I strongly oppose this!

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<p>As a 69 year old woman and a former teacher, I strongly oppose this action. </p>


I am completely opposed.

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I am completely opposed.


Protect and support trans kids

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Trans kids deserve to be treated with respect and feel supported and loved. No one deserves to be treated like this. There are so many other issues with the public schools systems in Virginia such as teachers pay, food insecurity, lack of supplies and resources, and plenty more that you all should be addressing rather than spending your time and energy taking away rights for KIDS. Literally children. Children who want to feel love, cared for and supported. Isn't the point of school for children to learn about themselves and what they want to make of themselves in society in the future? Why stop them from exploring? Why stop them from learning? Why stop them from being themselves? Do not pass this act and support our future. Support trans kids ♥??????


Please stop marginalizing children for political theater

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Children eventually end up as voters. Abusing them in this manner and passing regulations designed to bully and disenfranchise them will definitely NOT produce mindless little voters. And to be honest, the vast MAJORITY  of parents are well aware what their children identify as, and they are supportive of these choices. I am so disgusted by the backwards trends in this state. Why are you imposing your narrow minded minority views on the majority of the decent people in this state???


I am strongly opposed.


I Strongly Oppose This

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<p>This will harm trans students. </p>


Protect our trans students!

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As a teacher, and parent, schools are supposed to be safe places for our kids to go and be themselves. Teachers are supposed to be safe people to talk to when students have no where else to go. If teachers and counselors are forced to “out” LGBTQIA students then school is no longer a safe place; students will be left alone to deal with struggles by themselves. This is not ok and students lives will be lost.


Strongly oppose.


VA High School Grad, Firmly in opposition, the VA GOP has revealed what they truly care about

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Anti-trans discrimination has been fully on display in Virginia high schools, namely my ex-high school Atlee, for as long as I've lived here. Not only do the administrators not care about prolonged, public hate campaigns towards students (Atlee's Spear the Queer "petition" to remove a trans student from a Mr. AHS competition), but they've also tried registries for students entering the bathrooms before, trans and not alike. To state the obvious, if they can decide where trans students can be off of flimsy pretense, they can surely do whatever they want to their black / disabled / poor populations.

No sexual assaults or nude spreading I ever encountered was ever addressed, but yes, the 0 cases of bathroom sexual assault the Governor has whipped himself into a frenzy over are a genuine concern for our schools. The VA school system is now a greater joke than it ever has been.

It's obvious the governor is more interested in getting bigot brownie points than actually improving VA schools. Trans kids will not disappear. Any qualms I have about voting for even the worst Dem are gone now, and many feel likewise. Save face and pull the ordinance.


You will harm Transgender Children

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You are deliberately planning to harm transgender children.  I am adamantly opposed to this policy.


New LGBTQIA policies are a bad idea

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I object to the proposed policy change promulgated by Gov. Younkin regarding trans and non-binary students.

For many students, school is a safe space. A space where they receive love, guidance, support, stability, refuge, and consistency in their lives. Schools play a greater and greater role in providing the one place where students know they will be cares for and protected, whether that care is emotional, physical, or educational. It is for many, the only place they receive a hot meal, the place where they receive counselling, and the place where they receive guidance for how to maneuver through many of life's complications.

For trans and non-binary students, this role of the school as a safe space is even more crucial. Many are not accepted by their families and or communities, but at school, where bullying is not tolerated, and students are taught to respect everyone, regardless of their ideas and values, it is often the only place they are safe.

According to the NIH, 82% of transgender students have contemplated suicide and 40% have attempted it. Compare that with the overall percentage of K-12 students who have contemplated suicide, which is 18.9%, and those who have attempted it, which is 8.9%. Trans students are more than 4 times more likely to contemplate suicide and 5 times more likely to attempt it than their peers. This is terrifying. And I can only begin to imagine what will happen if we go backwards and ostracize the most marginalized of students.

If nothing else, if you are the Governor who protects lives, protect the lives of trans and non-binary students by allowing schools to still be a safe space. I say this as a mother of a non-binary child, the friend of trans persons, and an educator of middle school students, many of whom have come out to me as non-binary and/or trans.


I oppose this fully.


LGBTQ+ kids, I support you!

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<p>All children should be able to be safe at school. Schools and their employees should respect their students and refer to using the name(s) and pronoun(s) they prefer; allow them to use bathrooms where they feel safe and comfortable; and model values of respect, acceptance, tolerance, and consideration by treating them and their identities with those values. Anti-trans policies are not acceptable, especially in our schools. </p>


I fully oppose this.


Can we stop electing ghouls for public office?

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Why is it so hard to vote for things and people that preserve the life, safety, and dignity of its living residents? Why even suggest this change unless you have a deep desire in your heart to hurt people?


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, all they do is stop the schools from keeping secrets from parents. We should not have to defend this. Schools should get back to education and stop trying to destroy families. </p>


It is a grave mistake to pass this.

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It is a grave mistake to pass this.


I strongly opposed this.

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Trans kids lives should be protected.


I am completely opposed.


It is a grave mistake to pass this.


Do not do this.


Terrible policy

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This is such an embarrassment. We shouldn't be arguing over kid's identities. Let them be who they want to be. This policy will only lead to suffering and harm to students of Virginia. Protect Trans Kids.


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I oppose this in the strongest possible manor.


Strongly oppose


This is a terrible policy decision.

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This is a terrible policy decision.


I strongly oppose this discriminatory policy change.

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<p>These policies are discriminatory and will cause an increase in trans suicide rates, increase depression among vulnerable youth and will negatively affect the family dynamic of many families. The students should be able to live their lives without excessive over reach of discriminatory policies. Trans students should receive the same respect  that all children deserve. </p>


No! This endangers our youth!

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Opposed!!! Don’t do this. We need to protect all of our teens!


Oppose

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<p>I strongly oppose and urge you to honor and protect the inherent worth of every child. </p>


This is a terrible policy decision.


I oppose this fully.


Strongly oppose! Terrible guidance

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<p>I strongly oppose this policy that fails to protect kids. What the changes do is to out children who may be mistreated or abused at home by parents who don’t support their child’s identity. As a parent, I want my child to feel comfortable with their teacher, not that their teacher will tell their parents everything the child has chosen to do. Parents do NOT have a right to control the way their child expresses themselves, and neither does this overreaching policy submitted by the governor. Terrible and repulsive policy. </p>


This is a solution looking for a problem...I oppose

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I fully appreciate your desire to put decision making in the hands of parents...to a point.  A little research will show you that trans kids have a difficult time coming out to their parents in the best of circumstances. I have spoken with Middle School teachers and they tell me the kids tell them all kinds of stuff that they never tell their parents... including questioning who they are.

So if a young possibly trans kid tells his or her teacher about themselves, the teacher is now required to break their trust... I get the concern with physical transition, but a conversation with a struggling child can't happen now.  Don't do this.


I strongly oppose this provision.

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I am so thankful I no longer have kids in the school system, but I fear for my future grandkids as well as all the kids in school. If the student is Trans, then have a bathroom just for them to keep a Loudoun County incident from happening in PWC.


I am strongly opposed.


Do it. I completely support.

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


I am completely opposed.

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I am completely opposed.


Strongly oppose.


Protect Children from Irreparable Harm

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<p>I strongly oppose the action our state's government plans to take that will directly infringe on the rights of transgender children. I can only assume that Governor Youngkin is unaware that transgender children are more likely to experience mental health issues and attempt suicide, particularly when their identities are denied rather than affirmed. If he were aware of this, I would believe that he would never take steps that would put our children in harm's way. If we are a society that can even remotely state that we stand for the rights of people and the health and safety of our children, we must include all children in that definition, not just the children who fit into conservative ideals. </p>


I fully oppose this.


Oppose

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Denying transgender kids proper medical care and determination of their own identity is torture. This policy will result in more trans kids suicides, but then that's what you wanted isn't it?  Stop the trans genocide.


This will bring harm to trans kids.

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This will bring harm to trans kids.


Model policies for our transgender students

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I vehemently oppose your proposed changes - they are shameful


It is a grave mistake to pass this.

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It is a grave mistake to pass this.


Protect Our Youth

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<p>I am so incredibly opposed to this legislation. Be kind and respect all peoples. </p>


This will bring harm to trans kids.


Do not do this.


Governor Youngkin's brutal, barbaric new policy on trans students in Virginia

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Governor Youngkin’s barbaric proposed policy which target trans youth in Virginia is a death warrant for many children and teens who are already struggling with a brutal world of hate.

I absolutely oppose this policy and condemn Governor Youngkin’s agenda of discrimination that will put many young people at risk of further self-hatred and suicide.


I oppose this fully.


I oppose this

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I oppose this policy. Please don’t do this to our children.


It is a grave mistake to pass this.


Focus on real problems

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To whom it may concern,

This legislation is harmful to families and children of those who are different. This isolates those who are different and it’s not a good way to deal with our differences.

This legislation is a waste of precious time and resources that our public schools badly need.

