Texas A&M professor loses job after talking on gender identity in children's lit

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : " The firing of the professor came less than 48 hours after Rep. Brian Harrison, R-Midlothian, posted videos shared by an anonymous whistleblower of a professor talking about gender identity in the children's literature class.
52% : Gov. Greg Abbott directed Texas A&M President Mark Welsh to fire a professor whom a state lawmaker had blasted on social media for discussing gender identity in a children's literature course -- and Welsh listened.
52% : " On Monday, video of the professor's discussion on gender identity went viral and solicited a response on X from the assistant attorney general for the U.S. Justice Department's Civil Rights Division who said the department will "look into" the conduct and a statement from new Chancellor Glenn Hegar, who called the professors' action "unacceptable."
51% : In an email to Texas A&M families Tuesday night, Welsh said he directed the provost to fire the professor for teaching about gender identity when it wasn't clearly stated in the course description.

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