I STRONGLY support the updated 2022 guidelines which return our public schools toward sanity when it comes to providing safety and privacy for all of our students and ensuring PARENTS have a say in use of pronouns and gender identity of their student while in school. Both girls and boys deserve to know when entering a school restroom or locker room that a person of the opposite biological sex is not in the private space. It's just common sense. It has nothing to do with denial of rights for kids who are currently gender confused. The updated guidelines protect the rights of ALL students, not just those seeking a special class under the old 2021 guidelines. In addition, I strongly support the update because it protects students from accidental mis-gendering and pronoun use or being accused of a hate crime for simply referring to someone using their pronoun tied to their biological sex assignment at birth. This update aligns with 1) the reality that there are only two sexes, male and female; 2) students of either sex deserve safe, private places in school; 3) ALL students matter - whether considered cis-gender or gender-confused; and 4) female student athletes deserve to know their hard work on the court or field won't be erased by a member of the opposite sex seeking to steal a college scholarship and harming the opportunity afforded to our female athletes under Title IX. THANK YOU for bringing VA schools back to reality and common sense under these updated guidelines.