Carolina QuotesBecause some of you already know and are contacting me about it, let me make it official and let you all know that I have been terminated from teaching at Hampden-Sydney College after nine years there. [...] The bottom line is that I oppose these so called “#Bathroom” bills that let men go into women’s locker rooms, showers, and toilets and I have been very public about it.
William G. Boykin Carolinian
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May 2016 Facebook post (since removed) about Boykin's employment at H-SC. Boykin ultimately taught at Hampden-Sydney for another year, then left in 2017. As quoted by Scott Wise, ‘is changing’ says professor terminated after ‘bathroom bill’ comments", CBS 6 News, 19 May 2016
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“Because some of you already know and are contacting me about…” William G. Boykin. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-7F1F20C9AE. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/7f1f20c9ae
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