The Utah State Board of Education has issued a public apology after coming under fire for a Facebook post suggesting a female basketball player is transgender, but Natalie Klein says she will not resign despite pressure. . In an interview with KUTV on Friday, she said Klein should not have posted the post. “She deeply regrets the negative direction this incident took, which was never intended,” she said. “I own it.'' She has posted photos of her high school basketball team's flyers and banners with the caption “Girls Basketball,'' and one of the girls in the photo has short hair. It seemed to suggest that she was not a woman. Klein said she took down the post 16 hours later.
The state commission conducted an investigation. new york times. On Wednesday, the board accused Klein of not respecting students' privacy and presenting them in a negative light in public, asked him to resign, and barred him from committee meetings. On Thursday, the state Legislature approved a resolution criticizing Klein's “abhorrent conduct,” which it said subjected the student to “persistent harassment and bullying, including threats of violence.” Gov. Spencer Cox, a fellow Republican, signed the resolution calling on Klein to resign. The same day, the student's parents mentioned the post in a newspaper column. salt lake tribune.
Klein “did exactly what we teach our children not to do in terms of bullying, ridiculing, and spreading rumors and gossip about others,” his parents wrote. Al van der Beek said in an interview. times, his daughter had already endured bullying from students after getting her hair cut. She said some people yelled, “Take that kid out of the game,” and her daughter was distraught. Klein is one of the team's leading scorers, but Van der Beek said, “She came home last night screaming, 'I hate basketball,''' and that she has no intention of quitting her re-election campaign. Told. “You can't step into this arena without making mistakes,” she said, but added, “I don't care what the voters decide.” (More Utah stories.)
