Against the law. Let children be who they want.

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Let kids be kids and let them be called by whatever names they want. We all changed names at least once when we were their age. Are we damaged? No.

 Bathrooms are a non-issue as well. Kids don't even get bathroom breaks these days anyway because schools are too concerned about vaping and fights.

Stop this nonsense and tell parents if they want to be more involved in their kid's lives, they need to BE A PARENT and not demand that the schools do everything for them.


Another man running for the President using fear, hate and division.

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It is so obvious. We all know you cannot run for reelection in VA, so the next step is the Presidency.  This is basically a watered down "Trump Light" policy, without disregard to those who are different.  This policy further restricts the freedoms of Americans.

You have a tough act, as Roe is against the majority of what women want. So now let's go after another group.  These are just people.  Let them have their freedom to be who they want to be, to be who they are. Don't we have enough of our government dictating to us who we are, especially since this is another personal issue, LIKE ROE?


I support this policy-

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


Strongly support

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


OPPOSE WHOLEHEARTEDLY

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Based on fear. And not centering trans youth at all. Trans rights matter!!!!


100% in support

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Social transitioning to a different gender (as in changing a child's name and pronouns) is a powerful psychosocial intervention, something that schools have no business doing without the explicit consent and involvement of parents and child's mental health team.

There is a massive social contagion going on. Whole friend groups of teen girls all of a sudden ALL "turn trans". It's the coolest thing you can do, and you gain instant popularity and even internet fame. Schools need to see this for what it is, and not play along.

A very few select kids are truly trans, maybe 0.1-0.5% of kids. But not 10-15% as it now appears in certain schools.

Thank you Governor (from a liberal progressive) who in this case, completely agrees with your proposed policy.


Strongly support

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<p>  strongly support the Governor  </p>


Highly Support

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


Fully Support

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<p> I fully support this model.  </p>


Strongly support a parents right to raise their child.

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


Without parental consent, it's grooming.

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They do it while you're at work.

Be a good parent and regulate their online presence as well.

Social media is full of "MAP's"

Minor attracted persons.


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<p> I have recently had friends who were teachers in the VA public school system leave their positions due to the 2021 Model Policies. I have also known students that left the public school system and enrolled in private Christian schools because of the current document in effect. The governor's proposal is sound and I am in support of this change.  </p>


Hunter strongly opposes we strongly support


I totally support these policy revisions.Nothing more than including  parents in decisions.

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I am responding to Governor Youngkin's revised policies for public school treatment of gender problems.  I fully support his commonsense revisions which are nothing more than allowing parents to have a say in their child's development and to be informed on what the schools intend.  These also protect the schools and teachers.  What if, hypothetically, a school or teacher supports chemical treatments for a transitioning child.  If they don't know or haven't been made aware of the child's medical history, legal suits can result.  Children who transition tend to have a much higher rate of suicide later in life, and those suits will come to haunt the schools. As well, the use of bathrooms by transitioning students makes 12 yr. old girls uncomfortable when they are just beginning their menses and have to get sanitary supplies in front of the boy/girl/whatever.........not to mention that with no cameras in bathrooms, all sort of miscreant behavior is possible - groping, raping (as we have seen) and drug abuse.  Please, let us all use commonsense and try to protect all children without removing rights (real or imagined) from some.


Oppose new policies

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The proposed guidelines are not only harmful to transgender and gender nonconforming students and their families, they are not supported by action by the General Assembly, they directly violate guidelines adopted by the General Assembly in 2020, they are in violation of the Virginia Human Rights Act, they violate federal guidance from the US Court of Appeals in the Grimm v. Gloucester County School Board case, and they violate the 2020 Supreme Court decision, written by Justice Gorsuch in Bostock v. Clayton County, that determined that civil rights law barring sex discrimination covers transgender people.


I support sanity


Support support support


Common sense, strongly support

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Don't be misled by the gaslighting -  this proposed rule change is simple common sense that everyone except for a tiny sliver of extreme gender ideologues fully supports.  Parents should not be lied to or kept in the dark by a school on a matter as important as their child's identity.  It is really that simple and straightforward.

This Virginia parent and voter strongly supports Gov. Youngkin on this issue and I know many others who feel the same, even if they are afraid to be public about it for fear of retaliation from employers and the media.


SUPPORT FULLY


Support strongly


I support these new policies COMPLETELY!

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<p> I believe schools should be concerned about educating our students in English</p>


Thank you for bringing control back to the parents - now parents step up.!

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I full support this change back to sensibility.  For me, it’s not about the transgender issue, its amount setting the proper lines of authority and responsibility for the teacher, student AND the parent.  Teachers, school administrators and school boards should be focused on education (reading, writing and arithmetic).  Parents need to help out in the education and everything else that is required to raise children.  If an issue outside of education is raised, it should be brought to the attention of the parents and then handled by the student and student’s parents.   Then if the parents are in support of their child, they let the school know and know.

If I was a teacher, I would not want any more responsibility beyond that of teaching.  That’s the reason teachers hopefully are get their degrees and licenses.  As a parent I do not want a teacher, school administrator or schoolboard raising my children based on their views.


Fully SUPPORT not allowing an 18 to man in the bathroom with a 14 yo girl

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<p> Who in their right mind supports males (some 18 and older who still attend high school) going into the girls bathroom? Ever heard of autogynephillia? Or an 11 year old boy in the bathroom with a 5 year old girl? This legislation is to PROTECT KIDS</p>


Listen to the silent humble majority - SUPPORT this order

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


I fully support this bill !!

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<p> I fully support this bill!  </p>


Oppose and revoke the newly drafted LGBTQIA+ policies

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<p>Please say NO and OPPOSE these newly proposed transgender policies.  They are discriminatory and harmful to one of the most vulnerable populations of students that we have. According to GLSEN’s  2019 National School Climate Survey, Virginia schools WERE NOT SAFE for most LGBTQ+ secondary school students. In addition, many LGBTQ+ students in Virginia did not have access to important school resources and were not protected by supportive and inclusive school policies. We fixed that with the 2021 VDOE model policies and now you want to take all of those protections away? The bullying and victimization of LGBTQIA+ students must stop. To have the Commonwealth and school districts contribute to further harm of these children is unconscionable, immoral, and definitely anti-Christian. Please do not erase transgender and non-binary youth from the classrooms, creating a hostile and potentially dangerous school environment.  Let the VDOE 2021 model policies stand and throw away the newly proposed policy. Trans rights are human rights! </p>


STRONGLY SUPPORT

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Thank you Governor Youngkin for this. We should not be catering to the few children that think they are a different sex that what they biological are. The children should not be put in a situation where the majority of them feel uncomfortable being in a bathroom or locker room with a person of the opposite sex. If a parent feels that they want to support letting a young child dictate to them what sex they are then they should not have a problem with getting the documentation required to change all of the school records.


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


OPPOSE. Harmful to trans kids everywhere.

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This is a truly horrific piece of legislation that makes the lives of trans kids worse. Similar legislation has led to suicides. This should never pass.

I thought Youngkin was pro small government? this makes government larger


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It's that simple.

THey want to diddle your kids while you are at work.


I absolutely SUPPORT and agree with this policy

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<p> As a 'birthing parent'</p>


Strongly support

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<p> You are doing the good thing  </p>


Mom of a trans student

Stop using trans kids for political gain

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<p>My child identifies as trans and the protections from the previous administration have given my child a chance to feel a little more accepted at school and the bullying decreased. Please keep it how it is. My child has self harmed and lived on the edge of unaliving themselves for years. They need support in school more than ever. Trans kids are far more likely to be bullied or assaulted at school than the other way around. Furthermore, gender identity has nothing to do with sexual orientation. Stop sexualizing our trans kids. As a parent I am doing everything in my power to help my child, including weekly therapy, group therapy, nutritionist, and the list goes on. I follow evidence based medicine and therapies. And we know from that evidence based research that supporting and respecting a child’s preferred gender increases the likelihood they stay on this planet. I want my kid to live and prosper and these policies and unneeded attention on some of the most at risk kids is not helping, it’s harmful. Please give it up. Find another culture war to focus on. One that doesn’t target kids.  Lastly, respecting my kids gender identity doesn’t hurt anyone. It’s easy for legislators and keyboard warriors to make broad assumptions about trans youth, who have no experience with it. I am telling you my first hand experience, please keep these protections in place. It saves lives. Potentially my own child’s. </p>


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


FULLY SUPPORT THE POLICY

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


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

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<p> As a VA resident</p>


Trans rights are human rights even for kids

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The proposed model policies supposedly seeks to protect the rights of students; however, this policy goes in stark contrast to those students' rights. As a parent of a trans student, human being, and individual, I understand the desire of parents to be involved in important decisions their children make at different developmental stages. Parents should want to be involved in their kids' life choices. However, there are some children who will be outed to parents who are not able to support their children in a healthy way. Not only will those parents not support their child's choices, gender identity, or sexual orientation, they will react in an unhealthy and unhelpful manner that alienates their child, harms their relationships, and increases the risk of depression, anxiety, self-harm, suicide and other mental health issues. Suicide rates are higher among youth whose parents and support system do not accept their identity and orientation. This is a truly vulnerable population and these youths should not be outed to their parents for their choice of pronouns, they should be supported by the adults in their lives. Perhaps those supportive adults (and even peers) can encourage and support these youth in sharing their feelings with their parents in a healthy and supportive environment.

