🏳️‍🌈 Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Tennessee Law Restricting Drag Performances A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked Tennessee’s first-in-the-nation law placing strict limits on d

🏳️‍🌈 Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Tennessee Law Restricting Drag Performances

A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked Tennessee’s first-in-the-nation law placing strict limits on drag shows just hours before it was set to go into effect, siding with a group that filed a lawsuit claiming the statute violates the First Amendment.

The decision comes after Memphis-based Friends of George’s, an LGBTQ+ theater company, filed the federal lawsuit Monday against Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy and the state.

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