Great work by the Arlington County School Board, which agreed unanimously this evening to sign on to an amicus brief in support of transgender Gloucester (Virginia) High School student Gavin Grimm. According to Arlington County School Board member Barbara Kanninen (see video below), Arlington “will be the only school board in the Commonwealth of Virginia to sign this brief” in the case of Gavin Grimm vs. Gloucester County School Board. In signing on, Arlington County’s School Board refuted Gloucester County’s false claims that “allowing all students to access sex-specific facilities and amenities that match their gender identity will lead to general disruption…violate the privacy or comfort of other students…lead to the abolition of gender-segregated facilities and activities for all students.”
