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Drag Performance Laws by State
Drag Performance Laws by State: compare 50 US states on 3 metrics.
Bill Proposed
2 values across 50 entries
Bill Status
3 values across 18 entries
Data
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50 states
 Alabama | No | — | — |
 Alaska | No | — | — |
 Arizona | Yes | Advancing | Drag artists who perform in front of children under 15 years old would be subject to at least ten years in prison and forced to register as sex offenders |
 Arkansas | Yes | Signed into Law | Prohibits drag shows from being performed on public property around minors |
 California | No | — | — |
 Colorado | No | — | — |
 Connecticut | No | — | — |
 Delaware | No | — | — |
 Florida | No | — | — |
 Georgia | No | — | — |
 Hawaii | No | — | — |
 Idaho | Yes | Advancing | Prohibits drag shows from being performed on public property around minors |
 Illinois | No | — | — |
 Indiana | No | — | — |
 Iowa | Yes | Defeated | Prohibits minors being present at drag shows |
 Kansas | Yes | Advancing | The bills would expand the “crime of promoting obscenity” to include performing drag shows in front of minors, and prohib it those shows in public area |
 Kentucky | Yes | Advancing | Prohibits drag shows from being performed on public property around minors |
 Louisiana | No | — | — |
 Maine | No | — | — |
 Maryland | No | — | — |
 Massachusetts | No | — | — |
 Michigan | No | — | — |
 Minnesota | Yes | Advancing | Prohibits drag performances in publicly funded libraries or schools |
 Mississippi | No | — | — |
 Missouri | Yes | Advancing | Criminalizes organizing, authorizing the viewing of, or engaging with an adult cabaret performance (which includes drag shows) on public property |
 Montana | Yes | Advancing | Prohibit minors from attending drag performances, |
 Nebraska | Yes | Advancing | Prohibits anyone under the age of 19 (or under 21 if alcohol is served) from attending a drag show |
 Nevada | No | — | — |
 New Hampshire | No | — | — |
 New Jersey | No | — | — |
 New Mexico | No | — | — |
 New York | No | — | — |
 North Carolina | Yes | Advancing | Prohibits adult cabaret on public property and other places where it could be viewed by minors |
 North Dakota | Yes | Advancing | Prohibits adult cabaret on public property and other places where it could be viewed by minors |
 Ohio | No | — | — |
 Oklahoma | Yes | Advancing | The bill would make it illegal for a person to "engage" or "authorize the viewing of" an "adult cabaret performance" on public property or where a minor could view the show |
 Oregon | No | — | — |
 Pennsylvania | No | — | — |
 Rhode Island | No | — | — |
 South Carolina | Yes | Advancing | Prohibits adult cabaret on public property and other places where it could be viewed by minors |
 South Dakota | Yes | Advancing | Prohibits "lewd or lascivious" content from the state’s public schools, colleges and universities. |
 Tennessee | Yes | Signed into Law | Restricts "adult cabaret performances" in public or in the presence of children, and bans them from occurring within 1,000 feet of schools, public parks, or places of worship |
 Texas | Yes | Advancing | The bill would restrict when sexuality and gender identity are taught in schools, where people can perform in drag, and what kind of health care is available to transgender children. |
 Utah | No | — | — |
 Vermont | No | — | — |
 Virginia | No | — | — |
 Washington | No | — | — |
 West Virginia | Yes | Advancing | Prohibits adult cabaret on public property and other places where it could be viewed by minors |
 Wisconsin | No | — | — |
 Wyoming | No | — | — |
Quick answers
- Where does this drag performance laws by state data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Time; Guardian News & Media; Head Topics; American Civil Liberties Union.