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I oppose this in the strongest possible manor.


Do not do this.


I oppose this fully.


Trans rights

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<p>I strongly oppose. This will harm our children. </p>


TRANS KIDS WILL COMMIT SUICIDE IF THEY DON'T GET HELP FROM THE DISEASE THAT IS LGBTQ


Strongly oppose.


It is a grave mistake to pass this.

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It is a grave mistake to pass this.


If passed, this will irreparably harm children.

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Not sure if disrespecting the entirety of  the LGBT population in Virginia is very good for your long-term survival, conservatives.


I SUPPORT OUR GOVERNOR. PROTECT OUR CHILDREN

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<p>The school system needs to TEACH reading, writing , history and math. Any other issues need to be taught at HOME. Our school system is a laughing joke compared to other countries and our children are suffering.  I don’t want any of our tax dollars supporting our public school system unless it is teaching these and these subjects only.  Wake up America. Protect our children. </p>


I am strongly opposed.


I am completely opposed.

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I am completely opposed.


I support trans kids and oppose this policy

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As the mother of three current public school students in Virginia, I strongly oppose the Youngkin administration's proposed policy regarding the treatment of transgender kids in Virginia's public schools.

I support policies similar to the one passed by Albemarle County Public Schools in 2021. The goals of the ACPS policy (https://www.k12albemarle.org/our-division/transgender-gender-expansive-policy) are to:

Assist in eliminating ways in which gender-expansive students are stigmatized or marginalized

Foster social and school-community integration and cultural inclusiveness of gender-expansive students

Respect the right of students to keep their gender identity or transgender status private and confidential to the extent permitted by applicable law

The current administration needs to revisit its proposal and do better. A good first step would be to involve members of the LGBTQ community. The policy as is would be a step backwards and would do irreparable harm to trans kids. Accept trans kids and support them by putting forth a policy that does the same.


STRONG objection.

The new proposed rollbacks to policies protecting transgender and nonbinary children would only serve to endanger kids, put them at more risk, and take a needless step backwards to Virginia being a more inclusive and welcoming place for ALL people.Please reconsider this reckless decision.

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The new proposed rollbacks to policies protecting transgender and nonbinary children would only serve to endanger kids, put them at more risk, and take a needless step backwards to Virginia being a more inclusive and welcoming place for ALL people.

Please reconsider this reckless decision.


I oppose this in the strongest possible manor.


Stop Grooming Our Children!

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The public schools need to teach children the education basics. In my experience recent graduates know absolutely nothing. True they've all received the "diversity is our strength" indoctrination programming, but they can't do math and don't know their own history. Go back to real education!


Terrible policy and you should be ashamed

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<p>I can’t believe this idea was even put forth. Trans children will be put in danger of abuse by parents if they’re outed to unaccepting parents </p>


This is a terrible policy decision.

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This is a terrible policy decision.


This isn’t the 1467 anymore

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<p>This policy harms kids and reverses decades of progress. </p>


Vehemently oppose

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I lost a transgender family member to suicide in the 80s. The social climate is so much better now than it was back then, but this guidance represents a step backwards when what we need is to continue moving forward and providing better support for trans people of all ages, whether they're students in school or adults interacting with social services in myriad other ways.

This guidance is based in hatred and is designed to exert control over a minority group to prevent them from the pursuit of happiness to which they are entitled.


Do not do this.


Harmful Bill

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I am completely opposed to this bill.


This is fascist and hateful. I oppose and am appalled

Richmond resident, taxpayer and anti-fascist

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Disgusting hateful policy enacted by bigoted Christian nationalism and has NO place in this commonwealth or country. Let kids decide their own futures and who they are as people and SUPPORT them in decisions and do not fight and punish them for their own feelings and individual identities! Disgusting policy and you should feel ashamed! This is not Christian’s this is hate! VIRGINIA IS FOR LOVERS!  Not fascist policies and backward evangelical


This is a terrible policy decision.


This will bring harm to trans kids.

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This will bring harm to trans kids.


2022 MODEL POLICIES ON THE PRIVACY, DIGNITY, AND RESPECT FOR ALL STUDENTS AND PARENTS IN VIRGINIA’S

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I ABSOLUTELY, WHOLEHEARTEDLY agree with this document and request it be adopted.


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I oppose this in the strongest possible manor.


This will bring harm to trans kids.


I strongly oppose this guidance document.

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<p>This policy will harm transgender students who are frequently targets of bullying and abuse. I strongly oppose this policy. </p>


I oppose this fully.


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<p>I oppose this in the strongest sense possible. I fully support trans chili, their parents and their teachers. </p>


GAYS AGAINST GROOMERS

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https://www.gaysagainstgroomers.com/

Hey leftists-

How many regretful children with mutilated bodies would it take for you to realize they are being groomed into this lifestyle?

The "de-transition" movement has already begun...


I am strongly opposed.


UNDERMINES PARENTAL RIGHTS

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<p>banning trans students from existing is a violation of their and their family's rights. DO NOT PASS THIS. </p>


I am completely opposed.

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I am completely opposed.


Kids should be safe

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Schools are where children need to be able to be safe. If they are denied their own identity, then we cannot expect them to be able to learn or engage in their schools or school-work. As a future parent of a student in the Virginia school system, it scares me to think that the state is determining a child's identity rather than the student themselves.

Trans kids are also just kids, so we should do everything we can to protect them. Being a kid is really hard, the state should be protecting them, not making things even harder!


I am completely opposed.


It is a grave mistake to pass this.

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It is a grave mistake to pass this.


I strongly support this

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We need to protect and respect that there needs to be separate areas for males and females. Adults have gone way too far in making kids think there are any other gender and that if one feels they are not their current gender have a right to just invade the space of the gender they wish to be. Why should we make the majority of kids uncomfortable for the few.


Do not do this.


It is a grave mistake to pass this.


Note how many supporters of this guidance are "anonymous"

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and parroting lies about grooming. For pity's sake, people.


OPPOSE

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<p>this is NOT youngkin's decision to make. this is absolutely a violation of the parent's and child's rights and openly transphobic. do not pass this, stop this, it's absolutely sickening that government wants to pass a bill like this. </p>


Youngkin will have blood on his hands if these policies are passed. PROTECT TRANS STUDENTS!

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<p>Trans rights are human rights. I oppose these oppressive VDOE policies. By villanizing and alienating trans students, you are actively driving suicide rates for trans youth. What is more important: oppression or human life? Youngkin, the blood will be on your hands. </p>


I fully oppose this.


This is a terrible policy decision.

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This is a terrible policy decision.


strongly oppose

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This policy is bad for children, bad for families, and bad for our state. Please protect the safety and health of all children, including those who happen to be transgender. Please stop using transgender children as a political football and boogey man.


DON'T LET YOUR KIDS BECOME A 53%'ER


more stupid, backwards thinking ideas

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This proposed policy is an excuse for politicians to curry political points while causing undue distress for kids simply trying to figure out who they are. When I was in school, most—not all, but most, teachers simply asked what name we’d like to use on the first day. I used my middle name. Even the teachers that didn’t ask were fine when I told them. So will parents have to send a note to school now if kids want to use their middle name, or a nickname? What BUSINESS is it of ANYONES what some kid prefers to be called?

These policies seem like another attempt to bully and delegitimize someone based on simply who they are. They are NO DIFFERENT than many of the arguments racists used to use to justify segregating public spaces (like bathrooms) by race. These ideas are UN-AMERICAN, a giant step backwards in any decent society, and fly in the face of our First Amendment protections.

And finally, we have schools across our state crumbling to the ground, pest problems, teachers quitting in record numbers, but THIS is what our governor and other politicians want to waste time and money on? Further demonstration of the fact that they do not represent all Virginians, only those that go to the same church. This policy is garbage.


I don't support this, on behalf of my cousin.

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While I haven't lived in Virginia, I have family there and visit when I can. My cousin reached out and asked me to voice my opinion, about how uncomfortable and overbearing this in delegation appears to be.

Please remember the individual rights given to us not only by our national but state constitutions. To force a politicians sexual deeds into the public apropos of nothing would be meet with defamation lawsuit after lawsuit.

Yet you seek to do such a thing to literal children, whom have so little power or sway in their lives?

Consider the many people that would abuse this situation, both in "conducting" a search and utilizing the information. You are highlighting a generation of children.for public mockery and assault.

God made them this way, let the children be alone.


Strongly oppose.


Fully SUPPORT this. Parents rights matter.


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<p>I oppose these changes, which are taking us as a society backward and putting transgendered kids at risk.  Parents can teach kids their own values at home, but nothing will stop a child from feeling and experiencing their own unique sense of sexuality and gender.  These kinds of measures will cause transgendered kids emotional harm, as they will have no safe space to express their identity and will likely be subjected to bullying by some teachers and kids alike.  I vote for having private restrooms for the use of any child who does not feel comfortable in the group restroom.  </p>


I am completely opposed.


This policy is awful and I strongly oppose it

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Not only is this policy descriminatory and hurtful to trans kids Mr. Younkin should feel ashamed for using kids as political pawns.


This is a terrible policy decision.


This will bring harm to trans kids.

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This will bring harm to trans kids.


This will bring harm to trans kids.


A win for women’s rights.

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Thank You for returning power to parents to decide what’s best for their children. Schools should not force girls to share the same bathroom with biological males, nor should they be forced to play sports against them. This is a major win for women’s rights!


It is a grave mistake to pass this.


I oppose this fully.


