NY law student faces expulsion for aggressive pointing at trans student as Prop 1 panel descends into chaos

A Pace University law student claims he is at risk of being expelled after he was accused of “aggressively” pointing at a transgender student and misgendering her when a recent panel about women’s sports descended into utter chaos.Houston Porter, 28, is currently embroiled in a “sex-based discrimination” probe and faces a disciplinary hearing over the alleged saga that erupted on Oct.

15 at Pace’s law school in White Plains, NY, The Free Press reported.Porter said the so-called incident “exploded” when he was co-moderating a panel — titled “Saving Women’s Sports” — in opposition to the Empire State’s controversial Proposition 1 ballot measure that aims to codify gender identity.

Critics claim the vague language about protecting gender identity opens the door for biological men who identify as transgender to compete against women in sports and would allow youngsters to get sexual reassignment surgery without parental consent.Dozens of students and faculty — including many wearing trans pride pins — had packed the room and kicked off the moment the floor was opened up to questions, according to the third-year law student.“There were a bunch of people in my face,” Porter recalled of the moment he saw his classmates and acquaintances jumping up to yell at him.“I felt like I was about to get swarmed.”Porter, who strenuously denies the discrimination claims leveled against him, insists that what unfolded next was a “misunderstanding” and “mischaracterization of the facts” that could now destroy his life.

“There was so much noise, multiple people talking at once, so maybe someone in the crowd heard me say ‘sir,’ or call some individual ‘a man’ when they don’t identify as that,” Porter said.“But I didn’t say anything along those lines to the alleged person.

I did say ‘excuse me’ to them and stood up, but I never made any gestures toward anyone.”A week after the ordeal, Porter — who is a member of...