Instead of wasting the people’s money on this type of divisive gimmick policy, turn your attention to funding the schools, paying for teachers and teachers aids salaries, repair buildings, hire bus drivers!!!

if you talk to anyone in your constituency, you’ll find specific problems that the public schools in your community are facing. That’s your job.

Playing politics and wasting time and money that’s not what you were elected for.


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


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I oppose this in the strongest possible manor.


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

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I oppose the revised Model Policies for the Treatment of Transgender Students in Virginia's Public Schools. I believe that if the attention of school staff is dedicated anywhere, it should be to fully supporting students. These policies do not encourage supporting students. I also believe the attention of school staff should not be dedicated to additional paperwork which these policies would require. Finally, no policies should be passed or enforced that require school staff to treat students inhumanely. Just like adults ask students to comply with reasonable requests, so should staff. If a student asks to be called by a name other than their given name, that is not an unreasonable request - plenty of people go by nicknames that have no correlation to their given name. The motivation displayed through these policies is transparent; the administration hopes to bog down schools with paperwork and vilify dedicated, supportive staff members so they will leave our school system, thus weakening our public school systems.

If these policies are truly a response to the administration wanting to give parents a voice in their child's education, which parents are we talking about, and what do nicknames and pronouns have to do with a child's education? What is one's child learning by watching or hearing a school staff member call another student by their preferred name or pronoun? That each human being is to be respected? These policies will negatively impact the lives of transgender students at a cost that is much higher than the cost of the children of close-minded people having to watch adults act like adults, tolerant of those around them who may be different.


Protect the Trans students

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Passing this proposed policy will endanger many students. School should be a safe space for these students to learn, not an area of harassment and belittling of their identity. Not every trans student has the safety next of a caring family and forcing them to come out in order to be respected by faculty makes school another unsafe place. This proposal is disturbing and a dark look at the future of Virginia. I hope it is reconsidered. Protect trans.lives.


Passing this will lead to tragedy.

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I have taught in Virginia for 23 years. The first transgender child I taught (that I know of) is now in college. His parents let him guide what and how and when. We simply accepted him for who he was, who he is. Suicide rates for children who identify as LGBTQ+ are already high. They are even higher for children of color who identify as LGBTQ+. Passing this will put already vulnerable children at even greater risk of harm.

It costs us nothing to let children be who they are. The price they pay when we refuse to let them be who they are is simply unacceptable. We can support children or we can control them. Some facts about the importance safe spaces within schools.

The Trevor Project’s research has found that LGBTQ youth who found their school and home to be LGBTQ-affirming reported lower rates of attempting suicide.

LGBTQ youth who report the presence of trusted adults in their school have higher levels of self-esteem (Dessel et al., 2017) and access to supportive peers is protective against anxiety and depression, including among those who lack support from their family (Parra et al., 2018).


Strongly oppose

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<p>This document lacks any sense of humanity. These regulations are a reflection of our community's lack of respect towards children of all identities and a disregard for children's safety and well-being. It is shameful. </p>


I am strongly opposed.


Completely Support! Never should have been put in place to begin with!


Protect trans kids

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<p>I oppose the guidance! </p>


I fully oppose this.


Strongly oppose.


I strongly oppose


Be nice to trans kids

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These new laws for nothing but target and hurt trans kids. Even if you don't believe in our agree with people being trans, why can't you just use the names and pronouns they want for the sake of not fighting? It literally costs nothing to be nice to trans people.


This proposal is bad.

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Not letting kids change their names or using the bathrooms that match their gender?

This is cruel and controlling.

Do not implement those changes.


I am strongly opposed!

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I stand against any legislative efforts to attack and discriminate against transgender, non-binary and gender expansive youth.

Diversity and inclusion should be supported within the Virginia Department of Education.


Do not do this.


I am opposed

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<p>These policies will harm the social and emotional well-being of students in my community. They are mean-spirited and will marginalize students for political motives alone. I oppose these changes. </p>


I am completely opposed.

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I am completely opposed.


This guidance does not prioritize children's safety and health so I do not support it.

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<p>I believe the safety of all children should be the priority of Virginia's Government and this guidance could do significant harm to trans and other LGBTQ children. Though it uses terms like "evidence-based" it does not appear to consider current research on the risks to gay and LGBTQ children. I think our Government should do its homework and talk to those who would be most affected (LGBTQ and not) before releasing guidance that could cause irreparable harm and damage. I am thankful that my daughter, who is gay, graduated from our public schools in 2020 and will not have to experience the potential repercussions that could occur if schools implement this guidance. Though she occasionally experienced hateful interactions with peers due to her sexual orientation, her experiences in our public schools were largely positive and supportive. And yes, some of her teachers knew she was gay before she told her father and I. She needed the freedom to figure out who she is and talk to us when she felt confident and ready. This guidance would take away this type of freedom for trans and nonbinary youth. It would also likely impact the treatment of other members of the LGBTQ community in our schools. I think the safety of all of our children (LGBTQ and not) should be our primary concern and this guidance is not consistent with that value. </p>


I oppose this fully.


Strongly support

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


I strongly oppose

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<p>This shift in policy will harm trans children. Please don’t make these changes. </p>


Support

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


I am strongly opposed.


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


I oppose this in the strongest possible manor.


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>


Strongly opposed


I oppose this criminal policy.

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Trans rights are human rights. Children’s rights are human rights. Do not implement this policy, and consider your participation in fascism.


I am completely opposed.


It is a grave mistake to pass this.

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It is a grave mistake to pass this.


This is a terrible policy decision.

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This is a terrible policy decision.


I strongly oppose

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This law would be dangerous for trans children.


This is a terrible policy decision.


Trans rights are human rights

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Trans rights are human rights


It is a grave mistake to pass this.


Horrible Policy, may increase suicides

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This is awful policy that throws vulnerable students under the bus and creates unsafe environments for them. It may increase the suicide rates of LGBTQ teens. It is likely illegal under Virginia law and unconstitutional under the 1st amendment.


I fully support this

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


I oppose this fully.


Common sense Model Policy

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I agree with this common sense approach for our children.  Parents are the ones who  have the responsibility and final say of their own children.  The transgender policies in place are hurting more children and infringing on their rights.  This sexual dysphoria should not be labeled on the majority of our children.  It is unfair treatment to students who are living out their biological sex.   I support this  ?? percent.


LGBTQ rights

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Opposed.  End conservative fascist takeover of schools government and country.  Individual rights and freedoms are American rights.  Keep the GOP out of school, bathroom and bedroom!


I vehemently oppose.

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The proposed Guidance Document Changes place the personal beliefs of parents above the health and safety of children, which absolutely immoral. No person’s personal beliefs should ever take precedence over another’s life or wellbeing. The proposed changes claim to value and support transgender students while the bill uses non-inclusive language like “biological sex” and using “his or her” when referring to hypothetical students in addition to stripping away transgender students of access to gender affirming resources like being able to use their preferred name and pronouns, to join the sports teams for their gender, to have school healthcare professionals with knowledge about LGBT+ topics, and the ability to have their gender or their sex assigned at birth be confidential. The proposed document makes it so that a school can only respect a student’s gender identity if the student’s parent agrees. So many children feel unsafe telling their parents about their gender, and there are many parents who would never respect their child’s identity even if they were told.

The proposed guidance document changes prevent progress towards the normalization of LGBT+ people under the guise of refraining from forcing people to adopt ideological beliefs. These beliefs are simply treating students with basic human respect and giving them the resources they need to succeed. It’s no different from using she/her pronouns on a cisgender woman or referring to a cisgender person by something other than their full first name. Additionally, the importance of the normalization of LGBT+ topics cannot be understated. I had never heard about non-heteronormative people or transgender people during the first decade of my life, so when I did, I didn’t understand. I had thought that it was weird and unnatural and all sorts of other horrible things I don’t care to remember. And I felt so, so horrible, because how could I hate or fear another person just because they were different from me? The most commonly repeated and most import thing I learned as a child was that other people are different and that’s okay. So I thought to myself, ‘I have respected everyone else’s differences up to this point, so why am I so awful to these people?’ I eventually came to the realization that a person should be able to present and be perceived however they’d like, regardless of their body structure, and I came to the realization that love has no reason to be linked exclusively to sexual reproduction. But even after that I spent 6 years denying a part of my own identity, perhaps even longer. I’m AFAB and as a child I was scared of growing up because I didn’t want to develop breasts, but time passed and I felt that I had to accept those changes because I felt that I had no other choice. I didn’t know about non-binary people so I tried to appreciate my internal sex organs and my larger freedom of expression through clothing and told myself that this was what it felt like to be a girl. But even then, I didn’t want to be perceived as one, even if I didn’t consciously know it. It took until I was fourteen and playing a video game about a non-binary and sexless character for me to learn about non-binary people and to be able to articulate to myself what I wanted: to be undefined by gender and to have a body that reflected that. But I still fought with myself about who I was for 3 more years. I thought that I couldn’t be non-binary because if I was, certainly I would have known a while ago, certainly I wouldn’t be ‘content’ to be a girl, and certainly I wouldn’t be afraid of a medical transition. But I was also scared. I was scared that people would invalidate me, think I was trying to get attention, think I wasn’t enby or androgynous enough, think I was ‘running away’ from the ‘responsibilities and hardships of women,’ think I was somehow taking away women’s rights or promoting sexism by refusing to identify with my sex assigned at birth. I was scared that people would hate and hurt me simply for existing. And the sad part is it’s true. I’m lucky enough to have a supportive family and a supportive community, but so many others don’t, and I can’t imagine what those people go through. It’s so terrifying and infuriating to go online and see hatred, bigotry, and ignorance directed at trans people, and knowing that, even if it doesn’t directly affect me, many people out there are hurt or put in danger because of the words those people say. So many people don’t understand or remain willfully ignorant of the concepts of gender, sex, and transgender people when expressing their hatred. If everyone was educated on transgender topics in school, today’s prevalent ignorance, discrimination, and bigotry would find itself sapped of its strength, but if these proposed guidance document changes take place and no longer require schools to educate faculty and students on LGBT+ topics and respect students’ gender identities, bigotry will continue to run rampant. Please understand that the lives, safety, and health of people, especially schoolchildren, should be more important than the personal beliefs of parents.


