Burdensome Politicized Regulations Which Harm Children for the Benefit of Politicians

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I am writing to oppose the proposed regulations. I grew up in this state and attended the public schools at a time when it was much harder for LGBTQ+ children to be open honest with whom they are. I am honestly amazed by how much has changed and gown in this time and fear that these regulations will only set back this progress. This will bolster the credentials and short term political ambitions of the small and pathetic elected officials in Richmond who promulgate them at the long term expense of the physical and psychological wellbeing of students who do not understand that they are being used as pawns in a political game. It is bullying of the worst order as the officials whom they expect to protect them and be role models for them instead sacrifice our children to gain even more political power.

Many of my fellow commentators have written about the specific harms directed at the state’s children. I see no need to retread that ground. What I do want to emphasize, however, is that the regulations are at best based on half-truths and at worst outright lies about trans people and their experiences. They are, therefore, attempting to solve problems that do not exist. Unless, however, the people who wrote these rules believe that changing social mores, more loving and accepting attitudes about people who are different, and the ability to live out one’s religion without interference from the state, are in fact problems.

These regulations will have an effect on religious freedom in the commonwealth. They provide no protection for an adult who believes in a god or gods capable of creating a child to be trans and believes that their tradition compels them to show nothing but love and acceptance for such individuals.

These regulations will invite costly lawsuits challenging them - no doubt the first drafts of legal briefs are being written as I type this out. The state will be forced to defend these suits at taxpayer expense and will drag on for many years. It will once again bring shame to this state adding to the list of cases to go before the court (Buck v. Bell, Loving v. Virginia, United States v. Virginia, G.G. V. Gloucester County School Board) where the state was in the moral and ethical wrong. The small and cowardly Attorney General likely knows this, he should not insult us by pretending otherwise. Defending such regulations will bolster his credentials amongst his political supporters at the expense of the taxpayers and the wellbeing of Virginia’s children. This is a sad cynical ploy and the AG should either oppose these rules or immediately resign.

These regulations will only generate controversy and further false culture war narratives. They will provide little actual safety and benefits to the state. Instead they will be used by the pathetic, out of touch, governor as a cynical ploy to build his reputation as a conservative as he seeks higher political offices. This is disgusting and ultimately abusive behavior unbecoming of a 21st century democratic leader. Instead, it echos the worst abuses of  20th and 21st century authoritarians who routinely demonize and criminalize sexual differences. One need only look at the fate of the Institut für Sexualwissenchaft (a sexology research institute which gave scientific facts that showed sexual differences were not inherently harmful) to see this dynamic in action. The governor is engaging the same kind of rhetorical demonization which led to the SS destroying that organization. These are nog comparisons I make lightly, but taken with the calls for book banning and burning seen in this commonwealth and the presence of armed individuals who have attacked queer spaces and have not been condemned by conservative politicians for doing so, the alarm must be sounded.

On a personal note I have long had struggles with my own sexuality and relationship to my masculinity. While I am happy with where I have landed K-12 education was not a safe space for me to do so and I believe that if I were of school age today that I would be able to better explore myself and grow in a healthier way than I did. We should not rob this opportunity from Virginia’s youth. Furthermore, I do not yet know if my child will be queer, trans, or not, however, my wife and I intend to support them to the best of our ability. If these regulations remain in place by the time they go to school than we feel we will have no choice but to leave the state, taking our talents and our tax money with us and to a more tolerant place. If that is the case we will likely never return. Nobody should be forced to leave a community because they cannot be fully embraced for whom they are.

I realize that my words will not sway our small and pathetic elected leaders who are likely hell bent on this destructive course of action. Instead, my words are directed at my fellow citizens. Please consider this issue and the spineless, heartless, and cruel behavior of our elected leaders when you are at the ballot box this year and next. If, for whatever reason, you cannot vote please engage your friends and relatives who can. It is in the best interest of all Virginians to see that these measures are stopped before they can do real harm to our most vulnerable future citizens.


Trans rights matter

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Persecuting Trans Kids is a shameful political stuntTrans rights!!


Keep what god gave you !!

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Great idea youngin !! We need to stick with what god gave us !!


I oppose this policy.

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The entirety of this policy would be harmful to students, teachers and families. I oppose it completely.


End discrimination!

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<p>End discrimination! </p>


Do not codify discrimination

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The proposed policies regarding transgender children in Virginia schools are draconian, regressive, cruel, oppressive and diametrically opposed to the cause of “freedom” that you so vehemently claim to defend. The proposed policies are especially underhanded in their misplaced defense of “rights.” You aren’t worried about rights or freedom. You want control so that you may endeavor to eliminate that which you either do not understand, find objectionable, or both. Policies like this would lump us as Virginians right up there with Russia and Iran as flagrant violators or human rights. I know you won’t listen because you are emboldened by your interpretation of two sacred texts, but your readings are wrong, your policies are violent, and you are on the wrong side of history.

Join us, won’t you, in the 21st Century.


DNC hate on full display! Parental right ARE human rights & LGBTQIA isn’t under attack here! Read!!!

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GOP hate on full display


Opposed! Stop picking on kids

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<p>governor, Why are you continuously picking on kids? Seriously. And this move to dox kids who are working through their own identities, which is a personal freedom they have naturally, is another move towards the far right’s fascist tendencies. FYI, many conservatives also oppose this far reaching order. </p>


I support Gov Youngkins current proposal - parental rights!

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<p>Gov Youngkin's proposal is a great approach as all parents of minors should be the primary decision maker; not teachers, not teacher's unions as they are not the parents of the children.   They are to provide an education (just math, history and the classics - not woke ideology).   Please support this proposal.  Thank you Gov Youngkin for taking a stand for parents!  </p>


Oppose Gov Youngkins Transgender and Anti-CRT Policies

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Bigotry has no place in law


I support this plan

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<p>As a parent and citizen of VA, I support this measure. I think a child should have to have to discuss this with their parents or be a legal adult before making this type of life altering decision. I also do not feel comfortable with someone of the opposite sex being in a bathroom or changing area unless they are fully 100% committed to this life change. It is very serious and should be taken as such. But also accepted once that decision has been made. Thank you for such a well thought out plan. </p>


opposed - children have rights too!

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When parents choose to send their children to a state school, they are giving up some of their 'rights' for what those children are taught. Teaching children to be inclusive and accepting of all types of people should never be viewed as a bad thing. If a child wants to use "they" and go by a different name, they should be allowed to do so. No one ever objected to "nick names" before. This is no different - it is a preference for how one wishes to be addressed. This and the other aspects of the originally signed model give young adults a safe place to discover who they are. Very often the biggest threat they face is from their parents. These young people have a right to the pursuit of happiness. If that means coming to the conclusion that they are different from their biology, then so be it. They need a safe place to do that. If home can't be that safe place, then school should be. What are people so afraid of?


Oppose transphobic policies

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<p>We oppose your transphobic policies and beg you not to implement them. These do not represent the thoughts and feelings of our family. We support, believe and use our voice on behalf of these families with children that identify as something different than the cultural norm. The statistics don’t lie. Instead of making things harder for them, let’s embrace and support them. Building strong communities helps everyone. </p>


Why dont you pass laws that ACTUALLY HELP PEOPLE


Strongly against

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LGBTQ+ need our support!


Oppose!

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<p>If the law is changed trans children will be in grave danger. Please educate yourself before attempting to fear monger. </p>


Trans kids are awesome and deserve the same respect we all want


Excellent policy

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<p>I have a suggestion. Why not have a transgender school and leave our children out of this nonsense?  I’m sick of schools dealing with everything but education of which they are distracted from and doing a horrible job. </p>


Just How Many Trans Students Are There Anyway?

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Just how many trans students are there in the Virginia public school's system?

I believe we will find not many, and this matter is a "tempest in a teapot".

Thank you, Governor Youngkin, for bringing (what should be) common sense policies to the table regarding the safety of our children. I am tired of "progressive" politicians always sacrificing 99 for the one.


Keep the guidance of the 2021 policy

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Support trans and all students.


Dangerous and cruel

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Some students may not be safe coming out, all this would do is make it harder to stay safe. Maybe some students aren’t ready. Teachers already have the obligations to keep students safe, don’t let them have to break that.


Agree

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I agree with this shift in policy. Parents are responsible for their children and should be informed and have authority to decide on the best interests of their children.


You’re going to get kids killed doing this


Kids aren't political tools

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<p>I know you want to show your base you are conservative, but the kids aren't pawns in your little game. Trans kids have a hard enough time just being themselves without your added torture to their daily lives. </p>


Vehemently Oppose

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<p>Apart from the blatant attack on human rights that this proposal would constitute, I am certain that we have better things to do with our time than attack and scapegoat our children. If you, as a politician, are concerned about quality of education, maybe you should focus on funding public schools and creating an equitable environment for students across Virginia. </p>


Parental Rights!

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I fully support the Governor and his plan to protect parental rights.  Schools cannot and should not be able to have conversations with children about their well being without including parents.  They should not assign books about sex Lualaba content without allowing parents he option to know and decide what they want their child exposed to.  They are NOT wards of the state.  They are OUR children!


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You’re going to get kids killed doing this


No more Trumpkin

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Terrible policy and terrible Governor. No!


Leave those kids alone!

