I am opposed to having schools decide for my children what is best, this is the first point. Parents should have ultimate authority over their children, knowledge of what happens in schools, knowledge of what their children 'declare' in school, knowledge about birth control and/or abortions and transgender medicines, surgeries , etc. that are sponsored, suggested or offered through schools.

If the Virginia Dept of Education really looks at the scientific (non-woke) literature, child suffer immense crisis of identity when they become 'transgender', suicide rates increase, life long damage is done in many many cases. These kinds of policies should NOT be pushed in our VA schools, nor shoved down their - or our- the parents- throats. Why is this being done? To protect the incredibly small number of students who declare themselves as transgender, some not even knowing what it means? In doing so, you, the school system is ignoring and NOT protecting the majority of students. Where are their rights? Trends across the country signal their voice is ignored, dismissed or worse criticized for not being 'in trend' (or woke- enough), in with the times, in step - with what- the minority? Individualism is lost. There will be no freedom to be individual, because these policies will translate into " you must agree with transgenderism, you must not make fun of, you must condone."

Religious freedom to speak out or even to voice one's opinion - I am a Christian or Jew or Muslim and I believe there are two genders -a man is man and woman a woman , will be persecuted. We are already seeing this in a number of places. Why would Virginia, my lovely Commonwealth choose such destructive paths? 

Please listen to the people, the parents. Please do not enact these transgender policies. They are and will be extremely destructive for families and for our children and for the rights of parents to be the authority for their children.

Respectfully,

M Morris