A student group at West Texas A&M University is asking the Supreme Court to rule that they have a First Amendment right to host charity drag shows on campus after the president of the college banned such performances from campus.
Spectrum WT and two student leaders of the LGBT group filed an emergency petition on Wednesday with the Supreme Court asking to allow drag performances at the university. College President Walter Wendler has not allowed such performances on campus for over a year, according to court records.
The lawsuit has been pending for nearly a year and was initially filed ahead of a scheduled drag performance last year, which was later hosted at an off-campus site.
The group has scheduled an upcoming benefit show for March 22 and defends its shows in court filings as “PG-13” performances that are appropriate for
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