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Your policy is appalling. This is an attack and restriction of these people freedom. The vast majority of Virginians do not support. Stop these policies and the book banning business. This is not 1933 Germany!


I support

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<p>Finally some sanity </p>


Leave trans kids alone

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Oppose Gov Youngkins Transgender and Anti-CRT Policies


Support of new DOE transgender policies

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Research shows that children who are socially transitioned by using preferred names and pronouns are more likely to continue onto a medical pathway that includes hormones and surgeries. Despite the narrative told by the media, these steps have irreversible side effects. Some of the potential side effects are unknown because of the limited research. We are starting to see an onslaught of teens and young adults who are coming forward to say they were harmed by gender affirming care and they should have never been able to make such adult decisions at a young age. We know that the adolescent brain does not fully mature until the mid twenties and makes it an especially dangerous time for young people to make decisions that can affect the rest of their lives. We protect kids from things like alcohol, marijuana, and tattoos while encouraging them to make life altering changes to their bodies that they may one day regret. Parents are in the best position to know their child and to help them navigate the difficulties of stress, emotional and physical changes and mental health issues that often come around puberty. If we allow schools to socially transition students without parental consent it cuts out the primary safeguarding individuals in a young person’s life. Since these children are at increased risk for attempted suicide it is imperative that parents know the difficulties their children are having. And since the research shows that the risk for suicide doesn’t wane after transitioning, parents are completely justified in making the decision to have their children wait until they are more mature to make such grace decisions. Thank you for these policy changes. They are extremely important.


Strongly oppose.


Discrimination

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This guidance document goes against Virginia law by discriminating against transgender students simply because of their gender identity.  It will also make any mental health issues faced by transgender students worse as well as create new mental health issues for transgender students.  These students are human beings just like everyone else and should be treated with the same dignity and respect that any other student should be treated with.


Yes to these policies!! Stop allowing kids to be butchered

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<p>Children’s lives are being destroyed by a movement based entirely in lies and evil. These new policies finally bring some common sense and security back to VA. There is no such thing as a trans person, and expecting the rest of the world to change reality for those who claim they are is repulsive.  These are adults who either have emotional trauma or need attention, and children who have been convinced by the adults in their lives that their perfectly normal childhood emotional turmoil can be fixed by butchering their bodies. Enough already!! These model policies give parents back the right to protect their children, and stop males from further taking away the rights of females in our state! </p>


Trans Liberation now


Concerned parent strongly OPPOSED

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The primary purpose of public school is to provide an education in a safe environment. Ideally schools, parents/caretakers and students partner together in open communication. However, the unfortunate reality is that not all students feel safe at home. The least we can do is make sure they feel safe at school and have other caring, supportive adults they can talk to in confidence.

Allowing students to choose the pronouns and restrooms they use at school is a big step towards cultivating a safe environment for learning. Trans and nonbinary students exist and we must stop using them as political pawns.


Oppose


Oppose!

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I support transgender children.

I support all children.


I oppose this bill


Leave trans kids alone

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THESE POLICIES WILL KILL KIDS !!!


Oppose

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Leave these children and young people alone.


Bullies don’t win

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<p>Governor Youngkin has been fanning the flames of culture war since he set foot in office. Leave trans kids alone, the suicide rate is astronomical. What harm does it cause the Governor or his rabid supporters? Stop exploiting parents fears and emotions about schools - all of it. Live in 2022.  </p>


All kids need a safe space

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Strongly oppose this new law.  This isn’t a fad or something that will go away.  There have always been kids who are gay and trans - they were never allowed to be their authentic selves which leads to depression and suicide.  Protect all kids - even if they aren’t part of your family!


As a Libertarian I STRONGLY oppose this government OVERREACH

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Trans people are real!! Do we have to say this?


Respect trans kids

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Transgender children deserve the same basic respect we deserve for anyone else. I oppose this. Honoring a trans persons chosen pronouns and social identity reduces rates of depression and self harm. It also doesn’t harm anyone to use pronouns. We should all strive to reduce your overall harm.


Oppose

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<p>Trans. And non-binary people are people too. We should not put in a situation where they feel uncomfortable. Or less themselves this bill will regress Virginia. This is wrong in the form of discrimination if we agree. This type of power can be taken in the wrong hands hurting many lies that of LGBTQ plus trans. and non-binary adults let alone children who identify with these pronouns and identities. </p>


Trans rights matter

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You’re going to get kids killed doing this


Concerned parent of a trans student

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I am coming on this platform to address the bill that our great state woyld like to get passed into law. As a mother of a trans student, I feel that it would be a huge mistake to pass this bill. Day in and day out these young people try to live in an environment where they feel safe. It took me a while to get pass the misconception of why it was so important for my child to have their preferences in pronouns. There is alot of mental health related issues that could arise from this bilI being passed. Some parents due to ignorance,  being nieve, or just their up bringing feel that kids dont know what they want...etc,. Slippery slope. Please consider not passing this bill for the safety and well-being of our beautiful children who identify as trans. They need a safe way of life, and this is bill is not it.

Thank you.


This policy puts the most vulnerable students at risk

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<p>While in an ideal world, parents should be included in decisions regarding their child’s gender identity as expressed at school, because this would mean the child has a trusting relationship with and emotional support from parents to guide them through this challenge. However, for some young people, to disclose their gender differences to their parents could mean putting themselves at risk of rejection, abuse, even being kicked out of their home. With regard to only using a child’s assigned name and gender that is on their official record unless there is parental consent given, can amount to significant emotional harm…”outing” a child who is exploring their identity and is not seeking to be noticed as non gender conforming. It can be emotionally damaging for these youth to be misgendered consistently and only invites opportunities for teasing, bullying, and disrespect. Lastly, if we want to talk about respect and making people feel safe, let’s be real about who is most vulnerable in this scenario, and the obvious answer is no one is more vulnerable than a trans female is a mens restroom. And while gender neutral options sound all well and good, they can be threatening as well since their use can be both inconvenient in a large high school making accessibility a real issue, and further, can draw attention to a kid who desperately wants/needs their trans identity to remain under the radar and just fit in. This policy perpetuates the unsubstantiated claim that trans girls pose a threat in a girls bathroom. These policies are couched under the guise of respect for the rights of all but at best they show a lack of understanding with regard to the research and reality of gender diverse youth, and at worst are crafted in favor of the rights of those who would seek to do them harm. </p>


Opposed

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The fact that this is even being considered to begin with is disgusting. "Hey, let's debate people's freedoms and human rights"


STRONGLY Appose.

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<p>Stop worrying about children who are members of the LGBTQ community and start worrying about actual issues you creep. </p>


OPPOSE- This is an illegal move against protected rights. See you in court

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OPPOSE- This is an illegal move against protected rights that have already held up in court


I oppose

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Thank you for the opportunity to comment on Governor Youngkin's and Secretary Guidera's proposed guidance on transgender students. I am doing so as the current parent of a student in Virginia public schools. First, the guidance violates both existing Virginia and federal law. The US Department of Education has held that Title IX protects transgender students. Moreover, the Supreme Court held in Bostock v. Clayton County that transgender employees are protected from discrimination under the Civil Rights Act of 1964's prohibition of discrimination based on sex. Consequently, the trend in federal law is squarely in favor of the protection of transgender students. Moreover, Virginia law also protects trans students, the Governor's attempted flouting of that law notwithstanding. This guidance will in due course be declared unconstitutional - after the Governor and Education Secretary have spent thousands of dollars in legal fees on this stunt.

More broadly, this policy does nothing to protect the rights of parents who seek to care for their children based on longstanding medical and psychological standards of care for trans youth. The Governor and Secretary Guidera are only interested in protecting the views of parents who think like them. There are millions of Virginia parents with very different views on transgender students. Many of us base our views not only on science (which the Governor and Secretary are ignoring) but also our faith tradition.

This proposed guidance harms, as I noted above, the ability of Virginia parents to provide for the upbringing of their children by subjecting the trans children of Virginia parents to discrimination and harm at the hands of state employees on the direct order of the Governor and Education Secretary. If implemented, it will subject trans students to mistreatment at the hands of teachers and fellow students. That is not a welcoming, safe environment, which the proposed Guidance purports to uphold.

The proposed Guidance also subjects trans students who may be exploring who they are and do not feel they can confide in their parents to potential harm by mandating that teachers and other school staff out them against their will to their parents. It turns school employees into the type of informants that we decry in fascist and totalitarian regimes around the world. These students have a right to be who they are - whoever that may be -- without schools forcibly telling on them and subjecting them to harm at home.

Finally, the proposed Guidance defies common sense. I attended public school (outside of Virginia) from the late 1980s until 1998. In my years of schooling, I saw classmates request that teachers call them by a name other than their legal name and teachers always accepted the request. Because they wanted to create a warm atmosphere in their classroom by accepting students as they were. The proposed Guidance will empower teachers with religious beliefs very different from mine to use those beliefs as justification for mistreating students in their care. That is the polar opposite of what education is supposed to be about.

This proposed Guidance should be withdrawn and former Governor Northam's guidance restored. If the Governor persists in this stubborn attempt to impose his narrow sectarian agenda to bully an already vulnerable minority, I have no doubt that the Governor will be put in his place by the Judiciary and will celebrate when that happens.

Thank you for this opportunity to comment."


