Loudoun superintendent pushes back after Va. delegate slams LGBTQ+ history acknowledgment

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Local News · Virginia · October 14, 2026

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Loudoun County Schools Superintendent Aaron Spence defended his school board’s recent LGBTQ+ History Month proclamation, after Republican Del. Tim Griffin, R-Bedford, called the board’s decision “despicable” on social media and suggested the school system influences students’ sexual identities.

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