A federal judge temporarily blocked Tennessee’s controversial law banning drag shows Friday, just hours before it was scheduled to take effect. The first-of-its-kind legislation is too vague and ...

Tennessee will soon ban drag performances in public spaces because they are "harmful to minors," according to the law's authors. But organizers say the shows are not sexually explicit.

Tennessee’s restrictive new drag law goes into effect on Saturday, April 1, and there’s already a lawsuit in response. The Memphis-based nonprofit theater group Friends of George’s is suing ...

Tennessee makes drag and trans health care bans law Tenn. Gov. Bill Lee signed a bill banning drag performances the same afternoon he signed a ban on youth gender-affirming care.

Tennessee’s Drag Ban Overturned, Deemed Unconstitutional by Federal Judge. 06/07/2023 . Then, they checked their phones; the ruling had just dropped.

Tennessee’s restrictive new drag law goes into effect on Saturday, April 1, and there’s already a lawsuit in response. The Memphis-based nonprofit theater group Friends of George’s is suing ...

Nashville, Tenn. — “If I hadn’t been a girl, I’d have been a drag queen.” Dolly Parton has uttered those words famously and often. But if she really were a drag queen, one of Tennessee ...

The word “drag” does not appear in the Tennessee bill. Instead, it changes the definition of adult cabaret in Tennessee’s law to mean “adult-oriented performances that are harmful to ...

Monica Lusk, a trans Memphis drag entertainer who performs under the name Monica Dupree, told me that she feels doubly attacked by Tennessee’s law and that she’s “mad as hell.” “Drag ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — “If I hadn’t been a girl, I’d have been a drag queen.” Dolly Parton has uttered those words famously and often. But if she really were a drag queen, one of Tennessee ...

Legislation is heading to Tennessee’s Republican governor, Thursday, March 2, 2023, that would ensure drag shows cannot take place in public or in front of children.