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Utah official faces calls to resign after falsely suggesting teen girl is transgender

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Utah state school board member is facing widespread condemnation and calls to resign.

Natalie Cline , a member of the Utah State Board of Education , posted a flier for a high school girls’ basketball team in Salt Lake County .

The teenager’s parents said the post invited a swarm of cyberbullying directed toward their daughter, whom they said is not trans and described as a “tomboy”.

25 states have passed laws restricting trans athletes’ participation in sports.

Elite sporting bodies around the world have struggled to grapple with the issue.

Utah governor signed a bill that limits transgender people’s access to bathrooms in public schools and government-operated buildings.

In June , a woman sued a local movie theater in New Jersey after her son was kicked out of the theater.

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