The Loudoun County School Board voted this evening to adopt transgender-inclusive policies as required by the State Board of education.

The Washington Post reports that the new guidelines, which take effect immediately, allows transgender students access to school facilities and groups, such as sports teams, that match their gender identities and require steachers to address transgender children by their names and pronouns.

The policy was approved by a 7-to-2 vote, with the board’s two conservative members — John Beatty (Catoctin) and Jeff Morse (Dulles) — opposed to it.

Louden County became a flashpoint when in May the Board suspended a teacher that refused to honor students’ authentic gender and names. The Anti-LGBT hate group Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) took Byron Cross’ legal case which has since been appealed by the board to the Virginia State Supreme Court.

The vote had been scheduled for Tuesday’s regular Board meeting but was rescheduled for Wednesday after four hours of Testomony.

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