Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Virginia Department of Health
 
Board
State Board of Health
 
chapter
Regulations Governing Biological Sex Specific or Separated Spaces and Activities [12 VAC 5 ‑ 660]
Action Promulgate Regulations Governing Biological Sex Specific or Separated Spaces and Activities
Stage NOIRA
Comment Period Ended on 12/17/2025
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12/15/25  8:41 pm
Commenter: Kristen

Opposition to Action 4905 — Protect the Health and Rights of *All* Virginians
 

This appears to be a back door bathroom bill, among other things.  This regulatory change seems to have no function other than banning transgender women from using any public facilities across the state of Virginia.  

Male bathrooms are not safe for transgender women who have medically transitioned.  Some are indistinguishable from other women.  Requiring a post-op trans woman to use a male bathroom makes no sense; it just puts the lives of trans-women in danger.

This regulatory change is a solution in search of a problem.  How many actual problems have occurred?  If this is not an action specifically taken to disadvantage the trans community, then please explain how trans people will be accommodated  when only two facilities exist.

As a state, I think that Virginia is better than targeting a small non-violent community that simply wants to exist in peace.

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