Thomas Klocke uta lawsuit: School blamed for student suicide after onerous punishment over unsubstantiated homophobic slurs. The father of Thomas Klocke the University of Texas-Arlington student who killed himself after being accused of using a homophobic slur has launched a lawsuit against his son’s former school. University of Texas claims that the Title IX was never triggered as the allegations against Klocke were not sexual in nature. When he told Klocke that he was gay, Klocke reportedly feigned a yawn while saying ‘you’re a fa***t’. The gay student ‘told Snow that he felt terribly scared and uncomfortable, after which Thomas supposedly told him ‘you should consider killing yourself’,’ according to the suit.