Three teenage boys are currently facing a Title IX sexual harassment investigation for what? For having the audacity to express discomfort when a biological female entered their locker room. Let that sink in.
The Incident That Sparked the Investigation
The video at the center of this sham investigation tells the whole story. A female student who identifies as male walks into the boys’ locker room at Stone Bridge High School with her phone camera recording – already a clear violation of school policy prohibiting recordings in locker rooms.
As the boys realize what’s happening, one asks, “There’s a girl in here? There’s a girl?” Later, another voice can be heard saying, “Why is there a girl? I’m so uncomfortable there is a girl,” followed by, “A female, bro, get out of here.”
That’s it. That’s the so-called “sexual harassment” that has these young men’s futures hanging in the balance. Expressing discomfort in a private conversation – not directed at the student recording them – is now grounds for a Title IX investigation in Loudoun County.
A One-Sided “Investigation”
Even more outrageous is the fact that the student who actually broke school policy by recording minors in a locker room faces no similar scrutiny. As one father rightly pointed out: “I have a daughter that’s in high school as well, and if there was a male in there videotaping her in the locker room, I would have issues.”
But in today’s Loudoun County Public Schools, only certain students’ privacy matters. Only certain violations merit investigation.
What message is this sending? That boys have no right to feel uncomfortable when a biological female enters their changing space? That expressing that discomfort – even privately amongst themselves – is now a punishable offense?
The Parents Speak Out
“He was questioning why there was a female in the males’ locker room,” one father explained to 7News. “There were other boys asking the same question. They [LCPS] created a very uncomfortable situation. They’re young, they’re 15 years old. They’re expressing their opinions, and now they’re being targeted for expressing those opinions.”
Another parent at a school board meeting declared: “In truth, he is the victim of a Title IX violation, ignored and unsupported by the very system that is supposed to protect him.”
One immigrant father, who described his Muslim faith as important to him, is now considering leaving Loudoun County altogether. “To me, it looks like they’re targeting the minority,” he said. His son is now “thinking about dropping school” over this baseless investigation.
State Officials Stepping In
Governor Glenn Youngkin has rightly called for an investigation into LCPS handling of this matter, stating: “Students who express legitimate concerns about sharing locker rooms with individuals of the opposite biological sex should not be subjected to harassment or discrimination claims.”
Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares added: “This is just the latest example of what happens when school boards disregard common sense. The safety, dignity and privacy of every student in Virginia should be non-negotiable.”
LCPS’s response? They claim they “will not engage in public discourse that misrepresents our policies or the facts of a student matter.” This from the same district that transferred a student who sexually assaulted a girl in a bathroom to another school, where he assaulted another female student.
The Chilling Effect
Josh Hetzler, legal counsel for Founding Freedoms Law Center, which represents the boys, warned: “These types of Title IX sexual harassment investigations can really derail a young man’s life, especially as they’re going into college, starting a career. These have a way of really stigmatizing them, especially when they’re unfounded, like this was.”
The reality is clear: this investigation has nothing to do with protecting transgender students and everything to do with silencing dissent. It’s meant to send a message to every student in Loudoun County – question the new orthodoxy at your peril.
A Pattern of Abuse in Loudoun County
This is the same school district that made national headlines in 2021 when a male student sexually assaulted a female classmate in a girls’ bathroom at Stone Bridge High School. Three months later, LCPS passed its policy allowing students to use restrooms matching their gender identity – and the attacker, after being quietly transferred to Broad Run High School, assaulted another girl.
Now LCPS wants us to believe they’re acting in good faith? That they’re truly concerned with student safety and dignity?
Time to Take a Stand
The persecution of these three boys isn’t just an isolated incident – it’s the inevitable result of policies that place ideological compliance above student safety and free expression. It’s what happens when school boards decide that some students’ comfort matters more than others.
Parents across Loudoun County – and indeed across America – need to wake up to what’s happening in their children’s schools. When students can be investigated for sexual harassment simply for expressing discomfort in a private conversation, we’ve crossed a dangerous line.
These boys deserve justice. They deserve to have this baseless investigation dropped immediately. And the administrators who authorized this witch hunt deserve to be held accountable for their abuse of power.
This isn’t about opposing transgender rights – it’s about defending the most basic principle of fairness: that all students deserve to feel safe and have their privacy respected. Until Loudoun County Public Schools recognizes this fundamental truth, no student is truly safe in their care.