Did you know the Carolina Panthers had a trans cheerleader, since the Biden daze of 2022? Well “Justine” Lindsay was cut by the Panthers and Lindsay is now blaming “transphobia” for being cut.. Maybe you just weren’t good enough to be a cheerleader, and being trans isn’t going to get you a DEI job anymore.
Justine Lindsay, the NFL’s first transgender cheerleader who performed on the Carolina Panthers’ squad, dished about the reason for departing the organization.
Lindsay claimed it had something to do with being transgender. Lindsay departed the team in August after being on the Carolina TopCats since 2022.
“I was cut because I’m trans. I don’t wanna hear nobody saying ‘She didn’t wanna come back.’ Why the hell would I not wanna come back to an organization that I’ve been a part of for three years,” Lindsay told Gaye Magazine in a livestream last week.
Lindsay made clear there was no ill will toward the Panthers, but said the team wasn’t looking at the bigger picture.
“I love them down. I appreciate everything that they’ve done for me, but I feel like I was done wrong,” the former cheerleader said.
Attitude 101 changemaker, Justine Lindsay, the NFL’s first openly trans cheerleader, says she was “cut” from the Carolina TopCats because she is transgender. https://t.co/Z5KfaT7jJt
— Attitude Magazine (@AttitudeMag) November 23, 2025