“Virginia Students Suspended After Questioning Transgender Peer in Boys’ Locker Room”

Two Virginia teen students are being suspended after they were recorded on video questioning why a female student who identifies as male was in the boys locker room. The Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) is suspending the Stone Bridge High School students for 10 days following a Title IX investigation into the incident earlier this year, attorney Josh Heltzer, who represents the boys’ families, told 7News.

Heltzer said that LCPS found the boys to be responsible for sexual harassment and sex-based discrimination in a case that has sparked a furious response from parents the boys’ parents as well as Virginia’s attorney general, who has argued that the school agency’s process was biased and retaliatory.

Heltzer said the families were notified by LCPS on Friday of the decision. The school agency has not publicly announced the suspension. The punishment includes a no-contact order with the complainant, including not being able to be in any of the same classes. The boys are also required to meet with school administrators to determine a corrective action plan, according to Hetzler.

Seth Wolfe, one of the boys’ parents, told 7News that he was angered by the decision and said it was concerning development.

“[We’re] saddened by the decision-making process and how that went,” Wolfe said.

Another parent, Renae Smith, was also furious and said she had already pulled her child out of the school and that the family had moved out of state.