Proposed bill would ban minors from attending drag shows in Iowa
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That’s why I’m in favor of these types of laws.
Way too broad a brush. It's basically a toss the baby out with the bathwater bill:
Summary of the Proposed Iowa Bill on Drag Shows and Minors
- Main Purpose
- The bill seeks to ban minors from attending drag shows in Iowa.
- It defines a drag performance as when a performer presents a gender identity different from their assigned sex at birth through clothing, makeup, or accessories.
- Criminal Penalties
- Adults who knowingly bring a minor to a drag show could be charged with a Class D felony, punishable by up to 5 years in prison and a fine between $1,025 and $10,245.
- Business owners who allow minors to attend drag performances could be fined $10,000 per minor in attendance.
- Scope of Performances Affected
- The bill broadly defines performances to include singing, lip-syncing, dancing, and readings.
So, if a high school puts on a performance of Grease and not enough male actors want to perform and a girl dresses up to play Danny Zuko, with this bill she's committing a felony.
While some drag shows are not appropriate for minors due to the spoken content, the mere fact a person is dressed in drag is not inherently inappropriate...A felony?!:
Exposing minors to drag shows would be criminalized under a proposed bill in the Iowa Legislature that critics say is overly broad and could potentially target artistic performances.
The House Education Subcommittee on Tuesday advanced House Study Bill 158, which would bar minors from attending drag shows or performances where a performer “exhibits a gender identity that is different than the performer’s gender assigned at birth through the use of clothing, makeup, accessories or other gender signifiers.”
The bill defines performances as singing, lip-synching, dances and readings.
Under the legislation, an adult who knowingly takes a minor to a drag show would be guilty of a Class D felony, which is punishable by up to five years in prison and a fine of at least $1,025, but not more than $10,245. The Class D felony charge also would apply to business operators who knowingly let minors attend drag performances at their venues. They could face a fine of $10,000 for each minor in attendance.
The legislation comes as LGBTQ+ pride events, including drag story times where drag performers read to children at libraries and bookstores, have been targeted by conservative efforts to restrict them. Opponents of drag story times argue they expose children to “sexualized behavior.”
Proposed bill would ban minors from attending drag shows in Iowa
Exposing minors to drag shows would be a felony under a proposed bill in the Iowa Legislature that critics say is overly broad and could potentially target artistic performances.www.thegazette.com
Stop with the red herring. That’s not what this bill is for and you know it.
Does Iowa have thousands of drag shows? I'm guessing is a massive number if they're creating new big government legislation over it.
And is there a problem with thousands of parents/adults taking children to drag shows in Iowa?
And is there a problem with thousands of parents/adults taking children to drag shows in Iowa?
Doesn't matter. It's what's written you know darn well some busy body Karen will make a stink OR someone trying to make a point will.
You're telling me if Bob puts on a Disney princess dress and reads a story to kids at a library, you're going to have a fit about that? Or if Bob dances in a dress and some kids are around? Again, trying to get the pervs by painting a very broad brush isn't the way to go.
Just stop. They will not. Just more fear mongering tactics.
You’re definitely a boomer. What we really need are laws regulating straight white men from writing laws for every little thing that challenges their fvcking worldview.
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Exactly, if a parent decides to take their child to a drag show they shouldn’t be charged with a felony. There’s nothing wrong with drag shows.
It’s unfortunate you dodged your mother’s coat hangar. We’d have one less conditioned boomer leaching off the planet.
You couldn’t be more wrong, but keep being a stain on society.
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Sounds like someone is concerned their weekend part time job may be in jeopardy.
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