Students at West Texas A&M University protested Tuesday after the school’s president canceled a student-run drag show—and went so far as to compare drag to blackface.
Students at West Texas A&M University protested Tuesday after the school’s president canceled a student-run drag show—and went so far as to compare drag to blackface. The event would have raised money for the Trevor Project, an LGBTQ youth crisis group. “Drag shows stereotype women in cartoon-like extremes for the amusement of others and discriminate against womanhood,” President Walter Wendler said in a university-wide email.
orghas garnered more than 7,000 signatures and Tuesday’s protest brought out students and allies with pride flags and signs reading “Don’t drag us down” and “Drag is dignity.” Student Jasrianna Gonzalez told local station KAMR-TV that the university has been supportive of the LGBTQ community in the past, and Wendler’s behavior “contradicts” its past messaging and hurts students. She said the drag show could’ve helped connect the community.
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