Josh says,
Spring Arbor University, a small Christian college in Michigan, is firing Julie Nemecek (formerly known as Dr. John Nemecek) because they feel her transgender transformation is not a good model of Christian character for their students. Nemecek's wife has chosen to stay with Julie and has strongly supported her decisions to appear publicly as a woman.
Ironically, human sexuality courses at SAU encourage tolerance of transgender individuals. Apparently they don't practice what they teach.
Link to news story. There is also a student-run Facebook group in support of Julie Nemecek, where she has taken a very active part in the ongoing discussion and debate regarding her employment, faith and life as a transgendered person: Link.
Reader comment: Cliff Van Eaton says,
Just read your post on the transgender prof who is being sacked in Michigan, and I couldn't help but contrast that sort of treatment with the life of Georgina Beyer, a transgender person who just recently retired from her position as a member of the New Zealand parliament. Here's a couple of links that give more detail about her life (one; two). Georgina is well respected here in New Zealand, and many people were sad to see her leave the national political stage. Mind you, our parliament is a bit different (and some would say more representative) than some other democratic political institutions in the English-speaking world. For instance, we've also got a member who's a Rastafarian, wears dreads, and rides a skate board to work. ( Link ).
