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SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Friends of George's, Inc. v. Mulroy

2:23-cv-02176 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee

Filed Date: March 30, 2023

In 2022, Jackson Pride attempted to hold a family-friendly drag show in a public park, but the organizers were forced to move the show indoors and set age restrictions due to a lawsuit from Tennessee State Representative Chris Todd, where he stated that the performance was child abuse and that drag should be “nonexistent” in his community. In response, Todd introduced a bill to the Tennessee legislature banning “adult cabaret performance[s]” in front of minors, which he stated was intended to c…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Southern Utah Drag Stars v. City of St. George

4:23-cv-00044 | U.S. District Court for the District of Utah

Filed Date: May 23, 2023

On May 23, 2023, the Southern Utah Drag Stars, an LLC that hosts LGBTQ+ events, and its CEO, sued the city of St. George, Utah, after the city denied the organization a special events permit for a family-friendly drag show. Plaintiffs alleged violations of the First and Fourteenth Amendments as well as the Utah Constitution. In particular, they claimed that the city's denial of their special events permit, and subsequent six-month moratorium on such permits and ban on advertising unapproved eve…
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HM Florida-ORL, LLC v. DeSantis

6:23-cv-00950 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Filed Date: May 22, 2023

On May 22, 2023, HM Florida-Orl LLC, which operates a restaurant and bar serving alcohol and presenting drag show performances, comedy sketches, and dancing, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida challenging the constitutionality of Florida Statute 827.11 (the "Act"), which prohibited knowingly admitting a child to an "adult live performance," including a drag show. Violation of the Act authorized the Florida Department of Business and Professional Reg…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
The Woodlands Pride, Inc. v. Paxton

4:23-cv-02847 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: Aug. 2, 2023

This case centers around SB 12. Officially titled “Sexually Oriented Performances” but colloquially known as Texas’s Drag Ban, this bill was first introduced on March 10, 2023, was signed into law by the governor of Texas on June 18, 2023, and was set to go into effect on September 1, 2023. SB 12 bans “sexually oriented performances” done “on public property at a time, in a place, and in a manner that could reasonably be expected to be viewed by a child” or “in the presence of an individual you…
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The Imperial Sovereign Court of the State of Montana v. Knudsen

2:23-cv-00050 | U.S. District Court for the District of Montana

Filed Date: July 7, 2023

In May 2023, Montana Governor Greg Gianforte signed House Bill 359 (“HB 359”) into law, banning “drag story hours” in schools and libraries and prohibiting businesses and state-funded entities from allowing minors to see “sexually oriented performances.” Any library, school, library or school personnel, or public employee convicted of violating the act would be fined $5,000. Moreover, any minor who attended a drag story hour would be able to sue within 10 years and would be guaranteed statutory…
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Spectrum WT v. Wendler

2:23-cv-00048 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: March 24, 2023

This case involves a student group at West Texas A&M University that was prohibited from hosting a drag show. On March 24, 2023, a student group and two individuals brought suit against the President of West Texas A&M University, in his individual and official capacities, as well as the Vice President for Student Affairs, the university chancellor, and the Board of Regents in their official capacities. Represented by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, the students sued under 4…
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Visual Arts Collective, LLC v. Powell

1:16-cv-00414 | U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

Filed Date: Sept. 15, 2016

Closed Date: March 12, 2018

This is a case about the application of the First Amendment to burlesque performances. When this lawsuit was filed (in 2016), Idaho had a state regulation (I.C. § 23-614) prohibiting liquor licensees from allowing female nudity or simulated sexual activity regardless of artistic context. In March 2016, undercover officers from the Idaho State Police attended a burlesque performance at Visual Arts Collective (“VAC”), a contemporary fine art gallery and performance venue. The state then initiated…
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Texas A&M Queer Empowerment Council v. Mahomes

4:25-cv-00992 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: March 5, 2025

This case is about the cancellation of “Draggieland,” an annual student-funded drag show at Texas A&M, due to a drag ban implemented by the university’s Board of Regents (“Board”). On March 5, 2025, the student organization that produces Draggieland, Texas A&M Queer Empowerment Council (“Council”), filed suit against Texas A&M in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.  The Council sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that the university’s prohibition of drag viola…