Fully Support

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<p> I fully support the Governor's new policy. The policy put forth by the prior admin. is nothing more than a far left indoctrination tool that disregards parents rights and each child's right to privacy.  </p>


Oppose any Trans Rights

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I'm a mom of 4. What is going on in FCPS is unbelievable.

People, especially FCPS are obsessed with this transgender which is rediculous. Parents have a right to know what is going on. The fact adults want to influence and encourage this begavior is insane to me. Kids have no idea the psychological side affects and health sude affects that happens from transitioning. I strongly agree with your policy.


Support Gov Youngkin’s policy

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Please, protect our children. Thank you.


Strongly opposed, nothing more than political theater and hate.

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This policy is designed solely to bolster a potential President run for Youngkin and does nothing to help Virginians. This policy will only lead to increased suicides amongst an already highly at risk group.


Oppose

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As a twenty year veteran educator within Virginia public schools, I know how often teachers reach out for the support of parents as partners in the educational process. Parents have a tremendously important role to play in the education of their children, but to use parental rights as a political ploy over LGBTQ issues is unacceptable. Local school boards should be able to use the existing model to create and enforce policies in the best interest of all involved.

Research and personal experiences have shown me the damaging effects that students can face when forced to reconcile their identity or lifestyle choices within the often hostile classroom/school environment of their peers. Teachers are compassionate and well-intentioned professional caretakers of their students. Trust them and not politicians to nurture and care for Virginia's students in the healthiest way possible. We don't want to indoctrinate, we simply want to teach, encourage, and respect all students who pass through our classrooms. Trust us do do just that and oppose the 2022 Model Policies.


I strongly support this. As a young woman

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<p> I want to feel safe in my sport and bathrooms.</p>


Support

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Thank you for the thoughtful guidance. I have read the entire thing and appreciate that you do not deny any student's perceived or declared gender identity. You make it clear multiple times that some students do have sincerely held beliefs about their sexuality and gender and the purpose and spirit of the policy is NOT to dispute those beliefs. Your goal is to make sure that parents are aware of the social and emotional development of their children. I don't understand how we have gotten to the point where a school system would purposely withhold vital information from a parent. If a child says she or he is scared of his or her parents, then a counselor and social worker can work through that fear with the child and parents. The majority of parents want what is best for their children and should be informed if their child is experiencing a life-altering and potentially threatening crisis of identity.

As a teacher, I truly feel should not be put in the middle of any of this. I am there to teach and develop students' academic skills. I truly don't care one way or another what my students want to call themselves. I have always strived to adopt appropriate preferred nicknames as students share them with me. I should not be accused, however, of discrimination or harassment simply because I accidentally forget to call a singular person a plural they, as the previous guidance stated I could be. I should not be made to feel uncomfortable by being asked to publicly declare my own pronouns in every encounter I have with others, as it has become routine in schools, nor should I have to make other students uncomfortable by asking them to declare theirs.  Finally, I should not be required as an educator to accept or promote an ideology that runs counter to my own personal beliefs, as the previous guidance also required of me in some of its clauses. I am all-in on no bullying, no discrimination, and easy access to a private bathroom or locker room for those who truly need privacy. That's what your guidance states and protects, but it's lost in the media hysteria.

Nobody should wonder when we graduate students who can't function in college or the workplace when the boards of education and half of the school community spends this much time and energy on the pronoun concerns of a very very very small minority of students. Thank you for attempting to restore common sense and order in our schools.


I totally support Governor Youngkin's Transgender Policy

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I'm against young girls being raped.  So I support Glen Youngkin's policy.  I think his policy will protect everyone whether they are transgender or not.  They should not be able to use the opposite bathroom unless they can prove they are transgender.  This will help everyone to be protected from anyone with ill intentions.


Great job - support you and new guidelines.


Support, support, support

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

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


Support

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<p> It is a parents right to know what is happening with their child and the child's right to have their parents support them. Taking a position that all parents are not supportive of their own child is evil but does point out how the current public education system views parents roles in THEIR kids lives. Where will these public school employees be for the kids when they graduateandove to another school</p>


everyone who supports this policy is pathetic and needs to get a life

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strongly oppose this policy!! this is dangerous for trans youth. do better.


Fully Support

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<p> Parents should have an active role.  </p>


Strongly Support/Abolish this Policy Completely

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<p> I am a parent in Virginia and I do not want my kids to be taught this way of living or thinking in any way. Transgender sexuality goes against my belief and the core beliefs of my family. Forcing this on my children is not the school's place and it violates my rights as a parent and the constitutional rights of my children. This policy is religiously discriminating. This policy violates the rights of students all across Virginia. The VDOE cannot afford special privileges to certain students (a very small percentage at that) while stepping on the rights of others (over 98% of the student population.) This is a constitutional violation. I fully support these changes and suggest that this policy be abolished completely. A person is free to live their life as they like</p>


STRONGLY OPPOSE, Trans Rights are Human Rights

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<p>I support trans students to have the freedom to use pronouns of their choice and to have the same freedoms that any citizen of our country enjoys. </p>


Oppose


Strongly support!!

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<p> Parents should definitely be the ones giving permission for this kind of major change.  </p>


100% SUPPORT / DEMOCRACY SPEAKS

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<p> Former public school employee who has witnessed this nonsense in our schools  felt intimidated to remain silent. This is one of many reasons why Virginians voted for change. The parents have rights!  </p>


I support this 100%

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<p> Thank you for highlighting the importance of parents into this revised document. Parents having a say in the way their children are educated is of the upmost importance. I believe this document is fair towards all</p>


If you support this, you are a bigot.

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Read the title. Leave vulnerable kids alone.


trans boys in boys' sports

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I meant to say: Trans boys (biological girls) who are taking hormones should be playing on boys' sports teams. That's the most fair option for them, and the safest for girls in sports, because of the effects of the hormone therapy. Trans boys on hormones shouldn't be playing against (or even with) biological girls in sports.

Youngkin should make this policy change.


I strongly support Gov. Youngkin’s policy.

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<p> Children need time to grow and find themselves. They should not be made to declare their gender at such an early age. There is plenty of time for that when they reach the age of reason. This policy provides for parents to legally request their children be called by pronouns indicating gender other than what is on their birth certificates if they and their children feel strongly about it. Transgenders did compose approximately half of one percent of the population before this targeted campaign began. Now</p>


I support parents rights

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


I strongly support these policy changes

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<p> I strongly support these policy changes.  </p>


Stop this Discrimination

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<p>Children, and people of all ages deserve dignity and respect of their identities. </p>


Oppose

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<p>As a teacher, I believe this will be detrimental to children.  I have so many kids who go by something that has nothing to do with their given name.  We make sure the child is who is on the roll then adjust as needed.  </p>


Strongly support protecting children


I support Youngkin and our children

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<p> I support Youngkin and our children. Parent's have rights over what there children are exposed to. Plain and simple. Transgenderism is a mental disorder.  </p>


Thank you - I support

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<p> Thank you for including parents in this process.  </p>


Support 100%

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Leave the children alone, no boys on girls teams or in their bathrooms !!!!! Stop the indoctrination by SEl


Strongly support. Pro-parent.

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<p> Strongly support this policy. Thanks for supporting parents. If you’re anti-parent you’re part of the problem. Thanks for being part of the solution.Keith Appell  </p>


Teachers should NOT out trans kids!!!


questions

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In the Sample Policy, section III, D, 6: notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 4, school should not compel personnel/students to address/refer to student ... - does this mean that if parent/eligible student does provide, in writing, other name / pronouns, then personnel/students would be compelled to address as written? I hope so

So real issue here, are transgender/non-binary youth that do not receive support from home - where parents are not willing to provide written confirmation of name/pronouns - what are they supposed to do?

I think there should be a mechanism for transgender youth to participate in sports associated with their identified gender - application process / review board, not sure what that would look like however


Parents Rights

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<p>Why do people promote mutilating children. Support Govenor Youngkin. </p>


Strongly support

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<p>  strongly support the Governor  </p>


Fully support this.

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<p> Fully support.  </p>


Support support support


Strongly Oppose

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Did you know you have rights? Constitution says you do. And this includes trans people. I'm Saul Goodman and I will fight for you.


Protect lgbt youth

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This proposal is nothing more than the attempt of a religious minority to impose its views on the majority, targeting a group of youth more statistically likely to experience abuse at home, to run away from home, to experience homelessness, and to commit suicide than any other. There are reasons many kids don’t want to come out at home, and to attempt to turn the school system into a pack of informers is a betrayal to the children it serves.


Save the suicide of kids and support this policy


Strongly oppose - bullying masquerading as parental choice

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The governor’s model policy is hateful bigotry disguised as parental choice. I wonder who this policy is really helping? Where is the data to show this is actually a problem? Here’s some data: a survey by the American Academy of Pediatricians found that more than half of transgender male teens have attempted suicide. These children need support — not added challenges.

