Nope. Repulsive discriminatory school legislation has no home here. Glen’s parents did him wrong.

Youngkin on treating children with respect:
“The “Team Youngkin” tweet lashed out at a high school student as well as Democrat Ralph Northam on Twitter this weekend, tweeting out the teen’s name and photo after the boy shared a news story about part of the Executive Mansion where enslaved workers once lived.“““Here’s a picture of Ethan with a man that had a Blackface/KKK photo in his yearbook,” Team Youngkin tweeted a little before 5 p.m., pairing the October photo with a racist picture from Northam’s 1984 medical school yearbook that surfaced in 2019.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/02/06/youngkin-twitter-attack-student/

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Youngkin on treating children with respect:

“The “Team Youngkin” tweet lashed out at a high school student as well as Democrat Ralph Northam on Twitter this weekend, tweeting out the teen’s name and photo after the boy shared a news story about part of the Executive Mansion where enslaved workers once lived.“
““Here’s a picture of Ethan with a man that had a Blackface/KKK photo in his yearbook,” Team Youngkin tweeted a little before 5 p.m., pairing the October photo with a racist picture from Northam’s 1984 medical school yearbook that surfaced in 2019.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/02/06/youngkin-twitter-attack-student/


I fully oppose this.


This will bring harm to trans kids.

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This will bring harm to trans kids.


I completely support this!

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<p>Parents have a right to parent their kids! While I have compassion and feel for those suffering with gender dysphoria and who feel so uncomfortable in their bodies, there are people who weaponize this real felt experience and try to stir up young people who don’t have gender dysphoria into being dissatisfied with their bodies and sense of self. Parents have a right to parent their kids through the tumultuous times of adolescence. Schools should not stand in the way of kids’ rights to have their parents parent them. </p>


Strongly Oppose

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I strongly oppose the proposed legislation that seeks to reverse current protections for trans youth in the public school system. Psychological science has documented high rates of mental health concerns among this population (Russell & Fish, 2016). Evidence also indicates that school policies focused on supporting transgender and queer/questioning youth are associated with a safer learning environment for these youth (as indicated by perceived support from youth and teachers; Day et al., 2020). The proposed policies are not science-informed stand to worsen mental health and academic outcomes for trans and nonbinary youth.

References:

Day, J. K., Fish, J. N., Grossman, A. H., & Russell, S. T. (2020). Gay?straight alliances, inclusive policy, and school climate: LGBTQ youths’ experiences of social support and bullying. Journal of research on adolescence, 30, 418-430.

Russell, S. T., & Fish, J. N. (2016). Mental health in lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) youth. Annual review of clinical psychology, 12, 465.


I am completely opposed.

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I am completely opposed.


I oppose this fully.


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I oppose this in the strongest possible manor.


I strongly oppose this. It will harm kids.

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<p>This is an extremely harmful piece of legislation. Let kids be kids. Let trans kids feel safe. </p>


Do not do this.


I 100% support this policy

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I support this policy 100%


Strongly oppose.


Strongly Oppose.

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I strongly oppose the governor’s oppression of trans children. His conservative beliefs, which are severely detrimental to Children’s wellbeing, should not be imposed on schools. Children have the right to feel safe in their schools. Children are human beings with human rights. Trans kids have rights.


I am completely opposed.


I am strongly opposed.


I oppose this policy.

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<p>This is not the direction we should be going in as Virginians. I wish we had a governor concerned with bettering people’s lives instead of targeting a vulnerable population. Transgender Virginians deserve support and freedom. </p>


I oppose this attack on vulnerable trans kids

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<p>This will put already vulnerable students at even greater risk. Proposing it has already hurt trans and nonbinary students and the families that love them. Adolescents who already feel isolated just see the world working against them again. Instead of attacking our most vulnerable to gain political points, why don't you work on making sure all the schools across the </p>


Strongly Support! California Mom for Parental Rights

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As a mom in California, I have been watching what Virginia has been doing and I've seen (and welcomed!) the strong shift to bring back parental rights. It was not so long ago when we used to be the primary educators of our children, and it was only out of necessity did we send kids "away" to be educated. Even then, parents were the primary authority in all things. These children were entrusted to US to raise, not society. When schools socially transition a child, they are practicing medicine WITHOUT a license. Not to mention, schools have a "snapshot" into a child's life, while parents have known them their ENTIRE lives. They cannot possibly know our child better than we do. I support this!


I oppose Governor's proposed transgender student policy

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Gov. Youngkin's proposal for new statewide policies for treatment of transgender students is damaging to already-vulnerable children and a shameful attempt to use these children as pawns in his political ambitions.  What is the big deal with honoring children's wishes to be addressed by a particular name/pronoun?  Who is harmed by doing this?  Why would you turn a classroom -- supposedly a safe place in which children can live and learn --into a hostile environment simply so someone can treat a child with less than respect?  In my day, people thought it was funny to deliberately mispronounce ethnic names, but I can assure you it wasn't funny to those of us with Eastern European-rooted names...it was just another form of bullying.  This is no different.  PROTECT ALL STUDENTS.

And how is it helpful to require schools to notify parents before providing counseling services to vulnerable students?  If a teacher (who, by law, is compelled to do so) notifies CPS because a child has confided in him/her about an abusive situation, would you require the school to first inform a parent?  Of course not, because it may be the parent himself/herself who is the abuser or antagonistic element.  This is no different.  PROTECT ALL STUDENTS.

Bathroom use according to gender assigned at birth?  Way to ensure bullying (or beating) of an already vulnerable child who just wants to exist (and probably under the radar screen)!  For many transgender students, their birth gender isn't even known by other students (and plenty of kids don't really care).  Times have changed, and plenty of students today are far more tolerant and accepting of others than their parents might be (and I'm betting it's the parents who are inflaming the issue, not the students).  And where and how, exactly, are these "single non-gender bathrooms" going to appear (and where's the money to come from to accomplish this?).

According to Pew Research, about 5% of young adults in the US consider themselves transgender or nonbinary, but to hear conservatives talk about it, you'd think our schools are being over-run with thousands of dress-wearing boys who just want to sneak into the girls' bathroom.  In fact, the arguments opposing the accommodation of transgender students is pretty much the same as those once used against mainstreaming disabled students and integrating African-American students into white schools.  Fear, especially fear drummed up by false claims, leads to the tremendous potential for mistreating students and people in general.  Virginia needs to enshrine tolerance and acceptance -- not fear and hatred -- in laws that guide how we interact with each other.

I'm considerably older than Gov. Youngkin and I get it.  What's his problem?


Common Sense, THANK YOU!

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Thank you Gov. Youngkin. You’re policy is plain common sense. Our children and our schools aren’t the place for this new founded junk science with no science behind it. Where are the studies as to the damage this can cause children??? There aren’t any because thehe whole gender ideology is a fubar to begin with. We shouldn’t be doing this to children to begin with and thank you for your policy, Governor!!!!


I oppose.

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Living in Richmond post-college after growing up in Gainesville since I was a kid - some of my friends are trans and the last thing I would want to see is legislation making life harder for people like them, much less teenagers. There is no good reason for this. You should want to make people's lives better.


I fully oppose this.


Oppose strongly

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Supporting children includes supporting trans children - forcibly outing them to their parents and denying them spaces in which they can be comfortable puts children at risk. Please do not pass this bill when substantial evidence shows the harm it will do. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10964-010-9540-7


Oppose this

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The idea that teachers should be required to out LGBTQ+ children to their parents could potentially put those children in harms way to parents that might be abusive should they find that out.

There is zero thought put into this and seems to be a politically motivated bill with no concern for the children themselves.


I strongly oppose this anti-transgender legislation

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I strongly oppose the anti-transgender legislation.


I oppose this fully.


This will bring harm to trans kids.

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This will bring harm to trans kids.


This is a terrible policy decision.

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This is a terrible policy decision.


Strongly Oppose Policy

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Highly against a policy that will actively harm trans and queer youth.


This is a terrible policy decision.


I am completely opposed.

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I am completely opposed.


Support it!

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<p>Just as you may not like what is being proposed - remember there are many of those who do. We need to work together. </p>


Strongly oppose.


Do not do this.


It is a grave mistake to pass this.

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It is a grave mistake to pass this.


Full Opposition

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<p>This is implementing unnecessary and dangerous restrictions on youth, specifically targeting trans youth. Not only does this proposed policy display a fundamental lack of understanding of transgender youth, it also prevents teachers from supporting transgender and non binary youth. There is no place in education for these unsafe restrictions. It is accomplishing nothing short of spreading hate and judgement at a time when we need to spread support and understanding. This policy will increase bullying, harassment, and discrimination in schools which will lead to deaths. Plain and simple. A decision to implement this is a death sentence to so many youth. A failure to protect coming from an institution that is supposed to educate and create a safe place. Shameful. </p>


I strongly oppose this

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Schools work hard to provide the environment and support necessary to have students feel safe-all students. Younkins’ proposal to only recognize students identity upon consent of parents is wrong. This is one of the hardest and frightening things a student finds themselves addressing. We must allow students to feel safe in an environment where they can confidently realize their full potential, and that includes accepting themselves and allowing others to accept them for who they are and what they value without fear of repercussion and hate. Students need to be heard through their own voices and in their own time and place. Please don’t force these students to be marginalized.


