Texas university cancels drag show saying it 'denigrates' women, akin to 'blackface'

College president cancels student drag show, comparing drag to blackface

West Texas A&M University president Walter Wendler banned a student drag show and compared drag to blackface, prompting protests and First Amendment objections.

Texas university students protest drag show's cancellation

CANYON, Texas (AP) -- Protests continued Wednesday at a university in the Texas Panhandle after the school's president said a planned campus drag show wouldn't be allowed and expressed the view that such events "discriminate against womanhood."

Texas university students protest drag show's cancellation

CANYON, Texas (AP) — Protests continued Wednesday at a university in the Texas Panhandle after the school's president said a planned campus drag show wouldn't be allowed and expressed the view that such events “discriminate against womanhood.

Texas university students protest drag show's cancellation

CANYON, Texas (AP) — Protests continued Wednesday at a university in the Texas Panhandle after the school's president said a planned campus drag show wouldn't be allowed and expressed the view that such events “discriminate against womanhood.

Texas university students protest drag show's cancellation

CANYON, Texas (AP) — Protests continued Wednesday at a university in the Texas Panhandle after the school's president said a planned campus drag show wouldn't be allowed and expressed the view that such events “discriminate against womanhood.

Texas university students protest drag show's cancellation

CANYON, Texas (AP) — Protests continued Wednesday at a university in the Texas Panhandle after the school's president said a planned campus drag show wouldn't be allowed and expressed the view that such events “discriminate against womanhood.