Appeals Court Lets Texas Enforce Law Limiting Drag Shows

A lower court had previously blocked Senate Bill 12.

Conservative Texans showed up to protest a drag-queen event held at a Katy, Texas, church Sept. 24, 2022. Darlene McCormick Sanchez/The Epoch Times

A federal appeals court on Nov. 6 allowed Texas to enforce a state ban on drag shows performed in the presence of minors.

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit voted 2–1 to vacate a 2023 injunction blocking the law that was issued by a federal district court.