ANGELA MORABITO: Men Shouldn’t Be Allowed In Women’s Locker Rooms. Yet, There’s One School District Allowing Just That

A Virginia school district is under fire from parents for allowing a man into high school women’s locker rooms, where he exposed himself to women and girls. The Defense of Freedom Institute has asked the Department of Education to investigate this Title IX violation.

Arlington Public Schools (APS) allowed Richard Cox, a registered sex offender prior to his most recent arrest, to use the women’s locker room because he claimed to identify as female. Complaints from parents and community members stacked up for months, ABC 7 reports, before Cox was arrested in early December.

He now faces nine charges related to his unlawful presence and misconduct at local pools.

The school district makes its swimming pools, located on high school campuses, available for public use and swimming lessons after school hours. APS allows visitors to use the locker room of their choice, meaning that men claiming to be women may use the women’s facilities.

Cox told district employees that he identifies as a woman, but nothing about his physical appearance reads as female. He had previously driven several women at a local Planet Fitness to leave the gym when he used the women’s locker rooms, per ABC 7. (Like APS, Planet Fitness allows