of this nonsense in the schools. Most oppose mixed bathrooms and boys playing on girl’s sports teams. Don’t lump us all together.


My support of the Governor’s policy

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I thank God for our governor and thank him for his wise leadership in our state.  He is helping to protect parents and children from the radical woke system that wants to destroy our most precious gift… our children.  I fully support his common sense proposal.


Parents Rights & Child Safety

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It is the right of the parents to decide on what there child should & will be exposed to, not the teachers, school board, Government or Politicians......... It is the parents who brought these children into this world. However it is YOUR responsibility as teachers, school board, Government to ensure ALL children SAFETY yes ALL ..... Transgender & Natural Born should be safe from Perverts wanting to take advantage of them, give all students a unisex restrooms & locker rooms for safety of all.............. Parents have the right to DEMAND their child be safe mentally & physical........... these are our children NOT YOURS ................... you cant even teach them how to read, write, do math, science yet you think you know better than the parents, if you can not respect the parents rights then you need to get out .


This will bring harm to trans kids.

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This will bring harm to trans kids.


Support of Governor Youngkin’s legislation

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The new policies protect our religious liberty interests. Parents know what’s best for their child. Schools need to keep parents fully informed.


I am completely opposed.


I do not support transgender in girls/boys restrooms or locker rooms

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<p>I do not support transgender in girls or boys restrooms or locker rooms, I also do not support any child  being mistreated or threatened by students or so called teachers. Transgender children & adults should have a Unisex restroom & locker room to use, that will keep natural born girls/boys/women/ men safe from PERVERTS & EVIL people wanting to cause harm to transgender & natural born girls & boys. </p>


Protect the most vulnerable of our children-

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Trans children are at greatest risk for bullying, and my hope is that the schools will use all methods to ensure that they are safe. Teachers will need to be on board with these protections, even if they are not in agreement.  Perhaps a strong call for supportive volunteers who can provide an inclusive environment for these children who are going to need extra help navigating an unfamiliar, perhaps unwelcoming, terrain.


Fully support The Governor . I have a right as a parent and nobody else.

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Nobody but nobody specks for me know about my child “sexual feeling”

Governor you are spot on!!!


It is a grave mistake to pass this.

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It is a grave mistake to pass this.


Transgender Rights

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I fully support Gov. Youngkin's move to restore parental rights on any matter regarding sexual choices of their children. This is none of the school's business. The board needs to concentrate on education not sex!


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

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I support this. The state does not own our children.


Strongly Oppose

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As a parent and voter, I don’t support these guidelines!!! Protect trans kids!! Protect non binary kids!!! Every kid deserves to be protected!!! These policies are harmful!!!


Only an absolute pervert would advocate for boys to use girls locker rooms and shower facilities.


I oppose proposed model policies for the treatment of transgender students

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This policy makes my heart sink. It legitimizes discrimination against transgender students--and implies that it's fine to treat them like outcasts and crush their spirits. By extension, it implies it's fine to discriminate and shut out all students who don't fit a particular male or female mold.

The only parental "rights" being served here are those of parents who do not yet understand the breadth of variety in human gender. They want to shut out the things that make them nervous and don't fit in with their own definitions of gender. Their discomfort and unfounded fears should not be codified in school policy. Whether or not they choose to see beyond a narrow definition of male and female, the real world is made up of people with an infinite range of gender.

Until recently, the societal condemnation and danger of being who you truly are in terms of gender has been severe and punishing--and people are still being murdered for living openly as their real selves. This is our society's time for opening our minds and hearts to the right of every human being to live the full expression of themselves without fear of judgment. Every trans child is exactly as valuable, and as deserving of support and acceptance, as the child who fits a gender description with which their parents, teachers, school board, and governor are comfortable.

For those who think the Bible tells them otherwise, please read again the stories of Jesus's love and acceptance of people who were judged unacceptable in his society.

Glenn Youngkin's "model policy" will harm and destroy countless young people and signal those who will harass and hurt them that sitting in judgment of others they don't quite understand is acceptable behavior. Instead of condoning hateful, misinformed behavior, our schools could be teaching our children to live in love and acceptance of others.

Why wouldn't we want our schools to model the value of being kind, fair, and accepting of others?

Please reject a model policy that tries to codify a mindset of discrimination, judgmentalism, and cruelty.