I am strongly opposed.


This policy puts Trans kids at risk!

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<p>This is cruel and wrong. </p>


Opposed to Youngkin’s transgender policiea

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Children and young people deserve our support and interest and love, NOT our judgement! You say you support parents and families, but this is far from that! What would Jesus do? I assure you he would not marginalize LGBTQ young people!!!


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I oppose this in the strongest possible manor.


This will bring harm to trans kids.


I am opposed to the Model Policy.

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The policy does exactly the opposite of protecting the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for All Students; instead, it singles out transgender students who are already a very vulnerable contingent of our public school students. This group of students is already at risk of bullying, mental illness, and suicide. To place additional obstacles in their path is cruel and beneath contempt. Hi


Leave these families alone!

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Leave these families alone! Your job is to protect all of us, not just the ones you can't control.  Trans rights are human rights.  Unless you are otherwise, do not pass fascist legislation.


Schools

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<p>We finally have good leadership and the parents have spoken.. </p>


I am completely opposed.


I oppose!

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fully and completely oppose this act


Protect Trans Kids

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Protect Trans kids’ rights!!!  Save lives!!


This is a terrible policy decision.


It is a grave mistake to pass this.


Do not do this.


I am opposed to the policy for the treatment of transgender students in VA schools by Youngkin

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I have a family member enrolled in Loudoun County public schools who identifies differently than the gender that was assigned to them at birth. I believe that this individual and all individuals have the right to identify as they choose, as this country provides equal protection to all persons under the law.

The Virginia Values Act bans discrimination against LGBTQ people in places of public accommodation, which includes educational institutions like public schools. This means that schools must offer a safe and equal learning environment to all students, teachers, and staff, including those who are LGBTQ. The 2021 policies allow trans and non-binary youth to be safe from bullying, harassment, and discrimination at the hands of their peers, teachers, school staff, and administrators. It also guarantees that supports are in place to allow all youth, including trans and non-binary youth to have access to an equal educational experience. This includes the protection of student privacy and the confidentiality of sensitive information for the student. Therefore, proposed legislation that would require schools to tell a student's parent or guardian if they request to use a different name/pronoun or if they identify as LGBTQ at school would discriminate against the student.

Polling shows that 85% of transgender and non-binary youth, and two-thirds of all LGBTQ youth, say that recent debates around anti-trans bills have negatively impacted their mental health.

A 2021 peer-reviewed study by the Trevor Project's researchers found that transgender and non-binary youth who reported gender identity acceptance from teachers and peers had significantly lower odds of attempting suicide in the past year.

I oppose the policy proposed by governor Youngkin to remove protection for trans and non-binary students in Virginia schools.


Don’t send us backwards

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<p>This policy is horrible, and anyone who thinks the policy should be “to put the fear of God into homosexuals and transgenders” is sick, and doesn’t regard ANY person’s rights, let alone our children. I’m ashamed to live in VA and proudly did NOT vote for Youngkin. </p>


School Restroom Policy


I fully oppose this.


Strongly oppose.


Strongly oppose the anti-trans legislation

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I strongly oppose the anti-trans legislation!


Worst Choice Possible.

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This does nothing but harm trans kids. They desperately need support, not whatever cruelty this is supposed to be. Do better.


I am strongly opposed.


Yes! Parents are still parents!

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Youngkins policies are very fair and keep kids safe and parents involved in their lives. It’s possible that family counseling from an unbiased therapist could help both sides hear each other safely. Parents are still responsible for their children and need to be involved and make these important decisions! At 18 you can take on more responsibility and decisions!


I oppose the 2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for All Students and Parents

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<p>These policies are anything but dignity and respect when it comes to privacy. The amount of time, energy, and money that has gone into crafting a policy centered around children’s genitals is deeply concerning and reeks of pedophilia. Whatever fear you have should be dedicated to giving all children, especially trans a safe space to exist. Why are you so focused on restrictions instead of making additions to what is provided so all can feel safe? You don’t seem to care about children or their parents if they don’t fit your ideals of what you think they should be which is puritanical and wrong. We expect better out of our commonwealth. </p>


Leave 2021 Guidance Document for Treatment of Trans Students—and tolerance and equity—in force.

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Don’t rescind the 2021 document. The schools are public. They belong to the taxpayers of Virginia, not to a random group of parents who want to run tolerance and equity out of education. Transgender children have a right to tolerance, to freedom from stigma or segregation, and to pursue their education in peace, without a bunch of political blowback or nonsense about bathrooms. Public education is public. Not religious, not political. Parents who dislike the 2021 document do not have the right to dictate to others’ children. Those parents ought to remove their own children and educate them privately, instead of co-opting a willing right-wing governor into this disgraceful  agenda. Parents like these segregated and stigmatized other children in Virginia a generation ago, and trampled their rights. It was wrong then, and it’s wrong now. I am a former Virginia teacher, a parent of children who attended Virginia schools and colleges, and a taxpayer for decades.


Stop this hateful attack on children in our state.

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This is a hateful plan not at all based in child development, pedagogy, or psychology. You will be the leading cause of youth suicide if you don’t change course.


This will bring harm to trans kids.

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This will bring harm to trans kids.


Let parents be parents!

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Only parents should be responsible for the care and upbringing of their children.


This will bring harm to trans kids.


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

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<p>I support this change, as the document text is written. Additionally, people as well as legislators should read the text of documents and not just the title or heading of a document, before making judgement because too often the titles can be or apear misleading. </p>


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I oppose this in the strongest possible manor.


I oppose this fully.


I am completely opposed.

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I am completely opposed.


Fully support our Governor

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<p>Our Governor is returning common sense to our state and I fully support him. </p>


Parents love their children

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A good parent loves their child.  Trust these parents with their own children, for sure help the children who don't have parents that support them.  However, don't punish the parents that do love and support their children by not letting them be involved in their own children's lives. Parents should have say in their own child's education. Children should be honest with their parents, and parents should love their children through thick and thin, no matter what.  I want to be involved in my children's lives and I want to help them in whatever they're going through.  Most parents feel the same way!


I oppose

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<p>I’m oppose to this. </p>


I fully oppose this.


I oppose this attack on vulnerable students

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This will put already vulnerable students at even greater risk. Proposing it has already hurt trans and nonbinary students and the families that love them. Adolescents who already feel isolated just see the world working against them again. Instead of attacking our most vulnerable to gain political points, why don't you work on making sure all the schools across the state are well funded and supported?


Strongly oppose.


Inhumane, to say the least

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There's no two ways around it: this policy will kill children. Trans kids are like any other human being - they just want to be accepted as they are and have normal lives. Trans kids and teens also have a higher rate of suicidality than any of their peers - based on the most recent NIH data, 82% will experience suicidal ideation and 40% will make an attempt. By sacrificing their privacy and their safety to score points with the base and keep pace with the immeasurable cruelty of Abbott and DeSantis, Youngkin seems perfectly content to add to that 40%. If these so-called "Christians" truly believe that we are all fearfully and wonderfully made, why would they believe a trans kid deserves to be treated as less of a person than someone who is cisgender? Why would they put kids who aren't open about their identities with their family yet for whatever reason - and that reason is very often personal safety - at risk of homelessness, violence, and death by having teachers out them to parents who may not be supportive? It really looks like the administration doesn't feel that these kids are deserving of basic human decency and don't care if they die.

You talk a big game about parental rights, but it seems like you only care about parents who think like you and to hell with anyone else. Not one of the three people in the executive branch won by more than 2%, and they would do well do remember that. Perhaps Virginia was not as blue as many of us thought, but we are nowhere near as regressive, soulless, and cruel red as you'd have us be. Trans children aren't hurting anyone, nor are the educators who support them and give them a safe place to grow and be kids. This policy will hurt all of them, and all of us by extension. Read Matthew 25:40 again and let us know what you think.


I am strongly opposed.


It is a grave mistake to pass this.

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It is a grave mistake to pass this.


Do not do this.


Standing firm with Governor Youngkin

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<p>Standing firm with Governor.  Good job sir.  Time to stop this insane movement that targets families.  We will not tolerate indoctrination of our children </p>


Disgusting "policy". Harmful and hate-based. I oppose.

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<p>This would bring about witch hunts like we are seeing in many other states that have instituted similar hate-filled policies. School is supposed to be a place that all children feel safe and can learn and instead, this policy would place transgender children at an even greater risk of harm and undoubtedly lead to even higher suicide rates. Putting something like this in place at our institutions of learning teaches children that it is okay to hate, outcast, and harm people who are different from them. Disgusting plans from a disgusting Governor who clearly just has eyes for a piece of the Trump maga national pie.  </p>


It is a grave mistake to pass this.


It’s so simple — don’t do this

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I am honestly disgusted by the ignorance and disrespect toward another human being. For gods sake, they’re pronouns. No one needs to be outed. If someone tells you their name is Cassandra, but they really don’t like being called that, they’d prefer to go by Cassie, why would you call them by anything else other than Cassie? I feel like this is becoming a conversation with toddlers. Just let people express themselves. It’s so easy and simple. Stop making this a topic for debate.


