Judge blocks Tennessee law restricting drag performances in public

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A federal judge in Memphis, Tennessee, on Friday temporarily blocked a law restricting drag performances in public from going into effect.

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The judge said the state had failed to justify with a compelling interest the restrictions it aimed to impose. The judge sided with Friends of George’s, a Memphis-based LGBTQ theatre group that filed suit against the state. Several planned drag events were cancelled over the winter after protests, and many venues felt forced to make previously family-friendly drag shows into adults-only events.

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