On December 8, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced its plan to join a lawsuit against Virginia’s Loudoun County School Board for alleged religious discrimination after two Christian high school boys were suspended for complaining about a transgender student in their locker room. The case, S.W. et al. v. Loudoun County School Board, alleges that a transgender student accessed a male-designated locker room at Stone Bridge High School, as permitted under school district policy. After they raised concerns and filed complaints, the two Christian students were ultimately suspended for 10 days under Title IX for statements allegedly made on a recording the transgender student captured in the locker room.
According to the DOJ, “Loudoun County’s decision to advance and promote gender ideology tramples on the rights of religious students who cannot embrace ideas that deny biological reality.”
The DOJ has also opposed transgender student inclusion in school curriculum, facilities, and other public spaces and is in line with the U.S. Department of Education’s finding that the school district was among five Northern Virginia school systems in violation of Title IX for having transgender-inclusive policies.
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