STRONGLY OPPOSE 2022 VDoE model policies

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Governor Youngkin, since you have taken office you’ve trample the rights of the people to push your far-right fascist agenda supported by a small minority of Virginians espoused by a small minority of Virginians. The proposed 2022 VDoE model policies will harm students, encourage other students and staff to discriminate, harass, and bully LGBTQIA-allied and supportive students and guarantee that these students have no safe space. The proposed model policy will create additional barriers for LGBTQ students, harm their mental health, deteriorate their grades, increase rates of suicide, and place these children at greater risk of physical harm from their peers and even their families. Students cannot succeed academically where they do not feel accepted and safe.


Do not do this.


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I oppose this in the strongest possible manor.


Do NOT undermine parental authority

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Government and schools should NOT undermine parental authority. This fad will prove to be one of the most harmful scandals of our lifetime. PARENTS should be in control of the beliefs and values of their kids without being set up as the enemy. Parenting is hard enough without other adults interjecting. I am a parent literally in this fight, and this gender cult should be considered a belief system since that’s all it’s based on, not fact. Teaching kids gender ideology is equivalent to teaching Catholicism in public schools. It should not be done. I’m a liberal Democrat, not a right winger. PLEASE protect children from irreversible harm. Social transition is the biggest step towards medical transition.


Appalling

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<p>This is not about children, this is about control. Religion. And values being imposed on an entire country that aren’t for everyone. </p>


I am completely opposed.

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I am completely opposed.


I fully oppose this.


Strongly opposed. This will harm Trans kids.

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<p>Allowing anyone to out Trans kids to anyone they aren't already out to risks bodily harm on them. If a kid doesn't tell you something it is because you aren't safe to tell-or they've tried before and you've reacted with abuse. So I am very very strongly against the idea that parents/teachers/faculty are at all entitled to know when they cannot be trusted with this. </p>


It is a grave mistake to pass this.

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It is a grave mistake to pass this.


Let's Keep Our Minds and Hearts Open

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It appears from newspaper accounts, which include comments by school administrators, Gov. Youngkin's office, the ACLU, and the LBGTQ community that what the legislation is seeking to achieve is to retard some of the efforts made under Gov. Northam to more fairly treat our students in public schools. This is regrettable.

Children -- all children -- need supportive parents, teachers, peers and communities which are welcoming, non-threatening, and understanding. Especially adolescents find navigating life more complicated than younger students. The Education Dept. should focus on providing the psychological and cultural environment which fosters growth, acceptance, thoughtful socialization and forbearance than on erecting barriers to young people's self-realization.

I believe the pending legislation will interfere with the educational process, confuse parents and their children, and teachers and administrators about what is and what is not acceptable behavior around individuals' most personal, well-intended choices. The transgender question is a difficult one to address adequately, but we should strive for inclusiveness and understanding, not conformity for conformity's sake. Surely, there are better ways to achieve that goal than through the pending, regressive bill.


"transgender" is fake anti-science

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<p>These new policies are a 100% improvement over the previous policies.  There is no such thing as "transgender".  "Gender" is a grammatical term.  Nouns in some foreign languages have a gender - masculine or feminine.   Human beings do not have a "gender".  Human beings have a sex, and it is either male or female.   No matter how many body parts you chop off a child, a boy is still a boy and a girl is still a girl.  To pretend that there is something called "transgender" is anti-science and anti-biology.  Let's hope that thousands of lawsuits are filed against the doctors, school boards, school administrators, teachers, and yes, parents, of these children who have had their lives ruined physically and mentally by the people who were supposed to be raising them.  Let's also hope that when the wimpy Republicans take over the General Assembly in the 2023 elections, they will completely repeal the ridiculous sneaky law that was passed in 2020 that required the DOE to issue policies on a fake condition called "transgender". </p>


I am completely opposed.


I am strongly opposed.


Strongly oppose.


Appalling

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This policy is disgusting. We should be protecting our kids from hate and prejudice and that's all this policy is creating. You should be ashamed of yourself.


FINALLY. KIDS SAFE FROM PERVS


This will bring harm to trans kids.


It is a grave mistake to pass this.


Do not do this.


Support

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<p>This is what we need in PWCS </p>


Trans kids will be harmed by this policy?

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Trans children are very often times in a very precarious position. Most times, their situation is relying on a parent that hates trans people.

If the parent is in the know about everything that a child does in school, what happens is that the trans students are put in a position that creates a sense of self loathing and the inability to confide in anyone about themselves. They don't know that these feelings are ok. If noone ever tells them that these feelings are ok, there could be disastrous consequences.

What's more, if the parents are staunchly hateful they may bring harm to their child, or drive the child to self harm.

Parental rights are important but not at the cost of the child's safety. Please do not pass this.

It will not benefit anyone except people who hate for no reason.


I oppose this bill.

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This bill would be detrimental to our trans and nonbinary youth. Do not pass.


This is a terrible policy decision.

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This is a terrible policy decision.


FULLY SUPPORT


VA LEGISLATION REQUIRES A SAFE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. THIS FULFILLS THIS!


Strongly oppose this legislation

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<p>This legislation is discriminatory and cruel. Don't allow this legislation to pass. </p>


Protect Trans Kids and Protect Them In School!!!

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<p>I fully support trans kids and respect what their preferences are above all else. Gov Youngkin and his attempt to remove the boundaries and safety that protect trans kids in school (public schools in this case) is a disgrace to our state. My family was one of the founding members of this state and would actively fight against what Youngkin stands for. Virginia is a monumental state, that played a vital role in humans rights and continues to play a part in that. Youngkin and his party fail to understand or represent the population of the state of Virginia. Trans rights should progress in school, and as a parent of a child that attends a Virginia public school I cannot tell you how upset and disappointed I was when Youngkin and his party started inserting themselves into our school systems the way they have, especially in our county of Loudoun. Our children are our future. Our cisgender, queer, and transgender children are not being fairly represented by Youngkin. Our children deserve better than the inequality he is forcing. </p>


This will bring harm to trans kids.

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This will bring harm to trans kids.


This will harm trans youth who live in a society where they are already outcasted.

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<p>This bill harms trans youth more than what is already occuring in our society. Forcing teachers to purposefully misgender and deadname children who are just trying to express their true selves, solely because you are pandering to the white, christian voter demographic and refusing to acknowledge our ever changing society, is a disgusting act. This bill was end up resulting in lower self esteem for trans yourh, depression, anxiety, possibly suicide. These are children that you are actively harming. You should be ashamed of yourself for wanting to actively harm these poor kids who are just trying to be their real self without shame. </p>


I oppose this guidance fully

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<p>I oppose this guidance fully </p>


Governor Youngkin’s Model Policy

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Fully support policy put forward by Governor Youngkin.


I strongly oppose this policy. It will do more harm than good.

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The 2022 Model Policies are a politically motivated attempt to use trans students as a bargaining chip. Unlike the 2021 Model Policies, the authors of the 2022 Model Policies did not consult with experts in relevant fields (or with students who will be most impacted by the policies). Nor did the new policies cite empirical research and statistics to support this arbitrary course of action. It is laughable that policymakers are using "parental rights" as a justification while ignoring the well-documented harm that arises when a trans student's gender identity is revealed to their unsupportive parents. In an ideal world, parents would not abuse their children (or cause them to become homeless) for being themselves. However, the objective reality, which most educators are aware of, is that parents do not always act in the best interest of their children. It will be on your shoulders if this new policy results in greater physical, emotional, and mental harm to students. Instead of teaching all students to rise to the level of compassion and respect that our society desperately needs, you are giving them permission to bully and harass people who have been historically subject to discrimination. Furthermore, this policy may conflict with federal law (see the decision in Grimm v. Gloucester).


This is a terrible policy decision.


I oppose this fully.


It is a grave mistake to pass this.


This will bring harm to trans kids.


Strongly oppose.


THE NAZIS TARGETED TRANS PEOPLE FIRST TOO. DON'T SUPPORT ANOTHER WORLD WAR!


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I oppose this in the strongest possible manor.


I am completely opposed.

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I am completely opposed.


I am completely opposed.


Do not do this.


I am strongly opposed.


This will harm trans kids. OPPOSE

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<p>Our children deserve our support. Trans children are no different and are often are subject to bullying and ridicule. This will instigate further harm, put trans kids in danger, and possibly even kill them. Protect trans kids. </p>


Strongly oppose.

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This policy proposal discriminates against some of the most vulnerable members of the Commonwealth and benefits zero people. Be less fascist/spend time and energy making Virginia better for everyone.


Strongly agree!

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<p>Strongly agree!  Putting parents back in control is great! </p>


I do not support hiding information from parents

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I think it's wrong to hide information from a child's parents. The schools only job should be to teach children the skills necessary to be successful in this world which they have shown to be failing miserably considering my generations ignorance when it comes to not knowing general information about this amazing Country(Bill of Rights/The Constitution, geography, and basic information about their State) but also math, science(biology), and even writing/speaking skills. The fact that we have gotten to the point where it is seen as ok to hide information about a child from their parents is extremely worrying and just and another tick on how far we as a Country have fallen.... sorry went into a little rant there but yeah I support the changes.


I oppose this in the strongest possible manor.


Absolutely opposed to this legislation.

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Just like your race isn't a choice, being trans is not a choice contrary to the beliefs of some. The wishes of trans students who, again, did not choose to be transgender are extremely valid. That being said, this legislation is going to cause quite a bit of suffering on their part because their identity is pushed aside as "low priority" or sometimes even "harmful". How is it fair to be outed and transgressed upon for your identity alone? That is why this legislation if passed, will be detrimental to the mental health of trans students.


