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KIRO radio host back on air with apology for transphobic tweet

By Associated Press
Published: October 28, 2020, 9:04am

SEATTLE — With apologies and saying he was praying for healing, radio host Dori Monson was back on the air Tuesday.

Monson disappeared from KIRO Radio 97.3 FM for 2 1/2 weeks after a tweet described as transphobic, The Seattle Times reported.

In a statement posted on the station’s website, Monson said that his tweet Oct. 7 during the Washington gubernatorial debate between Gov. Jay Inslee and Republican challenger Loren Culp “didn’t hit the mark.”

The tweet said: “Inslee: we follow science in WA. The state where I could go to Olympia tomorrow and change my birth cert to say I was a girl on 10/2/61. HAHAHAHAHA.”

He remains suspended from hosting the Seattle Seahawks’ NFL pregame and postgame radio shows.

Seattle Pride executive director Krystal Marx had asked Monson “to issue a sincere apology and take actions to build empathy and understanding toward our transgender community — and that he realizes the harmful impact of his words by taking actionable steps towards addressing his history of homophobic and transphobic remarks.”

Monson began his show Tuesday with a greeting to listeners before basically following the website statement.

“They said I was making fun of transgender people, which honest to goodness didn’t even cross my mind then. But people called me transphobic. The Seattle Times called me transphobic. Websites called me transphobic. The truth is, I couldn’t care less if an adult wants to adopt a different gender. At the time, I was commenting on our governor and changing official state documents,” he wrote. ” … As a Christian, I pray for forgiveness if my words caused you pain. On top of that, I’m praying that each of us uses diversity of thought to get to a greater strength.”

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