US District Judge Lee H. Rosenthal blocked the Texas A&M University Regents Committee's enforcement of a drug show ban. This argues that an event called “Draggieland” must be allowed to be held at university facilities later this week.
“Defendant… must allow Drug Gieland performance scheduled at Ladder Theatre at 7:30pm on March 27, 2025.” Order declaration.
The grant of the interim injunction challenged the move to ban the Texas A&M University Regent Committee's drug show, as the Queer Empowerment Council of Texas A&M University, behind “Drug Gieland.”
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On Thursday, March 6, 2025, a protest sponsored by the Texas A&M University Queer Empowerment Council's Day of Drug Protest on the College Station campus. (Houston Chronicle via Elizabeth Conley/Getty Images)
“Drug Gieland is a long-standing, award-winning, student-run event that embodies strange joys and unity,” the Queer Empowerment Council said last month in a statement in response to the ban.
A Texas A&M University spokesperson told Fox News Digital in an email Monday that the agency could not comment on the pending lawsuit.
“The system is receiving opinions and assessing the next step,” a spokesman for the Texas A&M University System told Fox News Digital on Monday.
Fox News Digital reached out to request comment from Tamu's Queer Empowerment Council, but did not receive a response by the time of publication.
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Fans of the previous Drug Gieland Show will be present during the Texas A&M Queer Empowerment Council Day protest on the College Station campus on Thursday, March 6, 2025. (Houston Chronicle via Elizabeth Conley/Getty Images)
Prohibiting drugs solutions show “It is the Regent Committee's policy to drag events at special event venues on any of the university's campuses.”
The measure points to a letter issued later that month by President Donald Trump's January executive order, “define women from gender ideological extremism and restore biological truth to the federal government.”
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View of the midfield logo before a match between the Texas A&M Aggies and the LSU Tigers at Kyle Field at College Station, Texas on October 26, 2024 (Tim Warner/Getty Images)
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The resolution states, ” Given that both the system and the university receive large amounts of federal funding, the use of facilities at universities for drug show events could be viewed as a promotion of gender ideology in violation of executive orders and governor's directives.”
