WASHINGTON, March 16 — The US Supreme Court today rejected an LGBT student group’s bid to compel West Texas A&M University to allow a charity drag show on campus while a...
Tengku Zafrul says will facilitate PM’s meeting with Microsoft CEO in mission to make Malaysia Asean’s digital hubWASHINGTON, March 16 — The US Supreme Court today rejected an LGBT student group’s bid to compel West Texas A&M University to allow a charity drag show on campus while a lawsuit accusing the school of violating free speech rights for barring the event plays out.
Spectrum WT in March 2023 sued officials at the university, located in Canyon, Texas, after Wendler barred the drag show planned for that month. Drag shows typically feature men dressed as women. Wendler, in explaining his decision, said such performances “stereotype women in cartoon-like extremes for the amusement of others and discriminate against womanhood.”
Spectrum WT’s lawsuit included an allegation that school officials violated First Amendment speech rights by discriminating against the group based on their viewpoint. US District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk in an interim ruling last September denied the group’s request for a preliminary injunction, casting doubt on their First Amendment claims because “it is not clearly established that all drag shows are inherently expressive.”
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