As a Christian, as the pastor of Ginter Park Presbyterian Church, as a mother of teens with transgender friends, and on behalf of my own transgender friends, I very much support this guidance. It is essential for all children and youth to feel safe and welcome at school. LGBTQIA+ young people deserve special support as they navigate life in a culture that upholds harmful cisgender, heterosexual norms. The church has been a part of establishing those norms, so I feel a special responsibility to say: we have work to do, in order to make sure EVERY CHILD made in God's image knows they are a beautiful human being, worthy of love.