I am strongly opposed.


Stop the bots

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This platform is ridiculous and allows people/bots submit responses as many times as they wish. Not credible. Just be kind to everyone, even if you don't agree with how they choose to live. Don't compel speech, have multiple unisex bathrooms,, etc.

I do, however,  support this policy


Transgender Guidelines

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Parents should always have knowledge of and opportunity for discussion for any and all programs or  critical issues impacting their child.  To negate a parent's approval for this life choice is to handicap the child for a vital level of support.  Those who believe juveniles have the maturity necessary for such a life decision should consider the reality of that same age child driving a car.  Children are not equipped mentally to provide accurate choices for their own healthcare for the common cold, allergies or spider bites - so - why should their choice for gender be expected to exceed the life experiences of their parents.  Parents should be the child's biggest supporter not targeted enemy.


I support the 2022 model policies.

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


Strongly Oppose

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This unnecessarily endangers children.  Please don’t.  Thank you.


Thank you! I fully support!

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


I am completely opposed.

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I am completely opposed.


Oppose the revisions

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Here is another opportunity lost to teach patience, tolerance, and empathy and instead feed ignorance and fear. It’s a tremendous disappointment that our Commonwealth’s leaders think this approach is an improvement.


Terrible policy that puts personal ambition above students and the commonwealth

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This is terrible policy designed to advance personal political goals.   Virginia has come so far.   This would be a real step backward.  It's a real shame personal ambition is overshadowing the needs of the state.

I do much of my shopping in Virginia.   For instance, not long ago I bought a car there.   If this policy goes into effect, I will shift purchases to Maryland and DC.


I strongly oppose these policies.

Trans students do not deserve to have their identity questioned constantly.From Alexandria

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Trans students do not deserve to have their identity questioned constantly.
From Alexandria


I fully oppose this model policy

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I have a transgender child in the VA public school system. This proposed policy would harm my child and cause the teachers and staff that have been fully supportive of them to be the ones to cause that harm. If my child is not safe at school, why would I allow them to stay in that system?

Transgender children are children. If you want to protect children, you have to protect all of them, not just those that identify the way you want them to identify. Causing emotional and mental harm to Virginia students with this policy does not protect children, it irrevocably harms those that are most vulnerable.

The current policy supports all children, that is the policy that the state should stick with, instead of enacting a policy that would harm them.


This will bring harm to trans kids.

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This will bring harm to trans kids.


Strongly oppose.


I oppose this fully.


Strongly oppose! Keep ALL kids safe!

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<p>I am writing in opposition to these anti-LGBTQ proposals. I have three daughters in Virginia public schools — and I do not believe any of them are endangered or threatened when we welcome trans girls into their classrooms, bathrooms, etc. ALL kids should be safe and welcome at school. Are you aware of the suicide rates among trans kids? They’re heartbreakingly high. But, where all kids are welcomed and supported, suicide rates are lower. This is a heartless policy proposal, and I think and hope we are better than this. Thank you for the opportunity to comment. </p>


[NOT A BOT] I absolutely oppose this!

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According to this policy students can maliciously use the wrong name and pronouns of a transgender student (which is harassment), and yet the ones doing the harassing will be protected because of "1st amendment rights". In some cases school is one of the few places a student can be themself. Don't take that away from the youth of Virginia. Don't contribute to the current mental health crisis in teenagers, especially LGBT ones in unsupportive environments. Don't let those who harass their peers get away scot-free. Literally, think of the children.

Also; children do not belong to the state and nobody is claiming that. You have to understand that in many cases it is DANGEROUS for a trans individual to be outed to their parents if they aren't supportive. This policy will do no good, it will only harm those you claim to want to protect.


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I oppose this in the strongest possible manor.


I am strongly opposed.


Thank You Governor Youngkin

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If kids weren’t brainwashed into believing that they can live whatever fantasy they’d like, we wouldn’t have to deal with this in the first place. This is a win for the people who have common sense and know what the long term effects of forcing this bogus ideology upon kids has. Thank you governor Youngkin f


I oppose this policy

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<p>This does not protect the student. </p>


This is a terrible policy decision.

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This is a terrible policy decision.


I fully oppose this.


Strongly Oppose the Illegal Action

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<p>This illegal, unethical action by this morally bankrupt governor needs to stop. All Virginians deserve to live their life without being discriminated for simply living their lives. </p>


I'm a teacher and I strongly oppose this

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As I read the 2022 model policies, I said to myself, "agree, agree, agree" with the first few sentences.  And then it's as if someone else started writing the rest of the paragraph! This new policy will harm our most vulnerable students.  Please allow us to give them a safe space, a space to be themselves! It is not the goal of any teacher to indoctrinate or groom children; we just want them to feel safe and secure so they can learn! If my calling a student by the name they prefer helps a student feel welcome, thus allowing them to learn, what is the harm? This policy is just so offensive and extra mean--why does our governor have to be so downright hostile to students?


I fully support this common sense move.

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<p>Thank you for protecting my children from this cap in our schools! </p>


A model of what not to do.

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This is a ridiculous and appalling proposal. Trans and nonbinary youth are worthy of our love and support. Virginia youth deserve better than Governor Youngkin's disgusting attempt at theocratic policymaking. I oppose this policy most ardently.


Putting parents back in control

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<p>This is common sense policy that puts control and responsibility for children back in the hands of their parents. Society and culture has made it ok for parents to abdicate responsibility for their children. Similarly, government agencies and the school systems have been more than happy to grab that vacuum of control for the purposes of pushing a highly liberal agenda. The governor was elected with this as a central issue and it is appropriate for him to steer policy that is consistent with the voting majority that elected him. That’s how democracy works. </p>


Transgender Students

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<p>I strongly oppose this policy. Trans kids need support and acceptance. </p>


It is a grave mistake to pass this.

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It is a grave mistake to pass this.


Kids are there to learn!

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 We don’t have the time or money to accommodate each unique student!
Stop treating them differently and let the teachers teach them, so they can realize and reach their own potential! Kids are our future and legacy. Not political pones and guinea pigs!


It is a grave mistake to pass this.


Strongly oppose.


Oppose

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<p>I do not agree with our children becoming political pawns. I strongly oppose this effort. </p>


This is a terrible policy decision.


Transgender students


I strongly oppose.

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<p>As an educator, I am strongly opposed. </p>


This will bring harm to trans kids.

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This will bring harm to trans kids.


Just be nice to Trans kids

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Be nice to be trans kids that is it just be nice nothing about being trans in school is gonna be easy why does the state education department want to make it harder?


I oppose

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<p>These proposed policies are harmful to children and families and I oppose them fully. </p>


Trans rights are human rights. Protect students

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I am morally, spiritually, and logically opposed to the proposed guidlines for trans students in Virginia. As a graduate of Fairfax County Public Schools, a graduate or George Mason University, and a current faculty member at GMU, I cannot imagine the pain that guidelines like this will bring to the students in our Commonwealth.

I think about my time in school, the students who I knew to be trans or gay, or bi, or other con-conforming identity, had extremely difficult experiences as they were being told they were not wanted. A few of them are dead by suicide or overdoses. These proposed guidelines will result in deaths of students.

Again, I am completely opposed to these guidelines.


I oppose this fully.


This will bring harm to trans kids.


Save lives by supporting transgender kids

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According to a 2018 article published in Pediatrics (an AAP publication) entitled Transgender Adolescent Suicide Behavior, between 30% and 50% of transgender adolescents have attempted suicide. We need to focus on saving their lives, not necessarily on their parents' preferences.


Thank you for saving our children

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I completely support this! Thank you so very much.


I fully oppose this.


Oppose

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<p>As a parent and educator I am completely opposed to this new guidance. We must give our students and children a safe learning environment where they are treated with compassion and respect. </p>


I am strongly opposed.


