Dear Virginia Dept of Education,

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

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

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

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

Sincerely,
Kirsten Swanson
972 N Lakeshore Dr
Lincoln, NE 68528

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Dear Virginia Dept of Education,<br /><br />Schools should never secretly socially transition students and keep the child's new name, pronouns and gender identities from parents. I am pleased and relieved that the Virginia Department of Education's revised model policies support parental rights and ensure that school employees don't cut parents out of critical decisions for their children. <br /><br />The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) issued "model policies" in 2021 that encouraged every school district in Virginia to hide a child's new gender identity from parents who choose to affirm the child's biological sex. Under Governor Youngkin's leadership, the VDOE's revised policies make it clear that all children should be valued and parents' rights and beliefs should be respected. The 2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for all Students and Parents in Virginia's Public Schools keep parents involved in major decisions in their children's lives.<br /><br />The 2021 VDOE "model policies" encouraged schools to create "a plan (that) may include addressing the student at school with their name and pronoun consistent with their gender identity while using the legal name and pronoun associated with the sex assigned at birth when communicating with parents or guardians." <br /><br />I strongly support the revised policies that end this practice. Virginia schools should not drive a wedge between parents and their emotionally vulnerable children. Virginia school districts, including those who have already communicated their plans to ignore the 2022 revised model policies, should put an end to secret Gender Support Plans now.<br /><br />Sincerely,
<br />Kirsten Swanson
<br />972 N Lakeshore Dr<br />Lincoln, NE 68528<br /><img src="http://admin.phone2action.com/email/open/leg/657523/148628343" width="1" height="1" />


Support Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin‘s Transgender School Policy

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Those who espouse “transgenderism” argue that a human person is assigned their gender at birth, based on their observed anatomy. Consequently, when a biological male identifies as female and then has related surgery, they speak of that medical practice as “gender confirmation” vs. “gender reassignment,” because they believe their anatomy now reflects their true identity as a human person.

The Catholic Church has a different take, one that is grounded in genuinely confirmed reality. One is born either or male or female, and this also applies to hermaphrodites who, though they manifest both male and female anatomical aspects at birth, are either biological boys or girls.

In this light, the Catholic Church recognizes that every human person is created in the image and likeness of God, male or female (Gen. 1:26-27). And so we should help people discover their true identities as children of God, not support them in the disordered attempt to reject their undeniable biological identity.


Transgender policy

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<p>I support the governors policies!  Schools are NOT the place to have mixed sex in bathrooms and locker rooms no matter what they identify as. This does not happen in the workplace and should not be in schools either. </p>


Protect Emotionally Vulnerable Children and Parental Rights!

Dear Virginia Dept of Education,

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

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

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

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

Sincerely,
Ana Angel
420 SW 12th Ave
Miami, FL 33130

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Dear Virginia Dept of Education,<br /><br />Schools should never secretly socially transition students and keep the child's new name, pronouns and gender identities from parents. I am pleased and relieved that the Virginia Department of Education's revised model policies support parental rights and ensure that school employees don't cut parents out of critical decisions for their children. <br /><br />The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) issued "model policies" in 2021 that encouraged every school district in Virginia to hide a child's new gender identity from parents who choose to affirm the child's biological sex. Under Governor Youngkin's leadership, the VDOE's revised policies make it clear that all children should be valued and parents' rights and beliefs should be respected. The 2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for all Students and Parents in Virginia's Public Schools keep parents involved in major decisions in their children's lives.<br /><br />The 2021 VDOE "model policies" encouraged schools to create "a plan (that) may include addressing the student at school with their name and pronoun consistent with their gender identity while using the legal name and pronoun associated with the sex assigned at birth when communicating with parents or guardians." <br /><br />I strongly support the revised policies that end this practice. Virginia schools should not drive a wedge between parents and their emotionally vulnerable children. Virginia school districts, including those who have already communicated their plans to ignore the 2022 revised model policies, should put an end to secret Gender Support Plans now.<br /><br />Sincerely,
<br />Ana Angel
<br />420 SW 12th Ave<br />Miami, FL 33130<br /><img src="http://admin.phone2action.com/email/open/leg/657523/148628339" width="1" height="1" />


Dear Virginia Dept of Education,

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

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

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

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

Sincerely,
Mary Meade
32 Kinsey Hill Rd
Birdsboro, PA 19508

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Dear Virginia Dept of Education,<br /><br />Schools should never secretly socially transition students and keep the child's new name, pronouns and gender identities from parents. I am pleased and relieved that the Virginia Department of Education's revised model policies support parental rights and ensure that school employees don't cut parents out of critical decisions for their children. <br /><br />The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) issued "model policies" in 2021 that encouraged every school district in Virginia to hide a child's new gender identity from parents who choose to affirm the child's biological sex. Under Governor Youngkin's leadership, the VDOE's revised policies make it clear that all children should be valued and parents' rights and beliefs should be respected. The 2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for all Students and Parents in Virginia's Public Schools keep parents involved in major decisions in their children's lives.<br /><br />The 2021 VDOE "model policies" encouraged schools to create "a plan (that) may include addressing the student at school with their name and pronoun consistent with their gender identity while using the legal name and pronoun associated with the sex assigned at birth when communicating with parents or guardians." <br /><br />I strongly support the revised policies that end this practice. Virginia schools should not drive a wedge between parents and their emotionally vulnerable children. Virginia school districts, including those who have already communicated their plans to ignore the 2022 revised model policies, should put an end to secret Gender Support Plans now.<br /><br />Sincerely,
<br />Mary Meade
<br />32 Kinsey Hill Rd<br />Birdsboro, PA 19508<br /><img src="http://admin.phone2action.com/email/open/leg/657523/148628350" width="1" height="1" />


Support!

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<p> I support the Governor’s policy to protect the rights of parents. </p>


I oppose the guidance

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<span data-sheets-userformat='{"2":769,"3":{"1":0},"11":4,"12":0}' data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Hello. I oppose the guidance and feel very deeply that by putting in place policies that can potentially harm children's lives we are bringing unnecessary evil to America. Children who grow up in environments that don’t support them and have policies that make them feel as though their identity is not important or acceptable are at greater risk for suicide and self harm. Children in America should not be subjected to such an environment and we as a country should do everything in our power to let children know that who they are is okay and we support them. Being a better country is about loving the citizens that run it- including transgender youth."}">Hello. I oppose the guidance and feel very deeply that by putting in place policies that can potentially harm children's lives we are bringing unnecessary evil to America. Children who grow up in environments that don’t support them and have policies that make them feel as though their identity is not important or acceptable are at greater risk for suicide and self harm. Children in America should not be subjected to such an environment and we as a country should do everything in our power to let children know that who they are is okay and we support them. Being a better country is about loving the citizens that run it- including transgender youth.


No tattoos without parental consent? No STERILIZATION EITHER!

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<p>No sterilization without parental consent! This is pure evil for big pharmacy agenda! </p>


Oppose

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My child just wants to live as their authentic self; they are not harming anyone by asking for the use of they/them pronouns and this affects no one else. Trans and non-binary kids just want to be treated with dignity, please support them.


protect parental authority & the rights, privacy of biological females that have been eviscerated

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FOR - Protect parental authority and, especially, the rights and privacy of biological females that have been eviscerated.


Support fully


Let kids be who they are!

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<span data-sheets-userformat='{"2":769,"3":{"1":0},"11":4,"12":0}' data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"I support trans kids in school! School is hard enough without having to worry about being outed or having to hide who you really are and continuing to feel like you don’t belong. What good does it do to make kids feel like they don’t belong? School is supposed to be a safe space. If trans kids feel like they aren’t safe then school should never be considered safe. We have bigger things to worry about like gun violent in schools than we do of who a kid really is. Why is it someone else’s job to tell a student who they can and can’t be? It’s 2022, everyone should be allowed to be exactly who they are no matter where they are. Stop putting our youth in danger. What if it was your kid? Would you want them to be unsafe at school for who they are? Wouldn’t you accept them for who they are no matter what? If you wouldn’t love you kid no matter who they are, then you shouldn’t have kids. Period. Trans rights are human rights."}'>I support trans kids in school! School is hard enough without having to worry about being outed or having to hide who you really are and continuing to feel like you don’t belong. What good does it do to make kids feel like they don’t belong? School is supposed to be a safe space. If trans kids feel like they aren’t safe then school should never be considered safe. We have bigger things to worry about like gun violent in schools than we do of who a kid really is. Why is it someone else’s job to tell a student who they can and can’t be? It’s 2022, everyone should be allowed to be exactly who they are no matter where they are. Stop putting our youth in danger. What if it was your kid? Would you want them to be unsafe at school for who they are? Wouldn’t you accept them for who they are no matter what? If you wouldn’t love you kid no matter who they are, then you shouldn’t have kids. Period. Trans rights are human rights.


Protect our transgender children and oppose Youngkin!

