FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va.—A group of parents rallied outside the Fairfax County school board meeting on Thursday night to protest the board’s new “malicious misgendering” policy that disciplines elementary school students for not addressing transgender students with their preferred pronouns.
Later in the night, the board voted 8–4 and approved the new policy as a part of the students’ handbook of rules and responsibilities. The adopted version removed wording about punishing accidental misgendering in the previous version.