Teachers should not be put in a place of having to choose whether to follow these policies and potentially harm their students or hold the rapport and trust, and best interest of their students at heart and risk legal or professional repercussions just as therapists are only allowed to report to parents about risk of self-harm/suicide, homicide, or to report incidences of abuse.

As a parent, I want my children to come and talk to me. I want them to feel safe and secure that I will love them no matter what. However, I also want my kids to feel that they can talk with another trusted adult if they don't feel like they can come to me with something. It is better and healthier for them to express themselves to someone than to hide in fear of expressing their thoughts, feelings, identity, and beliefs.


Oppose this anti-trans policy

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I oppose this anti-trans policy that will affect and target those most vulnerable. We have to protect ALL our kids and we have to respect them for the people that they are. This is just a hateful policy trying to be passed. We need to stop it from passing.


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As a person who was groomed, I'm telling ya, this is all leading to the acceptance of pedophiles.

Look up what "MAP's" is.

Ask yourself why pedos are getting light jail time these days.

Look u the recent supreme court pick, and her leanings on MAP's.

It's all going down while you are at work.


How can anyone support this?

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<p> I'm not a parent</p>


Strongly support.  Protect children.


"Suffer the little children to come unto me." Jesus loved ALL children unconditionally.

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Please think through the potential harm to our community's children from this policy.   Up to 40% of the 4.2 million homeless youth identify as LGBTQ+.  This is a direct result of rejection by their families.  While homeless, they are more likely than their non-LGBTQ+ peers to experience assault, trauma, depression, and suicide.  Once we are aware of the extreme and negative consequences of family rejection that these children face, perhaps we can open our hearts to finding a more compassionate way of working with them.  All children are our children.


I strongly oppose Governor Youngkin's closed minded policies.

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Governor Youngkin needs to stop trying to legislate morality based on an ignorant religion.


Strongly support this

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


Strongly support

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


Support

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<p> As a school board official</p>


I strongly oppose these guidelines.

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<p>The governor's guidelines have been created only to mollify the most reactionary elements of conservative society and will only hurt students and teachers. This is the kind of grandstanding policy, made only to appeal to bigots on the right that will erode the educational system that Virginians have been proud of for decades. </p>


I support Youngkins policy


Educator who supports this policy

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


God bless teachers who support LGBTQ kids when PARENTS don’t!

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These policies are illegal and very harmful.


Support - parental rights are important too!

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<p> I fully support this policy because parental rights are important too. Parents have a right to know if their kids are having identity issues.  </p>


Strongly support a parents right to raise their child to adulthood.

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<p> I fully support this.  </p>


I support the kids, not Youngkin

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Hello;

This policy is a bad and unpopular idea, it shows that Youngkin is willing to ignore what is best for kids AND the will or the people


I support


Coming out is scary, lack of family support is deadly

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I went through high school as a closeted trans woman in the 80's.  All you know is you will be disowned, kicked out of your home and probably killed by a right wingnut that "LOVES YOU".

As adults it is up to us to help them find themselves, not stuff them back in the closet, or school locker because you are scared of they/them.


Fully Support!!

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


Support

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


Without parental consent, it's grooming.

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They want access to your kids, while you are at work.


Approve

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Children do not have the right to change their birth sex or birth names without parent consent.  Student should use the bathroom of their biological sex.


I support the Governor

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I understand that this is a controversial topic that needs a compassionate, thoughtful approach.  I can only imagine the angst that transgender students must be going through during these formative ages.

I believe it's imperative that parents be involved.  I also believe it's imperative that we also protect the biological females' safe spaces - bathrooms, locker rooms, changing areas.  As a mother of two daughters I can imagine the discomfort and fear that would emerge if one can choose a locker room based on identity and not biological sex.

I thank and 100% support the Governor.


Thoughts from a parent of a trans child - PLEASE VOTE

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I am the parent of a transgender child in a Virginia public school.  We *already* struggle with the situation for my child at school, so this will only add to the difficulties they face.  I am supportive of my child's gender identity, but now I have to worry about every teacher they are assigned - will that teacher accept their pronouns? Will that teacher create a hostile environment for my child in the classroom?  This policy opens the door to increased bullying based on gender identity and it puts transgender children with unsupportive parents in incredibly difficult circumstances.  If you are not allowed to be who you are at home, having the school be willing to accept you and your pronouns is one way to have a safe space - so what Governor Youngkin is doing is taking that away from those kids.  It will cause them so much suffering and stress - he is essentially making it so that they will have nowhere they can feel safe and supported.  It will increase mental health issues for these children and cause some of them to be suicidal.  "Parental choice" is a ridiculous concept - you don't get to choose who your children are. They are who they are, whether you like it or not.  Creating a hostile environment at school AND home for them will not make them any less trans, but it will make them MORE vulnerable.  I suspect the governor is planning to go even further, and try out some of the absurd policies that his GOP contemporaries in other states have tried - i.e. criminalizing gender affirming care.  We don't want that in this state - we don't want to have some sort of governmental gender police deciding who we can be and how we go about getting support for our identities.  It is overreach by the government at the most intimate level.  Of course, this is the same Republican party that tried to bring us mandatory transvaginal ultrasound probes a decade ago in 2012, so they don't have a problem invading people's actual bodies, let alone their identities.  This public comment will be utterly ignored by the governor, so if you are reading this, PLEASE VOTE this fall - send a message to Youngkin that we don't want this extremism in Virginia!


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<p> As a VA resident</p>


I support parents rights

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


100% support this policy

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<p>I completely agree that parents need to be fully involved in what their child is learning and what is being discussed with their child. I have three children in the Virginia school system and I don’t need them going to school to learn about other people’s gender. They are there to learn reading, writing, and arithmetic! And if there is a child who is confused then they need to be offered help and the parents need to be contacted. It is no different then a child that is showing signs of depression, mania, aggression, or suicidal/homicidal ideation. It is an issue that needs to be addressed outside of school. </p>


Fully support the proposed policy

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<p> A civilized societycannot survive without guiding principles that remain timeless. Parents have the right to remain fully aware</p>


Support saving our children

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Support saving our children


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It really is that simple.


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

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


People who say this is going to kill people are INSANE!

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I cannot believe the hyperbole - people saying that this will kill people is genuinely NUTS.


Parents who don’t support their trans kids are despicable.


Support the parents

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<p>  and stop socially experimenting on our kids that leads to medicalization.</p>


Strongly Opposed to the Violation of Gender Autonomy

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Aesthetic experience is part of the sapient condition. Finding and creating contexts from the world and ourselves, choosing words, expressions, and how we shape ourselves is something we all do, trans or not. To be able to seek euphoria and contentment- to seek happiness and live the good life- is a foundational philosophical concept for democracy and autonomous life of people. No gets to have a final say on what someone's gender or aesthetic is than the the person themself. All we can do is support, inform, and love. It is proven, for example, that trans teens having access to HRT reduces suicidal tendencies! https://www.them.us/story/trans-youth-hormone-therapy-study-depression Moreover, while trans is a new word, the realization of self is an ancient part of humanity around the world. Whether the hijra of South Asia, the bissu of the Bugis people of Indonesia, the galli of the ancient Mediterranean, the sworn virgins of Albania, the Femminiellie of Italy, the M?h? of Hawaii, the unique gender circumstances of the Igbo people of Nigeria, many other societies, or countless cases of people who did not have expansive terms but simply lived their lives as the gender or lack thereof they knew themselves as, gender expansiveness is likely as old as our species. The arrogance and ignorance of trying to suppress this and enforce a bioessentialist and imperialist falsehood that was used for colonization around the world and historical erasure of the West both is not only going to do deep harm to gender expansive kids, but a denial of what it means to be a sapient entity and the transformations inherent in that. Choose love, variety, and autonomy.


I support our Virginia Governor!

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


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THE ARE COMING FOR YOUR KIDS


Strongly oppose this dangerous policy

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The proposed policy is dangerous. It removes key protections for transgender, non-binary, and gender non-conforming students. It permits illegal discrimination against these students, and it will affect their safety, autonomy and sense of belonging. It will also cause harm to the school population in general. According to VEA, "Schools with student groups affirming all genders and sexual orientations have been shown to  have less truancy and better health outcomes for all students."