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I strongly oppose Gov Youngkin’s proposed changes related to transgender students. The changes would create a hostile school environment for trans kids who already have so much to deal with as they navigate their transgender identities. We need to support their rights to their chosen names, pronouns and identities. Please throw out the Govs proposed changes. They are heartless and I’ll-advised.


SUPPORT!

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<p>Please youngkin pass this bill, our childrens safety depends on it. </p>


Oppose

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These policies will make children unsafe. These kids need our love and acceptance not more obstacles for their education.


I strongly and firmly oppose.

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<span data-sheets-userformat='{"2":769,"3":{"1":0},"11":4,"12":0}' data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"The proposed policies do not protect children, they directly endanger the health of transgender, non-binary, and gender non-conforming students. Affirming the gender identities of LGBTQ+ youth drastically reduces their risk of depression and suicide. By refusing to protect our students, Governor Youngkin would enact state-sanctioned violence against them. This is vile, abhorrent, and grossly irresponsible. I vehemently declare my absolute opposition to these proposed policies, as a lifelong Virginia resident, state employee, and proud member of the LGBTQ+ community with trans and non-binary loved ones."}'>The proposed policies do not protect children, they directly endanger the health of transgender, non-binary, and gender non-conforming students. Affirming the gender identities of LGBTQ+ youth drastically reduces their risk of depression and suicide. By refusing to protect our students, Governor Youngkin would enact state-sanctioned violence against them. This is vile, abhorrent, and grossly irresponsible. I vehemently declare my absolute opposition to these proposed policies, as a lifelong Virginia resident, state employee, and proud member of the LGBTQ+ community with trans and non-binary loved ones.


Oppose

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<span data-sheets-userformat='{"2":769,"3":{"1":0},"11":4,"12":0}' data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Trans Kids deserve to be treat with basic dignity. this means having a safe place to use the bathroom, and the common decency of being referred to by the name they use. These basic and easy steps are essential to promoting good health in our schools. I hope the Whole State will take some time to try and empathize with what its like to have to be put through hoops, and used as a political pawn, as a child."}'>Trans Kids deserve to be treat with basic dignity. this means having a safe place to use the bathroom, and the common decency of being referred to by the name they use. These basic and easy steps are essential to promoting good health in our schools. I hope the Whole State will take some time to try and empathize with what its like to have to be put through hoops, and used as a political pawn, as a child.


Oppose youngkins draft antitrans policy

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I am lucky that I am female, heterosexual cis gender. Even so, I struggled to accept everything about myself as a young person. I can imagine how hard it would have been to be a sexual minority or transgender. I oppose this harmful proposed legislation.


No tattoos allowed without parental consent? NO STERILIZATION EITHER!!!!


Opposed

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This is exclusionary and unconstitutional.


I OPPOSE the guidance

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<span data-sheets-userformat='{"2":769,"3":{"1":0},"11":4,"12":0}' data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Please, please please please don’t enact the 2022 model policy! As a student, I have trans friends and friends who use different pronouns from their given gender, and this policy would take away any right they have for school staff to respect their identity! Other people respecting your identity should be a basic human right, not a choice. If this policy goes into affect, it will take away everything that made people feel safe enough to be who they are. So what ever you do, DON’T ENACT THIS POLICY!"}'>Please, please please please don’t enact the 2022 model policy! As a student, I have trans friends and friends who use different pronouns from their given gender, and this policy would take away any right they have for school staff to respect their identity! Other people respecting your identity should be a basic human right, not a choice. If this policy goes into affect, it will take away everything that made people feel safe enough to be who they are. So what ever you do, DON’T ENACT THIS POLICY!


Parents rights

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Parents should be the decision makers for the health and welfare matters of their minor children.  Nobody other than a parent has the  best interest at heart.


Transfobia in Politics

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I oppose this guidance. Trans kids are real.


opposed

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anything that promotes discrimination on the basis of a demographic, whether that is race, gender, religion, is inherently evil. As a parent, I would want school personnel to back up my child. Diversity is a positive aspect of modern democratic society.


SUPPORT!!! Save our children by PROTECTING PARENTAL RIGHTS

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<p>Nobody have a child’s best interest mind , EXCEPT THEIR PARENTS!! Save our children governor!!!!! </p>


Oppose

I am a transgender woman whose live has improved immeasurably since coming out to my friends and family. I feel more like myself than I ever did before, and I regained my desire to live after such a monumental self-discovery. To deny this same happiness to other trans people is tantamount to barbarism, and would only harm the mental wellbeing of those people. You cannot keep a trans person from being trans; you can force them away from transitioning with violence, as this guidance would do, but you will not accomplish anything except to cause them further pain. The probability that a trans person will die by suicide nosedives when they're accepted for who they are. To pass this guidance would be to ensure the deaths of many trans children as a result of the violence they will suffer.I oppose the guidance.

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<span data-sheets-userformat='{"2":769,"3":{"1":0},"11":4,"12":0}' data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"I am a transgender woman whose live has improved immeasurably since coming out to my friends and family. I feel more like myself than I ever did before, and I regained my desire to live after such a monumental self-discovery. \n\nTo deny this same happiness to other trans people is tantamount to barbarism, and would only harm the mental wellbeing of those people. You cannot keep a trans person from being trans; you can force them away from transitioning with violence, as this guidance would do, but you will not accomplish anything except to cause them further pain. \n\nThe probability that a trans person will die by suicide nosedives when they're accepted for who they are. To pass this guidance would be to ensure the deaths of many trans children as a result of the violence they will suffer.\nI oppose the guidance."}">I am a transgender woman whose live has improved immeasurably since coming out to my friends and family. I feel more like myself than I ever did before, and I regained my desire to live after such a monumental self-discovery.

To deny this same happiness to other trans people is tantamount to barbarism, and would only harm the mental wellbeing of those people. You cannot keep a trans person from being trans; you can force them away from transitioning with violence, as this guidance would do, but you will not accomplish anything except to cause them further pain.

The probability that a trans person will die by suicide nosedives when they're accepted for who they are. To pass this guidance would be to ensure the deaths of many trans children as a result of the violence they will suffer.
I oppose the guidance.


Oppose

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<span data-sheets-userformat='{"2":769,"3":{"1":0},"11":4,"12":0}' data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"I’m a Junior at vb schools and I have struggled with my gender identity for quite a while, and so have my peers. Being able to freely express yourself like a cis person can is something that a public education should provide for everyone, its a natural right to be free to be whomever you are. I oppose the draft because it will creat a not only negative environment for trans youth but also potentially bring harm their way. Though school’s purpose is for educating children academically, there are social experiences one learns from school, the draft depicts trans people as “less” than any other cis person, which will raise kids to grow and become judgmental towards transgender people. School should be safe for all kids no matter what gender or sexuality, I want to be able to freely express myself and be comfortable in my body just like everyone else is able to."}'>I’m a Junior at vb schools and I have struggled with my gender identity for quite a while, and so have my peers. Being able to freely express yourself like a cis person can is something that a public education should provide for everyone, its a natural right to be free to be whomever you are. I oppose the draft because it will creat a not only negative environment for trans youth but also potentially bring harm their way. Though school’s purpose is for educating children academically, there are social experiences one learns from school, the draft depicts trans people as “less” than any other cis person, which will raise kids to grow and become judgmental towards transgender people. School should be safe for all kids no matter what gender or sexuality, I want to be able to freely express myself and be comfortable in my body just like everyone else is able to.


I oppose Youngkin’s policy.

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<span data-sheets-userformat='{"2":769,"3":{"1":0},"11":4,"12":0}' data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"I am a heterosexual white Christian woman.  My children are not transgender.  I am very opposed to Youngkin’s policy, which is clearly AGAINST trans kids, and FOR arrogant, closed-minded people who will do anything, including hurt children, to get their closed-minded way.  When you know someone, or their family/friends, who is transgender, and you see that they are human beings, you will feel differently.  So many of you call yourself Christians, but you are what has been giving Christianity a bad name.  Are you a christian because you are not Muslim or atheist?  Or are you a Christian, who believes in Jesus Christ and tries to be like him?  I am the latter.  WWJD?  Jesus would not be closed-minded, arrogant, and mean.  Jesus was all about Love.  Love your neighbor, no matter what.  You should try it."}'>I am a heterosexual white Christian woman. My children are not transgender. I am very opposed to Youngkin’s policy, which is clearly AGAINST trans kids, and FOR arrogant, closed-minded people who will do anything, including hurt children, to get their closed-minded way. When you know someone, or their family/friends, who is transgender, and you see that they are human beings, you will feel differently. So many of you call yourself Christians, but you are what has been giving Christianity a bad name. Are you a christian because you are not Muslim or atheist? Or are you a Christian, who believes in Jesus Christ and tries to be like him? I am the latter. WWJD? Jesus would not be closed-minded, arrogant, and mean. Jesus was all about Love. Love your neighbor, no matter what. You should try it.


