US Anti-Drag laws

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Republicans have forced anti-drag laws onto the American public.
Those found violating the anti-drag law face misdemeanor charges in the first instance, punishable by a fine up to $2,500 and/or up to a year in jail. Those found for subsequent violations face a felony charge, punishable by up to six years in jail.
https://www.npr.org/2023/03/06/11614521 ... lgbtq-laws
So...can this law be applied retrospectively?

How about Marjorie Taylor Greene's boyfriend



Or Rudi Giuliani and Donald Trump?


Throw them in jail! where is DeSatan when you need him

Which states have made drag illegal?

What I've read about is the performances around and for children.

I don't know about most people, but I couldn't care less what gays and transexuals do between consenting adults. But I am outraged when they do performances for children. When they do that, they are abandoning all decency and should go to jail or prison for indecencies with a child and, in some cases, sexual assault of a child.

Just one day ago
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a new anti-drag show bill, SB 1438, into law last week along with three other bills that place severe restrictions, or in some cases, outright ban gender-affirming care, where transgender people can use the bathroom and more.
https://www.pnj.com/story/news/politics ... 246575007/

A man in a "dress" talking to little children . . .

Some background on "Drag (Queen) Story Hour":

Apparently, this U.S.-style "culture war" has found its way over to the U.K. Here are some relevant Guardian articles:

- Friday briefing: Our new US-style culture war battlefield? Drag Queen Story Hour, August 12, 2022
- ‘I’m just trying to make the world a little brighter’: how the culture wars hijacked Drag Queen Story Hour, August 11, 2022

And here is a more-recent U.S.-based story, from the Los Angeles Times: How drag queen story hours became a target of right-wing attacks, February 22, 2023

And here is the About page of the Drag Story Hour website.

I think the part that becomes confusing is why there is a need to let the children, or anyone else in on the fact that they are in drag. If the goal is simply to be true to oneself, ones gender, etc... Why not just offer to read a book to the kids? I'm sure there are plenty of people who defy gender norms everyday, don't you think?

If they have been assigned as male at birth, feel they are actually female. They get up, do the typical female stuff and go about their way. Same with the people born female, feel they are male.

What I have noticed is the females who identify as male are much more interested in 'passing' as male. Many males who identify as female seem interested in people knowing they are male and are dressing as a female. That is odd to me, as it seems that the reaction from others is more what they are after. If it's confusing to me, I'm sure it's confusing to children. I don't understand the desire to confuse others vs. just wanting to connect to others.

There is a difference between a drag performer and a transsexual.

A drag performer is a male with a female “character” persona. - mascot story time, storybook character story time, clown story time (ok, that might be too scary)

A transsexual is a person who feels that their gender does not match the gender they were assigned at birth and chooses to live as a different gender.