Please maintain Virginia's public school policies that provide support to all our students.


Support

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


OPPOSE


Fully SUPPORT

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


Support for this policy

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


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They want the kids to accept "MAP's".

Minor attracted persons.

Look through social media with that search term.


Absolutely support! Thank you for advocating for our kids and teachers!

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<p> As a parent with a child who feels compelled to follow the agenda</p>


I support the new 2022 Model Policies.

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<p>Children in school should be learning Core Academics not sexual grooming. Let OUR CHILDREN BE CHILDREN.  </p>


Strongly oppose

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Human Rights  = LGBTQ Rights. DOE has no jurisdiction to classify student gender.


Support this Proposal to Restore Sanity to Virginia and Protect All Students

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<p> My 13 year old daughter became convinced she was transgender after attending a school presentation. Then the school changed her name and pronouns without our knowledge or permission and treated her like she was actually a boy. Several others in her class believed the same thing</p>


Accusing people of "grooming" is a classic troupe based on fear and dehumanization.


I oppose the proposed VDOE 2022 guidelines; they are illegal

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The proposed guidelines are not only harmful to transgender and gender nonconforming students and their families, they are not supported by action by the General Assembly, they directly violate guidelines adopted by the General Assembly in 2020, they are in violation of the Virginia Human Rights Act, they violate federal guidance from the US Court of Appeals in the Grimm v. Gloucester County School Board case, and they violate the 2020 Supreme Court decision, written by Justice Gorsuch in Bostock v. Clayton County, that determined that civil rights law barring sex discrimination covers transgender people.


Strongly support

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


Strongly Disagree

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Governor,we agree on the importance to love all children. These policies have potential to create environment where some students feel less safe and support.


Do not adopt this policy

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<p>This policy appears to intentionally insult many of our students to solve a problem that doesn't exist at the risk of the students' mental health.  Student mental health is suffering lately and the suicide rate is rising.  Our children are trying to figure out how they fit in the world.  If an individual private school wanted to adopt a policy such as this, that might be defensible.  But to require every school in the state to follow such a policy is simply government over-reach as part of a culture war and is not appropriate for state-level policy.  </p>


We awe family and we support


Oppose

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This will only harm trans lives. Parents have the tools to teach their kids how to be successful and just. Let trans kids be visible.


Totally support our governor


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You better get more involved.

They groom your kids while you are at work.


Support saving our children


Support the Plan

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<p> I fully support the Governor's plan. The guidance engages parents in their children's education and treats ALL children with respect and honor!  </p>


I support

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


Yes! Strongly Support

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<p> This policy empowers parents. Fully support.  </p>


Strongly support (common sense and applicable to all students)

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


Save the suicide of kids and support this policy


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They seriously want to have unfettered access to your children.


I Support -Children should not be encouraged by teachers to keep secrets or lie to their parents.

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<p>Children should not be encouraged by teachers, school counselors or administrators to keep secrets or to lie to their parents about anything. </p>


Support

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


100% Support Governor

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<p> 100% Support Governor  </p>


Transgender Policy

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<p>Strongly support that parents must be involved in their children’s decision and wishes </p>


oppose Youngkins changes


STRONGLY OPPOSE - protect kids from school shootings, not pronouns

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This law violates the basic human rights and dignities of trans kids.  Using their preferred pronouns and names does no harm to others, but does great harm to them.  In a world where tragedies are happening every day, it is absurd that Youngkin chooses to put time and energy into this.  Protect trans kids, protect all kids. Worry about protecting kids from school shootings, not pronouns.  This is bigotry and transphobia.


Stongly support

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<p> Thank you Gov Youngkin for protecting our daughters. Female students have felt uncomfortable in the locker rooms and using the bathrooms due to the previous policies put in place.  </p>


Fully support this

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


Support

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


SUPPORT!! Suicide Is High, Because They Know It’s Wrong

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But people that are supposed to be helping these kids, and leading them right, are instead taking advantage of them. So many kids are de-transitioning and speaking out now, but they are silenced and shamed. It’s WRONG!! Sinful, and wicked!!


Keep genders separate

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I completely agree. Biological men and biological women should have separate bathrooms. Teachers should call them by their birth name and birth sex.


Fully support too


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It's mental molestation, plain and simple.


NO BEARING if there are more NEGATIVE comments here!

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It does not matter how many negative comments are on here - the population of VA supported Youngkin LARGELY because of these kinds of issues. PLEASE REMEMBER how the campaign grew as the parents/schools issues evolved - this is what GOT YOU ELECTED - and if you back down, you are a WEAK RINO. PLEASE make the vote COUNT for something!!!


Thank you! I fully support!

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<p> This should have been done sooner.  </p>


Support

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<p> I have recently had friends who were teachers in the VA public school system leave their positions due to the 2021 Model Policies. I have also known students that left the public school system and enrolled in private Christian schools because of the current document in effect. The governor's proposal is sound and I am in support of this change.  </p>


Support mental well being of our students

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<p> this does the opposite</p>


Without parental consent, it's grooming.

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While youre busy working, they are scheming against your rights.

Thats why they push it in the schools.

Next they will push for pedos rights.

They already are.


Approve

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Thank you, Governor Youngkin for standing up for parental rights. Please don't back down.


I strongly support this legislation


Support

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


Support 100%

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<p> This is a mental illness. Somehow needs to be addressed parents need to step up.  </p>


100% support

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100% support the Governor on this. Just another way for the left to try to tear apart the American families.


FULLY SUPPORT - THANK YOU!

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<p> Fully support this! Thank you</p>


Teacher strongly support

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


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<p>I support Gov. Youngkin’s policy to involve parents. Kids need to be educated on the reality of their gender. </p>


More cruelty under the guise of a loving god. One day they will come for your human rights too.


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They want you to accept "MAP's" next..

Minor Attracted Persons.

They are already supporting them, why wouldn't they push that next.


Thank you Governor - STRONGLY SUPPORT

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<p> Thank you for putting parents back front and center.  </p>


I strongly opposed the proposed changes.

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The Governor's proposed changes to existing policy amounts to unlawful discrimination, is not in accordance with evidence-based best practces, and will further rather than prevent bullying and harassment of vulnerable transgender youth. I strongly oppose the proposed changes.


Strongly support this

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


Strongly support


Support: What about the rights of girls abused by males?


I support this new policy that protects parent's rights.

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I support the proposed policy as currently written protecting parent's rights.  I think children should not be indoctrinated on gender issues and that girls should afforded privacy and protection in the school environment.  I think schools should teach children to read and write and about math, science and history and not teach social and religious opinions. I think teachers should advise parents if they suspect a child has a problem of any sort other than domestic abuse.  Let children be children and let them play and learn as appropriate for their age.  Parents should have complete knowledge of their children's experiences at school.


Oppose


Strongly support

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


Fully Support

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<p> I fully support this model.  </p>


I OPPOSE this policy born of ignorance and fear

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The sad reality is that many children need protection from the ignorance and hatred of their parents. Our public schools are already the first line of defense against parents who mistreat their children in other ways; they must also be a safe space for youth to be their true selves, especially when they are trapped in a home of intolerance. One of the greatest contributions of our public schools is giving the next generation an opportunity to get to know and understand the many types of people that make up our diverse society. Our transgender youth should be protected and allowed to represent themselves at school. This policy encourages the stigmatization and marginalization of our transgender citizens.


Support

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<p> Young teenage boys do not need to be supplied with policies they can exploit to use on our girls.  </p>


Proud to finally have a gov. who sees thr. the Manipulation by Outliers

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The previous administration in Richmond allowed our schools and youth to be hijacked by a sm. band of clever Radical Fringe. They are very clever in using words such as calling opponents "cruel", and saying their "human rights" are being violated. Ask Ukrainian victims of the Russian invasion if they think someone who calls them out that one can't really change one's gender is a "Human Rights" violation. Teachers are forced to pretend that what they know is not real, is real.

Other verbiage used by this leftist movement is "safe space", "Gender Assignment", "Gender Re-Assignment", "Gender-non-conforming", etc.  If you don't go along with this, you are termed a "hater". And these are the people always claiming that you should follow the science.

Where was the safety of the girls assaulted in school restrooms in Loudoun Co? Do they not matter? Apparently not for the school board, because there was a cover-up, and one of the fathers arrested at a sch. board mtg. Guess the ideology was more important than those girls' safety.


100% SUPPORT

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


Support support support


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You are up against a secular, pedophile cult.

They won't stop at trannys, they are already expressing support of "Minor Attracted Persons".

Hence the light sentencing of pedos as of late.


Fully Support Parents rights


imagine supporting trans kids identities and calling it grooming. oppose this policy

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let kids exist and express themselves. if you think this is grooming, you probably sexualize teens. oppose this policy and support trans youth


I fully support the revised policy

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thanks for changing the wording on the transgender issue

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

• I support the new policies’ removal of language that encouraged school officials to follow procedures to essentially deceive parents when their children are making potentially life-altering decisions regarding their gender identity in a school setting.

