it was the first day of school for many kids but parents are still fighting long battles concerning gender identity policies. jackie ibanez is live in the new york city newsroom with the very latest on this coast to coast war. jackie, good evening. reporter: good evening. least five districts in virginia say they will not comport with statewide policy requiring students to use facilities and participate in sports teams that correspond to their sex assigned at birth. what is going to utmost ire of the governor and many parents is the school s josh skule s say they will not notify parents if their child exhibits any changes to the pull so-called gender expression. these are parents who are frustrated with the fact that dignity in the rich and the safety and privacy of all children and families is not being insured by the old policies that pushed parents out of their children s lives. reporter: in new jersey judge
you have to keep in mind donald trump has a large swath of the republican party that will vote for him no matter what. not the same for joe biden. if there is another candidate jumping in the race that is viable, democrats will leave joe biden and go with that candidate if they think this person is viable. not the same with donald trump. harris: he has anybody but biden syndrome. thank you. a showdown over parental rights in virginia just as children are headed back to school today. several districts are defying the governor s gender identity policies prefer to substitute their own judgment on the issue. jason rantz next. jason rantz next.
gender identity policies. dan springer s dan springer scatbacks wise dan? yes this isn t just an issue in public schools come out catholic school is also in a bit of turmoil right now following guidelines issued about transgender students by the bishop in portland among them names and pronouns and facilities use and sports participation should depend upon biological sex identity rather than self perceived gender identity. archbishop put out a 17 page catholic response to gender identity theory and in it he says that this is the right approach medically spiritually and theologically. many catholics applaud him but he s also been a backlash on some catholics in the portland area and non-catholics who thought their kids in the schools. 1,000 people signed a statement supporting transgender students but to principals kuwait, some teachers said they would not return in the fall and some parents did not re-enroll their kids they should sample temporarily closes the
middletown last week, one of the three districts sued. but other parents believe they should be kept in the loop about something so major happening with their child and cory deangelis with the american federation for children agrees. parents should be part of that discussion, they shouldn t be firewalled between the government and their children. again, the kids don t belong to the government, they belong to their parents. so trace, in the past few years, parental rights groups have sued school districts in at least five states over gender identity policies, two of those cases were dismissed, while three of them are ongoing. back out here live, the previous cases involve parents suing school boards. in this case, the lawsuit is coming from the state. we are expecting a decision in the next 30 days about a possible injunction. back to you. sandra: let s get to the state department, the spokesperson is getting right to questions. listen in here. you never know, matt.
parents can choose among the psychotherapy options and children dealing with gender face phoria. dysphoria. matt, good morning. you testified two days before the 51st anniversary title 9, that protects women in women s sports and some are worried those protections are going away. tell us about your message yesterday before the senate judiciary committee? we were along with riley sharing stories about the impact that some of these gender identity policies, the ones that would be enshrined in women and children and parental rights on women and children. according to the cdc s own data, matt, the number of young people who identify as transgender is going up with each passing year. it s still a small number, but