Virginia Legislators Introduce Sage's Law to Prevent Misgendering as Child Abuse

Misgendering Sage’s Law in Virginia

By E.Baloyo , Parent Herald Jan 25, 10:57 am

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Lawmakers in Virginia are pushing for the full implementation of Sage's Law.

Talks about the gender preferences used by the younger generation have been attracting a lot of open conversation lately.

Schools, lawmakers, parents, caregivers, and young children seem to need education and protection at the same time. As a response, the Virginia State Capitol is introducing Sage's Law.

The Sage's Law in Virginia

According to Christian Post, a member of the Virginia legislature has proposed a bill that would make it obligatory for schools to notify parents in the event that their child is unsure about their sexual identification.

HB 2432, also known as "Sage's Law," is a bill that was introduced by State Delegate Dave LaRock. It specifies that any individual licensed as administrative or instructional personnel by the Board of Education and employed by a local school board must communicate directly with at least one parent of a student who self-identifies as transgender.

The law also requires that school personnel ask parents whether or not they are aware of the student's mental state and whether or not the parent intends to seek or has already sought counseling support for the adolescent.

In addition, this would also indicate that parents would not be criminally condemned or charged with abusing their own children for using the natural pronouns that their children use.

Sage's Law is named after a 14-year-old girl, Sage, whose last name is withheld, who experienced a horrific and prolonged experience of sex trafficking in Baltimore, Maryland.

A large contributor to this is because Maryland officials refused to return Sage to her family home after her grandmother was accused of misgendering her.

Misgendering: The Real Life Harm

The transgender teenager endured a six-month nightmare that brought her twice into contact with sex traffickers.

The second time around, regulators in Baltimore refused to send her back to her native state because they claimed that her adoptive parents were misgendering her.

As per the Daily Wire, Michele Blair, Sage's biological grandmother, adopted her following the passing of her father and raised her as her own child.

Sage had been troubled for a long time before she began to identify as a male named "Draco" and ran away in August of 2021.

She ended up on the streets of Baltimore, where police officials rescued her from a convicted sex offender. Sage was finally able to get her life back on track after being rescued from the convicted sex offender.

However, the state officials in Maryland decided to place the youngster in a group home rather than send her to her grandmother.

They had the impression that her biological and adoptive parents did not acknowledge her transsexual status to the same extent as they should have.

The Maryland officials seem to have accused her blood family of misgendering Sage for using her biological pronoun. Unfortunately, this led her to fall victim to another offender.

According to NBC12, the parents stated that if they had been informed that their child used different pronouns and toilets at school, Sage would not have been a victim of sex trafficking.

Blair stated that Sage hopes that her experience can help save the lives of other kids. Sage does not want any other children to have to face the horrors she survived. The 14-year-old is now recovering at home, surrounded by her loved ones.