An associate professor from The University of New Mexico has expressed concern about the potential necessity to teach that there are only two genders: male and female.
Georgiann Davis, in an op-ed published Thursday in the Los Angeles Times, articulated her worries about being compelled to misrepresent the truth regarding sexuality. The article posed the question: “As an intersex educator, do I have to deceive my students by only teaching ‘male and female’?”
She referenced a viral video featuring a Texas A&M student confronting Professor Melissa McCoul about her views on “gender and sexuality” as well as “gender ideology.”
Professor McCoul displayed a graphic of a purple “gender unicorn” intended to teach variations in gender identity and sexuality, according to a report by The Texas Tribune.
The student queried, “Um, I have a question because I’m unsure if this is legal to teach. According to our president, there are just two genders… And this contradicts not only my beliefs but also those of many others.”
McCoul was ultimately dismissed after the university claimed her teaching content did not align with the course’s official description.
Former Texas A&M President Mark A. Welsh III, who recently resigned, commented on the situation in a post on Texas A&M’s X account last month.
Welsh stated, “I’ve learned that key leaders in the College of Arts and Sciences have approved the continuation of course content that contradicts the official course description. Consequently, I instructed the provost to dismiss the dean and department head from their duties immediately.”
Davis conveyed her fears regarding the “consequences” of teaching “truthfully.”
“As a professor in the Southwest, I find myself in a position of fear — fear of what repercussions may arise if I teach with integrity,” Davis articulated.
She added, “As misinformation about bodies proliferates, influential figures like President [Donald] Trump insist that people are either exclusively male or female — a narrow, politically motivated ‘gender ideology’ of their own making.”
Davis, who was born with “a vagina but no ovaries, uterus, or fallopian tubes,” along with “XY chromosomes and internal, undescended testes,” expressed her concern about potentially misleading her students about sexuality.
“I find myself contemplating: Should I deceive my students?” Davis questioned. “Should I ignore the existence of intersex individuals as a biological truth? Should I pretend, as espoused by the Texas A&M student and supported by Trump, that sex is a simplistic binary aligned perfectly with gender and an elementary view of sexuality?”
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The professor, who authored “Contesting Intersex: The Dubious Diagnosis” and “Five Star White Trash,” asserted that intersex individuals are a “biological fact,” and that Trump’s assertion of a binary gender system is “scientifically incorrect.”
According to the Cleveland Clinic, it is estimated that 1 in 100 Americans are intersex, and around 2% of the global population exhibit intersex traits.
“This is why I’m apprehensive about my role,” Davis remarked. “Should I present myself in front of my students and misrepresent biological reality? That would be the only means to conform to a mandate that recognizes only males and females; informed and honest educators cannot endorse such a false narrative.”
In a statement given to Fox News Digital, Davis asserted that teaching the existence of only two genders is misleading. “Sex is not simply male or female, as any honest biologist, endocrinologist, gynecologist, geneticist… the list continues… would affirm,” she emphasized.
“I refuse to mislead my students about the reality of intersex individuals due to a political ideological conflict,” Davis declared. “I adhere to facts. I was born with a vagina and internal testes. That is not an ideology; it is the truth.”
