ACLU of Virginia Lawsuit Alleges King George School Board Blocked LGBTQ+ Student Club

ACLU of Virginia lawsuit alleges King George School Board blocked LGBTQ+ student club

The ACLU of Virginia and the Potomac Law Group have filed a lawsuit against Prince George County's school board for allegedly blocking middle school students from forming a LGBTQ+ advocacy club. (Photo by Parker Michels-Boyce for The Virginia Mercury)A leading civil rights defense firm has lodged a lawsuit against King George County School Board for allegedly blocking middle school students from creating a student organization supporting LGBTQ+ …

A Virginia school board bent over backward to block an LGBTQ+ club. One mom explains why she’s suing

This story originally appeared on The Advocate.Susan Park’s child has already advanced from King George Middle School, about an hour and 20 minutes southeast of Washington, D.C. The eighth-grade year in which he hoped to join a gay-straight alliance, make friends and find some relief from bullying is over. That time cannot be returned to him. When school starts, he will enter King George High School.Park could have allowed the dispute over the c…

School banned all clubs to prevent LGBTQ+ club from meeting but allowed Christian group to meet

Administration at a middle school in Virginia allegedly banned all clubs from meeting just so that they could stop an LGBTQ+ club from meeting. Now the students are suing, saying the ban violated their First Amendment rights. On Tuesday, the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia and Potomac Law Group filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of two King George Middle School students and their parents accusing the King George County School Board of …

A rural Virginia school board changed its rules to block an LGBTQ+ club. Students are suing in federal court

The lawsuit says King George County officials allowed students to skin squirrels in another group and told LGBTQ+ students to disguise their gay-straight alliance as a “Kindness Club,” before blocking it altogether.

Virginia school district sued after repeatedly changing rules to block LGBTQ student club

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