The Texas Senate has advanced bills restricting certain drag shows. During the last week’s committee hearing, dozens of drag performers and their allies testified against these bills, outnumbering the bills’ supporters. Opponents of the legislation also said the Republican-led efforts to criminalize certain drag performances were attacks on Texans’ First Amendment rights, while others said the legislation took away Texas parents’ rights to decide what content or culture their children are exposed to.
On the other side, the smaller contingent of the bill’s supporters says the legislation is needed to protect children from sexually explicit materials.
Filed by Republican state Sen. Bryan Hughes of Mineola, SB 12 would impose a $10,000 fine on business owners who host drag shows in front of children — if those performances are sexually oriented. The bill defines a sexually oriented performance as one in which someone is naked or in drag and “appeals to the prurient interest in sex.” Compared to several other Republican proposals that seek to restrict drag shows — including Senate Bill 476 that Hughes previously filed — SB 12 scales down the proposed restriction on drag shows. But performers and their allies said the bill’s language is still vague.
Texas May Penalize Drag Shows With $10k Fines For Being “Erotic, Abnormal And Shameful”
- Al Ferguson
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