Justine Lindsay announced she will be joining the Panthers’ TopCats cheerleading squad, which would seemingly make her the first openly transgender cheerleader. Once the news hit social media, Lindsay clapped back at some of the negative comments she received in an Instagram post . The carolina panthers Organization is an excellent one, one that supports all people white, black , yellow trans, straight etc. at the end of the day myself and the other 29 members @topcats made the squad fair and square," she wrote. Charlotte Lanouette, the director of Carolina’s squad , told BuzzFeed News it was Lindsay’s talent that landed her on the team.

Source: Fox News June 08, 2022 22:42 UTC