This is a terrible policy decision.

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This is a terrible policy decision.


Say "NO" to Restrictions on the Rights of Transgender Children

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<p>The proposed restrictions on the rights of transgender students are detrimental to our children.  Give children a safe space in schools to determine who they are.  Youngkin's restrictions will cause fear, depression, suicides, and create intolerance.  It is hard enough for children to grow up.  Self-righteous people trying to force everyone to be just like them is dangerous for the mental and physical health of our children and young adults.  Say "NO" to Governor Younkin's proposed restrictions on the rights of transgender students.   </p>


Opposed

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It is detrimental to students to accept this policy as written.  The only safe place for many students is at school.  They should not be required to out themselves to their parents - especially if it puts them in danger - in order to be respected for who they are.  Frankly, the obsession with what's in the pants of children is very concerning.  Let them go to the bathroom.  Let them use their personal pronouns.  Let them receive an education in peace WITHOUT a bunch of grown adults worrying about things that don't concern them.

If my 6 year old can understand that sometimes a soul is born into the wrong kind of body I'm not sure why adults can't understand it.  Public schools are just that, public.  Schools exist to serve all students where they are and who they are, no matter whether the governing body understands the students' religion or creed or personality.  If the students or their parents don't like or understand or accept another child for who they are, they are welcome to attend a private institution of their choosing where that trans child isn't permitted to be.  As a public institution, schools are required to accept, accommodate, and educate all children.  Even the trans kids.  Even if you don't understand them.


Oppose


An abhorrent and churlish thrust backward

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All students belong in schools, it is absolutely absurd to even begin to suggest that trans youth should not be made welcome and accepted in the sanctuary of schools. Studies (I will link one below) connect better performance and overall health with good support systems at school. Another study, as well as every major and public medical association in this country and across most if the world supports that gender affirmation, whether social or medical, is the only correct treatment for transgender children. Queer kids are not corrupting your children, are not a threat to society, and are just children trying to navigate the world and don’t need the struggle you constantly throw at them. No one is “trans”ing kids, no one is giving surgeries to minors who are not threats to themselves, and we are all catching on to the fascism you are espousing by outcasting a group of people in an us against them rhetoric that you made up for legitimacy because you have no other platform. You are not a defender of children, you are a genocidal threat to children and should be locked up. Kids like me deserve to be studying for physics, not continuing a never-ending fight against our government so I have the right to be happy and study safely in high school.

https://www.jstor.org/stable/40364353

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0092623X.2019.1698481


Strongly oppose.


I am completely opposed.

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I am completely opposed.


Horrible horrible legislation.  I vehemently oppose.

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<p>Why go out of your way to foment hate? This will literally kill children. </p>


Support parent’s rights to parent

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Parents are the primary educators of their children.  The revised policy affirms that . All children should be respected because they are unique individuals, however, the human brain isn’t fully developed until around 25 years of age.  The prefrontal cortex is the last to mature and it involves the control of impulses and decision-making.  Encouraging elementary child to make a decision they are incapable of making is damaging to them. Excluding their parents from the process is worse. Thank you!


Completely opposed to this outrageous policy

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This policy has no place in today's world. Protect children and parents by letting THEM decide who they are and how they want to live. The government has no right to interfere with personal decisions. Trans children go through enough already. This will lead to increased bullying and increased suicide. These guidelines should NOT be enforced and I am disgusted that my governor would support such a thing.


This is a terrible policy decision.


This policy will harm children!

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This policy is harmful to children. Bigotry and discrimination disguised as "parental rights"


It is a grave mistake to pass this.

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It is a grave mistake to pass this.


I fully oppose

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You know you’re going to be harming kids with this, right? Suicide rates are going to go up in the places you fully enforce it. Please learn more about the mental health struggles trans people face in places where their gender is not affirmed.


It is a grave mistake to pass this.


Transgender students


Strongly Oppose

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In a recent survey, 45% of LGBTQ youth seriously considered attempting suicide in the past year.  LGBTQ youth who found their school to be LGBTQ-affirming reported lower rates of attempting suicide.   Fewer than 1 in 3 transgender and nonbinary youth found their home to be gender-affirming.

One of the safe placed LGBTQ students has is their school counselor.  These policies will do nothing but remove that safe place and will lead to more kids attempting suicide.

The survey also found that LGBTQ youth who live in a community that is accepting of LGBTQ people reported significantly lower rates of attempting suicide than those who do not.  These policies, in allowing educators to refuse to use a student's preferred name/pronouns, all so that they can feel more comfortable in their own religion, will make them feel less accepted and will lead to more suicide attempts.  And it's just pure mean to refuse to use someone's name because of your religion.

https://www.thetrevorproject.org/survey-2022/#intro

These policies will do nothing but hurt kids so you can score some political points.


I am completely opposed.


Trans youth need to be protected, I strongly oppose

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The proposed rules do not protect any children. In fact, they will absolutely harm trans and other LGBT+ youth. These students need our utmost protection as the status quo (even without this awful model rules) show trans youth have attempted suicide rates of 40%. 82% of trans youth have thought about killing themselves (Source: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32345113/ ).

The reason for that astonishing number is not what Youngkin wants you to believe, which is that LGBT+ children are groomed, sick, perverted, and poisoned by the liberal agenda, I could go on… Trans children contemplate killing themselves because an entire administration seeks to create rules and laws that erase their identity and make their existence unwanted and cumbersome.

The Youngkin administration, through these model rules say that they do not accept any child who is not cis gendered. This feeling of unwantedness and alienation are why most trans youth consider killing themselves. We need to protect children. Not from boogeymen, but from harmful, transphobic policies like this one. For these reasons, I vehemently oppose the proposed rule changes.


We can not dictate to kids how they should feel or who they want to become.

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<p style="padding-left: 40px;">Please do not inhibit the rights of children who are trying to express themselves. Medical and psychological research demonstrates that this is harmful for children. Children need to be allowed to share with their family, friends,  teachers,  and mentors Who they are and how they feel. It is clear that stifling children’s ability to develop in this way is harmful. </p>


Strongly support

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Thank you so much governor for returning common sense to our great state. Parents matter and must be involved and active participants in decisions regarding their children. Schools are there to support families, not to be divisive. Schools need to return to education and leave indoctrinated behind. Morality is taught at home, the school has no jurisdiction.


I oppose this fully.


This policy is blatantly discriminatory, I strongly oppose it

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This policy is an absolutely terrible idea. It will heavily discriminate against trans students. This policy is a complete overreach of the right to privacy. As Virginian and US citizens, we have a right for our personal identities to be private. This policy may forcibly out those who do not want their identity known. In addition, if you completely follow the letter of the law, even people with nicknames will have to have written consent, which makes absolutely zero sense, as people wishing to go by different names than their given one is a very common occurrence, even disregarding gender non-conforming students.

This also overturns some needed protections, such as schools no longer being forced to "stop the segregation of the sexes". This overturn of policy is ridiculous. Virginians are not living in the 1800s. Co education should be a basic occurrence in schooling. Separation of people by sex actively harms the student body, as they do not gain from experiences with those who are different from themselves. This policy overturn should be an obvious overstep of authority.

In addition, mental health professionals in schools not needing to be trained in LGBTQ+ issues puts a great risk onto the student body. LGBTQ+ students are already known to have some of the poorest mental health, with 42% saying they considered suicide in 2021 (NEA). Mental health professionals in schools should be trained to help all students, especially those with a greater risk, including LGBTQ+ students. This policy would actively harm an already struggling student body.

As a Virginian student, this policy makes me terrified for my rights and the rights of the students around me. I should not have to be concerned with policies like these that blatantly harm myself and everyone around me. My rights should never be taken away, and it disgusts me that I even have to write this comment to protect my basic liberties as a citizen and student.

I am strongly opposed to this policy. Do not pass it.


Strongly oppose.


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I oppose this in the strongest possible manor.


This seems incredibly dangerous

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Many parents rather kill their kids than have them be trans. It's why so many young transgender people hide their true gender identity. Forcing it to light like this could cause irrevocable harm and even death. This is persecution. Even if you claim it's not.


This seems incredibly dangerous


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Strongly oppose. I have two children in public school. Children are not the property of parents. Children deserve protection and respect. The sole purpose of this is to disrespect and ultimately endanger our most vulnerable children. Framing this as anything other than pure hatred and bigotry is gaslighting.


When Do Trans Children Deserve Personhood?

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This legislation rests on a very strange understanding of personhood. When do children get to decide who they are, what pronouns they would like to use, what name they need to be called? Once they leave this school system? When did parenthood become complete ownership of the child, what they can do and say? Personhood and autonomy are fundamentally important for all people, since the time of their birth, regardless of their age and ability to financially provide for themselves. People do not become trans after they tun 18. For some, it is a lifelong experience.
Many many of the other comments on this legislation will echo this but it is worth repeating: this legislation does not support the mental, emotional, physical, and educational well-being of these students. This legislation enforces policy that will cause depression, anxiety, feelings of crippling dysphoria, and disconnection from one's own self. Children deserve autonomy. Parents of transgender student often are not supportive of who they are as a person. Surrendering complete control to parents for the outcome of these students lives is violent, and will result in the trauma and death of many transgender students. Let children have control over their own lives, especially in the parts of their lives that so intimately structure their existence, like their name, sexuality, gender, and gender expression. These parts of a person deserve just as much protection as their religious alignment. Protect all people equally, whether they are trans children or Christian adults. This legislature claims to care about fundamental protections and freedoms. Act like it.


