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Restrictions On Drag Shows Have A History In The U.S.
View Date:2024-12-23 16:52:19
Tennessee passed a bill last week restricting drag shows. The law specifically bans "adult cabaret performances" in public or in the presence of children.
In more than a dozen states, Republican lawmakers have been pushing similar bills.
Historian Jules Gill-Peterson of Johns Hopkins University says laws that target drag have a long history in the U.S, and LGBTQ people have fought back before.
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