‘You fat-headed son of a bitch!’ LSU professor rants deranged in voicemail to state senator saying he’ll ‘get his butt in the ground’, after Republican voted to bring back ban on gender-affirming care

An LSU professor has been banned from teaching at the university after he left a profanity-filled voicemail to a Louisiana state senator who voted to ban gender-affirming health care for children.

Professor Marcus Venable is alleged to have left the angry message on Republican State Sen. Mike Fesi’s cell phone after he voted in favor of House Bill 648.

The bill called the ‘Stop the Harm to Our Children Act’: bans hormone treatments and puberty-blocking drugs, gender-affirming surgeries and other related care for anyone under 18 years of age.

Fesi justified his position based on the anecdotes of people who had submitted to this treatment and now regretted having done so.

He made his points in a speech Tuesday during the one-day veto override session of the Louisiana Legislature.

State Sen. Mike Fesi voted to ban gender-affirming health care for transgender children, stopping hormone treatments and puberty-blocking drugs.

Fesi is pictured giving his speech on the floor of the Louisiana House earlier this week.

“You know who the real experts are, they’re the ones who’ve had this procedure and are now in their 20s and 20s, and they’re trying to say they hate their parents for letting this happen to them,” Sen. Fesi said Tuesday at the Louisiana Capitol in Baton Rouge.

The approved bill will now prohibit certain procedures to alter the sex of a child, effective January 1. The legislature becomes the latest Republican-led state to ban trans-focused health care.

Venable’s voicemail made no attempt to hide how angry he was at Fesi’s position.

‘I just wanted to say ‘Congratulations to our state senator, Big Mike Fesi.’ And that fucking jerk voted to make things worse for people who are already suffering. You’re a fucking piece of shit,” Venable began.

“He did not present any g**d*** evidence to support the claims he made about people being harmed by transgender care, yet we have tons of empirical evidence that tells us that there is an increased risk of suicide for people who do not receive this care.

Twenty other states have passed similar measures to ban gender-affirming care, most of them this year.

‘So you fat headed son of a bitch, I can’t wait to read your name in the bloody obituary. I’ll make a fucking martini made from your butthurt conservatives’ tears when we put your fucking ass in the ground you fat fucking useless piece of sh*t,” Venable ranted in the 50-second voicemail.

‘For you. I hope you have a terrible day. Fuck you,’ he finished.

Twenty other states have passed similar measures, most of them this year.

The House voted 75 to 23 to override the Democratic governor’s veto, while the Senate voted 25 to 11 to override it.

Upon receiving the threatening message, Senator Fesi contacted the Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office, who in turn turned the case over to the Louisiana State Police.

I just want you to do your research and do what you think is right. I don’t want anyone to come to any harm,” Fesi told WAFB.

The House voted 75 to 23 to override the Democratic governor’s veto, while the Senate voted 25 to 11 to override

Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards had earlier vetoed the bill.

Louisiana Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards said he hopes the court will also throw out this “unconstitutional bill.”

‘You know, it goes too far. We just have to understand that everyone has their opinion, we still live in a great country for free speech. But we have to keep it under the condition that everyone understands each other, and we don’t always have to agree,” said Senator Fesi.

Police were able to quickly trace the phone call to Venable’s phone. No charges have been filed, but the case is under investigation.

LSU was quick to ban Venable from returning to lecture halls to teach classes. Venable is a graduate student at the university and will still be allowed on campus to continue his studies.

Venable had been teaching classes in the sociology department. Her special research interests are listed as criminology, sexual assault, sex offender recidivism, and sex offender registries.

‘As a university, we encourage open and respectful dialogue. Like everyone, graduate students with teaching assignments have the right to express their opinions, but this threatening and profanity-filled call crossed the line,” an LSU statement read.

‘This does not exhibit the character we expect from someone who has the privilege of teaching as part of their graduate assistant. The student will be allowed to continue his studies but will not be extended the opportunity to teach in the future.’

Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards had earlier vetoed the bill.

“Today, I was overridden for the second time, in my veto of a bill that needlessly harms a very small population of vulnerable children, their families and their healthcare professionals,” Edwards said in a statement.

In the earlier overturn, which involved a redistribution of the state’s congressional map, a court sided with him, said Edwards, the governor since 2016.

Edwards said he hopes the court will throw out this “unconstitutional bill as well.”

Gabe Firment, the Republican author of the bill, said Louisiana was simply following the lead of “all the southern states” that had passed similar legislation.

“We cannot allow Louisiana to become a sanctuary state for the sterilization of innocent children,” he said in a statement before the overturn vote.

Judges in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee have found that such prohibitions violate the right to equal protection under the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution.

Judges have said that laws prohibiting such care violate the right of parents to make health care decisions for their children.

Lawsuits challenging such laws in Montana and Georgia have yet to be resolved, with a third in Oklahoma quashed until the case can be heard in court.

Another bill that would have banned discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity in public schools, and one that sought to prevent students from using preferred names and pronouns, were also voted on in the Louisiana House of Representatives to strike down.

Neither got enough votes to get off the House floor.