"The University of Oklahoma (OU) recently dismissed a professor for telling students that they wouldn't be counted absent from her class if they attended an on-campus protest in support of a transgender teaching assistant (TA) who was placed on administrative leave after she failed a student's essay that referred to trans people as "demonic." The newly dismissed professor reportedly didn't give the same option to students who wanted to protest against the trans TA's reinstatement, OU said."
"At the Friday protest, hundreds of students rallied in support of Mel Curth, a trans TA who OU placed on administrative leave after she gave a student a grade of zero on an essay about a study on gender roles in which the student called trans people "demonic." The student, Samantha Fulnecky, filed a religious discrimination complaint with OU in November,"
The University of Oklahoma dismissed composition professor Kelli Alvarez after she told students they would not be marked absent if they attended an on-campus protest supporting a transgender teaching assistant placed on administrative leave. University officials said Alvarez did not offer the same option to students who wanted to attend a counterprotest and accused her of viewpoint discrimination. The director of first-year composition emailed students, called Alvarez's actions inappropriate, and allowed students to miss class for either protest. The trans TA, Mel Curth, was placed on leave after giving a student a zero on an essay in which the student described trans people as "demonic"; the student filed a religious discrimination complaint.
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