Houston Community College teacher accused of referring to trans students as 'freaks,' 'weirdos'
Posted on 21 Sep 2011 at 4:23pm
http://www.dallasvoice.com/houston-community-college-teacher-accused-referring-trans-students-freaks-weirdos-1089930.htmlDonny Leveston, an English teacher at Houston Community College, is under fire for allegedly referring to transgender people as "freaks" and "weirdos." The comments were made during an in-class student discussion of a paper written by the instructor entitled "Taboo: Incest and Homoeroticism." According to a transgender student in the class, Leveston closed the discussion by saying, "I don't care what those people do, as long as they keep it away from me."
The student emailed Leveston and explained that his comments made her feel unwelcome in his class. Leveston responded that "everyone is entitled to his or her own opinion" and that the student should respect his right to feel uncomfortable with transgender people "Everyone has the right to his or her own preference," wrote Leveston, "just do not go trying to push your views on me. Case closed."
