West Texas A&M President Cancels Student Drag Show Over Degrading Women Concerns

West Texas A&M University President Walter Wendler has canceled a student drag show, claiming that such performances degrade women and are “derisive, divisive and demoralizing misogyny.” Students and First Amendment lawyers reject those assertions, calling his comments a mischaracterization of the art form. They also argue that the cancellation violates students’ constitutional rights and a state law that broadly protects free speech on college campuses, potentially setting the university up for a lawsuit.