Transgender policy in schools

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<p>I am a retired teacher. This policy would be very bad for trans children. Teach tolerance, not discrimination </p>


This will bring harm to trans kids.

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This will bring harm to trans kids.


Strongly oppose. Dangerous and hateful policy.

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 The Trevor Project conducted a survey this year on the mental health of LGBTQ young people. Here are some highlights:

45% of LGBTQ youth seriously considered attempting suicide in the past year.

LGBTQ youth who found their school to be LGBTQ-affirming reported lower rates of attempting suicide.

LGBTQ youth who live in a community that is accepting of LGBTQ people reported significantly lower rates of attempting suicide than those who do not.

14% of LGBTQ youth attempted suicide in the past year including nearly 1 in 5 transgender and nonbinary youth and 1 in 10 cisgender youth.

Is Gov. Youngkin comfortable with these levels of suicide among Virginia’s youth?


It is a grave mistake to pass this.


This will bring harm to trans kids.


Protect trans kids

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I vehemently oppose the proposed legislation that would harm our trans students. As a teacher of multiple trans kids, it is my responsibility to protect and support them. Forcibly outing students to parents will objectively put students in harms way.


I am strongly opposed.


Very much opposed

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<p>This is only going to be harmful to our kids. </p>


OPPOSE


Do not do this.


This policies is a danger to students. I oppose this policy.

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By creating a hostile school environment for LGBTQ students, these policies are statistically likely to cause additional cases of attempted suicide among trans students. It's extremely upsetting to see Virginia going backward on student safety, acceptance, and equity right as my daughter is about to start kindergarten.

Youngkin should be ashamed of promoting a policy that is rooted in transphobia and seeks to further harm trans and nonbinary kids.


I oppose this fully.


I completely oppose

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<p>I completely oppose this policy. All students have the right to feel safe in their school, regardless of gender identity. This policy would be severely detrimental to all non-cisgender students, and it would be endorsing a level of bigotry that is appalling. This policy will lead to a higher suicide rate among non-cisgender students due to creating a hostile environment for them. This policy is clear discrimination against anyone who is not cisgender, and it could lead to non-cisgender students being bullied, abused, or even killed due to the teachers being forced to out them. As a genderfluid lesbian, I find this policy to be targeted and cruel; my gender matters to me and it is my form of expression, not a weapon to be wielded against me. I struggle everyday to feel like I belong, not only in society but also in my own skin, and this policy would only increase my gender dysphoria. I have known trans students in Virginia high schools who have been forced to move schools due to violence that they face, and that occurred before this policy was proposed; all this violence would only increase with the governor’s support. When I attended high school in Virginia, I faced extreme homophobia. I was assaulted, bullied, and targeted for being a queer individual, and there was nothing done by the schools to help me. Under this proposal, transphobia would run rampant in the schools, and there would be no way for anyone to help. I STRONGLY oppose this policy. Hate does not belong in Virginia high schools, and all LGBTQIA+ students deserve the same right as cisgender, heterosexual students to a safe place to receive an education. </p>


I oppose

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<p>The blood of gender queer kids will be on your hands if this passes </p>


Strongly oppose.


I strongly oppose this proposed document. Even proposing this change has harmed children

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I very strongly oppose this proposed document. This change will directly and immediately harm students and impede their ability to feel safe in school which will impede their ability to learn and grow as children. As a community and as a government we need to protect our children from this targeted and bigoted proposal. Even proposing this document and having it on the table has caused harm to the children in our community as it has created an environment where discrimination and hate can freely exist. This proposed document does not represent how our community feels and thinks our schools should operate. Our community is centered around inclusivity, inclusion, diversity, and I would hope, compassion. This has no place in our schools and it has no place in our community. We must support and protect our children who are part of the LGBTQIA+ community.


Opposed!

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Opposed! Our youth have a hard enough time navigating day to day, don’t make it harder.


I am completely opposed.

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I am completely opposed.


I strongly oppose this

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I strongly oppose this.


I am completely opposed.


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<p>This is a major human rights violation. Do not allow this to pass. </p>


It is a grave mistake to pass this.

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It is a grave mistake to pass this.


It is a grave mistake to pass this.


This will bring harm to trans kids.


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I oppose this in the strongest possible manor.


I fully oppose this.


This should not be passed

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This would bring much more harm to youths than otherwise and for that I am strongly opposed. Please reconsider this policy.


Governor Youngkin's education changes

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I'll be brief like many others, I support the Governor 100%.


Stop this hate and bigotry

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Life is hard enough for trans kids. Don’t make it worse. Where is your heart to live and let live? This is couching bigotry as parental rights. Stop it.


This is a terrible policy decision.

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This is a terrible policy decision.


I oppose this fully.


I oppose this in the strongest possible manor.


This will bring harm to trans kids.

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This will bring harm to trans kids.


Stongly opposed


Do not do this.


I am strongly opposed.


Strongly oppose

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The rollback of protections for these students is vile.  It is also in violation of Federal law and Virginia Law, which ”safeguards all individuals within the Commonwealth from unlawful discrimination because of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, military status, or disability in places of public accommodation, including educational institutions and in real estate transactions.” It’s sad that our Governor hates children and wants to hurt the most vulnerable among them.  Shame.


I am completely opposed.


This is a terrible policy decision.


Strongly opposed

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These policies will only hurt the kids. Do not change the current school guidance.


Will Increase Bullying Towards Trans kids

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I was a transgender highschooler back in 2017-2021. I was bullied not only by other students, but by the staff, and my family members. The only place I could be “Alex” he/him was at school in certain classes which had teacher who would respect me. If it weren’t for some of these teacher who were able to keep me going I don’t know if I would be here writing this message. The amount of times I wish I wouldn’t wake up to have to endure this cruel and unforgiving world for trying to be me, the only me that I could be happy as. If teachers were required to tell my parents I’d be subjected to more bully from them than I already did.

Why are you letting children be at risk to more harm from already unsupportive families?

This is going to cause abuse parents to become more abusive, is that is your god damn 14th amendment? is that a parenting style we should respect? Being beaten for being called Him even though He was assigned female at birth? They are going to transition anyways, you are just being transphobic.


I Strongly Oppose!

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Children will die at your hand from this policy that denies them the support they need to be themselves. Let’s move Virginia forward, not backwards!


Bots are flooding the comments. Don't believe them!

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The majority of negative comments come from paid pedophile activists eager to pervert society and spread the social contagion of people chopping off their healthy penises and breasts in a cultist fashion. Don't be fooled by their antics! They've destroyed healthy communities and fandoms by force!


Oppose

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<p>Oppose. Teachers should extend courtesy towards students by using the pronouns and names that they want others to use. This is demonstrating kindness, support, and validation, which ALL students need from adults in their school buildings. </p>


Transgender students policy

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<p>I am a parent of a transgendered student in Rockingham Virginia. I am appalled at the governor's new policy's regarding transgendered students. Parents rights should not supercede the rights and safety of transgendered children. All people, no matter what age, race, or gender should be afforded basic human rights. Suicide amongst transgendered children is primarily because of hopelessness due to rejection by family members and peers. Students should have the right to seek out care and acceptance from adults at school without fear of being outed at home if they do not yet feel prepared to come out to their family. Teachers should be free to demonstrate respect to children by referring to them by the names and pronouns that the child identifies with. </p>


VA Dept of Education new anti-trans policies

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I strongly oppose these policies. Transgender children are already victims of bullying, shunning, and discrimination, and they have inordinately high risks for depression, anxiety, and suicide. These policies will only magnify the problems trans children already struggle with.


I oppose this guidance document about Trans kids

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We need to treat Trans kids with love and respect their wishes.

I strongly oppose this policy change.


This will bring harm to trans kids.


I oppose this fully.


You are going to hurt children with this decision

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I urge you to leave the transgender policy in our schools as it is. Far too many children will suffer for the proposed changes that you have drafted. Not all parents truly have their child’s best interest in mind. Let the children be who they know they are.


Please don't do this to our children!

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As a parent with several LGBTQ+ teens I am deeply saddened that  the Governor is trying to take away my teens rights to be treated as the gender they identify with and live as. To force people who already appear and live as the gender they identify with is dangerous for them.

This policy is going backwards,  rather than moving towards equality for every Virginia resident.


I am opposed to this

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LGBTQ kids deserve to live their full authentic lives free from discrimination. The state should not be wielding power against vulnerable children to harm them, and this legislation will harm children.


I am completely opposed.

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I am completely opposed.


I am strongly opposed.


I am completely opposed.


