"The new policy includes an Alternate Materials Rule, requiring professors to substitute course materials that focus on gender and sexuality with those that do not. This includes a 'strict prohibition' for core undergraduate courses, and few academic exemptions for upper-level and graduate coursework."
"Students will also not be able to receive degrees or certificates that center around gender and sexuality as a field of study, and cannot complete research as part of their academic studies that focus on LGBTQ+ topics."
"The new policy also takes particular aim at discussions around transgender identity. 'Instruction must not endorse fluid gender identity as an empirical biological reality that supersedes the two-sex requirement,' the memo reads."
Texas Tech University has implemented a policy that prohibits discussions of LGBTQ+ topics in classrooms and student assignments. Adopted on April 9, the policy mandates the removal of academic programming related to sexual orientation and gender identity by June 15. Professors must substitute course materials focusing on these topics, with limited exceptions. Students cannot earn degrees or certificates in gender and sexuality studies, and research on LGBTQ+ topics is restricted. The policy particularly targets discussions on transgender identity, prohibiting endorsement of fluid gender identity as a biological reality.
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