Appeals court says Texas can enforce drag show ban, suggests not all drag shows violate state law

A federal appeals court ruled that Texas can enforce a measure banning drag shows in public or when children are present.

A three-judge panel in the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday reversed an earlier decision by a district court, returning the case to the district court, according to The Texas Tribune.

In Thursday's decision, the judges ruled that most of the plaintiffs, which included a drag performer, a drag production company and pride groups, were not found to have planned a "sexually oriented performance," meaning they could not be harmed by the law that seeks to restrict sexually explicit dances, the outlet reported.