VIRGINIA POLITICS

The Law Was Passed. The Funding Never Came.

by R. Anthony Harris | COMMUNITY, QUEER RVA, VIRGINIA NEWS, VIRGINIA POLITICS

One Richmond-area student’s fight reveals how Virginia’s 2020 reforms often died on arrival. When Lyn Jones transferred to Matoaca High School, just south of Richmond, she noticed something odd. Every girls’ restroom was outfitted with a metal dispenser—mounted to the...

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