Strongly oppose

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<p>I strongly oppose these inhumane policies proposed by the Youngkin administration. </p>


VA legislation requires a safe learning environment. This ignores this. Oppose.

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The revisions ignore the VA Legislature’s requirements to maintain a safe learning environment for all students.


It is a grave mistake to pass this.

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It is a grave mistake to pass this.


THIS IS RIGHT AND LOVING!


I fully oppose this.


SEVERLY OPPOSE | Stop making trans children suffer

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The proposed document does not respect a child's wish to be who they truly are. They should have the freedom like any other American citizen who has free will to be called and identify as they choose. We're talking about the well-being of the children affected by this document, not the parents. Instilling this proposed document may as well say "Come kill my transgender child"; You are forcing that child who comes to school, respects their teachers, school staff, their peers and putting them on the chopping block because you have just outed them to their family, who may very well be transphobic. Who knows what the parents would do to a child that goes against something THEY believe in? Everyone has the freedom to believe in whatever they want, and that also goes for the children this affects. You don't suddenly get the freedom of religion when you turn 18; you earn that RIGHT when you are born or become a U.S citizen. Approval of this proposed document may very well kill dozens of transgender children and endanger many more. The blood will be on your hands. I don't know how I'd deal with that if I were in a position like yours.

The fight to be treated normally in a world, state, county, and school where you are not accepted makes the 40% transgender suicide rate inflate exponentially. Do what is right, not what your religion or political party thinks is right, and STOP this document from being passed immediately.


I oppose this fully.


It is a grave mistake to pass this.


The Nazis targeted trans people first too. Oppose this.

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I oppose this with every fiber of my being, with every ounce of my heart, and with all my knowledge of global and American history. Anyone who supports this is welcoming fascism and bigotry into our kids' schools. Shame on you fascists. Leave our kids alone..


I support the Governor

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I support the Governor.


This is Wrong & Hateful

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This is wrong. Simply wrong. And worse, it is knowingly hateful.


Oppose fully

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<p>We cannot begin to understand the struggles of a trans student in our world today. As educators we need to protect trans students no matter our political and religious beliefs, and we cannot keep our trans students safe under this new proposed law. </p>


I am strongly opposed.


Do not do this.


Welcome Trans Youth

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As a mental health clinician, I cannot emphasize enough how harmful Governor Youngkin's policy will impact the Trans youth in Virginia. Children/Youth need to be believed, affirmed, and supported to thrive and flourish into their personhood. When a childhood is told how to feel without honoring their own self-identity, this increases mental health distress and can impact their physical well-being in the long run. This trickles into their ability to do well as citizens in our communities, as well as create and maintain meaningful relationships. Accepting a child's identity empowers them to continue in their development, grow in self-awareness, feel safe, and feel hopeful for their futures. #TransYouthBelongVA I oppose Governor Youngkin's policy.


Treatment of Transgender Students

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<p>What a cruel and heartless effort, thinly and erroneously veiled as "protection." My faith requires that I vehemently oppose this action that will only harm our children, their families, and their teachers. </p>


Compassion for trans kids

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Vehemently oppose. Do not do this.


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I oppose this in the strongest possible manor.


I am completely opposed.

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I am completely opposed.


i oppose this completely

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<p>this is a grieve mistake if passed. This policy stigmatizes and violates transgender students rights. It puts many youth at risk of immense abuse, neglect and homelessness. Do not pass this! Children will suffer as a result. School for many trans students is a safe place, Do not make it unsafe and potentially violent place.  </p>


I VEHEMENTLY SUPPORT THIS ACT OF NORMALCY, WHICH ALSO HAPPENS TO BE PERFECTLY LEGAL


This will bring harm to trans kids.

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This will bring harm to trans kids.


Strongly oppose.


This policy will harm children

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Transgender children who do not have supportive school climates are scientifically shown to have statistically significantly higher suicide rates than their cisgender peers. However, those who do have supportive schools show no difference from their peers. Outing and openly othering queer students will lead to an increase in youth suicidality. This policy will actively harm our children.


This is a terrible policy decision.

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This is a terrible policy decision.


This will bring harm to trans kids.


I strongly oppose this as it will bring our children harm!

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<p>Northam is truly evil and this policy harms our children. Trans kids will die under this policy. Please please please do not pass this! </p>


DO RIGHT BY OUR CHILDREN

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<p>EDUCATE our children DO NOT INDOCTRINATE our children. Thank you Governor Younkin for giving parents a voice . </p>


It is a grave mistake to pass this.

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It is a grave mistake to pass this.


I am strongly opposed.


It is a grave mistake to pass this.


I fully oppose this.


I vehemently oppose this blatant act of bigotry, which also happens to be illegal.

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Middle school and high school are awkward times of change and transition for any child and teenager. For cisgender students, it can be a painful and humiliating experience, but it is nothing compared to the suffering transgender students may face.

For a state that should be trying to embrace its motto of being "for Lovers" and not reminding people that it was the capital of the Confederacy during the Civil War and led the charge for Jim Crow laws to harm Black people, Virginia should not want to sully its reputation by trying to discriminate and harm transgender students. Some bigots (such as our Governor) say that this guidance will protect cisgender students from people posing as transgender who want to go to the bathroom with them. This is completely false, absurd, and offensive!! The idea that any non-transgender person would pretend to be a member of a group that is more likely to be discriminated against, harassed, and murdered is insane. Many transgender students who are transitioning would much rather that they aren't constantly being looked at during this awkward stage of life. If a cisgender person had been subjected to everyone staring and talking about them behind their back and sometimes threatening or hurting them for something out of their control, it would most likely shock every Virginian to the bone -- including Governor Youngkin, who I'm sure would condemn such behavior. Yet, if it happens to transgender students or members of another marginalized group, this policy basically says it's fine and should be expected.

Why should it be okay for a teacher to refuse to call a student by their preferred name? If a cisgender male student named "Jonathan" wanted to go by "John", this should be allowed. And the same goes if a transgender female student whose birth name was "Jonathan" wants to go by "Johanna." If a teacher can selectively honor the wish of one student and not another, this can create irreparable harm to individual students, classroom dynamics, and the education experience.

In order to improve academic achievement, Virginia needs to make the education experience more enjoyable. When students are happy and feel safe at school, they will want to do their homework and want to come to school. By making school a more dangerous place for transgender students and allowing for acts of bigotry to be commonplace, many students will lose their academic focus and not want to come to school anymore. Not to mention that this will drastically increase depression and attempts at suicide that are already too common among transgender students. Governor Youngkin and his bigoted posse who drafted this document are directly to blame if there is any increase in suicide attempts or depression among transgender students.

This proposed policy is also illegal. In the case of Gavin Grimm v. Gloucester County School Board, the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit stated in 2020 that it was unconstitutional to deny access to transgender students from the bathroom of the gender they identify with. This proposed policy ignores that basic fact and also violates the Virginia Human Rights Act, which states that it is illegal to discriminate based on gender identity.

Not only should the proposed guidance from bigoted Governor Youngkin not go into effect, the Virginia Department of Education should try to make all students (especially transgender, nonbinary, and other members of the LGBTQ+ student population) feel more comfortable in their own skin during their experience in school. I have lived in Virginia almost my entire life and hope for a day when this state will finally embrace all its citizens with love and unity rather than hate and division. Please, do not implement this new policy.


Do not do this.


Vehemently oppose this policy

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This obscene and cruel policy deserves no place in law. This policy is not about protecting children. Protecting children involves privacy, community, and empathy. This policy destroys all of these. Trans kids are not your political battleground. Kids deserve to live the way that is authentic to them. This policy will lead to deaths if enacted. Are you comfortable knowing this policy will push at risk children toward self-hatred, self-harm, and suicide? Telling citizens of our own country they don't deserve to live authentically, while everyone around them does? I vehemently oppose this policy. Protect trans kids.


This is a terrible policy decision.


I oppose this fully.


SUPPORT!


I am completely opposed.


Strongly oppose.


OPPOSED

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I am totally opposed to this outrage!


Strongly oppose

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<p>I strongly oppose these new guidelines. Please return to the original 8040 model policy as passed by the General Assembly. We should be working to making locker rooms and bathrooms safer for ALL students by increasing the privacy for everyone. The new guidelines will harm all our students, especially our trans students. </p>


This will bring harm to trans kids.


FULLY NECESSARY TO REMOVE THE FAIRY TALE FROM KIDS HEADS!


I totally support this.

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Schools, libraries, and governments need to be very clear that they do not own our children. Any authority they have over our children is delegated authority - delegated by the parents, not the government or the general populace or anybody else. And that authority is delegated for the purpose of education, not political indoctrination. Parents should absolutely have a say in every aspect of their children's education.


I strongly oppose this.

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I strongly oppose this.


PARENTS RIGHTS OVER PEDO POLICIES. LOVE IT!


Needlessly cruel to an already scared minority.

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Governor Youngkin's new policy will cause incalculable harm to children. As a trans person who attended Virginia's public school, I can attest that it is absolutely terrifying to open yourself up in a way that deviates from what your parents have in mind for you. School is one of the few places where a child is able to grow apart from their parents, and it provides them with the necessary freedom to grow into their own individual. A parent is a caretaker and companion, but they should not have the power to outright deny the agency of their child in determining their own identity. Trans kids want nothing more than to find acceptance among their peers and teachers, and to be able to pursue an education without fear. While it is scary for a parent to see their child change, leveraging the power of the state to restrict their lives in a place they are meant to feel safe is a mistake. If parents want to control their child to this degree through this policy, I strongly urge them to instead talk to their child. Your child transitioning or experimenting with their identity is not as scary as it may seem, and your support would mean the world to them.


