A Yosemite National Park ranger and biologist was terminated after hanging a 66-foot transgender pride flag from El Capitan for about two hours on May 20 and then taking it down voluntarily. A termination letter cited the incident and accused the ranger of failing to demonstrate acceptable conduct in their capacity as a biologist. The flag display responded to policies from the current administration that target trans people and expressed nonbinary identity. The termination was framed as signaling that federal workers with identities that conflict with administration positions must be silent or risk elimination. Park officials and the U.S. Justice Department are pursuing administrative action against employees and possible criminal charges against visitors alleged to have violated federal demonstration regulations.
failing to demonstrate acceptable conduct
I was really hurting because there were a lot of policies coming from the current administration that target trans people, and I'm nonbinary,
If you're a federal worker and you have any kind of identity that doesn't agree with this current administration, then you must be silent, or you will be eliminated.
are pursuing administrative action against several Yosemite National Park employees and possible criminal charges against several park visitors who are alleged to have violated federal laws and regulations related to demonstrations,
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