You’re fired! Trans instructor booted for flunking college student’s Bible-based essay on gender
A transgender instructor at the University of Oklahoma has been fired after failing a conservative Christian student’s essay about gender roles.
Samantha Fulnecky, a 20-year-old junior, made national headlines after her transgender teaching assistant, Mel Curth, a man pretending to be a woman who uses pronouns of “she/they,” gave her a zero grade after the student argued she doesn’t believe there are more than two genders because “that is how God made us.”
“Society pushing the lie that there are multiple genders and everyone should be whatever they want to be is demonic and severely harms American youth,” Fulnecky wrote.
The university has now released a statement indicating: “Based on an examination of the graduate teaching assistant’s own statements related to this matter, it was determined that the graduate teaching assistant was arbitrary in the grading of this specific paper. The graduate teaching assistant will no longer have instructional duties at the university.”
“We are committed to teaching students how to think, not what to think,” the school added.
BREAKING: The University of Oklahoma announced that it has ruled in FAVOR of the student who was discriminated against for quoting the Bible in an assignment to justify traditional gender roles.
The transgender instructor will also “no longer have instructional duties at the… https://t.co/Vy7G7WskjG pic.twitter.com/0AmI53qCgi
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) December 22, 2025
As WorldNetDaily previously reported, the college had agreed to discard Fulnecky’s failing grade, in what was called a “stunning U-turn” by the Daily Mail.
She said, in an interview with the Oklahoman, the assignment will have no effect on her class average, a result that followed her appeal to the school about the situation.
She alleged she was targeted by religious discrimination.
School officials then confirmed there is “no academic harm to the student.”
The controversy was over the teaching assistant’s insistence that students parrot leftist ideologies about transgenderism.
Fulnecky had been ordered to respond with her opinions about another article on society’s “gender expectations.”
She emphasized the biblical teaching that there are two genders, calling the idea that there are more “demonic.”
“Fulnecky noted the Bible supported her belief that eliminating gender would prove to be ‘detrimental’ because it would put humans ‘farther from God’s original plan,'” the report said.
For a psychology course at the University Oklahoma, Samantha Fulnecky was asked to write a 650-word essay reacting to an article about how people are perceived based on societal expectations of gender.
In her essay, Fulnecky argued that traditional gender roles should not be… pic.twitter.com/R3J4FaGEtw
— TPUSA_OU (@TurningPointOU) November 27, 2025
The teaching assistant claimed to be offended by Fulnecky’s opinions, and charged that in an opinion piece, Fulnecky “should have cited ’empirical evidence.'”
Curth punished Fulnecky with a score of zero out of 25 points.
Fulnecky said, “To be what I think is clearly discriminated against for my beliefs and using freedom of speech, and especially for my religious beliefs, I think that’s just absurd.”
The governor called for an investigation, because the result was “deeply concerning.”
Fulnecky was awarded a Citation of Recognition from the Oklahoma House of Representatives’ 98th District for “speaking from a foundation of truth,” Rep. Gabe Woolley announced.
WorldNetDaily reported when Woolley confirmed he was getting vicious and lethal threats after defending Fulnecky.
Woolley shared the audio of one menacing message, stating: “Hi, this is a message for Rep. Gabe Woolley. Could you please pass this message on to him? Tell him to put a gun in his mouth and pull the trigger for all of our sakes. Thank you. Bye.”
Once again, the reflexive response from the far-left to disagreement is hostility and attempts to silence opposing voices.
This is exactly why restoring a culture of open debate and civil disagreement is essential.
This wasn’t the first threat — but I felt I had to expose this… pic.twitter.com/XDuk3NnlBd— Gabe Woolley (@GabeGwoolley) December 2, 2025
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Student wins! School agrees to discard transgender teaching assistant’s failing grade
Now a SECOND teacher in Oklahoma caught up in anti-Christian discrimination