Some TV station announced the firing of a staff member who posted straight pride using the superstraight colour scheme

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Article: https://www.mahoningmatters.com/news/local/article289195639.html

WFMJ says Community Relations Director fired after investigation over ‘Straight Pride' post

WFMJ TV confirmed on Facebook Tuesday night that the station fired Madonna Chism Pinkard, the station's Community Relations Director, over a Facebook post advocating for “Straight Pride” during June's Pride Month, which is marked to commemorate the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan. “WFMJ has terminated the employment of our Community Relations Director following her unauthorized post on a company-linked social media site last week,” the station said on the post. “WFMJ is committed to serving our entire community with the respect we believe all people deserve. We recognize we live in a diverse community with differing views on many topics, and we believe discussions of those views and reporting on them should be done in a respectful manner by all. We deeply regret that our Community Relations Director crossed the line. We do not condone such actions and apologize to you, our viewers, for this unauthorized post.”

WHAT DID THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS DIRECTOR'S POST SAY?

“Celebrate Straight Pride,” the post from Chism Pinkard read. “It's natural, worked for thousands of years and you can make babies.”

Chism Pinkard declined comment when contacted by Mahoning Matters this week.

The station first responded later in the day.

“Early this morning, WFMJ management was made aware of an unauthorized social media post by a WFMJ employee,” the company responded in a Facebook post. “That post has since been removed. WFMJ is conducting an investigation into the unauthorized post. We are concerned by this incident and are moving forward with a thorough investigation.”

Pinkard has deleted the post and said “I apologize for the post that offended one of our viewers. I have removed it.”

The post was made on a personal Facebook account from Pinkard, where she goes by “Madonna Jean.” The account has the WFMJ logo and identifies her as Community Relations Director.

Both Jean's posts and the station's response prompted angry responses from Facebook users.