Oppose

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As a trans woman who happily moved to Virginia several years ago, I OPPOSE this rule in every way, shape, and form. If the VDoE truly wants to protect its students, it must unequivocally reject it. Claiming to protect children while delivering such a slap in the face to a portion of them is nothing but a bald-faced lie rooted in bigotry and hatred


Oppose


Thank you governor, protect PARENTAL RIGHTS! 100% SUPPORT!

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<p>Please pass this! </p>


Trans people are people

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I have recently moved to Virginia. I was hoping to get away from the facism, but unfortunately I have not. Trans people deserve medical care. Trans people deserve education in a safe and supportive environment. Trans people deserve to exist in our society. There have always been trans people and there will always be trans people. Discriminating and persecuting them will only make you look bad.


Opposed

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<span data-sheets-userformat='{"2":769,"3":{"1":0},"11":4,"12":0}' data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"I’m opposed to Gov Youngkins 2022 school student policy. Trans and non-binary kids are just kids and need a respectful, inclusive environment to learn. As a lifelong Virginian, I cannot support changes in policy that create opportunities for hatred, violence, bigotry, and worst of all, indifference. We must allow kids to be kids, to find their own truth, and to feel safe as they do so within the halls of Virginia state schools."}'>I’m opposed to Gov Youngkins 2022 school student policy. Trans and non-binary kids are just kids and need a respectful, inclusive environment to learn. As a lifelong Virginian, I cannot support changes in policy that create opportunities for hatred, violence, bigotry, and worst of all, indifference. We must allow kids to be kids, to find their own truth, and to feel safe as they do so within the halls of Virginia state schools.


Transgender Policies wrt the Public School System

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I strongly support Governor Youngkin's efforts to protect the rights of parents with respect to their children being exposed to issues related to transgender indoctrination. This issue does not belong in the school system except on a case-by-case basis and in those cases, the parents should always be brought into the discussion at the onset. The parent entrusts their children to the school system. It is not the other way around. While we all have basic human rights, there are certain human rights, such as the right to marry whomever we chose, which must be withheld until a person reaches a certain level of maturity. Just as a parent has the right to tell a child that as a twelve year old they are too young to exercise their right to marry, the parent has the right to be involved with any discussion that a child might have as to the confusion they may be encountering as to what sex they may want identify with. That is the parents' role, not the school's. Let the school go to court and remove a child from the home if they don't think the child is in a "safe" enough environment for the parents to handle the situation.


Youngkin sent his kids to private school so his daughter wouldn’t have to see dudes in her bathroom.


Nurse Practitioner against Youngkin’s harmful policy

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<span data-sheets-userformat='{"2":769,"3":{"1":0},"11":4,"12":0}' data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"I am a Family Nurse Practitioner and I oppose Youngkin’s hateful student policy. It will put LGBTQIA+ kids in danger of violence, bullying, mental and physical stress at an even higher risk. These policies lack evidence or expertise in regards to trans and non-binary youth and will only cause more harm. Youngkin needs to listen to the experts instead of enacting policies solely based on ignorance and homophobia. \n"}'>I am a Family Nurse Practitioner and I oppose Youngkin’s hateful student policy. It will put LGBTQIA+ kids in danger of violence, bullying, mental and physical stress at an even higher risk. These policies lack evidence or expertise in regards to trans and non-binary youth and will only cause more harm. Youngkin needs to listen to the experts instead of enacting policies solely based on ignorance and homophobia.


I support the Governor's policies.

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Restore the rights of parents and respect the 1st amendment rights of our students, and the safety of our female athletes.


I oppose

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I strongly oppose the proposed policies released on September 16 by Governor Youngkin and the Virginia Department of Education (DOE) that would reverse current policies protecting Virginia’s estimated 4,000-plus transgender students.


Guidance Document, model policies for the treatment of transgender students in Va.'s public schools

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FOR - Protect parental authority and, especially, the rights and privacy of biological females that have been eviscerated.


Support!! SAVE OUR CHILDREN!!

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<p>let us save our children by giving parents their PARENTAL RIGHTS!! Children cannot get tattoos, why should they be given the right to sterilize themselves without parental consent? </p>


I am opposed to the Governor's proposed Trans initiatives

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These comments apply to all guidance documents and boards.

Efforts to replace sound social science with the loudest public voices does not make any sense, politically or in any other way.

I have several suggestions for making better policy.

First, only talk to parents who have children in public schools.

Second, only talk to youth who actually are in public schools.

Third, treat these youth as U.S. citizens. They have the right to privacy, freedom of expression and speech that adults have so their voice should be given greater weight.

Fourth, science has shown that trying to change trans behavior by treating them like we do drug dependent does not work.

Fifth, perform honest research into the tie between teen suicides and depression in trans youth.

Sixth, trans therapy does not mean sex conversion surgery.

Finally, seventh trans youth do not suffer from mental illness.


I OPPOSE the guidance

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This is a cruel and unnecessary law that endangers young people and is not any business of government.


Parents rights to protect their children

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I support Governor Glenn Youngkin. Regardless of gender orientation, parents should have the ultimate say over their child. A parent is the person who is most vested in the child’s welfare/life. The parent will be there for the child no matter what. We left public school because our rights to parent our children were being taken away.


Common Sense Guidance


Oppose

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Stop targeting trans kids for your political fear mongering. Protect trans kids- they will exist no matter how hard you try to legislate them away.


I oppose this change

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<span data-sheets-userformat='{"2":769,"3":{"1":0},"11":4,"12":0}' data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Please don’t enact the 2022 model policy. It completely tears apart the progress that I have seen as a parent in the Fairfax County Public School system. \n\nAs a parent, I have great appreciation for state guidance on education and building communities of respect and compassion in our public schools. It’s part of the reason I choose to publicly school my children, instead of enrolling them in private school. I believe my children get a great education where they are. \n\nBut teaching children that it’s ok to ignore their own belief of who they are – or to ignore and bully their friends who say “I have different pronouns than the ones you thought I had” or “I just don’t fit the gender binary,” – is wrong. \n\nIt is wrong to ignore these statements. It is wrong to call them a phase. It is wrong to do anything but stop and say, “I see you, I hear you, I am here to help you be who you truly are.” As adults, we have an extra responsibility to take care of all of the children and teens across Virginia. The 2021 guidance did this. The 2022 proposed guidance is simply hateful. \n\nIn 2021, I was proud to live in Virginia, where our legislators and education leaders recognized the need to create intentionally compassionate places for our transgender youth. The new, 2022 model policy takes us in the wrong direction. If it is enacted, it will communicate to the whole world that Virginia is not a compassionate place, that it is a scary place for trans and nonbinary people, and by extension, perhaps it is becoming a scary place for anyone who steps outside of traditional gender roles. Please completely scrap this entire model policy and go back to the model policy enacted in 2021. "}'>Please don’t enact the 2022 model policy. It completely tears apart the progress that I have seen as a parent in the Fairfax County Public School system.

As a parent, I have great appreciation for state guidance on education and building communities of respect and compassion in our public schools. It’s part of the reason I choose to publicly school my children, instead of enrolling them in private school. I believe my children get a great education where they are.

But teaching children that it’s ok to ignore their own belief of who they are – or to ignore and bully their friends who say “I have different pronouns than the ones you thought I had” or “I just don’t fit the gender binary,” – is wrong.

It is wrong to ignore these statements. It is wrong to call them a phase. It is wrong to do anything but stop and say, “I see you, I hear you, I am here to help you be who you truly are.” As adults, we have an extra responsibility to take care of all of the children and teens across Virginia. The 2021 guidance did this. The 2022 proposed guidance is simply hateful.

In 2021, I was proud to live in Virginia, where our legislators and education leaders recognized the need to create intentionally compassionate places for our transgender youth. The new, 2022 model policy takes us in the wrong direction. If it is enacted, it will communicate to the whole world that Virginia is not a compassionate place, that it is a scary place for trans and nonbinary people, and by extension, perhaps it is becoming a scary place for anyone who steps outside of traditional gender roles. Please completely scrap this entire model policy and go back to the model policy enacted in 2021.