Vehemently oppose

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This is in regards to this document: On this Guidance Document (Model Policies for the Treatment of Transgender Students in Virginia’s Public Schools)

where you encourage child abuse


Agree with policy.

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This is really ridiculous. Kids are not mature enough to make life decisions. Without parental guidance,  kids make bad choices all the time. It is really simple; if you have boy parts, you use the boys bathroom; if you have girl parts, you use the girls bathroom. Parents do your job and guide your kids!


Full Support for 2022 guidelines

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This proposal is a common sense approach which protects parental rights. Anything less is not acceptable. School Boards and teacher unions should not be allowed to pursue a political agenda at the expense of our children's well-being. Thank you Governor Youngkin.


100% Agree, Parents are responsible for their children.

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<p>Parents are and will always be responsible for the health and well being of their children.  </p>


Approve - Parents rights first

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Parents have the right to decide what’s best for their child. This is a great move.


OPPOSE

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<p>Oppose. This will hurt students. </p>


Strongly oppose

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<p>As a former teacher, I am disgusted by the governor. Children deserve to feel safe and included in every aspect of their lives - certainly at school. I STRONGLY OPPOSE what Youngkin is trying to do. Protect trans and non-binary youths! </p>


I support this!!!


Strongly oppose

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<p>Strongly oppose.  </p>


OPPOSE


Fully support Youngkin's position

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Finally a governor for the state's people.  Let the parents parent their children not the school system.  Get back to teaching the fundamental such as math, reading, and English.  I support Youngkin's proposal 100 percent!


Opposed!

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How does helping trans children to feel comfortable at school hurt you or anyone else? You don’t have to “understand” to be a kind and decent human. The evolution of humanity will not include division and hate, so you can either evolve or get left behind. You may “win” this one but you can’t stop forward thinking and the natural unwinding and awakening of humanity. PERIOD. Eventually there will be no place for this unconscious, backwards type of thinking and eventually there will be no place for individuals like you governing our politics.


Imagine waking up in someone else's body.

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And you get called by their name, referred to as them, but only you know who you really are, and no matter how hard you try to convince people that "this is who I really am! I'm X, and I would rather be doing Y things! These are my core values, this is my true self, not what you see on the outside!" Nobody believes you, and waves their hand dismissively at you, or scoffs at you, or at best to "placate" you, they say "You sure are," and then refer to you by the wrong name anyway. Worse, you might run into hostility. "Stop trying to be X, you're not X, you'll never be X." Or worse.

That is what being trans is like, and it only gets worse from there. Trans people, who simply want to live their lives as their true selves, face things like this on a daily basis. Being expected to live as the wrong person, the wrong identity, hurts, and causes extreme anxiety and depression, and is, more often than not, incredibly traumatic. For years, I was expected to live as the preacher's boy, the sports star, the "man of the house" who can handle everything life threw at him. I was expected to start a family, be a father.

That's not me. I'm just a scared, hurt being trying their best in a society that wants me dead and/or nonexistent. I have my family and friends, and they know who I really am, and I'm thankful for them. I just want to be a good person,

That's what these kids need. Someone to hear their voices, to believe them. Why would anyone want to fake this? Why would anyone do this to be "cool" or "edgy?" Dysphoria sucks. Hard. Maybe consider that there is no "social contagion," but rather, people are becoming brave enough to express themselves genuinely and honestly. Consider that they're placing trust in you in saying "I know I was assigned this, but, this makes more sense to me, and feels better, so, can you please just refer to me as such?"


Thank you Youngkin!!


Agree!

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<p>Parents should always be involved in their children’s lives, especially if they love and care for that child.  When that child turns 18, they are allowed to live as they want.  I strongly agree!!! </p>


Of all the people to attack, why choose children?

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Anti-trans legislation is bad enough when applied to adults - how can we be so malicious as to subject children to it? If trans people make you uncomfortable, imagine how uncomfortable it is to BE one. It is much harder to live the trans experience than it is to criticize it.

Be an adult. Choose to support children. These students exist whether you like them or not, and unsupportive policies lead to higher rates of isolation and suicide among CHILDREN. Stop these heinous attacks - look inside yourself instead of taking your fear out on CHILDREN.


Opposed to the model policies

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Teachers and administrators are often reminded that we need to create a safe, welcoming environment for STUDENTS.  This means doing our best to not just enforce school rules as teaching and learning are happening, but also to affirm identities. For some, school is the only place they can live as they are.  It is up to us to make sure that these students have somewhere they feel safe in their own skin.

Students will not learn the content that we are supposed to teach unless students think they can trust us.  These policies will make it hard to trust any authority figure in schools.

Rescind these model policies and reinstate the previous policies.


Horrible treatment of trans children/people

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Horrible mistreatment of trans children and adults


Stand w/ Youngkin and protect our children

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<p>I agree with Youngkin! Children are too young to be saying they want to change who they are. School is for learning basic skills, NOT to help push the leftist mental I’ll agenda!! Keep it out of schools! Parents deserve to be informed! If a child wants to change and permanently alter their lives then they should have to go through a lot of counseling with parents and sure legally change their name and next should be a law stating no sex changes until 18 years of age! Kids can barely read, practically know nothing about science and history or add, but all these people want to change their sex??? Stop pushing a psychological issue onto our children. It’s sick and should be considered child abuse and the ones doing it should NOT be allowed anywhere near children! It’s one thing for children to do what they want, once they become adults…, but until then it’s parents, teachers, doctors, administration that should be looking out for the child’s best interest and messing with their mindset and pushing psychological false fantasies is not the way! </p>


I oppose the proposed regulations; I support our LGBTQ+ youth

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The statement from Voices for Virginia's Children presents my sentiments far more eloquently than anything I could write. What has been wrapped up in the buzz words of "parental rights" is actually (at best) abject ignorance of the plight of LGBTQ+ youth or (at worst) outright bigotry and discrimination. For our Commonwealth's children, please do not allow these regulations to go into effect. Stop this madness.

"At Voices for Virginia’s Children, we believe that all children in Virginia deserve opportunities that help them live up to their brightest potential. We are deeply concerned about the impact of the Department of Education’s proposed 2022 policy that will reverse the Model Policies for the Treatment of Transgender Students in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools. These proposed revisions affect the treatment and autonomy of transgender, gender fluid, and gender non-conforming students. We believe schools should be welcoming places where students can embrace their full identity and feel connected to their peers and their academic environment.

Efforts such as the proposed model policies suppress the individual rights and sense of belonging of LGBTQ+ students. At a time when mental health needs are increasing for LGBTQ+ youth, adding regulations that increase barriers and burdens on students and their families will further strain the well-being of students, our education system, and mental health supports. These policies can threaten the social-emotional and academic trajectory of students and should be examined for their intent to help young people succeed in school and in life.

We are deeply disappointed with a proposed model policy that puts children and youth in the middle of a political ping-pong match intended to create further partisan divisions. We know that politicians on both sides of the aisle can put the best interests of children and youth at the center of their decision-making. This was the case in 2020 when the General Assembly approved legislation on a bipartisan basis directing the Department of Education to protect LGTBQ+ students from discrimination and harassment.

We believe that children and youth are the experts in their own lives. We encourage students and their caregivers to become educated on these proposed policies, the laws that prompted their creation, and to assess how these proposals would impact their school environment. When the public comment period opens on September 26, we encourage students, parents, and their support networks to share their experiences and the recommendations that would protect students from harassment and discrimination."


Please don’t do this.


Shameful. I oppose.

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<p>In a time when students are already fearful of coming to school due to gun violence, this is really what our legislators are spending time pushing through? Transphobic and deeply harmful. How dare you.  School should be the place where students can learn and grow in both their own education and their own self-identity and, most importantly, feel SAFE and PROTECTED while doing so. This will do unimaginable damage to all students. Shameful and will be a stain on Virginia’s school system if upheld. </p>


This Will Bring Harm to Trans Youth

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The proposed changes will undeniably make life harder and less safe for kids who already feel the effects of marginalization. Supporting trans youth does not hurt other kids and does not cause any harm. Taking away support from them will significantly hurt them.


Oppose

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I strongly oppose the new guidance on transgender children in schools. This new policy will hurt people needlessly and lead to higher rates of suffering and suicide needlessly. No one is hurt by allowing children to choose their own pronouns and bathrooms. Show a little Christian kindness!


Thank you!

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<p>I’m glad to see that parents rights are being acknowledged by the state.  Also this bill protects the safety of our students.  </p>


Strongly oppose

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I am lucky enough to have a family member who is a trans teenager. They are out and have a very loving and supportive immediate and extended family. Unfortunately, many trans kids don't have such a strong support base, and for their own mental and physical wellbeing, they cannot be their true selves to their own families.

Youngkin's proposed changes will put those children in harm's way. I can't stop thinking about what will happen to them. Please don't do this.


Abusive and unsafe

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Forcing teachers to out students is a breach of confidence, is terribly unsafe and can lead to abuse if the parents are homophobic, and all around not good for our children. Rolling back on these protections are a step backward and will only harm children. Please please please don’t let these protections be taken away.


Strongly Oppose

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I oppose this proposal for several reasons - it calls undue and potentially harmful attention to children who may be struggling with identity issues; it requires teachers and school personnel to become the transgender police; it is illegal discrimination.  This strikes me as government overreach as opposed to limited government.


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I support the new 2022 Model policies -- thank you Governor Youngkin!

