Library cancels trans speaker after Montana bans drag readings
1 year, 9 months ago

Library cancels trans speaker after Montana bans drag readings

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Montana's new law banning drag reading events at public libraries has led to the cancellation of a Native American transgender speaker in a southwestern Montana city on Friday. The Butte-Silver Bow Public Library canceled its “First Friday” speaker, Adria Jawort, at the recommendation of county attorneys, library director Stef Johnson said in a statement on the library's website. When the bill was debated in the Montana Legislature in February, transgender Rep. Zooey Zephyr, a Democrat, said the legislation would target transgender people. “The irony is I testified against this bill saying it would target trans people that would include, of course, me,” Jawort posted on social media Thursday.

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Drag Bans Oppress Every Single One Of Us
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Drag Bans Oppress Every Single One Of Us

Huff Post  

Over the past decade, transphobia, homophobia and misogyny have grown across the U.S., with 75 anti-LGBTQ bills becoming law in 2023 alone. Jazell Barbie Royale is lauded as one of the greatest drag entertainers in our time, winning prestigious LGBTQIA+ pageants, Miss Continental and Miss International Queen, and appearing on Season 2 of RuPaul’s ”Queen of the Universe.” In response …

Transgender Woman, Bookstore, Teacher Sue Over Montana Law Banning Drag Reading Events
1 year, 8 months ago

Transgender Woman, Bookstore, Teacher Sue Over Montana Law Banning Drag Reading Events

Huff Post  

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Montana LGBT+ advocates sue state over ‘Frankenstein’s monster’ drag ban
1 year, 8 months ago

Montana LGBT+ advocates sue state over ‘Frankenstein’s monster’ drag ban

The Independent  

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Federal court halts Florida’s drag ban, calling it attempt to ‘suppress the speech’ rights of performers
1 year, 9 months ago

Federal court halts Florida’s drag ban, calling it attempt to ‘suppress the speech’ rights of performers

The Independent  

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Library cancels trans speaker after Montana bans drag readings
1 year, 9 months ago

Library cancels trans speaker after Montana bans drag readings

Associated Press  

Montana’s new law banning drag reading events at public libraries has led to the cancellation of a Native American transgender speaker in a southwestern Montana city on Friday. The Butte-Silver Bow Public Library canceled its “First Friday” speaker, Adria Jawort, at the recommendation of county attorneys, library director Stef Johnson said in a statement on the library’s website. feminine persona …

Montana Becomes First State To Ban Drag Storytime
1 year, 10 months ago

Montana Becomes First State To Ban Drag Storytime

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING HELENA, Mont. Bills in Florida and Tennessee also appear to try to ban drag reading events, but both require the performances to be sexual in nature, which could be up for interpretation. That makes Montana’s law the first to specifically ban drag reading events, said Sasha Buchert, an attorney with Lambda Legal, a national organization that seeks …

Montana first to ban people dressed in drag from reading to children in schools, libraries
1 year, 10 months ago

Montana first to ban people dressed in drag from reading to children in schools, libraries

Associated Press  

— Montana has become the first state to specifically ban people dressed in drag from reading books to children at public schools and libraries, part of a host of legislation aimed at the rights the LGBTQ+ community in Montana and other states. Bills in Florida and Tennessee also appear to try to ban drag reading events, but both require the …

Montana first to ban people dressed in drag from reading to children in schools, libraries
1 year, 10 months ago

Montana first to ban people dressed in drag from reading to children in schools, libraries

The Independent  

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Drag queens and the long, vibrant history of drag in the US
1 year, 11 months ago

Drag queens and the long, vibrant history of drag in the US

CNN  

CNN — To many, the stereotypical image of a drag queen is one of a gay man dressed in exaggerated feminine getup, oversized wigs and heavy makeup. And even though the ’50s were a “dark period” for queer and trans people, Jeffreys said, some drag acts like the Jewel Box Revue found national success and catered to mainstream audiences. This …

Some States Want To Say Where You Can And Can't Be In Drag : 1A
1 year, 11 months ago

