Arkansas Drag Ban Is the Cover for Bigger Anti LGBTQ Attack 😊 Arkansas Senate OKs drag show restrictions; heads to House

Bill to classify drag shows as ‘adultoriented businesses

Arkansas Panel Advances Bill to Restrict Drag Performances

Arkansas panel advances bill to restrict drag performances

After a historic wave of antiLGBTQ laws focus now shifts to

Arkansas legislative panel advances bill to restrict drag

Arkansas House Passes Bill Restricting 'Adult' Performances

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Arkansas Senate OKs drag show restrictions; heads to House

Arkansas Drag Ban Is the Cover for Bigger AntiLGBTQ Attack

Lawmakers go after drag shows as Arkansas's culture war rages on

Arkansas Senate OKs Drag Show Restrictions; Heads to House

Arkansas House strikes drag shows from bill restricting AOL

Arkansas House strikes drag shows from bill restricting

Bill that initially targeted drag shows becomes Arkansas law

Two LGBTQspecific bills move forward in Arkansas Legislature


Photo Illustration by Erin O’Flynn/The Daily Beast/Getty ImagesIn the 1995 movie, To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar, the straight residents of the fictional Midwest town of Snydersville—led by Stockard Channing—face down Sheriff Dollard (Chris Penn), dressed up to the nines in pink and feather boas, with a simple phrase: “I am a drag queen.”. 23 mai 2024 · Military-sponsored drag shows were popular both on and off base. Arkansas’s military bases of Camp Pike, Camp Joseph T. Robinson, and Camp Chaffee (now Fort Chaffee) all hosted military drag shows during World War II. According to camp newspapers, these shows were quite popular and were performed regularly. Officers and enlisted men at. 29 janv. 2024 · Drag activist Athena Sinclair (Miss Gay Arkansas America, 2024), who addressed the Senate on the issue, told The Daily Beast that the bill would “decimate” bars and other venues that are “safe. 7 févr. 2024 · The Arkansas House of Representatives on Monday approved a bill to add restrictions to “adult-oriented” performances and businesses but fell short of cracking down on drag shows specifically. Drag story hours — which feature drag queens reading books to children — and other events have prompted protests by activists who portray them as harmful to children. Opponents of Arkansas’ proposed restrictions say they demonize an art form and marginalize LGBTQ people. 1 févr. 2024 · Two proposed laws that activists say discriminate against LGBTQ Arkansans progressed in the state Legislature Wednesday. State Rep. Mary Bentley (R-Perryville) is sponsoring both bills and has said repeatedly that they are meant to protect children from sexual behavior that could emotionally damage them. 3 févr. 2024 · Arkansas legislators amended a bill that originally would have restricted where drag performances can be held but now does not mention the word “drag” at all. Activists who have opposed Senate Bill 43 since it was introduced in January say the heavily amended language no longer targets LGBTQ Arkansans. 24 janv. 2024 · The Arkansas Senate has approved legislation that restricts the locations of drag shows by classifying them the same way as strip clubs and adult theaters By Associated Press Jan. 24, 2024. 3 févr. 2024 · Activists who have opposed Senate Bill 43 since it was introduced in January say the heavily amended language no longer targets LGBTQ Arkansans. The bill was amended Thursday for the second time in a week. It defines an “adult-oriented performance” as one “that is intended to appeal to the prurient interest,” meaning overtly. 27 févr. 2024 · Activists said their statewide dissent and community organizing led to the bill being “gutted” so it no longer targeted drag performers or the LGBTQ community. The law passed the House on Feb. 6 and passed the Senate on Wednesday, Feb. 22. 6 févr. 2024 · LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas House voted Monday to restrict “adult-oriented" performances, revamping a measure that previously targeted drag shows following discrimination complaints. 4 févr. 2024 · Arkansas legislators amended a bill that originally would have restricted where drag performances can be held but now does not mention the word “drag” at all. “Gutted” Arkansas bill no longer targets drag performers or LGBTQ community, activists say | News From The States. A GOP Arkansas bill targeting drag is so confusing it may not even apply to most drag performances, according to a constitutional expert. If enacted, the bill would classify drag performances as. 7 févr. 2024 · Arkansas’s Republican-controlled House voted Monday to strike language referencing drag performances from Senate Bill 43 — legislation introduced in January by state Sen. Gary. 6 févr. 2024 · Published 2:51 PM PST, February 6, 2024. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas House voted Monday to restrict “adult-oriented” performances, revamping a measure that previously targeted drag shows following discrimination complaints from the LGBTQ community. 6 févr. 2024 · By Associated Press | Feb. 6, 2024, at 5:51 p.m. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas House voted Monday to restrict “adult-oriented" performances, revamping a measure that previously targeted. 7 févr. 2024 · The Arkansas House of Representatives on Monday approved a bill to add restrictions to “adult-oriented” performances and businesses but fell short of cracking down on drag shows. 29 juil. 2024 · In Arkansas, Stubblefield's bill was met with large public backlash from those who say drag is about showmanship, not sex. "I do drag as an art form," says Jeremy Stuthard, an Arkansas. 24 janv. 2024 · LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Senate on Tuesday approved legislation restricting the locations of drag shows by classifying them the same way as strip clubs and adult theaters,. 25 janv. 2024 · The Arkansas Senate on Tuesday approved legislation restricting the locations of drag shows by classifying them the same way as strip clubs and adult theaters, despite criticism that the. 25 janv. 2024 · Jan. 25, 2024 at 11:38 AM CST LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Senate on Tuesday approved legislation restricting the locations of drag shows by classifying them the same way as strip.