I am delighted to see common sense begin to reign again in Virginia.  I was appalled to know that boys could use girls bathrooms and change in girls locker rooms at will and I cannot fathom how such a thing could happen.  I understand that everyone is different and I support your right to be different but that should never impact others.  And these transgender rules have done so in an adverse way.  I also believe that teachers have no business discussing personal pronouns or sexual orientation with children.  Additionally, I am delighted that my granddaughter will have an opportunity to compete with girls in athletics.  Boys should compete against boys and girls should compete against girls.


About this bill not harming trans people:

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<p>It does. It will. How about those children who do not have accepting families? Do you all forget that Virginia is still pretty conservative? Why don't we see if parents care first before getting them involved? This policy is going to do more harm than good. </p>


I support this Guidance Document

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Seems fair and equitable to me.  Puts the parenting responsibility where it belongs, with the parents and gives accommodation where needed.  Most importantly it protects our daughters.


OPPOSE!!! TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS!!!!!!

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There has NEVER been a documented case of a trans person assaulting someone in the bathroom. If a predator wants to do that, all they have to do is WALK IN THE BATHROOM. They don't need to pretend to be trans to do that. For gods sake a SHOOTER can just walk into the school but you guys don't care about that.

You will drive these kids to SUICIDE with your bigoted rhetoric. Kids need acceptance and safety. You guys LITERALLY IGNORE EVERY PEDOPHILE AND GROOMER IN YOUR OWN PARTY, CALL EVERY RAPE ALLEGATION FAKE EVEN WHEN THERE IS CLEARLY EVIDENCE, AND SWEEP IT UNDER THE RUG. DISGUSTING. This happens in LCPS ALL THE TIME.

Kids are in more danger of being SHOT in the classroom and you guys are OBSESSED with the bathroom. I graduated high school 3 years ago in NOVA. I WAS SCARED OF A SHOOTER A MILLION TIMES MORE THAN I WAS SCARED OF SOMEONE WHO ISN'T GENDER CONFORMING USING THE STALL NEXT TO ME BECAUSE IT'S A BATHROOM.

Trans people need to use the bathroom too. Are they supposed to go outside? To go in the wrong bathroom like you guys are SO OBSESSED WITH? What's wrong with you?

I thought you republicans want less government? SO WHY ARE YOU GUYS SHOVING YOURSELVES INTO THE BATHROOMS?

There's this crazy thing called EMPATHY and PERSPECTIVE TAKING. You guys should really try it sometime.

So incredibly disappointed in this state. Disgusting, hypocritical behavior.


Protect Girls and Women

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<p>There is absolutely no reason for biological boys to be allowed in spaces reserved completely for women.  Bathroom, locker rooms, and women’s sports should be reserved for students who are of the female sex (not those who want to identify as one).  Biological women also do not need to be in spaces reserved for males (bathrooms and locker rooms).  If biological females want to play male sports we all know that they are typically already at an athletic disadvantage and most often biological women aren’t dominating male sports anyway (and if they were then they’d play the female version of the sport if allowed (such as soccer, tennis, or basketball).  In instances where there is no female version (ie football) them women should be allowed to play (but we all know that it’s unlikely a woman would be competitive at that sport and therefore is unusual).  </p>


No such thing as Trans

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<p>The whole Trans phenomenon is FAKE, scientifically and medically there is no such thing as trans, it has been concocted by QUACK psychiatrists, social media, LEFTIST academics, the LEFTIST news media, WOKE corporations, WOKE big pharma, so-called trans activists, and LEFTIST politicians. The so-called Trans people are either suffering from a severe mental illness called Gender Dysphoria, are delusional, or are just trying to be different and going along with a crowd. They need serious psychiatric/mental help from real mental health professionals. Their treatment should NOT be for us to play into or go along with their delusion. A normal person doesn't wake up one day and say I'm no longer a man or woman, I'm the opposite or I'm neither, or a man says one day he feels like a woman, Are we supposed to play into a fourteen-year-old Asian girl's delusion of being a 50-year-old black man? Promising mentally ill people that if they butcher themselves and take massive amounts of drugs will change them into something they will never be is cruel and abusive in the highest order.  </p>


I Oppose this

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<p>This will cause the deaths of teens. I am 100% against this and I vote. </p>


This is factually misguided and will kill kids

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Trans children have an insanely high rate of suicide already, especially kids without supportive parents. And this bill will make that worse. Not to mention this goes against all academic research on trans people and how it is best to handle them. Also, more politicians have been arrested for sexual misconduct than trans people, so they aren't the best group to target if he's actually trying to protect women.


Strongly oppose.


Support

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100% support.  The majority of kids should not have to accommodate a very, very small minority of trans kids.  Bathrooms and locker rooms should be for the biological gender.  Schools should stop grooming and steering kids towards becoming transgender.  Schools are trying to make this very small/fringe thing into something more mainstream.  All that said, it is important to treat all kids with dignity and respect.  Operate by the golden rule.


can we get at least 1 brain cell in an elected official

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why is this ing country obsessed with removing autonomy from people?? youngkin has nothing behind those eyes.


OPPOSE

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<p>Please don't harm young, vulnerable Trans people this way.  Encourage them to talk to their family about any worries they may have but don't put them at risk. </p>


I support the ne 2022 Model policies -- thank you Governor Youngkin!

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I am delighted to see common sense begin to reign again in Virginia.  I was appalled to know that boys could use girls bathrooms and change in girls locker rooms at will and I cannot fathom how such a thing could happen.  I understand that everyone is different and I support your right to be different but that should never impact others.  And these transgender rules have done so in an adverse way.  I also believe that teachers have no business discussing personal pronouns or sexual orientation with children.  Additionally, I am delighted that my granddaughter will have an opportunity to compete with girls in athletics.  Boys should compete against boys and girls should compete against girls.


Opposes Youngkin’s new law!

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Strongly oppose! We must respect all students and keep all students safe!


Strongly approve

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<p>I strongly approve of this 2022 policy for Virginia schools. </p>


Strongly support the Governor.

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<p>Personal decisions should remain personal. Parents should know what their children are doing. Non-parent adults need to stay out of the biological decisions of children. </p>


This proposal is harmful and cruel

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Proposed legislation concerning trans students is harmful cruel. And reeks of prejudice. It will stop schools from being a place of education to a place of intimidation.  Students should be accepted for who they are and schools should concentrate on education.  It is more important to work on gun control legislation if you want to keep students safe!


How would you like it…

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How would you like it if people referred to you in a pronoun you don’t want to use? In the future, I will refer to the governor as she/her. Hope she likes it.

And to get written permission from a parent? Please! Most kids don’t get their parents to sign a permission slip to go on a field trip!


Please do not let this bill go through- all kids need a safe space!

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<p>There is no reason at all for this bill, other than hate. If a child wants to use different pronouns or names in school, who is that hurting? Heck, many of my students prefer a nickname, what will happen there? Kids need love and support, and sometimes school is the only safe place they have.  Please do NOT let this bill go through. </p>


Opposed!  Critical human rights violation!

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Trans rights are human rights. Young people who are coming to terms with who they are deserve the freedom to choose how they communicate their identity. Many students do not tell their parents first as a matter of safety and security. They may be financially, physically, and/or emotionally abused (sadly) for their identity. They deserve a safe place/people in which to start the difficult process of expressing their identity. I say difficult because it is tremendously difficult to have an identity that is non traditional or non conforming to current social norms.
The frequency of suicidal ideation and completion of suicide is much higher in trans and LGBTQ population. This is a dangerous and biased piece of legislation. This won’t change people from being who they are.


Great work governor!

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Thanks for keeping campaign promises!


Thank you

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<p>I support this legislation! Keep boys out of girl sports and bathrooms/locker rooms! This woke culture is pure Marxism! </p>


A school is for learning, but hiding from your parents about your preferences of male/female/trans/p

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Easy! Have the parents sign a consent form allowing their child to  use pronouns/trans bathroom.

a lot of this is that the parent/parents do not know their child has a separate parsonage at school. And that the child has free range of what they want to do.  Their parents should be involved by sign some sort of document and not be left in the dark.

a school shouldn’t allow any of this unless the parent has signed a permission form allowing this of their child….because the child is not yet an adult.

I have a friend who worked in a school that allowed these kids to choice without their parent/parents knowing and it shouldn’t be this way because of their age.  There needs to be a consent form or some kind of write up so that the parents are involved and allows this.

their rights are not being taken away because being until the age of 18/21 they have no rights.


Trans rights are human rights

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<p>You can protect parental rights at the same time you are protecting students, it does not have to be this or that. Somewhere in the last year Trans Rights have been woven into a theory that it abuses parental rights. They are not the same, trans do not abuse, neglect or deter one right from being fulfilled. Trust me, my 14 year old trans son who loves to draw, hang out with his dad and gets straight A’s, is not after anyones rights. He just wants to wake up everyday and not feel as if he is a weirdo, being stared at or become ostracized from his peers. My son is a normal boy, who just wants to live as normally as possible, and I have to explain to him that a government agency is after him and attempting to take his rights away simply because he exists and people do not understand him. Why does Virginia want to shame my son? Why does Virginia want to force him to go backwards 3 years, back to the timid, depressed, suicidal boy? He is thriving under the policies in place right now. If this policy were to be put in place in our school system that would be the last day my son would attend public school because I refuse to allow Youngkin to cause my son to be suicidal. I WILL NOT BURY MY SON FOR YOUNGKINS POLITICAL GAIN. </p>


Adults fantasizing about children killing themselves.

