In 2021, when the School Board finally got down to business, it created two “Heritage Months” to honor LGBTQIA+ students and staff: LGBTQIA+ Pride Month and LGBTQIA+ History Month. No other group has been honored in this manner.
Heritage Months are periods within the year that are designated to celebrate and acknowledge various ethnic and marginalized groups …
FCPS Heritage Months, Celebrations and Traditions
Meaningful learning experiences that increase representation of all identity groups are integrated in all subject areas, and FCPS will provide guidance and resources to teachers for the following heritage months and observances acknowledged by the Fairfax County School Board. (emphasis added)
The School Board doesn’t just pass a resolution, it requires “meaningful learning experiences to be integrated into all subject areas”!
In June, 2021, the Fairfax School Board passed its first LGBTQIA+ Pride Month Proclamation and has issued one each year since. The Proclamations read as an indictment of the Fairfax Schools, community and country where hate is the norm and LGBTQIA+ students are routinely bullied. Each year, the Proclamation uses the same language and claims “recent studies” but never give footnotes or evidence or even data. In 2023, the updated Proclamation proclaimed “now more than ever, with LGBTQIA+ people, especially transgender and gender-expansive youth, under attack by political leaders in Richmond and across the country who should know better than to bully children (emphasis added).
This theme of oppression will be repeated by School Board members, principals, the Superintendent and other FCPS staff. But who exactly are the oppressors that the School Board is holding at bay? Parents! The only changes in law in Richmond are to require parents be involved and give consent to any school action that promotes gender transformation. No wonder FCPS students report a high incidence of depression and anxiety.
In October 2021, the Board passed a Resolution Honoring LGBTQIA+ History Month. The resolution is a rewrite of the same grievances in the June Pride Proclamation. It does not address the problem in LGBTQIA+ history of individuals being “outed” posthumously because of interpretations (which may or may not be accurate) by present day activists of actions or comments of the historical figure. While claiming to promote LGBTQIA+ history as a means to inclusion and striking down judgment, the Board does not give the same respect to Judeo-Christian principles related to LGBTQIA+ behavior, while loving the individual, nor will a lesson in a public school on any related topics give an accurate or acceptable description of the Judeo-Christian perspective. In its effort to respect one marginalized group, it has succeeded in marginalizing others. As in the early Christian church, the state persecuted Christians that did not comply with Pagan beliefs, so the experience of Christian students in public schools today if they dare speak out on biblical Truths.
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