Florida’s Ban on Children Attending Drag Shows: What to Know

Florida’s Ban on Children Attending Drag Shows: What to Know

A federal appeals court has upheld Florida’s ban on children attending obscene drag shows, but a plaintiff is now seeking the Supreme Court’s review and claiming violations of the First Amendment’s protection of free speech. The state law in question, the Protection of Children Act, does not explicitly ban drag shows. It focuses on protecting minors from obscenity, which Florida said was part of the drag performances at the venue suing the stat…