See below for video and photos of today’s student-led walkouts at Virginia public schools to protest Youngkin’s proposed anti-transgender/anti-LGBTQ “model policies.” For more background, see Virginia Students At Nearly 100 Schools Announce Walkouts In Response To DOE Draft Transgender Policy Guidelines. Also note that as of the moment, people have left over 17,000 (!) comments, mostly against Youngkin’s proposed policies, in just over one day.
Washington-Liberty High School in Arlington
Right now students at Annandale High School in Fairfax County are staging a walkout in protest of Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s new transgender model policy. @7NewsDC pic.twitter.com/5lbBAAhtHG
— Nick Minock (@NickMinock) September 27, 2022
HAPPENING NOW: A student walkout at Culpeper Co. HS is one of many expected Tuesday across Virginia in response to the state’s new controversial policy regarding transgender students. https://t.co/zvQfpNxJyG pic.twitter.com/PnrGCKAvtE
— FOX 5 DC (@fox5dc) September 27, 2022
Super proud of all y’all at #Hylton, leading #Virginia from the front in Prince William County. @HyltonBulldogs https://t.co/ylVTZzjXXL
— Del. Danica Roem (@pwcdanica) September 27, 2022
McLean High School students in Northern Virginia chant “D-O-E, Leave us be” and “Trans rights are human rights” in protest of Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s model policies for transgender students. pic.twitter.com/iU7bzmqtwe
— Nathaniel Cline (@nathanielcline) September 27, 2022
Virginia high school students are walking out of class to protest Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s plan to strip rights from transgender students. pic.twitter.com/OkCGbGXZUy
— The Recount (@therecount) September 27, 2022
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