Some States Want To Say Where You Can And Can't Be In Drag : 1A

NPR  

Some States Want To Say Where You Can And Can't Be In Drag Enlarge this image toggle caption ALLISON JOYCE/AFP via Getty Images ALLISON JOYCE/AFP via Getty Images Republicans in state legislatures across the U.S. have found their focus for the 2023 legislative session: drag. Other states like Texas have more than one bill on the legislative floor that would …

How drag queens are the latest targets in the culture wars in US
2 years ago

How drag queens are the latest targets in the culture wars in US

Firstpost  

The fight is playing out on a loop on conservative TV chat shows. On the legislative front, several states have taken up Republican bills seeking to curb drag events Washington: It’s the latest battlefield in America’s rolling “culture wars” over gender and education: conservatives around the country are training their sights on drag shows — assailing them as a threat …

How drag queen story hour became a battle over gender, sexuality and kids
2 years, 1 month ago

How drag queen story hour became a battle over gender, sexuality and kids

LA Times  

Late on a Saturday afternoon last month, a gaggle of children, ages 1 to 5, trickled onto a patio next to a bar, sat in tiny plastic chairs and waited for a host who was about to launch a singalong to the tune of “If You’re Happy and You Know It.” Their parents and grandparents stood nearby at the Brewmaster’s …

Facing threats, LGBTQ center cancels ‘Drag Queen Story Hour’
2 years, 5 months ago

Facing threats, LGBTQ center cancels ‘Drag Queen Story Hour’

Associated Press  

ORLANDO, Fla. — An LGBTQ center in central Florida has canceled a “Drag Queen Story Hour” event due to threats from hate groups, center officials said. The decision by the LGBTQ center in Florida came days after about 200 protesters and counter-protesters threw rocks and smoke grenades at each other outside a drag queen story time event at an Oregon …

Drag story time at Oregon pub draws gun-carrying protesters
2 years, 5 months ago

Drag story time at Oregon pub draws gun-carrying protesters

Associated Press  

EUGENE, Ore. — Protesters, some of them armed, threw rocks and smoke grenades at each other outside a drag queen story time event at an Oregon pub, but the weekend show that was to have featured a child performer went on as planned. The tense protest made the pub in Eugene, about 110 miles south of Portland, the latest target …

Bill prohibiting public drag performances to be introduced in upcoming Idaho legislative session
2 years, 5 months ago

Bill prohibiting public drag performances to be introduced in upcoming Idaho legislative session

Raw Story  

A bill that would ban drag performances in all public venues will be introduced in the first days of the next session of the Idaho Legislature in January, Idaho Family Policy Center President Blaine Conzatti told the Idaho Capital Sun. “No child should ever be exposed to sexual exhibitions like drag shows in public places, whether that’s at a public …

From book bans to armed Proud Boys militia, US libraries bear the brunt of LGBT+ ‘culture war’
2 years, 8 months ago

From book bans to armed Proud Boys militia, US libraries bear the brunt of LGBT+ ‘culture war’

The Independent  

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Drag story hour hosts, under attack, dig in their heels
2 years, 9 months ago

Drag story hour hosts, under attack, dig in their heels

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — Protesters pray outside a library in New York City as Flame, a drag queen sporting a bright wig and a red gown, entertains the children inside by singing the ABCs, leading a coloring activity and reading books about how it’s OK to be different. Outside Chicago, protesters harass parents attending storytime with their children and proclaim that …

Drag Queen Story Hour disrupted by men shouting slurs and threats at Bay Area library
2 years, 9 months ago

Drag Queen Story Hour disrupted by men shouting slurs and threats at Bay Area library

LA Times  

Pickle reads a children’s book at a Drag Queen Story Hour event during the DTLA Proud Festival in August 2019. On Saturday afternoon, as Panda Dulce was reading to children and their parents in a Drag Queen Story Hour event south of Oakland, the library was stormed by a group of men — some of them wearing the colors of …

Drag Queen Story Hour sparks protests in conservative towns
6 years, 6 months ago

Drag Queen Story Hour sparks protests in conservative towns

Associated Press  

NEW ORLEANS — Once upon a time, in 2015, a writer in San Francisco named Michelle Tea got the idea for “Drag Queen Story Hour": men in full drag reading children’s books to kids and parents in programs aimed at providing “positive and unabashedly queer role models.” Since then, Drag Queen Story Hours have been held at libraries or book …

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