House Bill 2127, Senate Bill 12 and House Bill 900 had all been scheduled to take effect on Friday, Sept. 1. Some judges, however, aren't quite ready for them.
in May. “What they're doing is stepping back from what we fought hard to get in the safety standards. … I mean, this is a horrible grab for power from the state level.”“BREAKING: A federal judge just granted our request to temporarily block Texas’ drag ban from taking effect Sept. 1,” the ACLU of Texas wrote in a post on X. “Drag performers and LGBTQIA+ allied businesses belong in our state — and Texas politicians have no right to censor our free expression.
BREAKING: A federal judge just granted our request to temporarily block Texas’ drag ban from taking effect Sept. 1. Drag performers and LGBTQIA+ allied businesses belong in our state — and Texas politicians have no right to censor our free expression.Lawmakers had removed specific “drag” verbiage from the bill when it was still working its way through the state Legislature. SB 12 does, however, seek to ban “sexually oriented performances” in front of minors.Trey Stewart, owner of Dallas gay bar Mr. Misster, told the. Rather, it’s a kind of artistic expression that works to lift people’s spirits.
“Drag queens are there to brighten your day,” he said at the time, “so to try to weaponize that is just mind-boggling.”
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