| Dear Fellow American,
In Loudoun County, Virginia, the school system has enacted a radical policy.
Policy 8040 requires teachers and students to deny the truth about being male and female by allowing students—without any parental involvement —to change their names and pronouns at school to match their subjective gender identity and requiring teachers and students to use those terms. By using pronouns that don't correspond to a student's sex, teachers are forced to communicate the idea that identity, not biology, is what makes someone a boy or a girl.
This is blatantly unconstitutional. The government cannot FORCE Americans to affirm ideologies with which they disagree.
Don't be silent! Will you stand with us and support ADF and the teachers challenging this dangerous policy? |
| Policy 8040 endangers the very students it claims to protect. And teachers cannot lawfully be forced to promote things they believe to be untrue, especially when those things harm students.
Now teachers are taking a stand.
Monica Gill is a history teacher at Loudoun County High School. Kim Wright is an English teacher at Smart's Mill Middle School.
Monica and Kim aren't willing to violate their consciences by saying things to their students that aren't true. And in forcing them to affirm that gender and sex are fluid and can be changed by making them refer to male students as "she" or "her" or to female students as "he" or "him," the policy does just that.
Monica and Kim also understand that students who believe their gender is inconsistent with their sex truly suffer. Some experience gender dysphoria. Many also deal with other mental and physical health issues at the same time: anxiety, depression, eating disorders, past abuse, and more. Policy 8040 puts these students at risk because it requires teachers to use names and pronouns "without any substantiating evidence "—that is, without a diagnosis of gender dysphoria or any other mental health assessment or care. This one-size-fits-all approach creates risk that students won't receive the help they really need.
Monica and Kim join a physical education teacher, Tanner Cross, who was suspended after he spoke up about the policy before it was enacted—during a public comment period of a school board meeting.
Alliance Defending Freedom filed a lawsuit against Loudoun County Public Schools on Tanner's behalf. A circuit court and the Virginia Supreme Court both said that suspension was likely illegal and reinstated him.
But the school board was undeterred by the legal setback and formally adopted the policy anyway. That's when Monica and Kim joined the lawsuit, and ADF amended the lawsuit to formally challenge the policy.
And that's why we need your support today. As a nonprofit organization, Alliance Defending Freedom relies solely on the donations of people like you. We don't charge our clients a dime for defending them in court.
Will you give today to help defend Kim, Monica, Tanner, and all the teachers affected by this radical policy? ADF doesn't charge our clients a dime for defending them in court, so we rely entirely on the generous support of folks like you!
Ultimately, this case is about kids. It's about treating them with respect and dignity—and telling them the truth. It's about their futures. Our nation's kids shouldn't be used as experiments. They're not pawns in a political or ideological game.
We're betting that you agree—and that you're concerned about what's happening to kids in school systems like Loudoun County.
Teachers are standing for freedom. They shouldn't have to stand alone.
When you give the best gift you can today, you'll help challenge the unlawful policy that contradicts the kids' best interests. |
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