A secret snapshot of the screen of the blurry projector shows David sobeiro's quiz of the world: "Can you tell me that 'female or female' is the title.
Then there was a series of head shots where students from sociology were told to choose between the two options.
Instead, dozens of students at the State University of New York's Geneseo campus demanded the dismissal of Sorbello, whose principal announced an investigation into last week's quiz.
Sorbello, a part-time lecturer, received a small number of positive online comments from the students while at Geneseo: clear instructions and short lectures that gave him an introduction --to-
The sociology class flew over.
Jillian Sternberg, a sophomore, told BuzzFeed that Wednesday's topic was gender, sex and sexual identity.
Somehow this led to the quiz Sorbello on the screen.
"Whether it's women or women, we want you to write --
Stenberg recalled.
The student told Buzzfeed that Sorbello then commented on each photo when the class evaluated it: "For example, 'I will never go to the bar with you.
Neither Sorbello nor the administrator immediately responded to the email from The Washington Post seeking comment, so it was not clear what the purpose of the quiz was.
Sternberg told BuzzFeed that Sorbello did not explain to the class either, so some students then went up to fight him.
Another student, Jessica Friedman, wrote on Facebook: "He told me that the lecture was" humorous in part and didactic in part ".
"My professors have successfully taught me about gender differences without discrimination and cross-gender.
"This quiz has the same name as the game used by drag queen Paul Lu in the show drag contest.
In the version of "female or transvestite", contestants are shown up close
According to Slate, celebrities were told to decide whether they were "biological women" or "psychological women ".
But the Huffington Post reported that on 2014, drag race canceled the link and apologized to viewers who thought the word "shemale" was a cross-gender slanderous.
Three years later at Geneseo, students spread widely on the Internet photos of the Sorbello quiz.
More than 150 people signed a petition on the school's website asking for the dismissal of sobelo, who claimed he told the class, "This is a lesson for all of you not to get drunk, otherwise you may bring home the wrong ones.
School principal Denise Battles promised on Friday to investigate and "determine whether action needs to be taken and what action to take ".
"Let me say without any ambiguity that SUNY Geneseo has a firm and uncompromising commitment to diversity and inclusion," she wrote in a statement . ".
"We work hard to maintain an environment of invitation and support for all gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, race, religion and other identities.
"This year, there was a gender problem in classrooms across the United States, and the Trump administration withdrew federal protections for transgender students, banned trans-gender forces, and named a man as a federal judge, he described trans-sex children as part of the "Satan program.
According to The Washington Post,
Florida's grade teacher was taken from the classroom last month because he asked for a gender call --
Neutral pronouns.
In the same month, violent clashes between Georgia Tech and police killed leaders of the gay, bisexual and transgender community on campus.
Angry students of Geneseo are not happy to wait to see if the school has taken any action on the quiz.
"Professor Sorbello's remarks are deeply troubling us," wrote an open letter from the Union School.
Nearly 100 students from the past and present signed.
"An attack on any protected class is an attack on the entire campus community.