

Ingle doesn’t see this as a transgender, women’s rights, or wage issue, but rather as free speech and an example of the constant misuse of intellectual power at universities. “So she took it on herself to silence and embarrass me – bully me – for speaking up in class.”ĭownie accused the conservative libertarian student of “disrespectful objection,” “refusal to stop talking out of turn,” “angry outbursts in response to being required to listen to a trans speaker discuss the reality of white male privilege and sexism,” and “disrespectful references to the validity of trans identity and experience.” “My professor is violating my First Amendment rights because of the fact that my views and ideology is different from hers,” Ingle told Fox News. Ingle said what the professor did was unconstitutional. She eventually decided to banish him from class. Alison Downie referred student, Lake Ingle, to IUP's Academic Integrity Board, originally asking for a forced apology and an opportunity to silence and lecture him. “You are barred from attending this class in accordance with the Classroom Disruption policy,” IUP Provost Timothy Moerland told Ingle in a March 2 letter.ĭr. Ingle needs to complete the class to graduate at the end of the semester. She referred him to the public university’s Academic Integrity Board (AIB). The feminist professor booted him from class and asked him not to come back.

He told the class that the official view of biologists is that there are only two genders. When no women in the class said anything, Ingle spoke up, challenging the professor on biology and the gender wage gap. 28 “Christianity 481: Self, Sin, and Salvation” lecture.Īfter showing a 15-minute TED Talk by transgender ex-pastor Paula Stone Williams discussing the “reality” of “mansplaining,” “sexism from men,” and “male privilege,” the professor asked the women in the class to share their thoughts. Lake Ingle, a senior at the university, said he was silenced and punished by IUP Professor Alison Downie for questioning her during a Feb.

(Lake Ingle)Ī religious studies major was barred from Christianity class at Indiana University of Pennsylvania for saying during class that there are only two genders. Indiana University of Pennsylvania student, Lake Ingle, was barred from class for speaking as a man and refuting his professor's claims. College student kicked out of class for telling professor there are only two genders
