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A tale of Republicans out of control.
And the non-apology apology didn't stop the harassment.
Utah official faces calls to resign after falsely suggesting teen girl is transgender (NBC)
Natalie Cline, a member of the Utah State Board of Education, posted earlier this week on Facebook a flier for a high school girls basketball team in Salt Lake County, suggestively writing: Girls basketball... The post has since been deleted.
The teenagers parents said the post invited a swarm of cyberbullying directed toward their daughter, whom they said is not trans and described as a tomboy, and are calling for Clines resignation.
Heres a person that is supposed to be in a position of leadership that advocates for our childrens safety, well-being, their privacy, and shes the one who has instigated this post that has led to all this hate, Al van der Beek, the girls father, told NBC affiliate KSL of Salt Lake City.
Cline apologized on Facebook on Wednesday, acknowledging that her post created a firestorm around the teenager and that derogatory comments about the player were made.
She also defended her intent saying that the girl does have a larger build, like her parents, and did not suggest she would resign.
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Ocelot II
(121,194 posts)Has the hatred of trans people come to the point where everyone will routinely have to display their genitalia to some bigoted Karen before they are allowed to play a sport or even use a bathroom? And, of course, what about people who really are trans? Are they supposed to pretend or hide or just stay home so they can go to the bathroom without being harassed, not to mention their exclusion from sports. I can't for the life of me figure out where all this hate is coming from. WTF is wrong with people?
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Dear_Prudence
(836 posts)The story is horrifying and I feel for that child. My trivial concern is various legislative efforts to ban people from using the "wrong" bathroom. When the rest rooms are single, the womens' room is tied up, and the mens' room is empty, I have felt that, in urgent circumstances, a woman should be able to duck into the mens' room. I may have to become a conscient objector.
mopinko
(71,907 posts)just happened to b wearing my overalls, parka and my irish flat cap. figured i was close enough to pass.
dont think anyone noticed.
was surprised to find that a downtown eatery had single sex, individual bathrooms.
sybylla
(8,655 posts)Like my spouse or a friend - to let anyone know that the empty men's room is being occupied by a woman tired of waiting.
LostOne4Ever
(9,598 posts)But it would have been okay if they had actually been trans is proof that these assholes know what they are doing is wrong and bigoted.
Fuck that transphobe!