The former employee stated that a group of climbers hung a transgender pride flag from a reputed rock formation L Capiton in Yosemite, the National Park Service fired a park ranger, which was involved in the performance.
Shannon “SJ” Josalin was finished last week after working for about five years as a ranger and wildlife biologist at Northern California National Park, Josalin has written A social media post Monday has attracted extensive attention online.
“In May I hung a trans flag on L Capiton, which celebrated my approval,” Joseline captioned the post. “I hung the flag as my free time, off-duty, a private citizen. It flew for a total of two hours in the morning and then I took it down.”
Josalin referred to the position of his ranger as a “dream job”. According to social media posts, he was fired by a park officer to “fail to display acceptable” in his role as a Yosemite wildlife biologist, who accuses the National Park service of violating his constitutional rights.
Josalin wrote, “Conservation has been the work of my life – Yosemite, wildlife, land, entertainment, people’s rights and security, community and acceptance, and now for constitutional first amendment,” Josalin wrote, “I want my rights and I want my career back.”
The National Park Service said in a statement that with the officials of the US Justice Department, under its leadership, “Many Yosemite are taking administrative action against the National Park employees and many parks are potential criminal charges against visitors, who are accused to violate federal laws and rules related to allegations.”
The statement did not specify which laws and regulations were violated. It said that Park Service cannot share details about the “works of personnel or the specifics of criminal investigations” related to this case.
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Joslin helped Mount Mount Mount from a place near the summit of L. Capiton, which performs towers over the Yosemite valley and the most recognizable milestone of the park on 20 May.
The next day the park’s acting superintendent signed An update SummaryThe dated May 20, which includes rules that ban large banners, flags or signals displayed in the forest without a permit. At the same time the rules involved in the compilation are the rules that control performance within the park, which require a permit in the same way unless they include less than 25 people and take place in one of the park’s nominated “free speech places”.
A Previous edition of compilationDate 22 May, 2024, which was connected to the Yosemite website Recently as May 1, 2025There was no regulation about banners and flags.
Flags and banners have been hung in the past from L C Capiton of Yosemite A reverse American flag In February in response to the federal workers of Trump administration and A banner In protest against the war in Gaza last June. The US flag was also hung upside down by workers in the national park.
People involved in stringing Trans pride flag in May It is described as “An epic reminds that queuing people everywhere – on large walls, on trails, and serve and protect our public land.” It appeared on rock formation in weeks leading to Pride Month, and as critics of Trump Administration have issued policy decisions. Target transgender Americans,
In its statement, the National Park Seva stated that “several unauthorized demonstrations related to L Capiton created several complaints from visitors,” in 2024, but did not explain the performances in detail.
The statement said, “No matter that the cause, signal, banner, and displaying flags outside the specified first-merge are separated from the visitor experience and the safety of the park,” the statement says. “For visitors, visitor experiences and safety of park resources, most of the performances require a permit.”
