A private Christian university in the United States has fired a transgendered faculty member now living as a woman, a few days after she legally changed her name. Last Friday, a US judge approved John Nemecek¹s petition to change her name to Julie Nemecek. When Nemecek announced, late last year, that she would start dressing and living as a woman, Spring Arbor University officials cut her pay and reduced her job responsibilities, saying that she had violated the terms of her employment contract and warning that she would lose her job at the end of May. Nemecek said she was told on Monday this week, three days after legally changing her name, that she had been fired but would be paid through until May. The University confirmed the dismissal in a written statement. “A primary reason for this is John¹s decision to not honor the contract we had agreed on,” the statement said. “We will honor our end of the contract financially and pay John through the end of the academic year.” "We are unfamiliar with any scriptural authority that addresses changing genders," said Danny Baker of transgender advocate group GenderPAC. "However there is plenty of reference to the need to treat every person with respect - Spring Arbor University has failed that test." Nemecek has filed a gender-discrimination complaint against the University and the two sides are scheduled to meet in mediation on 6th March. Ref: Associated Press, GenderPAC (m)