Totally Oppose. YOU are hurting innocents. STOP, and lets spread kindness instead

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<p>I completely Disagree with our Governor. Do not add more restrictions. Please spread kindless instead. YOU are going to hurt some innocent children. I am against your ideas. </p>


I oppose this fully.


I fully oppose this

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<p>I’m a high school student, and I’ve seen the mental health struggles my trans friends have gone through when they weren’t accepted. This will kill kids. </p>


This is a terrible policy decision.

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This is a terrible policy decision.


I am completely opposed.


Oppose

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I am opposed to the changes in the policies about the way student gender identity is treated.


This will bring harm to trans kids.

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This will bring harm to trans kids.


I fully oppose this.


This is a terrible policy decision.


Transgender Youth Policy

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<p>Stop grooming children to be sexual partners of homosexual men. </p>


Protect not attack

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Protect our kids, don’t damage them! If you want a shooting-free, drug-free, violence-free state, support useful bills, not ones that dig a deeper mental struggle hole :( .


I am completely opposed.

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I am completely opposed.


Don't do this

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This is an inappropriate, overreaching, harmful policy for trans AND cis children. Children have a right to privacy and bodily autonomy.


Strongly oppose.


Do not do this.


Please don’t do this


I am strongly opposed.


I fully oppose this decision

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I fully oppose this decision


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I oppose this in the strongest possible manor.


Strongly opposed

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I am strongly opposed to this abhorrent proposal against our trans students.

I'm thankful that Governors only serve 2 years before they are up for reelection.


I oppose this fully.


This will bring harm to trans kids.


Strongly oppose this policy.

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I strongly oppose Youngkins policies


Strongly Oppose

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This policy threatens the well being of an already threatened community of youth.

please honor and respect those parents and members from this community.


TFW old white men long for when they were bullies

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The governor's anti-trans policy wishes are disgusting—I vehemently oppose them.

Kids have as much a right to privacy as adults.

Schools/teachers/parents/backwards politicians have no right to decide anyone's identity or deny them of their identity.

Trans kids have the right to use bathrooms that matches their gender identity.

Trans kids have the right to participate in sports and play on teams/compete with those that correspond with their gender identity.

The governor's policies are just codified state bullying that will lead to otherism and trauma for children who deserve our love and support.


Opposed

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<p>Please sir, reconsider rolling back all th3 progress we have made for these children.  They are kids. This is not a choice for them. </p>


I am completely opposed.


I oppose this in the strongest possible manor.


LEAVE THESE KIDS AND THEIR FAMILIES ALONE!

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I’m 67 years old. I’ve seen a few things over that time. These kids and their families have enough to deal with. You really want to add to their stress level? What does it actually accomplish? How does this make our schools function better when teachers and administrators now have to deal with this new made up bogus issue. Republicans always claim to be the party of freedom and personal choice. Yeah… When in actuality all you want to do is control people and form people into what you seem to think is some kind of “Christian“ ideal. People and real life is messy. And complicated. This is an issue that should be dealt with by the children and their families and their doctors and anyone else they choose but should not be done by the state. This is a despicable action by the governor of Virginia pure and simple. Leave these kids and their families alone.


This will cause harm to children.

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<p>This will cause harm to trans children. If you care about suicide prevention in children, you wouldn't pass this. </p>


This is a terrible policy decision.


transgender restrictions

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Keep these ridiculous “ policies “ out of our schools!!! Totally oppose!!!


It is a grave mistake to pass this.

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It is a grave mistake to pass this.


This is a terrible policy decision.

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This is a terrible policy decision.


Strongly oppose this measure

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<p>Please reject this measure which, if passed, will be deeply harmful to our community and it’s children. </p>


This is horrible, please do not pass from a young adult trans woman

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I really would've killed myself if it wasn't for how accepting and wonderful this state has been to me despite being trans. I also would've if access to hormones wasn't easy. I both would've done so while underage because of how little autonomy I already had. This bill WILL KILL if passed. Let's not be scared of trans people, we're nice people :(


I fully oppose this.


It is a grave mistake to pass this.


I oppose this fully.


You are going to get trans kids killed - but I don't think you care.

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<p>I would appreciate it if you would keep your religious agenda out of my children's classroom and stop using this stupid "parental rights" argument to thinly disguise your bigotry -  it's getting dangerous and embarrassing. This will most certainly lead to the harm and death of students all around the Commonwealth and the Governor should be held legally liable for each and every one after he ignores these comments and passes this anyway. </p>


This will bring harm to trans kids.

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This will bring harm to trans kids.


Do not do this.


I am strongly opposed.


Protect Trans Children

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Trans people and trans children deserve better than to have their lives further threatened and belittled. Shame on Gov. Youngkin.


This will bring harm to trans kids.


Vehemently oppose this action

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I vehemently oppose this proposal by the Governor.  It is not in the best interest of our students. At a time when many youth are suffering from anxiety and other mental health conditions, he would have them be denied their very existence.  The governors personal conservative beliefs should not dictate the policies of public schools.  Schools his children do not, in fact, even attend.  Until his term is up, we must stand firm that we do not agree with these beliefs.


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I oppose this in the strongest possible manor.


VA  DOE 2022 Model Policies-Transgender Guidelines in Public Schools

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As a 27 year Marine veteran w command responsibilities, a 13 year Public School Board member, a Father and a Grandfather I fully support Gov. Youngkin's initiative to ensure parents of minors are involved across the board 100% !!


My name is James, I go. you Jim

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<p>My name is James. I go by Jim. Nobody has ever had a problem with it. I will call people whatever they ask me to call them. Its a matter of respect, and that includes respect for people's preferred nicknames. So....by this new policy are you banning all nicknames? </p>


Strongly oppose.


Strongly support and encourage these efforts to protect our children, return to normalcy

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Virginians must insist on initiatives like these, and they can't come soon enough. We must stop discriminating against the vast majority of all students, parents, families and teachers who think and act and speak normally about others, all for virtue signalling and the leftward march. By normally, I refer to societal and reasonable and natural norms that have served us for eons. To force this change for the ideological and misguided notion that children can change their sex and then enforce their misguided ideas on others is lunacy. It defies logic to think that Jennifer Boysko and Hizzonnah Ralph Noah-Tham (once referred to by his peers as "Blackface") went down this path in the first place. They can talk all they want about all the effort and surveying and comment-gathering they did in writing the original policy, but we all know it was driven by and dreamt up by and supported by postmodernist ideologues intent on pushing our Commonwealth to the left by abandoning all sense of family, faith, reason, and the rule of law and natural laws.

The policy being reversed must go. It is good and right and proper for this initiative to be approved and enforced.


I am completely opposed.

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I am completely opposed.


Model Policy for the Treatment of Transgender Students in Virginia Public Schools

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I am a retired teacher, parent and grandparent. I have worked children from 2 to 19 years of age in elementary, middle and high schools as well as in juvenile detention facilities and youth groups. In all my dealings with children,  I have always shielded LGBQT students from harassment.

There are many voices with strong opinions on this issue.  I believe that alternative locker rooms and bathrooms should me mandated for those who no longer identify with the gender assigned at birth.  To do otherwise violates  either the right to privacy of the majority of students or the right to use the restroom with which which the LGBQT student is most comfortable. No student should feel uncomfortable or threatened.

Moreover, rapes have happened in bathrooms.  With fluid gender identity, the risk of sexual assault is increased. Any student can decide to switch gender identity at any point and enter a bathroom. This is most unnerving for the girls, especially those who have already suffered sexual abuse in the past. This can actually be quite traumatic for abused students to even use the restroom.

It is even worse in the locker room in which clothes changes or showers may be encouraged or required. From my observations, anxiety, fear, depression, and other emotional issues seem to be at an all time high in children. Anxiety about using the bathroom or locker room does not need to be added to the already high level of stress which students experience. Suicide is the number one reason for teen mortality.

An even larger concern for me, is the liberal agenda to  teach and/or encourage students to believe that they have the freedom to change their sex at will.  I find this practice terrifyingly destructive to children.

When I was in upper elementary school, I had expressed a wish to be a male. I was physically awkward due to rapid height gain. The boys were able to play sports while I would strike out in baseball and even in kickball. I was often the last to be chosen to be on a team. But that was not due to being a male in a female body. It was just a wish to escape the shame of being shunned for being uncoordinated. When I entered middle school, I was most certainly attracted to boys and later I was happily married for 43 years until my husband passed away from Covid. If someone had taken me seriously and started transitioning me from female to male, it would have ruined my life.

Walt Heyer in his book Trans Life Survivors tells his own story of transitioning from male to female, being miserable, and transitioning back to being a male. He is now happily married to a female. Heyer tells the 34 stories of trans survivors, heavily quoting from their emails and texts. These survivors tell of heavy depression, suicidal thoughts, and even psychosis. Although there was much support for the original sex change, even expressing a desire to return to their original sex caused social isolation. In addition, the cost was often prohibitive.

Heyer blames doctors and therapists who are quick to transition people before they lived as the other gender for at least six months. Heyer states: “In this book the names of those who wrote the emails are kept private, with names chanted and identifying details erased, lest their hurt be worsened by attacks from those who are still true believers in gender change. What is important is the suffering, heartache, abuse, deep loss and trauma they all share. We see through their words how life event caused them to want to escape into an alternate identity as a different gender and different person. Sometime later, after pursuing an elaborate gender transition using hormones and surgeries, they all found that changing gender was a folly, a temporary reprieve, of a lifelong solution to their pain or disorders.”

