Sept. 11 (UPI) -- Texas A&M University has fired a professor and two administrators following a viral video shot by a student arguing a discussion about gender identity in her class might be illegal.
The university's president, Mark Welsh III, announced the firing of Professor Melissa McCoul in a statement Wednesday.
The firings stem from a viral video posted online earlier this week of a student filming herself confronting McCoul seemingly during a discussion about gender and sexuality in children's literature.
In the uncorroborated video, the female student references an executive order President Donald Trump signed on his first day in office recognizing only two genders defined at "conception." She also references Trump administration moves to pause federal funding for schools that have policies that do not align with its own, including diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
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