Quote:"When teaching the human reproductive system, Dr. Varkey also stated that human sex is determined by chromosomes X and Y, and that reproduction must occur between a male and a female to continue the human species," First Liberty stated in its letter. "In the course of teaching Human Anatomy and Physiology, he made these statements in every class for 20 years, without any incident or complaint."

A Texas community college fired one of its biology professors for teaching his students that sex was determined by X and Y chromosomes, according to a new report.

On November 28, 2022, four of Varkey's students walked out of his class when he stated that sex was determined by X and Y chromosomes, just as he had dozens of times before. 

As an adjunct professor, Varkey taught Human Anatomy and Physiology at St. Philip’s College to more than 1,500 students for 22 years, where he taught the same principles he was fired for this year

Quote:A biology professor at a Texas community college has claimed he was fired for “religious preaching” after he taught a lesson about how sex is determined by X and Y chromosomes.

Johnson Varkey, who has taught at St. Philip’s College in San Antonio for 20 years, claimed he was accused of “religious preaching” and let go after he discussed the human reproductive system during a lesson on Nov. 28, 2022, which led to four students walking out of the lecture hall.

“The college fired him for teaching basic and widely accepted concepts of biology. We’re asking the college to immediately reinstate Dr. Varkey to his position and clear his record of any wrongdoing,”

Varkey, an adjunct professor, has taught human anatomy and physiology to more than 1,500 students since 2003, according to First Liberty.

“During Dr. Varkey’s 20-year employment as a biology professor at St. Philip’s College, he consistently received exemplary performance reviews and was never subject to discipline. Throughout that time, he never discussed with any student his personal views — religious or otherwise — on human gender or sexuality,” it said.

This is the real issue 

(06-28-2023, 03:30 AM)Infolurker Wrote: Interview with him:

(06-28-2023, 12:25 AM)Infolurker Wrote: Oh, too good not to share Clownworld news. 

In today's "Asylum News" we have a Professor fired for teaching that X and Y Chromosomes determine an organism's biological sex. Appears some students got offended and complained that this is not correct.


Texas Prof. Fired for Teaching X,Y Chromosomes Dictate Sex

Four students reportedly walked out of the professor's class when he stated that sex was determined by X and Y chromosomes


https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/professor-college-fired/2023/06/27/id/1125133/

https://www.foxnews.com/media/college-fired-biology-professor-teaching-sex-determined-chromosomes-x-y

Quote:"When teaching the human reproductive system, Dr. Varkey also stated that human sex is determined by chromosomes X and Y, and that reproduction must occur between a male and a female to continue the human species," First Liberty stated in its letter. "In the course of teaching Human Anatomy and Physiology, he made these statements in every class for 20 years, without any incident or complaint."

A Texas community college fired one of its biology professors for teaching his students that sex was determined by X and Y chromosomes, according to a new report.

On November 28, 2022, four of Varkey's students walked out of his class when he stated that sex was determined by X and Y chromosomes, just as he had dozens of times before. 

As an adjunct professor, Varkey taught Human Anatomy and Physiology at St. Philip’s College to more than 1,500 students for 22 years, where he taught the same principles he was fired for this year

https://nypost.com/2023/06/27/professor-says-he-was-fired-for-teaching-that-sex-is-determined-by-chromosomes/

Quote:A biology professor at a Texas community college has claimed he was fired for “religious preaching” after he taught a lesson about how sex is determined by X and Y chromosomes.

Johnson Varkey, who has taught at St. Philip’s College in San Antonio for 20 years, claimed he was accused of “religious preaching” and let go after he discussed the human reproductive system during a lesson on Nov. 28, 2022, which led to four students walking out of the lecture hall.

“The college fired him for teaching basic and widely accepted concepts of biology. We’re asking the college to immediately reinstate Dr. Varkey to his position and clear his record of any wrongdoing,”

Varkey, an adjunct professor, has taught human anatomy and physiology to more than 1,500 students since 2003, according to First Liberty.

“During Dr. Varkey’s 20-year employment as a biology professor at St. Philip’s College, he consistently received exemplary performance reviews and was never subject to discipline. Throughout that time, he never discussed with any student his personal views — religious or otherwise — on human gender or sexuality,” it said.