Rights for Humanity

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<span data-sheets-userformat='{"2":769,"3":{"1":0},"11":4,"12":0}' data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"I am sickened as I continue to watch us move backward instead of forward.  I am speechless that our children are now being used as political pawns.  There is no morality behind taking away rights of people to be who they are.  I grew up in Southwest Virginia in a Christian household which I'm sure would gladly use scripture to promote a transphobic message.  Once expanding my world view and having the privilege of making new friends in college, I was grateful to see the this world is a beautiful and diverse place.  I embraced those who didn't grow up with the privilege that I had and vowed to do all I could to become the best ally I could be for each person I grew to love.  Being that this idea was not accepted in the religious indoctrination that I was raised by, I broke from my religious background.  I type this because I do believe that more people need to really see that the transphobic and homophobic messages they are spreading  are the opposite of love.  This is hate at it's core.  It is meant to not only divide, but to make people feel superior to others.  So many have been suffering for so long, and now our children are being put front and center.  Enough is enough.  I am now a mother, and I don't know who my child will decide to become or love in the future, but I will fiercely support the rights that all humanity should have today and in the coming days."}">I am sickened as I continue to watch us move backward instead of forward. I am speechless that our children are now being used as political pawns. There is no morality behind taking away rights of people to be who they are. I grew up in Southwest Virginia in a Christian household which I'm sure would gladly use scripture to promote a transphobic message. Once expanding my world view and having the privilege of making new friends in college, I was grateful to see the this world is a beautiful and diverse place. I embraced those who didn't grow up with the privilege that I had and vowed to do all I could to become the best ally I could be for each person I grew to love. Being that this idea was not accepted in the religious indoctrination that I was raised by, I broke from my religious background. I type this because I do believe that more people need to really see that the transphobic and homophobic messages they are spreading are the opposite of love. This is hate at it's core. It is meant to not only divide, but to make people feel superior to others. So many have been suffering for so long, and now our children are being put front and center. Enough is enough. I am now a mother, and I don't know who my child will decide to become or love in the future, but I will fiercely support the rights that all humanity should have today and in the coming days.


100% Support

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<p> I wonder if everyone who opposes this guidance has actually read it? This is fair and reasonable and protects every kid. All students have the right to be treated fairly. Parents must not be excluded from the lives of their children.</p>


SUPPORT! Thank you YOUNGKIN!!

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<p>Save our children! Keep families together! PARENTS HAVE RIGHTS!!!!! Thank you governor youngkin for taking these steps to protect our children, and help parents continue to protect their children. </p>


We Have Your Back!

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You are valid and so loved! Keep being your authentic selves!


I OPPOSE the guidance

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I oppose this policy change.


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

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You will love California. It’s really sunny here.  People will call you whatever pronoun you like and you can go to the bathroom wherever you want. Tell all your trans friends and come right away!


I am strongly opposed.


Oppose

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This comment will harm children and place them at higher risk of suicide. This policy is not evidence based and should not be implemented. I am ashamed of our leadership in office.


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


I OPPOSE the guidance

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<span data-sheets-userformat='{"2":769,"3":{"1":0},"11":4,"12":0}' data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"I strongly oppose this proposed policy.  This proposal would create a hostile and potentially dangerous school environment for our VA transgender and nonbinary youth, requiring teachers and staff to forcibly “out” students, prohibit staff from supporting trans and nonbinary students such as using a students affirming name and pronouns, and prohibit access or participation in activities consistent with their gender identity.  All our students deserve a supportive and affirming school environment, especially our vulnerable and marginalized populations like our transgender and nonbinary youth"}'>I strongly oppose this proposed policy. This proposal would create a hostile and potentially dangerous school environment for our VA transgender and nonbinary youth, requiring teachers and staff to forcibly “out” students, prohibit staff from supporting trans and nonbinary students such as using a students affirming name and pronouns, and prohibit access or participation in activities consistent with their gender identity. All our students deserve a supportive and affirming school environment, especially our vulnerable and marginalized populations like our transgender and nonbinary youth


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


I oppose this guidance.

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Please protect trans kids by allowing schools to provide accommodations to them that honor their preferred name and pronouns. Not seeing a child as they see themselves can lead to depression and even suicide.


Youngkin Paid to Send His Own Children to Private Schools That Would Not Support His Bill

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As the parent of a trans child who thankfully had the money and resources to take them out of the public school system, I am very sorry for parents of trans kids who don't have that option. I'm also sorry for the teachers and administrators at my child's old school, who were all respectful and just wanted to teach instead of being screamed at by politicians and parents influenced by them about masks and imaginary CRT and now this.

I heartily agree with the parents who say we need to get back to learning, which is why Youngkin's antics are ridiculous. This is just a shameless ploy to Trumpism because Youngkin knows that he can't run again for Governor and is aiming to run for President or be appointed Vice-President. It has nothing to do with the actual well being of children. Youngkin's own children did not attend public schools, and the schools they did attend were supportive of trans youth. If he felt so strongly about this issue then, why did he pay (a lot--$40,000+) for his own kids to attend schools with policies he is so against?

No one should care about this issue except trans kids and their parents. Schools aren't "grooming" trans kids. My child wouldn't even use ANY bathroom at school. I can't wait until my kid graduates to send them out of this state that is moving backwards.


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I support Gov. Youngkin’s proposed policy. Parents need to be able to support their children and they can’t do that if they aren’t informed of struggles the student may be having at school.


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


I oppose the new policies

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I am personally affected by the proposed changes to public education policies, as I have two children that are transgendered. We have worked hard to ensure they are treated with respect at school, and this new policy will cause them harm.


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


I OPPOSE the guidance

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I disagree with Gov. Youngkin 's policy for transgender students. The Governor is putting students at risk of harassment, psychological stress and physical harm. Not all students have supportive family. We need to support and protect all of our students. Schools must be supportive and safe.


Respect LGBT students

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<span data-sheets-userformat='{"2":769,"3":{"1":0},"11":4,"12":0}' data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Respecting LGBT students is critical to improving mental health outcomes and reducing suicide. Allowing educators to support these students and use preferred names and pronouns are literally life-saving measures, as a host of evidence shows. Requiring them to notify parents who could cause grave harm is absolutely unacceptable. Furthermore, if you can adapt to someone changing their name when they get married or you can adapt to someone having a nickname, you can and should respect trans people with their names and pronouns."}'>Respecting LGBT students is critical to improving mental health outcomes and reducing suicide. Allowing educators to support these students and use preferred names and pronouns are literally life-saving measures, as a host of evidence shows. Requiring them to notify parents who could cause grave harm is absolutely unacceptable. Furthermore, if you can adapt to someone changing their name when they get married or you can adapt to someone having a nickname, you can and should respect trans people with their names and pronouns.


Oppose

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I support the right for trans people to be affirmed in their identity and use what bathroom that fits their identity because it makes trans people feel euphoric. I want people to feel included and loved and accepted.


Strongly Oppose Youngkin’s Student Policy

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I support trans students and strongly oppose Youngkin’s policy.


Strongly support!

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


Stop going backwards and look forward

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<span data-sheets-userformat='{"2":769,"3":{"1":0},"11":4,"12":0}' data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"I feel that if you are born not feeling like you’re quite fit in already, whether you are a transsexual, bisexual, homosexual or straight you shouldn’t be discriminated against in any way for these feelings. This is 2022 not 1955 where discrimination racism and homophobia were rampant. I have a trans nephew and my son is gay and lives in Seattle where none of these oppressive backwards laws exist and I’m grateful for it.And that I raised him in the northwest instead of anywhere in the south. I hope you realize with these backwards laws you are dragging Virginia backwards as well. Discriminating against people who have no choice is wrong. What are you afraid of Virginia? Be progressive be forward thinking, stop using fear is a reason to discriminate."}'>I feel that if you are born not feeling like you’re quite fit in already, whether you are a transsexual, bisexual, homosexual or straight you shouldn’t be discriminated against in any way for these feelings. This is 2022 not 1955 where discrimination racism and homophobia were rampant. I have a trans nephew and my son is gay and lives in Seattle where none of these oppressive backwards laws exist and I’m grateful for it.And that I raised him in the northwest instead of anywhere in the south. I hope you realize with these backwards laws you are dragging Virginia backwards as well. Discriminating against people who have no choice is wrong. What are you afraid of Virginia? Be progressive be forward thinking, stop using fear is a reason to discriminate.


Support the new guidelines

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

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

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

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

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


I OPPOSE the guidance

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<span data-sheets-userformat='{"2":769,"3":{"1":0},"11":4,"12":0}' data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"I am grandmother of a non-binary teen (they/them).  I write in support of trans and non-binary students and against the VDOE student policy.  I believe it is harmful and short-sighted. VA can do better! VA has a chance to be a leader in this issue. Schools can play a major role in educating communities about LGBTQ+ issues which impact students and their families. Please work with compassion and tolerance and an open-mind to build supportive and inclusive school environments for ALL students across the state."}'>I am grandmother of a non-binary teen (they/them). I write in support of trans and non-binary students and against the VDOE student policy. I believe it is harmful and short-sighted. VA can do better! VA has a chance to be a leader in this issue. Schools can play a major role in educating communities about LGBTQ+ issues which impact students and their families. Please work with compassion and tolerance and an open-mind to build supportive and inclusive school environments for ALL students across the state.