This should not be passed!

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<p>Everyone has a right to privacy, which means that everyone should be able to disclose medical or mental health problems by choice, to those that they love and trust. forcing someone to be "outed" as transsexual is a violation of that privacy. if they are wrong, think of the damage that could do. "outing" someone as trans to parents who don't approve, even when they aren't! the kids should have a right to choose who knows that kind of stuff, not the government. for once, can we all actually "think of the children" instead of just using the children as an appeal to emotion, to pass these hateful laws? keep the government out of our kids's privacy! </p>


I fully oppose this.


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I oppose this in the strongest possible manor.


It is a grave mistake to pass this.


PARENTS RIGHTS OVER PEDO POLICIES

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<p>Parents rights. </p>


I vote nay

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If your interest is Liberty for Virginians, then I suggest you stick to that. There is no reason for your administration to regulate the activities of Virginia’s public schools to fulfill your own agenda. It is completely transparent that you have a fascist bias on this issue considering your disinterest in scrutinizing the unvaccinated, as well as lack of action regarding guns as it pertains to public school students. But you already knew that and just don’t about trans students.


This will bring harm to trans kids.

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This will bring harm to trans kids.


I oppose this fully.


Do not do this.


I oppose this policy

The 2022 model policies are unsafe and dangerous as they create barriers to privacy, dignity, and respect for Virginia’s students and seek to undermine previous legislation (i.e., § 22.1-23.3. Treatment of transgender students; policies) that works to create safe and supportive environments for our most vulnerable youth.  This proposed policy is not in accordance with evidence- based practices and data. As a parent, educator, and therapist, I can say without a doubt that the proposed 2022 model policy is harmful to students, staff, and families.

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 The 2022 model policies are unsafe and dangerous as they create barriers to privacy, dignity, and respect for Virginia’s students and seek to undermine previous legislation (i.e., <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fvsca.org%252FEmailTracker%252FLinkTracker.ashx%253FlinkAndRecipientCode%253D1NPMOsRnym3Ax4o4aRFLF%25252bZYlwvtdnAQicbWsX8Q79qqvd%25252f88q1y%25252fKHAUhVk%25252bqlU3DJ3Hv8fLGpMR23yR1ERG%25252b7AHOMgkcb0wni8hb76EhU%25253d%26data%3D05%257C01%257Crgoodma2%2540gmu.edu%257Cc3a15fd7e986461767d108da9fbf8b7f%257C9e857255df574c47a0c00546460380cb%257C0%257C0%257C637997942270055072%257CUnknown%257CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%253D%257C3000%257C%257C%257C%26sdata%3DnmZMC8bnOF7nrpwNZ%252Bcbpbi0iKN3zIrkqy6sxXs5Vj0%253D%26reserved%3D0&source=gmail&ust=1664302438808000&usg=AOvVaw0mPFl4HtWWLlmefDDL1eVN" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" x="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvsca.org%2FEmailTracker%2FLinkTracker.ashx%3FlinkAndRecipientCode%3D1NPMOsRnym3Ax4o4aRFLF%252bZYlwvtdnAQicbWsX8Q79qqvd%252f88q1y%252fKHAUhVk%252bqlU3DJ3Hv8fLGpMR23yR1ERG%252b7AHOMgkcb0wni8hb76EhU%253d&data=05%7C01%7Crgoodma2%40gmu.edu%7Cc3a15fd7e986461767d108da9fbf8b7f%7C9e857255df574c47a0c00546460380cb%7C0%7C0%7C637997942270055072%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=nmZMC8bnOF7nrpwNZ%2Bcbpbi0iKN3zIrkqy6sxXs5Vj0%3D&reserved=0">§ 22.1-23.3. Treatment of transgender students; policies) that works to create safe and supportive environments for our most vulnerable youth.  This proposed policy is not in accordance with evidence- based practices and data. As a parent, educator, and therapist, I can say without a doubt that the proposed 2022 model policy is harmful to students, staff, and families.


This is a terrible policy decision.

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This is a terrible policy decision.


I am completely opposed.

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I am completely opposed.


I fully oppose this.

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Should not be allowed to happen.


I am completely opposed.


RIGHT RIGHT RIGHT


This is a terrible policy decision.


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I strongly oppose this, this will only put trans kids in more danger


I vehemently oppose this

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Dear Governor Youngkin - I am urging you to keep the current legislation that was put forth by Senators Boysko and Simon and passed in 2020 to protect the rights of ALL Students. This legislation was thoughtfully researched and passed because of the way it treats all people - parents, teachers, and students with respect. Specifically, as noted by Senator Boysko, "Parents were involved in this, students were involved in this, teachers were involved in this, as well as 9,000 comments from the public, who helped us craft this model policy" that you and your office are trying to repeal. As also noted: "Research shows us that transgender and nonbinary students feel more comfortable in their schools when they can use the names that they prefer to be called by," said Katina Harris, a teacher with RPS. "A welcoming classroom is a loving classroom and that’s what our educators provide for our students. When we don’t provide these things, we see more anxiety, depression and suicide in our students." It's time that we approach these issues from a place of compassion and keep the legislation in place that protects our students and teachers alike and refrain from the cruelty that is the hallmark of MAGA Republicans. When you campaigned, you distanced yourself from MAGA Republican cruelty and Virginians took you at your word. Let's bring compassion back to the political discourse and do what we all know is right for our children, teachers, and parents. Thank you for your consideration. Warm Regards - Roberta Gosling


This will bring harm to trans kids.


Absolutely terrible idea, fully oppose.

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<p>America is a land where ALL are created equal and that should apply to all genders. Letting kids go to their bathrooms is a nonissue. Same with this nonsense regarding pronouns. What is the problem of just letting kids be themselves? Why are we trying to crack down on how people identify when this is the land of the free? And how does someone identifying as trans affect you whatsoever? </p>


It is a grave mistake to pass this.

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It is a grave mistake to pass this.


Wrong, wrong, wrong!

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You say you want to protect kids, reduce bullying, and give parents the right to make decisions in their kids’ best interests, but then propose policies THAT DO EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE!

I am a step-parent of a trans teenager, and it’s clear that this administration isn’t really interested in protecting kids—kids who have enough to deal with and who just want to fit in without being stigmatized by the American Taliban. Clearly, you aren’t interested in moving our state forward; this is just another stunt (e.g., flying refugees to Martha’s Vineyard), just more red meat to throw to your Trumpian base. Another move backward to placate a bunch of Q-anon knuckleheads and religious extremists who want to drag us back to the Middle Ages. We do not live in a theocray.

As a wise woman once said, “You’re about to lose your job.” You’ve done more to energize non-political people than you will ever know. Your collective incompetence will be properly rewarded.


NORMAL PEOPLE LIVES MATTER!


I fully oppose this.


I oppose this fully.


I strongly oppose this.


I oppose this as much as possible this is really dangerous

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This is a horrible law and will numerous trans kids to lose their life either at there own or their parents hands youngkin is a  and should not be allowed to participate in society


SHAME ON GROOMERS


THANK YOU for HELPING our CHILDREN!


As a Virginia voter, I strongly oppose this measure.

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<p>I am voter in Virginia and strongly oppose this measure. It is cruel and punishment to our children. </p>


Strong support for these policies

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<p>I am writing to strongly support these policies.  The responsibility to raise our children belongs solely with the parents/guardians, not with the State.  The State is charged with providing an education to our children. For those who believe this policy will endanger children because it would require parents to be notified if a student is considering a gender change, that is a close minded, stereotypical belief that parents won’t support their children.  With the recent incidents in Loudoun County where a female was assaulted in a girls restroom by a boy who was dressed as a girl, these policies will ensure the ensured safety of girls in our public schools.  Safety, security and education are the three major responsibilities of our public schools, not gender counseling and hiding concerns from parents. Thank you your consideration. </p>


Shame on you

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<p>Your using marginalized children as your stepping stones to what will be a failed attempt to the presidency is an embarrassment to the state. How this is not child abuse is beyond me. Stop your horrible divisiveness. Stop going after our schools for your political purposes. Leave kids and teachers alone. </p>


Trans Lives Matter

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As a stepmom of a trans child. It is important that who they are matters. This proposed regulation is wrong and goes against Virginia already that every human has the right to be who they are. I oppose they changes and hope common sense prevails.


It is a grave mistake to pass this.


Do not do this.


This is a terrible policy decision.


Parental rights, always, over government control.

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Parental rights. Full Stop.


NORTHRAM IS A GROOMER


Strongly oppose

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<p>These model policies are discriminatory and harmful. Thankfully, many trans or non-binary kids are supported at home and in school. In my experience, those parents are intimately involved in their children’s schooling. Unfortunately, some children feel more comfortable and safe addressing issues of identity or expression with other trusted adults. We have the saying “it takes a village” for a reason. Those kids should have a safe space to share who they are, especially if they fear repercussion or violence at home. The new policies have been framed as “parents’ rights” but they are only masking as such. Parents have rights but so do children. And ALL of our children are safer, happier, and healthier when they are free to be themselves and to seek the guidance of their trusted teachers and counselors. Please do not create policies that will hurt our children, both by making them feel more ostracized and by possibly subjecting them to violence in the homes. The current (not the proposed) model policies are affirming for all children, and all children should have access to a safe place of public education without fear of ramifications for simply being who they are.  </p>


Strongly oppose.


