UT-Dallas is investigating complaints about a tweet spreading misinformation about the monkeypox virus from Timothy Farage, a computer science professor. The tweet read, “Can we at least try to find a cure for homosexuality, especially among men?”
reports that LGBTQ youth who found their school to be LGBTQ-affirming reported lower rates of attempting suicide, and LGBTQ youth who live in a community that is accepting of LGBTQ people reported significantly lower rates of attempting suicide than those who do not.
On Sunday, a group of LGBTQ+ student organizations that calls itself the UTD Rainbow Coalition released a joint statement demanding the university take more action. “UTD prides itself on being one of the best schools for LGBTQ+ students in the south, so seeing that [response] felt kind of like a stab in the back to some students,” said Chase Mueller, president of the UTD PRIDE student organization. “It felt like maybe they weren’t going to be safe in their classes and their school.”
The Jonsson School also sent a letter to students saying they heard from many students that they are disappointed and feel unsafe because of Farage’s public comments. In some instances, universities that have fired professors for their social media posts have drawn criticism and faced accusations of censoring their employees. Earlier this year, Georgetown Law Schoolto suspend lecturer Ilya Shapiro for a tweet that raised questions about the qualifications of a Black woman to serve as a Supreme Court justice. After an investigation, he was reinstated but then resigned.
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