West Texas A&M University's president canceled a student drag show, saying it degrades women. Students say he mischaracterizes drag as a culture and art form. They plan to protest. First Amendment lawyers say drag is protected free speech.
West Texas A&M University President Walter Wendler addresses the crowd at a winter carnival in Canyon in December., The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.
Elder is part of a group of students who have organized under the name Buffs for Drag to protest Wendler’s actions. Republican Texas lawmakers have also homed in on the performances with a handful of bills that would regulate or restrict drag shows, including some legislation that would classify any venue that hosts a drag show as a sexually oriented business, regardless of the show’s content. On Thursday, a Senate committee will debate a scaled-back bill that would impose a $10,000 fine on business owners who host drag shows in front of children — if those performances are sexually oriented.
Wendler argued in his letter that the West Texas A&M drag show goes against the U.S Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s purpose, saying it’s inappropriate even if drag shows are not illegal.
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