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As a woman reading the statements in the board decision to ban drag made me want to LAUGH. If the universities cared about how woman are perceived and their safety they would include policies that add better outreach for victims, safer campus lighting, and better screening of staff. Never once has a person in drag made me feel disrespected or unsafe. However numerous times male professors have made me feel less than, uncomfortable, or unsafe. This is not about helping women it is about silencing a minority community on your campuses. In truth, it was the fact that my campus had a drag show that made me sigh in relief at my choice to come here as I was terrified that there would be no communities that were accepting and tolerating of queer women and other students. It was the shunning beacon in this small town university that change and acceptance can be progressed. Banning this art form makes me, a woman who you’re claiming to do this to benefit, scared and angry for what m will be attacked next. As adults, we should be allowed to choose what entertainment we would like to partake in for clubs we run on campus, so long as it poses no serious risk of harm- which drag shows do not.
Darby supported: Support On-Campus Drag Shows at Texas A&M UniversityI am a woman, the individual believed to be “mocked” during these performances. Yet, when making this decision I didn’t see a single piece of communication asking me if this is how I felt. If they actually reached out to see how women actually perceive these shows they would see it not as a mockery of femininity, but a celebration of gender and sexuality. This ban was made in the name of discrimination and fear, one that should never have existed in the first place. I urge the board to reverse this decision and repair the damage done to its image of expression and art.
Ashlee supported: Support On-Campus Drag Shows at Texas A&M Universitythis decision directly conflicts with TAMU’s core value of respect. the message is clear: queer students are not welcome on campus. this decision is disgusting and cowardly, and it only serves to further alienate queer aggies in a time where we’re already in jeopardy.
Hana supported: Support On-Campus Drag Shows at Texas A&M UniversityAs a former Aggie myself, to say I'm disappointed would be a major understatement.
This resolution that was passed by the Board of Regents has nothing to do with the safety and wellbeing of women on campus, despite what they say, but everything to do with silencing the LGBTQ+ community as a result of our current administration.
No one is forcing anyone on campus to attend Draggieland. If a drag show isn't your vibe, you do not have to go. What we're seeing here is a clear violation of our First Amendment rights.
Priyanka supported: Support On-Campus Drag Shows at Texas A&M UniversityIt’s OK for us to learn about men and wigs and make up in the 1700s but it’s not OK if people do it today on campus in any form or way or hold events with LGBT values? As a woman I have never been disrespected by anyone in drag, but rather in my own personal experience, I have been SA’d, stalked, harassed, and degraded by only cis straight men. Drag does NOT make a hostile environment or objectify women. As a woman, the only people who have ever objectified me and dehumanized me were never people in drag but instead straight gender conforming men. As stated by Cal Poly Humboldt in Sexualized Violence Statistics on Humboldt.edu, “An estimated 91% of victims of rape and sexual assault are female and 9% male. Nearly 99% of the perpetrators are male. This US dept of Justice Statistic does not report those who do not identify in these gender boxes” AKA, this statistic comes from a subpopulation and sample of people that fit both cis woman and cis man standards. I’ve never felt unsafe from someone in drag. I cannot believe that my Texas A&M is condoning the erasure of LGBT+ values. If Texas A&M truly cares for women and wishes to protect us from becoming objectified, sexualized, harassed then they should be focusing on the effects of pornography overconsumption and pornography addiction how the pornography industry directly affects how people view women and shed light to that instead. I am disappointed that Texas A&M has removed such events which empower gender identity and expression. Queer people have always been here, and we will always continue to be here. We will not be erased.
Annie supported: Support On-Campus Drag Shows at Texas A&M UniversityIf this ban is "just" the Regents' way to comply with what's logically mandated by the anti-DEI executive order and is "just" the pragmatic step needed to satisfy angry far-right politicians in our Legislature threatening to cut A&M's funding, then by discriminating on only particular viewpoints in a public forum, this EO, the Regents' ban, and the anti-education legislators are "just" violating the constitutional freedom of speech that generations of Aggies have fought and died for. Complying with an illegal and anti-American order is also itself illegal and anti-American. "Just following orders" is never a sufficient excuse.
Mario supported: Support On-Campus Drag Shows at Texas A&M UniversityBanning people from putting on a performance is peak censorship. If TAMU wants to argue that it’s in appropriate, how come they allowed the musical Chicago to be performed? If you’ve ever seen that musical, it’s also raunchy and the people are half naked! And that didn’t seem to be a problem for them and their so-called values that they’re standing for. So why is a problem for someone to put on a wig and lip synch to a song and do some comedy? Solely because they’re gay? That’s just literal discrimination. And I don’t want to hear that they’re coming for your kids or whatever, it’s a performance on a college campus. We may be young, but we are young ADULTS and we can make our own choices of what we want and don’t want to see. Besides, those drag queens do not care about “turning” your kids, if anything, they either want to provide a safe space, or don’t want kids at their shows either! In the same way that I don’t have the right to criticize or ban people for congregating for following their religion, or values, or protest, this freedom should also not be banned. Further, draggieland has happened in years past, so why is it a problem now? CLEARLY nothing crazy happened involving the drag queens where they can’t be on the premises anymore. It is NO fault of their own! Just an outdated institution that can’t handle people that are even slightly different than them. God forbid a man put on a wig and make some people laugh! God forbid we have any joy or fun or color in any of our lives!
Melisa supported: Support On-Campus Drag Shows at Texas A&M UniversityOne of the core values of Aggieland is respect, and this ban is a direct contradiction to that! They do not value drag queens and kings the same as other performers, and they're letting their personal bias get in the way of their decision making.
Dalia supported: Support On-Campus Drag Shows at Texas A&M UniversityDrag is a harmless form of self expression that has existed about as long as humanity has. It is makeup and costuming and a good show, and many shows help gain fund towards important causes. Hatred toward drag is based entirely in archaic viewpoints on gender roles—which can’t even be called archaic, but rather modern, given that women AND men (and everyone in between) have worn makeup and dresses for centuries. Students should be allowed self expression, free speech, and the joy of community that comes with events like drag shows.
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