The law goes into effect on April 1st and then it's just a waiting game to see where if and when really this statute could be enforced. The White House slammed both bills for, quote, vilifying Americans. I think many people support the law in Tennessee as well but we're also hearing a lot of people speaking out against it. Depending on who is reading that law, they may determine that I am a female impersonator.
Melissa Brown, a state politics reporter for The Tennessean, spills the tea on Tennessee’s new drag restrictions. And drag performer Bella DuBalle promises the state’s queens have no plans to sashay away.
This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Noel King.
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