The Supreme Court on Friday rejected an appeal by a student group seeking to hold a drag show pursuant to an unsigned order.
West Texas A&M University administrators canceled a drag show scheduled for March 2023, saying the event “does not preserve an ounce of human dignity” and that “drag shows are “Like a manga, it uses extreme stereotypes to entertain others, and it discriminates against women.” ” Student groups sued to block the ban, but lost in lower courts. (Related article: ‘I don’t support blackface performances’: University president vows to end ‘extreme’ drag shows on campus)
Drag performer Every Pleasure dances in “Barbie’s World”! Drag show at Red Bear Brewing Company in Washington, DC on July 14, 2023 (Photo: STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP, Getty Images)
“The petition for a writ of injunction pending appeal filed with Judge Alito and referred to the Court by him is denied,” the justices said in an unsigned letter. order.
On March 4, the Individual Rights Expression Foundation filed an emergency appeal to the Supreme Court to keep the drag show scheduled for March 22.
“Mr. Wendler imposed prior opinion-based speech restrictions, which is an unacceptable First Amendment violation and should not have lasted a day, let alone a year,” the group said in a statement. Ta. statement At the time of making that appeal. “That’s why FIRE filed a lawsuit on behalf of students last year, appealing after a district court denied FIRE’s request to end censorship at West Texas A&M.”
The Supreme Court has refused to lift an injunction restricting drag shows in Florida, and a law in Tennessee has also been blocked by court order.
Oral argument on the underlying case is scheduled for April in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. according to Go to NBC News.
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