Drag performers descend on Tallahassee to protest anti-LGBTQ+ bills as session nears end
More than 300 drag performers and allies gathered in Tallahassee on Tuesday afternoon to protest a slew of bills that take aim at the LGBTQ+ community, now moving fast through Florida’s statehouse.
The march, which organizers believe to be the largest demonstration by drag performers in Florida history, comes a week after state lawmakers voted to advance bills that would criminalize transgender people’s use of the bathroom that aligns with their identity and ban doctors from providing gender-affirming care.
Lawmakers also passed bills that allow health care providers to refuse people care based on religious beliefs and ban the use of personal pronouns not aligned with gender at birth in Florida schools.
One bill appears to specifically target drag performers, barring children from attending “adult live performances” featuring certain commonly used prosthetics. The bill’s language has sparked questions about the future of Pride.
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