In a recent email to the NYU student body, head of campus safety, Fountain Walker, has come out as non-binary

DATE: April 1, 2026

TO: The NYU Community

FROM: Fountain L. Walker, Vice President for Global Campus Safety

RE: Realization About my Gender Identity

During a recent arrest of a student protesting the reduction of gender affirming care at the NYU Langone Health Center I came to the realization that I am non-binary. 

For many, this realization comes as no surprise. 

My name is Fountain after all. I suppose, much like the water in the kiddie pool I was plucked from after my ceramonious water birth, I was always meant to be a free spirit.

Everchanging and fluid.  

I will henceforth be experimenting with any pronouns and the honorific mx. (pronounced mix). 

In an attempt to express pride in this facet of my identity I have established an all Trans security team; the Securi-T Force. To encourage enrollment, every new member will be issued a Stacatto CS pistol, and tickets to ‘Cats: The Jellicle Ball’. 

We predict that the militarization of our campus security will only have a positive affect on the mental well being of LGBTQ+ students at NYU. 

As someone gay once said, “we’re all born naked; the rest is drag.”

Fountain Walker, 

(he/she/they)

P.S. There is an active shooter. Classes will continue as normal, but school administration advises that students proceed with caution on their way to class and possibly invest in a bulletproof vest, a more extensive healthcare plan, or alternatively, update their will.