Model Policy is Inconsistent and Illegal

The model policy states “The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution guarantees religious freedom and prohibits the government from compelling speech that is contrary to an individual’s personal or religious beliefs.” It further alleges that “Practices such as compelling others to use preferred pronouns is premised on the ideological belief that gender is a matter of personal choice or subjective experience, not sex.” Yet Tinker vs Des Moines (1969) established that students have a right to self-express ideology on school grounds. Therefore, if "gender choice" is an ideology, then this policy instructs school districts to violate a student’s first amendment right to ideological free speech and is thus unconstitutional.
Furthermore, the Policy’s exceedingly broad interpretation of Troxel vs Granville (2000), Wisconsin vs Yoder (1972), and Pierce v. Society of Sisters (1925) in support of this denial of student rights is not only inconsistent with the court's rulings on their respective matters (namely visitation rights and school choice) but also has no relevant bearing on the matter of speech in public schools. The VDOE also cannot take up the argument that Bostock vs Clayton County (2020) remains limited in scope to Title VII with no application to Title IX, because to do so would be in direct contradiction of the 2021 Federal Notice of Interpretation on that case, as well as the Virginia Values Act of 2020 generally.Therefore if any school districts in Virginia were to actually implement this model policy, they would be violating state and federal law as well as the US Constitution. As such I must OPPOSE it.

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The model policy states “The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution guarantees religious freedom and prohibits the government from compelling speech that is contrary to an individual’s personal or religious beliefs.” It further alleges that “Practices such as compelling others to use preferred pronouns is premised on the ideological belief that gender is a matter of personal choice or subjective experience, not sex.” Yet Tinker vs Des Moines (1969) established that students have a right to self-express ideology on school grounds. Therefore, if "gender choice" is an ideology, then this policy instructs school districts to violate a student’s first amendment right to ideological free speech and is thus unconstitutional.

Furthermore, the Policy’s exceedingly broad interpretation of Troxel vs Granville (2000), Wisconsin vs Yoder (1972), and Pierce v. Society of Sisters (1925) in support of this denial of student rights is not only inconsistent with the court's rulings on their respective matters (namely visitation rights and school choice) but also has no relevant bearing on the matter of speech in public schools. The VDOE also cannot take up the argument that Bostock vs Clayton County (2020) remains limited in scope to Title VII with no application to Title IX, because to do so would be in direct contradiction of the 2021 Federal Notice of Interpretation on that case, as well as the Virginia Values Act of 2020 generally.

Therefore if any school districts in Virginia were to actually implement this model policy, they would be violating state and federal law as well as the US Constitution. As such I must OPPOSE it.


I OPPOSE the guidance

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I strongly oppose Gov Younkins push to further isolate trans youth with his homophobic policies. What’s the point of we cannot protect our own children?


I oppose the guidance and here's why

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<span data-sheets-userformat='{"2":769,"3":{"1":0},"11":4,"12":0}' data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"As a sister, parent, aunt, cousin, and friend of LGBTIAQ+ people, I have witnessed first hand the abuse, both physical and mental, to children by schoolmates and family. When we allow children at an early age to witness individuals and families of different races, cultures, genders and orientation, they are able to see themselves or someone they love being represented and given equal access to education and activities. \n\nOur children need open hearts and protection, especially transgender and nonbinary children, as they navigate the changes in their identities that sometimes they cannot share with parents. I personally have held the confidence of not just my close family members but also young LGBTIAQ+ friends of my children who could not talk with their parents or other family and felt safe in my home to be themselves. Please let Virginia be a leader in inclusiveness and equal opportunities for education and livelihood for all."}'>As a sister, parent, aunt, cousin, and friend of LGBTIAQ+ people, I have witnessed first hand the abuse, both physical and mental, to children by schoolmates and family. When we allow children at an early age to witness individuals and families of different races, cultures, genders and orientation, they are able to see themselves or someone they love being represented and given equal access to education and activities.

Our children need open hearts and protection, especially transgender and nonbinary children, as they navigate the changes in their identities that sometimes they cannot share with parents. I personally have held the confidence of not just my close family members but also young LGBTIAQ+ friends of my children who could not talk with their parents or other family and felt safe in my home to be themselves. Please let Virginia be a leader in inclusiveness and equal opportunities for education and livelihood for all.


Oppose

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Provide safe learning for all! Support coming from TN


Oppose

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<span data-sheets-userformat='{"2":769,"3":{"1":0},"11":4,"12":0}' data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"I’ve been on testosterone for over a year now and based off of that I likely would make women uncomfortable by using the women’s restroom but that’s what people want me to do with this new policy. I have the T levels of a cisman but yet I’m supposed to use the women’s restroom, be referred to as a woman, and play women’s sports? I should not be expected to “play pretend” in order to appease transphobic individuals and make others uncomfortable for those without any medical background to be comfortable. \nIf I wasn’t accepted by my teachers and was instead outed and my identity ignored I likely would have not made it through my senior year alive and yet Youngkin wants dead trans kids? "}'>I’ve been on testosterone for over a year now and based off of that I likely would make women uncomfortable by using the women’s restroom but that’s what people want me to do with this new policy. I have the T levels of a cisman but yet I’m supposed to use the women’s restroom, be referred to as a woman, and play women’s sports? I should not be expected to “play pretend” in order to appease transphobic individuals and make others uncomfortable for those without any medical background to be comfortable.
If I wasn’t accepted by my teachers and was instead outed and my identity ignored I likely would have not made it through my senior year alive and yet Youngkin wants dead trans kids?


I support the new guidance

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Simply put, parents matter. Minors are impressionable, and parents have the right and duty to direct their upbringing. The practice of socially transitioning the gender of young children without telling their parents is deeply concerning. Thank you Governor Youngkin for listening to parents and protecting kids!


Oppose

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<span data-sheets-userformat='{"2":769,"3":{"1":0},"11":4,"12":0}' data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"I oppose the guidance Governor Youngkin has proposed. As a non-binary adult raised in the Virginia school system, I know firsthand that being a gender non-conforming person is hard enough. The otherness that a non-binary child feels makes it difficult to focus on learning - we should be advocating for teachers to make the kids feel safe and supported when in school - NOT othered more than they already are."}'>I oppose the guidance Governor Youngkin has proposed. As a non-binary adult raised in the Virginia school system, I know firsthand that being a gender non-conforming person is hard enough. The otherness that a non-binary child feels makes it difficult to focus on learning - we should be advocating for teachers to make the kids feel safe and supported when in school - NOT othered more than they already are.


Oppose

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<span data-sheets-userformat='{"2":769,"3":{"1":0},"11":4,"12":0}' data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"No one should be excluded, persecuted or hated upon just because of who they are or how they feel about themselves. Being transgender in no way affects how anyone else lives except for themselves and they should not be looked down upon because of that. Just because you don't understand, does not mean that they don't. We know who we are and how we want to be treated, just as you do. You wouldn't like it if you were persecuted just for being a man. We shouldn't be either."}">No one should be excluded, persecuted or hated upon just because of who they are or how they feel about themselves. Being transgender in no way affects how anyone else lives except for themselves and they should not be looked down upon because of that. Just because you don't understand, does not mean that they don't. We know who we are and how we want to be treated, just as you do. You wouldn't like it if you were persecuted just for being a man. We shouldn't be either.


I OPPOSE the guidance

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<span data-sheets-userformat='{"2":769,"3":{"1":0},"11":4,"12":0}' data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"I OPPOSE the draft policy and want the VDOE to reject it. Please protect trans and nonbinary youth from these harmful measures.  \nWe already know that erasing gender identities in classrooms, creating hostile school environments, forcibly outing children to their parents, and prohibiting teachers from using gender affirming language, all lead to depression, poor grades, and worst of all, increased suicide rates. Young people deserve a better world. \nBy celebrating each community member's uniqueness, we can say yes to a beautiful and inclusive future. Please say no to depression, failing grades, and teen suicide. Please say no to this draft policy."}">I OPPOSE the draft policy and want the VDOE to reject it. Please protect trans and nonbinary youth from these harmful measures.
We already know that erasing gender identities in classrooms, creating hostile school environments, forcibly outing children to their parents, and prohibiting teachers from using gender affirming language, all lead to depression, poor grades, and worst of all, increased suicide rates. Young people deserve a better world.
By celebrating each community member's uniqueness, we can say yes to a beautiful and inclusive future. Please say no to depression, failing grades, and teen suicide. Please say no to this draft policy.


Support Pro-Parent Policies

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I support Gov. Youngkin and his administration on the new pro-parent policies.


