Dear John,

Last month, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin’s administration and the Virginia Department of Education released a proposed policy that would require Virginia schools to discriminate against transgender youth, reversing evidence-based best practice trans-inclusive policies established last year. Your last chance to oppose the policy while it's under review is this Wednesday, October 26th.

The proposed policies seek to erase trans and nonbinary youth from the classroom and create a hostile and dangerous school environment. They restrict restroom access and sports participation for transgender and nonbinary students, require faculty and staff to “out” trans and nonbinary students to their parents, and prohibit teachers and staff from supporting trans students in a range of ways, including blocking them from using a student’s affirming name and pronouns. 

This Wednesday, the state will close its public comment period on the proposed policies – and we need your help. Please join us by submitting your comment on the Virginia Regulatory Town Hall page here.

Every parent hopes our laws will ensure our children’s safety, protection, and freedom. But the Virginia Department of Education is rejecting those values and advancing a policy that would target trans and nonbinary kids for bullying and mistreatment just because of who they are.

Can you take action today by submitting a public comment opposing these proposed changes and telling the Governor and Department of Education that #TransYouthBelongVA? Click here to submit your comment – it takes two minutes. 

Let's send a rallying cry that hate does not belong in Virginia schools – and tell transgender and nonbinary students that they deserve the safety to thrive, no matter where they are.

In solidarity,

Narissa S. Rahaman (she/her)

Executive Director

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