Controversial Curriculum at Texas A&M: Feminism, LGBTQ Studies, and Marxism

[Elderberry]

Texas Scorecard By Robert Montoya September 22, 2025

The promotion of left-wing ideologies is deeply embedded within Aggieland.

Texas A&M’s Women’s & Gender Studies program offers courses this fall promoting feminism, LGBT ideology, and a class using a textbook that features writings by Karl Marx and Mao Tse-tung.

The university describes the Women’s & Gender Studies program as “devoted to the critical analysis of gender and the pursuit of knowledge about women” historically and globally.

“Our courses yield fresh perspectives on the nature of gender as it intersects with race, ethnicity, class, religion, and nation,” the description continues.

One course in the catalog is “Introduction to LGBTQ Studies,” taught by Koyel Khan. The syllabus states the course will study the “histories of and theories regarding Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ+) identities and communities,” and “the institutional ways in which homophobia, biphobia, and transphobia are systematically deployed.”

Another core curriculum course, Intro to Women’s and Gender Studies, is taught by Dr. James Francis. He lists questions like “What are your pronouns?” as class topics in the syllabus.

Course outcomes include understanding power dynamics, privilege, and discrimination within organizations, and valuing diverse, global perspectives.

Students are encouraged to engage with local events in Bryan-College Station and reflect on these experiences to connect them to women’s and gender studies.

More: https://texasscorecard.com/state/controversial-curriculum-at-texas-am-feminism-lgbtq-studies-and-marxism/

[Smokin Joe]

If you want to really understand Marxism, by all means (and with a critical eye) read Marx, Engels, and Mao.
Use historical examples (with their respective 'body counts') to illustrate the failures, and work in the psychology of why such societies do not promote the advancement and well being of their (surviving) populaces. After all, the first casualty is the Middle Class.
As Sun Tsu said, know your enemy and yourself and prevail.

But to have frothing at the mouth Marxists using those writings as a catechism, well, that's another deal.

Those political theories have never 'worked' in practice without totalitarian regimes enforcing them through widespread violence and the murder of millions.