Do not do this.


opposed


It is a grave mistake to pass this.

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It is a grave mistake to pass this.


I oppose this

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These policies are hateful towards trans youth.  All children deserve the opportunity to exist as themselves, and schools should be a safe space. Public schools have the duty to protect children, which means allowing them to be called by the name and pronouns they prefer, and not further alienating children’s already at an extremely high risk of suicide and self-harm.  All children should have the opportunity to be children - play on the sports team matching their gender identity and feel free to be themselves with their classmates and peers.  I am extremely disturbed by how backwards these policies are, and am struggling to understand who on earth they benefit.


I support this policy-

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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, education, and care of the parent's child.

So yes, there is compassion and a means for safety for transgender children in the schools, but the parents need to be aware. Stop indoctrinating the children!!


This is a terrible policy decision.

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This is a terrible policy decision.


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

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<p>The Virginia Department of Education will issue guidelines for schools in dealing with "transgender" students that are common-sense guidelines and will keep students of both sexes safe at school.  I believe this to be a fad and not one to destroy every precept just to make one or two students "happy."  As a mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, I have never seen any student begin to act or think he/she is of the opposite sex; indeed, this is something that is faddish and should be addressed as a mental illness.  These guidelines will keep students--even the mentally ill students--safe and should be adopted by school boards throughout the Commonwealth.  </p>


I oppose this fully!

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<p>Removing the rights of our trans and non-binary students is de-humanizing and completely inequitable. We save lives by accepting and supporting students and allowing them to fully participate as human beings in our classrooms and schools. This policy discriminates and strips the rights away from those who need them the most. As a public school teacher and a human being, I oppose these changes to fullest extent possible. </p>


It is a grave mistake to pass this.


This will bring harm to trans kids.

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This will bring harm to trans kids.


Strongly oppose.


This is a terrible policy decision.


Youngkin’s baaaaadd, mmmmmaaay. Transfolk are good.

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<p>I support the rights of trans folks. I don’t support having these rights removed because of folks who are afraid. </p>


I vehemently oppose this attack on trans lives

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Keep religion out of politics, and make damn well sure you stop using it as an excuse to oppress people who are different from you.


Fully Support - Thank you Gov. Youngkin

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Governor Youngkin - thank you for putting our children's wellbeing back in our hands.  Schools should focus on teaching math, English, Social Studies, and science; the core tenets.  Schools should refrain from teaching or being involved in social issues by restricting parents rights and undermining the parent-child relationship.  What are we teaching our kids by being able to lie to their parents and carry on a double life in schools?

Let's put the focus back on teaching our kids the core subjects and getting them ready for the basic skills life has in store for them.  Let's leave the moral/social teaching to the parents.


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I oppose this in the strongest possible manor.


How can anyone support this?

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<p>I'm not a parent, but how can anyone believe that something that removes protections from ANY child in ANY way is a good idea? Protecting vulnerable children during such an impressionable time in their lives is so huge. Please don't make a decision that could impact an entire generation of people.   </p>


I am completely opposed.


I am strongly opposed.


Genocidal

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This legislation is genocidal and you know it. Fortunately, we know it to and we will not stand for it. Our children need to be protected, especially those most vulnerable, such as trans kids. Sign this into law at your own peril. Your political career will not survive.


I fully oppose this.


I oppose


This is absolute nonsense

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Everyone affiliated with the creation of this policy should be ashamed of themselves. What a horrible bunch of garbage humans.


This will bring harm to trans kids.


Do not do this.


Fully support

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Thank you for keeping parents’ rights in place.  Government schools need to worry about teaching mathematics, sciences, English, reading, and history.


obviously opposed

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<p>This policy helps literally no one. Taking away the rights of transgender students is pointless and damaging. This legislation is an absurd. </p>


This is a horrible policy that will cause so much harm and damage to trans/non-binary youth.

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<p>So many young trans and non-binary youth are going to suffer because of this. So many will be outed to unsupportive families, potentially putting them in dangerous situations. So many will be misgendered and dead named in school, which may have previously been their safe space. So many will be forced to use a bathroom that does not reflect their gender, will no longer be allowed to play on sports teams correlating to their gender, and the list continues. This policy and everything in it is inhumane and unfair. No trans and/or non-binary student should ever be made to feel as if they are less than or unequal to cis students. </p>


This makes me sick. Do not do this.

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<p>I am a constituent of Virginia and I support transgender rights. Don’t you dare do this to our children!!! </p>


I oppose this fully.


I am completely opposed.

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I am completely opposed.


I oppose this policy

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<p>This policy is destructive for all students in VA. Trans and non-binary students must be protected in our schools. I oppose this policy. </p>


I worked as a teacher for over a decade in Fairfax County

As a seasoned teacher for both state operated programs and Fairfax, I have experience in the classroom in all settings including honors, ESOL, and IEP.With that said, this documentation will actively work AGAINST the anti-bullying initiatives for the state of Virginia as well as the suicide prevention pursuits. A supporter of this policy is not concerned for the student body's welfare on a social or emotional level, and it will lead to more student self-harm as well as legal conflicts.

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As a seasoned teacher for both state operated programs and Fairfax, I have experience in the classroom in all settings including honors, ESOL, and IEP.

With that said, this documentation will actively work AGAINST the anti-bullying initiatives for the state of Virginia as well as the suicide prevention pursuits. A supporter of this policy is not concerned for the student body's welfare on a social or emotional level, and it will lead to more student self-harm as well as legal conflicts.


This is a terrible policy decision.

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This is a terrible policy decision.


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

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<p>There are not enough words to describe how OPPOSED I am to this policy. The most important lessons children learn are respect and appreciation for people who look, act or think differently than they do. Children are not stupid - they are aware from an early age what their gender identity is, and whether it looks like the body they see in the mirror. They are also aware that other kids may look, act or think differently, but their natural inclination is to be maybe be curious at first, and then accept those differences. Reactions like intolerance are taught, not inborn. Allowing legislation to treat transgendered kids differently than any other child is the same as allowing different treatment for kids who are (insert race, religion, etc) and it is ethically and morally disgusting. It is also detrimental to every child, because tolerance and respect for others is required in most, if not all, workplaces. Modeling intolerance does every child a disservice. Do the right thing and throw this policy in the trash where it belongs. </p>


It is a grave mistake to pass this.

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It is a grave mistake to pass this.


I am completely opposed.


OPPOSED OPPOSED OPPOSED

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Do not pass Youngkin's policy.


I oppose guidance document

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Dear VA Department of Education,

I'm an associate professor in the counseling discipline- specializing in school counseling. I am also a parent of kids in VA K-12 public school, and proud to be an educator in VA-- I've been an educator for nearly two decades, throughout Virginia. Overall, I am proud that we support our students and their families here in Virginia- striving to be an inclusive and welcoming K-12 school culture, and prioritizing K-12 youth wellness and mental health.

This comment is to show my direct opposition to this present guidance document- and to instead focus on the wellness of our youth, especially students who are transgender, and also the rights of these youth and their families.

First, our counseling and educational associations (including their codes of ethics) place a great emphasis on respecting the rights and dignity of our K-12 youth, and their mental health. For years, our national association and ethical codes have stressed the importance of serving our students who are LBGTQ+, including students who are transgender. Please see our guiding ethical code here, from the American School Counselor Association, which prioritizes students' academic, career, and social/emotional wellness: https://www.schoolcounselor.org/getmedia/44f30280-ffe8-4b41-9ad8-f15909c3d164/EthicalStandards.pdf

To speak to mental health specifically, a recent study by the Trevor Project (https://www.thetrevorproject.org/survey-2022/)  indicated the following:

45% of LGBTQIA+ youth have strongly considered attempting suicide in the past year, with BIPOC youth reporting even higher numbers

Students who report having a safe and affirming school environment report lower rates of suicide than their peers who report having hostile ones

Less than 1 out of 3 transgender and non-binary students report having a safe and affirming home environment

Second, I am writing to support the rights of not only students, but their families. Aligned with this, I expect that Virginia would oppose this present guidance document- as it dramatically increases the risk of harm for youth who are transgender, and takes away rights from not only these students-- but also takes away rights from their families/parents-- many of who have fought so hard alongside their youth for these rights in schools. The current governor has stated their desire to support parents and parents' rights. In this vein-- please listen to the parents and families who are begging that their trans kids are seen and heard and respected and honored in our VA K-12 schools. Please, please listen to these parents.

Thank you in advance for opposing this guidance document. I further recommend we bring back the previous guidance document- which kept youth wellness and inclusivity at its center.


I am strongly opposed.


I oppose


Support

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


I strongly oppose this policy against Trans individuals

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Leave the hard won rights for trans students alone. They deserve these rights and our support. This policy will do real harm to this vulnerable population. I am strongly against this policy and strongly support ALL students.


I fully oppose this.


This is a horrible idea that harms children

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<p>This policy will literally kill at risk children. You should be ashamed. </p>


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I oppose this in the strongest possible manor.


This is a terrible policy decision.


I oppose this fully.


