"Texas University President Faces Lawsuit and Protests Over Cancelled Charity Drag Show"
West Texas A&M University President Walter Wendler canceled a student-organized charity drag show for LGBTQ+ suicide prevention, citing his personal religious beliefs and calling drag shows "derisive, divisive and demoralizing misogyny." The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) is now suing Wendler and other Texas A&M University System officials for violating the students' First Amendment rights and a 2019 Texas campus free speech law. Wendler acknowledged that the "law of the land appears to require" him to permit student expression he dislikes, but refused to restore the event. The lawsuit seeks to halt Wendler's censorship, ensure the show will go on, and obtain damages for violating the students' rights.