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LGBTQ+ community celebrates US judge striking down law restricting drag performances

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Members of Tennessee's LGBTQ+ community and their supporters said on Saturday that a federal judge's ruling regarding a state law restricting drag performances was a "breath of fresh air."

U.S. District Judge Thomas Parker, an appointee of former Republican President Donald Trump, ruled late on Friday that Tennessee's law restricting drag performances in public or where children were present was unconstitutional, striking a blow to efforts in U.S. states to regulate LGBTQ+ conduct.

Attendees at a Franklin, Tenn., pride event responded positively to the ruling, but as drag performer "Cya Inhale" said, "There's still a fight and we have to continue fighting."

Meanwhile, demonstrator Erasmus Viviscencio showed up to the event, stating he believes drag performances will "scar" children, voicing his views against it.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee in February had signed the bill passed by the state's assembly that aimed to restrict drag performances, putting the state at the forefront of a Republican-led effort to limit drag in at least 15 states in recent months. In his ruling, Parker said the law was "both unconstitutionally vague and substantially overbroad." The First Amendment to the Constitution commands that laws infringing on freedom of speech must be narrow and well-defined, Parker said in the 70-page ruling.

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