Overview
- Loudoun County Public Schools opened a Title IX investigation into three male students who voiced discomfort about sharing a boys' locker room with a transgender female student.
- The transgender student allegedly recorded the boys during their discussion, raising privacy concerns given district rules prohibiting recordings in locker rooms.
- Policy 8040, adopted in 2021, allows students to use facilities corresponding to their asserted gender identity, sparking ongoing controversy over privacy and safety.
- Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares criticized the district's actions and urged adoption of state model policies emphasizing biological sex and parental rights.
- The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights is separately investigating Loudoun County's transgender policies for potential Title IX violations following a complaint by America First Legal.