LCPS Officials Say “No” to Shielding Students from the Real World

Posted By: Grace Newell January 17, 2020

Earlier this school year, Loudoun County Public Schools had a board meeting lasting three hours to try to decide if LGBTQ+ literature should be removed from school libraries and classrooms. At the beginning of this process, at least five books with LGBTQ themes were banished after parents’ complaints about inappropriate content.These books included “Hurricane Child,” which depicts a romantic relationship between two females and “The Pants Project,” which features a main character being male and transgender.

On Wednesday, after more debate about individual books, LCPS officials voted 2 to 1 to keep two more books in schools despite their involvement in homosexuality.One conservative member of the board, John Beatty, had only one argument, “it has a homosexual relationship, and I know some parents don’t like that.”Beatty said, but this did not seem to persuade any of his fellow voters to feel the same way.Charlotte McConnell, a member of the LCPS LGBTQ+ Advocacy Group, was pleased with the result of keeping the two books but claims that damage has already been done.

“Every grade needs access to these books, because we know LGBTQ kids have a higher rate for suicidal ideation,” says McConnell, “books can be a lifeline.”

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