Park ranger who hung trans pride flag in Yosemite says they were fired
Park ranger who hung trans pride flag in Yosemite says they were fired
A former Yosemite employee says they’ve been fired by the National Park Service, three months after flying a transgender pride flag from El Capitan.
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Truth Analysis
Analysis Summary:
The article is mostly accurate, reporting on the firing of a Yosemite park ranger after a transgender pride flag was displayed on El Capitan. There's a slight bias due to the framing of the event and selective reporting, but the core facts are supported by multiple sources. Some details, like the ranger's motivations, are presented from their perspective without counter-arguments.
Detailed Analysis:
- Claim: A former Yosemite employee says they've been fired by the National Park Service.
- Verification Source #1: Confirms that a park ranger was fired after helping drape a transgender pride flag on El Capitan.
- Verification Source #2: Confirms Shannon Joslin was summoned to the deputy superintendent's office at Yosemite National Park.
- Verification Source #3: Confirms that Shannon Joslin was fired after hanging a Pride flag from El Capitan.
- Assessment: Supported
- Claim: The firing occurred three months after flying a transgender pride flag from El Capitan.
- Verification Source #1: Does not explicitly mention the three-month timeframe, but confirms the firing occurred after the flag display.
- Verification Source #2: Does not mention the three-month timeframe.
- Verification Source #3: Does not mention the three-month timeframe.
- Assessment: Unverified. While other sources confirm the firing was related to the flag, the specific three-month timeframe is not corroborated.
- Claim: The flag was a transgender pride flag.
- Verification Source #1: Confirms the flag was a transgender pride flag.
- Verification Source #3: Confirms the flag was a transgender Pride flag.
- Assessment: Supported
- Claim: The flag was displayed on El Capitan.
- Verification Source #1: Confirms the flag was draped on El Capitan.
- Verification Source #3: Confirms the flag was hung from El Capitan.
- Assessment: Supported
- Claim: Joslin says at the time, they were off the clock and did not use any park resources to hang the flag.
- Verification Source #5: Confirms Joslin's statement about being off the clock and not using park resources.
- Assessment: Supported
- Claim: There was no policy prohibiting the display of flags on El Capitan until the day after Joslin and their team hung the trans flag.
- Verification Source #4: Confirms the claim about the policy being implemented after the flag was hung.
- Assessment: Supported
Supporting Evidence/Contradictions:
- NBC News confirms: "Yosemite National Park fired a park ranger last week for hanging a transgender pride flag on the park's iconic El Capitan rock formation"
- YourCentralValley.com reports: "Joslin says at the time, they were off the clock and did not use any park resources to hang the flag."
- Reddit post reports: "There was no policy prohibiting the display of flags on El Capitan until the day after Joslin and their team hung the trans flag"