I live in Richmond City and I oppose Petition 432. 

This petition is not about locker rooms. The Board of Health has no business labeling 

groups of people harmful based on who they are. 

There are real public health issues facing women and girls in Virginia, like domestic 

violence, maternal health, and poverty. Don’t let this hateful petition distract from your 

important mission to protect the health and promote the well-being of ALL people in 

Virginia. 

Across our races, backgrounds, and genders, we all deserve to be treated fairly. There is 

a nationwide effort by some politicians and interest groups to force transgender people 

and LGBTQ+ people out of public life. These political attacks harm us all, whether we’re 

gay or straight, transgender or not, because they foster discrimination and distract us 

from the real problems we face. 

Protecting our people does not look like this. It looks like universal healthcare, universal childcare, housing for all, clean water for all and any number of policies that are aimed at fulfilling people's needs instead of feeding into their basest hate. This petition is nothing short of despicable.

This petition has nothing to do with the health of Virginians and everything to do with 

discrimination. No one should face discrimination because of who they are. Trans 

people have always been here and always will be. Trans people cannot and will not be 

erased. 

I urge you to stand on the right side of history and reject Petition 432.

Sincerely,

Ryan Mullins