Overview

• Texas Tech’s chancellor instructed the system’s five universities to review syllabi and course materials for compliance with President Trump’s executive order, Gov. Greg Abbott’s letter and HB 229, all of which recognize only two sexes.
• The University of North Texas and University of Texas systems initiated course reviews framed as legal compliance, with UNT setting a Jan. 1 deadline and UT planning a regents discussion in November.
• Free speech and civil-rights advocates, including FIRE and the Texas AAUP, condemned the measures as unconstitutional censorship and began collecting faculty reports.
• Faculty accounts from campuses such as Angelo State describe verbal directives that discouraged or forbade references to transgender identity, pronouns, preferred names and pride flags, while formal written guidance remained vague.
• No federal or state law explicitly prohibits teaching about gender identity, leaving legal uncertainty as audits advance following the Texas A&M incident that prompted firings and a presidential resignation.