“As one of the co-presidents of GSA (Gay-Straight Alliance), I disagree with the order, and science also disagrees with the order. In fact, many scientists are coming out and speaking about the ways that the order goes against people’s internal sense of gender identity, but also the sense science has about sex, including intersex people. The order will ultimately be detrimental and erase the existence of trans people and intersex people.”

— Colten Migliore, 10th grade

“I have traditional values, so I see it as a good thing, but I think other people here in Paly won’t like it because this is a liberal campus, and a lot of people like to push liberal ideologies.”

— Rohit Sangupta, 12th grade

“I have a fair amount of friends who are transgender, and I honestly feel really bad for them because being a trans person is so hard regardless. … Even if the federal government wasn’t coming after you personally, it would still be really hard.”

— Darah Katz, 10th grade

“From what I’ve heard about it, I’m confused about the necessity of changing existing policy. It seems to me that the existing policy was in line with what I understand to be true scientifically and psychologically, and what I also understand to be consistent with multiple other cultures, histories and religions.”

— David Cohen, English Teacher

“It [the policy] is kind of stupid. People should be able to identify as whoever they want to identify as, and  just looking on a larger scale, there are so many other things that the government should be focusing on right now going worldwide.”

— Anoki Chandra, 11th grade