"Rather than engaging in discrimination, Mel Curth has been the target of a political movement that seeks to silence and/or oust LGBTQ people from academia," Stewart said at the time."
"Curth...was surprised by the public announcements, saying she believed all aspects of the discrimination case was supposed to remain confidential.... At the same time, however, she criticized the lack of transparency from the university, which she believed prompted some of the outrage."