Tennessee Is About to Restrict Drag Shows With an Ominously Vague New Law

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A bill making some drag shows illegal in the state of Tennessee is bringing extremist groups out of the shadows: one hung a swastika banner on a Nashville overpass today.

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in a 1977 high-school yearbook photo, has promised to sign the measure, which restricts “adult cabaret entertainment” in public spaces or locations where it might be seen by minors. The vague term is defined as “adult-oriented performances that are harmful to minors” that is in line with existing obscenity law, but also “that feature topless dancers, go-go dancers, exotic dancers, strippers, male or female impersonators, or similar entertainers.

Some in the legal profession question the ability of the new law to be enforced, even after Lee gives his approval. Obscenity law already covers nudity and sexual conduct around minors, and no one seems to be aware of any past instance where a“I don’t know that this new law creates any new criminal behavior,” says criminal defense attorney Bryan Stephenson, who hasto represent pro bono anyone arrested in violation of this law.

That uncertainty about what, if anything, will be affected and policed for being “harmful” might in fact be the point. Not having a clear definition of where the line is drawn could frighten people into obedience. “Maybe the law actually does something more than create a new definition of obscenity,” says Tom Lee, attorney for the Tennessee Pride Chamber. “Maybe what this law does is that it blurs the line so completely that people don’t know where it is anymore and will be afraid to come anywhere near it for fear of crossing over it without knowing.”

 

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Priests, pastors and many in the GOP and their supporters are the ones being arrested for sexually assaulting and grooming kids, but let’s go after drag shows.

FUCKTennessee

What happened to this magazine?

i cannot! WTF! 😳

Amen to that!! These damn freeks are sick!! Yup!!

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