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Eugene

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Sat Jul 30, 2022, 12:30 AM Jul 2022

Gov. DeSantis Uses 1947 Court Ruling To Go After Miami Drag Show [View all]

Source: HuffPost

Gov. DeSantis Uses 1947 Court Ruling To Go After Miami Drag Show

Activists fear the Republican's step is the latest in an all-out war on drag shows and trans people.

By Mary Papenfuss
Jul 29, 2022, 10:51 PM EDT

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is citing a 75-year-old court ruling to go after a Miami drag show in an attempt to shut it down.

The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation filed an administrative complaint for disorderly conduct against R House restaurant, citing the state Supreme Court ruling against “men impersonating women.”

DeSantis said at a news conference Wednesday that a video taken in the restaurant shows a child walking with a drag performer dressed in “lingerie.”

He said investigators found minors present and a “children’s menu” for the popular outdoor bunches at R House, DeSantis added, “You think to yourself: Give me a break. What’s going on?”

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Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/desantis-1947-drag-show-ruling-miami_n_62e48037e4b0d0ea9b7721af



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