Performers, LGBTQ+ advocates fear potential impact of anti-drag bills on OKC's Pride festivals
If passed, the bills could ban drag in public spaces. Performers and LGBTQ+ advocates worry that OKC's annual PrideFest could ...
Texas Senate passes bill penalizing libraries for hosting drag story time
The Texas Senate approved legislation that would strip public funding for any library that hosts a children’s reading event ...
Texas A&M can’t ban 'Draggieland' drag show, federal judge rules
Judge Lee H. Rosenthal said the student group that organizes Draggieland was likely to succeed in showing the ban violates ...
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Iowa House amends drag show bill to target 'obscene performances,' drop felony penalty
The House Education Committee unanimously advanced the bill with an amendment that Rep. Helena Hayes, R-New Sharon, said ...
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GOP lawmaker’s bill seeks to allow people to sue over ‘harm’ from drag shows
As a controversial Montana law from last session that banned drag shows in public schools and libraries remains temporarily blocked by federal court, a Republican lawmaker from Belgrade thinks he ...
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House kills bill allowing lawsuits against drag performers, promoters
HELENA, Mont. — A bill allowing for a private right of action against drag performers and promoters has gone down on the House floor. House Bill 675 failed second reading on Thursday morning on ...
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Iowa House amends drag show bill to target 'obscene performances,' drop felony penalty
It no longer specifically targets drag shows and changes the penalty for exposing minors to obscene performances to a misdemeanor. Lawmakers vowed to amend the bill when it advanced out of ...
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Lawmakers amend bill that would have banned minors from attending drag shows
Some words may be mispronounced. DES MOINES — House lawmakers on Tuesday amended a bill originally aimed at banning minors from drag shows — that critics argued was overly broad and could ...