UT students rally against campus carry law with sex toys

Hundreds of University of Texas students waved sex toys at a campus rally during the first day of classes, protesting a new state law that allows concealed handguns in college classrooms, buildings and dorms.

Dildos are banned by the University of Texas’ obscenity policy. In this case, they were considered “protected political speech.”

“We want to make sure that students don’t just go home and take these [sex toys] as a joke,” Ana Lpez, a UT sophomore and one of the ‘Cocks Not Glocks’ organizers, told the Texas Tribune.

Organizers said the sex toys were used Wednesday to mock what they consider an absurd notion that guns should be allowed in academic settings. The law took effect Aug. 1.

Students and faculty at the Austin campus fiercely opposed allowing license holders to carry their concealed handguns to class. One prominent dean left the school after the law passed in 2015. Several faculty members attended the rally.

Organizers said they distributed more than 4,500 free sex toys.

Texas has allowed concealed carry since 1995 but had kept college campuses gun-free until this year.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.