"Freedom!" my ass

[AntivaxHunters]

Article -- https://livingbluetx.com/2022/11/patterson-aims-to-ban-trans

What does that mean?

First, the bill defines “drag” as any transgender person performing. A “differing gender identity than their gender assigned at birth” is the literal definition of transgender. Having a trans person perform at all by singing, dancing, or performing renders a venue a “sexually oriented business.”

This is a ban on transgender people performing at all and to capacity in Texas.

It would also detour businesses from hosting “drag” events, as they would then be considered a “sexually oriented business” and must never allow a minor to enter, not just during the event. Not only that, it imposes a $5 fee per person on any business that hosts a drag event.

The bill also incorporates the ability of the Attorney General to sue and enjoin any business that violates this law. Ken Paxton would have the legal authority to sue any venue that hosts a drag performance and potentially close it down.

More at link above

[onecaliberal]

1. Fuck off you hating piece of shit.

[Walleye]

2. Gotta get some guys to dress up in Hula skirts and coconut shells and perform at the VFW

See just how far they’re willing to go to enforce this piece of shit

[Hekate]

4. A good performance of "South Pacific" oughta do it. That idiot might completely seize up...

[Walleye]

6. Yes, that's what I had in mind. thanks

[littlemissmartypants]

3. Who remembers the so-called Womanless Wedding?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

5. Blatantly unconstitutional & they know it. But they only mouth respect for the Constitution. . .nt

[Walleye]

7. I'm starting to think they actually hate the constitution.unAmerican assholes

[First Speaker]

21. Who knows what this Supreme Court would regard as "unconstitutional"?

[Cosmocat]

25. YEP

nm

[scarletlib]

8. Well, there goes a s**t load of art, TV, movies, theater etc. Texans won't even be able to watch

I Love Lucy refunds.

F**King assholes.

[soldierant]

27. Shakespeare. Mozart operas. Greek tragedy/comedy

But you're probably right that losing Lucy reruns would upset them more.

[ShazzieB]

31. And movies. SO many movies.

If this chucklehead really wanted to ban every movie where an actor dresses as a gender other than their "assigned at birth" one, he'd really have his work cut out for him.

Texas would have to outlaw a crap ton of movies, including Some Like It Hot, Tootsie, Mrs. Doubtfire, Victor/Victoria, The World According to Garp, The Birdcage, Shakespeare in Love, Yentl, Mulan, The Brady Bunch (remember RuPaul's caneo?), The 2 Eddie Murphy Nutty Professor films, every one of Tyler Perry's Madea Movies....and on and on and on and on and on. And that's just a random sampling, not anywhere near an almost, sort of, semi-exhaustive list.

I'm not even going to get started on TV shows, lol.

It does sound like he's mostly concerned with live performances, but it seems kind of pointless to put so much effort into that in this day and age when people can easily watch all kinds of all kinds of drag, trans-themed, and and/or cross dressing for comedic effects material right on their own TV or other electronic devices in their own homes. But nobody said dumb clucks like Patterson need to concern themselves with making sense!

[Meadowoak]

9. Jared Patterson is the one that should be banned.

[unc70]

10. Much of Shakespeare would qualify

[bronxiteforever]

12. +100 Absolutely.

[Roy Rolling]

11. Don't Give Him Attention

People must ignore morons seeking approval from MAGAts.

That is all. Who needs the approval from MAGAts to exist?

[Cosmocat]

26. Opposite

This needs to be hung over every R elected official.

[AntivaxHunters]

33. That's exactly what got us here

Silence is violence.

Speak up and fight!

[electric_blue68]

13. Don't You have BETTER Things to Do, Jared Patterson? 😑 Apparently not. 😬 Grrrrrr

[barbtries]

15. that's so funny

that was totally my first thought as well.

[electric_blue68]

34. Ty. One would think, amirite?!

[barbtries]

14. do you ever wonder

don't these people have anything better to do with their time?

this kind of shit will never fly. well, it is texas. but even there, i can't believe this could pass, if only because these shows make money, because people enjoy them.

[forgotmylogin]

16. Jeesh. Isn't "Drag" the *absolute opposite" of transgender?

Most trans people identify as their chosen gender for life , whereas drag is someone specifically dressing for an occasion.

[Mr. Evil]

17. Wonder where Rudy fits in with all of this.

[Botany]

18. How soon until we see Jared coming out of The Man Hole

bar? Screaming closet case. Somebody is spending a lot of his time thinking about men dressed up and looking fabulous.

Btw I solved my gay problem years ago and that is I don't have sex with men. Problem solved. Btw If you don't like drag shows don't go.

[Lonestarblue]

19. Unfortunately, Jared Patterson is typical of Texas Republicans.

Batshit crazy, but willing to persecute anyone for their own benefit. The next session of the Texas legislature starts early next year. Get prepared for laws that violate every part of the notion of freedom from religion—laws the right-wing SC will uphold because they are a huge part of the problem with taking away rights of self determination.

[Ford_Prefect]

20. Gonna fail on first amendment and 14th along with Civil rights act violation.

Not to mention what will happen when his personal life gets a good looking into...

[calimary]

24. Indeed!

[BOSSHOG]

22. Bless His Heart

Ole Tex going to a lot of effort to get hateful, stupid people to support him. I guess the gop has already transformed Texas into a Christian paradise so no problems to contend with. Gonna have another bad winter Tex?

[aggiesal]

23. This won't go anywhere. LGBTQ is a protected class. n/t

[Maeve]

28. Would have put an end to theater in Shakespeare's day

Total ass move

[keithbvadu2]

29. Would Donald nuzzling Rudy be considered a sexual act?

?t=20

[summer_in_TX]

30. If you haven't seen "Greater Tuna" about life

in the fictional Tuna, Texas, it's hilariously funny. There are four including Greater Tuna in the series: A Tuna Christmas, Red, White, and Blue Tuna, and Tuna Does Vegas.

Greater Tuna debuted in Austin in 1981, and premiered off-Broadway in 1982.

The plays, written by Jaston Williams, Joe Sears, and Ed Howard, and performed by Jaston Williams and Joe Sears, are notable in that two men play the entire cast of over twenty eccentric characters of both genders and various ages.

A version was produced for HBO and it was performed in the White House for George H.W. and Barbara Bush at their invitation.

Yet this yahoo would choke off these kinds of productions, at least in Texas. I guarantee it's brought in significant revenue to the state since it debuted. By 1985 the Greater Tuna website says it was THE most performed production in the U.S.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

32. Can we outlaw Nazis and then deport all Republicans to Bikini Atoll?