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They are trying to make a point, don’t let them win!


These policies will harm children

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<p>These policies are a danger to transgender children and as a Virginian, I strongly oppose them. These policies will force transgender children to conform with a gender that is not their own and risks outing transgender children against their will to people who may not be supportive. Transgender individuals have a very high risk of suicide—18 times higher than the general population—and the risks are highest for those who have experienced discrimination and rejection by their families. These policies are discriminatory and will cause family rejection and the result will be more children dying. As someone who has lost a young person in their life to suicide already, I cannot support these policies. </p>


Agree with changes, and all anonymous comments (for or against) should be deleted

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I agree with the governor, and that all comments that are anonymous should be discarded. If someone is not willing to sign their name to their statement,  they should be seen as potentially fraudulent and not considered in this discussion.

As another poster said, why would you open a public comment that requires no name or especially no email (at least hidden to the public)? This allows people (and especially kids!) to comment thousands of times, and make it appear that the public feels a certain way. People who support this policy have jobs and better things to do than to sit on here and post comments. I fear for this country when looking at many of these comments of individuals who don’t appear to understand the definition of fascism, what freedoms and God-given rights we are entitled to, or the contents of our own country’s constitution.


This is an awful thing to do. Shame!


Oppose

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All children deserve to be protected, including trans kids, Glenn.


Strongly Oppose This Discriminatory Policy

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<p>Trans kids are entitled to privacy and respect like the rest of us. </p>


Thank you, Governor Youngkin!

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Common sense policy.  Thank you for keeping your promises!


No logical reason to oppose

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I actually read the proposed guidance document causing so much consternation, and there is no logical reason to oppose it (except, apparently, for the purpose of political posturing). Opposition to the guidance presupposes that 99 percent of parents of (putatively) transgender children would pose a threat, which is preposterous on its face. Additionally, the guidance does not overlook the needs of those transgender students who might actually be at risk. If you want to add to the guidance further protections for at-risk youth, that is fine, but it is absolutely right to affirm the right--and responsibility--of parents to know what is going on with their children both medically and psychologically, and it is the duty of the schools to inform them as such. In those rare cases in which the student is at risk from the parent, there is still no reason for the schools to hide information, since the parents obviously already know what is going on. But that is not a valid pretense for hiding information from millions of well meaning parents.


Strongly Oppose

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<p>Strongly oppose </p>


Work together!

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Kids should not be taught to judge each other based on simply the color of their skin or what pronoun they use. This new policy keeps those types of issues out of the schools.


Oppose this Bill

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I am in strong opposition to this bill


This bill does not take trans rights away, it enforces parents rights. Strongly agree.

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<p>This policy is a step in the right direction to getting Virginia education back on track. Parents are not the enemy and the Virginia education system treating them as such has had a negative effect across the board in education. Our kids education has been held hostage by a radical gender ideology that has permeated the halls of their schools. With the old bill schools were able to cut out parents from their kids mental health care, students were afraid to speak against the transgender mob, and everyone (teachers, students, admin) was asked to lie if based off the words of one child to “protect” them from their family. I strongly support this bill. </p>


Strongly oppose

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<p>Nothing about this bill protects children. It is deliberately intended to cause harm to transgender children who, by the way, are the children who actually need protection from harassment. There have been no documented cases of any harm inflicted on cisgender kids by transgender kids. Your bills should be backed by evidence-based data, not by harmful transphobic rhetoric. This shameful and embarrassing—you are a disgrace to the state of Virginia, Youngkin. </p>


Vehemently Oppose

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<p>I vehemently oppose this Proposal.  It is ridiculous to have teachers focused on their students sexuality and gender instead of the curriculum.  </p>


Trans people belong here!!!! policing bathrooms and gender identity does not

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Trans students and teachers are beautiful brilliant and strong and deserve safety and respect . Teach people to respect and care for eachother. Let people blossom into their best selves and you will see how community can thrive. If you continue to pass unnecessary and hateful policies suicide rates will go up.


STRONGLY OPPOSE


Atrocious

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<p>Gov Younkin has done nothing but grossly overstep when it comes to basic human rights. This extremist ideology is dangerous for our children. He is nothing but a trump and DeSantis wannabe choosing the most extreme topics that DONT EFFECT HIM OR OTHERS, to strip human beings of basic human rights. He just wants the headlines so he can scare the ignorant into thinking they should have opinions about how people live their lives. It is disgusting to watch the GOP be so hypocritical with their views they don't understand. </p>


Anti Trans Legislation is So Harmful

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please dont do this. they are just children. protect trans lives.


Trans ideology only cares about boys rights!! They are not for our girls!!!!


Thank you Gov for protecting REAL women and girls!!

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Thanks for protecting the rights and dignity of women and girls. I wish other politicians had a backbone to stand up to the wierd 2%!!


I oppose this policy

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<p style="text-align: justify;">When we live in a world with so much division,  why do we need to create more?   Jesus's message was about love and compassion.  This policy is exactly the opposite.  It creates division. Division that is cynically used to further the political ambitions of a party and governor that can only get elected if they stoke the flames of fear and anger.   Please consider that children,  who perhaps may just be confused about their identity or perhaps genuinely find themselves in the wrong body, don't need further stigma placedt upon them.   Follow the teachings of Jesus again.  Find your love and compassion. Stop this cynical madness and this shameful reversal of this policy. </p>


Great Common Sense Policy

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Public schools should focus on academics:  Reading, writing, math, science.  Guidance and instruction on religion, politics, social issues, etc., are a parent's responsibility, not the state's, and the state should not interfere.  Public schools should teach relevant, age-appropriate facts and refrain from teaching the interpretation of the facts.  As a check to this, parents must know what is being taught in classroom and what is going on in the schools.

The bottom line here is that the parent (or legal guardian) is responsible for the child's upbringing and must know what is going on.  If the parent or guardian is believed to be unfit, for any reason including failure to affirm a child's gender, that is something to be handled by the legal system not the school system.


No place for nonsense

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<p>Stop living in a fantasy world, there are only males and females and you do not get to choose which group you are in. Occasionally there are some chromosome deformities, which is a deformity and extremely rare. This is a nonsensical argument to begin with. Any law that suggests there is possibility to “switch” or identify such natural state is absurd and one who says otherwise should be treated for mental health concerns (compassionately). </p>


I oppose this hate- and ignorance-fueled bill

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Shame on you, Governor Youngkin, and the entire GOP. Why are you attacking and vilifying a community that most needs our support? This focus on biological gender is ridiculous. Are we really going to check what’s between a person’s legs? Are Republicans that perverted and obsessed sexual organs?

We need to support transgender and non-binary students, not spread lies and vilify them. Focus on supporting kids, but sexualizing them.


Youngkin Supporter


Completely supportive.

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<p>In total support of this proposal. Protect our sane society. </p>


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Thanks for protecting the rights and dignity of wome and girls. I wish other politicians had a backbone to stand up to the wierd 2%!!


They want to rape our daughters!!!

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Keep boys out of girls single-sex spaces!!


Scapegoating trans kids for your political gain

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<p style="text-align: left;">Stop terrorizing trans kids. You’re perpetuating a myth that trans people are dangerous when they are not the ones causing harm. I work with high schoolers and trans kids just want to fit in - with friends and with themselves. These policies will make life so much harder and you’ll be preventing the adults in school whom they trust from helping them. They spend a lot of their life at school, just let them be. </p>


This policy is nothing but willful ignorance and fear.

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This policy is simple willful ignorance and fear.
It’s also calculated political distraction and you all are falling for it.


Family values - family strength

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Sex education before puberty is wrong. Keeping anything that happens or is discussed in school from the parents is wrong. Suggesting a child is biologically incorrect is wrong. CRT is wrong! They are children. Parents should be encouraged to be part of the academic/social process of school.

Mr. Youngkin was elected because his predecessor declared parents have no business in the education process. Virginia's spoke loud and clear. Parents WANT to be a part of the education of their children. Teach respect for each other.

The family unit needs  be encouraged and supported in schools. If you continue to distort right and wrong the only children left in public schools will be the ones whose parents cannot find or afford an alternative way.


Kindness/respect for all students

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Virginia public schools must always strive to treat every student with kindness and respect, especially members of marginalized groups.

If parents fear that their children are being "indoctrinated" in some fantasy "LGBTQ agenda," they can always send their kids to a private school (on their own dime, mind you!) that will protect them from exposure to ideas outside their narrow mindset. If they complain about the cost, their conservative politicians can remind them that they are not working hard enough, just like those with low incomes and lack of health care.


This policy recognizes parental responsibilities.

