By Brad Brooks

Dec 8 (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Justice said on Monday it had sued a Virginia county’s school board for allowing a biologically female student access to the boy’s locker room and then punishing the boys for complaining.

It was the latest action by ‍the department over the gender policies of some schools across the country.

The department said in a release that it had sued the Loudoun County School Board “for its denial of equal protection based on religion.”

The lawsuit alleges that the school board’s gender policy permitting transgender children to use whichever locker room corresponds with their gender identity “requires students and faculty to accept and promote gender ideology” with which they may not agree.

Loudoun County Public Schools, located on the ‌no

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