"Several educators sent a letter to Gilliam in mid-March after the removal of Pride flags during the school's Spring Break. Flags were also removed from the BU Children's Center and from the fourth-floor office window of Professor Nathan Phillips."
"Phillips and other professors worry that the flags' removal is a sign of growing anti-LGBTQ+ intolerance at the school and nationwide."
"That's one of my major problems with what's going on, the selective targeting of a community, the LGBTQ community, when other signs and flags have been left up and left alone on campus for months."
"In a letter to Gilliam, associate professor Joseph Harris wrote that the flags' removal suppresses free speech."
Educators at Boston University are challenging President Melissa Gilliam's defense of the removal of Pride flags from campus buildings. The flags were taken down during Spring Break, including from professors' offices. A note left with the removed flags cited university policy. Concerns have been raised about the implications of this action, with professors fearing it reflects a broader trend of anti-LGBTQ+ intolerance. The selective removal of these flags, while other signs remain, has sparked significant backlash among faculty members.
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