(Patch) An LGBTQIA+ advocacy group representing Fairfax County Public School students criticized at-large school board member Abrar Omeish for “bigoted comments” they say she made during a phone call last month.
In a letter posted online at noon Friday, the Pride Liberation Project said a delegation of queer Muslim and brown students from FCPS talked with Omeish by phone on June 21 to discuss the challenges queer students of South Asian, Middle Eastern, and North African background encountered in the school system.
During the phone meeting, Omeish told the students she didn’t believe she could be a “100 percent ally” of the queer community, according to the letter, and she claimed it would be a “challenge” to outwardly endorse or encourage queer students.
