Drag Shows, Pronouns Targeted by Arizona Republicans
advocate.comTwo Republican Arizona lawmakers are opening the legislative session by seeking to restrict drag shows.State Sen. Anthony Kern has filed one bill that would ban drag performances during certain hours — aimed primarily at quashing drag brunches — and another that would prohibit them on public property or any location where they could be viewed by a minor.
Sen. John Kavanagh has chimed in with a bill to ban the use of state funds for drag shows targeting minors.Kern’s Senate Bill 1030 would stipulate that a drag show could not take place between 1 a.m.
and 8 a.m. Monday through Saturday or between 1 a.m. and noon Sundays. It would put drag shows in the same category as performances featuring nudity.
Violation would be a misdemeanor. His bill dealing with locations, SB 1028, also would put drag shows in that category and would make the first violation a misdemeanor and subsequent ones a felony.
