Texas A&M's drag ban blocked by federal court as judge cites free 'speech rights'
A student "Draggieland" performance will go on as scheduled March 27.
March 24, 2025
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Texas A&M bans teaching 'race or gender ideology' at universities
The Texas A&M Board of Regents banned professors from discussing "race or gender ideology" in its 12 universities.
November 14, 2025
Texas Tech Rallies After Pride Flags Stolen
Crowdfunding is helping an LGBT club at a Texas university recover after its pride flags were stolen and other property was vandalized.
October 27, 2015
Texas cracks down on state universities teaching about gender identity
The University of Texas System an audit into all of its courses for content related to gender identity.
October 1, 2025
Republican lawmaker gloats after Texas university kills LGBTQ+ studies program
“I want to end all taxpayer-funded leftist propaganda in every single one of our public institutions of higher learning.”
November 14, 2024
Campus Pride Dumps Florida and Texas Universities from Best of Best List
Campus Pride ranks the most LGBTQ-friendly colleges and universities.
September 4, 2023
Dead University of Texas student's body defaced with antigay epithets
The body of an 18-year-old University of Texas fraternity pledge who died of alcohol poisoning was defaced with numerous antigay epithets and obscene drawings, according to a medical examiner's report.
January 10, 2007
West Texas A&M University's drag show ban blocked by appeals court
University president Walter Wendler's unilateral cancellation of a campus drag show has been found unconstitutional.
August 20, 2025
University President Who Banned Drag May Have Violated Texas Law
In a matter some might call ironic, the conservative administrator’s unilateral action banning drag performance from campus may violate a free expression law signed by the Republican governor.
March 21, 2023
A Texas university president banned drag and compared it to blackface. Students are taking the case to the Supreme Court
The school’s religious president characterized drag shows as misogynistic and compared them to blackface performances.
March 7, 2024
Supreme Court refuses to lift ban on Texas university drag show, sparking free speech concerns
Students at the school were planning to host a drag show next week, but the Supreme Court’s decision keeps it in limbo.
March 15, 2024
Watch: Anti-Trans Jeff Younger Heckled as "Fascist" by Students
Younger, whose run for Texas House was motivated by a battle over his trans child's care, had to cut his appearance at the University of North Texas short.
March 3, 2022
Texas professors use anti-trans slurs and call nonbinary students 'delusional' in Title IX lawsuit
Two University of Texas professors are suing the Biden Administration for including transgender students in anti-discrimination policies.
June 4, 2024
Kim Burrell's Radio Show Canceled After Antigay Sermon
Texas Southern University has announced the end of the antigay gospel singer's radio show, Bridging the Gap.
January 5, 2017
Texas Students Stage 'Cocks Not Glocks' Protest
Students at the University of Texas at Austin made headlines waving dildos on campus, to highlight the absurdity that guns are allowed but sex toys are not.
August 25, 2016
Dining with the Corps at Texas A&M
The Equality Ride visits Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, not to protest college policies but to confront the largest ROTC program at any nonmilitary school. The result is productive dialogue on "don't ask, don't tell" and religion.
April 10, 2006
Texas Professor Posts Homophobic Monkeypox Tweet to Dismay of Students
The University of Texas at Dallas professor tweeted about finding a "cure" for homosexuality and has continued to make questionable comments about queer people.
July 21, 2022
Study: Children of Same-Sex Parents Are Healthier Than Peers
But Mark Regenerus, the discredited University of Texas at Austin researcher who claims children are harmed by gay parents, has attacked the much larger study out of Australia.
June 6, 2013
Don't mess with Texas gays
A week has passed since the state's voters added antigay discrimination to the state's constitution. One out University of Texas student saw plenty of bigotry during the campaign but plans to keep fighting.
November 16, 2005
Documents Show Debunked Study Was Targeted at High Court
Documents recently released by the University of Texas show that a widely discredited study on family structures by associate professor Mark Regnerus was funded by a right-wing antigay group and intended to provide evidence that gay and lesbian parents are inadequate in order to present that argument to the Supreme Court.
March 11, 2013