Virginia's Youngkin defends trans youth policies: Kids ‘don’t belong to the state'
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Virginia Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin defended his administration's trans policies, which require students to use bathrooms and join sports teams based on their biological sex.
Youngkin’s administration rewrote the state’s policies on transgender youths at public schools in September, requiring students to use bathrooms, locker rooms and join sports teams based on their sex at birth, not their gender identity. The policy updates also include forbidding students from changing their names and preferred pronouns at public schools without the consent of their parents.
"We empower parents to make decisions with regards to masking in Virginia. We've empowered parents to make decisions with regards to curriculum that fits their family's decision. So we're empowering parents here to be engaged in these most important decisions," Youngkin continued on Sunday.