• The original policy had language that created a wedge between parents and their child, at a time when they need to have more communication—and I support the new update that removes this barrier.

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

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

• Middle and High School  - please address bathroom/privacy issues on a case by case basis with parents—and not through a one-size-fits-all pressure tool that treats all districts/communities the same.

• Please finalize these updated 2022 model policies as written without removing any of the key protections to restore parental involvement in the process and protect children’s privacy and safety rights.


No really these kids are losing their minds!

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They/themer  switched on social media to they/them/him.

I was like "do you think breasts are feminine?"

They said "yes" I was like "then why you wearing push up bras and stuff then and make up looking all sexy like a girl when you sayin your a boy?"

They were like "whatever, I can be whatever I chose."

If you chosing to be a boy then look like boy. Makes no sense.


Strongly support this common sense guideline

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<p> Since we already KNOW that at least one child was raped in a school bathroom</p>


There is no link between trans inclusive bathroom policies and bathroom safety.


Strongly support

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<p> I support this.  </p>


Transgender policy

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I strongly support the governor’s policy to give parents their rights back and to protect vulnerable children!


Transgender policy


Fully support!!

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While I support people being who they are and who they want to be, born males absolutely should not compete in athletics against born females. That is insulting and a slap in face of women. And it’s basic science that females don’t have the same body composition as males - changing ones gender doesn’t change that.

Also parents absolutely need to have the involvement and say in their children’s lives and major life decisions until that child is 18.

Thank you Governor Youngkin for bringing sensibility back to this issue.


Strongly support impeach Biden


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


Absolutely 100% support parental involvement!

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A teacher cannot just call a kid whatever name or gender they want. That can change daily! The poor teachers have enough to worry about without being subject to the whims of children without solid communication from parents. If it's a real issue, and they are truly a trans kid, then the teacher can know for sure and address the child accordingly and respectfully - but NOT just because a kids says so all of a sudden one day.


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There is a reason they dont want parents involved, and it has nothing to do with love.


Strongly SUPPORT

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<p> This is so commonsensical; no rational</p>


Support Our Governor

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<p> Strongly Support  </p>


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Somebody help me, I'm being held hostage and paraded all over the US for the Jolly Green Giant's sad presidential bid. I just want to come home. #TransRightsAreHumanRights


Fully support

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<p> Fully support Gov. Youngkin! Fully support!  </p>


I STRONGLY support this!

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<p> Focus on academics ONLY!!  </p>


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You have to stop this yourselves.

Wake up parents!!!!!!


I support parents rights!

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I feel like it's my right as a parent to fully know what is happening at school until my children are 18. If parents don't stand up now it will become worse. The governor is looking out for thr best interest of the entire family! Great job!


Thank you for Everything you do!

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I sincerely believe that the family needs to get involved on our school system. Appreciate every effort you do to protect our children!!!!


Support the Plan

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<p> I fully support the Governor's plan. The guidance engages parents in their children's education and treats ALL children with respect and honor!  </p>


Oppose - proposal doesn't make the case

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Reading the proposal, the laws and court rulings do not make the case to overturn the 2021 policy. In fact, citing anti-discrimination and anti-bullying actually makes the case for the students NOT to revert back to their birth certificate names and assigned sex. Why would we out them in class/school? In fact, you're asking for parental involvement from those parent who will likely abuse their children if it comes to light.  You have to ask what is in the best interest of the child: safe environment where they can learn. This proposal makes it a contentious environment that will negatively impact learning.  If you want more parent involvement, this isn't the way to do it. I should know. I have three kids in PWC and I am involved.  Where are the others? The trans-phobic kids' parents? Those kids call mine "" on a regular basis... I don't see them at the booster club nights, volunteering at concessions, at track meets, at anything. Is that what we want more of? No.


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<p> Fully support  </p>


If you support this, you are in support of increasing suicides in children.

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Policies like this are not about parental rights or making things fair for all students, they are about wielding the state’s power to force children into strict gender roles. These policies will increase parental abuse. They will increase isolation and keep children from feeling safe confiding in safe adults, which is essential in cases of abuse. They will likely increase bullying and certainly increase suicides. Continuing to push this policy change will prove to your constituents that this is the goal— to increase the abuse, suffering, institutionization, and deaths of CHILDREN. This is a life and death issue for a child who is dealing with abuse. Here is a link to an article on the factors that influence trans suicide attempts: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5178031/


I stand for love, acceptance, and inclusiveness for ALL

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My son, Adrien, is a trans male and attends school in Virginia. He is an amazing human being who cares not only for other human beings but also animals.  He strives to be the best version of himself every single day.  He I is amazing.  All my friends talk about how kind both of my kids are, that they trust them to babysit their kids, that their kids feel cared about and doted on.

In Feb of 2019 our family’s world was completely rocked because my son tried to take his own life.  At that time he was still using the name Addy and she/her pronouns and he would express how he just didn’t feel like he could connect to people, that he didn’t feel like he deserved to be loved but he couldn’t pinpoint where the feelings were coming from.  There were a lot of emotional outbursts and suicidal ideations where we had to clear the house of sharp objects and medications all while we were doing activities that we thought would bring joy, and taking him to therapy, group counseling, and using anti-anxiety/depression medications. In Feb of 2021 he pushed through his fears and told us that he identified as a male.  Slowly but surely we could see some confidence start building up in him.  He was starting to love himself.  And once he started to love himself he was able to take that love and give it to others.  For a while our relationship had been very rocky but through this process of him loving himself we were able to build upon that and make our relationship rock solid.  And I could have very easily lost one and I don’t know how I would have survived that.  Thinking about that brings tears to my eyes typing it.

My son just wants to feel like he deserves to be himself. He wants to be a healthy and loving human being. I get that the concept of feeling that you are another gender is foreign to some and I don’t want to come across like I know how it feels either, I don’t. But I do feel like good human beings deserve to feel respected. I don’t think that anyone who is trying to be a good person deserves to be targeted. It’s about being inclusive rather than exclusive.   It’s adding to what is accepted, not changing people’s personal feelings about themselves.

I feel that laws need to be written with the thought that it will live out past us and not written that we are making our own personal ideals of present day into law. At the age of almost 42 I am not the same person that my mom was at 42.  She wasn’t the same as her mom.  I am not even the same person that I was when I was 20. We are always constantly evolving and that needs to be taken into consideration especially when it’s a law that effects our kids. Don’t you remember feeling like you lived in a different world and time than your parents? How do you think our kids feel? They are living in a different world than the one we grew up in and making a portion of these kids not feel respected is not what brings us all together.


We awe family and we support


Public school transgender policy

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I totally agree with the Governor in this issue. It is a step in the right direction for restoring sanity to Virginia public schools.


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Groomers want full access to your kids while you are busy trying to support them.

Thats why they went into education to do it.


100% support parental rights

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


Strongly support this updated policy.

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<p> I strongly support everything this updated policy restoring rights to parents with respect to their children's education.  </p>


Strongly support a parents right to raise their child.

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


If this bill is passed, you should all be charged with attempted homicide.

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This is so harmful to ALL students. Students should be allowed to live in a way that brings them joy and peace, and other students and faculty should respect should respect it. This bill would deny students who are not LGBTQ+ the opportunity to becoming more tolerant of people who are different. This bill is gross. If you support it you are also gross.


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Do not do this. We cannot support.


Human rights are trans rights

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<p>Let my friends go to school in peace. Everyone deserves the right to their own bodily autonomy and it's downright embarrassing that a Country that prides itself on it's innovation and freedom can't comprehend that. </p>


Human rights are trans rights


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

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


Without parental consent, it's grooming.

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Trannys dont even know whats in the bill.

Just opposing to get more power over your kids.

You have to make them stop, the state wont.


Fully Support This Proposed Regulation

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Thank you Gov Youngkin for standing up for all students and parents not just the less than 1%


Comment on harmful policies

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<p>As a transgender student in Virginia I feel gutted that my rights are being taken away.  These proposed model policies are going against state law and will be extremely harmful to transgender and non-binary students. </p>


Fully Support

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Parents need to be involved with their child's education, PERIOD.

I don't want ANY child of ANY gender to feel slighted, or "different" and be bullied; but you can NOT expect a school for of 300 or more girls to be scared to use the bathroom or locker room facilities due to 2 or 3 people who feel different about themselves for what ever reasons they may have. After the incidents in Loudon county, the old policy does NOT work!! The school board went into panic mode to cover it up instead of ARRESTING the offender and kept parents in the dark about the fact that it happened MORE THAN ONCE! My question has always been, where is the justice for the young persons who were attacked by the offender in Loudon county?!?!?! WHERE IS THEIR JUSTICE????


