""There's no satisfaction in doing this, only sadness," she said, according to The Texas Tribune. "I had hoped to keep doing that work for many years to come. Despite how I was treated, I still love the institution, my former colleagues, and the students of A&M. I hope that this lawsuit will cause the University to think twice about treating others similarly.""
"McCoul's lawsuit accuses the chief of staff of Texas Gov. Gregg Abbott (R) of pressuring the university's now-resigned President Mark A. Welsh III to fire her. It also accuses A&M's supervisors of telling university Provost Alan Sams not to give her a required disciplinary hearing before her termination. McCaul says she was fired even though she didn't violate any law or university policy. "Instead, [McCaul was] terminated for exercising her academic freedom guaranteed under the First Amendment," her lawsuit states. McCaul seeks reinstatement to her position, punitive damages, back pay, and other restitution."
Melissa McCoul, a former Texas A&M senior lecturer, filed a federal lawsuit claiming university administrators violated her free speech and due process rights after firing her for teaching that transgender people exist. The lawsuit alleges pressure from the chief of staff to Texas’s governor led the university president to terminate her and that supervisors told the provost to withhold a required disciplinary hearing. McCoul seeks reinstatement, punitive damages, back pay, and other restitution, and the suit asserts the termination punished her exercise of academic freedom guaranteed by the First Amendment. The university removed college leaders and accepted the president's resignation after a student secretly recorded a classroom disagreement.
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