ニューヨーク・タイムズのインスタグラム(nytimes) - 6月3日 05時44分

Will drag performers be banned in Tennessee?

The Tennessee legislature approved a law in March limiting where “adult cabaret” can be performed. If a federal judge allows the law to take effect, it will ban what it defines as adult cabaret performances, including by “male or female impersonators,” on public property or anywhere children might view them.

Ahead of a ruling that could come as soon as this week, the law is scrambling the plans of entertainment venues, performers and event organizers preparing for Pride Month celebrations, many of which take place on city streets and in other public spots. Such events, along with all-ages drag brunches in a smattering of venues around the state, appear to be the law’s main targets.

Groups planning Pride celebrations are either restricting attendance to adults or canceling drag performances — not only in Tennessee, but also in Florida, Montana, Texas and Arkansas, which passed similar laws this year banning anyone under 18 from live performances that meet lawmakers’ definition of inappropriate.

Despite the growing visibility of drag in mainstream culture, many people supporting anti-drag bills consider drag performances too mature for young people or in direct conflict with deep religious values, and maintain that they need to draw the line. But many drag artists say that as audiences have broadened, they have adapted their performances, making them appropriate for drag brunches and public events such as Pride parades, when children might be present in the streets.

“For a little kid like me, who knew at a very young age that I was different, it would have been powerful to see myself in someone else and to know that there was a future for me.”
Slade Kyle works as Bella DuBalle and is one of the most outspoken drag performers in Tennessee.

In interviews, several performers reflected on how drag has been an antidote to the loneliness and pain they experienced in childhood, as their deeply religious or conservative communities ostracized LGBTQ people. Tap the link in our bio to read more about the bill and the ways it is already impacting LGBTQ communities. Photos by @lucygarrett.co

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