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<p>This policy recognizes that parents have a need to know when their children are seeking counseling for troubled concerns or gender identity issues.  The schools and the government should not be driving a wedge between parents and their children.  </p>


I SUPPORT YOUNGKIN AND PARENTS RIGHTS

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I support this common sense bill


In Agreement With Proposed Policy

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Can we suppose most parents want what is best for their children?  And also suppose that there are special services that can intervene if this is not the case. Can we agree that the group of people we are talking about, cannot vote, purchase alcohol, or firearms for the reason that they are not fully mentally developed? Can those in the world of education honestly say they know their students better than the average parent of that student. Given that the one on one time actually spent with that student, I would think not. There was a time when schools welcomed the involvement of parents into the student school life. Support with education and extracurricular activities alike. What has changed? If a teacher observes a student struggling with behavior issues, what should be the first appropriate response? I would assume it would be to contact the parent. Why is therefore inappropriate to contact the parent if Joe wants to be called Jose and use the girls restroom at the age of 10 years?. I am in complete agreement with the proposed policy and suggest those opposed do not wish to be involved in their children’s lives. Last point, who pays for those providing the education of our children? For my tax dollar, I would want the school system to set the example of conforming to policy however unpopular.


Completely Support the 2022 Proposed Policies

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A sincere thank you to those who drafted these new policy changes to the fair treatment of ALL students.  As a parent and a former 30-year veteran teacher, I can unequivocally support the common-sense policies put forth in the new 2022 Proposed Policies.


I will protect my trans and NB students

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<p>As a Virginia educator, I find the proposed changes sickening. Trans and non-binary children deserve the right to a safe and affirming school environment, just like any other student. The VDOE’s proposed changes will only make school a harder and more dangerous place for some of our most vulnerable students. These changes are born of fear-mongering and callous disregard for the human experience. There is no good reason apart from hatred and internalized homophobia for any of these amendments. I will leave teaching in Virginia before I out one of my students. Shame on VDOE and Governor Youngkin — you are weak of spirit and shallow of soul. </p>


Transgender policy


Oppose

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<p>I oppose. Protect trans kids. </p>


I strongly Oppose

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<p>We need to protect Trans kids. </p>


Younkin’s proposal

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I 100% agree these children are minors and parents should know what’s going on with there children.the school should not have the authority to make any discussions on these children so behave without the parents knowledge.children that do not have gender issues should feel safe at school and shouldn’t feel uncomfortable using the restroom or feel uncomfortable with not having gender issues.the school system needs to stay in their lane and teach these children and educate them,PARENTS NEED TO PLAY AN ACTIVE ROLL. Good for the governor.


Let parents raise their children

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I think the leaders have had too much free reign over our children.

EVERY CHILD should. Have the opportunity for an quality education.

School choice would solve the problems public  /Government schools have created. If you opposing school choice it's because you know your school is crap. I don't want boys in girls bathrooms or sports and vise versa.

I don't want race or sex to be a "hot topic" in schools.

I teach my children love and tolerance and understanding that we are all different. No two people are the same , we are each wonderful and unique.

Biology is science, any thing other is confusion and emotion and the child should have the right people to counsel them...not try to convert evey child into confusion.


parental rights in Virginia

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The Governor's policy is very important for parental rights in our state. Every parent has the right to know what is going on with their child at school. Everyone please show your support!


Thank you

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Thank you Governor Youngkin for protecting our children.  The purpose of school is to educate our children.   I completely agree with your policy.


Support

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I strongly support this policy.


Strongly oppose

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We need to protect trans students-not make their lives significantly worse. Students should be able to:

1-feel safe at school-that no one will put them to their parents or peers. Trans youth make up a significant portion of the youth jobless population because their parents disown them all too often. And that’s if they don’t beat/abuse their trans children for being who they are. This policy endangers children.

2-use the name they want-regardless of if they are trans or not-you aren’t insisting that cis kids can’t use nicknames-so why insist trans kids have to use the name on their birth certificate?

3-use the bathroom that matches their gender. Trans people in general end up with a disproportionate amount of bladder and urinate tract infections because we learn to just-not go to the bathroom in public. For 8+ hours a t a time. Because people like you-who wrote this monster of a policy-harass trans people in bathrooms-not the other way around

4-play on sports teams that match their gender. Prepuberty-there is no difference in athletic capability. Post puberty trans students who can be on hormone blockers, or eventually HRT perform identically to their cis peers athletically. There are several athletic policies and scientific studies on this. Maybe read some?

this policy endangers the health, housing, and well being of trans students. And to what end? As a political stunt. Stop endangering students for your own career. It’s sick.

-JM


Opposed


Protect Parental Rights

Parent have the right to make decisions with respect to their children.Schools shall defer to parents to make the best decisions with respect to their children.Schools shall keep parents informed about their children’s well- being.
The draft policy preserves parental rights and upholds the dignity and respect of students.

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Parent have the right to make decisions with respect to their children.
Schools shall defer to parents to make the best decisions with respect to their children.
Schools shall keep parents informed about their children’s well- being.

The draft policy preserves parental rights and upholds the dignity and respect of students.


Model Policies

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<p>I strongly oppose this.  It reeks of fascist policies put in place prior to WWII.  </p>


How Would You Feel

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How would you feel as a parent if a biological boy used a urinal while being beside your biological daughter? Separation of the sexes gives both an opportunity to succeed in sports with those of equal natural ability.  Why should we give one an unnatural advantage over the other?


Yes to this policy

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It's imperative that Virginia schools cease indoctrinating students with gender identity theory. I fully support Governor Youngkin's policy on this issue, and I sincerely hope it's just the beginning!


I oppose

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<p>I strongly oppose. It is out of step with reality. Trans people deserve our respect. </p>


Opposed to this legislation

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<p>I am strongly opposed to this proposed legislation, which will only further harm our transgender children.  Please do not sacrifice their health and well being for political gain.  Our children deserve safe and loving environments at school and at home.  This does not achieve that.  </p>


No to This Policy Change

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<p>Both personally and also in my capacity as a United Methodist pastor, I strongly oppose the proposed change with regard to transgender students. They must be valued for their inherent worth and treated with respect, not made targets for outing and for institutional bullying. Trans students go through enough as it is without the state intervening in such a destructive and negative way. </p>


Strongly oppose!

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I strongly oppose this policy. As a society, we are always moving in the direction of more understanding, inclusion, and love. Please be on the right side of history here and govern with acceptance, respect, and dignity for all. Marginalized groups have been fighting for equal rights throughout history, and this is the newest frontier. All people want to live their lives authentically and with equal access to resources. Please be a role model for our children and govern with love, not fear. Thank you!


This bill is discrimination

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There is nothing more to say. Discriminating against any human is a sin. It is hate & fear based.


Running for president, huh?

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So it appears that our governor, former Carlyle Group CEO, got elected for the sole purpose of running for president.  And how is he staking his claim?  By taking up the cruel and obnoxious position of Chief Bully of an already marginalized group.  This decision was made for the sole purpose of placating brutish hypocrites.  All the while, citizens of the commonwealth continue to ask themselves, "Was this the plan of the so-called "moderate conservative" all along?  To further his ambitions by targeting children with hatred?

This decision is both cowardly and an embarrassment to the Commonwealth of Virginia.  History will look back, as it often does in our state's history, and judge poorly.  May the love of Christ find it's way to your hardened, shrunken heart.


#protecttranskids

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Please reconsider these issues from the standpoint of the child.  If it's possible, use empathy to put yourself in their shoes.  They are your Virginian kids that you need to protect, too.  #protecttranskids. And allow teachers to support their trans students, as well.


Please stop persecuting trans kids

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It is disgusting just how rabid and heartless persecution of transgender kids has become, and to dictate that oppression in law is unconscionable. Using this "issue" as an abstract political talking point already neglects the humanity of the children involved. Children! But to enact and enforce such law is worse than mere neglect: it is an affirmation that in the eyes of the state, some children are to be treated as subhuman. As a Virginian by choice, it is disturbing to me that my new state is one where kids may soon be oppressed so actively and so invasively. Maybe my wife and I were wrong to plan to have kids in Virginia. Even if none of them turn out to be trans, I don't want my children to be raised in an environment is which their peers are regarded as subhuman.

Calling this sort of law "fascist" is cliché, sure, yet it is getting harder and harder to honestly call that characterization hyperbole. This is the land of the free. Let's not persecute vulnerable minorities with the sanction of the state.


Common sense model policy

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We support this common sense policy . Biological boys and biological girls must be protected , their safety is at stake. Women have worked very hard to be able to compete in a fair arena in sports. Don’t undermine all that progress. Also a bathroom should be a safe place. Don’t throw more chaos and anxiety  at our children than they already have had  to deal with. Use common sense! Our children are our responsibility. They don’t belong to the state.


Policy is horrible.  Protect trans kids

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Please concentrate on supporting our students rather than ostracizing them.  Some of these kids have bad home lives and school can be their safe haven.


Strongly oppose the new models

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I am a resident of Northern VA (Fairfax County) and I’m strongly opposed to this push to play politics with the transgender community.  I live in a small neighborhood—yet I have 4 neighbors who have children who struggled with their identities.  Thankfully, all 4 families have parents who saw their children were struggling and provided the love and assistance the kids needed.  One child knew he was in the wrong body as early as young elementary school.  Another made it through high school before she could find peace at college in another state by being her true self.  Two others were very young when one realized she didn’t feel like a boy or a girl and the other liked being a girl but liked other girls.

These young people didn’t need the school getting involved in their choices by “outing them”.  The DOE needs to err on the side of mental health and support here and quit placing politics and religious pretensions on a very personal, very individual topic.

Please just place your focus on EDUCATION and not social issues.


