Virginia’s Department of Education was required by law to create
model policies for school boards regarding treatment of transgender
students no later than December 31, 2020. The draft model policies
are now public and require schools to use students’ preferred
pronouns and to allow students to use the bathroom of their choice
without question.
Genesis 1:27 KJV – “So God created man in
his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female
created he them.”
The document lists the names of the people who created it, along
with their preferred pronouns, most of whom use the obvious
pronouns associated with their name. The document also includes a
glossary of terms, one of which is “sex assignment” which is
defined as: “A label, generally ‘male’ or ‘female,’ that
is typically assigned at birth on the basis of a cluster of
physical and anatomical features. Intersex refers to someone whose
combination of chromosomes, gonads, hormones, internal sex organs,
and genitals differs from the two expected patterns of male or
female.”
Students need not prove in any way that they actually are
transgender, the policies state. No “diagnosis, treatment, or
legal documents” are necessary for students to assert their
gender is different from their biological sex and gain access to
what’s offered to transgender students.
The document states that faculty and students are to use
students’ preferred pronouns or face disciplinary action, as this
is considered a form of harassment. In addition, faculty and staff
are to be told to create “short-term solutions” should a
student’s parent or guardian not accept their claims of
transgenderism. Such a plan “may include addressing the student
at school with their asserted name and pronoun while using the
legal name and pronoun associated with the sex assigned at birth
when communicating with parents or guardians.” Of course,
school staff are also encouraged to provide families that aren’t
on board with the claims with information to get them in line,
which can include calling Child Protective Services if they feel a
student “is being abused, neglected, or at risk of abuse or
neglect by their parent due to their transgender
identity.”
Schools will also need to make changes to their records systems,
since some transgender students haven’t legally changed their
name and sex. Schools are told to keep their legal name and sex
private if they are using a different name and claiming to be a
different sex.
School staff are also not allowed to question students entering
the bathroom or locker rooms that do not comport with their outward
appearance or sex. In addition, if schools are planning new
facilities, they should consider “single-user, gender-inclusive
restrooms or changing areas.” Students who simply want more
privacy in the restroom or locker room should be accommodated in a
way that doesn’t make them feel stigmatized. These policies all
apply to overnight trips as well.
Further, school staff are instructed to help students come to
terms with their “gender identity” without involving or
informing their parents or guardians. The VCC noted that approving
the draft policies “would undercut parents’ involvement in the
life of their children at school, and endanger the bodily privacy
and safety of all students.”
“Take action to protect children and parental rights in public
schools. … Schools should not be accommodating the especially
harmful view that youth is an appropriate time to be encouraging,
in some cases, irreversible ‘gender transitions,” the VCC
added.
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Virginia’s New Trans Rules For Public Schools: Use Preferred
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