Governor Youngkin is too focused on garnering national attention and fundraising dollars, as he is already looking past Virginia toward the White House in 2024. He doesn’t care about anyone but (elevating) himself. Don’t let his very personal agenda harm the most vulnerable. As a parent of three, I know he should know better.


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

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<p> The Virginia Department of Education will issue guidelines for schools in dealing with transgender students that are common-sense guidelines and will keep students of both sexes safe at school. I believe this to be a fad and not one to destroy every precept just to make one or two students happy. As a mother</p>


Strongly Oppose—Protect Transgender Children!

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I am strongly opposed to the VDOE's proposed policy changes. As a current Virginia college student who spent 12 years in a Virginia public school system, I know just how hard it can be to feel like you belong in school. All students deserve to feel safe, loved, and respected at school. Transgender and nonbinary students need to be protected, not attacked, when they enter their classrooms. These policies are dehumanizing and would deprive students of their pride and dignity. Students should be allowed to use the pronouns and bathrooms that align with their gender identities. They should be allowed to participate in sports consistent with their gender identities. These policies are a violation of not only state law, but also the beliefs held by a majority of Virginians. The proposed changes are a slap in the face to any student, parent, or educator who knows that school should be a safe space for every single student.


Strongly support this policy  parental rights to raise their child.

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<p> Strongly support a parents right to raise their child to adulthood.  </p>


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I fully support all of Youngkin's educational directives.


This is pure bigotry, and illegal.

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For the party of "small government," Republicans sure like to force the state to make trans peoples lives as difficult as possible. Glenn Youngkin should get out of my state.


I oppose this policy (trans rights!)

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I’m a 20 year old cis straight woman that grew up going to FCPS and I had a ton of trans friends that I loved and somehow I turned out ok! You don’t have to protect us from our friends. Transgender students deserve autonomy and respect just like everyone else.


Strongly support

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


SUPPORT

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


Strongly oppose

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This legislature is dangerous to our trans youth. They deserve to be protected like the rest of us.


I support Governor Younkin's position.

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<p> I support Governor Younkin's position on trans gender issues.  </p>


Opposed

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<p>Please consider keeping kids safe by respecting their personal privacy.  Aspects of this proposal are harmful to a groups who are already at a higher risk. </p>


Grandma supports


Sic Semper Tyrannis

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I am 34 years old. I have lived in Virginia my whole life, and worked proudly in government, first for the City of Chesapeake and then for the Commonwealth, since 2014. It has been a particular point of pride for me that our state government remains so even-handed and professional despite frequently changing hands between Democratic and Republican control. I believed that we were exceptional in this regard, a sign of our superior regard for civic duty and American values in a state that has so often played a pivotal role in our country's history.

I am sorry to say that this "guidance document" has shaken my faith in the Commonwealth. There is no justifiable state interest, outside of service to cheap partisan propagandists, in such petty and alienating cruelty towards trans youth. You are using the awesome power of the state to humiliate children for the benefit of cable news audiences. I do not know how anyone promoting such a policy can look at our state seal and not see themselves and their cruel implements in the supine tyrant we are meant to overcome.

But whether you see it or not, freedom and harmony will overcome. Sic semper tyrannis.


School stuff

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Governor Youngkin is doing the right thing! I support you!


OPPOSE

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Will result in more childhood trauma and suicide


Support support support


Very partisan insensitive proposed policy

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This bill is a partisan policy and is just as slanted but in an opposite direction as the last policy. It is meant as red meat to a Christian nationalist base that wants to 'other' a marginalized community. Why shouldn't a teenager be able to determine what name they want to be addressed by. Where is the support for this marginalized community. This policy is designed to enflame passions and only supports parent rights of a certain group. It does not take into account a community that is bullied mocked and often cast from their home because of who they are. We don't have to turn our bitter political divide into hate for others


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

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


Strongly opposed

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<p>Please listen to qualified professionals who can instruct you on the dangers this new policy creates for transgender and non-binary students. The LGBT Life Center based in Norfolk has a large staff of highly trained and educated people who can provide evidence-based knowledge to help guide you. Fact is that some parents will kick their children out of the house if they find out they are gay, much less transgender. Others will be violent. Respect and dignity for students means non-discrimination policies void of things like “we don’t tolerate discrimination in someone’s “actual” sex, race, or religion.”  That implies that it is tolerated to discriminate against a student for their gender identity if different than their biological sex. Protect the safety of one of the most vulnerable populations, knowing that student safety and the inherent rights of each person to be respected are fundamental to any educational institution. </p>


Strongly oppose, this will only harm children

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This is wildly transphobic and will only serve to increase the already high self-harm rates and suicide rates for trans kids. I strongly oppose this.


I fully support this common sense move.

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


Strongly opposed

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<p style="text-align: center;">Strongly opposed to this legislation. This is intentionally harming an already minority group. </p>


I support Gov Youngkin in this reversal

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<p>The 2021 policy denied Constitutional, religious, and parental rights to protect children. It forced a one-sided mandate. It also put blinders on being able to actually help those who identify as transgender by enabling a mental health disorder. It would force teachers and students to lie and go against their integrity to call a boy a girl or vice versa. You cannot help transgender children by enabling their mental health disorder. And you deny someone their own personal rights by forcing them to refer to individuals as something they are not. We also must protect our girls in schools by not allowing boys to enter their bathrooms, and we must defend girl’s sports to only allow females to participate. Women spent the past century to gain rights for women, it appalls me to see one side decide that men can all of a sudden magically become women just because they feel like it, and then deny women their rights. There is indeed a difference, and just because someone feels like a sex they are not does not make them that sex. It is a mental health disorder and that person needs help, not enabling. Look at all of the #transregret damage done because people played along and pretended with the person. All they have done is harm that person even more in the long run. </p>


Strongly support Youngkin


transgender policy in schools

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I support Gov. Youngkin's  policy, what is there not to support. Safety for the students, trans or not. The previous policy resulted in the rape of two heterosexual girls using the bathroom in school, this is unacceptable. IT IS TIME FOR A MORAL CHANGE FOR THE SAKE OF THE  CHILDREN. amen


I strongly support


Strongly Support!!

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<p> I am a small business owner in Virginia and watching young female students in Virginia being traumatized by bathroom attacks in their own schools has lasting repercussions. If young women do not feel safe</p>


Strongly oppose!

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Let teachers teach, let ALL students learn and be respected and keep political stunts out of the classroom.


Oppose


I am against this!

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These changes are meant to have a chilling effect on a student's ability to understand, express, and develop their own identities. The rights of the student as an individual should be preserved in this instant as the parent has no place in being the arbiter of this identity. This new ruleset will also place many students in danger with them being outed to their direct family.

All of this under the guise of parental control.

It's shameful and disgusting how badly republicans preach freedom until it's a someone or something they don't agree with. This ruleset, if placed into effect, will have a negative effect on Virginia and the welcoming environment it has cultivated over the past 20 years. Please do not sacrifice our kids for your fake culture wars. I have no doubt the republicans in this state will ultimately choose to wage a war against Trans students, just like they did against women's bodily autonomy, contraception, and gay marriage. Don't subject all Virginians to the trash you are peddling.


I stand with our courageous Governor Youngkin.

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Governor Youngkin, in protecting the rights of parents, has spoken up for what is an obvious truth.  The convoluted beliefs and lifestyles of gender-confused children should not dictate public and educational policy.


Trans Rights

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I fully support the trans community and believe they deserve equal rights. It is ABHORRENT that this is even being debated/voted on.


I support this change.

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<p> Schools should stay out of gender identity and sexual preferences. They should be respectful of all students while sticking to providing education. Parents should provide legal documentation of name and/or gender change to require school staff or students to address a student by biological/legal name/pronouns. No biological male should be allowed to compete in female sports or enter bathrooms/locker rooms; vice versa for females participating in male sport or enter bathrooms. I certainly don't want schools teaching gender/transgender topics or casually discussing with students. Teachers are not there to be a friend . Students don't need to know what staff do on weekends or in relationships. It's called boundaries. In the end</p>


Support for this policy

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


After reading the proposed changes I support 2022 Model Policies

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<p>I am very concerned about what I hear and see is happening in schools. This policy, I believe, will address some of them. I see too often parents not being involved and now it seems that some school policies encourage keeping parents out of schools. I do not believe that any government or school has the right to get between a parent and child until due process of law has rendered that parent unfit to parent. From what I have read about the current policies a school/teacher can take a parent out of the child's guidance and life by conspiring to keep information from parents. If a child is confused about their identity or sexuality, it is the parents' responsibility and right to be involved in the coaching, mentoring and counseling of this young person. To exclude the parents is a form of child abuse, in my opinion. </p>


Move forward supporting all

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<p> This guidance harms transchildren and anyone supporting this should be ashamed of themselves. Why does being kind to someone and THEIR identity affect anyone else negatively? It shouldn’t. This is a step back</p>


Support this action to protect children

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<p>I am simply writing to let our governor know that I support his decision in this matter. This is a fraud issue but I think it is extremely important and I am proud that our governor has made the decision to protect children and help them have normal healthy childhood so that they can make free decisions as adults. </p>


I support this move

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<p> The issue of how to address children who are unhappy with their biological sex will continue to dog our educators and families. This is a serious mental health issue and treatment for this issue should be addressed by parents and their doctors</p>


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<p>Protect Transgender Children. Follow established law which demands school be a safe place for them.  </p>


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<p> Strongly support a parents right to raise their child to adulthood.  </p>


I fully support Youngkin!

