Under HB 245, drag performers could face felony charges depending if a juvenile is in attendance or the performance is considered ‘obscene.’
Ohio Republicans introduced a bill on Monday to ban drag performances in locations other than “adult cabaret.”is sponsored by Reps. Angela King and Josh Williams and co-sponsored by 41 other Republican representatives.
In a recent Ohio example of how subjective this language can be, community members in Celina, Ohio approached their local City Council claiming that a drag queen wearing a bathing suit at a Pride celebration should be classified as “nudity,” due to their backside not being completely covered.A first degree misdemeanor if the performance takes place in the presence of a minor.A fourth degree felony if the performance is “obscene” and there are minors under 13 years of age present.
Veranda L’Ni, a Cleveland-based drag performer, has made headlines in the past year for her work organizing and hosting Drag Story Hour. Her work in promoting literacy and giving out free books to children has been threatened by candidates for the United States Senate, protested by out-of-town picketers and had an actual molotov cocktail thrown at a church where she was set to perform.
“The sponsors of this bill are continuing the outrageous overreach and hypocrisy of attempting to control Ohioans, and specifically targeting trans and non binary individuals’ identities and expression; and the LGBTQ+ community as a whole,” Upchurch said.
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