Texas A&M, America’s Largest College, Defunded Its Campus Drag Show—but Won’t Say Why

Despite the blowback, the shows were an enormous success. The criticism unintentionally backfired by serving as free advertising for Draggieland, leading to both performances completely selling out.alums Mo Heart and Alyssa Edwards presided over the 2020 and 2021 shows, respectively, as local amateur drag entertainers competed for the title of “Queen of Draggieland.”

“Texas A&M has made it very clear that administration is also part of that discrimination,” Miller said. “They are actively making decisions that discriminate against the LGBTQ student body for the purpose of making sure that LGBTQ representation is not part of the face of Texas A&M.” “The issue has really not been addressed,” Miller says. “The decision-making logic behind the ruling has yet to be disclosed in any capacity.”Joey Ward/Aggieland Yearbookgroups say they plan to still host Draggieland independently, the lack of support from Texas A&M has made putting on the event more challenging. Expenses from previous years have totaled as much as $20,000, and students have been forced to fundraise the entirety of that sum themselves.

reported that a producer for his show had attempted to obtain interviews with trans activists by falsely claiming that the conversations were part of a student documentary.Over these past four years, it’s been amazing to create a space for myself and to create a space for LGBT people of color and LGBT people in general.Hou says incidents like these make being an LGBTQ+ student at Texas A&M “bittersweet.

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