Aqua RichJo| September 24, 2026 If a public university can decide a drag show is not protected expression, what happens to the next performance whose meaning officials dislike? That question was at the center of September 23 arguments before the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Judges heard two disputes over drag performances at Texas A&M System campuses. Student groups say the restrictions violate the First Amendment. The university defendants say they are regulating con

On September 15, the council unanimously denied the permit for Pride Kel-So’s planned October 3 festival at St. Martin-in-the-Fields Episcopal Church. Council members did not publicly explain their reasoning during the vote or ask co-organizer April Dreyson questions, according to KERA. That decision came after the city’s Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval.