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Let’s have a real conversation about what Virginia’s K-12 schools are like for trans and nonbinary students under Governor Youngkin’s leadership. Because we need to #LetKidsLearn.

Ahead of tonight's #CNNTownHall w/ Gov Youngkin, you should know the facts That's why we're joining Equality Virginia, ACLU of Virginia, Legal Aid Justice Center & Pride Liberation Project to lift up the real state of Virginia education, particularly the need to #LetKidsLearn in well-funded public schools 🧵

"Today, CNN is hosting a town hall with Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin on education policy. In response, dozens of Virginia students will be rallying outside CNN demanding Governor Youngkin stop attacking students for political gain." bluevirginia.us/2023/03/va-dem… h/t Pride Liberation Project

The Pride Liberation Project Project held a protest outside of CNN headquarters in D.C. ahead of Governor Glenn Youngkin Glenn Youngkin’s town hall on education. High schoolers here tell me they don’t feel heard and are being hurt by Youngkin’s transgender policies.

We’re with Pride Liberation Project outside CNN’s DC Studios for Glenn Youngkin’s town hall

“Your transgender policies require students play on the sports teams and use the restrooms that correspond with their sex assigned at birth. . Look at me, I am a transgender man. Do you think the girls in my high school would feel comfortable sharing a restroom with me? “

As Youngkin talks to a national audience about his education record, let's remember how he treats Queer students. He wants to: ❌ Forcibly out students ❌ Implement a trans bathroom ban ❌ Misgender and deadname students Students are fighting back. Retweet if you're with us.

28 percent of Queer youth experience housing insecurity at some point in their lives. We didn't get to ask a question at the #CNNTownhall. But if we did, we'd ask why Glenn Youngkin wants to out every Queer student, regardless of how safe it is for them?

Gov. Youngkin is only interested in speaking in platitudes, not addressing the real concerns of parents and students in Virginia.

Even if a parent supports their student's gender identity, that wouldn't be enough for a school to recognize a student's correct pronouns and names. Youngkin's guidance is a license to discriminate in our schools, no matter how many platitudes he talks in

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Virginia students see through Glenn Youngkin’s platitudes. His education policy plays politics with students lives, and GenZ is going to hold him accountable.

If you can't treat students with respect and kindness, then you don't belong in the room. If you refuse to listen to students, then your opinions about our public schools are ignorant and should be ignored. #RespectStudents #Subtweet

⌛️PARENTS & STUDENTS⌛️ We have ONE DAY until our info session on Trans Resilience in the Classroom: VDOE Model Policies. Join us tomorrow alongside Pride Liberation Project, He She Ze and We, Equality Virginia, and Side by Side in the fight for a safe, welcoming school environment for ALL. 🏳️‍⚧️