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HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A federal judge in Montana on Friday temporarily blocked a new law that restricts drag performances just days before thousands of people are expected to attend
Montana Pride, an event that draws about 15,000 to Helena and includes drag performances and story hours, is set to start this weekend.
A federal judge in Montana on Friday temporarily blocked a new law that restricts drag performances just days before thousands of people are expected to attend Montana Pride's 30th anniversary celebration in Helena. The way the law is written “will disproportionally harm not only drag performers, but any person who falls outside traditional gender and identity norms,” including transgender people, U.S. District Court Judge Brian Morris said. The law seeks to ban minors from attending what it calls “sexually oriented” performances, and bans such performances i...
“That’s not something this country has wanted the government to be involved in — questioning individuals when they’re expressing their freedom of speech on the town square."
The City of Helena argued that a recently enacted ban on drag in public spaces should be enjoined – or halted – before the annual Montana Pride celebration slated to