Fully support


Stongly oppose majority of this policy

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Most of this policy puts some of the most vulnerable students at risk of depression, anxiety, and suicide. Many of these youth do not have the proper support at home, and schools and teachers need to be the source of help for these students. Students often look to teachers and councelors when they need this support, and this policy takes that option away from them. However, I do agree with the sports policy that students should not be able to play on sports teams that do not align with their biological sex. I say this as a former student athlete on a womens team, and feel that could allow for unfair advantages as well as uncomfortable situations in the locker rooms.


Support Kids and Their Family Support System

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<p> Kids are just that</p>


Support the Separation of Church and State

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Public school policies should not be rooted in religious belief (or in this case, hate). School and government policy should be a direct result of research and statistics, which in this case, support policies which are inclusive to all students. No one is “grooming” a child by listening and supporting THEIR CHOSEN self expression. Children are being groomed daily in churches and youth groups by those who refuse to educate them about their bodies and tell young girls that their body doesn’t belong to them, but to their husband. How can we REALLY believe that allowing a child to choose their clothing and name is damaging in comparison to listening to religious leaders who have actually been molesting and abusing children? Wake up!
 If parents had their children’s best interests in mind they would support the children they have, not the one they want. Love the children we have instead of forcing them into boxes of self hatred. I refuse to support policy based on fear and refusal to accept the beautiful differences within our children and fellow humans. Love one another, without judgment or fear.


How can anyone support this?

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<p> I'm not a parent</p>


protect trans kids. this policy will kill

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<p>82% of trans youth have considered suicide, and this is from data collected in 2020. imagine what that number will be if this policy goes through today. protect queer youth. stop letting white old men dictate their lives and call it "protection." </p>


I fully support this bill !!

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<p> I fully support this bill!  </p>


This is going to kill people.

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This law is irresponsible and irrelevant to any real issue Virginians face. The research is clear   in that trans students do not harm anyone. Letting kids use their own name and pronouns does NOT indoctrinate other students. Leave trans kids alone, get off your ass, and start making actual policies that help Virginians. If this law is implemented I promise it will kill Trans students and endanger them to their parents. Even if you don’t support Trans rights, you need to be in opposition to this on the basis of protecting children, who will absolutely be harmed if this law comes to fruition. Besides, where is the research stating that Trans kids harm others? I have only ever seen research on students assaulting other students PRETENDING to be Trans in order to get into other bathrooms, in which case, we can agree that Trans students are not the problem, and there is a problem of sexual assault better addressed by other methods like teaching children about consent and educating men about how they can break out of misogyny and call out rape culture in their community. Leave Trans students alone. Do better.


I support Youngkin's new model policies which protect children

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<p> Parents have primary responsibility for their children and can best guide them.  </p>


You sent your kids to a private school and have no experience in education

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<p>Stop pretending you understand the situation. It is hard enough to recruit competent teachers without your recent policies and snitch telephone lines.  Schools policies should be about taking care of the emotional health of the students not pandering to intolerant parents.  Mr. Youngkin needs to get his mind off his potential presidential run and think about the well being of Virginia school-aged children.  There are enough teenage suicides without the governor pouring gasoline onto the fire. </p>


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<p>Not only will this harm transgender students, it will increase the already high suicide rates within the trans community. It opens trans kids up to all kinds of abuse and will result in many teachers who support trans kids leaving the education field. Do not let this go into effect.   </p>


Fully support

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<p> Fully support  </p>


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Look up what "MAP's" is.

These same people want them to have rights too.

The movement is centered around the accpetance of pedos.


Support for Youngkin!

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


Completely Against

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These are a violation of trans kids human rights.


SUPPORT!

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Governor Younkin is saving our Commonwealth. Kids need to focus on school work! Not gender!


A regressive and harmful policy.

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I do not live in the Commonwealth of Virginia. However, having such a law as this on the books essentially rules it out as a place in this country where I will ever live, as it has the potential of putting any future children of mine at risk. While the immediate risk to students is that their identities will not be recognized in school, the location where they spend 30 hours per week--the majority of their time outside of the home--or else risk being outed to parents/guardians who do not support or understand their gender identities, both of which are incredibly traumatizing events. While any futue children of mine will not have to have that concern, as they will be growing up in a queer household with a trans parent, the existance of this law is a signal of the in, tolerance embedded into the foundation of this state's governence. You are showing your colors, and they are deeply troubling. I urge you not to pass this bill.


I 100% support this!

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


Transgender kids

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Stop harassing transgender kids leave them  alone !  Youngkin is a FASCIST!


I Strongly Strongly Support This


Thank you! I fully support!

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<p> This should have been done sooner.  </p>


100% Support

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


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Protect your children, the state won't.


Support this policy for open communication

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<p> I fully support this policy! Parents should always be informed when it involves their child and school. Parents should not be shut out when it comes to their children's health and well being  </p>


Support this policy


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Look at how many groomers spring up to oppse the parents wishes.

Telling isn't it?


Do it. I completely support.

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<p> Northam never should have done this in VA anyway.  </p>


SUPPORT!! Get The Groomers Out of Public Schools

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Fully support!! You are destroying these kids, not helping them! Taking advantage of their trust. Leading them down a dark, tormented, and painful path. Thank you Governor Youngkin!!


I fully support. We need to support all children !

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


OPPOSE

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I strongly oppose Youngkin’s proposal. It puts so many kids in harms way. Have a heart people and leave trans kids alone! Let them have a childhood like other kids.


Keep Parents involved, Keep Children safe, Protect women, and Respect diversity

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<p>I cannot say how glad I am that the current administration is taking steps to safegaurding children, especially young girls, and keeping their commitments to increasing parent involvement.  Aa a proud Latina woman, the current gender ideology being driven by a handfull of prividged radicals, is not only anti-science and anti-woman; it's culturally insensitive to many of fairfax county's diverse families.  Thank you for taking steps to safegaurd the entire community from being forced to give up fundamental rights and freedoms to cadre of liberal elite ideologues.  </p>


SUPPORT

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


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TThey want your kids to accpt pedos after this.

It's already starting on social media.


imagine saying grooming without knowing what you're saying. oppose this policy

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imagine thinking you sound smart and productive by saying those silly little buzz words. you probably groom teens with how much you say it

anyways, oppose this policy and support trans kids. protect them from actual groomers like the spam bot goober that keeps using that word


Strongly support


Save the suicide of kids and support this policy


Great Bill! Fully support!

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<p> Thank you for your continued hard work for our children!  </p>


I fully support the new policy

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


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Next they will be normalizing "Minor Attracted Persons" or "MAP's".

It's already normalized on social media such as twitter.


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

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


Strongly Support Parental Rights

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<p>No one loves their children more than their parents/guardians- not their teachers, not the school system, and not the state. As such, we have a right to be involved in all aspects of their education and this bill allows us to do so. Therefore, this bill needs to be passed to protect our rights as parents and to protect our children from ideological grooming. The teachers/school system/state should not be allowed to hide information from parents about the mental state/identity of our children. Thank you Governor Youngkin for keeping your campaign promises to restore our parental input into the education our kids receive through the taxes we pay. </p>


support

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<p> Why do you fear parents being informed about their children?  </p>


I support Youngkins policy


This policy is an embarrassment to the entire state of Virginia

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This policy must be strongly opposed by those of us with any self respect that wish to maintain any semblance of civic responsibility. We cannot allow our citizens to be victimized by the government, a very tenant that this nation was founded upon. The personal lives of the people are not the government's business to regulate. We have a right to education. Education does not have any rights to the presentation, behavior, or existence of it's student body. Oppose this policy for the liberty of the people, for our privacy, for our friends, and our families.


Oppose fully

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This policy is harmful to trans youth.


Fully support

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


I support trans children and their rights

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<p>All students deserve to feel protected and safe at school. I believe all students and children deserve respect, protections, and safety. I do not support Youngkins plan to remove these protections. </p>


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They wont stop unless you make them stop.


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<p> Fully support try he policy by Youngkin!  </p>


support support support

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<p> Woo hoo thank you  </p>


Support! THINK about this issue, rather than party line.This mania is unprecedented. 4000% increase

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Support! THINK! about this issue, rather than going party line. This mania is unprecedented. 4000% increase in trans. Policy can help us help our kids (all our kids).


Without parental consent, it's grooming.

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Look at all these groomer bots supporting the molestation of your children.

The slippery slope as real huh?


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I oppose this guidance that is in clear violation of the Virginia Human Rights Act § 2.2-3900.


Strongly support


Hands Off Trans Kids’ Bodies!!

