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Right-Wingers Sentence Drag Show Performers To PRISON
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5:01Now PlayingRepublicans in Tennessee officially pass legislation that would restrict drag show performances by sentencing performers to either a misdemeanor or up to six years in prison. John Iadarola and David Shuster break it down on The Damage Report.
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Tennessee takes lead in Republican effort to restrict drag shows
"Tennessee lawmakers passed a bill on Thursday restricting drag performances in public or in front of children, putting the state at the forefront of a Republican-led effort to limit drag in at least 15 states in recent months.
The more than 20 bills nationwide are a pushback against modern drag, which has grown from an underground performance art using costumes and makeup to play with gender norms, which flourished in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender venues, to a mainstream entertainment, helped in part by the popularity of the televised pageant show “RuPaul’s Drag Race.”
Performers and civil rights groups have condemned the proposed drag regulations, saying they are unconstitutional, redundant under existing obscenity laws, and would lead to further harassment and violence against gay and transgender people. They see the bills as part of a Republican effort to advance laws limiting LGBTQ people’s conduct across the country."
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