Posted on 03/03/2023 9:52:52 AM PST by NetAddicted
Tennessee becomes first state to ban drag shows on public property, near schools Tennessee bill signed into law also bans gender transition surgeries for minors
Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves on Tuesday signed legislation banning gender reassignment surgeries for minors, saying children should not be allowed to undergo permanent, body-altering surgeries. (WBDB)
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed legislation on Thursday restricting drag shows and banning gender transition treatments for minors.
Tennessee is now the first state to limit the performances, and the provision criminalizes performances that take place in public or where they could be seen by children.
The bill prohibits "adult cabaret performances" from taking place within 1,000 feet of schools, public parks or places of worship, according to The Hill.
The law takes effect on July 1.
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The legislation builds on existing restrictions on "adult-oriented businesses" in Tennessee, expanding obscenity laws there to include performances that feature topless or exotic dancers or "male or female impersonators" that provide entertainment appealing "to a prurient interest."
So, what is the punishment for performing?
First-time violators may be charged with a Class A misdemeanor that is punishable by a $2,500 fine and as long as a year in prison. Any subsequent offenses will be classified as a Class E felony.
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Tennessee state Sen. Jack Johnson, a Republican, said the bill addresses "sexually suggestive drag shows" that are inappropriate for children.
Additionally, health care providers in the state are not allowed to prescribe puberty blockers or hormones, or to perform gender transition surgeries for minors.
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Put the shows where they belong - adjacent to the city sewer system.
Yeah, I could have used California as an example rather than Connecticut, but I didn't, because Connecticut was the origin of the separation of State & Church Doctrine whose original intent was to keep the state out of religion, not the other way around as libtard jurists have warped it to mean.
The leftist state now promotes its own state religion which is far more intolerant than any other religion save the most radical forms of Islam.
Label these Drag show as Pornography/Obscenity. Then pass laws against exposing minors to obscenity.
I refuse to use transgender Newspeak and call sex ‘change’ surgeries gender transition surgeries. However, it ain’t a sex change either. Any suggestions?
Exactly and get that crap out of the schools!
I thought those laws were ubiquitous, but look like I’m wrong. Else, how could children be exposed to sexual words, scenes and acts in drag queen story hours and porn that is now in school libraries and classrooms?
Or genital mutilation.
IMO, you can thank Daily Wire and Matt Walsh
Old Joe’s press secretary claims its ‘dangerous’ to the homosexuals in TN because theres no drag shows....
Why is it always and only ‘dangerous’ when decency reigns ???
“We only want to get married!”
Well, it is still illegal in Tennessee for minors to be present at a drag show. Plus, NO MORE DQSH (drag queen story hour). Why do they want to perform sexually in front of young children? Yikes!
It wasn't.
But the phrasing was chosen carefully to cover any sort of sex show not just a drag show.
That way they can not do the same thing dressed in jeans and a tee shirt.
One wonders if this will affect the big fag/drag parade sponsored by Eastamn Chemical and Citi scheduled for late this summer in Johnson (heh) City...
Label these Drag show as Pornography/Obscenity. Then pass laws against exposing minors to obscenity.
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