Posted on 02/05/2025 11:24:46 AM PST by Red Badger
Virginia residents are rallying against parents who spoke out about an Arlington Public Schools (APS) District policy that allowed a serial sex offender to watch young girls change in a high school locker room for months.
The transgender proponents called on the district to maintain its policy allowing men to use women’s restrooms and locker rooms if they claim to be transgender after many parents voiced their concerns at a Jan. 30 school board meeting, according to ABC 7 News. Registered sex offender Richard K. Cox was arrested in December 2024 after several people reported a naked man watching women in the changing room of the Arlington Aquatic Center, which shares facilities with Washington Liberty-High School in Arlington, Virginia.
The man claimed to be transgender and had been allowed in the locker room for months despite complaints dating back to September of 2024.
“The gender identity of the person who entered the pool locker room is completely irrelevant to this conversation,” one speaker said at the school board meeting.
Another said that since the pool is open to the public, anyone is allowed to enter whichever locker room they choose, and changing the policy would not prevent future occurrences of sex offenders watching young girls.
Concerned parents called for an investigation into the school’s handling of the situation, saying “the district leadership failed to take the report seriously,” according to 7 News.
“Sadly, sexual predators exist and it will probably happen again,” one Arlington resident stated at the meeting. “There is not many things we can do to stop it.”
“I also encourage you not to backpedal on our supportive policies,” another said.
“I also request the APS board reject attacks from those within the community,” a man added. “Attempts to equate protections for trans kids to the actions of a sex offender is disgusting and it must be rebuked.”
APS Superintendent Francisco Durán released a statement doubling down on the district’s commitment to building an “inclusive community” for “those who identify as members of the LGBTQ+ community” following the incident, stating, “[o]ur facilities are designed to be safe, welcoming spaces where our community can come to connect, engage and focus on their health and well-being.” The district is allegedly considering resolving the issue by labeling the facilities as open to all genders.
APS and the APS school board did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.
Amazing how a mistake with one silly misplaced little letter can change the meaning, they meant to say Resident asks School To Overlook Trans Sex Offender Caught Naked In Girls’ Locker Room To Keep Gender Policy
They need to let go of the notion of gender identity.
And verbiage like what they were "assigned" at birth.
Not people you want to be around no telling what they will do next.
Northern VA is a Democret rathole. Here in Southeast VA that crap doesnt happen.
I just had an idea, and no, it didn’t hurt:
Each state, and maybe even the Congress, should pass a law that REQUIRES a person to have the entire surgical procedure to become the opposite sex if they want to be recognized as that sex.
Then we would see who is serious and who just wants to ogle little girls naked..............
Richard K Cox has been indicted and appeared in court for Tier III sex offender charges. This would prohibit him being in or near any school activity once convicted. Are these activist not aware?
Here’s the kicker. Cox is released on a zero cash bond.
The creep:
https://inmatewebquery.arlingtonva.us/NewWorld.InmateInquiry/VA0070000/Inmate/Detail/-1892777
EC
My high school guidance counselor’s name was Ada Cox (it’s true).
The title of the article should start “Some” or better yet, “A Few”.
Was he sporting a hard on?
I’ve related my story in high school how a gay (I’m guessing) classmate was standing naked in the boys communal gym showers talking to another male classmate while sporting a full hard on.
Friendly conversation between them continued (as did the erection, seemingly unnoticed by his classmate), as I left the shower room.
EEEEWWWWW!....................
At least it wasn’t “Choksondik”.
You can’t make this stuff up.
my neighbor in the 80’s was Ima Cox. she went by Jean tho.
Thats good to hear. Kinda like Austin gives Texas a bad name.
I wonder what the outcome would be of a fraud charge if a man arranged a date with what he thought was a woman, and it turned out to be a male, albeit fully trussed up like a woman. Would the court be compelled to rule that your feelings don’t matter when it comes to whether you are male or female?
My HS math teacher was Jack Simoff…..teenagers can be merciless.
Formerly Washington & Lee High School until political correct Virginia began renaming schools to eliminate references to Confederate figures.
My thoughts exactly.
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