Heyer later states, “The survivors live quietly with shattered dreams and altered bodies. Sometimes, hope is entirely lost, and suicide seems like the only option to end the suffering.”

Transgenders have a disproportionally high suicide rate. Dr., Ihlenfeld was an endocrinologist in Harry Benjamin’s gender clinic in the 1970’s. Heyer quoted Dr. Ihlenfled as saying, “There is too much unhappiness among those who had surgery.”

If adults ruin their lives through decisions they made as adults, even if their therapists prematurely suggested gender reassignment before dealing with trauma from sexual abuse, at least it was a decision made by an adult. There are not sufficiently strong words in the English to express the egregiousness of allowing children to make such decisions before they reach the age of consent, without the permission or even knowledge of their parents (who love them and know them best), and to even make provision for criminal penalties for those parents to resist the governmental extinguishment of their parental rights. Parents love their children and want them to experience sexual pleasure and the joy of having their own children, not sexual disfunction, diminished or total loss of sexual pleasure and sterility in addition to preventing the depression, anxiety, psychosis and tendency towards suicide often reported by people who have had gender transitions.

Educators typically only interact with a child for nine months. They will not experience the pain of parents whose child experienced medical or psychological problems due to therapy they were unaware of, or who face costly abuse challenges for calling their child by their legal name, or whose child regrets the decision they made in elementary school without the guidance or even knowledge of their parents.

The decision to transfer  from one physical sex to another should only be made by a well-informed adult about their own body.  The frontal lobe is the decision making part of the brain. It is one of the last parts of the brain to be developed fully. Therefore decisions about physical transformations due to gender identity should not be made by a minor.

Sincerely,

Barbara Smith


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This is a huge mistake. I am strongly opposed. These new policies put thousands of trans and nonbinary kids lives at risk.


Mental illness

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<p>I am for this and we need to get these children the help they need for the mental illness they have. The need of the many over rule the needs of the few. It’s called democracy. Girls should have the opportunity to compete against other girls in sports not boys. They should feel safe in locker rooms and not have boys in there. Everyone supporting allowing this mental illness to be catered to is doing a disservice to the schools and the children and communities they serve. America is behind third world countries in math and science and our city schools are a joke. We need to get back to teaching </p>


I oppose this in the strongest possible manor.


This is cruel and wrong.

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This is cruel and wrong.


Terrible idea

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This is a nightmare idea, these people have done nothing harmful and this is just discrimination for discrimination's sake


K-12 policies

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Fully support Youngkin’s plan!


Opose. This is a terrible mistake to be made

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Not only will it bring harm to children around the state, it will create more untrust between the public and the state as the people affected by this policy are the future of Virginia and the country as a whole. Identity is part of what makes us who we are, and as individuals and citizens, each person should have a right to decide what their identity is, and how that identity is used by them, the people around them, and the institutions that nourish them as free people. Therefore, is it up to them (not their parents, nor institutions, nor the state) to decide themselves on the matters this policy tries to excecute, limit and enforce upon them without any fear or danger to their lives and lifestyles.


Strongly, strongly oppose

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<p>These policies will absolutely harm transgender and non-binary students and put them at risk of depression (including a higher risk of suicidal ideation), anxiety, and other mental health struggles due to the discrimination they will face. </p>


Vehemently Opposed

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<p>Public schools should allow students to empower themselves, and have a responsibility to give all students a safe space to learn, grow, and prepare themselves for their futures. This senseless proposal is in direct conflict with this responsibility, and has no place in Virginia or anywhere. </p>


Will harm the people it is supposed to “protect”

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<p>This legislation will take away students’ right to be called their preferred name and pronouns without parental consent, which will further harm the students mental and physical health if the parents are not accepting of them. Kids should be able to be themselves and use a name and pronouns that they are comfortable with without someone else’s permission. </p>


I am completely opposed.


This will bring harm to trans kids.

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This will bring harm to trans kids.


Strongly Oppose

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I strongly oppose roll backs on protections for transgender students. It is cruel and will lead to innocent children dying. We must protect these kids. They deserve to grow up to be trans adults, and these senseless roll backs will actively strip many children of that opportunity.


I strongly oppose those barbaric anti trans policies

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This decision is gonna kill young People and other adults . This is so rich coming from a "pro life" candidate


Strongly oppose.


I am strongly opposed.


K-12 policies


Great Policy Change

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<p>I commend Governor Youngkin for this policy change. Requiring students to use the bathroom aligning with the sex with which they were born is absolutely the right decision. </p>


Do not do this.


Our schools should not be used for any platform other than education.

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Thank you Governor Youngkin


I oppose this, and am not afraid to put my name to what I said.

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<p>Teachers aren't spies. Stop this - it'll just increase suffering among children and accomplish nothing. </p>


It is a grave mistake to pass this.

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It is a grave mistake to pass this.


It is a grave mistake to pass this.


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I oppose this in the strongest possible manor.


I strongly oppose this.

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I believe that children, in order to learn to their best ability, need the freedom to be who they are without fear of reprisal or rejection.  We live in a world filled with people of all religions, colors, financial backgrounds, and sexual orientations.  School is a place that should be a safe haven for anyone to come to learn.


This will bring harm to trans kids.


Support Governor Youngkin’s Model


I fully oppose this.


I strongly oppose this

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I strongly oppose this.


I strongly oppose this bill

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This bill poses grave harm to students who are already vulnerable within the student population. Transgender youth already suffer from disproportionate rates of suicidality and other mental health issues, and this bill will only exacerbate the issue. Transgender youth deserve support, acceptance, and privacy; this bill goes against all three of these things.


This is a terrible policy decision.

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This is a terrible policy decision.


I am completely opposed.

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I am completely opposed.


I am strongly opposed.


Youngkin’s K-12 Model policies

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Totally agree with parental rights for education


Trans kids

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I adamantly oppose this proposal. If a trans kid has a good relationship with their parents, the parents don’t need the school to tell them anything. If the kids can’t talk to their parents then the school shouldn’t either.


Transphobia? What are you afraid of a couple trans kids? Also: Bababooey


Strongly oppose these harmful revisions

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Pause. Try to truly imagine how it would feel to know yourself as a person, yet no one believes or supports you. Your own voice is a stranger, your body a mystery. How would this impact how you went about the everyday business of life, especially while trying to complete education required for a productive future life?

Let me be clear that that I, as a cisgender woman, cannot possibly describe or imagine how a transgender person feels and moves through life daily. However, to those considering passing this policy, I would ask you to consider the physical, emotional, and psychological damage these changes would surely bring. The draft speaks of constitutional rights, and how such rights will be reinstated with these revisions. This is simply false. The preamble states that the purpose of the Constitution itself is " in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity..." Where is the general welfare, defence, or liberty in these changes?

Being trans is not a choice. These individuals are at a higher risk of abuse, neglect, homelessness, and poverty, particularly when not supported by a community. Our schools serve to educate and protect children. Trans rights are human rights; public schools, of all places, should provide safe spaces that protect the rights of every student coming through the doors.


I oppose this fully.


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I strongly oppose this harmful discriminatory policy. It will be so devastating to trans youth and unfortunately mostly likely result in more suicide attempts if kids don’t feel that there is any place for them in their own school system and whole state. All kids need support as they grow and find their place in the world. Trans kids do exist and discriminating against them won’t make that less true, it’ll just create an environment in which they will feel all the more alone and unsupported. It would be a devastating situation if these hurtful policies are passed.


Protect Transgender Students!!

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Governor Youngkin is violating the civil rights of Virginians with such action!!  This will lead to additional trauma for our most vulnerable children in schools where they should feel safe and protected.  As a former public school teacher and mom of public school students, I find this political stunt to be beyond reproach and disgusting.   Has the Governor ever attended a funeral of a Trans child who decided that death was better than living with ridicule, abuse, and torment?  I have!!  Perhaps the Governor should spend less time with the Family Foundation and more time with FAMILIES of Trans children.

Under Virginia and Federal  law, it’s ILLEGAL to discriminate against someone based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, familial status, disability, those age 55+, gender identity, sexual orientation, or military status.

My rolling back such protections, the Governor is violating the law.


Do not do this.


I am completely opposed.


Do not force public school staff to threaten the lives of students

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With this guidance, VDOE would assume an active role in facilitating violent harm to trans and non-binary students. Our public schools must be separate and distinct from extremist religious ideology.

A governing body that denies individuals the right to self-determination is an inherently oppressive one. There is no confusion, no room for debate. We have mountains of hard data that inform us that we are able to save lives when we acknowledge and affirm the expressed gender identity of individuals. Violence and suicide increase exponentially when we deny, reject, shame, and require individuals to hide the truth of who they are.

Children are NOT the property of their parents. We each belong to ourselves. Children and young adults do not need the permission of their parents to be who they are.

We know that abuse is most frequently experienced at home, within families. This guidance is cruel. It will further isolate the most vulnerable and already isolated young people in our public school systems. This guidance will deny access to life-saving support from counselors and other school staff to children who lack any form of support at home. This shredding of our social fabric will threaten and end young lives.

