By Matt Hladik The Carolina Panthers are officially the first NFL team to employ an openly transgender female cheerleader. Justine Simone Lindsay, 29, announced she was trans and that she had made the Panthers’ Topcats cheerleading squad in the same Instagram post back in March. “Cats Out the Bag you are looking at the newest member of the Carolina Panthers TopCats Cheerleader’s @topcats as the first Transgender female,” Lindsay wrote. “I would like to thank the beautiful and talented dancers who supported me along the way alumni TopCats family and friends for your love and support.” Lindsay h…