"It is the policy of the United States to recognize two sexes, male and female. These sexes are not changeable and are grounded in fundamental and incontrovertible reality," declared Donald Trump, in an executive order implemented to restrict the teaching of a concept known as "gender identity.” An exclusive audio obtained by the Citizen Journalism Foundation reveals Marana High School Physics teacher Les Beard openly defying the Trump-era executive order by instructing students on the existence of more than two genders.

During the class, Beard introduced androgen immunodeficiency syndrome (AIS), stating, “all of them [individuals with AIS] have an XY chromosome.” He went on to explain how traditional males “have an XY chromosome,” and continued with, “all the females have XX chromosomes.” According to the NIH, "Complete Androgen insensitivity syndrome is a rare disorder affecting 2–5 per 100,000 genetically male indivuals," with Beard misleading students by contradicting the NIH and referring to people affected by AIS as "women."

Beard further explained, “If you're not sensitive to androgen, the male organs will not develop, and the female organs don’t quite develop either, but usually all of these women will have female sex organs,” he detailed. He added, “They do have male sex organs as well, in their body. So if you take an x-ray of them, you'll see what guys have. But if you were to look at them, they look quite ordinary [female].”

Beard explicitly brought political rhetoric into the classroom, asking students, “Are these guys?” before jeeringly remarking, “Mr. Trump says so,” overtly dismissing the President’s executive order.