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<p> There's a reason we elected Governor Youngkin... School policy and parental rights are vitally important!  </p>


Strongly Oppose. This is dangerous to the lives of trans, nonbinary, & GNC folks

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Having teachers out trans, nonbinary, and GNC students to their parents is absolutely horrifying. According to a recent study, "82% of transgender individuals have considered killing themselves and 40% have attempted suicide, with suicidality highest among transgender youth." It goes on to say "interpersonal microaggressions, made a unique, statistically significant contribution to lifetime suicide attempts and emotional neglect by family approached significance. School belonging, emotional neglect by family, and internalized self-stigma made a unique, statistically significant contribution to past 6-month suicidality." This policy will genuinely kill people and should not be taken lightly. Trans, nonbinary, and GNC students deserve to own their storyline on who knows their gender identity if they feel safe enough to tell people at school but not at home we should absolutely honor that. Linked is the study previously mentioned but honestly, statistics shouldn't even be necessary as respecting someone's pronouns is a basic human right. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32345113/


OPPOSE. These kids need our protection.

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<p>Oppose. Transgender youth need our protection and deserve equal rights. </p>


100% Support

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


Empowering Parents

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Our Governor’s prejudice and fear mongering under the guise of “parental empowerment” is sad. Rather than waving the anti-trans banner, perhaps Mr. Youngkin should push for mandatory attendance at parent teacher meetings.


Oppose proposed education policy on transgender students

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I strongly oppose the proposed policy on transgender students which strips students of agency in their own decisions, particularly students in upper elementary or secondary school.
Research is clear that LBGTQ children and youth are at higher risk of suicide. The proposed policies seeks to present these students as “different, the other, abnormal, etc. Such attitudes lead to these students reduced perceptions of schools as safe places for them and creates emotionally and physically risks for bullying and verbal abuse.
This policy does not empower “parents” as partners in children’s education, but puts a minority of parents as having more power based in fear rather than knowledge and understanding. The policy makers would be better informed by learning the facts about transgender people.


I strongly oppose this policy.

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All students deserve respect, support, and acceptance. This policy is an infringement on the rights of trans and non-binary students to express their true selves.


Trans rights are human rights (I strongly opposed this bill)

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<p>This bill is absolutely disgusting. Trans teens deserve their gender identity to be respected </p>
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Oppose the  Governor’s draft model policies for schools

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Transgendered students need protections at school.  They need support and acceptance.  This is NOT a parental rights issue, this is a mental health, medical issue as transgender youth struggle with mental health problems and they need an accepting, and a safe school environment. Children, and adolescents, who are struggling with their identity need support.  It is NOT appropriate to inform their parents that they are transgendered without the students’ consent.
I am confused why the Governor is not respecting the medical / mental health struggles of youth, and instead he is concerned primarily with the rights of parents.


Strongly Support-Thank you!

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<p> It's time to put common sense back in schools. This policy does exactly that. Thank you for recognizing that parents play an important role in their children's lives. Thank you for supporting all students with common sense policies that put biology back into decision-making. It never should have been left out of the equation to begin with.  </p>


Opposing Virginia Governor Transgender policy

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As a mother of a transgender young person, I am really concern that these new policies will deny basic human rights to my daughter and other transgender kids. The idea that public schools are places that promote students safety and emotional well being of students is at RISK if these new policies are implemented. The governor is responding to a small sector of the population  with a clear political agenda and not showing signs of protecting students independent of their gender orientation. Transgender students are  a reality and a part of our community and they are constantly bullied and as a consequences a high percentage of them end up in suicide.  Are we going to make that trend worse by implementing these new policies? Most likely yes because those polices promote discrimination and hate.   We are going backwards  with these kind of policies and schools are becoming places with political agendas instead of places where all kids are equally respected and not discriminated against. We have a duty to defend our kids and do not let the schools become battlefield with political agendas.

Let's be responsible member of our communities and avoid the implementation of these policies which clearly are against the basic human rights of transgender students.


Oppose to Youngkin Transgender School Policy

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We need to help individuals live their lives without oppression. Single out any single class of individuals to be treated more harshly is wrong and the governor knows better. Remove the gate from your soul. Transgender youth have a hard enough path without you piling on


100% SUPPORT / DEMOCRACY SPEAKS

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<p> Former public school employee who has witnessed this nonsense in our schools  felt intimidated to remain silent. This is one of many reasons why Virginians voted for change. The parents have rights!  </p>


100% In Favor

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These left wing lunatics have gone way too far and are destroying our wonderful country with their propaganda and misinformation.


Fully support


Fully Support!!

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<p>Thank you Governor Youngkin! </p>


Educator who supports this policy

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


Strongly Oppose

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<p>I am a Virginia resident and parent of two children who attended public schools in Virginia, grades K-12. I strongly oppose the proposed policy changes because I believe they are harmful to Virginia students. I urge those considering these changes to consult with transgender students, their families, and medical and mental health professionals who work with them. Listen to them and learn - from their experiences and expertise - why these proposed changes are discriminatory and harmful. </p>


Do it. I completely support.

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


Stop taking our children's dignity away

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<p>The latest transgender rights change is appalling.  Youngkin is out of touch and the worst governor we have ever had!!   </p>


Support

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


trans students

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<p>I oppose the governor's policy towards trans students.  </p>


trans students


homophobic parents still exist what happens if you forcefully out them??

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You failed to mention what happens when you and your administration forcefully out a student to their homophobic parents and then when they get home they get thrown out on the street. What happens then, do you offer housing, counseling, food, and social services?

But come to think of it you never actually cared about the queer student in the first place, did you?


I support this new Policy

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I commend Gov Youngkin replacing the previous administration's disgraceful transgender policies. The new policies direct schools to only recognize "transgender students" if the child's parent has requested in writing that the school address their child by a different gender identity.  The guidance states "Parents have the right to make decisions with respect to their children," "Policies shall be drafted to safeguard parents’ rights with respect to their child, and to facilitate the exercise of those rights."

Thank goodness we have sane policies back in Virginia!  Thank You Gov Youngkin!


Transphobia is disgusting

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I do not support these policies at all. The 2021 policies were just fine. Governor Youngkin is trying to portray state-sponsored discrimination against children! I don't understand why someone's genitals (especially of a minor) matter to the supporters. Children need independence and can identify as what they want to identify as they grow to be adults, and these policies discourage that as well. I would recommend supporters to think more open minded and for them to stop their satisfaction of discrimination against questioning minors.


Oppose this Action

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This guidance is rooted in stereotypes and misunderstandings of transgender people.  This type of action is opposed by mental health professionals and puts an unnecessary mental health burden on trans students.


Oppose policy; support my trans and nb students

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<p>I am a Virginia teacher. I have and have had students who identify as transgender, non-binary, or questioning. Some of these students have supportive families and parents. However, some students do not. For many students, school is a safe place for them, where they can be themselves and express themselves without fear. More than 50% of trans/non-binary teens SERIOUSLY considered suicide last year (according to the Trevor Project's 2022 National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health). Trans and non-binary youth are also 2 to 2.5 times more likely to experience depression than other members of the LGBQ community. Those statistics increase when a child does not have a supportive home life or when they live in fear of their family finding out. A non-supportive family might verbally, emotionally, or physically abuse a child, ignore, mock, or invalidate their identity, or even kick them out of the home. As a teacher, I refuse to out a student to their family, because I care about the student's safety. Some students tell me that I can use their chosen name and pronouns if speaking to their family; others ask me to use their birth name and assumed pronouns. Students know their families better than I do. They know whether they will be safe, accepted, and loved if they come out to their families. Of course I would hope that all families accept their children, but sadly that's not always the reality. Our number one priority in schools is to keep kids safe. We cannot educate students if they are hurting: physically, mentally, or emotionally. </p>


Roll back Northam's harmful policies

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<p>Protect our children against Northam's heinous transgender school policies. I fully support Governor Youngkin's proposed changes! This is about children, not adults. </p>


Oppose this legislation

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LGBT students are statistically more likely to suffer abuse, leave home as a minor, become homeless or commit suicide than other teens and children.  Many have good reason to not come out at home and trust their counselors, teachers etc to confidentiality. To force trusted adults to break that confidence is cruel and that, along with forcing the religious views of a minority upon the majority, is the governor’s true intent.