This policy is harmful against trans kids

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This policy has no point other than to be divisive and cause harm to trans students in the commonwealth. We should have our schools be welcoming to all and allow kids to be as comfortable as possible to help facilitate learning. Not causing undue stress on them and facility as they have to maneuver around this hateful and harmful policy. This is not about parents rights. It is about causing undue outrage to help with midterm elections because Youngkin knows he cannot win with it. This bill also undermines that kids are people too and have rights of their own. They have a right to have a voice of their own and are not owned by their parents, which apparently is what Youngkin believes.


Dept of Education

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Good day,

It  is very important that we join parents and push forward for families to set rules for their children in a way that it shows us loving one another and treating our children as they were born.  Male or female.  Also treat them as children and DO NOT try to push sexual ideas into them.  Let them be children and learn basic things that they need like reading, writing, and arithmetic.  As families let’s help them learn how to treat one another and put tools of loving others and treating others with respect and show them what being a child if God is.

Pray and show them how to pray to grow their spiritual side.

We must take our children back to being at home and sharing life together.


Do not do this.


Strongly OPPOSE

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I strongly OPPOSE the guidance. I am concerned community member with friends who are raising children in Virginia, friends who are trans, and friends who are teachers. I attended Virginia public schools for my entire education. It's important to me that the schools that I grew up attending are safe and inclusive environments for all, including for LGBTQ+ youth. It's important to me that my friends' children will not be at risk of discrimination and harm at the schools where they should be focusing on learning. A 2021 peer-reviewed study by The Trevor Project’s researchers found that transgender and nonbinary youth who reported gender identity acceptance from teachers and peers had significantly lower odds of attempting suicide in the past year. I want Virginia's students to live and thrive. I strongly oppose the guidance.


It is a grave mistake to pass this.


Religious freedom or Christian theocracy?

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<p>As a trans man who has lived in VA and attended VA schools for middle and high school, it’s so disheartening and disappointing to hear people get to impose their religious ideals onto others that don’t share that same belief. It’s a huge violation of mine and others’ rights guaranteed under the 1st amendment. I’m strongly against this predatory and in bad faith action intended only to antagonize us within the trans community. </p>


Oppose

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I strongly oppose this policy. It is wrong ! We need supports all of our students .


I oppose this policy in the strongest possible manor.

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<p>This policy is dangerous and will cause harm to transgender and non-binary children in our school systems. Our schools should be a safe and affirming place for children to learn and when parents do not create safe spaces for their children at home schools become the only place that can happen. If parents want to choose differently for their children, they can choose to send their kids to private school. In our public schools, all of our children deserve safety and the right to be who they truly are. </p>


This proposed policy demonized children

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This policy demonizes children for being different, and will lead to increased mental health issues among vulnerable children who research shows are already at greater risk of mental health issues. Forcibly "outing" transgender kids is the exact same thing that happened to homosexual kids in the later half of the last century. This is no different.  It will cause immeasurable pain and accomplish absolutely nothing positive. Please don't implement this policy.


These policy changes will cost lives!

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The LGBTQ population is already one of the most at risk for suicide! By “outing” students to their parents/families before they are ready could pose significant trauma. Our LGTBQ students deserve protection, safety and respect, and to enact these photos not only discriminatory it WILL cause an increase in mental health issues and suicide.


Trans kids will loose their life because of this

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<p>You are hurting already vulnerable children, this will inflict more harm than you can ever imagine. Trans kids will loose their lives over this, whether it be because of their parents or them taking their own life. This is a grave mistake, this will create possibly a dangerous school environment. All students deserve to share what they feel, all students deserve a welcoming and safe space. Do not do this </p>


Strongly oppose.


I am completely opposed.

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I am completely opposed.


This will bring harm to trans kids.

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This will bring harm to trans kids.


These school policies endanger students

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These policies are not about protecting parental rights, they are about removing rights from trans students, and the lgbtqiaplus community at large. They are a grave mistake and endanger the lives and futures of students in Virginia schools.


A violation of human rights

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<p>This new policy is nothing less than a gross violation of the privacy, safety, and autonomy of transgender youth in this state. It will only bring about further, unnecessary suffering to trans kids, many of whom already have to go through many struggles just to exist safely as transgender. This policy will also further stigmatize and villainize the transgender and LGBTQ+ community as a whole by affirming and enabling hateful rhetoric and actions. </p>


This will bring harm to trans kids.


I am strongly opposed.


I fully oppose this.

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<p>This is a terrible, hurtful policy that should not be passed. Trans rights are human rights and trans children need protection. </p>


This policy is cruel, baseless, and will cause harm

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<p>The governor’s new draft policy on trans kids in public schools is not based on sound research or guidance, is being done to score political points, and will actively harm young people in Virginia. It must be stopped. </p>


This is a terrible policy decision.

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This is a terrible policy decision.


Do not do this.


Horrible policy

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<p>I am against this policy as it will put LGBTIA students at risk of bullying, self harm and increased mental health issues.  School should be safe for students and this does the opposite. </p>


I oppose this fully.


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I oppose this in the strongest possible manor.


I am completely opposed.


I oppose this harmful policy

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<p>Youngkin’s policy treats transgender youth as subhuman. I wish he would try to understand the needs of our transgender kids rather than deny them their rights. </p>


This is vile

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<p>Legislation that encourages and welcomes hate crimes to be committed against children should never even be considered by any human being, let alone government officials </p>


This is a terrible policy decision.


Absolutely Opposed!

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As a parent, I am ABSOLUTELY OPPOSED to this! This will do nothing to help anyone


Strongly oppose.


It is a grave mistake to pass this.

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It is a grave mistake to pass this.


History Repeats Itself

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It was not too long ago that Virginia was bickering about integration in the public school classrooms.  Here the state goes again with adults conflicting about student rights, but this time in its bathrooms.


I fully oppose this.


I strongly support Gov. Youngkin’s policy.

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Children need time to grow and find themselves.  They should not be made to declare their gender at such an early age.  There is plenty of time for that when they reach the age of reason.  This policy provides for parents to legally request their children be called by pronouns indicating gender  other than what is on their birth certificates if they and their children feel strongly about it.  Transgenders did compose approximately half of one percent of the population before this targeted campaign began.  Now, we see that gender dysphoria is a booming industry worth 1.5 billion dollars.  Medical doctors are lining up to make money mutilating children with irreversible transgender surgery.  Kids will be going to clinics for years.  Stop the madness.  Let decisions be made by individuals when they are old enough to make those decisions.  Stop assaulting the vast majority of people with this “woke” campaign.


100% opposed!

TB, mother of two children in Fairfax County

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This legislation is nothing more than hatred and bigotry sold under the guise of protecting our children. Trans children have rights too and those are being stripped away for no reason.

Are there instances of children being harassed in bathrooms and other "safe spaces"? If so, how many and how was it addressed? Maybe deal with the issue of harassment rather than trying to strip rights away from trans kids.

No benefit will come from this. It will only create a hostile and more dangerous environment for trans and non-binary children.

Let kids use the name they identify with most, the pronouns they identify with, and the bathrooms for the gender they identify with (or a gender neutral one). Every student has the right to be treated with dignity and respect.


Strongly Opposed

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This policy will harm trans and non-binary kids.  All kids deserve to feel safe and respected at school.


I am strongly opposed.


This will bring harm to trans kids.


Transgender Policies

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<p>The entire concept of "transgenderism" is an artificial construct being advanced by specific political groups towards a transhumanist agenda.  These concepts as enumerated in the info supplied per Guidance Document have been MARKETED to the Public and enacted into law AS IF "gender" has been defined as scientifically established biological states in addition to "male" or "female" both of which are the natural material and determinist sexes of human beings and other mammals as they are at birth. "Gender" is a psychological concept and is best left to the offices of Mental Health Professionals OUTSIDE SCHOOLS. By allowing this issue in schools, you are marketing it. Transgenderism and/or having male sexual organs when psychologically "feeling" female or having female sexual organs when "feeling" male is a mental health issue (the inappropriate plural and other pronouns applied to self are evidence of psychosis) and NOT one which needs expression in our children's school environment.  Sexual behavior and preferences are an individual choice ONCE A HUMAN IS AN ADULT. Deviation from organic sexual labelling needing any sort of accomodation other than treating such an individual kindly and respectfully with a recommendation for schooling OUTSIDE THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM if they cannot mentally accomodate themselves within an organic male or female system as designed at their birth.  Unfortunate individuals who have consented to body mutilation surgery, who are being treated with artificial hormones, etc., to produce unnatural sexual organ or appearance expressions need to be in a clinical setting or home schooled.  I will note in the State of California Hearings have been held where individuals have testified to the tragic mental and physical health consequences to themselves by this political, medical and psychological  transhumanist agenda.  Sober, rational people in governments and on School Boards need to BLOCK these concepts and agenda from our vulnerable children and treat it as a crime against humanity, which it is.  It is, in addition, a gateway into sexual promiscuity, exploitation and pedophilia.  </p>


MY religious rights are being violated

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<p>Proposed policy is against MY family’s religious beliefs and is thus discriminatory, especially towards my non-binary child. It will hurt children, and cause more harm than good. </p>


New guidelines

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I completely oppose this document.
Just let people be who they want to be — it’s not hurting you.


