The Justice Department this week filed a Motion to Intervene and a Memorandum In Support of its motion in S.W. v. Loudoun County School Board, (ED VA, filed 12/8/2025). DOJ alleges that a Loudoun County high school discriminated against two male Christian students in disciplining them for their reaction to the presence of a transgender male in the boy's locker room.
In an Announcement of its action, DOJ said in part:
Policy 8040 requires all students, regardless of their religious beliefs, to adopt the Loudoun County School Board’s understanding of “gender identity” — including its practical application that affects all students’ use of intimate spaces, such as bathrooms and changing facilities. At Stone Bridge High School, a female student took advantage of this policy, entered the boys’ locker room, and recorded audio and video of the boys in that locker room. Several boys spoke out about this incident, including two Christian, male students whose religious beliefs require them to use biologically accurate pronouns and use sex-segregated facilities.
Loudoun County determined that these Christian, male students’ religious practice violated school policy, recasting constitutionally protected activity as “sex-based discrimination” and “sexual harassment.” ...
(See prior related posting.) Northern Virginia reports on DOJ's action.