Alice Taylor


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I support parents' rights to make important decisions regarding their children’s health and education


I fully support the new guidelines.

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We are in total support of Governor Youngkin's new guidelines. God & family first, not the department of education or local school boards!!


I support the new guidelines

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I support parental involvement in their children's education, and I agree that the schools should not be allowed to usurp that responsibility.


Approve Governor Youngkin's Guidance on Transgender Rights

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Governor is right on with his guidance on Transgender rights.


It is a grave mistake to pass this.


I support parental rights as to transgender policy

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I fully support parental rights in regards to Governor Youngkin transgender policy.  Protect all children’s rights.  That means not putting children of opposite sex in bathrooms together.


I oppose this dangerous model policy

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I am writing to oppose the 2022 Model Policies regarding LGBTQ+ students, particularly trans-students. I can write from nowhere but the heart - I raised twin sons who attended Fairfax County schools K-12. My gay son (and his straight brother) both experienced harassment and bullying due to wrong-headed bigotry. Many times I was tempted to remove them from FCPS and home school, but we decided as a family to do our best to combat the situation. There were founded harassment claims, there was creation of a Gay Straight Alliance - and there was continued harassment, bullying, and bad treatment. Even by teachers. Again and again.

The proposed policy will place trans students who are not out at home in danger. You know, in your heart, that this policy will embolden bigoted students and teachers to harass and bully trans students - the pretty words in the policy won't stop it! And you also know that minors can't receive gender affirming treatment without their parents' permission. And schools are not the entity to enforce this. Schools are being used as a pawn to satisfy the bigotry of some folks in the community - and the political aspirations of the current governor. Please don't let this happen! Students should not be required to attend a place that won't even attempt to keep them safe.

And if you need one more reason not to do this - think of what I witnessed every single day of my gay son's high school life - him walking to the car with his head down, looking at the pavement, so he wouldn't have to see who was perpetrating the harassment yelled at him by bigoted bullies. No one deserves that.


Strongly oppose

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Strongly oppose the model policy


Strongly Oppose Gov. Youngkin's Policy

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State policy should be based on both scientific knowledge as well as evidence. Gov. Youngkin is basing his Transgender policy on neither. This is a policy based on fear, ignorance, and misinformation. This is a policy that will have adverse effects on the mental health and relationships of students throughout the state, especially in communities where transgender students already feel unsafe. Oppression of any people being who they want to be, being called what they want to be called, and behaving in accordance with who they are goes against our values. Freedom means you can do as you please until you harm someone else. Transgender folks harm no one by being who they are. If your concern is restroom assaults or some other issue, then address that issue. I strongly suggest conservative politicians stop looking for someone to demonize.


I am completely opposed.

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I am completely opposed.


In favor of new policy document for Virginia Schools

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Thank you for updating the school policy document to restore protections of basic parental rights.  I support the new policies' removal of language that had encouraged school officials to deceive parents, as well as updated language that acknowledges teachers and students cannot be forced into compelled speech. I believe that the new policy leads to an appropriate balance between parent's rights the school's responsibility to provide a safe environment for the students.

Please approve and implement the new policy with no changes.

Thank you.


I fully support parents’ rights to make decisions about their children.

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<p>I fully support parents’ rights to make important decisions about their childrens’ health and education. </p>


I strongly and unequivocally oppose this policy

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The governor's 2022 educatio al picy on transgender rights is horrible. This policy allows teachers and others to deny the gender of Trans students based on nothing more than " religion" or strongly held beliefs

 It's ridiculous and discriminatory. Trans youths know their own minds and ge,nders. They must be addressed as such or the consequences can include major mental health issues up to and including suicide. Does the governor nor care about Trans youth? This policy would indicate that he is either unaware of or does not care about the statistics around suicide and mental health problems caused by not supporting Trans youth.


Strongly oppose


Parental Rights and protection against psychological manipulation

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<p>Parental Rights, as protected by the 14th Amendment, MUST be preserved. 1st Amendment Rights MUST be protected. Religious protections MUST be observed. We MUST protect minor children from the indoctrination and psychological manipulation of state affirmed and promoted Gender DYSPHORIA. We cannot promote either the physical mutilation or sexual grooming of children in the Public School System. This is antithetical to a sane and functioning civil society. I do not care how much money Pharma and Hospitals make. I do not care what Marxist garbage is being promoted. It MUST stop. </p>
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Governor, can you please not let the adults let boys into our locker room after band practice.

