FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Public schools in a Northern Virginia county have quietly removed a pro-LGBTQ book after parents criticized it for sexually explicit images, The Daily Signal has learned.
Fairfax County Public Schools in the Washington, D.C., suburbs confirmed in emails to parent Stacy Langton that school libraries across the county had removed the book “Queer: A Graphic History,” by Meg-John Barker.
“I’m surprised they did this quietly, without notifying me, the public, or the LGBTQ community,” Langton, a 55-year-old mother of two children at Fairfax High School, told The Daily Signal in a statement Wednesday. “I assume it’s because it has become such a politically charged issue, that they did not want to hand me what looks like a victory—especially with only days to go before the presidential election!”
She suggested this news may impact the election, where former President Donald Trump, the Republican nominee, trails Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris by 5.8 points in the RealClearPolitics average.
Virginia became ground zero for the debate over parental rights in education during the 2021 gubernatorial election in the Old Dominion. Republican Glenn Youngkin prevailed over the Democratic nominee, former Gov. Terry McAuliffe, after McAuliffe said, “I’m not going to let parents come into schools and actually take books out and make their own decisions,” adding: “I don’t think parents........