( The Texas Tribune ) Last month, a viral video showing a Texas A&M University student confronting a professor over a discussion of gender identity during a children’s literature class sparked a firestorm in Texas higher education that has led other schools to review their academic offerings.

Texas A&M fired the professor in the video and former university President Mark A. Welsh III resigned . Seeking to preempt any similar controversy, the Texas Tech University System issued guidance last week instructing faculty to ensure that their courses comply with a federal executive order, a letter from Gov. Greg Abbott and a new state law that recognizes only two sexes.

Faculty and LGBTQ+ advocates fear the directive will limit classroom discussion of transgender and nonbinary

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