""Academic freedom is under attack," the suit reads. "Professor Melissa McCoul was terminated because of the content of her course; content that was consistent with her syllabus, the course description, and the approved purpose of the course. Texas A&M University ran roughshod over Dr. McCoul's due process rights in its haste to meet Texas Governor Greg Abbott's demand that the University fire her.""
"McCoul was fired after Republican state Rep. Brian Harrison posted a video of the incident, in which a student who was secretly recording disrupted her class by claiming the lesson was illegal under Donald Trump's executive order that recognizes only male and female sexes as assigned at birth. The student also claimed the lesson violated her religious and moral beliefs, leading to a heated exchange with another student. McCoul then asked the student to leave, as she was impeding others' ability to learn."
Melissa McCoul filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas alleging First Amendment and due process violations after termination for classroom content about gender identity. Her firing followed a viral video of a secretly recorded student disrupting class, citing a claimed executive order and religious objections; she was asked to leave after impeding others. The College dean and English department head lost administrative posts. The lawsuit contends academic freedom was violated and that the university ignored procedural protections while responding to political pressure from Governor Greg Abbott. Texas lacks a law banning discussion of race or LGBTQ+ identities at public universities.
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