University system chancellor orders schools to end academic programs "centered on" LGBTQ+ identitieshttps://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/04/university-system-chancellor-orders-schools-to-end-academic-programs-centered-on-lgbtq-identities/ 🔗John Russell (14 Apr 2026)
The Texas Tech University System is shutting down all its academic programs "centered on" sexual orientation and gender identity.
In an April 9 memo, Chancellor Brandon Creighton, a former Republican state lawmaker, gave provosts at the system's five universities until June 15 to conduct reviews "to identify specific degree programs, official tracks, majors, minors, and certificates that meet the 'centered on' threshold" and to submit their lists of programs to the Office of the Chancellor, the Texas Tribune reports.
The memo defines "centered on" as "when sexual orientation or gender identity serves as the primary subject, main theoretical framework, central narrative, or driving pedagogical purpose" of course content, readings, assignments, or lectures.
It also explicitly prohibits university instructors from teaching that gender identity is fluid and from endorsing "the existence of more than two genders, or decouple gender from biological sex as a factual or scientific baseline." Instructors are still allowed to teach the biological reality of "chromosomal variations, Differences of Sex Development (DSDs), and intersex biological conditions," but are not permitted to "use these biological conditions to advocate for or validate sociological frameworks of fluid gender identities."