Quote:St. Philips fired Varkey for violating its "faculty code of professional ethics" based on "several reports" that he committed "religious preaching, discriminatory comments about homosexuals and transgender individuals, anti-abortion rhetoric, and misogynistic banter," according to a Jan. 27 memo on his "termination of employment and contract"

(06-28-2023, 02:50 PM)Freija Wrote: https://justthenews.com/accountability/cancel-culture/biology-professor-says-he-was-fired-teaching-science-male-and-female

Quote:St. Philips fired Varkey for violating its "faculty code of professional ethics" based on "several reports" that he committed "religious preaching, discriminatory comments about homosexuals and transgender individuals, anti-abortion rhetoric, and misogynistic banter," according to a Jan. 27 memo on his "termination of employment and contract"

And once again the right spins the spin and loses their minds.

(06-28-2023, 06:30 PM)dbcowboy Wrote: So I guess we are in agreement that X and Y determine the sex of the individual, correct?

(06-28-2023, 08:04 PM)Freija Wrote:

(06-28-2023, 06:30 PM)dbcowboy Wrote: So I guess we are in agreement that X and Y determine the sex of the individual, correct?

You won't get any argument from me if we're talking an 8th grade level of basic understanding.

In humans there are 6 common sex karyotypes: XX, XY, XXY, XXXY, & XYYY. & there are 4 rare sex karyotypes: XO, XO/XX mosaicism, XY/XXY mosacism, XXY/XXXY/XXXXY mosaicism.

In most cases, the sex of an individual is determined at birth by visual examination of the genitalia, not by karyotype testing.

Sex is also determined by the production of or the potential to produce small gametes (sperm) or large gametes (eggs).

In cases of CAIS (complete androgen insensitivity syndrome) and many with 5-alpha reductase deficiency are born with genitalia that appears female although with XY chromosomes. These (intersex) conditions are not usually discovered until puberty.

(06-28-2023, 08:45 PM)dbcowboy Wrote: I haven't seen that much stretching since I tried on yoga pants!

(06-28-2023, 08:04 PM)Freija Wrote: ...

In humans there are 6 common sex karyotypes: XX, XY, XXY, XXXY, & XYYY. & there are 4 rare sex karyotypes: XO, XO/XX mosaicism, XY/XXY mosacism, XXY/XXXY/XXXXY mosaicism.

In most cases, the sex of an individual is determined at birth by visual examination of the genitalia, not by karyotype testing.

Sex is also determined by the production of or the potential to produce small gametes (sperm) or large gametes (eggs).

In cases of CAIS (complete androgen insensitivity syndrome) and many with 5-alpha reductase deficiency are born with genitalia that appears female although with XY chromosomes. These (intersex) conditions are not usually discovered until puberty.

Quote:NUMERIC ABNORMALITIES (ANEUPLOIDIES)

Aneuploidies are abnormalities affecting the number of chromosomes. The most common sex chromosome aneuploidies are 45,X (Turner syndrome); 47,XXY (Klinefelter syndrome); 47,XYY (XYY syndrome); and 47,XXX, which have birth frequencies of approximately 1 in 2500, 1 in 500 to 1 in 1000, 1 in 850 to 1 in 3000, and 1 in 1000, respectively

Quote:In mammals, which includes humans, the Y chromosome carries a gene (SRY) that encodes a testes-determining factor. If an individual has a Y chromosome with a functional SRY gene, they will develop testes and therefore will be biologically male. Absent a Y chromosome and functional SRY gene (unless the SRY gene has been transposed to an X chromosome), an embryo will develop ovaries and will therefore be biologically female. What’s important to note is that the presence of a Y chromosome, or two, or three, etc., all result in the development of testes and therefore these individuals are biologically male. Likewise, individuals with additional or fewer X chromosomes, in the absence of a Y, all develop ovaries and are therefore biologically female.

With this in mind, the chart in the above tweet can more accurately be rewritten as:

    X – Female

    XX – Female

    XXY – Male

    XY – Male

    XYY – Male

    XXXY – Male

So no, these different chromosomal compositions are not new sexes, but rather represent natural variation within males and females. To illustrate by way of analogy, a person with Klinefelter syndrome (47, XXY) isn't a new sex in the same way that a person with Down's syndrome (who have 3 instead of 2 copies of chromosome 21) isn't a new species.