ASHBURN, Virginia (LifeSiteNews) — Two of the three Virginia high school boys who objected to a gender-confused girl in their locker room have been suspended, in a school district with one of the most checkered pasts on the subject in America.
As previously covered by LifeSiteNews, in a video taken by a girl who identifies as a male at Loudoun County’s Stonebridge High School, three boys can be heard expressing to each other their discomfort with her presence. Loudoun County Public Schools [LCPS] subsequently launched a Title IX investigation against the boys, based on the video.
The father of one of the boys told local media that his son and the others were “questioning why there was a female in the males’ locker room … There were other boys asking the same question. They [LCPS] created a very uncomfortable situation. They’re young, they’re 15 years old. They’re expressing their opinions, and now they’re being targeted for expressing those opinions.”
“I have a daughter that’s in high school as well, and if there was a male in there videotaping her in the locker room, I would have issues,” the father added. “If it’s my son and there’s a female in the locker room videotaping, I have issues. Even if it was somebody of the same sex, I believe that this is an invasion of their privacy.”
Now, ABC 7 WJLA reports that two of the three boys have been punished with a 10-day suspension for “sexual harassment” and “sex-based discrimination,” ordered to have no contact with the girl, and must also meet with school officials to “determine a corrective action plan.”
The third boy has already been removed from the school (and out of state) by his parents, but would face a similar punishment if he returned, and the family remains fearful of this mark on his academic record impairing his college plans.
“I would say the first reaction was some anger, because we’re just really concerned with all this stuff,” reacted Seth Wolfe, one of the parents. “[We’re] saddened by the decision-making process and how that went.”
“[We’re] absolutely floored that they came back and branded my son responsible for sexual harassment and sex based discrimination with no solid evidence whatsoever,” added Renae Smith, the other parent. “We’re talking about scarring him for life by a biased process that’s supposed to protect fairness, but it’s shocking. It’s wrong, and it should terrify every single parent.”
The students and families will have formidable help in reversing the judgment, however. The Founding Freedoms Law Center is representing them in court and pledges to “stand with them all the way till they are innocent,” while Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares has determined LCPS is the one guilty of discrimination under Title IX, and referred the case to the federal Department of Education Office for Civil Rights and Department of Justice Civil Rights Division for further investigation and possible punitive action.
Critics have long warned that forcing girls to share intimate facilities such as bathrooms, showers, and changing areas with members of the opposite sex violates their privacy rights, subjects them to needless emotional stress, and gives male predators a viable pretext to enter female bathrooms or lockers by simply claiming transgender status.
LCPS itself highlighted the issue years ago when superintendent Scott Ziegler set off a national firestorm for allegedly covering up the rape of a female student by a “transgender” classmate in a girls bathroom due to its damaging implications for the LGBT movement. He was convicted in 2023 of “using his official position to retaliate against someone for exercising their rights” by firing a teacher who testified about the situation before a grand jury.
