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MARIPOSA COUNTY, Calif. - A Yosemite National Park ranger, Shannon "SJ" Joslin, was fired after hanging a 66-foot wide transgender pride flag from El Capitan.

A group of transgender, queer, and allied climbers unfurled a trans pride flag on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, Calif., on Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (Photo by Carlos Avila Gonzalez/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images) Expand

The backstory:

On May 20, Joslin, a park ranger and biologist, along with a group of seven climbers that included two other rangers, hung a large transgender pride flag from the climbing wall, El Capitan, officials said.

Joslin, who is nonbinary, said they were "really hurting" due to the current administration's policies targeting transgender people and hung the flag as a statement o

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