Lawsuit over Virginia schools' transgender policies tossed by Lynchburg judge

LYNCHBURG, Va. (WSET) — A Lynchburg judge dismissed two lawsuits against the Virginia Department of Education’s policies regarding transgender students.

Conservative activists filed the lawsuits against the VDOE’s “Model Policies for the Treatment of Transgender Students in Virginia’s Public Schools” earlier this year seeking to block the new policy.

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Judge J. Frederick Watson dismissed the lawsuits in a Lynchburg Circuit Court following arguments from the office of Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring.

“Every single child who goes to school in the Commonwealth deserves a positive, safe, nurturing learning environment, without the fear of discrimination or harassment simply because of who they are,” said Attorney General Herring. “I hope that today’s win shows young people all over the Commonwealth that they will be supported here.”

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