TAMU BOR BANS DRAG SHOWS ON ALL CAMPUSES

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Just passed in a special telephonic Meeting that TAMU will not allow for these types of shows. Also states that there are only 2 genders and that TAMU System will follow the policies of Trump EO's and directive from Gov Abbott. Basically states that these drag shows go against Title 9 and is discriminatory towards women.

Unanimous Yes Votes
Heineken-Ashi
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Somebody was given an ultimatum.
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FireAg
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Someone doesn't want their funding cut…
Canyon99
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Shouldn't have taken this long for this to be decided at A&M
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Support the idea here but willing to bet that the drag show bit runs afoul of the first amendment. Have to do some mental gymnastics to make it a Title IX issue.

As far as conforming to the EO- good!
Flower Child
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I know the Rocky Horror Picture Show has been performed many times on campus over the years. Would that be included as part of this ban?
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Only took $50mil to get the point across...
Im Gipper
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One certain poster will not like this! He had big plans to put on a dress and some waterballoon breasts and show up as a "protest"

I'm Gipper
Rex Racer
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Fitch said:

Support the idea here but willing to bet that the drag show bit runs afoul of the first amendment. Have to do some mental gymnastics to make it a Title IX issue.

As far as conforming to the EO- good!
You can still have your drag shows, just not on campus. Constitutional crisis averted!
Owlagdad
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Cant see a lot of education value in a drag show.
If it is really in demand, rent a venue off campus.
Definitely Not A Cop
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Honest question, if all the sororities wanted to throw a show where they dressed up in lingerie/gaudy outfits and danced burlesque style, would that be allowed on campus?
Flower Child
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Owlagdad said:

Cant see a lot of education value in a drag show.
If it is really in demand, rent a venue off campus.
If an activity outside the classroom requires educational value that spells doom for most student activities.
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Seems odd to have to say this, but school is for school and not for dancing or doing a show like this. Shouldn't matter if it was Aggie beauty queens (female.)

Do that off campus and it should be funded by the club and not the school.
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Elections are when people find out what politicians stand for, and politicians find out what people will fall for.
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TommyBrady said:

Just passed in a special telephonic Meeting that TAMU will not allow for these types of shows. Also states that there are only 2 genders and that TAMU System will follow the policies of Trump EO's and directive from Gov Abbott. Basically states that these drag shows go against Title 9 and is discriminatory towards women.

Unanimous Yes Votes

I'm shocked.


I am part of the problem and you're the victim...
Stat Monitor Repairman
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Quote:

"Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance."

Kurt Vonnegut,


All they had to do was steer between the red and the green and they couldn't do that.

Drive the bus. Thats all they had to do.

Really unbelievable that TAMU ever got to this point.

A true failure of leadership for the past quarter century.
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Definitely Not A Cop said:

Honest question, if all the sororities wanted to throw a show where they dressed up in lingerie/gaudy outfits and danced burlesque style, would that be allowed on campus?
Better question, do they accept NIL to fund it? Would be a better ROI than Aggie sports.
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Definitely Not A Cop said:

Honest question, if all the sororities wanted to throw a show where they dressed up in lingerie/gaudy outfits and danced burlesque style, would that be allowed on campus?
I will allow it

I'm Gipper
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GOOD. This kind of thing is bigger than most think. Look at Romania today. The losing party, backed by NATO, arrested the popularly elected conservative president on clearly falsified charges. This is a Soros-funded act of desperation, carried out by a leftist minority. We must root out the minority leftist thieves, tyrants, and perverts from throughout America.
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Time to bring God back to campus!
Fitch
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Rex Racer said:

Fitch said:

Support the idea here but willing to bet that the drag show bit runs afoul of the first amendment. Have to do some mental gymnastics to make it a Title IX issue.

As far as conforming to the EO- good!
You can still have your drag shows, just not on campus. Constitutional crisis averted!


Guess I'm just a free speech absolutist. No apologies there.

But details and wording matters, so I'll be curious to see the actual item that passed and not just a headline.
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Kudos to WTAMU President Walter Wendler who did this two years ago.

https://texags.com/forums/16/topics/3368932/1

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"WT endeavors to treat all people equally. Drag shows are derisive, divisive and demoralizing misogyny, no matter the stated intent," Wendler said in the letter. "Such conduct runs counter to the purpose of WT."

"Wendler goes on to say that mocking or objectifying members "of any group based on appearance, bias or predisposition is unacceptable." At the end of the letter, Wendler cites the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's purpose, stating that prejudice in the workplace, which Wendler said he believes drag shows are, is "harmful and wholly inappropriate"

"No amount of fancy rhetorical footwork or legal wordsmithing eludes the fact that drag shows denigrate and demean women ... "A harmless drag show? Not possible."
MAROON
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For those really concerned about this, the student organizations can still hold this off campus if they like. No one is getting their rights violated IMO
doubledog
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How will TAMU recruit trans, gay, woke, DEI faculty members now.
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doubledog said:

How will TAMU recruit trans, gay, woke, DEI faculty members now.


We just prevented one of these people from curing cancer under the A&M brand.
B-1 83
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I'll wear the dreaded title of "CM" on this one, but true drag is just bawdy entertainment………….for adults. I really don't care if some actors do a show in Rudder Auditorium………for adults. Rudder himself may well have watched such entertainment during the war or in the army.
Being in TexAgs jail changes a man……..no, not really
good nuggets
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Good
soleta27
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Because there were so many drag shows on the campuses? Can't remember any.
We should ban unleashed dinosaurs from campus as well
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soleta27 said:

Because there were so many drag shows on the campuses? Can't remember any.
We should ban unleashed dinosaurs from campus as well

They are held on campus every year
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PA24 said:

Texas A&M
Where men like women and women like men!
Someday , no one will get that reference.
Today is not that day.
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Flower Child said:

I know the Rocky Horror Picture Show has been performed many times on campus over the years. Would that be included as part of this ban?
The "on campus" part has me confused. I remember it being shown at the movie theatre across Wellborn. I think it is Shadow Canyon now.
BTKAG97
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Quote:

drag shows go against Title 9 and is discriminatory towards women
Agreed.

Added: It's akin to "blackface" entertainment.

Sadly, a large number of women most likely disagree.

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B-1 83 said:

I'll wear the dreaded title of "CM" on this one, but true drag is just bawdy entertainment………….for adults. I really don't care if some actors do a show in Rudder Auditorium………for adults. Rudder himself may well have watched such entertainment during the war or in the army.


Where do you draw the line? How about a show with live sex acts?
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