Drag bans could result in arrests at Pride parades

[Behind the Aegis]

Laws banning drag performances have been introduced in legislative sessions in at least 14 states this year, and their potential effects are much more far-reaching than entertaining shows.

An alarming number of anti-LGBTQ+ (particularly anti-transgender) bills continue to be introduced; the ACLU is tracking 278 of them across 33 states. While many target bathrooms, IDs, books, healthcare, education, and sports, a newer trend this year is attempting to ban drag.

Republican state legislators in Arizona, Arkansas, Idaho, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and West Virginia have all introduced various bills on this theme.

Sybastian Smith, Director of Organizing for the National Center for Transgender Equality, says there are about 32 bills that seek to ban drag shows currently in state legislatures.

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More than 50 years later and it looks like we need ANOTHER fucking "Stonewall"!

[Walleye]

1. Is this only men dressing as women. Or does it also prohibit women from dressing as men?

[Behind the Aegis]

2. Dunno.

Should be "interesting."

[jmowreader]

5. I think it's just men dressed as women

I swear, if these eight balls decide to ban drag outside of a performance setting I’m wearing a dress every damned day until I get hauled in. SOMEONE has to be the test case.

[Walleye]

6. Excellent!

[old as dirt]

7. What about Karaoke bars?

A couple decades ago I won first prize at the local Karaoke bar singing this song, while wearing a red dress.



Chris De Burgh - Lady In Red (Official Video)

[vercetti2021]

3. Arrest me then

I'll be suing.

[meadowlander]

4. The party of small government strikes again.

What do you even say to someone who thinks background checks to purchase firearms are a gross abuse of government power but that public resources should be spent enforcing dress codes?

[gay texan]

8. They have a lovely pride festival in Lubbock every year

If they even think about arresting a drag performer, there's gonna be a huge fucking riot

[vercetti2021]

9. Same with Amarillo

I'll be there and I'll start the goddamn riot myself if they try to arrest queens and trans people.