Looks like one of the transphobic shit stains in Utah went too far and pissed off ordinary Mormon soccer moms. I hope this is a wake up call for some of these people, but probably not.
Matt Hymas, a member of the Utah State Board of Education who serves with Cline, also attended.
So we’re literally gonna let Hamas dictate our school policies now? Great. The thing we need right now is furry jihadists shooting their litter at our American flags.
But van der Beek said she and her husband harbor no hate or animosity toward Cline, even with the turmoil and unwanted attention the school board member has thrown her family into this week.
“What she did was 100% wrong, and I don’t support that. But I don’t know her,” van der Beek said. “So let’s just love a little bit more.”
I’m sorry but they mentioned several times that their daughter was harassed, threatened, and felt distraught. If this happened to my children I would pray to Joseph Smith to give me strength to not beat this women to death with my bare hands
The article seems very carefully worded to avoid condoning or condemning trans rights. It almost reads like people in the story are treating the accusation of being trans as a slur in itself.
I'd be curious to know the actual situation; if people are calling for this board member's impeachment because using trans identity as a slur is offensive to them, or if they believe that being associated with transpeople itself is offensive to their sensibilities and the death threats simply added to their embarrassment.
I don’t want to accuse these folks of anything cause we don’t have any information about them other than this incident, but this quote is from the article
“It’s all overwhelming, and you just never think it’s going to be your kid,” van der Beek said afterward.
But they also said this
One mom, van der Beek said, told her that after her husband died her daughter wore his clothes to school to remember him; the girl was harassed for looking too masculine.
There was another incident a few years back. Some middle school girl won a sports competition, and the parents on the losing side demanded the admin do an investigation to see if she’s trans.
The school complied and concluded that she was indeed a cis girl. I don’t remember the conclusion, but I just know people were upset that the school went through medical information and shared it with random parents. Don’t remember much about condemnation of transphobia though.
I'm not saying there's a knowable answer at this point. It's just a bit worrying when accusations like this are considered life ruining when there are so many of us actually are the object of derision
I think it's pretty clear that the issue for people is that a cis person got called trans. Most cis people see you hat as one of the worst possible insults. Things would be very different if the girl was actually trans, and probably Natalie would keep her job.
Utah? That shithole? Most of them agree with her. Was she not genocidal enough?
