Florida city bans drag shows from Pride because Ron DeSantis may sign drag ban

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Wilton Manors, Florida – long known as one of the most LGBTQ+-inclusive cities in America – has fallen prey to Gov. Ron DeSantis‘s (R) anti-LGBTQ+ agenda.

A recent vote by the city commission declared that permits for this year’s June 17 Pride parade will direct the organization behind the event, Stonewall Pride, to anticipate the need to comply with a state bill seeking to ban public drag performances. It has already passed the legislature, and DeSantis is expected to sign it.

S.B. 1438 prohibits government entities from issuing permits to organizations that may hold “adult live performances” in the presence of minors. The bill defines “adult live performance” as “any show, exhibition, or other presentation in front of a live audience which, in whole or in part, depicts or simulates nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement, or specific sexual activities… lewd conduct, or the lewd exposure of prosthetic or imitation genitals or breasts.”

While it does not specifically mention drag, Republican politicians across the country have increasingly targeted drag performances and family-friendly events like drag queen story hours, characterizing them as…

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