FLEMINGTON, N.J. (1010 WINS) — The Hunterdon Central Regional High School announced an investigation into a transphobic Twitter account Wednesday after a local LGBTQ advocacy group said it was linked to one of the board members.
Representatives from the Flemington QTs, an LGBTQ advocacy group based in the same town as the school, brought up the account at a Board of Education meeting on Monday.
The account denounced trans-inclusive programming at HCRHS, and misgendered several prominent trans women, including U.S. Secretary of Health Rachel Levine, civil rights activist Marsha P. Johnson and actress Laverne Cox.
“Hey, Deb, our illustrious former blue ribbon school Hunterdon Central Regional High School (NJ) has two men on the ‘honoring women’s history’ display,” read a March 19 post on the page. “When I complained to the superintendent, Jeff Moore, he offered to re-educate the kids who are offended by it. I hate NJ.”
The profile has since been deleted.
Neither the school board nor the advocacy group publicly identified the owner of the account.
“The board and our superintendent reject the hateful ideas posted in this account as harmful to children and adults in our community and to our school’s mission,” said the Hunterdon Central Regional School BOE in a statement to NJ.com. “These posts convey outright disdain and disrespect for our Board, our school, and our staff.”
The school board encouraged anyone who could help identify the owner of the Twitter account to contact Board President Lisa Hughes.
The allegations against the HCRHS board member come amid efforts by anti-trans activists to limit the participation of trans students in public life and to do away curricula that addresses LGBTQ history.
In just three years, 19 states have banned transgender athletes from participating in youth sports.
Florida banned discussion of sexuality and gender identity in schools from kindergarten through third grade in March 2022. Gov. Ron DeSantis has since moved to expand the ban to all grades through the state Board of Education. The board is made up of governor appointees, and the expansion would not require the approval of the state legislature.
Over the past three years, 42 bills following Florida's so-called "don't say gay" model have been introduced across 22 states, but, as of, March 2023, only Florida has passed such legislation.
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