one Texas A&M University The professor was fired after being video taught “Gender Unicorn” in an English course on children’s literature, but the consequences of the episode are not over yet.
On the hot seat is Texas A&M President Mark Wales After addressing a student’s complaints to the lecturer, senior lecturer Melissa McCoul popped students out of the classroom after raising objections to the course’s focus on “gender identity and transgenderism.”
Texas Governor Dan Patrick urges Texas A&M University System Regent Committee Keep the investigation open by investigating Mr.’s behavior. Welshsaid he “had not handled the latest updates about the students and professors who were fired yesterday.
“His ambivalence on the issue and his immediate revocation of the professor’s concern is unacceptable,” Patrick said in a statement on Thursday. “This is not the first instance of a lack of confidence in the Welsh presidential leadership.”
gentlemen. Welsh Rep. Brian Harrison, a Republican State, terminated the professor and released a recording from social media, thus dismissing two faculty members from their positions.
In the recording, a man identified as a gentleman Welsh The student is angry at the student and says, “You want to fight here” and “tell us what you are looking for. What do you expect us to do [about the professor]? Fire her? ”
When the student replied, “Yes, absolutely.” He replied, “Okay, that didn’t happen.”
It turns out that this did happen. The day after the recording, Mr. Welsh The professor has been “immediately terminated” under the impetus of state Republicans including Texas Governor Greg Abbott.
gentlemen. Welsh Said that children’s literature courses were marked throughout the summer, including content that “difference to any reasonable expectations of the standard course in the course” and clearly stated that the content must be consistent with the description of the catalog.
“However, yesterday I learned that despite the instructions, the college continues to teach content that is inconsistent with the course descriptions of another course this fall,” Welsh said in a statement. “So I took the administrative action mentioned above and the Dean and the Head of the Department will conduct a natural review to ensure they are consistent with the course description.”
His comments failed to satisfy Mr Harrison, who called on the governor to fire Mr. Welsh And take steps to eliminate “DEI and LGBTQ indoctrination” of state universities and institutions.
Ms. McCall did not fire quietly. Her lawyer said she has appealed her dismissal and is “exploring further legal proceedings” to accuse him of Texas A&M Violating her constitutional rights, contract agreements and academic freedom.
“Professor McCall’s course content is exactly the same as the catalog and course description, and she has never been instructed to change the course content in any way, form or form,” attorney Amanda Reichek said in a statement to KBTX-TV. “In fact, Dr. McCall taught the course with success without challenges, and others loved it for years.”
That’s why, in the case of Mr. Harrison, termination should not be stopped with the professor.
“If Dr. McCoul has been teaching this extreme Dei and trans people indoctrination @Tam Over the years (as her statement claims), the scandal has become more serious, the problems are more systematic, and the numbers that have to be fired are increasing. ” Mr Harrison said on X on Friday.
Examples of course material published by Mr. Harrison include the page “Let’s Talk About Gender in Children’s Lighting!”. and “queer history and moral maturity in young adult literature and AIDS crisis.”
“Why talk about queer?” Ask a teaching material. “Isn’t that ‘adult’ for kids? Well, no.”
The Gender Unicorn, created by the educational resources for transgender students, shows a purple unicorn cartoon next to a sliding scale that students can use to evaluate attributes such as “gender identity” and “gender expression.”
Grab the tape: Texas A&M After students oppose transgender indoctrination, students kicked out of class, while A&M president defended “LGBTQ Research.”
I mean @tamu Investigate the Trump administration…and ask the administration @gregabbott_tx Dismiss A&M officials… pic.twitter.com/j6iwsfw62i
— Brian Harrison (@brianeharrison) September 8, 2025
gentlemen. Welsh The professor’s dismissal “has nothing to do with academic freedom; it’s about academic responsibility”, while the basis of individual rights and expression (fire) accusations University “Opinion-based censorship.”
“The message in Texas is shocking: Professors teach with the mercy of those in power rather than under the protection of academic freedom or the First Amendment,” said Lindsie Rank, fire director for campus rights and advocacy.
The Trump administration is paying attention. Assistant Attorney General of Civil Rights, Harmeet Dhillon, called the situation “deeply related” on X and said her department “will investigate the matter!”
Glenn Hegar, Prime Minister Texas A&M University System, praise sir Welsh To fire the professor and initiate the audit provided by all courses, the audit is board Expanded to all 12 universities in the system.
“His actions demonstrate disobedience and indoctrination have no status in our classrooms,” Hull said in a statement.
