The system now requires that courses “advocat[ing] race or gender ideology, sexual orientation, or gender identity” receive presidential approval.
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Texas A&M University faculty members sued their university this week in an effort to block a system policy that limits discussions of “race or gender ideology” on campus.
The policy, adopted last fall, required that courses “advocat[ing] race or gender ideology, sexual orientation, or gender identity” receive presidential approval. University officials have since shut down Texas A&M’s women’s and gender studies program, restricted course materials and canceled some classes.
The four faculty and the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) argue in the lawsuit, filed Monday, that the policy violates the First Amendment and their due process rights. Under the policy, faculty were barred from teaching some Plato writings and screening Moonlight, a queer coming-of-age story.
