Crowd reacts to actor and drag queen RuPaul speaking at the #ResistMarch during the 47th annual LA Pride Festival in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles and West Hollywood, Calif., on June 11, 2017. (David McNew/Getty Images) By cancelling a planned drag show because it “demeans” women, the president of West Texas A&M University has sparked the ire of student activists.
But some Texas lawmakers have applauded his decision to cancel the event that had been planned for March 31.
University president Walter Wendler addressed the controversy on March 20 in a lengthy letter to staff, faculty, and students of the college in conservative West Texas, near Amarillo.
Wendler’s letter, titled “A harmless drag show, no such thing,” said the event, planned by a student group as a fund raiser for The Trevor Project, wouldn’t be allowed. Drag queen Kandy Ho performs onstage during the premiere of Logo TV’s ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ […]
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