I'm a drag queen in Tennessee and scared the new law banning cabaret performances will hurt the drag community and leave me without a steady income

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Bella DuBalle, drag queen
Bella DuBalle is a drag queen based in Memphis, Tennessee.

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A rash of proposed Florida laws use 'genocidal rhetoric' to attack trans people, legal experts say

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Protesters lie on the ground holding cardboard signs shaped like tombstones in front of the Marriott Fort Lauderdale Airport as the Florida Board of Medicine meets inside on Aug 5, 2022. On the agenda is a discussion about a proposed rule by Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration to ban doctors from performing gender-affirming surgeries or providing puberty blockers to transgender minors. (Jose A.

Memphis drag queen fears Tennessee drag ban will empower strangers to call the cops on her for how she dresses

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Bella DuBalle with blonde hair and in a white gown. She's carrying a giant white rose in her left hand.
Bella DuBalle is a drag performer in Memphis, Tennessee.

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A GOP-backed bill in Oklahoma would fine drag performers up to $20,000 and have them face up to 2 years in jail for performing in front of a minor

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A drag queen who goes by the name Flame reads stories to children and their caretakers during a Drag Story Hour at a public library in New York, Friday, June 17, 2022.
A drag queen who goes by the name Flame reads stories to children and their caretakers during a Drag Story Hour at a public library in New York, Friday, June 17, 2022.

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