Oppose

I wasn't out as trans in high school, mostly because I hadn't really figured myself out yet. But now that I'm out and I know what I identify as, every instance of misgendering at best makes my skin crawl and at worst makes me feel like I'm being stabbed. I fear for my future as a young trans person. I'm worried that I'm going to be killed, or worse, having to crawl back into the suffocating closet that was womanhood for me. And under this policy, every trans high schooler will be forced to stay in that closet. They'll endure the misery of gender expectations that don't fit them, of secret dysphoria, of being misgendered by even those teachers who want to support them because of state policy. They will feel broken, wrong, criminal, evil. They will keep a vital part of themself secret, twist themself into strange shapes just to stay safe. All of these things are incredibly traumatizing, especially for a young person. The only reason I have been able to avoid these feelings of internalized transphobia for the most part is because I have had people - teachers and peers mostly - who supported me and told me that there wasn't anything wrong with me. I had positive exposures to transgender and nonbinary individuals throughout high school. Even though I wasn't out yet, I didn't feel hated or shamed by everyone around me, so I was able to accept myself when I figured out what was going on. I didn't fall into the suffocating trap of self-hatred that so many transgender students will find themselves in under the policy. Respecting a trans person's gender identity is suicide prevention. According to the Trevor Project, over half of transgender youth have seriously considered attempting suicide. Being in a school environment that supports and welcomes LGBTQ+ identities lowers this rate by 23%. Additionally, a peer reviewed study conducted by Hobaica et. al in 2021 drew a link between an increase in bullying of transgender (and other LGBTQ+) students and an environment where transgender students weren't supported by teachers and peers. The same study also drew a link between bullying and psychological distress, including symptoms of depression and anxiety.Our children are suffering and dying because of the debate over their existence. And isn't it better to have a happy, alive child than a dead one, no matter who they are? Do you want to have to bury your child just because the state denied them the support they needed? Young lives will be cut short by these policies. Children will suffer, far more than they would from any surgery or experimentation with their gender identity. We need to keep our children safe, and Youngkin's new policy will endanger them far more than any gender ideology ever can.

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<span data-sheets-userformat='{"2":769,"3":{"1":0},"11":4,"12":0}' data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"I wasn't out as trans in high school, mostly because I hadn't really figured myself out yet. But now that I'm out and I know what I identify as, every instance of misgendering at best makes my skin crawl and at worst makes me feel like I'm being stabbed. I fear for my future as a young trans person. I'm worried that I'm going to be killed, or worse, having to crawl back into the suffocating closet that was womanhood for me. \n\nAnd under this policy, every trans high schooler will be forced to stay in that closet. They'll endure the misery of gender expectations that don't fit them, of secret dysphoria, of being misgendered by even those teachers who want to support them because of state policy. They will feel broken, wrong, criminal, evil. They will keep a vital part of themself secret, twist themself into strange shapes just to stay safe. All of these things are incredibly traumatizing, especially for a young person. \nThe only reason I have been able to avoid these feelings of internalized transphobia for the most part is because I have had people - teachers and peers mostly - who supported me and told me that there wasn't anything wrong with me. I had positive exposures to transgender and nonbinary individuals throughout high school. Even though I wasn't out yet, I didn't feel hated or shamed by everyone around me, so I was able to accept myself when I figured out what was going on. I didn't fall into the suffocating trap of self-hatred that so many transgender students will find themselves in under the policy. \n\nRespecting a trans person's gender identity is suicide prevention. According to the Trevor Project, over half of transgender youth have seriously considered attempting suicide. Being in a school environment that supports and welcomes LGBTQ+ identities lowers this rate by 23%. Additionally, a peer reviewed study conducted by Hobaica et. al in 2021 drew a link between an increase in bullying of transgender (and other LGBTQ+) students and an environment where transgender students weren't supported by teachers and peers. The same study also drew a link between bullying and psychological distress, including symptoms of depression and anxiety.\n\nOur children are suffering and dying because of the debate over their existence. And isn't it better to have a happy, alive child than a dead one, no matter who they are? Do you want to have to bury your child just because the state denied them the support they needed?  Young lives will be cut short by these policies. Children will suffer, far more than they would from any surgery or experimentation with their gender identity. We need to keep our children safe, and Youngkin's new policy will endanger them far more than any gender ideology ever can.  "}">I wasn't out as trans in high school, mostly because I hadn't really figured myself out yet. But now that I'm out and I know what I identify as, every instance of misgendering at best makes my skin crawl and at worst makes me feel like I'm being stabbed. I fear for my future as a young trans person. I'm worried that I'm going to be killed, or worse, having to crawl back into the suffocating closet that was womanhood for me.

And under this policy, every trans high schooler will be forced to stay in that closet. They'll endure the misery of gender expectations that don't fit them, of secret dysphoria, of being misgendered by even those teachers who want to support them because of state policy. They will feel broken, wrong, criminal, evil. They will keep a vital part of themself secret, twist themself into strange shapes just to stay safe. All of these things are incredibly traumatizing, especially for a young person.
The only reason I have been able to avoid these feelings of internalized transphobia for the most part is because I have had people - teachers and peers mostly - who supported me and told me that there wasn't anything wrong with me. I had positive exposures to transgender and nonbinary individuals throughout high school. Even though I wasn't out yet, I didn't feel hated or shamed by everyone around me, so I was able to accept myself when I figured out what was going on. I didn't fall into the suffocating trap of self-hatred that so many transgender students will find themselves in under the policy.

Respecting a trans person's gender identity is suicide prevention. According to the Trevor Project, over half of transgender youth have seriously considered attempting suicide. Being in a school environment that supports and welcomes LGBTQ+ identities lowers this rate by 23%. Additionally, a peer reviewed study conducted by Hobaica et. al in 2021 drew a link between an increase in bullying of transgender (and other LGBTQ+) students and an environment where transgender students weren't supported by teachers and peers. The same study also drew a link between bullying and psychological distress, including symptoms of depression and anxiety.

Our children are suffering and dying because of the debate over their existence. And isn't it better to have a happy, alive child than a dead one, no matter who they are? Do you want to have to bury your child just because the state denied them the support they needed? Young lives will be cut short by these policies. Children will suffer, far more than they would from any surgery or experimentation with their gender identity. We need to keep our children safe, and Youngkin's new policy will endanger them far more than any gender ideology ever can.


I OPPOSE the guidance

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I oppose the guidance propose by Gov. Youngkin. Students need welcoming and support for who they are, not restrictions.


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I strongly OPPOSE this draft policy! To treat children as if they do not deserve equitable treatment because of their gender identity is to sow and reinforce the seeds of division, hatred, and fear. This is NOT the Virginia I grew up in and it is not the Virginia I want for our children. Vote NO on this draft student policy!


I OPPOSE the guidance

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This is absolutely ridiculous and harmful. This will HURT CHILDREN. And that should never be a goal of legislation. You must do better, and if you won’t we will be there to let you know and vote you OUT.


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<span data-sheets-userformat='{"2":769,"3":{"1":0},"11":4,"12":0}' data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"\nGov. Youngkin is favoring prejudice and ignorance over medical science. Virginia will become a laughing stock of \"a backward Southern state.\" His cruel, ignorant \nrulings will harm many children and families , not to mention harm the state economically as college students, corporations, retirees, and other progressive groups decline to re-locate to Virginia. Virginia has made great progress in recent years as a progressive, educated, modern, openhearted state. Gov. Youngkin is not worthy of being Virginia's governor and is taking the state backwards. Great progress has been made in medical understanding of gender issues in recent \nyears, Would that Virginia had a governor with the intelligence, enlightenment, \ncompassion, and sophistication to keep up with the larger world of medical and scientific advancement. Sadly this is not the case with this administration."}">
Gov. Youngkin is favoring prejudice and ignorance over medical science. Virginia will become a laughing stock of "a backward Southern state." His cruel, ignorant
rulings will harm many children and families , not to mention harm the state economically as college students, corporations, retirees, and other progressive groups decline to re-locate to Virginia. Virginia has made great progress in recent years as a progressive, educated, modern, openhearted state. Gov. Youngkin is not worthy of being Virginia's governor and is taking the state backwards. Great progress has been made in medical understanding of gender issues in recent
years, Would that Virginia had a governor with the intelligence, enlightenment,
compassion, and sophistication to keep up with the larger world of medical and scientific advancement. Sadly this is not the case with this administration.


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<span data-sheets-userformat='{"2":769,"3":{"1":0},"11":4,"12":0}' data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"I strongly oppose this proposed policy.  This proposal would create a hostile and potentially dangerous school environment for our VA transgender and nonbinary youth, requiring teachers and staff to forcibly “out” students, prohibit staff from supporting trans and nonbinary students such as using a students affirming name and pronouns, and prohibit access or participation in activities consistent with their gender identity.  All our students deserve a supportive and affirming school environment, especially our vulnerable and marginalized populations like our transgender and nonbinary youth."}'>I strongly oppose this proposed policy. This proposal would create a hostile and potentially dangerous school environment for our VA transgender and nonbinary youth, requiring teachers and staff to forcibly “out” students, prohibit staff from supporting trans and nonbinary students such as using a students affirming name and pronouns, and prohibit access or participation in activities consistent with their gender identity. All our students deserve a supportive and affirming school environment, especially our vulnerable and marginalized populations like our transgender and nonbinary youth.


