Utah official censured for falsely suggesting teenage girl is transgender
Utah official censured for falsely suggesting teenage girl is transgender
Utah Board of Education member Natalie Cline will be stripped of her committee assignments and prohibited from attending some board meetings.
Utah Board of Education member Natalie Cline will be stripped of her committee assignments and prohibited from attending some board meetings.
Utah’s Board of Education voted to censure one of its members and called for her resignation on Wednesday after she appeared to falsely suggest a teenage girl was transgender on social media.
Natalie Cline, the censured board member, posted a flyer for a Salt Lake City high school basketball team on Facebook last week, suggestively writing: “Girls’ basketball...” Although the post was later deleted — and it was revealed that the girl is not trans — Cline received a chorus of criticism from Utahns across the state last week, including from Gov. Spencer Cox.
In addition to being censured, Cline will be stripped of her committee assignments, prohibited from attending the board’s advisory committee meetings and forbidden from placing items on the board’s agenda, the board said.
And even if the girl was trans, she still shouldn't be bullying kids online. Jesus fuck, these people are so disgustingly pathetic.
Shitty thing to say but I want her in a lawsuit/jail for harassment.
This government official used her position to ruin the life of a teenager. Over fucking nothing.
They have a civil case for defamation, but I honestly think adults bullying children should get a criminal citation. Not a felony, but still something.
I think it should be a felony for a member of the board of education. She knowingly and willingly endangered the life of a child.
Trans hate harms everyone.
As a resident of this state it bugs the shit out of me to know these are the folks my neighbors vote for.
And when I see a reference to Utah in the news, I immediately wonder what kind of stupid or horrible thing have we done this time.
As a Texan, I feel your pain.
Oklahoman. Same here.
Also as a fellow Oklahoman I too feel the pain.
As a Floridian so do I
Perhaps they're competing against Arizona for "Florida of the West" honors.
From a trans person, thank you to all of you on this thread. It's the first time I've felt hope from a comment section since I don't know when.
Republicans are the biggest snowflakes I’ve ever seen tbh. Imagine feeling the need to shit on a high schooler for a political W.
Fucking pathetic.
Especially over something as ridiculous and inconsequential as high school sports.
Trump VP pick right there
What religion does she follow?
It's Utah. She's LDS.
...or on LSD:
At sufficiently high dosages LSD manifests primarily mental, visual, and auditory hallucinations
Was it a case of "The chick looks like a gentleman"?
This was a case of a politician misgendering a child. The language you are using suggests that it was an adult, and raises an eyebrow.
Edit: my fat thumb added letters where there shouldn't have been.
What exactly does a "chick" look like?
You see you are looking straight into the Pandoras box of whats literally the ultimate goal of GOPs transphobia?
Women must fall into this very specific definition of what they believe a women must be. Even down to appearance. If a women isn't tall, blonde, white, and beautiful than she's not a woman and undeserving of equal treatment under the law. Even the accusation is enough to control who's perceived to be a real woman