Loudoun County teenagers and parents fight back against transgender authoritarianism

Published October 22, 2025 2:56pm ET



Loudoun County teenagers and their families are fighting back against the transgender authoritarianism of county Democrats, proving that the future is bright even in Democrat-leaning states such as Virginia.

Teenagers in Loudoun County are meeting voters at the polls to encourage them to support Loudoun County Public Schools board candidates who will ensure that boys’ locker rooms are for boys and girls’ locker rooms for girls. The teenagers are urging voters to support challengers to the incumbent school board members imposing transgender ideology on them, including April Chandler and Arben Istrefi, the latter of whom argued that “gender identity and gender expression” being “protected” is more important than boys and girls being protected in their own locker rooms.

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