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Park ranger fired after helping drape a transgender pride flag on Yosemite's El Capitan (www.nbcnews.com)
submitted 3 months ago by Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone to c/lgbtq_plus@beehaw.org
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There was no policy prohibiting the display of flags on El Capitan until the day after Joslin and their team hung the trans flag, when the NPS issued a new rule banning the hanging of large flags in wilderness areas. Yosemite leadership updated the 2024 Superintendent’s Compendium to include the update.

“Hanging flags has been a tradition that climbers have done on El Cap for decades, and that’s both individuals who are visiting the park, but also employees that are on their off time,” Joslin said. “There’s never been any kind of ramifications to any of those flag hanging activities. I’m the only one who’s been fired for it.”

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[–] aquafunk@lemmy.sdf.org 48 points 3 months ago (1 children)

citing an executive order

An EO!? It doesnt fucking matter what any despot wannabe in office says- we have a constitution. It states you havr freedom of speech. As long as they were on their off time, someone should lose their job for this firing.

[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

it’s completely legal if they remove all kinds of flags

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 32 points 3 months ago

It's not legal, it's discrimination. People (including park employees) have been hanging flags there for decades. One trans flag and the rules are changed the very next day and also the off-duty employee is fired and told they will be criminally investigated. This is so obviously just hatred and persecution...