Opposed. This is a horrible policy decision

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<p>This will harm the most vulnerable students. As a therapist who works with trauma, I can assure you of the traumatic consequences of this policy decision. </p>


I fully oppose this.


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I oppose this in the strongest possible manor.


I oppose this fully.


This will bring harm to trans kids.

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This will bring harm to trans kids.


Opposed to this bill

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<p>If these kids can’t even talk to their parents at home about wanting to be called another name, this shows how harmful their parents and this policy will be. </p>


COMMON SENSE POLICY. GREAT FOR VIRGINIA


This is a terrible policy decision.

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This is a terrible policy decision.


This will bring harm to trans kids.


I am completely opposed.

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I am completely opposed.


It is a grave mistake to pass this.


Strongly opposed.

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This policy is abhorrent. It flies in the face of medical science and common decency. It will get kids killed.


Do not do this.


This is a terrible policy decision.


Against the proposal

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I am absolutely against the proposed so called “parents rights”. Our transgender children have rights too.


FULLY SUPPORT-this will HELP trans kids get the support they need from parents


UNLIKE THE FORMER GOV THAT PEOPLE ACTUALLY STILL TAKE THEIR KIDS TO SEE.


I am strongly opposed to this policy.

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This proposed policy is disrespectful; it does not value students, their safety and is harmful to their well being.  It is stunning that such a document was even developed by “educators” it is inflammatory, discriminatory and will have a damaging impact on students if passed.  I vehemently oppose this policy and what it represents.


This policy hurts students

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This policy will hurt students.

Also, framing it as protecting parents rights is highly disingenuous. It explicitly states that parents who choose to affirm and support their trans children will have a harder time and school personnel will not be required to respect and address those students per the parents choice.

Public schools must serve the public, all of the public, including trans and nonbinary students.


It is a grave mistake to pass this.

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It is a grave mistake to pass this.


I oppose this fully.


Vile Policy. Terrible for Virginia.

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I cannot begin to express how absolutely vile this policy is to Virginia youth and all Virginians who have for years have been building a positive, progressive and inclusive Virginia, FOR ALL. Youngkin preaches one thing but his actions and ideas say another. Not all that surprising considering he is a sycophant of a traitor and one of the most corrupt and disgusting administrations in US History.

Youngkin and this policy IS BAD FOR VIRGINIA and I will not vote for or support any public servant that supports it.


GLENN YOUNGKIN WANTS TO HELP OUR CHILDREN.


I am strongly opposed.


Strongly oppose.


This will bring harm to trans kids.


This policy is inhumane, cruel, and should not be passed.

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Trans healthcare is not up for debate. Every medical institution agrees, and it is disturbing that the body politic has taken up responsibility to further marginalize, torture, and harm it's queer constituents. Stop this.


It is a grave mistake to pass this.


I oppose this in the strongest possible manor.


I’m against this policy.

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I’m against this policy and the harm it will do to our trans community.


Do not do this.


I am completely opposed.


Anti-trans activity in schools is abhorent.

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I have a grandchild, who at the age of 8, firmly believes that she is a girl, despite the male designation on her birth certificate.  She has felt that way for several years and has only just been brave enough to let that fact become public.  Yes, brave enough.  Because there are many people who bully, deride, ignore or harass those who are different from the majority.  After making such a brave move, it is disheartening to see the governor of Virginia remove protections for trans students, who will let teachers and others in power refuse to recognize their reality and force them back into their shell where they must hide in fear of what will happen in school.  This is a dreadful abuse of power and a total lack of understanding and compassion.  We should expect AND RECEIVE help and support for those students who find themselves now lost and abandoned in our schools.  This new model should not be put into use.


This is a terrible policy decision.


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

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<p>The passing of this bill would greatly harm trans young people trying to feel safe and seen in school. I implore the legislators to not pass such a bill that would put another target on an already at-risk community. </p>


I fully oppose this.


I strongly oppose

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These proposed policies will create unnecessary stress and harm for trans and non-binary students. Providing support for these students is what keeps them happy, healthy, and alive. These proposed policies are regressive and restrictive.


I oppose this fully.


Oppose

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In 1980, I transcribed psychiatric tapes of young people hoping to get what was then called "sex change operations." Their stories were tragic. They were victims of violent beatings. No one chooses this. No one tries to talk anyone into this. (Please let us all know if you know of ONE VERIFIABLE INSTANCE of any adult trying to talk any child into gender reassignment surgery.)


I wholeheartedly oppose this.


I fully oppose this

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Gender affirming care and support for trans youth is vitally important. All too often, trans youth do not have a safe place to be their true authentic selves. Asking teachers and school employees to "report" on them is persecutory. Stop advancing this heinous act.

Craig J. Philhower MSN FNP-C


This will bring harm to trans kids.

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This will bring harm to trans kids.


Strongly oppose.


I am strongly opposed.


DO THIS!!!


Model Education Policy

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<p>I oppose Model 2022 Education Policy. </p>


It is a grave mistake to pass this.


Transgender Policy announcement

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I strongly oppose. I will do everything I can to elect Democrats this November and every subsequent election


This will bring harm to trans kids.


This is a terrible policy decision.

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This is a terrible policy decision.


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I oppose this in the strongest possible manor.


Do not do this.


THIS IS A FANTASTIC POLICY DECISION


This is a terrible policy decision.


Strongly oppose

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<p>I am committed to preserving boldly autonomy for all people, including children. It is criminal for teachers, who already lack adequate funds to teach or to remain teachers long, to be forced to out students. Students should be able to remain true to their identities in pronoun use, bathroom use, and sports access. I am furious that this assault on human rights.  </p>


I am completely opposed.

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I am completely opposed.


I oppose this fully.


THIS WILL BRING SAFETY TO NORMAL KIDS WITH NON-BRAINWASHED PARENTS


I am completely opposed.


Glenn Youngkin wants to harm Virginian children

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Glenn Youngkin wants to harm our children


I fully oppose this.


It is a grave mistake to pass this.

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It is a grave mistake to pass this.


your signing a death sentence for trans kids

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<p>This Will be a death sentence for trans and questioning chidren.  Suicide rate for Lgbtq children is already way to high, don't make it higher. </p>


It is a grave mistake to pass this.


Oppose

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<p>I strongly oppose this. This will harm trans kids. </p>


Absolutely support this!

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As a supporter of ALL people no matter your gender or sexual preference, I fully support this measure. We have to protect ALL our children, not just the ones that are different from the “norm”. If a transgender student is not comfortable getting dressed in the locker room or using the restroom they are required to use then let them use a separate space for staff. It is important ALL our students feel safe, not just transgender students. So now we’re supposed to choose to make a number or possibly all the students in a restroom or locker room feel uncomfortable or unsafe for maybe one or two are transgender?? No! That’s ludicrous. All we have to do is take note of the attacks on female students in Northern Virginia and see how some students will take advantage of an opportunity to be in the girls locker rooms and bathrooms. There should continue to be and ALWAYS be a separation of the sexes with an exception for trans students to have their own private area to change, use the restroom, and stay at an overnight event. That way we are not inhibiting any one student’s right to safety and comfort.


Strongly oppose.


I fully support this

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Thank you for revising this guidance to protect the rights of both students and parents.


Do not do this.


I SUPPORT THIS IN THE STRONGEST POSSIBLE 'MANOR'


This will bring harm to trans kids.


Strongly opposed targeting gay/trans youth in any way, shape, form, or fashion

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As lifetime resident of Virginia for 77 years, I am summarily opposed to any legislation that targets, "outs", or discriminates against any member of the LQBTQIA+ community. To do so is cruel and goes against everything Jesus stood for. I voted Republican for the majority of my life, but the GOP has turned into a party of cruelty, and will never vote for another Republican as long as I live.


I agree with much of this policy but kids need a bathroom

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I believe all children should be protected and safe at school. To me this means trans students should have access to a safe, separate bathroom and changing room but it doesn’t seem fair or safe to everyone for them to be in a bathroom different than their biological sex. I also don’t think it’s fair for them to play sports outside their biological because biology is irrefutable.  Women have worked too hard for our rights and protections to give it away so easily. I think co-Ed options are a good compromise.
I don’t want to hurt any child but that includes regular girls and boys. I feel strongly that parents should always be notified and in the conversation if a child wants to change their name or pronouns at school. The fact that some school officials think differently makes me very distrustful of them. I have been a proponent of public education until recently and now I don’t really trust my kids in the public schools.


I oppose this fully.


VA FAMILIES STRONGLY SUPPORT


I am strongly opposed.


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Stop this hateful policy before it begins


I completely oppose this proposed policy

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This policy is harmful to transgender students and should not be enacted.  The mental health of transgender students will suffer even more if this policy is enacted.


I oppose this in the strongest possible manor.


Cruel and freedom denying proposal-strongly oppose

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Culture war politics does not belong in the classroom, where teachers and students are already taxed with external stressors like a multi-year pandemic and the real possibility of school shootings. Students go to school to learn. Teachers go to school to teach.

All people have the right to freedoms-including trans kids. This guidance puts children in danger and adds an unfair burden to educators.

i strongly oppose.

Theresa


I am completely opposed.


I fully oppose this.


Terrible policies that will hurt children

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As adults, we are supposed to work to protect ALL children. These proposed changes are a terrible idea and will put vulnerable transgender and nonbinary students at further risk for bullying and harassment. We want to improve mental health outcomes for transgender and nonbinary students, not make them worse. These policies should NOT be enacted.


It is a grave mistake to pass this.


This is a terrible policy decision.


Strongly oppose.