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<p>Hello, I am a queer pediatric speech-language pathologist trained in Virginia. This bill is dangerous for kids who live in unacceptably homes. Is adhering to your “traditions” more important than protecting the safety and LIVES of children? If it is, your priorities are wildly skewed. Trans kids are hurting NO ONE. They have existed, continue to exist, and will always exist no matter what legislation you put forward. All this bill accomplishes is putting them in danger- both externally from unwelcoming families and school systems and internally from the heightened anxiety, depression, substance abuse, and suicide rates their community’s youth faces daily. Stop. Criminalizing. Trans. Kids. </p>


Oppose Younkins policy change

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<p>I strongly oppose Younkins policy changes to protect LGBTQ+ students.  This is negligent and dangerous and goes against what most Virginians and Americans believe in.  Your 1950s ideologies are not welcome here in Virginia. </p>


Fully support the Governor

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<p> Thank you Governor!  </p>


I stand with LGBTQ+

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Lgbtq+ matters. Please do not enact this policy. Love over hate!!


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That simple.

Don't make me tap the sign.


Youngkin is a creep

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<p>Why is a grown man so concerned with the gentiles and presentation of youth? </p>


Support

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<p> Fully support  </p>


I am horrified that this even exists

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I am horrified that in the year 2022, we are TAKING RIGHTS AWAY from anyone, much less transgender youth! It is baffling to me that some people want to dehumanize and oppress these children whose lives are already so hard. Schools are meant to be a place of learning, community, and safety. How can there be any of those things when some youth are singled out as "not who they claim to be?" Will you also be banning all abbreviations and nicknames? What good can this possibly do? WHY IS THIS HAPPENING???


Support!

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This is the parents domain!


Support!


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Protect your kids at all costs.


Support

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


let trans kids be

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<p>shoutout to the comment about Youngkin getting kicked in the testicles. second that motion. </p>


I Oppose the New Transgender Student Policy!

John Johnson, Hopewell High School teacher

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I do not support Governor Youngkin's new guidelines that constrain the identity and impose restrictions on the activities of transgender students in public schools, as I believe that the civil rights of all students should be respected. Public schools should be an inviting place for all members of the public, not a place where students have to cower in shame or fear.

As a 20-year career public school teacher, I will continue to do everything in my power to to ensure that all members of the LGBTQ+ community are welcome in my school and in my classroom.

The authors of this policy are on the wrong side of history and I hope this policy gets a firm smack-down from the US Department of Justice. If I see violations of student civil rights in my school, I will be happy to report them directly to the federal government myself.


I fully support this.

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<p> I fully support this.  </p>


This public school teacher says no. I am not your enemy.

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<p>I am agnostic about people’s sexuality or identity. What I DO care about is creating a safe and welcoming learning environment for kids. When they are at school, they have one purpose: that is to learn. I want the least invasive or distracting learning which includes letting students do what makes them feel welcome and comfortable. </p>


Oppose

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<p>This is harmful. </p>


support support support

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<p> Woo hoo thank you  </p>


Republicans Wants to See Your Children's Genitals

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Republican Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert was indicted on federal charges of structuring bank withdrawals after prosecutors alleged Hastert had molested at least four boys as young as 14 and attempted to compensate his victims and subsequently conceal the transactions. Hastert eventually admitted that he sexually abused the boys whom he had coached decades earlier, and was sentenced to fifteen months in prison.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/18/us/dennis-hastert-released.html

Republican Tim Nolan, chairman of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign in Kentucky, pled guilty to child sex trafficking and on February 11, 2018 he was sentenced to serve 20 years in prison.

https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2018/05/03/former-judge-tim-nolan-could-sentenced-today-more-drama-could-get-way/577947002/

Republican state Senator Ralph Shortey was indicted on four counts of human trafficking and child pornography. In November 2017, he pleaded guilty to one count of child sex trafficking in exchange for the dropping of the other charges.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/11/20/former-oklahoma-state-senator-admits-to-child-sex-trafficking-while-in-office/

Republican Minnesota State Representative Jim Knoblach Drops Out Of Race After Daughter Says He Molested Her For More Than Ten Years 22 Sep 2018

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/09/22/lawmaker-quits-race-after-daughter-says-he-molested-her-more-than-decade/?utm_term=.8ac8527c7f43

Republican anti-abortion activist Howard Scott Heldreth is a convicted child rapist in Florida.

https://offender.fdle.state.fl.us/offender/sops/flyer.jsf?personId=28587

Republican County Commissioner David Swartz pleaded guilty to molesting two girls under the age of 11 and was sentenced to 8 years in prison.

http://www.lanternproject.org.uk/library/child-abuse-arrests-and-court-cases/child-abuse-arrests-trials-and-proceedings/ex-county-commissioner-admits-sexual-abuse-of-girl/

Republican judge Mark Pazuhanich pleaded no contest to fondling a 10-year old girl and was sentenced to 10 years probation.

http://www.poconorecord.com/article/20120426/NEWS90/204260334

Republican legislator Edison Misla Aldarondo was sentenced to 10 years in prison for raping his daughter between the ages of 9 and 17.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edison_Misla_Aldarondo

Republican Mayor Philip Giordano is serving a 37-year sentence in federal prison for sexually abusing 8- and 10-year old girls.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Giordano

Republican campaign consultant Tom Shortridge was sentenced to three years probation for taking nude photographs of a 15-year old girl.

http://archive.easyreadernews.com/archives/news2001/0621/rb%20Shortridge.php

Republican Senator Strom Thurmond, a notable racist, had sex with a 15-year old black girl which produced a child.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strom_Thurmond

Republican legislator Peter Dibble pleaded no contest to having an inappropriate relationship with a 13-year-old girl.

https://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/18/nyregion/embroiled-first-selectman-takes-leave.html

Republican Congressman Donald “Buz” Lukens was found guilty of having sex with a female minor and sentenced to one month in jail.

https://www.nytimes.com/1989/05/25/us/teen-ager-in-ohio-testifies-to-sex-with-a-congressman.html

Republican fundraiser Richard A. Delgaudio was found guilty of child porn charges and paying two teenage girls to pose for sexual photos.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2003/04/24/gop-activist-admits-to-child-porn/5af2adf0-bec8-4a10-b061-014de679422a/?utm_term=.d7ebcbf4f92b

Republican activist Mark A. Grethen convicted on six counts of sex crimes involving children.

http://www.thenewblackmagazine.com/view.aspx?index=437

Republican activist Randal David Ankeney pleaded guilty to attempted sexual assault on a child.

https://www.westword.com/news/randy-ankeney-suit-that-could-free-thousands-of-prisoners-headed-to-state-supreme-court-6054115

Republican Congressman Dan Crane had sex with a female minor working as a congressional page.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Crane

Republican activist and Christian Coalition leader Beverly Russell admitted to an incestuous relationship with his step daughter.

https://www.nytimes.com/1995/08/02/opinion/journal-beverly-russell-s-prayers.html

Republican congressman and anti-gay activist Robert Bauman was charged with having sex with a 16-year-old boy he picked up at a gay bar.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bauman

Republican Committee Chairman Jeffrey Patti was arrested for distributing a video clip of a 5-year-old girl being raped.

http://www.njherald.com/article/20060510/ARTICLE/305109971

Republican activist Marty Glickman (a.k.a. “Republican Marty”), was taken into custody by Florida police on four counts of unlawful sexual activity with an underage girl and one count of delivering the drug LSD.

https://www.arktimes.com/TheHoglawyer/archives/2007/08/28/the-latest-republican-sex-scandals-plural---more-of-the-same

Republican Senate candidate John Hathaway was accused of having sex with his 12-year old baby sitter and withdrew his candidacy after the allegations were reported in the media.

https://www.nytimes.com/1996/06/06/us/politics-the-senate-maine-candidate-again-faces-1990-child-sex-accusation.html

Republican preacher Stephen White, who demanded a return to traditional values, was sentenced to jail after offering $20 to a 14-year-old boy for permission to perform oral sex on him.

http://www.thedp.com/article/2004/01/brother_stephen_convicted_of_soliciting_sex

Republican talk show host Jon Matthews pleaded guilty to exposing his genitals to an 11 year old girl.

https://www.houstonpress.com/news/jon-matthews-conservative-talk-show-host-and-sex-offender-pulled-from-kpfts-prison-show-6740755

Republican Party leader Paul Ingram pleaded guilty to six counts of raping his daughters and served 14 years in federal prison.

https://culteducation.com/group/1255-false-memories/6514-man-in-notorious-sex-case-finishes-term.html

Republican election board official Kevin Coan was sentenced to two years probation for soliciting sex over the internet from a 14-year old girl.

https://www.semissourian.com/story/57773.html

Republican politician Andrew Buhr was charged with two counts of first degree sodomy with a 13-year old boy.

https://www.arktimes.com/TheHoglawyer/archives/2007/08/28/the-latest-republican-sex-scandals-plural---more-of-the-same

