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Students want professor fired over ‘discriminatory and transphobic’ quiz

An sociology professor at SUNY Geneseo drew fire for a quiz he conducted in a class on gender, sexuality and sexual identity.

The president of SUNY Geneseo, Denise Battles, promised on Friday to investigate and “determine if and what action is warranted.”

A furtive snapshot of a blurry projector screen revealed David Sorbello’s quiz to the world:

“ ‘Female or Shemale’ can you tell?” was the title. Then came a series of head shots, and the sociology students were told to choose between the two options.

Instead, dozens of students at the State University of New York’s Geneseo campus have demanded that Sorbello be fired, and the school’s president has announced an investigation into last week’s quiz.