Strongly SUPPORT!

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I strongly SUPPORT parents and this policy!


Oppose this legislation


Support

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<p>Thank you for supporting parents and their rights. I also believe that families are the bedrock of the community.  Families need to support each other and parents have rights. Thank you for being brave. </p>


strongly oppose

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The republican agenda is against anyone who is not a white straight male.  This is insanity at it's worst.  I was a republican, but "saw the light" and changed.  This should not be an issue in this century.


Transgender

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I support Gov. Youngkin in trying to protect children from the transgender propaganda. Parents are responsible for their children and the school does not have the right to undermine the parents and introduce them to gender confusion. Girls need to be protected from biological boys claiming they are girls.


Support this policy


Strongly Support/Abolish this Policy Completely

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<p> I am a parent in Virginia and I do not want my kids to be taught this way of living or thinking in any way. Transgender sexuality goes against my belief and the core beliefs of my family. Forcing this on my children is not the school's place and it violates my rights as a parent and the constitutional rights of my children. This policy is religiously discriminating. This policy violates the rights of students all across Virginia. The VDOE cannot afford special privileges to certain students (a very small percentage at that) while stepping on the rights of others (over 98% of the student population.) This is a constitutional violation. I fully support these changes and suggest that this policy be abolished completely. A person is free to live their life as they like</p>


Parent Involvement


FULLY SUPPORT

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


Support

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<p> I support anything that allows parents to be fully involved in every aspect of their children’s education.  </p>


SUPPORT FULLY


STRONGLY oppose

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<p>This will literally kill children. Conservatives love to say they’re the party that cares about kids and family and then do stuff like this not even caring about the repercussions cos it doesn’t fit into their Christofascist worldview. </p>


Stop harassing trans kids

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What you are pushing is harmful and weird.

Treating trans kids respectfully at school is

honestly the very least you can do. It is obvious

that you are just playing a sick political game at the

expense of these kids.

Stop this twisted agenda and leave these kids alone.


Grandma supports


opposed

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Also, a political cheap shot against people who are politically helpless against this is cowardly move, my man.


Strongly support

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


In Support of Governor’s guidelines

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Gov. Youngkin,

Please be strong and remain steadfast in your common sense policies on transgender students. School aged kids are subject to fads. The assault on the uniqueness, strengths, and differences of both males and females is destroying civilization. It is confusing kids and causing an increase in mental illness in our youth. Parents should certainly be made aware of how their children are behaving in school. Hold your common sense ground.


Student Protests

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<p>I applaud the students of Virginia's public school for standing up for themselves.  Our "esteemed" governor should keep his nose out of the personal business of our students and their families.  Stop trying to impose your personal religious beliefs on others.  </p>
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Strongly Opposed

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Respecting and recognizing students’ identities is the most basic approach to keeping our youth safe. While students are most often minors, they still have personal autonomy and deserve to feel supported and safe to express who they are. We can’t make each home safe but we can make the classroom safe for them. Taking this away from them will lead to more of our community losing their lives or suffering from depression. It’s the opposite of keeping them safe.


Support

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<p> I support parental rights. I support biology. I support Governor Youngkin. I support common sense. I support a biological female's right to privacy in bathrooms and locker rooms. I support a biological female athlete's right to participate in sports and to compete against other biological females.  </p>


THIS MAKES LIFE FOR KIDS DANGEROUS (I OPPOSE)

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Trans kids commit suicide thanks to a lot of stuff that makes their dysphoria worse and society that makes them feel awful for the things they can't change about their identity. Plus, if this new policy stays/goes through, it will make their home lives dangerous in transphobic households if they are outed by their schools. Trans CHILDREN will die, CHILDREN, this will not save them. If people would actually do research they'd know it's already illegal to do gender-affirming surgeries on children and no one is going to give hormones to a 6-year-old child who says they MIGHT be trans. Misgendering trans kids and making them do things because it aligns with their assigned sex at birth will "not save/fix" them, it will fill them with dysphoria and depression that will make them kill themselves. Also, if they are outed to their families and their families are transphobic, this will not save them either, because it will subject them to abuse from their parents, whether that is physical or mental or maybe even the child will be kicked out of their house. Or, their parents will send them to conversion therapy out of state which will fill them with more depression and anxiety, and dysphoria, and will put them in danger physically and their mental health will deplete. PROTECT TRANS YOUTH, DON'T ALLOW TRANSPHOBIA TO CONTINUE SPREADING!!!!!!!!!


Governor Youngkin’s Policies

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I strongly support Governor Youngkin’s policies.  Parents have voices and rights too, and their voices should be heard and not ignored or cancelled.  Governor Youngkin has used common sense in crafting these policies, which I find refreshing.  His policies are reasoned and well thought out.  They do not seem to be based or founded on any political viewpoint, which I am also pleased to see.


Approve New Transgender Guidance Doc

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<p>I approve of the 2022 Model Policies concerning transgender students. It is much more balanced and affirms the rights and place of parents in children's education. </p>


I fully support this bill !!

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<p> I fully support this bill!  </p>


I strongly oppose this planned change because it is harmful to children

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This policy change does not support the emotional needs of transgender students.  Studies (https://www.thetrevorproject.org/survey-2021/) show that when schools support transgender students, their rate of suicide and ideation of suicide is reduced.

If this policy is rooted in protecting children, then it is the wrong choice; we should not be pursuing policies that increase harm.


Strongly oppose, protect trans PEOPLE'S rights

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<p>This is abhorrent, protect ALL of Virginia's trans students. Trans rights are HUMAN rights. Trans students are PEOPLE. Anyone suggesting otherwise is a bigot, and should be treated as such. </p>


Strongly Oppose

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My son committed suicide after a long struggle dealing with his own mental health issues, but that's not relevant here.  During the time he was being treated, he made a significant number of friends that identified as something other than what you might consider "normal".  They came from a full spectrum of family types, some supportive, some "not so much".  Those in the schools may or may not be able to distinguish the difference, but this ties their hands.

I challenge our Governor to answer the following:

How many of Virginia's children commit suicide because of their home situation?

How many Virginia parents in the state have had their children taken away for abuse or neglect?

How many positive outcomes for the children will be achieved as a result of this change?

How does he plan to prevent the first two numbers from increasing as a result of his decisions on parental rights and what is best for children (that are not his own)?

Didn't a minor in the Younkin family attempt to illegally cast a ballot in the most recent election not once but twice?

My opinion is the numbers of the first two numbers will be significantly greater than those that experience a positive outcome as a result of these changes.  There is nothing that will prevent the damage.  The final question was rhetorical, but many would blame the parents.  Perhaps it is old fashioned, but I know my children were raised to know you can vote when you are 18 and it is important to be honest and follow the rules.  I can't speak for what is taught in the Younkin household and that is none of my business, just like school administrator is not one of the governor's functions.


Strongly SUPPORT the protection and safety of all children

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<p> I strongly SUPPORT the updated policy. ALL Children - especially young girls -deserve a safe learning environment. All students should be able to learn reading</p>


new transgender guidance document

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I stand with our courageous Governor Youngkin.


Protect women!

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Rapid onset gender dysphoria is a social contagion in teenage girl peer groups.  Support women and empower them to stay in their God-given gender rather than embrace false masculinity.  I stand with Youngkin.


Strongly Support Gov Youngkin's school provisions!

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Our family strongly supports these provisions that the Governor has ser forth for Virginia Schools!


Youngkin policy on transgenderism

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I approve of Gov Youngkin's policy!

Parents should always be aware of issues with their children.

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No matter how hard you try, you won't erase these students

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Y'all are just mad because the world is changing. You know you can't guilt, shame or pressure people into falling into line so you're trying to do it by force. You don't care about kids. If you did, you would listen to them. They're determined to find out who they really are and you can't stop them. And just for the record, I strongly oppose what's written in this guidance document.

Trans and queer students are not going anywhere. Stay mad.


Strongly support

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


This is a terrible policy

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This policy will result in harm to children. This is actually known. This is not a question of 'I think things will get bad.'  We know what will happen:

Many parents will react negatively when they find out that their kid is trans.

Children will be beaten because of this policy.

Children will be kicked out of their homes because of this policy.

Children will take their own lives because of this policy.

This is not hyperbole. There is data to back this up. This is something we have answers for. Queer kids are, statistically, much more likely to be beaten, become homeless, or harm themselves, than their straight peers, especially when their family doesn't support them.

We know this as well as we know that smoking gives you cancer.

I understand trans people make some people uncomfortable, but if this policy is implemented, it will harm the children of the Commonwealth of Virginia.

