New Leadership! The FCPS Pride Board elected new leadership for 2024. Chris McCormick and Vanessa Hall will be the new co-directors of FCPS Pride. But don’t worry, Robert Rigby isn’t going anywhere! He is truly irreplaceable, and we are grateful for his leadership and continued dedication to our community. Both Chris Read more…
Please sign up to speak at the first FCPS School Board Meeting of the year, Thursday, August 31st, at 7 pm. Our suggested theme –“FCPS must systematically and intentionally include and welcome traditionally excluded students, staff and families – Black, POC, Disabled, Queer, LGBTQIA, immigrant, and those with intersecting marginalized Read more…
Sharing this message and video from The Trevor Project.“This year’s back to school season may look just a little different for LGBTQ students, their parents, and teachers. The record-high number of anti-LGBTQ laws, especially ones that limit what students get to learn or how they can be fully themselves in Read more…
Here are a few things you can do, right now, to support.
The news of Governor Youngkin’s “Model Policies On The Privacy, Dignity, And Respect For All Students and Parents In Virginia’s Public Schools” has many of us feeling angry, scared, and uncertain. Below are a few resources that might be helpful right now. Most importantly, know that you are seen and Read more…
We object to the VA DOE updated model policies. As unbelievable as it is, they are WORSE than those released in 2022. They purport to respect all students and parents, yet they actually manage to disrespect every family and student while specifically targeting our most vulnerable students. We are too Read more…
Rally/Protest/Celebration for the acceptance of trans and gender-expansive people in Virginia schools. Also, it is the School Board Proclamation of October as LGBTQIA+ History Month in Fairfax County Public Schools 6:00 p.m. at Luther Jackson Middle School, 3020 Gallows Road We will have a rally and protest at 6, then Read more…
What is going on with this “misgendering and deadnaming” clause in the SR&R? On bullying: Preventing bullying of more vulnerable, less numerous groups is essential for everyone. If bullying of less powerful and privileged groups is allowed, the culture of bullying spreads, and the next group becomes scapegoated. When bullying Read more…
The books which were removed from circulation from our school libraries in September, Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe and Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison were returned to circulation today, November 30, 2021 after following the usual FCPS review process for challenged materials. There has been an appeal to the superintendent Read more…
Lynchburg Court supports trans students and disallows lawsuits against the Model Policies for the Treatment of Transgender Students in Virginia’s Public Schools A Virginia judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging the Virginia Department of Education’s adoption of “model policies” for how school districts should treat transgender children, ranging from their Read more…