Montana City Could Refuse LGBTQ+ Pride Parade Permit Over Drag Ban
The group joined a lawsuit challenging the state’s restriction on drag performances.
July 20, 2023
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The group joined a lawsuit challenging the state’s restriction on drag performances.
The litigation seeks to prevent the Republican ban on drag performance to take effect next month.
A student "Draggieland" performance will go on as scheduled March 27.
The event took a stand for an art form under attack and raised money for the Trevor Project.
It was to go into effect on April 1 at midnight.
The judge had issued the original block last Friday only hours before the law was to take effect.
“Damn right, we ought to do it!” he declared.
In a matter some might call ironic, the conservative administrator’s unilateral action banning drag performance from campus may violate a free expression law signed by the Republican governor.
Secretary of State Frank LaRose didn't follow the law in deciding to put the issue before voters, according to the court.
A bill introduced in the state would restrict where such entertainers could perform and for what audiences, and violation could bring either misdemeanor or felony charges.
The state's legislative session is opening with a rash of anti-LGBTQ+ bills.
The star-studded event saw acts like Allison Russell, Maren Morris, Brittany Howard, and more raise over $400,000 for Tennessee LGBTQ+ groups.
The Human Rights Campaign is running a full-page ad with Gov. Bill Lee in drag and holding a rally in response to legislation banning gender-affirming care for youth and restricting drag shows.
A leader of a conservative group who supports the state bill compared drag to the racist practice of blackface.
This drag performer reflects on the lasting impact the state's anti-drag bans have had a year after they were put into motion.
They claim the store’s Pride gear was sexualizing kids.
Many are still fuming after a Scottish Pride gathering initially said no to drag performers.
Legislators have passed a bill and sent it to Gov. Bill Lee (pictured), and they're also moving toward restrictions on drag shows.
The GOP makes it seem like drag queens are performing nightclub shows in front of kids at story hour events when they are actually inspiring children’s love of reading in over-the-top costumes.
“We’ve got a real problem in this country, and to be worrying about men wanting to dress up as women? God bless ’em to wear those high heels," McEntire said.