If Starbucks really cares about inclusivity, they should stop funding their employees to study at a school that denies equal rights to LGBT students. I am currently a graduate student at Arizona State University who has been prevented from continuing with my studies because I reported faculty misconduct and a hostile work environment. When I had a emergency hysterectomy, I filed the necessary disability accommodations to protect my funding and academic standing. As a professional educator and artist returning to school to teach photography at the university level, I assumed that I would have basic rights as a transgender student. I could not fathom that in the midsts of multiple medical emergencies my professors would retaliate against me by slandering my professional reputation with fraudulent accusations of “disruptive behaviour” .
Why is this important?
For over two years, ASU has refused to resolve my discrimination complaint and has done everything imaginable to block me from pursuing my education. After a costly legal battle, the school has yet to resolve this matter. The school is currently only willing to remove the false suspension from my transcript if I agree to never to seek readmittance to the School of Art. To review my detailed experience of academic retaliation, visit www.myeducationinreverse.com .
To view my work CV and website
www.leopoldobloom.org
https://vimeo.com/57241121
