Virginia moves to eliminate gender-based school activities under transgender inclusion policies

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Virginia moves to eliminate gender-based school activities under transgender inclusion policies
In response to legislation passed in Virginia last year, the state's Department of Education has created an "inclusive" policy that looks to make public schools as gender-neutral as possible to accommodate transgender students statewide.
Jul 3, 2021 2:29 AM EST
Hannah Nightingale

In response to legislation passed in Virginia last year, the state's Department of Education has created an "inclusive" policy that looks to make public schools as gender-neutral as possible to accommodate transgender students statewide.

The department's Model Policies for the Treatment of Transgender Students in Virginia's Public Schools was quietly announced earlier this year, but only recently started to receive widespread attention, according to Just The News.

The guidance offers "information, best practices, guidance, procedures, and standards" for school boards developing policies to address transgender students in their schools. School boards "may adopt example language in the model policies or use it as a guide to draft policies that meet the unique needs of their school division." In one section the policy states that "in general, school divisions should make efforts to eliminate gender-based practices to the extent possible."

"Gender-based policies, rules, and practices can have the effect of marginalizing, stigmatizing, and excluding students, regardless of their gender identity or gender expression," it states, citing "practices that may be based on gender" such as "grouping students for class activities, gender-based homecoming or prom courts, limitations on who can attend as 'couples' at school dances, and gender-based events such as father-daughter dances," the policy continues. ...

Full story at the Post Millennial

As noted by one tweeter:

John Steigerwald
@Steigerworld·
5h
To accommodate .0.55% of the population.
That comes to 2.75 kids per school in Va. Language changes. Dress code changes.Boys in girls bathrooms and locker rooms. 2 kids.

Democrats.
2:04 PM · Jul 3, 2021·