For more than 30 years, we have known that efforts to reject the reality of gender expression have been deadly. This extremist administration either has not bothered to educate itself or has opted to knowingly and intentionally inflict harm on those it should protect. How tragic to allow such a narrow, limited, fear-driven, and small view of what it is to be human to inform our policy and steer us backward.

What credibility will be left for an institution tasked with educating young people that choses instead to wage violence against them?

Trans and non-binary youth are not to be merely tolerated or accepted. The courage to discover who you are and then speak it out loud should be celebrated. To any trans or non-binary people who may read this, thank you. Thank you for being exactly who you are, for bringing a richer, more honest expression of humanity into view. We know the danger of this guidance is a threat to your lives, please know that there are a whole hell of a lot of us who are grateful for your existence and prepared to fight like hell for it.

The National Suicide Prevention Line can be reached by dialing 988.


It is a grave mistake to pass this.


Strongly oppose.


This is a terrible policy decision.


Protect our children

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Parents have the God given right to be included in every aspect of their child's education.  We must take a stand on this. This is a war on our children and it's time we start taking back ground.


Governor Youngkin is wrong.

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I am totally against the hurtful conditions you intend to impose on trans children and their families.  You claim to do this in the guise of protecting all students and parents, however, this policy does not protect them.  It can only make people feel hurt and uncomfortable.  You are calling out personal attributes and health issues on one target: Trans children.  Instead, have you tried being kind and helpful?  Have you thought maybe you could keep previous policies in place?

And what are you seemingly protecting?  Accepting people for who they are? Making everyone feel comfortable and cared for? I feel that you have chosen this issue as a way to gain attention for yourself.

It is a non-problem and you are letting power go to your head, in my opinion. May your conscience wise up.


This is dangerous!

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This legislation would put already at risk teenagers and even more danger. Many LBGTQ students do not have parental support. Some are abused. In some cases children will be kicked out of their homes if their parents find out they identify as LGBTQ. Kids are supposed to be able to talk to their counselors to feel safe. They should be able to talk to a trusted adult like a teacher and feel safe. If this legislation passes these kids have no one to protect them. 7% of teenagers in America identify as LGBTQ, yet 40% of homeless teenagers identify as LBGTQ. The reason for this disparity? Children are kicked out of their homes because of who they are or who they love! Please do not allow this to pass. Protect our children! In addition to homelessness, laws such as this one can lead to a child harming themselves or killing themselves! This legislation is dangerous and must not pass!


Trans people deserve better

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<p>Trans people deserve the right to be safe and this will actively hurt and dehumanize trans individuals. </p>


I am strongly opposed.


I fully oppose this.


I support this

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<p>I support parents and support this. </p>


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I oppose this in the strongest possible manor.


This will bring harm to trans kids.

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This will bring harm to trans kids.


I strongly oppose this

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<p>This is a horrible plan. We need to protect our Trans youth. </p>


It is a grave mistake to pass this.

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It is a grave mistake to pass this.


This will bring harm to trans kids.


Gender issues in school

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As a retired teacher, I see a disturbing lack of understanding and empathy in the Governor’s new policy restricting the rights of students with gender conflicts. Requiring teachers to “out” these children to parents, and thus the latgerbcommunity, could have tragic consequences. Not all parents will be receptive and loving , which will only exacerbate the stress these young people are enduring. It also prematurely labels a student whose gender identity may be in flux and not truly “settled.” Adolescence is difficult for EVERYONE and these new policies only add to the stress and will undoubtedly lead to harm, such as suicide or guardian/parental /peer abuse in many cases.

re: Bathroom issues. Surely some kinder solution can be found to the bathroom use concerns by further discussion and planning. Involve the students, themselves, in the search for solutions. Empathy and love for young people needs to be the underlying foundation for any policy in schools !


I oppose this fully.


This is a terrible policy decision.

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This is a terrible policy decision.


Unbelievable

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Protect trans rights, is this even really a debate????


It is a grave mistake to pass this.


Leave Trans Kids alone!


I was a trans teen

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I was a trans teen in the 90s. Nobody except me knew. I didn't transition until years later. My school's policies were unsupportive of any queerness. Gay kids were punished for holding hands in the halls and weren't allowed to take their partners to prom. Wearing gender nonconforming clothes was against the rules. It was HELL and it nearly killed me. Don't make today's kids go through what I did.


Do not do this.


I vehemently oppose this.

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<p>This proposal to misgender children endangers transgender and gender nonconforming kids. Requiring the school systems to discriminate and mistreat children would cause enormous harm to some of the most vulnerable kids in the school system. We cannot allow this type of discrimination anywhere, and especially not in schools. It's not OK to misgender a transgender person whether they are an adult or child. </p>


I am completely opposed.

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I am completely opposed.


I fully oppose this.


I fully oppose

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This will not protect transgender youth.


Treatment of transgender students in Virginia public schools

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<p>Support Governor Youngkin’s model. </p>


BOOOOOOOOO


Oppose: This will harm LGBTQ+ youth

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Not that this will change his or anyone's mind, but this policy will do stoke the fires of anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric, policies, and behaviors. This line of decision making will empower those that believe that everyone should follow their own belief system, and those who do not conform shall feel the wrath. Trans youth are not targeting, bullying, or grooming your children. They are simply existing and trying to find peace and acceptance in a cruel world. They deserve love, compassion, and support from the education system. School should be a place of protection from any negative thoughts, not somewhere that forces religious beliefs in a supposedly-secular establishment. This will be harmful and the harm will be broader than you expect. Your beloved straight cis child will hurt when they see their transgender friend struggling or, God forbid, give in to terrible thoughts because they never received support. Your own children will empathize and grieve the loss of freedom and acceptance. You say think of the children, OPPOSING this policy IS thinking of the children, their emotions, and friendships. I vehemently oppose this more than words could ever describe. Please, rethink.


100% support

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Focus on math and reading - which are skills that we are failing to enhance these days.  Keep this hyper-sexual lunacy out of the schools.


Strongly oppose.


I oppose this in the strongest possible manor.


Approve


I am strongly opposed.


This will bring harm to trans kids.


This is a terrible policy decision.


Oppose.

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I oppose this policy wholeheartedly, this will harm trans kids.


I strongly oppose this — as a mom and an educator

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<p>I am the mom of three adult children in Loudoun County. I believe this policy to be not only unfair, but will have life threatening consequences. </p>


Dangerous, will increase teen suicides

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This proposal lays bare the intent to marginalize and further isolate an already vulnerable population purely for political gain. Please, listen to mental health professionals, parents, students, educators, and researchers shouting from the rooftops that enacting this policy WILL increase suicidal ideation in a group of already at-risk children and teens.

Being a trans-youth is not an "ideological belief."

 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32345113/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/dawnstaceyennis/2021/05/19/terrible-time-for-trans-youth-new-survey-spotlights-suicide-spike---and-hope/?sh=4b3cb6e716ea


I am completely opposed.


It is a grave mistake to pass this.


I oppose this fully.


Do not do this.


This will hurt trans youth, don’t pass it.

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<p>This will hurt trans youth and their right to freedom </p>


STRONGLY OPPOSE

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<p>Per the American Psychological Association this country is experiencing a mental health crisis with the highest suicide rate among 'wealthy' nations. These proposed policies are harmful and damaging to youth and their families. </p>


This is trans genocide under the guise of "Parents rights"

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I don't expect this to gain any traction in the sea of awful 1-sentence comments, but it needs to be said.

I am a trans person in the State of Virginia with children in our school districts.  These policy changes will do nothing but cruelly put children in danger. People telling you that this is better for "parents rights" are 100% the kind of parents that would disown their child for being queer.

Teachers and schools have been a safe haven for kids trying to figure themselves out for a long time. We need to allow kids to feel like they are safe somewhere other than home... because for many queer kids, it is not safe at home (and all of these comments reinforce that). Anyone saying that any transgender rights involve surgeries of any kind is acting in bad faith.  The very basic parts of the beginning of a transition involve only social things. Letting kids be themselves.  Please talk to other trans people. Get to know the human beings that you are hurting with this sort of rhetoric.

These policies are telling our children that they are not welcome in society, and never will be. The cruelty cannot be understated.  If you are not trans, put yourself in their shoes by imaging what it would be like if the government said that you can't use the bathroom that you normally use... or if the government said that you had to use the opposite pronouns or a name that you don't go by.  The entire point of cruel policies like this is to remove trans people from the public eye, and it is disgusting in this day and age that we still allow people to discriminate against already marginalized people.


Strongly Oppose

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<p>Stop wasting our time with divisive, bigoted, and outdated ideas of how a school should operate. They are children and deserve a safe space. Do your job and protect all kids, not just the ones who fit your narrow agenda. </p>


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<p>This is just to keep the R base happy and riled up. The current policies seem to be working fine.  </p>


This is a terrible policy decision.

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This is a terrible policy decision.


It is a grave mistake to pass this.

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It is a grave mistake to pass this.


Strongly oppose.


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I oppose this in the strongest possible manor.


I fully oppose this.


I am strongly opposed.


This will bring harm to trans kids.

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This will bring harm to trans kids.