Republican politician Keith Westmoreland was arrested on seven felony counts of lewd and lascivious exhibition to girls under the age of 16 (i.e. exposing himself to children).

http://www.chattanoogan.com/2002/6/21/23202/Tennessee-Legislator-Commits-Suicide.aspx

Republican Kentucky state Representative & pastor Dan Johnson, who committed suicide after an exposé revealed his serial lies, suspected arson, criminal church, racism, accused rape of a teen, and more.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Johnson_%28Kentucky_politician%29

Republican Ralph Shortey, Donald Trump's Oklahoma campaign chair and former Oklahoma state senator, was indicted on four counts of human trafficking and child pornography. He plead guilty to child sex trafficking.

https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/trump-s-oklahoma-campaign-chair-plead-guilt-child-sex-trafficking-n822461?fbclid=IwAR142W77Q5Dan71BsxC_5uH8h1BBA4EGyqP_VMsrx7lSvoPX9Njjvt0oHK0

Republican Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert was indicted on federal charges of structuring bank withdrawals after prosecutors alleged Hastert had molested at least four boys as young as 14 and attempted to compensate his victims and subsequently conceal the transactions. Hastert eventually admitted that he sexually abused the boys whom he had coached decades earlier, and was sentenced to fifteen months in prison.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/18/us/dennis-hastert-released.html

Republican Tim Nolan, chairman of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign in Kentucky, pled guilty to child sex trafficking and on February 11, 2018 he was sentenced to serve 20 years in prison.

https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2018/05/03/former-judge-tim-nolan-could-sentenced-today-more-drama-could-get-way/577947002/

Republican congressman Mark Foley, in charge of the congressional caucus dealing with exploited children and predominant anti-gay politician, caught sexually harassing 16 year old page boys working under him.

https://www.cc.com/video/u1k1hb/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-headlines-foley-erect

Republican Pennsylvania State Senator, Mike Folmer, arrested and convicted of child pornography charges.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Folmer

Republican Minnesota State Representative Jim Knoblach Drops Out Of Race After Daughter Says He Molested Her For More Than Ten Years 22 Sep 2018

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/09/22/lawmaker-quits-race-after-daughter-says-he-molested-her-more-than-decade/?utm_term=.8ac8527c7f43

Republican anti-abortion activist Howard Scott Heldreth is a convicted child rapist in Florida.

https://offender.fdle.state.fl.us/offender/sops/flyer.jsf?personId=28587

Republican County Commissioner David Swartz pleaded guilty to molesting two girls under the age of 11 and was sentenced to 8 years in prison.

http://www.lanternproject.org.uk/library/child-abuse-arrests-and-court-cases/child-abuse-arrests-trials-and-proceedings/ex-county-commissioner-admits-sexual-abuse-of-girl/

Republican judge Mark Pazuhanich pleaded no contest to fondling a 10-year old girl and was sentenced to 10 years probation.

http://www.poconorecord.com/article/20120426/NEWS90/204260334

Republican legislator Edison Misla Aldarondo was sentenced to 10 years in prison for raping his daughter between the ages of 9 and 17.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edison_Misla_Aldarondo

Republican Mayor Philip Giordano is serving a 37-year sentence in federal prison for sexually abusing 8- and 10-year old girls.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Giordano

Republican campaign consultant Tom Shortridge was sentenced to three years probation for taking nude photographs of a 15-year old girl.

http://archive.easyreadernews.com/archives/news2001/0621/rb%20Shortridge.php

Republican Senator Strom Thurmond, a notable racist, had sex with a 15-year old black girl which produced a child.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strom_Thurmond

Republican pastor Mike Hintz, whom George W. Bush commended during the 2004 presidential campaign, surrendered to police after admitting to a sexual affair with a female juvenile.

Republican legislator Peter Dibble pleaded no contest to having an inappropriate relationship with a 13-year-old girl.

https://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/18/nyregion/embroiled-first-selectman-takes-leave.html

Republican Congressman Donald “Buz” Lukens was found guilty of having sex with a female minor and sentenced to one month in jail.

https://www.nytimes.com/1989/05/25/us/teen-ager-in-ohio-testifies-to-sex-with-a-congressman.html

Republican fundraiser Richard A. Delgaudio was found guilty of child porn charges and paying two teenage girls to pose for sexual photos.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2003/04/24/gop-activist-admits-to-child-porn/5af2adf0-bec8-4a10-b061-014de679422a/?utm_term=.d7ebcbf4f92b

Republican activist Mark A. Grethen convicted on six counts of sex crimes involving children.

http://www.thenewblackmagazine.com/view.aspx?index=437

Republican activist Randal David Ankeney pleaded guilty to attempted sexual assault on a child.

https://www.westword.com/news/randy-ankeney-suit-that-could-free-thousands-of-prisoners-headed-to-state-supreme-court-6054115

Republican Congressman Dan Crane had sex with a female minor working as a congressional page.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Crane

Republican activist and Christian Coalition leader Beverly Russell admitted to an incestuous relationship with his step daughter.

https://www.nytimes.com/1995/08/02/opinion/journal-beverly-russell-s-prayers.html

Republican congressman and anti-gay activist Robert Bauman was charged with having sex with a 16-year-old boy he picked up at a gay bar.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bauman

Republican Committee Chairman Jeffrey Patti was arrested for distributing a video clip of a 5-year-old girl being raped.

http://www.njherald.com/article/20060510/ARTICLE/305109971

Republican activist Marty Glickman (a.k.a. “Republican Marty”), was taken into custody by Florida police on four counts of unlawful sexual activity with an underage girl and one count of delivering the drug LSD.

https://www.arktimes.com/TheHoglawyer/archives/2007/08/28/the-latest-republican-sex-scandals-plural---more-of-the-same

Republican legislative aide Howard L. Brooks was charged with molesting a 12-year old boy and possession of child pornography.

Republican Senate candidate John Hathaway was accused of having sex with his 12-year old baby sitter and withdrew his candidacy after the allegations were reported in the media.

https://www.nytimes.com/1996/06/06/us/politics-the-senate-maine-candidate-again-faces-1990-child-sex-accusation.html

Republican preacher Stephen White, who demanded a return to traditional values, was sentenced to jail after offering $20 to a 14-year-old boy for permission to perform oral sex on him.

http://www.thedp.com/article/2004/01/brother_stephen_convicted_of_soliciting_sex

Republican talk show host Jon Matthews pleaded guilty to exposing his genitals to an 11 year old girl.

https://www.houstonpress.com/news/jon-matthews-conservative-talk-show-host-and-sex-offender-pulled-from-kpfts-prison-show-6740755

Republican anti-gay activist Earl “Butch” Kimmerling was sentenced to 40 years in prison for molesting an 8-year old girl after he attempted to stop a gay couple from adopting her.

Republican Party leader Paul Ingram pleaded guilty to six counts of raping his daughters and served 14 years in federal prison.

https://culteducation.com/group/1255-false-memories/6514-man-in-notorious-sex-case-finishes-term.html

Republican election board official Kevin Coan was sentenced to two years probation for soliciting sex over the internet from a 14-year old girl.

https://www.semissourian.com/story/57773.html

Republican politician Andrew Buhr was charged with two counts of first degree sodomy with a 13-year old boy.

https://www.arktimes.com/TheHoglawyer/archives/2007/08/28/the-latest-republican-sex-scandals-plural---more-of-the-same

Republican politician Keith Westmoreland was arrested on seven felony counts of lewd and lascivious exhibition to girls under the age of 16 (i.e. exposing himself to children).

http://www.chattanoogan.com/2002/6/21/23202/Tennessee-Legislator-Commits-Suicide.aspx

Republican anti-abortion activist John Allen Burt was charged with sexual misconduct involving a 15-year old girl.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Burt_(anti-abortion_activist)

Republican County Councilman Keola Childs pleaded guilty to molesting a male child.

http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2007/Oct/08/ln/hawaii710080338.html

Republican activist John Butler was charged with criminal sexual assault on a teenage girl.

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/il-court-of-appeals/1113050.html

Republican candidate Richard Gardner admitted to molesting his two daughters.

https://lasvegassun.com/news/2002/oct/14/assembly-candidate-gardner-ruled-ineligible-due-to/

Republican County Commissioner Merrill Robert Barter pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual contact and assault on a teenage boy.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2007/8/7/368012/-Republican-adulterer-accused-rapist-another-in-the-GOP-Hall-of-Shame

Republican City Councilman Fred C. Smeltzer, Jr. pleaded no contest to raping a 15 year-old girl and served 6-months in prison.

https://www.wgal.com/article/council-accepts-resignation-of-member-imprisoned-for-rape/6189408

Republican activist Parker J. Bena pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography on his home computer and was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison and fined $18,000.

http://www.salem-news.com/articles/october172007/repub_scandals_10_17_07.php

Republican parole board officer and former Colorado state representative, Larry Jack Schwarz, was fired after child pornography was found in his possession.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2006/9/30/251895/-

Republican strategist and Citadel Military College graduate Robin Vanderwall was convicted in Virginia on five counts of soliciting sex from boys and girls over the internet.

https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Robin_Vanderwall

Republican city councilman Mark Harris, who is described as a “good military man” and “church goer,” was convicted of repeatedly having sex with an 11-year-old girl and sentenced to 12 years in prison.