Please Don't Do This

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Life is hard enough for everyone, harder still for trans youth. There is nothing to be gained by anyone, by hurting innocent teens. And this will hurt them.


TRUST THE SCIENCE YOU BIGOTS. BOYS HAVE A PENIS. GIRLS HAVE A VAGINA


Drastic Improvement on Previous Policy

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These policies are an enormous improvement over the policies previously which actively enabled schools to undermine parental rights. The previous policies, which suggested that schools should consider lying to parents explicitly and by omission, were a black mark on the state of Virginia. The new policies are direct, to the point, and succeed in creating explicit regulations to protect both parents and children from schools implementing the deceptively titled "affirmative care" in the form of social transition without consent or even knowledge of the parents. By returning power to parents and recognizing biological realities, the new policies protect all students and parents from the insidious overreach of the former policies.

The policy regarding name changes to be parentally authorized is the best that it can be, as far I can see. The provision allowing for nicknames associated with the name on the roster is likely going to be abused somewhat, but such abuse, if it does occur, will be clearly against policy. While the necessity of parental authorization for such a broad range of potential names is harsh, it is necessary to ensure that the policy is difficult to abuse. I am curious to see if the provision protecting the rights of teachers to refer to students in accordance with constitutionally protected beliefs will be used by teachers who wish to call a student by a name or pronouns that do not match the sex observed at birth.

The former set of policies abused data and facts to push a specific agenda, used dogmatic and unproveable terms like gender identity, cited activist organizations, used activist terminology like "sex assigned at birth" to obfuscate biological facts, and failed to consult any parents in its creation. See also my article Whose Children are They? for more discussion on those policies and the resulting policies published by FCPS. The new policies re-center parental authority, facts, and protections for those unwilling to concede to the progressive dogma. Bravo.


This is a terrible policy decision.

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This is a terrible policy decision.


Trans Policy

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<p>Governor Youngkin is right to modify the Transgender policy.  Girls are girls and boys are boys.  Boys do not belong in Girls' bathrooms and locker rooms.  Schools should not be  hiding changes in gender identity from parents.  Let children be children. Do not sexualize them! </p>


This will bring harm to trans kids.

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This will bring harm to trans kids.


Please dont do this

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Banning trans kids from going to the bathroom with the gender they are transitioning to will only result in violence


Strongly Oppose

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<p>This is a bad policy and one that will bring harm to trans kids. The experience of a trans student is hard enough, and they need to be able to feel safe somewhere. </p>


I am completely opposed.

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I am completely opposed.


I am strongly opposed.


I am absolutely opposed.

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<p>I'm completely opposed to this. Our governments should not be repressing people's rights. Stop this. </p>


Support! Parental Consent

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this is a start ! Parental Consent and Rights!


VA FAMILIES STRONGLY OPPOSE


I am completely opposed.


I support

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<p>Finely common sense approach.  I fully support. </p>


It is a grave mistake to pass this.

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It is a grave mistake to pass this.


Fully opposed

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This threatens the safety of students and can make them feel unsafe. Nothing should be forced on them and they should be referred to as they feel comfortable.


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I oppose this in the strongest possible manor.


I oppose this fully.


It is a grave mistake to pass this.


Strongly oppose

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<p>This guidance is immoral and will harm Virginia school children. Further, it is an unnecessary  incursion into family decision-making and overrides the local elected officials by directing compliance with this flawed guidance. </p>


This is a terrible policy decision.


Strongly oppose.


"Gender Affirming" parents don't deserve rights. You deserve a CPS call.


Do not do this.


This is cruel

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It is transparent that this policy has been written up by, and will be voted on by, people who do not understand what they are talking about, appealing politically to those who also do not know what they are talking about. This is the kind of thing that is going to get people killed or leave them with trauma their entire lives. Trans youth already have it hard enough without this being codified into law. You think your politics is more important than real people's lives? Shameful.


Oppose Governor's transgender policy

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Youngkin’s policy will hurt children, especially LGBTQ children who already suffer higher rates of depression and are at greater risk of suicide. Youngkin ran as a moderate but has proven that he wants to turn the clock back on many human rights issues. He lied to us; he should be ashamed.


This will bring harm to trans kids.


Full support. Thank you for common sense.

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Real science. Constitutional rights. Parental rights.


I am strongly opposed.


I absolutely oppose this!

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<p>I oppose this hateful and harmful proposal </p>


Words cannot express how much I oppose this absolute embarrassment of a policy.

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To think that such a policy would be even attempted, never mind that someone would be sane enough to implement such a degrading thing makes me question the morality of whoever it was that attempted to pass this.

This is genuinely disappointing.


This is a terrible policy decision.

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This is a terrible policy decision.


This will bring harm to trans kids.

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This will bring harm to trans kids.


Strongly Oppose

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I strongly oppose the new policy, as it will only harm queer children, their families, and the community as a whole. It is a huge, unnecessary step in the wrong direction. Stop masquerading cruelty and ignorance as concern for parents' rights.


I oppose this fully.


It is a grave mistake to pass this.


don’t do this

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transgender kids should not be treated less than. it’s damaging in so many ways


Vile

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<p>This is a disgusting bill, targeting children who are not conforming to the standards of society. It violates their freedom to bodily autonomy, violates their freedom of speech, and violates basic human rights. I am a studying politics major and i’m appalled at how much conservatives care about what is in children's pants. Absolutely vile. </p>


THIS BILL WILL EMPOWER CHILDREN TO BE NORMAL KIDS


Full Opposition to this policy

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<p>Schools should be a place where students can grow into who they are without fear. </p>


100% support

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<p>This policy change is  very reasonable.  </p>


I am completely opposed.

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I am completely opposed.


This is a terrible policy decision.


I fully oppose this.


I fully support our constitutional rights!

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It is way past time that we stand up for our God given, Constitutional rights for ALL our children! Thank you for listening  and I fully support this bill!


Against the 2022 Model Policy

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I fully oppose the 2022 Model Policies regarding transgender students. It is not the job of public schools to enforce the gender of any student. Being forced to use the nurse's bathroom, a private bathroom, or the bathroom that does not correspond to one's true gender is humiliating. Misgendering transgender students is degrading and psychologically harmful. 'Outing' transgender students to their parents often places them in danger for which the schools have no intention of taking responsibility. It should be the decision of the kid to tell their parents, not the school: for parents no more choose the gender of their kid than they choose the weather, and should not be empowered to do so. The family dynamic of a transgender student is significantly different than the family of a cisgender student, in that there is usually a threat at home when the kid is only "out" at  school. This policy guidance belies a willing ignorance to acknowledge this difference, and, barely concealed underneath, an eliminationist agenda that is growing nationwide. No matter the pretense and the justification, these policies are specifically harmful to a few kids, whereas accommodating them would harm none. Please do not gratify traditional bigotry by adopting these policies, but rather protect the health and lives of transgender students.


I am completely opposed.


Strongly oppose.


This will bring harm to trans kids.


It is a grave mistake to pass this.

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It is a grave mistake to pass this.


Political grandstanding with no concern for the health and safety of trans kids

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Trans children deserve our support and protection, and this policy change ignores science and medicine to push an anti-LGBTQ political agenda intended to further our governor's presidential ambitions. Just leave them alone, being young is hard enough without your sad bigotry.


I Support

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I support this bill, keep Virginia Great.


Do not do this.


It is a grave mistake to pass this.


This bill will KILL children

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This bill not only polices children's gender expression, but poses serious harm to children in Virginia. In 2021, record high numbers of hatecrimes, including 50 fatalities (Human Right Campaign). Many transgender people can attest to facing abuse at home. Amongst peers and friends at school can often be a safe place for young people to explore their identity. That should be protected. No one, ever, deserves to be outed. ESPECIALLY with the consideration that many people are transphobic and frequently verbally abuse, and yes, physically abuse, their children.

Besides the danger of outing children to their parents, it is INSANE to me that teachers could have the "right" to misgender a student based on their beliefs. I'm sorry, but calling people the name they want to be called is basic human respect. Pronouns really aren't that difficult to figure out. I would hope that any person in charge of educating the next generation would be able to properly structure a sentence using someone's preferred pronouns.

Make no mistake, this policy, if enacted, WILL KILL CHILDREN. For goodness sake, just let kids be kids, explore their identities in healthy and safe envirments, and TEACH THEM THINGS rather than using schools as a political tool to oppress and criminalize trans folks.


I oppose this fully.


Abusive parents don't deserve rights

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This bill will result in trans kids being abused and killed and everyone trying to pass it knows this


What a wildly bad idea

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As a Virginian and as a parent, I strongly oppose this. Protect trans/nb kids.


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I oppose this in the strongest possible manor.


This is a terrible policy decision.

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This is a terrible policy decision.


I support Trans Kids, teachers and their families

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I do not support Gov Youngkin’s proposal.  Please allow our children to feel safe, welcomed and valued for who they are in our schools and everywhere in Virginia.


Fully support PARENTAL rights, children protection and biological science.

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Parents should retain ALL the rights of their children and not be given over to governmental activists


This is a terrible policy decision.


I strongly oppose this


I am strongly opposed.


Strongly oppose.


I fully oppose this.


Yes

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<p>As a parent, I fully support this. </p>


I am completely opposed.


Do not do this.


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We support you. Don’t let the unemployed left-winged keyboard warriors phase you


Makes sense.


This will bring harm to trans kids.

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This will bring harm to trans kids.


Strongly oppose

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Putting a target on LGBTQ kids to score political points is grossly immoral.


It is a grave mistake to pass this.