Absolutely strongly oppose this action

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This is an incredibly harmful, inhumane policy.  Protect our kids, don't put them in jeopardy.  Every mental health issue and suicide that results from this bad decision rests with you, Governor Youngkin.  I hope you can live with them.


You’re an idiot

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<p>This is more idiotic than anything imaginative to the human mind, I hope you realize this will hurt more teens and encourage them to leave. Have fun with few students that will help build your state, everyone else will be moving elsewhere, leaving your state in debt. </p>


Strongly oppose

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<p>This will harm students and their families and also create an environment of intolerance which isn’t good for anyone. </p>


Treatment of transgender students


Transgender policy

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I support parents being in charge of THEIR children until they are 18. So I support this decision.


It is a grave mistake to pass this.


Opposing this policy.

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<p>I’m voicing my opinion as vehemently AGAINST this policy. Regardless of feelings about transgender people, I believe it is important and necessary that students, especially children, are allowed a freedom of expression as well as a safe place to explore themselves and their identity. By implementing policies like this and stifling children’s outlets, you are stripping them of their most basic rights of liberty and the pursuit of happiness.  </p>


This will bring harm to trans kids.

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This will bring harm to trans kids.


Transgender policy I oppose Governor Younkins new school policy on

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<p>I oppose Governor Younkins new school policy regarding transgender students and the involvement of parents in the new policy </p>


Protect Trans Students

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Virginia students who are transgender will soon be at risk. Your policy will endanger their lives. Respect for human lives should be the top priority of our state’s leaders. Instead, lack of empathy by our elected leaders means that transgender students will not have the support they need at school.

As an ally, I understand that every person is unique - that just because someone looks, feels, and thinks differently than me they still deserve respect. Your policy lacks respect.

Theres still time to change your policy. Help transgender students receive the support they need in schools. Thank you.


Thank you!  We are behind you!

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<p>Thank you so much for standing up for parents!  </p>


This is a terrible policy decision.

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This is a terrible policy decision.


Trans Issue

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I fully support the Governors action on this issue.


Oppose

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I strongly oppose all of this.


I support this 100%

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<p>This is common sense. Parents rights should never have been subverted. </p>


I am completely opposed.

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I am completely opposed.


Oppose


This is a terrible policy decision.


Opposed to this policy

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Please do not make life harder for the most vulnerable children in our communities.  They deserve our support. I oppose this.


Transgender Policy Guideline Changes

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<p>I strongly oppose this harmful policy change. </p>


Parent of children in VA schools

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I support parents rights/ no CRT


I am strongly opposed.


I oppose this fully.


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I oppose this in the strongest possible manor.


It is a grave mistake to pass this.

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It is a grave mistake to pass this.


Do not do this.


This is an awful policy decision.

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Governor Younkin’s policy proposal is nothing less than active trans genocide and will result in trans children being traumatized and potentially losing their lives.


Strongly oppose.


Strongly oppose—this is harmful!

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I strongly oppose proposed changes that will cause harm to students across the state.


Transgender Student Policies

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<p>These policies will shame our youth back into hiding. They have been there long enough. Opposed! </p>


I fully oppose this.


It is a grave mistake to pass this.


A fair and common sense policy change

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I think this is a fair policy change that should protect all students, including those that identify as transgender. It restores parental rights and decisions involving the education and social behaviors of their children, and not excluding or hiding important aspects from them.  I feel the new policy also protects the transgender student, providing them with the best education practices and allowing them to thrive in a fair and socially acceptable way, without jeopardizing the social norms of other students. I think this could be a win win for all. It will take honest and serious collaboration between student, parents, and the teachers with a very strong commitment between all parties to insure the best education and environment for all of our students. ALL students’ beliefs and identity must be protected. This  issue needs to be resolved so that public education can get back to educating our children.  I think this is a step in the right direction !


Opposing this harmful move

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<p>These model policies directly harm an incredibly vulnerable group. Making Virginia hostile to transgender children is inhumane and evil. </p>


This will bring harm to trans kids.

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This will bring harm to trans kids.


Cruel, inhumane, nakedly political

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Without a doubt, this document (re treatment of transgender children) is the worst policy document I’ve seen in the 33 years I’ve lived in Virginia. The governor picks one of the most defenseless groups possible to target with his nakedly political stance. This is not how other fellow humans should be treated. These guidelines are nothing short of evil and the Commonwealth must reject them completely.


Former teacher strongly opposes horrific bill

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<p>This bill violates the human rights of transgender students. It isn’t backed by research and will place trans youth in harm’s way by forcing schools to out then to potentially unsupportive and dangerous parents. As a parent myself, this bill is atrocious and I do not support it. </p>


I 100% support this!

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Protect our children from this sexually nonsense!


Oppose policy


I am strongly opposed.


Dangerous Decision

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<p>Taking away the rights of Americans is vehemently against what the Constitution stands for. Trans individuals deserve to feel safe and accepted wherever they are. The government should never infringe on the rights of its citizens, even if the government disagrees with them. There is no argument that can be made in sound logic that can advocate for the oppression of a people. A public official holding office should create and protect laws that help their citizens. It doesn’t matter if you don’t understand their “lifestyle.” Your job is to make this country a better place. Taking away the rights of trans people, and students specifically, is terrible. Schools should be safe spaces for all children. </p>


I oppose this fully.


I agree with Youngkins changes

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<p>For all, the argument to treat transgender as a legitimate sex is basic human kindness.  However, education has never been about who you are physically.  The goal of our education system is to educate children - all factual data, and protect them while they learn.  Most children are just that until their brains are fully developed.   For boys is age 25.  For girls its age 20.   How in the heck is a kid supposed to know their sexuality before these ages?  Besides, schools are not about promoting a certain type of sex.  They are there to learn. Enforcing transgender policies infringes on every right of a kid who chooses NOT to be transgender.   Whomever began this monkey train needs to not be in education.  Politics,  sexual transformations, and threats are to be excluded from schools at all costs.  Folks, put your head on straight and focus on safety and education.   Parents are 150% to be involved in a childs education.   As an educator, you have no legal right to transform someone else's child.  Any educator doing this needs to find another profession and the association for teachers need to ensure this happens. </p>


This is a terrible policy decision.

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This is a terrible policy decision.


I do not support these policies

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By allowing policies such as these to pass, you are invalidating the feelings of an entire subset of students. You are also putting their lives at greater risk and increasing the chances that depression will hold these kids in a vice grip. don’t believe me? Check the statistics. The Trevor Project lays them out for you nice and neatly. https://www.thetrevorproject.org/resources/article/facts-about-lgbtq-youth-suicide/


This will bring harm to trans kids.


I support

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<p>I support this. </p>


I support this.

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<p>I support this proposal. Parents have the right to know what is going on with their child. If a child fears that their parent will abuse them because of this then they need to speak up and report it to child protective services. A living parent will not condemn their child because they are gender confused or homosexual… or for any reason whatsoever. But I would imagine living with this secret from your family, those closest to you, would be far more damaging than revealing the truth and allowing your family to have healthy conversations that would help them understand and live openly with their child’s choices. </p>


I am completely opposed.

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I am completely opposed.


I oppose this wholeheartedly — it is harmful

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<p>The ideologies this is based on have zero foundation in fact and would be harmful and even fatal to trans and LGBTQ+ youth. </p>


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

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


It is a grave mistake to pass this.

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It is a grave mistake to pass this.


I am completely opposed.


This is a terrible policy decision.


It is a grave mistake to pass this.


This will raise teen suicides.

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This bill will lead to extreme bullying, harassment, and even the suicides of teenagers. For the love ogf God, let people live their own life and mind your own business.


I am strongly opposed.


This is unfair and disrespectful to all

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<p>Youngkin seems dead set on making dead kids. This tells kids of all orientations that being yourself is not okay and no one will support them. It will also not stop anyone from being trans. This is a step backwards for our society as a whole. </p>


This is wrong.

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This is wrong, please do not do this. I oppose the rollback.


Gov. Youngkins Rules and Policy for Transgender Teens

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Everything the Governor said about transgender teens takes us all back to when the people of Great Britain came to America to escape religious persecution. He and other Republicans cloak themselves with our God of the Universe to escape any argument of their attempt to rob transgender people of their civil and inalienable rights to be themselves. No official or teacher has the right to rob them of their identity. They know their own identity.  Many people even today do not know that a fetus also has alienable rights as a human being upon conception. Information that escapes people makes them afraid with an intolerance and scorn that is unacceptable in a free and thinking society. I ask the leaders of Virginia to stop hiding behind God and talk to the transgender community and discover who they are and what they think. Facts have shown they are the people who have to fear harm. You do not have to fear from them. Please start over and discard the policy recommendation from our Gov. Youngkin.

Thank you.