More than 1,000 students walked out of Virginia middle and high schools Tuesday in protest of the state's reversal of transgender protections that put decisions on students' identities and preferred names at school exclusively in the hands of their parents.

Leaders in several Virginia districts affirm commitments to inclusive climates in response to new K-12 policy that defines "sex" as strictly biological.

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