Virginia students begin walkouts over Youngkin transgender policy

Thousands of Virginia students walk out over proposed anti-trans policies

Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s policies would prevent students from using their correct name or pronouns without a court order

0.08% of Virginia Students Walk Out over Youngkin’s Pro-Parent School Policy

On Tuesday, over a thousand students across six northern Virginia counties walked out of their high school and middle school classrooms in protest of Governor G

Thousands of students walk out of school to protest Republican governor's anti-queer agenda

Young people shouldn’t have to correct the mistakes of adults, but thanks to Republicans who want to legislate certain identities out of existence, that’s exactly what many vulnerable and marginalized youth are doing. We’ve seen instances of this happening before, of course, with youth of color protesting as part of the Black Lives Matter movement and students rallying for abortion rights, as a few recent examples. One major story as of late com…

CHS Students walk out of class in protest of Youngkin’s transgender policies

On Wednesday, Sept. 28, some students at Charlottesville High School walked out of class, raising their voices in protest of Governor Glenn Youngkin’s newly released model policies on the treatment of transgender students in schools.

‘Keep Your Politics Off My Identity’: Here’s What We Saw At Virginia Student Walkouts Over Youngkin’s Trans Policy

Students walked out of from nearly 95 schools during the school day on Tuesday in protest of Virginia Republican Gov. Youngkin's proposed transgender policy.

Gov. Youngkin's Anti-Trans Policies Trigger Massive Student Walkouts in Virginia

Thousands of students across Virginia protested this week, walking out of their classrooms and schools to demonstrate their opposition to policy changes being proposed by the administration of Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) toward transgender youth in the state.Youngkin’s state Department of Education issued new model policies last Friday to “provide clear, accurate, and useful guidance to Virginia school boards that align with statutory provisions.” T…