Strongly oppose

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<p>School should be a safe place for ALL students not just those that your administration finds acceptable. Who is next? The brown kids, the kids from the wrong neighborhoods? Any kids who are deemed “too different”?  You should concentrate your efforts on improving the educational system not policing its students. </p>


You Have Ruined VA

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<p>I moved to Virginia because I had always heard about what a wonderful melting pot NOVA was. A year later and I am already set to leave because Youngkin and people like him have begun to make the state unliveable. My heart breaks for the children and families who will be impacted, many who will die, because you have allowed YOUR religion and your flawed sense of morality dictate how you run the government. Not everyone is like you and the fact that your response is to out and destroy their lives speaks to the type of spineless, boot kicking cowards that you all are. </p>


It is sad that Youngkin in his quest to become President has decided to prey on vulnerable children.

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<p>Youngkin is seeking the GOP nomination for President and is looking for support from religious bigots who use their views to govern. Youngkin is using parents and teachers to drive wedges between young people/children and these authority figures who are supposed to be nurturers and caretakers.  When one trans young person is driven to suicide, the blood will be on Glenn Youngkin's hands. </p>


Hateful. Waste of time and money.

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<p>Just because you might be uncomfortable, does not mean these humans deserve to be treated this way. Opposed. </p>


Strongly oppose

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I am the parents of a high school student and I strongly oppose this policy designed to remove protections from some of the most vulnerable kids.  This is a cheap ploy to win votes from bigots at the expense of children’s safety. Shame on you.


Oppose Gov Youngkins Transgender and Anti-CRT Policies

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I strongly disagree with this policy. Trans rights ARE human rights and we will not be silenced.


I oppose this guidance

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<p>My name is Alexandra Dixon.  I urge that the new model policies NOT be put into place because they will harm trans students.  These model policies will put students in danger, lead to increases in homelessness and increases in suicide. As a Unitarian Universalist, I believe that all people have inherent worth and dignity and these new model policies do not affirm the inherent worth and dignity of trans students.  Please do not pass these model policies. </p>


What about biological girls sex based rights??

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Protect them, the people opposing this couldn’t care less if your daughter is abused by a boy in their bathrooms, they would side with the rapist for identity politics and call the victim a transphobe!! Don’t give them the power, girls matter we love girls!!


Trans Liberation now


Strongly support the removal of the 2021 Model Policies

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I support removal of these policies that are damaging at multiple levels. Firstly at the level of the individual child whose delusional and often transient thoughts about their gender identity is not only reinforced, but is promoted. Secondly, at the level of the parent-child relationship whereby governmental entities are given authority over God-given parental rights that do not end when children enter a classroom. Thirdly, at the institutional level where employees are demanded to go against their own religious beliefs and/or conscious to reinforce another person’s delusions. Lastly, at the community level where an indoctrination of other children takes place because of the example being set with the active mistreatment of gender dysphoria by those in authority. The treatment approach for individuals suffering with schizophrenia is not to reinforce or validate their delusions or hallucinations. I don’t see where gender dysphoria, as a clinical diagnosis, should be permitted to apply broad social pressures to reinforce delusional thoughts in highly impressionable children and teenagers.

My hope is that the state legislature will go a step further in other initiatives and outlaw the use of non-FDA approved hormone blockers in children in the name of “gender affirming care’, as well as surgical interventions prior to the age of consent at 18, making it a criminal offense to engage in these practices in the Commonwealth of Virginia.


GOP hate on full display

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Please reconsider pushing this bill


Boooo this policy stucks!

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<p>My man, why? When given the chance to do good and make Virginia a better place for ALL in our commonwealth you choose hurt and pain. Choose kindness, choose love, and choose NOT to enact this policy. </p>


GOP hate on full display

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Quit using kids as political tools. I oppose this bill!


Oppose bigotry- support kids

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If you truly want to end abuse against girls, start by teaching boys to respect them rather than making girls responsible for boys’ bad decisions. A trans kid in a bathroom is not abuse. If a boy lies about gender to go in- deal with it. Don’t punish a kid who is born different because of some imaginary predatory behavior. Protect all children, not just the Herero normative ones. Your religion should not change Virginia policy.


I support trans youth.

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I support trans and non- binary youth. No restrictions!


I OPPOSE THIS BILL!!!

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<p>I OPPOSE THIS BILL, SHAME ON YOU HARMING TRANS YOUTH </p>


How is this supposed to be small government??

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As a Libertarian I STRONGLY oppose this government OVERREACH


I strongly disagree with this policy. Trans rights ARE human rights and we will not be silenced.

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THESE POLICIES WILL KILL KIDS !!!


Pediatricians support trans children

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early this summer  you proudly walked around CHKDs new mental health building claiming to care about the mental health of ours children. This bill makes you a hypocrite. If you do not support the rights of transgender children, you will be directly contributing to their increased risk of mental health problems as well as suicides.

If you cannot support basic rights of all children, please stop using our children as a photo op.


I oppose this bill


The new trans regulation is horrible

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<p>It is a clear violation of these people's human rights to allow deadnaminh and to stop them from being their true selves. Do not pass this new legislation </p>


Girls are abused by boys in skirts and lipstick!!!!

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If you care about women’s and girls rights you should support!!!


Leave trans kids alone


What will you gain?

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This attack on trans and LGBTQIA+ youth will lead to nothing good. Nothing is gained by denying the true identities of tomorrow’s populous; if anything it shall lead to humanity becoming irreversibly harmed. Do not let this pass.


Opposed

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Teacher who wants to keep her classroom open and accepting.


School board

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Common sense.. parents need to step up and parent their children.  Until they turn 18 they are the parents responsibility. Schools should not be making the decisions.  Parents need to be Informed of what their children are doing. I ts ok to be gay but not ok to remove the parents from decisions.let kids be kids.


Trans girls are boys!!! Protect girls sex based rights!!!

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Protect young girls!!!!


I oppose this illegal policy

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<p>The proposed policy regarding transgender students clearly violates the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. It negatively affects only one class of people, due to their gender, and is in direct conflict with the Fourth Circuit's decision on the Grimm case. If you want to change a law you do not agree with, then follow the legislative process. A governor cannot change the law by issuing an executive order, guidance or policy, no matter how much he wishes it so. </p>


Trans people are real!! Do we have to say this?

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You cant legislate trans people away


Strongly oppose the vilification of our teachers and discrimination of students.

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We oppose governor younkin's bill in education. It used to be the Republicans were for Less government smaller government and more freedom for the people and fiscal responsibility. Now it seems that they want to push religious agendas and their own values on to everyone else. Life liberty and the pursuit of happiness includes the autonomy of your own body and the belief systems that you choose to live your life by. Do no harm is what should be our motto. This bill victimizes children who are just trying to find out who they are. Most parents would be supportive of their children no matter what but there are those that are narcissistic and control their children through that harmful lens. School should and could be a safe place for all including the teachers. Violence is more than just guns violence is a state of mind. And it is being used here in this.


A Real Improvement over the 2021 Policy!

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This policy restores some sanity to the situation. It fairly and compassionately protects all youth - both trans and biologically male or female. It restores the family to the central position of raising and guiding children. It reflects the growing scientific understanding that many supposedly trans youth are not actually trans but are in need of counseling and support by both families and the health system. Those who are trans are fairly treated while non trans individuals can retain their rights to bodily privacy.

The schools should work with, not against parents.


Oppose

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I oppose these policies. Please consider the mental health and safety of children as a greater priority than political/cultural showmanship.


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How is this supposed to be small government??


Trans identified males are not girls.

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<p>Bathrooms are sex segregated for a reason, don’t take that privacy away from our daughters </p>


Shame

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The lives of trans children are no less valuable than others. Do not endanger them.


Oppose

Barbara Paige Kersey Rigney (Kersey Rehab)

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<p style="text-align: left;">Trans children are humans. This bill takes away their human rights. </p>


Trans kids arent the problem and you know it!

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You just want to impose your hate on people who you think cannot fight back! Transgender children are NOT the problem when they are on their journey to finding their identity! If you're really concerned about the girls' bathrooms, then I think you know the solution to that is to educate your boys instead. Right?


Say NO to the erosion of girls rights!!!

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<p>Protect real females, protect our daughters. They are the most vulnerable in bathrooms </p>


Oppose

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<p>As a trans teacher that was trans in schools, this is so harmful. Protect and support trans youth </p>


You be you, I will be me


This bill is garbage


2022 Model Policies - OPPOSE

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This is profoundly wrong and as a VA voter I deeply OPPOSE this Act. I will vote accordingly!


Oppose


Strongly oppose this Policy

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<p>Strongly oppose this policy. Try talking to actual trans kids and get their input as to why this is so misguided and dangerous. </p>


Protect biological girls sex based rights!!!

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Protect real females!!!


Lawn Jockey Politics …

… again. The only beneficiaries here are the parents and others who just can't help but be cruel and intolerable. To their own children. Once again, every parent who supports this proves that they have forgotten what it was like to be young … or what it was like to live under the iron fist of an intolerable parent.My daughter hopes to be a teacher. That is if Virginia has any books or even schools left. I fear for her as much as I do for kids that aren't even mine. This is unacceptable, unnecessary and achieves only one thing: cruelty for the sake of cruelty.

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… again. The only beneficiaries here are the parents and others who just can't help but be cruel and intolerable. To their own children. Once again, every parent who supports this proves that they have forgotten what it was like to be young … or what it was like to live under the iron fist of an intolerable parent.

