By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Scores of people, including at least a dozen dressed in drag, showed up late Friday for a committee hearing on a Nebraska bill that would criminalize exposing anyone 18 or younger to a drag show. The bill’s main sponsor, Sen. Dave Murman of Glenvil, said
Arizona GOP lawmakers are continuing to promote legislation targeting drag shows, while insisting that their proposals aren’t actually about drag shows at all. During a House Judiciary Committee meeting on Wednesday, Rep. Alexander Kolodin, R-Scottsdale, said that the descriptions of Senate Bill 1698 that he read from the “liberal media” were much different than his interpretation of the bill. “Where are the drag queens?” Kolodin asked. “All this bill does is prohibit parents from taking...
By Marianne Garvey Maren Morris has a problem with Tennessee’s controversial drag show bill. The singer performed at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on Monday during the “Love Rising” concert, which is a benefit aimed at supporting and raising awareness about LGBTQ+ rights. “I introduced my son to some drag queens today. So, Tennessee, f ing arrest me,”
Florida Republicans say they’re protecting children. LGBTQ advocates see something else.
A federal judge has blocked Tennessee's first-in-the-nation law, which imposes strict limitations on drag shows, just hours before it was set to go into effect.
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“On my second offense of doing drag in Tennessee, I could become a felon. A felon! As a white, rich drag queen, that scares me. How do you think that people of color and trans women, and trans women and people of color who do drag feel? They might not get a second chance because police do not treat those people the same.”
Benjamin “BenDeLaCreme” Putnam of RuPaul’s Drag Race and Comedy Central The Daily Show temp host Al Franken not only alleged that Republicans in Tennessee had no idea what they’re talking about when they passed their “insidious” ban on children attending drag shows, but such laws contribute to high suicide rates. Franken began by declaring that “I think there are a lot of people objecting to drag without even having any idea what it is.” Moving on to Tennessee, he continued, “It's...
Those who made it to the last stop of the pub crawl were treated to the musical and comedic stylings of Lala Wiggy and Pup Treble.
Maren Morris challenged the state of Tennessee over its new anti-drag bills: 'F ing arrest me.' The laws prohibit drag shows on public property or anywhere children could be exposed.
HB0009 criminalizes entertainment by "male or female impersonators" if they perform publicly or could possibly be seen by minors.