A drag show ban might be coming to another public university in Texas. On Thursday, Tarrant County Judge Tim O'Hare sent a letter to the University of Texas System Board of Regents urging them to pass a ban on drag shows, following the Texas A&M system implementing a similar ban last month.

Miranda Suarez is KERA’s Tarrant County accountability reporter. Before coming to North Texas, she was the Lee Ester News Fellow at Wisconsin Public Radio, where she covered statewide news from the capital city of Madison. Miranda is originally from Massachusetts and started her public radio career at WBUR in Boston.

The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression and student group are accusing TAMU administrators of viewpoint discrimination, prior restraint.

The Queer Empowerment Council at Texas A&M University sued the Board of Regents, Chancellor John Sharp and university President Mark Welsh III.

After the Texas A&M University System banned on-campus drag shows last month, Tarrant County Judge Tim O’Hare on Thursday urged the University of Texas System to follow suit, citing a recent executive order barring the use of federal funds to promote “gender ideology.