Drag is way too deeply enmeshed in American culture and social practice for it to be eliminated by legal fiat. From medicine shows to broadcast television, and from Black minstrelsy to Hollywood movies, it has been seen and enjoyed by people of all ages and generations. To be sure, there have been period when it has been suppressed and its adepts – many of them already marginalized for being gay – have suffered ostracism, beating, imprisonment and worse. But recent progress for LGBTQ rights have proven difficult to roll back. Indeed, recent court decisions, including a ruling by an Arkansas federal judge on June 20 striking down the state’s new law against gender transition care, are strong indications of more to come. More
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