"Virginia's Youngkin Implements Controversial K-12 Transgender Policy"

The Youngkin administration in Virginia has implemented a finalized K-12 transgender policy that emphasizes parents' rights and rolls back some protections for transgender students. The new model policies require students to use school bathrooms that match their assigned sex at birth, and personnel must refer to students using pronouns based on their sex in official records. LGBTQ advocates and organizations have denounced the policies, claiming they harm transgender and nonbinary students and violate their rights. The policies are meant to serve as a model for local school boards, which must implement their own policies consistent with the state's model.