In a strong show of solidarity, more than 100 people filled the room as Granite School District’s board of education called for Natalie Cline to resign for her "cowardly, harmful and unacceptable" post about a student-athlete.

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.

  • RyanGosling [none/use name]
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    5 months ago

    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.

    • Ideology [she/her]
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      5 months ago

      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