I oppose Petition 43. The Board of Health has no business labeling groups of people harmful based on who they are. 

There are real public health issues facing women and girls in Virginia, domestic violence, adequate healthcare, and poverty wages. Don’t let this discriminatory petition distract from your important mission to protect the health and promote the well-being of ALL people in Virginia.

There is a nationwide effort by some politicians and interest groups to force transgender people and LGBTQ+ people out of public life. These political attacks harm us all, whatever our gender or sexual orientation, because they foster discrimination and distract us from the real challenges facing our young and their well being and our future as a prosperous society.