January 1, Earle-Sears Rips Transgender Locker Room Rules

Wyatt’s Take

• Earle-Sears calls Fairfax transgender policy “nonsense”
• FCPS accused of ignoring parents and student safety
• Spanberger criticized for ducking parental rights

Virginia’s Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears stood with parents in Fairfax, blasting the transgender bathroom rules as “nonsense.”

She told a cheering crowd that families shouldn’t have to tolerate these policies in their local schools.

Fairfax County, near D.C., is in the middle of arguments about how administrators let transgender students use any locker room they like.

Earlier this month, complaints surfaced when a male student was allowed into the girls’ locker room at West Springfield High School.

According to a civil rights complaint, the boy would “stand there and watch [the girls],” and school staff let him use the space without girls present by limiting their access.

“Because, if you love me, you will make sure that my girl children are safe in the locker rooms and not having to undress in front of men,” Earle-Sears said.

She also spoke up for boys, saying they should have their own privacy and dignity.

She called Title IX a launch pad for women’s rights, not a tool for pushing these new policies.

Earle-Sears pushed reporters to ask her opponent, former Rep. Abigail Spanberger, about her views, pointing out Spanberger’s votes against parental rights in Congress.

The Parents Bill of Rights would have required schools to tell parents if a child wanted to transition or if violence happened in schools.

“[The bill] also said, if my child is transitioning, and you’re helping, I need to know that. It also says if violence is happening in the schools, I need to know that as a parent it says so many other things.”

All Democrats and five Republicans voted against the measure, keeping it from becoming law.

Spanberger says she wants rules that address each student’s needs, and she believes the old system worked well for everyone.

“I’m the mom of three daughters in Virginia public schools, and they participate in all activities across the board. I recognize the concern that families and community members might have about the safety of their own kids, about competitiveness, about fairness,” she said.

She argues Earle-Sears should focus on student achievement, blaming her for weak math scores since the pandemic.

Debate over who is standing up for families and kids in Virginia’s schools is heating up as the election draws near.

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