Montana City Could Refuse LGBTQ+ Pride Parade Permit Over Drag Ban

The leading organizers of Montana's largest LGBTQ+ Pride parade in Helena have joined the lawsuit challenging the state's drag performance ban. An ...

July 26, 2023
5:10 AM

The leading organizers of Montana's largest LGBTQ+ Pride parade in Helena have joined the lawsuit challenging the state's drag performance ban. An independent bookstore owner and a transgender woman oppose a Montana law that forbids people in drag from reading to children in schools, libraries, and other public spaces. The group sued city and state officials on July 7 to block the law, NBC News reports. Additionally, minors are not allowed to attend 'sexually oriented or obscene performances on public property,' and such performances are prohibited 'on public property where children are present.

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