Texas A&M University did not have good cause to fire Melissa McCoul, an English professor thrust into the spotlight after a video of her discussing gender identity circulated online and drew political backlash, a faculty committee unanimously found in a new report.

The university fired McCoul after a student secretly recorded her in a summer class teaching that there are more than two genders. The video was posted to X by state Rep. Brian Harrison , R-Midlothian, an Aggie who has used his social media to pressure universities to remove course content he finds offensive.

Texas A&M did not dismiss her until after Harrison’s post in September went viral. It said it did not fire her for teaching there are more than two genders, but for failing to change her course content to align with t

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