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….