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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.

The Texas Civil Rights Project and the ACLU Texas have filed separate lawsuits against SB12, which goes into effect on Sept. 1.

Sen. Roland Gutierrez, D-San Antonio, slammed the measures, saying 'they can talk about drag shows and they can talk about nonsense. But at the end of the day, we are not protecting our most precious asset — and that is our children.'