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 group joined a lawsuit challenging the state’s restriction on drag performances.
The now-rejected Montana library logo represented a prism and the distribution of knowledge, according to a representative from the firm who designed it.
The students in the town where whites make up 75 percent of the population were brought in to the principal's office, given a stern talking-to, and suspended.
The ruling continues a stay that saved Helena Pride.
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