Dive Brief:
- Students at a private Christian college in California are rallying behind a theology professor who was asked to step down after coming out as transgender.
- Last month, Azusa Pacific University said it would continue to pay H. Adam Ackley through the end of the academic year but asked him to leave the school.
- The school is reportedly now in talks with Ackley about his employment.
Dive Insight:
In a first-person essay for the Huffington Post this week, Ackley writes: "I am trying to figure out which Christian values I've violated."