Watch This Virginia Dad Call Out His Trans Kid's School Board for Its Anti-LGBTQ+ Policies
Cody Conner is going viral after speaking out during a Virginia Beach school board meeting. His trans daughter is a student in the district.
November 15, 2023
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Cody Conner is going viral after speaking out during a Virginia Beach school board meeting. His trans daughter is a student in the district.
In a 9-1 vote, the board revised transgender student guidelines, sparking intensified local dialogue amid a broader debate on transgender rights and education policies in Virginia.
The school board in Virginia's largest city recently deadlocked on whether to enact the Republican governor's model policies.
The students have been attending every school board meeting for the past year to speak out.
Shelby Riddick-Walker was struck and killed by a vehicle going the wrong way in a tunnel.
"I wanted to speak my truth, and it just felt right in the moment to say it," said Convirs-Fowler, who came out at a Pride event in Virginia Beach.
The book, Gender Queer: A Memoir, has been banned in a number of school libraries as districts across the country restrict access to LGBTQ+ content.
The law that allows any citizen to petition for a book to be declared obscene is most likely unconstitutional, a judge ruled.
Bills to ban anti-LGBTQ discrimination in housing and public employment won't get a House vote this year.
Jerry Paul Smith of Blacksburg, Va., was beaten to death May 31. A man he met on Tinder is charged with second-degree murder.
The daughter's boyfriend has been charged with murdering the couple and another woman who came to help.
School boards are seeing heated discussions and transphobic comments, such as a parent saying trans restroom access will lead to "gang rape."