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BY DAVID TRAN AND JESS NOCERA
Richmond Times-Dispatch
RICHMOND â When Meredithâs son, who is transgender, started his freshman year at Henrico High School in 2017, Meredith emailed his teachers asking them to use his preferred name and pronouns. She said the teachers were more than willing to comply.
However, getting his name changed in the school s online system was a little more challenging, said Meredith, who asked that only her first name and her son s first initial E be used for privacy reasons. There were hiccups along the way â the school would not update his name in the system before it was legally changed.
The last year has seen the former capital of the Confederacy make some of its largest changes since Lee surrendered in Appomattox 156 years ago.
A massive sign honoring Appomattox Virginia where on April 9, 1865, Confederate Generals surrendered to the North ending the U.S. Civil War. (Courthouse News photo / Brad Kutner)
APPOMATTOX, Va. (CN) When you enter the county of Appomattox a giant sign welcomes you with a message: “Where our nation reunited.” It’s a message many argue looks good in giant letters but fails to accurately represent those who were oppressed at the hands of the losing side of the American Civil War which ended over 150 years ago this month. While the Confederacy might have surrendered in Appomattox, its legacy has long been ingrained in every part of Virginia.
Transgender and nonbinary students in Virginia will soon be able to use their pronouns and name of choice at school, according to new guidelines from the Virginia Department of Education that school districts must adopt come September.
VDOEâs model guidelines were issued in March, a month bookended annually by International Transgender Day of Visibility on March 31, a day to celebrate the transgender community and raise awareness about the discrimination the community faces.
The commemoration was founded in 2009 by Rachel Crandall-Crocker, a psychotherapist and executive director of Transgender Michigan, who said in a Wednesday column for the online LGBTQ magazine âThemâ that she wanted the community to have more than the Transgender Day of Remembrance, observed annually on Nov. 20.
Whistleblower received bonus, glowing performance review prior to suspension
The woman who investigated multiple complaints against the Virginia Parole Board and later sued Virginia s State Inspector General for suspending her from her job released documents she said showed that she was considered a model employee before she was put on leave.
Posted at 1:33 PM, Mar 15, 2021
and last updated 2021-03-15 18:38:46-04
RICHMOND, Va. The woman who investigated multiple complaints against the Virginia Parole Board and later sued Virginia s State Inspector General for suspending her from her job released documents she said showed that she was considered a model employee before she was put on leave.