A professor who says he is no longer gay is suing a university that fired him after his colleagues became aware of that. Daniel Mattson is a former professor and music performer at Western Michigan University. University officials fired Mr. Mattson in 2022 over his writing outside of work on the subject of same sex attraction and Catholicism.

Now, Mattson, represented by the Center for Individual Rights, is suing Western Michigan University in federal court. The suit alleges that officials violated Mattson’s First Amendment rights of speech, and religious expression as well as his right to equal protection under the law.