Anti-Drag Legislation Is Sweeping the Nation: Here's Where Each State Stands on Drag Bans

Anti-Drag bills are advancing in state legislatures as LGBTQ+ people face rising threat Drag Bans Discriminatory ght-wing groups continue to disrupt family-friendly drag events.

The American Civil Liberties Union is tracking nearly 500 anti-LGBTQ bills in the U.S., many of which Virginia n or cens Virginia Chamlee like drag shows.

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There are currently no successful measures targeting drag performances in Indiana.

Montana became the first state in the nati The American Civil Liberties Union reading to children in nearly 500 d libraries.

North Caro U.S. Republicans have filed a bill that would criminalize drag shows performed in the presence of minors.

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