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<p>Governor, we have marching band practice in the mornings before school starts. Can you please not let the adults let boys into our locker room when we are changing our clothes for school. It is so creepy and it isn’t fair to the girls in the marching band. Some of the girls want to quit. </p>


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I oppose this in the strongest possible manor.


Strongly Oppose the Proposed Policy

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I firmly believe that the proposed policy will harm kids on the trans spectrum. Schools must remain a safe place for all students, and the proposed policy change will bring harm to kids in and outside of school as they work out their sexual identity.  We have kids in my extended family who are dealing with trans issues, two of whom will be directly (negatively) affected by these policy changes.


I support Gov Youngkin and the policy because

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As a parent, as a healthcare professional who has researched transgender issues from a medical and social viewpoint, and a lifelong Virginia native, I believe that Gov Youngkin's education policy concerning transgender students will involve parents in the morally right way, respect students struggling with gender identity, protect educators, protect students, protect female athletes and provide basis and direction for sound local policy. It is based on facts of physiology, sociology, anatomy, chromosomes, DNA and the scientifically knowable reality of our biology.  Biology gives intrinsic good and purpose to being maIe and female and reveals the truth and dignity of a time honored moral vision of male and female.


Fully oppose this policy.

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This wholeheartedly goes against how humans should treat each other, especially children. Making an already vulnerable group even more under attack in a place where they should feel some level of safety.


I oppose this policy

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I strongly oppose this model policy. I think making disrespect the default is not okay. I strongly urge that this policy is not passed.


Fully support parents, not government, making decisions for the best interests of their children

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Please support Gov. Younkin in forming policies based on right reason and objective reality, not ideology.


I fully oppose this.


Support. Congrats "Teacher opposed". Convinced me

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Teacher Opposed, did a wonderful job with the truth. Today's teachers are more interested in the indoctrination of our youth. Not assignment nor instruction. They want to politicize our children. This ABUSE must stop now! School boards take note. Do Your Jobs! Terminate these impostors now! Get our schools teaching again or We will REMOVE you!


Parents know their children's needs better than anyone

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<p>The new policies honor the sacred role of parents in the care of their children during school, athletics, and other activities. If children are struggling with gender dysphoria, they need guidance and emotional support from their parents. Under the new policies, school officials must keep parents fully informed, and require schools to enforce laws, regulations, and policies that prohibit and deter bullying and harassment. Also, the new policies the fundamental religious liberty interests of personnel and students. </p>


Irresponsible and Cruel

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I am opposing the proposed policy, especially the provision that high school staff must notify parents of gender issues concerning children attending school. My opposition is based on my own experiences.

After announcing he would kill me for being transgender, my father physically assaulted me, banged my head against a set of stairs, and tried to gouge my eyes out. After that incident he disowned me. I was fortunate that I was an adult and able to defend myself and stand on my own financially. The children in question will not have that luxury, and Virginia will certainly create numerous instances where children become wards of the state through abuse or being forced out of their homes and onto the street. The LGBT community is far overrepresented in the teen homeless population, and Virginia will become a knowing and willful contributor to this tragedy.

At the time of my incident, my father had a PhD, and was a Department Chair at a major state university in North Carolina. He never attacked me before or since, but me being transgender generated an intensely violent and hateful response. I was a former naval officer who had served in a combat zone and been honorably discharged. I was attending graduate school and there was no other reason for an attack. I did reconcile with my father and held his hand when he passed, taking personal care of him while he was on hospice in the midst of the Covid-19 Pandemic.

I firmly believe that this is an ill considered policy and the result of political grand standing rather than a measured or responsive policy that properly addresses the needs of transgender students, who like me, actually do exist, despite the beliefs of their parents who cannot deal with this truth.


Totally support parental rights!

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Totally support parental rights!


Revised Transgender Policy-2022

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Governor Youngkin,

     I appreciate your revised and update understanding that parents are the final authority for

their children in deciding what's best especially when it comes to serious family issues like

transgenderism and other important decisions.  Parents are critical to the well being and

success of the family and of course, the backbone of our country, a Constitutional Republic.

Thank you for directing our Commonwealth back to moral and sound reasoning.   Chuck

Boyer


I am completely opposed.

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I am completely opposed.