Texas A&M University President Mark A. Welsh III announced Tuesday the firing of Melissa McCoul, a senior lecturer whose mention of “gender and sexuality” in a children’s literature course was videotaped by a student. The full details of the incident are not yet clear, but the reasons given for the swift decision to fire McCoul—and to remove English Department Head Emily Johansen and College of Arts and Sciences Dean Mark Zoran from their leadership roles—are preposterous and clearly