Drag's Future Could Be In Trump Judges' Hands
Huff PostThe second Trump administration may feature attacks on free speech, but drag artists are ready. Drag bans amount to little more than “an effort to erase LGBTQ+ people from public life,” Emerson Sykes, a senior staff attorney for speech, privacy and technology at the American Civil Liberties Union, told HuffPost. Evry Pleasure The case for drag artists to retain their free speech has so far been strong, even in “unfriendly courts,” said Sykes. “If some of the broader laws and policies prohibiting drag are allowed to stand on similar theories, all sorts of gender expression might be at risk, far beyond drag.” - Emerson Sykes, senior staff attorney for speech, privacy and technology at the ACLU If Kascmaryk’s opinion holds, Sykes said, the implication is clear. “It may be seen as amusing or political entertainment, but most people don’t go to drag shows because they think they will be sexually aroused.” “The more common drag show is somebody wearing drag, not depicting or engaging in sex, not even simulating sexual behavior — at most, they are shaking their body or something like that,” said Volokh, who has filed friend of the court briefs in lawsuits where drag is being challenged.
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