From a purely selfish move. This will discourage people from moving here. Some people may leave. Especially liberal, educated, wealthy families in NoVA.  I'm not an economist, but I suspect it wouldn't help our tax base if Amazon couldn't hire at their nice new campus, or if the people they hire live in Maryland or DC because our schools knowingly submit students to abuse.

This policy is not the right direction for the Commonwealth.


I strongly support this. As a young woman

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<p> I want to feel safe in my sport and bathrooms.</p>


Keep your filthy paws off our children!

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I strongly oppose the governor’s plan to roll back protections for trans students. The cruelty and cynicism of this administration is revolting.


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

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<p> I fully support this.  </p>


Opposed to Changes

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"The Virginia Department of Education ('The Department') recognizes that each child is a unique individual with distinctive abilities and characteristics that should be valued and respected. All students have the right to attend school in an environment free from discrimination, harassment, or bullying." -From your Description of Proposed Guidance Document Changes. Why can't we leave it at that? Why would you put transgender students in this untenable position? Why would you put teachers in this untenable position? Leave it alone.

As a registered Virginia voter, and as the parent of a student in Virginia, I oppose the proposed changes.


Oppose this policy

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<p>This bill does nothing to protect the privacy of transgender students. It will cause these children undue stress and irreparable harm when their schools deny their identity.  </p>


Protect ALL Kids!

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<p>The anti-trans and anti-LGBTQ bills only kill at-risk kids, because the suicide rate for LGBTQ, especially trans kids, is much higher than cisgender straight kids. We teachers, parents, and community members oppose this anti-trans youth bill. </p>


Strongly oppose

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This guidance is performative and deeply harmful.  Shame on you for hurting our kids for politial points.


I support

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


In agreement with new policy.

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<p>We are on agreement with the proposed policy changes.  They make sense. They are our children and we have a right to protect them physically, emotionally and socially. </p>


Strongly Oppose

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<p>You are actively exposing marginalized children to further harm by supporting this, however much you think you are saving them. </p>


literally no !!

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i STRONGLY OPPOSE OF THIS. so gross this was even a thing that you thought of, protect trans youth!


I fully support. We need to support all children !

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


irresponsible.

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What Youngkin is doing is a disservice to the office he was elected into. This policy that you have created to boost your political standing for future powerful positions is illegal. The countless students that we will lose to this political weapon will be on the governers hands. 52% of trans kids have seriously considered suicide this past year, the number will only grow under Youngkin's governorship. Let them be who they want to be I love the students who go to my school, who play on my team, and who are in my classes, for Youngkin to harm students and take away something that keeps us safe is plain irresponsible and reckless. I hope the state of Virginia and Youngkin got our message during the walkouts today. Because we are here, we are queer, and you cannot take our rights away.

If Youngkin wants to do what is right he will drop the order.

If Youngkin wants to do what is smart then he will drop the order. If he really wants to run for president in 2024 as the rumors suggest, he will need the support of us, the newly aged voters, and by the looks of it, that support is fading quickly.


Strongly Oppose

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This policy does nothing but further traumatize trans youth in VA schools.  This is a disgrace and Youngkin and his Administration should be ashamed!


Support

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<p> I support anything that allows parents to be fully involved in every aspect of their children’s education.  </p>


Fully support

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I fully support parents rights and this bill.


2022 Model Policies: LGBTQ Issues

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I strongly disagree with this proposal. It is unkind and unwarranted. Do better.


I support


oppose

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please just treat trans kids humanely


STRONGLY Oppossed and I have a leg to stand on. Trans

I went to Highschool in Newport news VA. from 1999-2001. I am a transgender Man (FTM) that lived through the hell of bullying from students and from the staff. As soon as I could I left the state because the hostility made it unbearable to live here. By the time I was 16 I had two suicide attempts under my belt. Yall do not know what you are doing to literal children. Trans-affirming care saved my life. The VA Equality act is the only reason I moved back to this state. You will have blood on your hands. You are targeting CHILDREN who need help and support for what? To make a scapegoat boogeyman to score political points.Leave healthcare to the doctors and leave trans kids. All kids alone!

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I went to Highschool in Newport news VA. from 1999-2001. I am a transgender Man (FTM) that lived through the hell of bullying from students and from the staff. As soon as I could I left the state because the hostility made it unbearable to live here. By the time I was 16 I had two suicide attempts under my belt.

Yall do not know what you are doing to literal children. Trans-affirming care saved my life. The VA Equality act is the only reason I moved back to this state.

You will have blood on your hands. You are targeting CHILDREN who need help and support for what? To make a scapegoat boogeyman to score political points.
Leave healthcare to the doctors and leave trans kids. All kids alone!


Oppose

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<p>I oppose rolling back protections for students who identify as something other than their biological gender. Children's safety should be more important than anyone dictating what they believe on others. </p>


Very Strongly Support!!

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<p> Stop the grooming and brainwashing of our children!  </p>


Support trans kids.  Support Youngkin!

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Best place for trans kids to be is with parents who know and love them.  I support Youngkin’s policies.


Treatment of Tarnsgender Students

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Strongly oppose this foolishness! Once again dishonest politicians (Glenn Youngkin) wage war on teachers, students and schools to scare foolish voters into voting for them. WHO do you think put these programs into place? P-A-R-E-N-T-S!!! Schools do not just randomly propose nonacademic programs to put into place for the fun of it. These programs come from students and parents that need a SAFE place to deal with issues they need help with! Youngkin is just trying to step on the backs of ANYone he can to promote his desire to sit in the oval office. Well Glenn, here's my response to that....you LIED to the citizens of Virginia to get into office (CRT is NOT taught in k-12 public schools. It is a University class with adult students!) But once again, another shifty politician scared the public, using teachers as scapegoats, into voting for someone who promised to solve a nonexistent problem. Wake up please citizens of Virginia. This man is lying to you and taking this Commonwealth for a ride. Protect ALL citizens of Virginia. NOT just the ones Glenn Youngkin decides are worthy!


Fully support! CHILDREN need their parents.

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<p> This is not about adults</p>


Opposed to the Governor Exposing Children to Bullying and Violence for Political Points

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Glenn Youngkin wants to run for president. Everyone knows it. And he knows that one of the best ways to secure a Republican nomination for that office is to inflict wanton cruelty on the party's identified "out groups". In this case he has selected queer youth, under the same flimsy guise of "parents' rights" that he used to trick Virginians into believing he was a cozy moderate guy with middle of the road beliefs last November. That's all this is about. He knows he can burnish his credentials by leveraging the power of the state to harm children whose identities and philosophies are frightening and uncomfortable to conservative voters in states he'll need to win his future campaign. Obviously that's ghoulish, soulless, and psychopathic, but after all, he's a politician.

Make no mistake, this policy will endanger kids all over the state. Many, many trans and queer children live with parents who are disgusted and enraged by their true selves. I know some myself. These children shrink themselves, stifle who they are, put their heads down and trudge through the hours at home in a state of fear, shame, and intense anxiety. Being children, they have exceedingly few spaces that can truly be said to be theirs. School is often one of those places. There, they can shed the layers of armor that conceal the full vibrancy of their personalities and identities, and experience what it's like to be allowed to exist authentically, without fear of being screamed at, beaten, or ejected from their homes.

Governor Youngkin would like to strip this meager protection from them, in order to hoard even more power and wealth for himself and advance his various personal ambitions and grievances. He would like to force children to be called by names and descriptions that provoke violent self-hatred and stress within them. He would like to compel teachers to inflict that harm on children, even when they know they are doing so and would desperately like not to (to Governor Youngkin, this is "free expression"). When queer children say, "I am afraid of what my parents or classmates will do to me if they realize who I really am," Governor Youngkin shrugs and gets back on the phone with his donors and out-of-state political allies. When medical professionals, counselors, and mental health experts tell us that the best way to help these kids, preserve them from distress and keep them living healthily and happily among us is to affirm who they are and protect them from those who would drive them out of society, Governor Youngkin says that as some guy who used to run a hedge fund, he knows better.

Glenn Youngkin does not care about these children, their lives or their happiness, any more than he actually cares about parents' rights or any of the other things he claims drive his public service (note that parents are allowed to require other people to misgender and deadname their kids, but strictly not allowed to require other people to gender and name their kids correctly). He cares about Glenn Youngkin, about his career and his prospects and his towering ego, and nothing else. And if a handful of queer children get hate crimed by their own family members in the service of that worthy cause, well, that's just the price of freedom.


Strongly Against This Policy

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<p>As a parent and member of the community, I am strongly opposed to any policy that puts more strain on our young people’s mental health. This policy goes directly against supporting our LGBTQ+ youth and ally’s, under the false pretense of supporting “family.” If the governor really wants to support families and the youths of our Commonwealth there are plenty of other ways to do that. This is a political stunt and presidential bid grab which will surely do enormous harm. </p>


Support


Support

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<p> Agree on these policies. Support fully.  </p>


Model for Transgender youth

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I totally oppose Governor Youngkin's policy.


