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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked Tennessee’s first-in-the-nation law placing strict limits on drag shows just hours before it was set to go into effect,
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An LGBTQ+ theater company is suing to try to block Tennessee's first-in-the-nation law that placed strict limits on drag shows, saying it violates the First Amendment.
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A lawsuit was filed against the state of Tennessee over the passing of a first-of-its-kind drag bill that could bring criminal charges against some drag performers.
Almost as soon as Gov. Bill Lee (R-TN) signed a bill criminalizing drag show performances in certain public locations, local civil rights advocates vowed legal action against any alleged abuses of the law.