Texas will target professors 'pushing leftist ideologies,' Greg Abbott sayshttps://www.advocate.com/politics/greg-abbott-texas-professors-ideologies 🔗Ryan Adamczeski (23 Oct 2025)
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has said the state will go after university professors who are supposedly "pushing leftist ideologies."
The Republican recently celebrated an article about a University of Texas professor who said he was dismissed from his administrative post over "ideological differences," promising to continue the trend by targeting other educators in the state.
"Texas is targeting professors who are more focused on pushing leftist ideologies rather than preparing students to lead our nation," Abbott wrote in a post online over the weekend. "We must end indoctrination and return to education fundamentals at all levels of education."
A professor at Texas A&M University went viral last month when a student in her literature class objected to her correct statement that there are more than two genders, resulting in her being fired and dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and the head of the English department being removed from their administrative positions. The professor, Melissa McCoul, is currently appealing and considering her legal options.
While Donald Trump has signed executive orders against DEI, and declaring that there are only two sexes and transgender people don't exist against medical and scientific consensus, these orders are not law and have been partially blocked by a federal court.
Meanwhile, trans and nonbinary students in Texas are saying they have experienced increased intolerance and harassment as the state cracks down on instruction about gender, with individuals reporting new levels of personal mistreatment at the same time schools are cutting LGBTQ+ support programs.