Strongly oppose

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You’re putting children at risk to pander to bigots. What do I tell my non-binary nibling? The people in charge don’t care about them? Their life is at risk because of loud close-minded adults who can’t imagine a world outside their (the adults—amazing how pronouns can serve multiple purposes in a single sentence) imaginings? It’s 9/27. The youth are angry, and they should be. Adults are failing them. Don’t enact this.

I’d leave my full name/email, but I’m afraid of harassment or even doxxing by the crowd supporting this vitriol.


Strongly Support. Stop the genital mutilation of children.

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<p> Strongly support. Stop the genital mutilation of children.  </p>


Support Kids and Their Family Support System

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<p> Kids are just that</p>


Good teachers will leave public school….

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<p>…if you force them to lie to parents and push a false narrative on confused and mentally unstable children.  Protect our children!</p>


Proposed Trans Gender Policy

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I strongly oppose the proposed changes to existing school policies regarding the rights and needs of transgender students. The existing policy respects the unique needs of this very tiny subgroup of students. Parental involvement is a wonderful thing, but the reality is that some parents have a very hard time accepting this type of disclosure from their child. Schools and school staff should be a safe place for all children.

Our society is changing and it is important to be accepting to the gender identity of all. The current Virginia administration is trying to erase decades of progress surrounding these issues. I am appalled at the intolerance of Governor Youngkin and his followers and their unwarranted interference in public schools. If you would just leave this minority of students alone, you would find this is a non-issue.


Stop the abuse of children support this policy


STRONGLY OPPOSE TRANSPHOBIC GUIDELINES

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How hard is it to just leave children alone? Why police students on pronouns and bathroom usage? Nobody is in their performing heinous acts; the kids just need to use the facilities like the rest of us.

Nobody is indoctrinating children to make them transgendered. That isn't how it works and you know it. Instead of going after kids who aren't doing anything wrong, focus on something that's actually a problem, like the fact that the school systems need more teachers.

Instead of coming up with backwards and baseless policies that don't benefit anybody, do your jobs.


I Oppose

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This policy change does not align with what research says is the healthiest way to support transgender children and youth.  A young transgender person can be severely harmed by being forced to accept an identity that does not fit who they are.

By contrast: No one - neither the parents nor the educators - are harmed by allowing a young person to self-identify.  And, acknowledging an individual's identity is not the same thing as pushing a particular religious or cultural view (as the language falsely implies).  It's just being polite and respectful to others.  Something both adults in our society and our school children will benefit from learning to do more!!

This policy change will not solve any problem and will only do harm.


Support the common sense approach to traditional education

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It is not necessary to change course for every new trend that comes along, especially if it looks like it will be destructive to our children—as the evidence is beginning to show.


Fully support revised document!

Concerned Parent, Grandparent and Citizen

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This document supports the unadulterated education of each and every student. Parents have the right and responsibility to oversee their child's education and/or indoctrination. Students under the age of 18 have not developed or matured to the point that they are equipped to make such life altering decisions as gender dysphoria suggests. We need to protect the daily life of our children and their future health.


Strongly oppose

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<p>I became a teacher to help kids find their true self's. With this new policy I can't do what my heart says to do. How can we deny somebody they're right to be themselves. I feel there's other things we need to be worried about in education than this. </p>


Support All Students


Schools do not own our children

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<p>These are our children. Schools must not keep things from the parents. Supportive school staff do not hide things from parents. </p>


I fully support Youngkin!

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<p> There's a reason we elected Governor Youngkin... School policy and parental rights are vitally important!  </p>


Strongly support

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


Strongly oppose, Trans kids and THEIR parents have rights too and should be protected.

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<p>The governor’s proposed policy will not protect all kids.  Those who need affirmation of who they are will not longer feel like the school or this state respect them.  What is the harm in letting any kid be called what they want.  The kids prevented from doing so will be at risk both from other kids and the thoughts that they are not good enough.  Bullying will lead to behavioral, educational and health problems.  Let kids be who they are, stop teaching them to be bigots.  </p>


strongly oppose!

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This is not ok. I strongly oppose this.


Support, thank you!

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Thank you for offering sanity around this subject. Schools should not be doing anything behind parent's backs. I am a liberal and I STRONGLY SUPPORT this. This should be the standard for every school district and state in the country.


I STRONGLY OPPOSE THIS

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My kid is non-binary and uses he/him pronouns. His name is Louis. He is 4 and a half. When he was 3 he started telling us he sometimes felt like a girl and sometimes felt like a boy. Other times he said he felt like neither and he was “just Louis.” I was baffled by this and started to learn more. Finally I understood he meant he was what other people call non-binary. I was naive. I thought he would be safe. “It’s 2021, it’s a new age,” I thought. I was wrong. This dickhead Glenn wants tell my kid his lived experience is wrong. He’s a bully. He’s trying to bully a 4 year old. Why? I have no ing clue. Get a life, Glenn. Actually use your power for good you moron.


Support, thank you!


Transgender policy

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I am a former community college professor who knows how important it is to accept and respect differences in students and beyond that, in our culture. The differences are beautiful!


Support


PLEASE read Irreversible Damage by Abigail Shrier

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I strongly agree with the Governor’s policy.  Thank you for supporting childrens right to their parents input!


100% support parental rights

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


Virginia’s young people deserve better than this.

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<p>Thank goodness my son is out of school. Gov. Youngkin is taking hate and fear mongering to new lows. Virginia students deserve better than this. The state deserves better than this. </p>


I support Governor Youngkin's changes to the transgender model policy.

Parents alone have the right and responsibility to teach their children about their identity. School staff have no right pushing a liberal worldview on children with regard to gender identity or sexual orientation. When trans-affirming people use the argument that trans children will die if school staff do not affirm their identities, they are wrong--statistics simply do not support this argument. Educators should, AT BEST, remain neutral in all matters regarding sexual identity, gender identity, sexual orientation, etc. It is not the education system's job to indoctrinate children into this leftist ideology. I applaud you, Governor Youngkin, for standing up to these leftist activists!Signed,A parent and a public school teacher

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Parents alone have the right and responsibility to teach their children about their identity. School staff have no right pushing a liberal worldview on children with regard to gender identity or sexual orientation. When trans-affirming people use the argument that trans children will die if school staff do not affirm their identities, they are wrong--statistics simply do not support this argument. Educators should, AT BEST, remain neutral in all matters regarding sexual identity, gender identity, sexual orientation, etc. It is not the education system's job to indoctrinate children into this leftist ideology. I applaud you, Governor Youngkin, for standing up to these leftist activists!
Signed,
A parent and a public school teacher


Strongly Oppose

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As the parent of a transgender teenager I strongly oppose these new guidelines/policies.  You are removing protections from my child who has loving parents who support them.  How dare you, put my child in harms way because it makes you feel uncomfortable.  Kids deserve rights and protections, especially when parents are not there for them.

These model policies only serve to pander to political religious ideologies that are not inline with our families beliefs.  Christian beliefs are not the only beliefs out there and you continue to push these views as the majority.

Shame on you Gov. Youngkin, those that drafted this policy, and all who endorse it for setting Virginia back.  Suicide rates will increase, kids will suffer, and bully kids and teachers will not be punished as a result of this policy.

I hope all school districts in VA refuse to implement these new policies and show that kids rights matter!


Strongly Oppose

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<p>Discrimination has no place in our schools </p>


Support for proposed changes

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<p> These seem to be a balance to needs of both groups that give parents input.  </p>


Support ????

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School indoctrination of our children should be stopped!


Support the governor


Strongly opposed

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As a Virginia citizen I am strongly opposed to this proposed policy and urge the Governor and Department of Education to reconsider.

While this policy purports to support parental autonomy, it does so at the harm of student and professional autonomy. Students in school are still coming to terms with their identity and are trying out new personas. This is totally normal and this policy would squander children's rights to explore and develop into their fullest selves.

More urgently, this policy would undermine educator's professional duties. In compelling teachers and other school staff to "out" students, this policy would threaten trust between teachers and students. This policy would also undercut educators autonomy and expertise in their classroom. This is the last thing we need in the midst of a severe teacher shortage.


Strongly oppose

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<p>Please keep kids safe and allow them to dictate who they are and not anyone else. These policies, while well-intentioned, will hurt children in a place where they should be supported and the focus should be on their education. </p>


Strongly oppose


Strongly support the Republican sanity


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I support the new guidelines- Gov Youngkin/ parental rights


Strongly support


Support

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<p> This brings schools back in line with where they should have been all along on this issue.  </p>


Oppose

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I strongly oppose this law. It is harmful to the trans community.


