Students at nearly 100 different Virginia public schools are staging walkouts Tuesday to protest new policies from Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) that require schools to obtain parental consent before allowing students to adopt new gender identities at school.
On September 16, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin released the state’s revised Model Policy for schools regarding parental voice in education - in reference, specifically, to pronouns, given names, and gender identity.
Updated Noon Photos taken by a pilot of a helicopter used by Washington D.C.'s WRC-TV show hundreds walked out of schools today in Prince William County.
Protesters are asking the Department of Education to revoke the draft guidelines. Monday marked the beginning of the period in which people can leave comments online about the proposal over 17,000 were in by Tuesday morning.