Another drag show canceled at West Texas A&M
West Texas A&M University President Walter Wendler Despite a faculty vote of no confidence against West Texas A&M University President Walter Wendler last year after he canceled a drag show fundraiser, last week he canceled a second show.
Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, the campus group commonly known as FIRE that planned the drag show, took the school to court and asked for an injunction that would have prevented Wendler from interfering in the group’s First Amendment rights.
Last week, Wendler told the Supreme Court that he was banning “any show, performance or artistic expression which denigrates others.” The court denied FIRE’s application for an injunction that would have prevented the president from interfering in the group’s First Amendment rights.
After denying to issue an injunction, Wendler canceled a student-organized charity drag show for the second time. The Fifth Circuit will hear oral arguments in the case next month.