Stop Persecuting Trans Kids! STRONGLY OPPOSE

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The Youngkin administration's reprehensible efforts to harm transgender children is sickening, and arises from a culture of ignorance and a drive to blame society's problems on minority groups more than anything else. We have already seen the outcome of anti-trans policies in red states: a marked increase in the persecution of marginalized communities. Do not bring that garbage to Virginia!

Anyone who supports his policies should be ashamed - re-examine your views and do some critical thinking for once in your life! What if your kid was transgender? Would you want them to suffer from the harassment and bullying stemming from the environment these kinds of policies encourage?

It is an embarrassment to our country that we even have to fight against this kind of bigotry in this day and age.


I oppose this fully.


Protect Trans kids

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This policy will do irreparable psychological harm to these children and will only make the bigotry directed at them already, even worse.


This will bring harm to trans kids.


This is a terrible policy decision.


Strongly opposed to this.

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I don't get why Youngkin tried to pretend he cares about kids? He doesn't even seem to care about his own kids, considering one tried to vote illegally.

Thank you for you time


I COMPLETELY SUPPORT GOVERNOR YOUNGKIN

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<p>Keep academics and godly virtues in our school. </p>


Two genders

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<p>Simple common sense approach! </p>


It is a grave mistake to pass this.

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It is a grave mistake to pass this.


I am strongly opposed.


I strongly support Youngkin’s policy!!!

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I strongly support Younkin’s policy!!


I am completely opposed.

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I am completely opposed.


I am completely opposed.


Strongly oppose.


Strongly oppose!

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Strongly oppose this policy change. Why don't you try listening to qualified mental health professionals on matters that pertain to children's mental health?


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I oppose this in the strongest possible manor.


I fully oppose this.


Strongly Oppose. Inclusivity is key to economic growth and development in our state.

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https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/public-and-social-sector/our-insights/the-case-for-inclusive-growth

Protecting LGBTQIA+ youth, and all youth for that matter, through inclusive policies is critical to economic growth and development in Virginia. Even if you can't see (or choose not to see) the humanity of this minority, know that alienating them and depriving them of basic rights and protections will eventually impact your wallet and quality of life in this state. Expect to see higher levels of violence and mental health crises, more people leaving the state or public school system to provide their children inclusive opportunities, lower graduation rates for those who cannot leave, and more poverty overall. More people systemically pushed into poverty and public assistance. Expect to see an even larger need for educators as those professionals are unwilling to continue to be underpaid, underserved, and expected to alienate students or be the cause of their deteriorating mental health (or even self-harm).

Perhaps a more productive way to prioritize school safety would be focusing on modernizing schools that are outdated (facilities in disrepair, wiring, HVAC, toxic chemicals and materials, outdated security systems, a lack of technology and materials to facilitate an academically rigorous curriculum). Invest in our students and our faculties and you will see our local communities, and entire state thrive.

-- A concerned parent and educator in VA


This is a terrible policy decision.

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This is a terrible policy decision.


It is a grave mistake to pass this.


Re: transgender safeguards.

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No rollback for this safety and lifesaving issue. Don't need new law.


This will bring harm to trans kids.


Do not do this.


I STRONGLY & ADAMANTLY OPPOSE

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<p>I strongly & adamantly oppose this “guidance”. Youngkin’s policy model are in direct conflict with recent court rulings and directly discriminate against children on the basis of sexual identity. A spokeswoman for the governor claimed that the policy “requires that schools treat every single student with dignity and respect” when this policy, in fact, will do the opposite. This model will effectively eliminate self expression and the personal identification of children who are already facing more than their share of societal bias and discrimination. Not only is this morally wrong, but is in direct violation of Virginia’s Human Rights Act. For these, and many other reasons, I oppose this measure. </p>


I completely oppose this.

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<p>This will do so much harm to the trans community. Please do not support. </p>


This will bring harm to trans kids.

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This will bring harm to trans kids.


This policy will result in children being bullied and some even dying.

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To suggest that not respecting a human being's sense of self is protected by the first amendment is plain cowardice. This policy enables students and teachers to bully transgender students when they already are vulnerable and unsure.  These students are at a higher risk of suicide because of intolerant and cruel social behaviors.  This policy doubles down on these terrible trends and will unfortunately result in deaths of children.  The impetus of this policy is fear.  Unfortunately many people find it hard to believe that the experience of others is different than the experience they themselves take for granted.  A person born male or female that feels that this is their natural gender assumes erroneously that everyone feels this way and that anyone who says differently must have an agenda.  But if they themselves are so sure of what they are, how can they possibly judge others for equally being sure (even if it differs from their experience).  Children are in the process of "figuring it out".  They need support and freedom to explore.  They need love and acceptance and safety.  They do not need cruelty and hate.  This policy of Youngkin is hateful and dangerous, and frankly inhuman.  The fact that this is even being proposed makes me ashamed to be a Virginian.


This is a terrible policy decision.


This Policy is Hypocritical and Wrong

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This policy proposal uses phrases such as “bullying and harassment are prohibited,” however, the proposed change is inherently welcoming and therefore encouraging harassment and bullying of transgender students from their parents and caregivers. Many parents and guardians refuse to accept, or are slow to accept, their transgender children. Those who do not accept their transgender children often use harmful, hurtful language towards their children. This includes using their deadname and misgendering them, but also using language that indicates to their children that they do not accept them. The grounds of this policy are counter indicated in countless psychological and sociological research studies. This will do so much harm if it is passed. Please, so many Virginians are begging you, do not pass this policy. We are not in favor of harming children. We are not in favor of not accepting everyone. We are not In favor of moving backwards rather than forwards.


Trans and Non-Binary Policy

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<p>I am a 68 year old grandfather of a non-binary high school senior. Fortunately, my grandchild has supportive parents, siblings, grandparents, great grandparents and a host of other family and friends who support them. This is not the case with other transgender and non-binary school age children. To think that all these children can go to their parents and discuss their sexuality is absurd. The proposed policy puts transgender and non-binary children in potentially unsafe environments and situations. It is discriminatory towards a group of people who are, in reality, no different than other students other than their sexuality. This is not about parents rights, but more about political points and garnering support from a vocal minority. This is not about fair treatment of others, but rather the imposition of other's beliefs on these children. This is 2022, not 1922. Times have changed, people have evolved over the course of time and it is time for Virginia to change, especially politicians and others who want to live in the past. There is no need for this discriminatory, unfair, unjust and potentially very harmful policy. </p>


I oppose this fully.


I am completely opposed.


I am strongly opposed.


I am completely, emphatically against this

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I am a trans woman living in Virginia.  I thought our Commonwealth was above this kind of garbage, but I guess not.  Please, just let us live our lives and stop trying to police our existence.


I fully oppose this.


Strongly oppose this dangerous document

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<p>The 2021 document contained crucial protections for and acknowledgment of children like my own. This 2022 document undoes this progress and more. This guidance document as written will alienate and single out trans and nonbinary students, creating a hostile environment for kids who are already at significantly higher risk for suicide. </p>


I oppose this in the strongest possible manor.


A counterintuitively counterproductive policy

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Many children will be harmed at home and at school because of this policy which will end up bullying students, who should be given autonomy in when and to whom they come out…the world is not a perfect one, so even home life is not the safest place for too many. If parents should know more about their children or if legal guardians need to understand their dependents more fully…that’s on them, not a teacher. Let’s be smarter and more efficient about this. A trans kid should not be bothered privately because it will create a negative relationship between that student and the respective adults involved in this gossip-oriented idea. This is an unacceptable way to go.


I strongly oppose.

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<p>I vehemently oppose this dangerous and harmful proposal. Passing it will result in hundreds of CHILDREN’S lives being put at risk. Do not claim to be protecting children, because all this is doing is protecting parents that refuse to respect and protect their children, which is their one job. It is absolutely absurd to pass a law that forces teachers to purposefully disrespect youth, and this policy will destroy relationships between educators and parents, parents and children, and children and educators. Who is this meant to help? It’s not helping teachers, and it’s certainly not helping the children. This policy will end lives. Suicide rates are already heartbreakingly high for LGBTQ+ youth, and this will only further exacerbate that. If you care even a little bit about the health and well-being of children, you will protect their rights at all cost, and that includes the right to be called by true their name and pronouns, not the ones their parents gave them. Let children be authentic, and let teachers and educators respect the people they are teaching without limiting free speech. </p>


Strongly oppose.


This will bring harm to trans kids.


I oppose these harmful guidlines

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<p>Remove these guidelines for the sake of our children's livelihood. There's no place for hatred in our schools. </p>


I am completely opposed.

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I am completely opposed.


I deeply oppose this

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There is no reason to treat trans kids like this, it is ghoulish and disgusting.


Do not do this.


The anti-trans kids policy must not stand.

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It is bad enough that you don’t even want to allow these children to use the restroom- that’s just inhumane. It’s far worse that you want to out them to their parents- ignoring the fact that many of these kids may have bigoted and abusive parents who will do worse things to them knowing these identities they have. You are putting children in danger.


I am against this

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I am strongly opposed to this proposal. I think children should be referred to as whatever pronouns they feel like best describes them. It is important to protect trans children from harassment and this will not do that.


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<p>***Strongly Support Youngkin’s Policy*** </p>


This is a terrible policy decision.

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This is a terrible policy decision.


I am strongly opposed.


It is a grave mistake to pass this.

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It is a grave mistake to pass this.


This sucks

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Opposed—this is disgusting overreach


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I oppose this in the strongest possible manor.


I fully oppose this.


I am completely opposed.