Transgender

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This is a horrible policy which will cause harm to many children trying to figure out who they are.  You are sending them back in the closet afraid and alone.


I am completely opposed.

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I am completely opposed.


This will bring harm to trans kids.


Strongly Oppose

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this is bad. don't do this. strongly oppose.


I fully oppose this

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<p>I oppose this bill, as it will harm transgender youth. </p>


I'm opposed to this

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I'm opposed to this - you're going to hurt kids.


I fully support this policy.  The trans movement is trying to force their views on everyone else.

To those opposed how about why you are opposed vs just saying opposed

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Transgenders ignoring their actual sex is just one more thing the left is pushing on the majority.


Do not do this.


Protect trans kids


I do not support this.

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<p>I don’t support this at all. This will ruin the lives of Trans youth and especially the ones who are still in the closet. Think of how many students will be majorly effected negatively by this. Please consider that college is a safe place for them to truly express themselves. For them to just live in peace without worrying that they’re parental figures getting in the way of their decision making. Continue to protect the lives of transgender students. Please. </p>


I oppose this fully.


This will be deadly to students!

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This policy decision puts transgender children at risk of abuse and suicide. If this passes it will, without a doubt result in the loss of many more young trans lives. Do not pass this.


This is a terrible policy decision.


mind your own business.leave trans kids alpine

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Parents, not governments, raise children. Before you remove the splinter from your brother's eye, remove the beam from your own.


It is a grave mistake to pass this.


Card on the trans policies


STRONGLY OPPOSE

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This will only hurt transgender kids.


BOOOOOO

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BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO THIS IS BAD BOOOOOOOOOOO


Completely agree with policy

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Isee the WOKE Spamers are out in force in their organized resistance to any common sense. This policy us right on and protects all students and parents as it should.

Transgenderism is a mental illness and should be treated as such and should NOT be encouraged by svhool personnel. Parents should be kept informed regarding all matter pertaining to their child because they have the ultimate responsibilty both financially and emotionally.


So many bots . These names are fake. Just look at them!

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<p>I googled no less than 20 names on this list that do not support Youngkin and not one exists. I can understand a few but, ALL OF THEM?? Unfortunately, we have to remain anonymous if we agree, otherwise we will by doxxed, called transphobes and labeled bigots. </p>


I strongly oppose this legislation

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Stop hurting trans kids!!


Strongly oppose this

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<p>This is absurd and a violation of human rights. Children’s gender and sexual identity harms no one. Just because you don’t agree with it doesn’t mean you have to force your opinions on someone else. What happened to separation of the state and church?!?!?! Do better. </p>


Doctors over politicians

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<p>There’s a reason the Nazi’s first book burning was a trans research Dr and it seems we’ve come no further as a species when it come to picking on the vulnerable. Shameful. </p>


Strongly oppose this


Do not do this.


I strongly oppose Youngkin's model policy

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Youngkin's proposed policy does nothing to empower either students or their parents, but only endangers the safety of non-cisgender students while placing restrictions on educators' and administrators' ability to support ALL students.


I am completely opposed.


Transgender

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Students first off are being pushed to believe they are transgender. Second, no child ever should be discriminated against, but the whole idea of transgender does not belong in school, nor the topic of sex either at this point, it is not the schools job and should concentrate on reading, writing, and math to compete with other nations. No more political agenda’s in school. No teaching transgenderism, no more company’s pushing kids to be organ donors in drives ed, no more books that qualify practically as porn. Just let the kids be kids. What happened to common sense?


I STRONGLY OPPOSE

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<p>This will bring so much harm to transgender youth. Leave them alone!! This breaks so many ethical codes of a school counselor. </p>


I fully oppose this.


This is a terrible policy decision.

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This is a terrible policy decision.


This is a terrible policy decision.


I oppose this fully.


Terrible Policy

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<p>I am against Gov. Youngkin making decisions about trans policy.  He does not know what is best for students nor does he know what is best for parents and teachers.  I find this very out of touch.  It is also just a political stunt.   </p>


It is a grave mistake to pass this.

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It is a grave mistake to pass this.


Strongly opposed!!!

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Trans rights are human rights! All kids deserve to be respected for who they are. This policy would harm students and could lead to higher suicide rates. If you truly care about children and their mental health, then this must not be passed.


I support 100%

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Convincing kids they are a different sex is child abuse with chemical castration and physical mutilation follows soon. I support this 100%


I oppose this strongly

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Leave trans kids alone!!


I am strongly opposed.


It is a grave mistake to pass this.


Strongly oppose.


Strongly Opposed- this is a BAD idea

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This is a bad idea. I am strongly opposed to this. Do not do this.


Harmful to trans youth

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Don’t do this to our trans kids!


I am completely opposed.

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I am completely opposed.


Do not do this.


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I strongly oppose this, it will severely harm trans, gnc, and intersex children.


This is a shameful proposal and history will not be kind to supporters of it

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I have reviewed the entire proposal and I am completely opposed to it. You have failed to meet the requirements of the law to maintain a safe learning environment for all students. It is not your job to place the biases and bigotry of some parents over the safety of students whom you are responsible for teaching.

The rate of suicide among transgender children is the highest of any cohort of children. Data indicate that 82% of transgender individuals have considered killing themselves and 40% have attempted suicide, with suicidality highest among transgender youth.

In some (perhaps many) cases, the source of the transgender child's shame and suicidal behavior comes from parents who do not how to raise a trans child. You are proposing to put the biases and prejudices of these parents over the scientifically-developed and culturally-appropriate responses that have been developed to put the safety of the child over the ego of the parents.


Say no to this vile policy

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Dear Youngkin administration,

This policy is horrifying and inhumane. It ignores history, sociology, common sense, and, most importantly, it sacrifices the well being of our students for some right-wing culture war talking point. There are real human lives at stake and your callousness if horrifying. I am an educator at Virginia Tech and this policy is so far on the wrong side of history I would not be surprised if one of your charlottesville nazis proposed it to your administration. What else is there to say other than this is incredibly shameful and should be vehemently opposed, anyone supporting this inhumane and anti-trans policy is a vile cretin. As an educator and citizen, I will fight this tooth in nail in my community.

Best,

Jack


I am completely opposed.


I fully oppose this.


I oppose this fully.


This will bring harm to trans kids.

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This will bring harm to trans kids.


Absolutely Opposed. This guidance severely harms the rights of affected individuals

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The governor's 2022 guidance should not be inacted. It is not policy born of need and will harm the rights of the individuals affected by it. It can be expected to cost taxpayers as a result of future litigation, brought on by the loss of Constitutional rights.


I FULLY SUPPORT THIS LEGISLATION! #EndPedophileGrooming

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I fully support any and all legislation that takes power away from the state and returns it back to its God given authority- the parents. Keep pedophiles and groomers away from innocent children!

It is clear from reading the other comments that many people left multiple identically worded comments; sadly this will skew the overall approval results.


This is a terrible policy decision.


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I oppose this in the strongest possible manor.


Please stop abusing Trans kids and families for political gain.

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<p>I am opposed to this policy </p>


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trans are a piece of a minority.  accept them? yes.   pander? no.

providing a solution acceptable to all generations is good.  In today's society, we are not yet able to separate the perverts from the real Trans.   Until we find a better solution, let's keep the kids safe. thanks.


This will bring harm to trans kids.


I am strongly opposed.


Strongly opposed.

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This is a terrible policy intended to score political points by stirring up hate. If enacted it will cause real harm. The governor and his minions should be ashamed.


Strongly oppose.


Stop politicizing our children Mr Youngkin


STRONGLY OPPOSE

J - child/adolescent therapist hampton roads area

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<p>These projected policies prey on the scare tactics used by Youngkin to make parents think schools are out to harm children which couldn't be farther from the truth, teachers deeply care about children's wellbeing. Youngkin is wanting to create even more division between parents and teachers and this policy is exploitive at best, dangerous at worse. We will see an increase in child/teen suicide, depression, runaways all under the guise of "putting parents first," if child/teens/adolescents are not able to be their full selves at school. Children deserve to be protected and supported and this policy does the opposite. </p>


This is a terrible policy decision.

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This is a terrible policy decision.


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I am strongly opposed. Protect trans kids.


It is a grave mistake to pass this.

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It is a grave mistake to pass this.


I am against this. Protect trans youth at all costs.

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I am against this. Protect trans youth


I am completely opposed.


I fully support the proposal.

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Jesus said, "...whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a heavy millstone hung around his neck, and to be drowned in the depth of the sea." Matthew 18:6.

Keep our kids protected from making decisions now that they will regret later.


Do not do this.


I fully oppose this.


Oppose!


I oppose this in the strongest possible manor.


Strongly oppose

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The proposed policy ignores the reality for transgender students and tramples their rights.  It is also inconsistent with federal court decisions.  And it is inconsistent with the way Virginia makes laws and policies. What is the purpose of our legislature if one person, through an executive decision can reverse a law passed through the General Assembly?  This policy will not strengthen parent/child relationships or parent/school collaboration. Most concerning is the harm for transgender students - who already have a higher rate of suicide than other students.  Please rescind this policy and enforce the 2021 policy.


I oppose this awful, hateful guidance.

