ACLU of Virginia lawsuit alleges King George School Board blocked LGBTQ+ student club

By: Nathaniel Cline

Outlets: Virginia Mercury

Published: August 7, 2026

Words: 706

Last Updated: 1 week, 5 days ago

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A leading civil rights defense firm has lodged a lawsuit against King George County School Board for allegedly blocking middle school students from creating a student organization supporting LGBTQ+ students.

According to the lawsuit, filed Tuesday in federal court by the ACLU of Virginia and the Potomac Law Group, two students proposed the Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) club last August, but faced pushback from the wider community that said the club was not an “age-appropriate” group …

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