Judge blocks enforcement of Texas A&M system's drag show ban, allowing 'Draggieland' event on campus this week

Senior U.S. District Judge Lee H. Rosenthal has blocked enforcement of the Texas A&M University System committee of regents' resistance amusement ban, insisting that an lawsuit called "Draggieland" indispensable beryllium allowed to instrumentality spot astatine a assemblage installation aboriginal this week.

"Defendants … indispensable licence the Draggieland show to instrumentality spot arsenic scheduled connected March 27, 2025, astatine 7:30 p.m., astatine the Rudder Theatre," Rosenthal's eyebrow-raising bid declares.

The assistance of preliminary injunction comes arsenic the Queer Empowerment Council astatine Texas A&M University, which is down "Draggieland," challenged the Texas A&M University System committee of regents' determination to prohibition resistance shows.

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Protest sponsored by Texas A&M University Queer Empowerment Council's Day of Drag protestation connected field successful College Station connected Thursday, March 6, 2025. (Elizabeth Conley/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)

"Draggieland has been a vibrant and award-winning student-run lawsuit for galore years, embodying queer joyousness and unity," the Queer Empowerment Council said successful a connection past period erstwhile responding to the ban.

A Texas A&M University spokesperson told Fox News Digital via email connected Monday that the instauration cannot remark connected pending litigation.

"The strategy has received the sentiment and is evaluating adjacent steps," a Texas A&M University strategy spokesperson told Fox News Digital via telephone connected Monday.

Fox News Digital besides reached retired to petition remark from the Queer Empowerment Council astatine TAMU, but did not person a effect by the clip of publication.

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An attendeesholds a instrumentality from a erstwhile Draggieland amusement during a protestation sponsored by Texas A&M University Queer Empowerment Council's Day of Drag protestation connected field successful College Station connected Thursday, March 6, 2025. (Elizabeth Conley/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)

The solution to prohibition resistance shows states that "it is the argumentation of the Board of Regents that Drag Show Events shall not beryllium held astatine Special Event Venues connected immoderate of the campuses of the Universities … "

The measurement points to President Donald Trump's January enforcement order, "Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government," arsenic good arsenic to a missive issued by the Lone Star State's Republican Gov. Greg Abbott aboriginal that month.

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A presumption of the midfield logo earlier the crippled betwixt the Texas A&M Aggies and the LSU Tigers astatine Kyle Field connected Oct. 26, 2024, successful College Station, Texas ( Tim Warner/Getty Images)

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The solution states that "given that some the System and the Universities person important national funding, the usage of facilities astatine the Universities for Drag Show Events whitethorn beryllium considered promotion of sex ideology successful usurpation of the Executive Order and the Governor’s directive."