Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger Picks LGBT Activist Who Fought Girls’ Bathroom Protections for State Board Role

Virginia’s Democrat Governor Abigail Spanberger has chosen and LGBT activist who has fought against protections for girls’ bathrooms to sit on a state board that directly influences related policies.

During the election, Spanberger regularly dodged questions on this issue when asked by reporters. No we know why.

Her decision to appoint this person to this role just shows that Democrats have not changed at all. They are not budging on this issue and will go right back to where they were before the 2024 election the instant they retake power.

FOX News reports:

Spanberger taps LGBTQ activist who fought girls’ bathroom protections for state board

Virginia Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger appointed an LGBTQ activist who pushed back against efforts to bar biological males from girls’ bathrooms and locker rooms to a state advisory board that helps shape recommendations on LGBTQ-related policies.

Spanberger’s appointment of Kellen MacBeth on May 22, who previously led the LGBTQ nonprofit Equality Arlington, follows a gubernatorial campaign during which she ran as a moderate and sidestepped questions about transgender participation in women’s sports and access to female-only spaces.

MacBeth, the founder of Equality Arlington, has become one of Northern Virginia’s most visible LGBTQ advocates. Under his leadership, Equality Arlington has urged Virginia school districts to implement policies allowing transgender students to use bathrooms that align with their “gender identity” and has encouraged local governments to resist efforts to reverse those protections. The organization also advocated for preserving transgender-inclusive policies in Arlington Public Schools despite federal pressure to change them.

MacBeth has also opposed Virginia legislation that would require schools to notify parents when a student identifies as transgender or permit parents to exempt their children from classroom instruction involving LGBTQ-related topics.

Remember when Spanberger was ducking this issue? They’re just going to go right back to it. https://t.co/fRKLw0A2Ip

— Billionaire Chimp (@ChimpWithMoney) June 18, 2026

Newsmax has more:

The LGBTQ+ board, established under former Democrat Gov. Ralph Northam, advises the governor on economic, educational, and health matters affecting gay and transgender Virginians and submits annual reports to the General Assembly.

By statute, at least 15 of its 21 nonlegislative citizen members must identify as LGBTQ+.

As Equality Arlington’s president, MacBeth has been a sustained public voice against Trump administration policies on transgender students.

In a February 2025 letter to Arlington Public Schools, MacBeth thanked the district for “steadfast support” of transgender students and urged officials to “stand up for the rights of transgender athletes” in the face of a federal civil rights investigation and three Trump executive orders limiting gender-identity-based policies in schools and federal programs.

Spanberger’s campaign was a massive bait and switch. She campaigned as a moderate and then showed her true colors the minute she was sworn in as governor.

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