Gay-rights issues are roiling some Indian campuses. A year after a Delhi high court decriminalized homosexual behavior in a landmark decision, two universities have fired professors allegedly because they are gay. In June, the Indian Institute of Technology in Hyderabad fired Ashley Tellis, a gay-rights activist and professor, for alleged “unlawful behavior.” India’s Human-Resource Development Ministry asked the institute to reconsider the case, but the institute refused this month, reports the Hindustan Times, citing unnamed sources at the institute. The newspaper says Mr. Tellis has argued he was discriminated against because of his sexual orientation. His dismissal followed a similar row over Shrinivas Ramachandra Siras, a professor at the northern Indian Aligarh Muslim University, who was removed in February for supposedly the same reason, reports the Indian television channel IBN.