An appeals court has temporarily blocked a West Texas university's ban on drag shows, citing the First Amendment. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in an Aug. 18 ruling said a district court erred in rejecting a request for a preliminary injunction that would prevent West Texas A&M University,

After a yearslong legal battle, West Texas A&M University students can finally host a drag show. On Monday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit reversed a lower court's decision allowing the university to block an LGBT student group from hosting a charity drag show on campus.

Officials at a Texas university cannot block a student-led LGBTQ+ organization from hosting drag shows on campus, a federal appeals court ruled Monday.