Drag Shows

An appeals court ruled last month Texas can enforce Senate Bill 12, which restricts "sexually oriented" performances in public. Critics say the law is vague and incorrectly portrays all drag performances as sexual.

Two of the state's most powerful university systems, the University of Texas and Texas A&M, have led efforts to censor drag performances on public college campuses.

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The University of North Texas System is one of the latest institutions in the state to pause all drag performances on its campuses.

The annual on-campus drag show at Texas A&M University welcomed hundreds Thursday night — despite efforts to ban such performances by school officials.

The move comes a few weeks after the Texas A&M System issued a similar ban, which is being challenged in court.

Texas A&M has already banned drag shows, leading to a lawsuit.

The lawsuit comes after the Board of Regents banned drag shows from the school's 11 public campuses.

The bill bans drag performances that could be perceived as sexual in the presence of minors.

360 Queen Entertainment appears in court as part of ACLU Texas' lawsuit against a statewide drag ban.