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I OPPOSE this supposed "policy". You claim to want to "keep politics out of schools" then shove your bigoted political views right into said classrooms. There's no "one way" road sign on this street, pals. You don't get to scream and have meltdowns about CRT and whatever other nonsense you think liberal-minded people are implementing in schools, and then try to push through this garbage.Let trans kids exist in a safe and healthy environment. Let them use the damn bathroom and pronouns they are most comfortable using. They aren't harming anyone, but this nonsensical policy is. And don't start waxing poetic about "parents rights" either. Kids aren't property. They are human beings and have the right to decide who they are and to be respected and treated with dignity. As someone who grew up in the VA public school system (graduated 2008) before the media popularized this topic, I gotta say, its disgusting how you all are continuously targeting children. You are turning what should be safe spaces for all kids into just another battleground, another place stacked floor to ceiling with anxiety and stress for trans kids, as if being trans alone isn't stressful enough. I would know, I was one of those trans kids, and that was BEFORE politicians started shoving their noses into the existence of trans people.There were days in elementary school where I did not use the bathroom at all. It didn't matter how badly I had to go. When I was in middle and high school, I went to the bathroom before I left the house at 6am and did not go again until I got home from drumline practice or a club meeting or a football game until after 10pm. That is not healthy, but it was literally my only option. I was a boy. I dressed like a boy, acted like a boy, had a haircut like a boy. I was into skateboarding and soccer and baseball. I played drums in a garage band, and was on my school's drumline. I was captain of that drumline for 2 years. But this was the early 2000s before Google and transgender people being made visible was the norm. I didn't have the word transgender, but I still knew that "girl" was wrong. That I had never been anywhere near that walk of life despite constantly being told I should be. Anyone who glanced at me saw the truth: that I was boy. Simple as that. But I couldn't use the wrong (girls) bathroom (aka the one you'd probably still like to shove me into, beard and muscles and all) because I did not at all look like a girl so if I ran into someone I didn't know, they'd panic and cause an uproar. Just the idea of having to walk into the wrong (girls) bathroom was mortifying. I'd have jumped out of plane without a parachute first before stepping foot in there. I couldn't used the right (boys) bathroom safely either in case someone I did know was in there and caused an uproar or started to bully me and cause other problems.You cannot even begin to fathom the number of UTIs I caused myself because of living like that 5 days a week. Or the amount of stress and anxiety just going to school created because "Well, what if I can't hold it today?" Of sitting in class in absolute silent agony, unable to focus on lessons, because my bladder was about to bust or my bowels were ready to give out, but the panic of having to navigate using a bathroom safely, in school of all places, was more powerful than my physical needs. Like, all I wanted to do was pee without fear. That's it. That's all these kids want. To be safe. To be comfortable. To be protected by the adults in their lives. Nothing about these policies do that.I'm not a boy anymore. Obviously. I graduated in 2008. I started testosterone that same year, which saved my life. I went to college and got my degree. I've got two kids and a wife now. Having to navigate the hellscape of VA public schools in the 90s-00s didn't stop me from existing as I am. Not having the word transgender until late high school to finally make sense of what I'd been feeling since I was 4 didn't stop me from existing as I am. Bigoted, transphobic policies like yours aren't going to stop trans kids from existing as they are, just as none of the obstacles I faced stopped me. I am man now, not a boy, and I will fight like hell to make sure that the kids growing up now and in the entirety of humanity's future don't have to live through that experience the way I did. Support trans kids, and ALL kids, or get out of public office. Get out of education if you cannot do that most basic thing.Shame on you. All of you. None of you are fit to service cockroaches, let alone the public.

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<span data-sheets-userformat='{"2":769,"3":{"1":0},"11":4,"12":0}' data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"I OPPOSE this supposed \"policy\". You claim to want to \"keep politics out of schools\" then shove your bigoted political views right into said classrooms. There's no \"one way\" road sign on this street, pals. You don't get to scream and have meltdowns about CRT and whatever other nonsense you think liberal-minded people are implementing in schools, and then try to push through this garbage.\n\nLet trans kids exist in a safe and healthy environment. Let them use the damn bathroom and pronouns they are most comfortable using. They aren't harming anyone, but this nonsensical policy is. And don't start waxing poetic about \"parents rights\" either. Kids aren't property. They are human beings and have the right to decide who they are and to be respected and treated with dignity. \n\nAs someone who grew up in the VA public school system (graduated 2008) before the media popularized this topic, I gotta say, its disgusting how you all are continuously targeting children. You are turning what should be safe spaces for all kids into just another battleground, another place stacked floor to ceiling with anxiety and stress for trans kids, as if being trans alone isn't stressful enough. I would know, I was one of those trans kids, and that was BEFORE politicians started shoving their noses into the existence of trans people.\n\nThere were days in elementary school where I did not use the bathroom at all. It didn't matter how badly I had to go. When I was in middle and high school, I went to the bathroom before I left the house at 6am and did not go again until I got home from drumline practice or a club meeting or a football game until after 10pm. \n\nThat is not healthy, but it was literally my only option. I was a boy. I dressed like a boy, acted like a boy, had a haircut like a boy. I was into skateboarding and soccer and baseball. I played drums in a garage band, and was on my school's drumline. I was captain of that drumline for 2 years. But this was the early 2000s before Google and transgender people being made visible was the norm. I didn't have the word transgender, but I still knew that \"girl\" was wrong. That I had never been anywhere near that walk of life despite constantly being told I should be. \n\nAnyone who glanced at me saw the truth: that I was boy. Simple as that. But I couldn't use the wrong (girls) bathroom (aka the one you'd probably still like to shove me into, beard and muscles and all) because I did not at all look like a girl so if I ran into someone I didn't know, they'd panic and cause an uproar. Just the idea of having to walk into the wrong (girls) bathroom was mortifying. I'd have jumped out of plane without a parachute first before stepping foot in there. I couldn't used the right (boys) bathroom safely either in case someone I did know was in there and caused an uproar or started to bully me and cause other problems.\n\nYou cannot even begin to fathom the number of UTIs I caused myself because of living like that 5 days a week. Or the amount of stress and anxiety just going to school created because \"Well, what if I can't hold it today?\" Of sitting in class in absolute silent agony, unable to focus on lessons, because my bladder was about to bust or my bowels were ready to give out, but the panic of having to navigate using a bathroom safely, in school of all places, was more powerful than my physical needs. Like, all I wanted to do was pee without fear. That's it. That's all these kids want. To be safe. To be comfortable. To be protected by the adults in their lives. Nothing about these policies do that.\n\nI'm not a boy anymore. Obviously. I graduated in 2008. I started testosterone that same year, which saved my life. I went to college and got my degree. I've got two kids and a wife now. Having to navigate the hellscape of VA public schools in the 90s-00s didn't stop me from existing as I am. Not having the word transgender until late high school to finally make sense of what I'd been feeling since I was 4 didn't stop me from existing as I am. Bigoted, transphobic policies like yours aren't going to stop trans kids from existing as they are, just as none of the obstacles I faced stopped me. I am man now, not a boy, and I will fight like hell to make sure that the kids growing up now and in the entirety of humanity's future don't have to live through that experience the way I did. \n\nSupport trans kids, and ALL kids, or get out of public office. Get out of education if you cannot do that most basic thing.\n\nShame on you. All of you. None of you are fit to service cockroaches, let alone the public.\n\n\n\n"}">I OPPOSE this supposed "policy". You claim to want to "keep politics out of schools" then shove your bigoted political views right into said classrooms. There's no "one way" road sign on this street, pals. You don't get to scream and have meltdowns about CRT and whatever other nonsense you think liberal-minded people are implementing in schools, and then try to push through this garbage.

Let trans kids exist in a safe and healthy environment. Let them use the damn bathroom and pronouns they are most comfortable using. They aren't harming anyone, but this nonsensical policy is. And don't start waxing poetic about "parents rights" either. Kids aren't property. They are human beings and have the right to decide who they are and to be respected and treated with dignity.

As someone who grew up in the VA public school system (graduated 2008) before the media popularized this topic, I gotta say, its disgusting how you all are continuously targeting children. You are turning what should be safe spaces for all kids into just another battleground, another place stacked floor to ceiling with anxiety and stress for trans kids, as if being trans alone isn't stressful enough. I would know, I was one of those trans kids, and that was BEFORE politicians started shoving their noses into the existence of trans people.

There were days in elementary school where I did not use the bathroom at all. It didn't matter how badly I had to go. When I was in middle and high school, I went to the bathroom before I left the house at 6am and did not go again until I got home from drumline practice or a club meeting or a football game until after 10pm.

That is not healthy, but it was literally my only option. I was a boy. I dressed like a boy, acted like a boy, had a haircut like a boy. I was into skateboarding and soccer and baseball. I played drums in a garage band, and was on my school's drumline. I was captain of that drumline for 2 years. But this was the early 2000s before Google and transgender people being made visible was the norm. I didn't have the word transgender, but I still knew that "girl" was wrong. That I had never been anywhere near that walk of life despite constantly being told I should be.

