Yosemite National Park ranger fired for hanging transgender flag now filing lawsuit

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. -- The parkland ranger fired for hanging a transgender emblem successful Yosemite is present taking ineligible action.

In 2025, erstwhile ranger and biologist Shannon ''SJ'' Joslin and a radical of climbers displayed the emblem connected El Capitan.

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Joslin was fired and accused of failing to show acceptable conduct.

In the ailment filed connected Monday, Joslin is suing the US Department of Interior, the National Park Service, the Department of Justice, US Attorney General Pam Bondi and 4 others.

Joslin claims the firing violated the First Amendment and Privacy Act Rights.

The documents amusement Joslin is asking for their occupation to beryllium reinstated and to beryllium awarded damages.

In a papers from the Department of the Interior, it states Joslin was fired wrong the two-year proceedings play for failing to show acceptable behaviour by participating successful a protestation extracurricular the designated objection country and circumventing rules applicable to each parkland visitors.