But the performers “showed no fear and said they wanted to continue with the show and come out on stage.” In her Instagram caption, the singer wrote that the queens arrived 10 minutes before the show was set to start, and that she told them about the legal concerns. Yet Kiyoko proceeded to bring the drag performers - Lady LiberTea and Ivy St. It’s unclear why Kiyoko was approached by police regarding her show’s drag performances despite the judge’s injunction in the law’s enforcement. Since the law is the first of its kind, these vague definitions worried advocates, who feared that any drag performance ( or display of public gender non-conformity) could be interpreted as obscene by law enforcement.

Although the bill classifies drag shows as “adult cabaret performances,” that term itself is not clearly defined. The plaintiffs in the suit argued that the law unconstitutionally restricts speech and that it is overly vague. The Tennessee law was temporarily blocked by a federal judge for violating the First Amendment in April, just days before it was set to be enacted that injunction is set to expire May 26. A first violation of the law is a misdemeanor offense with a potential jail sentence of 11 months and 29 days subsequent violations are counted as felonies with a prison sentence of up to six years and a fine of up to $3,000.

Tennessee recently enacted the nation’s first ban on drag performances, which prohibits “adult cabaret performances” (including drag shows) from taking place in public, or anywhere where they could be seen by a minor.

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