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<p>I support my gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and gender non-conforming students. Because of this, and because I care about kids, I oppose your new guidance, Mr. Youngkin. I oppose it as a teacher and a parent and I will fight it. </p>


This is a terrible policy decision.


I am completely opposed.

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I am completely opposed.


The worst news for children. Strongly oppose.

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Horrible decision. I strongly oppose.


It is a grave mistake to pass this.


Gender definition bill

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I strongly oppose taking away the rights of a human child to define their own gender.


Inhumane Treatment of Transgender Children

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Passage of bans in our schools that directly attack our children are an inherent threat to the community. There is no reason there should be any kind of policy affecting a child's ability to express who they are openly and publicly. Nor should there be a policy that would endanger a child's safety because they are LGBTQ+. The damage this would cause to transgender kids lives would be traumatic and irreversible. These kind of policy changes are what would force a child to share a part of them they may not feel comfortable sharing yet and as a result could lead to that child being bullied, mistreated, or even assaulted. There are still families in this state who would sooner kick their child out of their home for being gay or trans than accept them. This would only contribute to the issue of homeless youth in this state. It is clear that an attack on transgender youth is meant to come as the first wave towards attacking the rights of LGBTQ+ Virginians. I have news for you, Governor Youngkin: These bans - these policies - will NOT stop kids from being trans. They will, however, contribute to the suicide statistics affecting both young people and transgender individuals.  It is evident that this has either been thought through with clear calculation and hatred towards a group of individuals who only want to be loved and respected; OR these things have not been considered, meaning Virginia has elected an official who lacks mindfulness for his constituents. Either way, this policy is offensive and discriminatory. It does nothing to serve the Commonwealth or its people. There are better things the governor can be doing with his time, like finding a way to increase public funding for education, building our infrastructure, and keeping Virginia beautiful and clean. Transgender people are not a threat.


I am strongly opposed.


not the right move

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<p>until this state and the parents in this state all get on a page where they can come to their kids with compassion and breed an environment where their own child doesn’t feel safe or comfortable disclosing such important identifiers to the people in their (trans/lgbt kids) lives who are meant to love and support them unconditionally. allowing teachers/school personnel to out a child and potentially put them in abusive situations or potentially put them in a position to be homeless. it is on the parents to cultivate a relationship with their child and to lead with compassion, if they weren’t able to do that in a manner that makes their child feel comfortable and safe to tell them, therapy should be sought. </p>


This is awful and will only hurt children. I absolutely oppose!

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<p>Why would you go out of your way to harm children? Please stop with the politics and reach into your heart to realize that this would only harden children. </p>


Opposing this

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<p>I oppose this entirely. </p>


Vehemently opposed to this action by Governor

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<p>I am vehemently opposed to the recent actions of Governor Youngkin with regards to trans students  in VA public school. We need forward progress- not moving back time. We also need to deal with real issues and not pander to the republican bases’ unwarranted fears about “different.” </p>


Cruel Policy

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Students should be learning that differences are not something to fear or hate - they should be learning that everyone has different beliefs/lifestyles/cultures/etc. and that's OK - not just ok, something to be celebrated.

Stop using people who are already harassed and bullied as pawns in a game for political dominance. If students were learning acceptance and tolerance at school (regardless of whatever may be going on at home) - we will all end up in a much better place when these kids become adults.

Probably won't make you President, either.


I am completely opposed.


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I oppose this in the strongest possible manor.


Strongly oppose.


I strongly oppose this, as it will harm trans youth.

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<p>Please do not do this. Our trans youth need our support and acceptance. </p>


This is a terrible policy decision.

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This is a terrible policy decision.


I FULLY Support!

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I FULLY support this policy which empowers parents. Teaching THEIR children social or sexual preference issues is up to the PARENTS!  Teachers must focus on academic subjects and not be responsible for anything else. Parents should decide when and if they want to have these discussions with their children.  Let kids grow up without being brainwashed about these issues! Enable kids to perform at the highest academic level as possible so that they can compete at the National and or global levels when they grow up.


I fully oppose this.


I oppose this fully.


I oppose this as strongly as I possibly can.

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Forcibly outing trans kids to their parents is dangerous to the health and safety of the kids in question. Transphobic parents are common, and outing these kids can open them up to abuse from those parents. Children are their own people, not property of their parents. They should be able to be themselves without fear that personal information about their identity will be divulged to potentially abusive parents.


100% Opposed

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This policy will absolutely endanger the lives of students. I am 100% against it.


This is a terrible policy decision.


I read it. I live in VA and I agree with the new policy.

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<p>I am a resident of Virginia and I support the new policy. </p>


Opposed

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<p>I am opposed to reducing protections for trans kids.  Leave them alone.  They know themselves better than anyone including their parents.  Please keep protections for trans students in place.  </p>


It is a grave mistake to pass this.

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It is a grave mistake to pass this.


Do not do this.


This will bring harm to trans kids.

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This will bring harm to trans kids.


You cannot erase Trans kids

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This policy will be harmful to trans kids, and will further stigmatize a group with an already alarming suicide and self-harm rate.  Virginia should be in the business of protecting all kids, not cow-towing to political pressure from bigots.  Do not change this policy!


I oppose this in the strongest possible manor.


I strongly oppose this violation of human rights

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I get that most people don’t like trans people- but how hard is it to respect someone? It’s not like they’re doing anything to you, you just think because trans people don’t fit your definition of “person” that you can just take away their safety. It’s incredibly vile.


This will bring harm to trans kids.


It is a grave mistake to pass this.


Strongly oppose

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Strongly oppose the transgender policy!


These policies are illegal

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These policies are illegal.  The Virginia Human Rights Act, signed into law March 2021, protects "all individuals within the Commonwealth from unlawful discrimination because of ... sexual orientation, gender identity ... in places of public accommodation, including educational institutions".  It is discrimination to prevent these students from being called by their chosen names, pronouns, or to access the facilities they need to take care of their personal health needs.

LGBTQIA+ students have every right to assert their identity at every age, and to assert that identity within school.  Schools are places to where everyone, no matter their class, race, disability status, or gender identity, come together with a common goal: to learn.  LGBTQIA+ people have been part of the human race forever!  You cannot legislate or policy them away.  They are part of our community, part of our schools, and part of our Commonwealth.  LGBTQIA+ students deserve dignity, respect, and the right to learn like all other students.


OBJECT

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This policy is unbelievably cruel and poorly thought out. This does not protect children it actively puts them in harm's way. Making it easier for them to be abused, harassed, bullied, and set up for viewing suicide as a viable option. This is an absolutely disgusting affront to the freedom of citizens and family.


Strongly opposed

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<p>Strongly opposed. </p>


OPPOSE

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Don’t do this to our children!! Protect trans youth!


Harmful Policy, Shameful Intrusion

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The government should not intervene in our personal lives.

The government should not harm children.

This policy, by ostensible "small government conservative" Youngkin, not only serves his broader interests in following in the footsteps of Trump but does that on the bodies of our children trampled along with our freedom.

It is a heinous policy, unsupported by any common sense or science. Virginia DOE should rebuke this policy and Virginians should recall Youngkin.


I fully oppose this.


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I oppose this in the strongest possible manor.


I oppose this fully.


I am strongly opposed.


This is a deeply harmful, hurtful policy

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<p>These policies are deeply hurtful and harmful to children and appear to only be for political aspirations and gain </p>


Strongly oppose.


I strongly oppose this policy

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I strongly oppose this policy


This is a terrible policy decision.

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This is a terrible policy decision.


I'm completely opposed

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I'm completely opposed to this policy. All it will do is bring harm.


I am completely opposed.

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I am completely opposed.


Right to freedom to be who you are

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Hello!

I would like for you to reinstate the freedoms of our transgender students. I work in a school system and we spent most of the beginning of the year creating gender support plans for students. I would like to be able to still allow these individuals to have the rights and freedoms that we put in place for them within our school building. This is a very fragile group with one of the highest rates of suicide, and I am concerned about them being denied their freedom to express themselves openly and without persecution.  Please reconsider!

Best,

Nancy Riffe


This is a terrible policy decision.


This will bring harm to trans kids.


A sad policy that does not help students

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This proposed model policy is detrimental to the student experience in Virginia Public Schools. While veiled as a push to overturn a model policy that "disregarded the rights of parents," this new policy instead hinders the self-expression and development of trans students. Parents, of course, have a right to be involved in their child's education. But as students develop and differentiate from their parents, it's important that the school staff--teachers, counselors, administrators--be allowed to offer support and guidance.

This proposed policy targets a small and especially at-risk subgroup of students for unnecessary scrutiny and antagonism. It makes no room for students from unsupportive or abusive households to find shelter in their school community, nor does it protect students in any meaningful way. It is a dangerous policy that treats students as mere vessels of their parent's wishes, and it demeans well-adjusted parents who do not need minute control of their child's life. This vision of "parenting" is involved to a fault, and leaves little room for students to grow. Does the administration trust students so little?

Bad education, health, and family policy. Shame on the Virginia administration for attempting to implement it.


I am completely opposed.


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This is a terrible policy, leave trans kids alone


K-12 policystongly support the new K-12 policies. Next step is to overhaul VA dept of education and

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Strongly support new K-12 policy

next step is to overhaul VA dept of education and get rid of teachers unions


An abomination in the name of "protecting children"

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The education guidelines being offered by the Governor are as cruel as they are misguided. To create a more hostile environment for these children is beyond belief. This is how you plan to run for President? God help us all.

