"Please be aware that this 'drag ban' only applies to certain types of performances where minors can be present. drag storytimes are still legal. drag shows are still legal. book and support your local drag. we need it now more than ever,"
"Prohibiting performances in any capacity is such a slippery slope to banning anything vaguely uncomfortable for ppl," one person wrote. "It goes hand in hand with the book bans, and the mandate to put the 10 commandments in classrooms. The rules just dont apply for these politicians and it needs to stop."
"Appreciate the clarity," wrote another. "Art is art is art. This is still an attack/control on artistic expression and rooted in misogyny, homophobia and transphobia. Such a fascist f**king state."
A federal appeals court reversed a district court injunction and revived Texas's drag performance ban. Texas S.B. 12, signed by Gov. Greg Abbott in June 2023, criminalizes "sexually oriented performances" in commercial spaces, on public property, or in the presence of minors and was set to take effect September 1, 2023. Nonbinary drag activist Brigitte Bandit urged Instagram followers to support legal drag events, noting drag storytimes and drag shows remain permitted. Social media commenters framed the ban as part of broader attacks on artistic expression, linking it to book bans and political mandates. Supporters called the ban rooted in misogyny, homophobia, and transphobia and warned of a slippery slope toward broader censorship.
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