Anyone who glanced at me saw the truth: that I was boy. Simple as that. But I couldn't use the wrong (girls) bathroom (aka the one you'd probably still like to shove me into, beard and muscles and all) because I did not at all look like a girl so if I ran into someone I didn't know, they'd panic and cause an uproar. Just the idea of having to walk into the wrong (girls) bathroom was mortifying. I'd have jumped out of plane without a parachute first before stepping foot in there. I couldn't used the right (boys) bathroom safely either in case someone I did know was in there and caused an uproar or started to bully me and cause other problems.

You cannot even begin to fathom the number of UTIs I caused myself because of living like that 5 days a week. Or the amount of stress and anxiety just going to school created because "Well, what if I can't hold it today?" Of sitting in class in absolute silent agony, unable to focus on lessons, because my bladder was about to bust or my bowels were ready to give out, but the panic of having to navigate using a bathroom safely, in school of all places, was more powerful than my physical needs. Like, all I wanted to do was pee without fear. That's it. That's all these kids want. To be safe. To be comfortable. To be protected by the adults in their lives. Nothing about these policies do that.

I'm not a boy anymore. Obviously. I graduated in 2008. I started testosterone that same year, which saved my life. I went to college and got my degree. I've got two kids and a wife now. Having to navigate the hellscape of VA public schools in the 90s-00s didn't stop me from existing as I am. Not having the word transgender until late high school to finally make sense of what I'd been feeling since I was 4 didn't stop me from existing as I am. Bigoted, transphobic policies like yours aren't going to stop trans kids from existing as they are, just as none of the obstacles I faced stopped me. I am man now, not a boy, and I will fight like hell to make sure that the kids growing up now and in the entirety of humanity's future don't have to live through that experience the way I did.

Support trans kids, and ALL kids, or get out of public office. Get out of education if you cannot do that most basic thing.

Shame on you. All of you. None of you are fit to service cockroaches, let alone the public.


Oppose

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All students should be safe at school. It might be the only place they can truly be themselves. This requires lots of thought and planning, but isn't our future worth our time and respect?


I OPPOSE the guidance

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<span data-sheets-userformat='{"2":769,"3":{"1":0},"11":4,"12":0}' data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"I OPPOSE the guidance. Youngkin's draft policy of removing and replacing the 2021 model policies on the treatment of trans and non-binary youth in schools is incredibly harmful and dehumanizing. The 2021 guidance prevents and protects trans and non-binary students from bullying and discrimination, and removing that is incredibly harmful and evil to subject trans and non-binary children to bullying, harassment, and discrimination without any consequence."}">I OPPOSE the guidance. Youngkin's draft policy of removing and replacing the 2021 model policies on the treatment of trans and non-binary youth in schools is incredibly harmful and dehumanizing. The 2021 guidance prevents and protects trans and non-binary students from bullying and discrimination, and removing that is incredibly harmful and evil to subject trans and non-binary children to bullying, harassment, and discrimination without any consequence.


I Oppose the Guidance

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I oppose the guidance. I am not trans, but I have many people I love who are. Affirming gender can change a teen or child's life for the better. And denying it can lead to poor mental health and worse.


Restore Parental Rights

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<p>I support Governor Younkin’s proposal to restore parental rights.  Parents know their children best. </p>


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<span data-sheets-userformat='{"2":769,"3":{"1":0},"11":4,"12":0}' data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"This policy will attack my friends and can possibly end their lives, having them be split by their assigned gender will cause dysphoria making them think that people only see them as the gender they were assigned instead of the one they identify as, it can cause depression and suicide. On top of that if a student doesn't tell their parents about their identity probably means that they live in a very transphobic household which means if a teacher tells the students parents it could cause them to be abused at home, disowned, kicked and with very rare but very real chance the parents killing them. If people would fight for unborn babies rights to live why would they not fight for conscious childrens rights as well. God may have made them as their assigned gender at birth but whose to say that god didn't do that to put them through that to toughen them up and give them strength."}">This policy will attack my friends and can possibly end their lives, having them be split by their assigned gender will cause dysphoria making them think that people only see them as the gender they were assigned instead of the one they identify as, it can cause depression and suicide. On top of that if a student doesn't tell their parents about their identity probably means that they live in a very transphobic household which means if a teacher tells the students parents it could cause them to be abused at home, disowned, kicked and with very rare but very real chance the parents killing them. If people would fight for unborn babies rights to live why would they not fight for conscious childrens rights as well. God may have made them as their assigned gender at birth but whose to say that god didn't do that to put them through that to toughen them up and give them strength.


Let's get this right

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<span data-sheets-userformat='{"2":769,"3":{"1":0},"11":4,"12":0}' data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Hey y'all, I get it: it seems like gender should be simple, but it's not. Gender is confusing and complicated. I'm not sure I knew trans people existed when I was growing up. I'm a male, and I'm perfectly comfortable with that. When I was born they said \"it's a boy!\" My family automatically went with it. I grew up feeling like that fit. It never occurred to me to question my gender identity. But for a lot of people, that's just not how it worked out. Who am I to deny other peoples' experience of gender? Just because I experience my gender one way doesn't mean that experience is universal. To say that would be self-centered and egotistical. To try to force it on someone is cruel. Kids need to have the freedom to figure things out and discover who they are. Heck, a lot of them KNOW who they are. It's no mystery to them. Forcing them to pretend, to hide, to deny who they are is abuse: it is cruel and traumatizing. Growing up is hard enough without being bullied by people you should be able to trust and rely on. C'mon people, don't be bullies. Be the kind of people trans kids can look to for safety, affirmation, and unconditional love. It's going to take work on your part (it has for me), but it won't hurt you, I promise."}">Hey y'all, I get it: it seems like gender should be simple, but it's not. Gender is confusing and complicated. I'm not sure I knew trans people existed when I was growing up. I'm a male, and I'm perfectly comfortable with that. When I was born they said "it's a boy!" My family automatically went with it. I grew up feeling like that fit. It never occurred to me to question my gender identity. But for a lot of people, that's just not how it worked out. Who am I to deny other peoples' experience of gender? Just because I experience my gender one way doesn't mean that experience is universal. To say that would be self-centered and egotistical. To try to force it on someone is cruel. Kids need to have the freedom to figure things out and discover who they are. Heck, a lot of them KNOW who they are. It's no mystery to them. Forcing them to pretend, to hide, to deny who they are is abuse: it is cruel and traumatizing. Growing up is hard enough without being bullied by people you should be able to trust and rely on. C'mon people, don't be bullies. Be the kind of people trans kids can look to for safety, affirmation, and unconditional love. It's going to take work on your part (it has for me), but it won't hurt you, I promise.


Proposed policy will subvert educator's ability to do their job

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<p>As a veteran educator who works with high school students, I find the proposed policy from the Youngkin administration counter to best practices in education reinforced by research. Queer students are three to four times more likely to engage in self harm than their cisgendered and heterosexual peers, and more than half report bullying related to their inclusion in the queer community. These numbers are staggering, and replicated in Fairfax County Health Department's research into students enrolled in Fairfax County Public Schools. Engaging educators to report student's status to parents who are not supportive only lends itself to more self harm students in the queer community and is incredibly inequitable to students. There has never been a policy in place for students going by chosen names who are cis-gendered and/or heterosexual, but now that the fear mongering/lavender scare that the Youngkin campaign engaged in to win the state wide election literally hangs on the backs of queer students who seek the same kinds of opportunities and understanding that their non-queer counterparts have long enjoyed. I find this policy repugnant to the latest research, engaging in a culture war in schools and communities that scape goats individuals for their private choices made about their own lives, and will result directly into real harm to kids who need nothing but support for their academic and personal growth. Stop using schools as a way to wedge suburban families and win elections. </p>


STRONGLY OPPOSE

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It is ridiculous that our own governor could be so offensive and hateful toward trans students. Trans students exist PERIOD. I strongly oppose this discriminatory guidance by the Youngkin administration.


I STRONGLY OPPOSE the new VDOE guidance

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<span data-sheets-userformat='{"2":769,"3":{"1":0},"11":4,"12":0}' data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Have you never disagreed with your parents as a kid? Feared showing some part of your identity, something you liked or disliked against their opinions, with them? Should schools be forced to share everything about a student with their parents, regardless of if it puts them in danger? Yes, parents have a right to raise their children, and schools are part of that, but that is NOT the same as using that as an excuse to destroy the right of students and children to privacy in their own identity. A parent's right to participate in their child's education is not a right to blanket control over them. A student's pronouns are not part of what a school is teaching them and not part of what a parent should control."}">Have you never disagreed with your parents as a kid? Feared showing some part of your identity, something you liked or disliked against their opinions, with them? Should schools be forced to share everything about a student with their parents, regardless of if it puts them in danger? Yes, parents have a right to raise their children, and schools are part of that, but that is NOT the same as using that as an excuse to destroy the right of students and children to privacy in their own identity. A parent's right to participate in their child's education is not a right to blanket control over them. A student's pronouns are not part of what a school is teaching them and not part of what a parent should control.