My daughter hopes to be a teacher. That is if Virginia has any books or even schools left. I fear for her as much as I do for kids that aren't even mine.

This is unacceptable, unnecessary and achieves only one thing: cruelty for the sake of cruelty.


Yes!!! Thank you for protecting all of us, Youngkin!!!

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<p>I strongly agree. </p>


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DNC hate on full display! Parental right ARE human rights & LGBTQIA isn’t under attack here! Read!!!


Oppose

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<p>Oppose this travesty. Human rights are at stake here. It’s not the government’s business to dictate how we express our humanity. Youngkin is pandering to ignorance and overreaching for votes. Say NAY! Oppose this policy. </p>


Strongly agree

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<p>Restore parents rights. I strongly agree! </p>


Keep boys out of girls bathrooms and changing rooms!!!!

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<p>Boys made up identity don’t get to tramp girls sex based rights </p>


Yes to this-fixing the dangerous & harmful policies of the past “leaders”

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<p style="text-align: justify;">Yes to protecting children, parents, and educators. Protect our rights. </p>


If you're concerned about girls bathrooms, then you know what the REAL solution is!!

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You know yourselves that it's not trans people who put your girls in danger. Who are you protecting them from? What are you protecting them from? Don't you know what to fix instead of targeting a specific group of people (children, nonetheless) who have done nothing wrong?


This bill is garbage

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Why dont you pass laws that ACTUALLY HELP PEOPLE


Politicians are not doctors. Oppose this horrific policy!

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<p>You’re taking parents rights away with this anti trans and NB policy. You’re subjecting teachers and counselors to assist these children’s suicide. Shame on your for being uneducated, narrow minded and discriminatory. Try meeting w trans parents, getting a better worldly view than the blinders you clearly wear today and listen to the parents and kids. Listen to the American Pediatric Assoc, WPATH, therapists, psychiatrists. Don’t use this hot topic as leverage for your stepping stone to the White House. Do better for Virginia’s children. </p>


I strongly oppose

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I am writing to insist that you reject the 2022 Model Policies released by the Virginia DOE September 16 as the political attack on a vulnerable population that they are.

The VDOE proposed policy bans transgender students in Virginia from bathrooms matching their gender, makes teachers deadname and misgender trans students unless they have parental consent, and allows them to belittle and bully children in their care even if the parent support their child’s gender identity.  Governor Youngkin is overstepping his authority and this is a matter of local school district policy, which is the provenance of local school boards.  Additionally, gender-based discrimination is illegal under Title IX.


I oppose this policy

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<p>As a teacher who has worked hard to create a safe space for her students, I cannot support this policy. I know real living, breathing, beautiful students who will be directly attacked and suffer greatly by the application of this policy. If this policy is imposed the mental health of our students is going to suffer greatly and worse still this policy states that we as a school will not even be allowed to counsel them through these needs. </p>


Oppose-You’re Endangering Children

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<p>Transgender children exist. This plan puts them at serious risk of harm.  Very often, school is the only safe place children have.  Protect children, do not take away their safe place.  </p>


Opposed

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<p>As a doctor and a trans person, I am fully against your proposed policy. It's clear that you do not understand trans people nor the struggles we face. I'm implore you to educate yourselves regarding trans identities as trans kids exist and gender affirming care is suicide prevention. </p>


All children deserve our compassion and respect.

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<p>These policies do not serve in the best interest of students or parents. They do not strengthen a parents ability to participate in their child's education. What it will do is put vulnerable children at risk. School, teachers, administrators, counselors, coaches, the nurse, these folks are often a lifeline for kids who are struggling. Sometimes the threat is at home and school is the sanctuary. Social Services will tell you that schools are often the first to recognize abuse, neglect, homelessness, depression, and other difficult struggles that students face and can offer life saving intervention and support. Taking away the safety and security that the school community can provide will only hurt trans kids. Forcing them to identify to their parents before they are ready out of some obligation to pacify a small group of people who want to control parts of society that they don't agree with through unreasonable and discriminatory public school policy is reckless. If you truly care about children, don't remove their resources and safe spaces. </p>


Protect biological girls from assault!!!

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<p>Bio girls matter </p>


This does not protect anyone! Only harmful ideologies!!

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This will only hurt people, not help people. I thought this was the land of the free?


Thank you Gov Youngkin for protecting Virginia families.

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Yes, yes, yes!!! Strongly support this!


Protect girls bathrooms and sports

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protect our girls in the bathrooms and locker Rooms. Protect girls’ sports from males participating as “female”


Strongly support the updated policy

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<p>Updated policy brings commonsense back to the issue. The Governor has rightly returned authority back to the parents.  He has also limited the impact of activists in trying to implement their destructive agenda. </p>


Youngkin’s hypocritical stances

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Glen Youngkin claims to be pro-life…protecting the rights of children - even those as yet unborn. And yet, this proposed policy affecting trans kids will certainly result in more death, as tortured kids with nowhere to turn take their own lives. He will protect the lives of the unborn, but not so much the lives of children already living lives of quiet desperation.

For so many kids, it’s their teachers who get them through and launched out into the world alive and with less damage.  Kids know their parents and they have a pretty good sense of what will happen to them if they are outed.  Youngkin says that “parents know what’s best for their kids.”  How about kids know their parents and — in most cases — know what they need to do to preserve their mental health.

This proposed policy is counterproductive and cruel and is a hypocritical stance for someone who claims to want to protect the lives of children.


This proposed policy protects children, parents, and everyone working in schools.

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<p>Yes to this common sense proposed policy. Anything else would be extremely harmful and dangerous to many. </p>


Oppose


It is a grave mistake to pass this.

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It is a grave mistake to pass this.


This is absurd

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I am my parent of a child that goes to Virginia public schools. And I'm not okay with the government telling my child's teacher that if she goes to her and says that she's transgender or anything else for that matter that she has to tell me. Always told my daughter that if she doesn't feel comfortable with talking to me go talk to a teacher or a guidance counselor or somebody that she trust if a teacher has to tell the parent then a child is not going to trust that teacher. Unless they're getting abused sexually physically or emotionally the teacher shouldn't be mandated to tell them anything. Let the child tell their parent in their own way at their own time.


Balance

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I’ve skimmed through the proposed changes and I believe that a degree of balance is needed.

I think the previous administration and general assembly veered a bit too far to the left in allowing students to dictate how they will be called and gender pronouns, etc. But, for children who genuinely have some form of mental illness (and that’s what gender dysphoria is according to the DAM IV and V) — and live in a home where they aren’t getting proper support, this could pose a potential problem. The larger issue is that transgender ideology largely has become “cool” and thus its exponential growth in the past 5-10 years. Statistically speaking, that growth shows that it’s a social contagion and that most of these children don’t really have this mental illness — though because it is a disorder of the mind any sort of hypnosis or positive conditioning (like allowing students to pick their own name and pronouns) exacerbates the situation.

I can’t think of a better way of handling the situation— I think this is the best way to move forward.


Biological girls matter!!!

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<p>Support biological girls and their sex based rights </p>


Trans kids deserve to feel safe

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This is gross and abusive, we should be protecting all kids. Strongly oppose.


I STRONGLY OPPOSE This Policy


Cruel and unusual

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This is a poorly written bill that will result in suicide for trans students. Fine, don't force pronoun changes on people, but forcing teachers to tell parents who may kick out their children and make them homeless or abuse them is absolutely inhumane. This bill is way out of line and simply disgusting. It cannot go through as is.


Not your body, not your choice

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It’s not your sexuality, your body, or your choice to decide most of these things.

As a politician in 2022 you should know better than to use your personal sexual beliefs to dictate the experiences or welfare of others in that regard.

if this bill going into place could potentially harm a minor mentally, emotionally, or physically then it shouldn’t be passed.

it’s your job to protect and accept us, not degrade us and strip us of our rights.

you should be ashamed of yourself and your actions since going into office

I was born and raised here in VA, and you make me embarrassed to live here


Trans kids are awesome and deserve the same respect we all want


OPPOSE THIS POLICY - Support Human Rights!

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<p>I don't know why ANYONE cares why another person identifies one way or another. Just because one person disagrees with another's decision does not remove the human rights of either person. We are guaranteed the right to pursue happiness, and infringing one group's ideology on another group violates that right. </p>


We can't let this policy ruin our schools!!

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How can we still call our schools the best if we can't even support the children for who they are! Why are we fussing about gendered bathrooms and not caring about a person's preferred name when the real problem is that we need more school funding and better safety!!


Strongly agree


Trans Rights are human rights

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Trans people are real!! Do we have to say this?


Strongly Oppose

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I do not understand how anyone could know the statistics on suicide and depression among lgbtq youth and still put forth legislation that bullies and closets them.

I do not understand how anyone could claim to care about education while agree to pile more and more nonsense on teachers.

Teachers are not your personal nannies, they are educated professionals who follow best practices in their classrooms. If you disagree with those practices, homeschool your kid. That is the right parents have, not to cut up the system to meet their own hateful, anti-science worldview.


Youngkin, the Hypocrite

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<p>So much for protecting children, Glen, a platform you ran on. Very sad that Virginia child and teen suicide rates are about to rise thanks to your bigotry. </p>


Oppose! This bill is insanity and will harm trans youth!

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I strongly oppose this bill