Emails reveal Virginia school officials approved an LGBTQ+ club — until conservative backlash hit

Emails reveal Virginia school officials approved an LGBTQ+ club — until conservative backlash hit

The new school year in King George County, Virginia, was one day old when a 13-year-old student asked a federal judge to order their middle school to allow an LGBTQ+ student organization to meet immediately.The student, identified in court records as Z.J.W., is beginning eighth grade — their final year at King George Middle School. They spent much of the previous school year trying to form a Gay-Straight Alliance, only to watch administrators ha…