AUSTIN, Texas — A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that a previously blocked law designed to ban public drag performances can now go into effect. A panel of judges on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of ...

Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. See our AI policy , and give us feedback . Texas can enforce a 2023 law that restricts some public drag shows, a ...

A federal appeals court has ruled that Texas can enforce a state law restricting “sexually oriented performances,” including some drag shows. The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals’ Thursday ruling ...

Texas can enforce a 2023 law that restricts some public drag shows, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday. Senate Bill 12 prohibits drag performers from dancing suggestively or wearing certain ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton celebrated another win on Thursday when a federal appellate court cleared the way for the state to finally enforce a law prohibiting minors from attending events ...

A federal appeals court has ruled that Texas can enforce a 2023 law that prohibits drag shows in public or when children are present, although the ruling indicates that the judges do not believe all ...

Prominent Austin drag queen Brigitte Bandit is escorted out by Capitol police earlier this month after going over her speaking time to testify against SB 12, a bill targeting drag. A new Democratic ...

Austin-based drag queen Brigitte Bandit discusses Senate Bill 12, an effort to ban minors from drag shows, on the state Capitol grounds in Austin, Texas on Wednesday, May 10, 2023. Lauren McGaughy ...

Brigitte Bandit performs during the "No Kings" protest at the Texas Capitol on Saturday, June 14, 2025. Bandit was one of the plaintiffs in a case to block Senate Bill 12, the state's ban on "sexually ...

Texas can enforce its ban on “sexually oriented” drag shows after a ruling by a federal appeals court. On Thursday, a three-judge panel on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ...