How drag was pushed back into the shadows in Tennessee

Posted on AllSides March 25th, 2023
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REUTERS/Kevin Wurm

Last April, when drag could still be performed in Tennessee without noticeable complaint, the curtains parted at Tennessee Tech University's Backdoor Playhouse to reveal Joshua Lancaster wearing a black cowl, white face paint, black lipstick and white contact lenses.

He was excited for the debut of his new drag persona, Witchcrafted. But the four-minute video of Lancaster lip-syncing and sashaying across the stage, recorded by his boyfriend, would sit on his Facebook page largely unseen for months until it was found by Landon Starbuck, a conservative activist.

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https://www.reuters.com/world/us/how-drag-was-pushed-back-into-shadows-tennessee-2023-03-25/

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