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Texas Tech says it will recognize ‘only two sexes,’ freezes gender identity programs
CampusReform ^ | 4/17/26 | Clarise Tujardon

Posted on 04/18/2026 9:01:43 AM PDT by CFW

The Texas Tech University System in Lubbock, Texas announced on April 9 that it will phase out academic programs related to gender identity while establishing new guidelines for how race and sex topics are taught.

A university memo states that the institution will recognize “only two human sexes” and prohibit the endorsement of “gender spectrum” theories or “fluid gender identities.”

The policy, issued by Chancellor Brandon Creighton, outlines a system-wide effort to eliminate sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) programs while allowing currently enrolled students to complete their degrees.

Under the new guidelines, Texas Tech will freeze admissions to SOGI-related programs and conduct a formal review aimed at eliminating associated academic credentials. Lower-level undergraduate courses will shift toward primary texts, while some upper-level and graduate coursework may continue temporarily under limited exemptions.

(Excerpt) Read more at campusreform.org ...


TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: conservatives; education; genders; healing; texas; texastech; xyxx
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Sanity returns for at least one university. I bet their application numbers will increase.
1 posted on 04/18/2026 9:01:43 AM PDT by CFW
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To: CFW

Well “Guns up”, Red Raiders.

Nice work at the tornado lab, BTW.


2 posted on 04/18/2026 9:03:10 AM PDT by OKSooner (The Pope be a Dope.)
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To: CFW

“The memo states that instructors may not teach that gender is separate from biological sex as “a factual or scientific baseline,” though the university will still permit objective instruction on topics such as genetics, endocrinology, and intersex conditions.

The policy also prohibits teaching that any race or sex is inherently superior or that individuals bear collective guilt based on identity. It further bans instruction that labels individuals as “racist” or “sexist” based solely on their race or sex.”


3 posted on 04/18/2026 9:03:13 AM PDT by CFW
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To: CFW

How messed up is it that it’s headline news when a science university finally understands science like a 5 year old? Such bravery. Losers.


5 posted on 04/18/2026 9:10:29 AM PDT by HYPOCRACY (Wake up, smell the cat food in your bank account. )
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To: OKSooner

My daughter went there.


6 posted on 04/18/2026 9:11:06 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: CFW

This should not be news. Nobody should be on this silly ass bandwagon in the first place.


7 posted on 04/18/2026 9:11:48 AM PDT by albie
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To: Tell It Right

That was Texas A&M.


8 posted on 04/18/2026 9:11:51 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: dfwgator

Yes, that was Texas A&M (who Bryant coached for at the time). The Aggies had an unused site at the time in Junction, TX (hence the name Junction Boys). And later Texas Tech moved there.


9 posted on 04/18/2026 9:15:25 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: CFW

Biology for the win.


10 posted on 04/18/2026 9:15:37 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: CFW

Like a cool glass of lemonade on a warm spring day!


11 posted on 04/18/2026 9:19:13 AM PDT by Kudsman (John Thune. The one person in a country of 330 million stopping voter ID. )
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What a long strange trip it has been.


12 posted on 04/18/2026 9:19:50 AM PDT by Kudsman (John Thune. The one person in a country of 330 million stopping voter ID. )
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To: HYPOCRACY

Seriously, but it shows how mentally challenged Democrats and leftists are. Totally insane as they deny scientific fact.


13 posted on 04/18/2026 9:24:49 AM PDT by DennisR (Look around - God gives countless clues that He does, indeed, exist.)
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” while allowing currently enrolled students to complete their degrees. “

Degrees in psychiatry and treatment of mental disorders?

Otherwise, just what?


14 posted on 04/18/2026 9:27:44 AM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: CFW

Is there ANYTHING in the marketplace with less value than a degree in sexual orientation and gender identity degree?


15 posted on 04/18/2026 9:28:46 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom ( )
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To: CFW

Good for them!


16 posted on 04/18/2026 9:29:54 AM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: CFW

Wholly Toledo!

Next thing you know, an American university will “recognize” and value the radical nature of having and using......... Common Sense!


17 posted on 04/18/2026 9:32:54 AM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try. )
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” while allowing currently enrolled students to complete their degrees. “

Degrees in psychiatry and treatment of mental disorders?

Otherwise, just what?


If those “gender studies” students were smart (yeah, I know) they would switch their major to something real.


18 posted on 04/18/2026 9:51:57 AM PDT by CFW
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To: dfwgator

Cool.

I was once snuck into an OU/TTU game, back in the Blake era with a counterfeit sideline pass as a birthday gift.

I didn’t know it until afternoon fact, though. My wife and the two uh, people who helped with it, a married couple told me the crime I’d just committed.

I said... COOL!!

You don’t know that, though.


19 posted on 04/18/2026 9:59:50 AM PDT by OKSooner (The Pope be a Dope.)
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To: CFW

Did TT use AI to aid in that conclusion?


20 posted on 04/18/2026 10:01:23 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? On hold! Enlisted USN 1967 proudly. 🚫💉! 🇮🇱🙏! Winning currently!)
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