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Why mimosa-filled drag brunches continue to captivate queer audiences and allies

From show tunes to sashays, drag brunches have continued to spread joy among queer and non-queer people alike despite ongoing political crusades against performers. Meredith Clark and Olivia Hebert spoke to drag queens on opposite coasts, who shared how drag brunch continues to amplify local LGBTQ+ communities across the country

The Independent UK

Justices Kavanaugh And Barrett's Shadow Docket Concurrence In The Hamburger Mary's Case

The good, the bad, and the ugly.

Reason

Broad Injunctions Against Enforcement of Allegedly Unconstitutional Statutes

An interesting opinion from Justices Kavanaugh and Barrett; it arose in a case challenging a Florida law that was aimed at drag shows, but it deals with the remedies question and not the underlying substantive First Amendment question.

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Florida drag shows win temporary victory in Supreme Court

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the law to ban "children" from "adult live performances" that feature sexual conduct. While the law doesn't refer to drag shows, it is widely seen as aimed at them.

WEKU

Federal judge refuses to limit drag show ruling to just Hamburger Mary’s

A federal judge won’t limit his previous ruling that temporarily blocked a Florida law he has determined violated the constitutional rights of drag performers.

Orlando Sentinel

Judge blocks a Florida law that would punish venues where kids can see drag shows

The ruling, in a case brought by a Hamburger Mary's restaurant, pauses enforcement of the state's new "Protection of Children" law, which prohibits admitting children to an "adult live performance."

WEKU

Federal Judge Blocks Florida's Anti-Drag Law

The ruling is the latest in a series of legal defeats for anti-drag laws.

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Hamburger Mary’s attorney fights ‘coast to coast’ for drag performers’ freedom

Just four days after a federal judge ruled a Tennessee law restricting drag shows was unconstitutional, attorney Brice Timmons was in an Orlando, Florida, courtroom describing how a new Florida law was causing Hamburger Mary’s to censure its drag shows.

Orlando Sentinel

Florida restaurant sues Ron DeSantis over law banning drag performances

Hamburger Mary’s in Orlando says law has ‘everything to do with the continued oppression of the LGBTQ+ community’

The Guardian - US

An Orlando drag show restaurant files lawsuit against Florida and Gov. Ron DeSantis

Hamburger Mary's in Orlando, which has held drag performances since 2008, is asking the court to block the implementation of the state's new law, which the governor signed last week.

WEKU

'No One Will Become an American Until…the Border Is Secure'

Plus: Lawsuits over drag shows, a ban on Chinese citizens buying property in Florida, and more...

Reason

Famed restaurant Hamburger Mary’s sues Florida over DeSantis’ drag ban

Hamburger Mary’s Orlando has been hosting drag shows since it opened in 2008

The Independent UK

Famed restaurant Hamburger Mary’s sues Florida over DeSantis drag ban hurting business

Hamburger Mary’s Orlando has been hosting drag shows since it opened in 2008

The Independent UK

Hamburger Mary’s sues DeSantis over drag show law

Hamburger Mary’s in Orlando is suing Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state of Florida in federal court, claiming the restaurant has been deprived of its First Amendment rights and is already losing customers under a new law affecting drag shows.

Orlando Sentinel

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‘The goal is to be preventative’: Kansas City Police Department offers active shooter training to local LGBTQ bar

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A group of staff at Hamburger Mary’s on Broadway Avenue in midtown gathered Monday afternoon around a fake torso spotted with fake blood stains, cuts and bullet wounds.

Salon

Lone Star hate: How Texas lost its mind

Sure, Texas is a red state. But the merger of MAGA and anti-LGBTQ activism has revealed a whole new level of ugly

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