A Texas university system sent a letter Thursday to all of its university presidents instructing faculty to “comply” with President Donald Trump’s executive order that there are only “two human sexes: male and female.”
“As a system, our role is to provide clarity and guidance to administration, ensuring that each university fulfills its legal obligations,” Texas Tech Chancellor Tedd L. Mitchell wrote in the letter. “I appreciate your continued diligence in reviewing course materials, curricula, syllabi, and other instructional documents and following established procedures to make timely adjustments where needed.”
The letter cites Trump’s January executive order that says there are only two sexes, and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R)’s January letter telling state agency heads to follow state and federal law and Trump’s executive order. It also cites House Bill 229, which was signed into law in June and states that “males and females possess unique immutable biological differences,” like “males are, on average, bigger, stronger, and faster than females.”
Mitchell writes in the letter that faculty “must comply with these laws in the instruction of students, within the course and scope of their employment.”