Fully support this as a normal person!


I oppose this fully.


It is a grave mistake to pass this.


Strongly oppose.


This is a terrible policy decision.


There is no legitimate debate about gender affirming care.

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i AM A PEDIATRICIAN. FINALLY SOME COMMON SENSE


Do not do this.


Fully oppose this bigotry as a cisgender, straight woman and former D1 athlete

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<p>As a cisgender, heterosexual woman who was also a Division I athlete and grew up in VA, I oppose this with all of my being. We must be supporting and strengthening protections for the most vulnerable, minoritized people in society. We must show them the full support and care they deserve. "Imposing one's religious beliefs on another" also misses the point entirely. Not only are there Christians who advocate for full inclusion and equity for trans people (and trans people can be Christians too!), but there are so many laws on the books rooted in a certain version of Christianity. And not that this is the main point, but strengthening protections, support, and care and uplift for the most vulnerable and excluded people will also make all of society more equitable. </p>


I oppose

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This will harm and kill many LGBTQ+ children.


Strongly Oppose

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<p>Strongly oppose, This policy puts trans kids at risk; not all families are supportive of trans youth and this demographic already faces higher levels of scrutiny, bullying, and higher level of depression. Please don’t put these kids more at risk </p>


I am strongly opposed.


I fully SUPPORT


This is dangerous

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<p>Research shows that using preferred pronouns and names for trans kids is literally lifesaving. The Trevor Project’s 2020 National Survey indicated that having their p referred pronouns used decreased likelihood that trans kids will attempt  suicide by 50%! Our number one goal as educators should be to keep our children safe. Giving kids a place where their identity is respected is an easy and necessary way to keep our kids safe. This proposed  legislation is over reaching and dangerous. </p>


I completely support this policy

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<p>This policy gives parents input and control of the way their children are addressed. It does not take away from the sub-population of children who believe they are trans. As a nurse, it is hard to believe that we are making gender a fuzzy concept. These CHILDREN should not be confused by this concept. Yes, there a very small contingent of persons who are transgender, etc.  The parenting roles should remain with the parents who are responsible for their children in all other areas. Also, all teachers should be protected by the 1st Admendment. I don’t think this directly discriminates against transgender students but recognizes that a policy for this small subgroup should not change the way all students are treated.  Many children have challenges such as autism, Down’s syndrome, etc.   What needs to happen is that we to accept differences in all?  I did not expect that everything should be changed for my autistic child. In summary, this has become a very leftist agenda item. </p>


I am strongly opposed to the proposed  VDOE policy

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This is not about parental rights, this is about control. This policy, if put into action, will greatly harm trans, nonbinary, and even cisgender students.

I am a trans man. I have diagnosed gender dysphoria. I'm not in high school anymore, and I'm sure as hell glad I'm not now. So why do I care? I was that kid people called tr*nny behind my back. I was that kid that came to school to escape. I was even the advocate at my school. I worked tirelessly to make school the safe place everyone deserves, because school was my safe space. Teachers made me feel welcomed and, honestly, school saved me from suicide. I had a plan, my teachers and school kept me from executing it. This policy, in my view, will increase the already high suicide statistic for LGBTQ youth.  Students are humans too. They are allowed to have their own opinions, education, identities, ect.

Besides all of the evidence saying that trans kids are less depressed and less suicidal when they are in a supportive environment, the policy also seems to be going against the Grimm vs. Gloucester County case. Part of the proposed policy is prohibiting trans students from using the bathroom they identify with. However, if I remember correctly, The Grimm case stated that it was discrimination to stop trans kids from using the bathroom that aligns with their gender identity. I was there for the school board meetings in my county discussing how they needed to change their policy. The verbal abuse myself and my peers endured was disgusting. This policy would make all of that worth nothing.

I fully oppose Governor Youngkin and this policy. Good day.


I fully oppose this.


I am completely opposed.


Strongly oppose

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<p>The proposed changes to DOE policy concerning gender identity dehumanize trans children and jeopardize their physical and mental safety. They contradict state law guiding the DOE to comply with anti-discrimination law and follow evidence-based best practices. </p>


It is a grave mistake to pass this.


I am completely opposed.

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I am completely opposed.


I support the rights of trans kids

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These policies will bring material harm to kids whose gender does not conform to their at-birth assignment or a traditional binary. You are giving adults and other students license to bully trans and non-binary children. You are denying children the opportunity to explore their identities without fear.

Children who are outted to their parents before they are ready may be abused or kicked out of their homes.

I FULLY oppose these policies.


This will bring harm to trans kids.

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This will bring harm to trans kids.


I oppose this fully.


This will bring harm to trans kids.


I do not support

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<p>I do not support this horrible proposal. </p>


Let kids be kids rather than focusing on sexual orientation

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The parents should have parental rights when it comes to their children. If the school’s are given the power not to disclose paramount information pertaining to their child, who is liable if the child attempts and succeeds in taking their own life? Schools should not have the power to dictate a parent’s right on raising his/her child. If the school is responsible for reporting neglect and abuse of a child, the school must be mandated ito inform a parent about the child’s psychological and emotional status. How that parent chooses to deal with the issue is the parent’s rights, not the school.

Children do not have the necessary brain functions to deal sexual orientation at young ages. The mental health and wellness of a child is the responsibility of the parents. Denying the parents the records of any issue is grossly negligent of the educational system.

Children should use bathrooms of their biological sex. The incident in Loudon County is a perfect example of why those restrictions should be enforced. It is the responsibility of the schools to not only protect transgender children but ALL children in their care.  Unless designated bathrooms are established for trans children, the safety of the other children in the school shall be enforced.


I oppose this in the strongest possible manor.


Transgender students

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I am totally opposed to the Governor's plan.


It is a grave mistake to pass this.

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It is a grave mistake to pass this.


Strongly oppose.


Do not do this.


This is a terrible policy decision.

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This is a terrible policy decision.


This is a terrible policy decision.


I am completely opposed.


Oppose !!!

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this is a shameful policy that the government should stay out of !! It is not an agency or governments choice to decide individual identities !!!! OPPOSE !!!!


Horrible policy that is anti American and anti freedom.

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Do not remove peoples rights. Why is this so difficult for you to understand.


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I oppose this in the strongest possible manor.


I am strongly opposed.


Full support!! Thank you!!


Strongly oppose creeping fascism

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The LGBTQ population is less than 10% of the total population of Virginia and nationally, yet it seems to take up 90% of the talking points of republican politicians. As a holocaust survivor, I find the parallels with German fascists targeting a peaceful minority mind numbing. Not only does this need to be denounced today, these people need to be removed from our politics forever.


This will bring harm to trans kids.


I am opposed to this

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I strongly disagree with the decisions that are being made on the student's behalf


I oppose this fully.


Oppose


What’s with all the reddit spammers?


It is a grave mistake to pass this.


This is a terrible idea

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This disenfranchises children of their fundamental human rights.


I fully oppose this.


Strongly oppose.


What Will Become of Lady Liberty?

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What will become of Lady Liberty in the coming years?

Will her light be burning bright or be extinguished by the tears

of those whose lives are torn apart by those too blind to see

That the words that follow 'under God' are the words that could make us free!


This is a terrible policy decision.


I strongly oppose

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<p>This is a vague and harmful piece of legislation that will ultimately hurt students and children more than help them. </p>


Do not do this.


Strongly opposed

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This proposed policy affecting transgender students is deeply wrong. There is no good reason to target trans children who face overwhelming odds on their mental health and their lives. I know that there are homeless trans children in Fairfax County who have been kicked out of their homes and I am convinced there will be more suicides if this policy goes forward. This is not a time to score imagined political points.


I oppose this fully


I am strongly opposed.


I oppose this hateful legislation

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If you enact policies that harm transgender people by limiting their ability to access the correct bathrooms for their gender or be referred to by their preferred name and pronouns you WILL cause them to be subjected to increased harassment and risk of mental illness and suicide. I am a mother and if this type of policy existed at my child's school I would remove them from that school immediately. Enacting hate-based intolerant policies like these will make sure I never spend another dollar of my money in Virginia and I won't tell my family or friends to either. Do the right thing and drop this campaign of harassment against transgender people. It will only hurt those who are most marginalized while doing nothing to help anyone else.


Fully support this

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Fully support this. Parents must be able to retain the rights to their children and NOT be given over to the State (1984, anyone?). Children must be protected from hidden agendas within the governmental education system, and real biological science needs to be respected and used in our governance.


Strongly oppose

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As a parent with three children in the Henrico school system I have no concerns with my sons sharing space with trans students.

As a mental health professional I am alarmed at this policy: it would create a dangerous environment for an already vulnerable population. Protecting trans kids is suicide prevention. Normalizing their existence could reduce the violence/abuse they are statistically more likely to experience.


Oppose, oppose, oppose

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This will lead to the harm and death of our kids. How can we send them to schools, some place that they should be safe, and expect them suffer in silence?


OPPOSE

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<p>Absolutely oppose. This is heinous and not protection of children. </p>


Fully support! Transgender children NEED parents involvement


This will bring harm to trans kids.

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This will bring harm to trans kids.


I am completely opposed.

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I am completely opposed.


I FULLY support this change!

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I FULLY SUPPORT this change to a more commonsense approach between schools and parents.  Parents SHOULD NEVER be kept in the dark by teachers and school administrators about what is going on in school regarding their children.  The education of students should be a FULLY COLLABORATIVE effort involving school administration, teachers, AND PARENTS.


Strongly support


This is a terrible policy decision.

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This is a terrible policy decision.