Republican businessman Jon Grunseth withdrew his candidacy for Minnesota governor after allegations surfaced that he went swimming in the nude with four underage girls, including his daughter.

http://articles.latimes.com/1990-10-15/news/mn-2056_1_girls-candidate-accused

Republican director of the “Young Republican Federation” Nicholas Elizondo molested his 6-year old daughter and was sentenced to six years in prison.

https://bakersfieldnow.com/news/local/registered-sex-offender-keeps-custody-of-daughter

Republican benefactor of conservative Christian groups, Richard A. Dasen Sr., was charged with rape for allegedly paying a 15-year old girl for sex. Dasen, 62, who is married with grown children and several grandchildren, has allegedly told police that over the past decade he paid more than $1 million to have sex with a large number of young women.

https://missoulian.com/news/kalispell-businessman-richard-dasen-charged-with-prostitution-related-crimes/article_f04ce8a9-fa02-54fa-addd-267d2357a4a9.html

There's 24 more pages of sources here - https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/4/28/2028057/-Republican-Sexual-Predators-Abusers-and-Enablers-Pt-24


I support this proposal

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


FULLY SUPPORT YOUNGKIN!!! HI REDDIT!

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Stop coddling the leftists in this state. Vote RED in November. Hello to my Reddit compatriots! Glad to go against what the majority of you basement dwellers support!


I 100% support this!

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


protect trans kids and oppose this policy


FULLY SUPPORT

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


Yes! Strongly Support

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<p> This policy empowers parents. Fully support.  </p>


Strongly support


Strongly oppose

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Protect ALL our children. We are better than to do this. Shame on Virginia for considering this denial of rights to all our citizens.


this

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 partisan nonsense has no business in our school. Put all this  aside and let kids be themselves. These uneducated ers have no idea what being trans is they’re just spewing off nonsense that makes them feel superior. This policy sucks ass and I’d like to see Governor Youngkin get kicked in the testicles by every trans kid in the commonwealth.


I support this policy I support children


Protect kids, their privacy is their protection from abusive parents

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Children are not property. Parents are not the lords and owners of their children. They do not have a right to them, they have a duty.

Children have a right to safe and loving parents, and parents have a duty to provide that for their children. If a child does not want to share something so fundamental to their identity like their gender with their parents, it is likely because the parents are not safe. That the parent will abuse them so that they fit a specific mold.

Children deserve privacy and protection. It is clear that the purpose of this policy is to enable abusive parents to abuse their transgender children. It's a blatant endorsement of at-home conversion therapy.

Respect children. They are just as much people as their parents and are just as entitled to their rights.


How can anyone support this?

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<p> I'm not a parent</p>


I support


groom deez nuts in your mouth, oppose this policy

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support trans kids by opposing this bill


100% SUPPORT the proposed transgender school policy changes

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


In agreement with this policy

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Not much to say other than I am in total agreement with this policy referring to K-12 school model policies.


100% Support

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


any parent who supports this probably also abuses their kids, oppose this policy

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your kids probably need therapy because of you. oppose this policy. protect trans youth


SUPPORT

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


Facebook/Social Media created everything but male/female - check science

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<p>If you "feel" a certain way you need to either move away and create your own society or conform to norms and figure out why you "feel" that way.  There's probably some trauma in the past/present. </p>


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They are grooming your kids to accept pedos, otherwise known as "MAP's".


This bill is bull.

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As stated in the subject heading, this bill is dangerous and outrageous. For a state claiming to care about its students and their well fair on a consistent basis, you are willingly subjecting them to the idea that their voice doesn’t matter. You are teaching these kids that they don’t have a right to consent. It doesn’t matter how old they are. Below or above 18 years old, kids still have rights. Opposing this bill is in fact suicide prevention. Those who stand for this bill act like child and teen suicide isn’t the highest it’s been in years over this specific matter.


Support for ALL Students


Younkin's  HORRIFIC and DANGEROUS  transgender students abuse

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To the Governor of VA,

Your proposed policy on transgender students is both cruel and dangerous. But, that's your goal, isn't it?


Proposed changes

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<p>I am in total agreement with Governor Youngkin's proposal.  </p>


Parents are legally in charge of their child until they are 18

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The brain pre-frontal cortex is not fully developed until the early 20s. Kids make reckless choices that affect their lives every day. To keep a parent from having a say in their child's choice that could potentially have life-altering consequences is VERY DANGEROUS, not only to the child, but to the family dynamic, and society as a whole. It tells the child that they do not have to listen to their parents or inform them of their decisions, and I think that we can all agree that has been an issue for YEARS! Parents are legally in charge of their child until that child is deemed an adult at age 18, and therefore legally should be informed of any decision that child makes, especially when it comes to schools, which are taxpayer funded. We, the taxpayers, PAY the school system to TEACH children, not be their parents. The school has zero legal right to take away the rights of the parents. This craziness has gone on long enough, and that is why you see a HUGE shift of children being pulled FROM the public schools and placed in PRIVATE schools or are Home-schooled--parents have had enough! And if you continue to strip away the rights of the parents in their child's education, I daresay there will be greater ramifications not only in the schools, but in society as a whole, as the kids continue to think that they are able to make "adult" decisions without the knowledge of their parents. Kudos to Youngkin for FINALLY trying to reverse the liberal insanity that has overtaken our public schools!!! We, the PEOPLE, thank you!!


Opposed to Proposed Policy Change

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To Whom it May Concern,

The proposed model policies purport to seek to protect the rights of students; however, this policy goes in stark contrast to those students' rights. As a parent, human being, individual, and licensed therapist, I understand the desire of parents to be involved in important decisions their children make at different developmental stages. Parents should want to be involved. However, there are some children who will be outed to parents who are not able to support those children in a healthy manner. Not only will those parents not support their child's choices, gender identity, or sexual orientation, they will not accept their child's orientation or identity, they will react in an unhealthy and unhelpful manner that alienates their child, harms their relationship with their child, and increases the risk of depression, anxiety, self-harm, and suicide. Suicide rates are higher among youth whose parents and support system do not accept their identity and orientation. This is a vulnerable population and these youth should not be outed to their parents for their choice of pronouns, they should be supported by the adults in their lives. Perhaps those supportive adults can encourage and support these youth in sharing their feelings with their parents in a healthy and supportive environment.

There are protected categories of information including substance use, sexual activity, sexual health, sexual orientation and gender identity, and in general youth have the right to confidentiality unless there is a danger to themselves or others. Youth have the right to express themselves without fear of retribution. Teachers should not be put in a place of having to choose whether to follow these policies and potentially harm their students or hold the rapport and trust, and best interest of their students at heart and risk legal or professional repercussions just as therapists are only allowed to report to parents about risk of self-harm/suicide, homicide, or to report incidences of abuse.

Further, these policies go beyond bathrooms (although I have never understood why people feel this is such an issue - people go in the bathroom to relieve themselves, not to assault anyone), it goes to the point of outing young people to people who may not be emotionally able to support them. As a parent, I want my children to come to me and talk to me. I want them to feel safe and secure that I will love them unconditionally and will accept them no matter what. However, I also want my kids to feel that they can talk with another trusted adult if they don't feel like they can come to me with something. It is better and healthier for them to express themselves to someone than to hide in fear of expressing their thoughts, feelings, identity, and beliefs.


No! This policy change is a huge step backwards for human rights

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<p>I am heartbroken that all the progress we have made as a state, country and society is being threatened by a small group of uber conservatives all in the so called name of parents' rights. Our young people have rights too and should be able to live their true lives without fear of oppression and discrimination. Chipping away at these hard fought rights is frightening and that is what this policy will do. Governor Youngkin, please demonstrate true leadership and listen to ALL your constituents and not just the small group that supports this policy. </p>


SUPPORT


Strongly support Youngkin

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With test scores and every metric of academic success plummeting in Virginia, why don't teachers focus on educating instead of habitually seeking to introduce irrelevant and harmful policies that seek only to undermine the family and right of parents regarding their own children? Our kids are not pawns for you to use and endanger to bolster your liberal credentials. Figure out how to teach math


Support Parental Rights

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<p>The school, the school board, the Dept of Education do not own our children nor have the right to keep secrets from parents.  Youngkin recognizes the assault on parental right to know what is going on with their own children.  Only groomers tell kids to not talk to their parents.  Bring sanity back to Virginia. </p>