Some students in Virginia are protesting a proposed transgender policy from the state's Department of Education.
Policy would include bathroom bans and parental approval of pronouns.A student speaks at a Virginia Beach school board meeting, Feb. 14, 2023.At a Virginia Beach school board meeting last week, roughly 20 students spoke out about their personal experiences, as well as the experiences of their peers, and how they would be impacted by the new policy.
Some critical of the policy accuse it of being discriminatory against transgender students and threatening their safety and well-being at school and at home, where their gender identity may not be known or accepted.One nonbinary student named Joey, whose preferred pronouns are "they/them," said they told their coming out story to the school board to help convince them to vote against the new policies.
"These new model policies would rip that safety and stability away from me along with hundreds of other students," Joey said. "I know it's really hard to understand, but I need you guys to understand the anxiety I feel every time I walk into class and see that there's a substitute teacher, and I don't know what name they're gonna say."Another student named AJ applauded the old policies and denounced the new ones.
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