College reinstates biology professor who was fired after teaching sex is determined by X and Y chromosomes
College reinstates biology professor who was fired after teaching sex is determined by X and Y chromosomes
Dr. Johnson Varkey was reinstated by St. Philip’s College after his law firm claimed he was "wrongfully fired" for teaching "widely accepted concepts of biology."
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In a letter sent to Alamo Colleges shortly after his dismissal, Varkey's attorneys described him as a "devout Christian" who believes that "one should not attempt to erase or alter his or her sex" and that "absent of a compelling reason, one should not sterilize oneself."
In a letter sent to Alamo Colleges shortly after his dismissal, Varkey's attorneys described him as a "devout Christian" who believes that "one should not attempt to erase or alter his or her sex" and that "absent of a compelling reason, one should not sterilize oneself."
Dude was fired for other reasons. He is citing his religion as to why he can go on his opinion tangents in a science classroom.
No one is disputing sex characteristics are determined for most people by chromosomes, with Intersex being a notable exception. But that has zero bearing on someone medically transitioning. The characteristics you are born with, such as race or sex should not be the sole determination of what sort of life you are allowed to live.
No one is disputing sex characteristics are determined for most people by chromosomes
All people. Intersex is still determined by chromosomes. That is science.
I think he should have skipped the Christian part. It is irrelevant. Nobody is altering their sex. That is impossible. A trans woman is still biologically a male based on sex. Their gender is woman. It is impossible with current technology to change your sex.
People should sterilize themselves as they see fit. I believe in body autonomy. Live your life as see you fit. If you want to transition from a man to a woman. As long as you are an adult, you should be allowed to do it. If you want to sterilize yourself for any reason and you are an adult, knock yourself out. If you want an abortion and you are an adult, there shouldn't be any unreasonable restrictions.
If you can't control your own body then how free are you?
According to the court case, he never brought his religion into the classroom. So it's unfair to say he ranted in the classroom.
Nobody is altering their sex. That is impossible. A trans woman is still biologically a male based on sex. Their gender is woman.
Should be posted to /confidentlyincorrect. Sure, no one can change their chromosomes, but sex absolutely can be changed and has been the case for Avery long time. The surgery is literally called sex reassignment. Sex refers to physical charcteristics, so vaginaplasty and phallopasty is by definition changing sex organs. Heck, trans women grow breasts on hormones and trans men get a deeper voice and facial hair. All secondary sexual characteristics.
Intersex is still determined by chromosomes. That is science
It's common to claim "science" when you only know the basics and haven't read any further. Chromosomes absolutely are the cause of some intersex folk, as well as cases like turners disease.
Does telling trans people they're still a man or still a woman get your rocks off or something? Why is this an article you give two shits about? An adjunct teacher teaches a lesson from 50 years ago to people who aren't transitioning isn't news.
Who said anything about telling them? The article is about a teacher fired for teaching accurate biology.
I'm glad God rubber stamped it as "accurate"
What does God have to do with it? God was never discussed in the classroom.
Did you read the article?
Of course not, it's fox news spewing anti-LGBTQ bullshit. I don't hate myself.
Good for you? You didn't read the article because it's about a wrongful termination claim. If you don't find the topic interesting then move on. If you do find the topic interesting, read the article and make a coherent statement.
Every article you post is down voted to hell and back with no meaningful discussion. Your world view is shit. Your ideas are not welcome to anyone but the most echoing of chambers. You mod a community who's most up voted posts call you out for the losers you are. I'm extremely interested in your world view returning to the gutter it came from.
So you think it is acceptable for a biology teacher to be terminated for teaching facts in the classroom? This explains why we have liberals serving me coffee at Starbucks when they claim to have biology degrees.
If you think facts are scary, that is your problem and not a problem of the community.
IDK why you get down voted saying the truth.. feminism and LGBTQIA+ shit are going crazy nowadays.. I believe some people will realize they can't have a biological child with a trans person soon.
I am not anti-trans at all. As an adult, be who you want to be. I don't care. I would never consider a trans person as a dating partner, but that isn't my preference. more power to those who do.
I am a more traditional person when it comes to feminism. I support people like JK Rowling. I find her writings on the topic the best I have read.
You had us in the first half.
Maybe you have never read her writings on feminism. Since she is a female, I think it's important to listen to her views on feminism. As a male, I think listening to females about their world and concerns is important. She changed my views on many topics with her writings.
Right right.
Just like how you think it's important to delete anything that challenges your world view, especially if it's backed up by evidence.I remove posts that don't conform to the rules.
Do you remove posts because they tell the truth?
Did you just remove the post about Trump owing money because it makes him look bad?
Do you refuse to have the littlest thing possible challenge your world view?
Do you melt when you touch the ground like a snowflake?
Feminism it's extremism, personally I'm not religious but I am more into traditional people too, progressive extremism it's as toxic as far-right wing apologists in my humble POV.
Biology it's biology and it doesn't depend what people believe it's right or wrong.
Oh no, not the extremist view of gender equality! I'm quaking in my boots, I tell you.
Exactly!! feminism isn't about gender equality. Feminism it's about feminist POV above any other POV. It's just one(or many "deserved" ones) gender extremism.
The hell are you on about? That's not what feminism is. Feminism is about equality of women and men and nothing more. Nobody besides a minority of crazy people believe women should be above men, and it's dishonest to paint the entire feminist movement as extremist.
What about if we made a new one called equalism? I believe it's a more accurate term.
Maybe it's just me but feminism sounds like a feminist POV above any other POV.
Modern feminism it's pretty crazy if you look at modern society.
Feminism it’s extremism
Anything extreme tends to be bad in my opinion. Most people are in the middle. It is the extreme in either direction that screws it up for everyone.
Yeah, any side brainwashing it's bad, indoctrination it's bad, I hope the society of the future have their own view and not just replicate extremist shit.
Going against biology it's definetly a bad point in both sides.
We have stigmatized many words which I don't like. The new speak vocabulary drives me nuts.
Yeah it goes far beyond right and wrong, it's something in our genes, you can't ignore 200k years of evolution.