The Supreme Court on Friday denied a Texas school group’s emergency petition to allow a charity drag show to take place on the West Texas A&M University campus later this month. (Robert Alexander/Getty Images)
The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, a nonprofit free speech advocacy group that is representing the students, told Fox News Digital, "While FIRE is disappointed by today’s denial of an emergency injunction, we’ll keep fighting for our clients’ First Amendment rights. The Fifth Circuit will hear oral arguments in the case next month. The show is not over."
The students eventually held last year’s show off-campus, but have continued the litigation to keep the school from barring future shows.
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Last year, the school’s president, Walter Wendler, wrote in an open letter published on the school’s website and titled "A Harmless drag Show? No Such thing" that he deemed the event, which was planned to raise money for the Trevor Project, he didn’t believe that drag shows "preserve a single thread of human dignity."
Campus of West Texas A&M University in Canyon, Texas. (Google Maps)
But last September, a U.S. district court judge denied the group’s request for a preliminary injunction, ruling, "It is not clearly established that all drag shows are inherently expressive."
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The New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has scheduled arguments on the case for late April.
Reuters contributed to this report.
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