Linda Dunham

Richmond VA


In Support of Parental Rights for Minor Children!

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<p>I am in complete support of parental rights and parental notification in regards to educating our children and what happens inside the school. Children are not wards of the state. They are legal wards of their parents until they turn 18. Schools must respect this. </p>


I am completely opposed.

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The mission of the VDOE is to advance equitable and innovative learning. The vision of VDOE is to maximize the potential of all learners. School should be a safe place for all students, especially for students who possibly aren't receiving that support and feeling of safety at home. All students should be treated with respect and should be able to be themselves at school. Let's move forward, Virginia, not backwards.


Protect trans lives

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<p>I am opposed to causing harm to trans kids. Reconsider your decision. </p>


Using common sense!

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Using common sense! Congratulations Govenor Youngkin. Thank you for looking out for the children. Proud to be a Virginian again.


I oppose this fully.


Student policies

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ALL TREATMENT OF STUDENTS SHOULD BE EQUAL! PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT IS DISCRIMINATORY UNLESS THE CHILD HAS A SEVERE LACK OF FAMILY SUPPORT TO LEARN SUCH AS ALREADY ESTABLISHED SPECIAL ED. CATEGORIES EXHIBIT. ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR SHOULD NOT BE PROMOTED NOR PUNISHED UNLESS IT AFFECTS OTHERS.


Strongly oppose.


This policy is bad for students and teachers.

While we all wish that parents were unconditionally loving, many of us know better. Too many LGBTQ youth are at high risk of abuse or even rejection (and homelessness) if their families find out. That's why they don't share their identities, especially while they're still figuring them out. Kids from families that are safe will tell their parents when they're ready, probably early in the process. My children confided in me early.Kids from families that aren't will be in danger if school staff inform their parents. I didn't tell mine until I was an independent adult. Teachers see kids more than almost anyone else in their lives and know them well. They're mandated reporters, so if they suspect abuse, they report it. But they also definitely know kids that are from families that aren't legally abusive, but that aren't supportive. They know when a child will be punished for something as simple as a nickname or as profound as being trans. A policy forcing disclosure will force teachers to override their own judgement of what's best for the child. It will place children in danger. Trust your teachers and school staff to center the best interests of children and young people. Trust young people to know when it's safe for them to tell their parents who they are. And trust that a child asking to be called a different name, or referred to as a girl or boy or neither or both, is just going through a normal part of human development.

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While we all wish that parents were unconditionally loving, many of us know better. Too many LGBTQ youth are at high risk of abuse or even rejection (and homelessness) if their families find out. That's why they don't share their identities, especially while they're still figuring them out. Kids from families that are safe will tell their parents when they're ready, probably early in the process. My children confided in me early.

Kids from families that aren't will be in danger if school staff inform their parents. I didn't tell mine until I was an independent adult.

Teachers see kids more than almost anyone else in their lives and know them well. They're mandated reporters, so if they suspect abuse, they report it. But they also definitely know kids that are from families that aren't legally abusive, but that aren't supportive. They know when a child will be punished for something as simple as a nickname or as profound as being trans. A policy forcing disclosure will force teachers to override their own judgement of what's best for the child. It will place children in danger.

Trust your teachers and school staff to center the best interests of children and young people. Trust young people to know when it's safe for them to tell their parents who they are. And trust that a child asking to be called a different name, or referred to as a girl or boy or neither or both, is just going through a normal part of human development.


Awful policy

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Do not harm trans youth!


Passing this policy will kill kids not protect them

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Stop using “think of the children” to try to pass bigoted legislation to exterminate anyone who isn’t straight or cisgender. This policy would cause enumerable harm to innocent kids who are just trying to live their best and most fulfilling lives


Trans rights

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I do not understand why, when teen suicide is on the rise, the governor wants to restrict the rights of trans children. If they are afraid of telling their parents, let school be a safe place. Let them use the pronouns they prefer. Make a safe bathroom for them. I trans boy is NOT going to rape a girl in a girls’ bathroom. Let’s use some common sense here, please.


This will bring harm to trans kids.

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This will bring harm to trans kids.


Thank you Gov. Youngkin!

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Adults should never encourage kids to keep secrets from their parents. Yet, that's exactly the system the VA Department of Education created in 2021 when Governor Ralph Northam's "model policies" allowed school officials to hide a child's new gender identity from parents.

Governor Glenn Youngkin recognizes parents rights and has made clear that parents' beliefs should be recognized and respected. The 2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for all Students and Parents in Virginia’s Public Schools is a critical step in keeping parents informed about their children's health and wellbeing.

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.

These same school districts claim that disclosing this information to parents would harm trans-identifying students. Yet, the Code of Virginia already requires teachers or other school employees, when acting in their professional role, to immediately report suspected child abuse or neglect that may have happened outside the school setting. Governor Youngkin's new model policies don't change existing VA law. If a child is abused or neglected, a teacher or school official must still report that to state authorities.

Virginia's government run schools must respect the role of parents in a child's life. As the mother of three children, I'm grateful that Governor Youngkin seeks to strengthen the child-parent bond and I support the 2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for all Students and Parents in Virginia’s Public Schools.


How many of the opponents of the Model Policy have actually read it?

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The Model Policy mandates nondiscrimination, non-bullying and compassion.  Its "controversial" provisions are: (1) It says that school boards can't keep secrets from parents or override parental decisions on how to deal with a child's gender identity issues.  (2) It says that transgender kids must compete on the athletic teams of their biological gender.  (3) It says that students should use the bathrooms and locker rooms of their biological gender if alternative accommodations (e.g., single use facilities) aren't available.

For a more complete analysis please go to FairfaxSchoolsMonitor.com, where I have recently posted several articles on this subject, including a comparison of the Model Policy to the far-left regulation in effect in Fairfax County.

The majority of the comments posted before mine oppose the policy, but I wonder how many of the commenters have actually studied it.  From my experience in monitoring what's going on in one populous Virginia county, I know that the LGBT community, teachers' unions and other liberal and leftist groups are much more active than middle-of-the-road parents.  They have the ability to mobilize mass responses to surveys like this; much more so than busy parents do.  But don't be fooled by just counting up the comments.  How many of the opposing comments have real substance to them that makes sense?

I have read many of the opposing comments.  I have yet to see one that rationally explains why schools should be permitted to provide "gender affirming care" to students without telling the parents what they are doing.  This violates Virginia law, which says that "a parent has a fundamental right to make decisions concerning the upbringing, education, and care of the parent's child."  Va. Code sec. 1-240.1.  It also sounds like candidate McAuliffe, who tried to convince voters last year that parents shouldn't be telling teachers what to teach.  Nor have I seen a rational explanation of why biological males should be permitted to override the privacy rights and safety interests of girls by competing on girls' athletic teams and by using girls' locker rooms.  These are the key issues addressed by the Model Policy.

These are common-sense measures that the vast majority undoubtedly agrees with


Monstrous and unhinged

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This will kill innocent people.

The blood will be on your hands.

Your duty to the People is to ensure the quality and sanctity of life of all American citizens.

Your antiquated paranoia will eradicate both, and allow the enemies of freedom to pervert this land.


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<p>I support, thank you Governor Youngkin for supporting parent’s rights, and protecting our children from making mistakes they’ll regret </p>


Protect trans youth!

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Cannot believe this is even being debated. I strongly oppose!


Do not do this.


Strongly oppose this policy

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This policy would directly harm transgender children and encourage continued discrimination, therefore I oppose.


Thank you for everything you do!

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THANK YOU GOVERNOR FOR STANDING UP FOR OUR RIGHTS AND PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN!!

I wholeheartedly support all of your policies, esp the tax cuts and the return of surplus tax monies back to the tax payers.


I oppose this strongly

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<p>This will do irreparable harm to children and families. </p>


Strongly Oppose

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<p>This is state sanctioned bullying. Schools should be a safe place for everyone to learn and grow without fear of rejection. </p>


This policy will harm to children!

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I strongly oppose Gov Youngkin’s proposed policy regarding transgender children in Virginia’s schools.  The policy will cause great harm to children who are already suffering through difficult transitions and will likely lead to an increase in suicide rates among trans kids.  Do not institute this harmful policy.


PLEASE DO NOT PASS THIS

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<p>passing this would be very idiotic and an extremely grave mistake </p>


Suicide Watch

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Denying the genders of human beings is traumatizing and, for children already dealing with the aftermath of post-pandemic life, school, and the world as it is for them, being misgendered is one of the worst ideas ever brought before any political body.

This policy, should it pass, is going to harm children and increase suicide rates for school-aged kids in Virginia.

Short-sited. Bigoted. Completely lacks compassion. Rooted in a stance of 'I'm going to do what's best for you, even if it kills you,' instead of being rooted in reality, intellect, and and an educated mind which can keep up with the changing world.


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I oppose this in the strongest possible manor.


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<p>I oppose this policy it will hurt trans youth. </p>


I strongly oppose

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<p>This will bring harm to children in schools where they are supposed to be safe. Please don't do this. </p>


I fully oppose this.


I oppose this fully.