We, the undersigned, want the Albemarle County School Board to make it against the Albemarle County Public School's (ACPS) Harassment Policy to discriminate or harass on the basis of gender identity.

Examples of harassment include:

• Repeated, deliberate use of pronouns and names that are inconsistent with a student’s gender identity

• Denying appropriate academic support to a student because of their gender identity

• Inappropriate touching

• Insults or remarks about a student’s body parts or about a student’s behavior being too “masculine” or “feminine”

• Asking people inappropriate, unnecessary questions about their gender identity, anatomy, and / or any medical treatment that is related to their gender identity;

• Verbal, sexual, or physical assault because of one’s gender identity.

• called derogatory names at school, such as “dyke”, “faggot,”“it” and “he-she” by both other students, and faculty;

• prevented from using the restroom or locker room that corresponds to their gender identity

• beaten up and/or assaulted because of their gender identity

• forced to fight to defend themselves resulting in suspension and/or expulsion

• forced to miss school because of suspensions or skip school because of fear resulting in missed learning opportunities

• forced to quit school because of their gender identity

• forced to attend psychiatric programs because of their gender identity

• ridiculed and / or punished by teachers for dressing and / or acting too “feminine” or “masculine”

• left with little or no academic support at school by faculty and administration

• left with little or no emotional support at school by faculty and administration;

• given no one they can reach out to for support about their gender identity at school

• made deathly afraid of being “outed” and skipping school as a result.