New campaign challenges Va. guidelines for transgender, nonbinary students
A group of Virginia students have launched a campaign that challenges the state’s new guidelines for transgender and nonbinary students.
The Pride Liberation Project on Sept. 20 announced the formation of Students4Trans. Students4Trans held a rally outside the Virginia Department of Education in Richmond on Sept.
22. Another rally will take place during the Virginia Beach School Board meeting on Tuesday. The Virginia Department of Education in July announced the new guidelines for which Republican Gov.
Glenn Youngkin asked. The regulations, among other things, require parents to be informed of a student’s name and pronoun change, with the exception of “imminent risk of suicide related to parental abuse or neglect.” Arlington County Public Schools, Fairfax County Public Schools and Prince William County Schools are among the school districts that have refused to implement the guidelines.
