Montana's Drag Ban Blocked, Just in Time for Helena Pride Event
The block is temporary, but Pride will go on.
July 28, 2023
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The block is temporary, but Pride will go on.
The bill signed into law by Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte goes further than others in specifically targeting the events.
Adria Jawort, a Native American trans woman, was to speak on the history of LGBTQ+ and Two-Spirit people in the state.
On the first day of the Texas bill prefiling period, Republicans introduced 32 bills targeting the transgender community.
The ban means public employees are forbidden to advise young people even on social transition.
Bills in at least 11 states across the country are working their way through legislatures, though none have yet been signed into law.
The legislation, signed Monday by Gov. Kevin Stitt, includes the possibility of felony charges for violation.
The ruling continues a stay that saved Helena Pride.
The ban on drag story hours and other performances is blatantly unconstitutional, according to a coalition of individuals and institutions.
The two all-stars stood up for drag performers and trans rights in their virtual acceptance speech.
The event took a stand for an art form under attack and raised money for the Trevor Project.
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“Republicans love to claim how they support our troops in one breath, just to turn around and vote to discriminate against them with the next,” said Rep. Mark Pocan, chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus.
The gay California Democrat is a huge fan of drag as an art form and drag queens as entertainers.
The Human Rights Campaign is calling on Gov. Greg Gianforte to veto these and other anti-LGBTQ+ measures.
The group joined a lawsuit challenging the state’s restriction on drag performances.
The law can't go into effect for at least another two weeks as deliberations on a lawsuit continue.
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.
Very different conclusions came from two federal judges in the same state.
Social media users are making fun of Florida after a sting operation in the state implicated 123 men on human trafficking, but not one drag queen.