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‘No to Gender Politics:’ Virginia Fairfax County Parents Protest Pro-Transgender Elementary School Push

‘No to Gender Politics:’ Virginia Fairfax County Parents Protest Pro-Transgender Elementary School Push
Parents protest Fairfax County Public Schools’ latest pro-transgender push in school policies outside of the county school board meeting in Falls Church, Va., on May 26, 2022. Terri Wu/The Epoch Times
Terri Wu
Terri Wu
5/27/2022|Updated: 5/28/2022

FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va.—Parents protested on Thursday Fairfax County Public Schools’ latest pro-transgender push to include gender identity topics in elementary school sex education and new rules to discipline students who don’t refer to a transgender person by the person’s preferred name or gender, whether accidentally or intentionally. These changes may be up for a school board vote in June.

If approved, “malicious deadnaming” and “malicious misgendering” will be gender identity-related offenses that could lead to up to five days of out-of-school suspension and referral to law enforcement for elementary school students.

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