Please oppose Petition 432!

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. I have many close friends who are trans or gender nonconforming. This is harmful to them and to all  

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.