Two detained while protesting drag show ban
“Sexualized entertainment in front of children and obscenity in front of children is something that shouldn’t happen in this state,” Gov. Bill Lee said Wednesday after protesters showed up for his appearance in the city to open the new YMCA in Whitehaven. A child from the audience tips a performer during the Memphis PRIDE Festival & Parade on Beale Street last June. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
The protests of proposed state laws that would outlaw drag various forms of drag shows came as Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee attended the Wednesday, March 1, opening of the Whitehaven YMCA.
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