{"id":108797,"date":"2023-02-20T01:47:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-20T01:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yellowdogwire.com\/?p=108797"},"modified":"2023-02-20T01:47:01","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T01:47:01","slug":"hundreds-protest-bill-that-would-ban-public-drag-performances-in-tennessee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yellowdogwire.com\/?p=108797","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Hundreds protest bill that would ban public drag performances in Tennessee&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newschannel5.com\/news\/hundreds-protest-bill-that-would-ban-public-drag-performances-in-tennessee\" target=\"_blank\">NewsChannel5<\/a>: &#8220;Hundreds gathered in front of the Tennessee State Capitol to protest what they call anti-LGBTQ bills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently, multiple bills are being debated in the House and Senate that would no longer allow cabaret shows \u2014 and drag shows \u2014 on public property or for those under 18.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe people leading in the state legislature have simply lost touch with reality,\u201d said Phil Cobucci with Inclusion Tennessee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Multiple LGBTQ+ groups held a news conference at the Legislative Plaza on Valentine\u2019s day called the \u201cHave a Heart Tennessee Rally.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The protestors say\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/wapp.capitol.tn.gov\/Apps\/BillInfo\/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0003\" target=\"_blank\">SB3<\/a>,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/wapp.capitol.tn.gov\/apps\/BillInfo\/Default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0009\" target=\"_blank\">HB09<\/a>, and\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/wapp.capitol.tn.gov\/apps\/BillInfo\/Default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0030\" target=\"_blank\">HB30<\/a>, all would turn back the clock on LGBTQ+ related events and performances, while republican lawmakers say it\u2019s all about protecting children.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NewsChannel5: &#8220;Hundreds gathered in front of the Tennessee State Capitol to protest what they call anti-LGBTQ bills. Currently, multiple bills are being debated in the House and Senate that would no longer allow cabaret shows \u2014 and drag shows \u2014 on public property or for those under 18. \u201cThe people leading in the state legislature&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newsstory"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yellowdogwire.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yellowdogwire.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yellowdogwire.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yellowdogwire.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yellowdogwire.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=108797"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/yellowdogwire.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108798,"href":"https:\/\/yellowdogwire.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108797\/revisions\/108798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yellowdogwire.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=108797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yellowdogwire.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=108797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yellowdogwire.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=108797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}