During the 2024-2025 school year, a girl attending a school in Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) in Virginia used the boys’ locker room. In March, the girl made a video of the boys in their space. The girl’s and the boys’ parents filed Title IX complaints with the school.
All three students made sexual harassment claims. LCPS promptly investigated the girl’s allegations but didn’t meaningfully investigate the boys’ complaints. In fact, the school district suspended both boys.
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights concluded that “Loudoun County failed to meaningfully investigate complaints of sexual harassment by two male students concerning the presence of a member of the opposite sex in male-only intimate spaces yet thoroughly investigated the female student’s sexual harassment complaint about the boys.”
The Trump administration has given Loudoun County Public Schools 10 days to rescind the suspension, review their Title IX investigation finding, apologize to the boys, notify students and parents that the school district will promptly investigate Title IX complaints in a manner required by law, and train staff who receive sexual harassment complaints under Title IX.
LCPS clearly risks the safety of its students and violates their rights under their so-called transgender policy.
“First, Loudoun’s policy of allowing students to occupy intimate facilities based on ‘gender identity’ rather than biological sex violates Title IX, compromises safety, and infringes upon the dignity and privacy interests to which students are entitled,” said Craig Trainor, acting assistant secretary for Civil Rights.
The school district also failed to treat the students equally. The school favored the girl. Ironically, schools with “transgender” policies typically side with boys — when they’re pretending to be girls.
“The Trump Administration’s dedication to equal protection under the law is unwavering, and we will not permit rogue localities to defy that principle,” Trainor said.
Photo credit: Chris Zubak-Skees (Creative Commons) – Some rights reserved
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