Virginia Dem lawmaker wants parents to face criminal charges if they refuse to affirm a child’s sexual orientation and gender identity

A Democratic Virginia state lawmaker wants to pass legislation that would make parents face criminal charges if they refused to affirm their child’s sexual orientation and gender identity.

Delegate Elizabeth Guzman said that she will introduce the proposal in the next session of the Virginia legislature. The social worker said that the new law is meant to be a rebuke of Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s issuance of new rules on transgender students in schools.