I support this very strongly!!!I

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<p> I believe this is what we need. Makes good common sense. Parents need to be aware of what is being taught to our children.  </p>


Oppose this policy change

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These proposed model policies are contrary to state law and will be extremely harmful to transgender and nonbinary kids.


Oppose this policy change


Stop the sicko leftist support this policy save our children


Fully support

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<p> Thank you Governor!  </p>


PLEASE watch detransitioner videos

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We must protect our children from being mutilated to the point of no return!


I Agree and support our Governor

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<p> I Agree and support our Governor</p>


I SUPPORT, add mental health n schools 4 anxious,depressed kids,include parents earn respect

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<p>Mental health is needed in schools to help kids sort out their lack of confidence and help them understand their identity with their parents. If mental health is accessible in school it could make a world of difference as it’s so difficult to get help in the world we’re living in. </p>


Strongly Support This New Approach

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<p> No matter one’s belief system</p>


Strongly support

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I strongly support proposed new policy that recognizes that parents, not teachers or the government, are responsible for the succesful raising of their children, and therefore must ultimately make decisions regarding their welfare.


Fully support and grateful

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I fully support this open and respectful partnership with the parents of these kids. If raising kids is a village, the parents are (obviously) the most important part and must be working in conjunction with schools and teachers. Sexuality (gay/straight) is not an issue and can be a private matter for the child.  Anything that leads to possible medicalization and/or surgeries MUST have parents involved. Fully and gratefully SUPPORT.


Fully support and grateful


I support this move

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<p> The issue of how to address children who are unhappy with their biological sex will continue to dog our educators and families. This is a serious mental health issue and treatment for this issue should be addressed by parents and their doctors</p>


100% Support

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


Teacher strongly support

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


In support of

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<p> CHILDREN should not be given this power! It is a parents job to raise their children until they are 18. Once they are of age</p>


I strongly oppose this!

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Youngkin is going to cause hundreds of trans kids to get kicked out (or worse) of their homes.


The proposed policies are a direct attack on marginalized people

Mike Cino, medical education and stagehand

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I will and have shouted this to the hillsides and mountaintops. The proposed anti-trans policies are unequivocally an attack on a whole community of marginalized people. Not only that, but they are a direct attack on at-risk children. These policies will absolutely without a doubt harm children who need us to protect them. The way to move forward as a society isn't to take agency away from children who need our help, just because adults in power are uncomfortable with who these children are. We need to depend on our children to tell us who they are, it is NOT your place to tell them who they are. We need to support them, not remove their human agency. Use your humanity, and don't let politics get in the way of giving humans what they say they need. They know better than you do who they are. Abuse or imminent danger is something that should be a required reporting. Identity is no one's business but who the child decides is safe to tell. Telling on children who do NOT feel safe with their parents knowing their identity can lead to parents being violently unsupportive of their child's identities - at times this WILL be the cause of abuse.

I will add this - make no mistake, policies like this will literally be the death of some of these children, and their literal and figurative blood will be on the hands of everyone supporting this measure. It will lead even more to children harassed, discriminated against, and bullied, and as I said will in some instances actually be the cause of child abuse.

Give our children a safe space to learn and grow, and they are more likely to learn and grow. These policies are taking away safe spaces for our children.


I fully support this

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


Yes do this - I support science and biology

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<p> Schools should be for learning not social experimentation. I am for science and biology</p>


Trans Students in LCPS

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I was a non-binary student in LCPS. My twin sibling was a non-binary student in LCPS. My little sister was a trans girl in LCPS. We deserved to learn about our community and our history then, and trans kids deserve to learn about their history now. We exist. We learn in Virginia's schools. We know how painful it is to go to these schools and only learn about the history of straight and cisgender people. We deserve to learn of all of the different ways that life and love can exist. We deserve to learn about Stonewall, the AIDS crisis, and other monumental moments of LGBTQ history in our AP History classes. The fact that the Youngkin administration is coddling the feelings and opinions of parents is sickening. You should be protecting kids and creating spaces that allow them to be their full authentic self in school. You should be encouraging media, stories, histories that allow trans kids to see themselves thrive in our past, present, and future. The world our parents grew up in is not the world we are inheriting. Twenty percent of Gen Z identifies as LGBTQ. This guidance seeks to erase trans kids from our state to placate bigoted government contractors in the suburbs. This policy seeks to subjugate thousands of Virginians to theocracy. Your god would be ashamed of you for attacking children.


Strongly Oppose - protect trans students.

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Schools should be safe places where ALL students feel comfortable. As a teacher, I should be able to refer to my students whatever gender pronouns they feel most comfortable with. You are taking away their right to feel comfortable in their own skin.


Cynical culture war move

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Trans kids have it hard enough already. Youngkin's move is nothing but a cynical ruse to appease the far right with some culture war red meat in an election year - at children's expense. He ought to be ashamed. However, I think shame is beyond his emotional spectrum.


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

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


LGBTQ legislation

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I strongly agree. Thank you for thoughtful legislation. Parents should be involved and aware.


Fully support

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<p> Thank you for keeping parents’ rights in place. Government schools need to worry about teaching mathematics</p>


Strongly oppose the guidance

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<p>I am a parent of a recent high school graduate and a current high school student, and I have worked for most of my career in the field of human services. This guidance gravely concerns me. Data readily available via sources such as the CDC indicate that transgender youth are vulnerable. Approximately 1/3 feel unsafe at school, experience bullying, and attempt suicide. Life is already hard enough for all of us and there are so many things to worry about, even moreso for many transgender youth. I strongly oppose any policies that will deny anyone their basic humanity and sense of self. The guidance document states "To this end, local school division policies shall implement the requirements of the Act in a manner that demonstrates respect for each student." Respecting someone includes referring to them in their preferred way, and honoring them for who they are.  </p>


Youngkin is Endangering Virginia's Kids with these new policies

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The Trevor Project interviewed 40,000 LGBTQ kids and the research strongly reveals how dangerous Youngkin's policies will be to these kids who need all the support they can get.

29% of LGBTQ kids under 18 are kicked out of their homes once they come out to their families or are outed to their families. 40% considered suicide in the last year with 46% wanting mental health counseling but could not get it because of fear of negative parental reactions.

1 in 3 LGBTQ kids have been physically threatened due to their identity. 86% of LGBTQ kids say recent politics LIKE YOUNGKIN'S have negatively impacted their mental and physical well-being.

Youngkin's policies will result in more anxious and stressed LGBTQ kids....and unfortunately, more will die by suicide because of him and his pandering to his base.


Support this


Absolute Disgrace

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There is nothing more cliche at this point than Republican politicians using their power to cause suffering to minorities in this country. The blatant dehumanization of gender non-conforming people being used as a basis for this change is ridiculous. Parents absolutely should not get a say in how students represent themselves as people. Transgender children are often abused and disregarded by their parents in the name of religion or conservative political views. These children deserve to have a safe place in schools to be themselves and not have to worry about negative parental reactions. This is very much life or death for these children. Seeing as how you are “pro-life” I would assume that would be enough to convince you that this is a horrible idea, however, it is well established that your stance only applies to the unborn. This is a selfish move, in which your one and only goal is to further your career. Let’s be clear we all know you don’t actually care about children, they are just an easy group to exploit for your political benefit. I hope there is still a chance that this will not pass, if it does I hope you realize when child abuse and youth suicides increase that you caused it.


Strongly support new guidelines

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I strongly support the newly suggested guidelines offered by Governor Youngkin.


Strongly oppose - Protect trans kids


Oppose, school should be a safe place.

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Hello. My name is Laura, and I often go by Lars. I grew up in Virginia, 17 years spent growing and learning.
This is a step back I hoped never to see. Though parents often have their child’s best at heart, there is undeniably a population of guardians who actively stifle their child’s opinion and safety.  I’ve watched adults choose their own comfort over what their child needs emotionally. A child needs love, this brews hate. A child needs the space to figure out who they are in a safe environment, this will ensure school is never that place. If a child is hiding their gender identity from their parents, its for a reason. They know better than legislators how their parents would react, lets take their cue. A child needs peace, something not all adults provide. Disregarding the population of abusive households in this decision is immoral, tunnel visioned, and cruel.
Keep your friends, family, and loved ones safe.


Strongly support

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<p> Strongly supposed protecting all children and our constitutional laws  </p>


Strongly support parental rights!

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<p>Thank you, Governor Youngkin, for keeping your words!  Parents have the rights to raise their children and say what they can and can’t be exposed to.  School is not a place for propaganda and brainwashing our child.  Also, children should be safe in bathrooms.  Thank you for protecting our children! </p>


Support

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


Vehemently Oppose

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<p>I strongly oppose the outing, bullying, and dehumanizing proposals to take away the freedoms of transgender students. </p>


We need to support kids

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<p> It is a simple matter to support all kids</p>


I support.

