"The LBGTQ agenda in schools is about indoctrination and grooming our children into an evil and wicked lifestyle"
This decision was made following more than a year of student walkouts protesting Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s new guidelines
Students have been organizing walkouts across Virginia since Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced new guidelines for trans & nonbinary students
Two parents are seeking to force schools to adopt Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s new policies for treatment of trans students
Arlington County, Fairfax County, and Prince William County Public Schools have announced they will not implement the new guidelines
A group of activists organized by FCPS Pride held a rally and march near Luther Jackson Middle School in Falls Church
The battle over books on LGBTQ+ themes, and even race relations has become a national issue with conservatives railing against libraries
Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin last Sept. announced plans to revise the guidelines that former Gov. Ralph Northam, signed into law in 2020
Fairfax Mayor Catherine Read, who attended, said that the city is paying for the event. Other sponsors included George Mason University
The suspect is 49-year-old Xuan Kha Tran Pham, who attacked staff sending two to local hospital with non-life threatening injuries