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<p> Support wholeheartedly.  </p>


Strongly support

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<p>In full support </p>


Strongly Oppose this harmful legislation!

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<p>The last thing Trans kids need is more persecution by ignorant and hateful lawmakers! </p>


Support for Gov Youngkin and DOE

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<p> I strongly support Governor Youngkins and DOE plan. Any school unwilling to follow the laws of our Commonwealth</p>


I Agree and support our Governor

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<p> I Agree and support our Governor</p>


Strongly oppose


This Should Not Even Be Up For Debate!! I Strongly Oppose This Policy

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Regarding the proposed Treatment of Transgender Students in Virginia’s Public Schools. Do NOT force teachers to out students. Students who live with adults who oppose transgender rights will be at risk of being kicked out, beaten, or abused. Virginia is better than this. This is a reckless policy change motivated by hateful politics, not compassion, or the best interest of the taxpayer’s money. Let's stop pretending Trans kids are the cause of any Virgiania school problems. Adults need to protect these kids, not make their lives harder.


I support the Bill

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I fully support the parents ability to make decisions for and be informed about their children. More of this is needed throughout the country. Who, or should i say, what organizations assisted in this coordinated walk out today.??? WPATH?

The Pharmaceutical industry loves this MOVEMENT as every person that surgically transitions is a life long patient.

We have no idea of the long term impact of gender affirming care and people are often silenced when speaking against this movement.

With honest concerns.

Even LGBT+ people.

Even DeTrans people. They are being outcasted by the Trans movement.

I fear for all the people that will make a decision in their youth that they will have to live with forever.

Here are some others discussing their de-transition process and some of the bodily "issues" they deal with daily.

https://www.reddit.com/r/detrans/


Support the parent’s right to raise their own child. Strongly agree.

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<p> School staff are not doctors. They are not there to diagnose children for gender dysphoria. They should not be allowed to deceive parents and manipulate children.  </p>


Poorly constructed, uninformed, and cruel. Completely oppose this laughably terrible legislation.

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The 2021 model policies were thoughtfully constructed with clear input from students, members of the LGBTQ community, and educators. The 2022 model policies, on the other hand, completely disregard the safety and general well-being of transgender students. If these alterations are passed, the consequences will be disastrous. (If they manage to stay in place for even a few days before being ripped to shreds by discrimination suits.) There will be blood on Glenn Youngkin's hands. Hundreds of transgender children will face abuse, death, and homelessness because of his pushing of this careless and cruel policy. But I'm sure that that's the intent, isn't it?

Any students I know who have been cheering the 2022 model policies had no idea that the 2021 policies even existed, as they were not negatively impacted at all. The only purpose that the 2022 policies serve is to tear basic privacy and protection from one of our most vulnerable populations. Youngkin should be ashamed of himself.


Very Strongly Support!!


Opposing


Support

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<p> Let’s get back to STEM. Allow parents to raise their children.  </p>


I strongly oppose this policy!

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<p>I strongly oppose this policy. Our children deserve to be loved for who they are, and respected enough to make their own decisions about themselves. If parents have done their jobs properly, they will support their children’s choices. I will never vote for anyone who tries  to trample the tights of others. </p>


BOYS HAVE A PENIS, GIRLS HAVE A VAGINA. THE REST ARE MENTALLY ILL OR CONFUSED

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Fully support the 2022 policy! Stop punishing our normal kids (the majority) at the expense of the few who are temporarily confused, attention seeking (perhaps groomed privately by mentally ill teachers under the 2021 policy), or mentally ill themselves.

It's absolutely sad and disgusting that this is even a discussion. Leftist Democrats and pedophiles alike, want to take children away from their parents one way or another. Their "equity & inclusion" BS is catering to the lowest common denominator in society at the expense of the majority of children. It's openly discriminating against "privileged" kids in favor of minority kids. It's shaming kids based on their whiteness when they haven't done anything wrong. It's discriminating against kids for being boys when they haven't done anything wrong. It's grooming kids with pornographic content in libraries and tranny story time to normalize pedophilia. Ever heard the slogan "love is love" that Democrats proudly virtue signal in front of their homes? It's actually saying it's ok for a grown man to love and have sex with a 5 year old. "Minor Attracted Person (MAP)"? You're a sick pedophile and you belong in prison.

Rhetoric about this "costing lives" is alarmist propaganda and fails to recognize the cost of normal kids being privately groomed into permanent gender transformation in a moment of temporary weakness or confusion. How many kids kill themselves when they realize they'll never bear children naturally because some twisted teacher privately groomed them when they were younger? How many lives will never be born because a young girl was convinced to rip out her uterus? How many lives were cost because you leftist freaks closed schools and cancelled all social interaction or locked kids in rooms for days on end to protect them from c o v i d, which was NEVER DANGEROUS for kids?! Everything we do here "costs lives", but some options (private grooming) destroy mainstream society in the process.

If you can't see that this policy is the right thing to do for society overall, you're either a brainwashed leftist fool, a sick child groomer type who belongs in prison, or a soulless medical practitioner who profits from this industry.

Give it up leftists... the adults are in charge now, and we aren't listening to you and your tantrums.


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


Strongly Oppose—Unconstitutional

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I believe that these guidelines are unconstitutional because they deprive students of their right to life, liberty to live as they are, and the pursuit of happiness in that they cannot freely identify as they are and are denied their right to be respected by their neighbor.


STRONGLY OPPOSE

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The proposed policy harms transgender youth far more than it protects other students ore parental rights. More than 80% of transgender individuals have considered committing suicide, with the highest rates among transgender youth. By removing a safe space for transgender students, this policy will only worsen these statistics. It will lead to the death of children. Transgender students are only looking for a place to feel validated as the person they choose to be. Their pronouns do not harm anyone. Their names do not harm anyone. Their appearances do not harm anyone. What harms people is when these children are denied their freedom to feel comfortable in their homes, schools, communities, and their own bodies.


Support; Youngkin shows responsibility

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It looks like the worldwide network of trans activists are commenting here.

I don't like Youngkin but he's showing responsibility on transgender policies. I wish more Democratic leaders would do the same. Transgender people can't have everything they want exactly as they want it. They're expressing an opposite-sex gender identity that has ramifications for the rest of us. Transgender rights stop where other people's rights begin.

Parental notification of a transitioning kid and their consent for name/gender change is a no-brainer. They have the emotional and financial responsibility for their kid. We can have a bypass procedure for kids who may face real parental abuse, but we shouldn't assume parental abuse as the norm because it isn't.

Sex segregation in sports is the only way to ensure consistent fairness and safety in competition for girls or women. It's disgraceful for biological boys (post-puberty) to beat girls routinely in sports because of male sex-based characteristics. Furthermore the greater weight and muscle of males risk unnecessary injury to girls. The safety issue for girls never seems to get enough attention.

However trans girls (biological boys) who are taking hormones should be playing on boys' teams. That's the most fair option for them, and the safest for girls in sports, because of the effects of the hormone therapy. Youngkin should make this policy change.

The sex segregation in bathrooms and locker rooms makes sense. It's been the norm in our society for a long time, for valid reasons. Youngkin has proposed a compromise of additional single-user facilities available to anyone. This may not be ideal from the trans pov, but it's the most practical and least controversial solution I know of.

Transgender people have a right not to be discriminated against. Absolutely. But to me that means they can't be denied anything that others have. Girls, boys, women and men all follow the social rules of sex-segregated sports and when appropriate, sex-segregated facilities. Why should transgender people be allowed to break through valid sex segregation barriers when the rest of us, biological males and females, are required to obey them? That's not discrimination. Transgender people don't have the right to use opposite-sex facilities when the rest of us don't. If a trans woman (biological male) couldn't use the men's room because of gender identity, that would be discrimination. Or if a trans woman (biological male) couldn't compete on men's teams because of gender identity, that would be discrimination. Otherwise it's not.


Strongly support transgender affirming policies.

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Life is tough enough for all teens as they approach adulthood.  They should be supported, especially with such a personal decision as when, where, and to whom they share their sexual reality. Local schools should be guided to provide a safe, nonjudgmental place so they can focus on their studies.


Support Governors Plan

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I support the plan to allow parents to be apart of their children education process.  Parenting is not an easy job and teachers should support parents with the values that parents agree to.  The most important jobs of the school is to teach reading, writing, and arithmetic.


Fully support this

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


Trans Bill


Opposed!

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<p>Strongly opposed! </p>


Strongly Support Governor Youngkin!!

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I strongly support Governor Youngkin! Children belong to their parents, not the government, not the schools, not the teachers! Parents and only parents!!


Strongly Agree , Common sense policy

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All should be for this , it protects kids and makes family stronger to be involved together


Strongly oppose

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The new guidance on treatment of trans kids in schools is inhumane, cruel, and opposed by a majority of Virginians. It should be rejected.