A Florida restaurant is suing Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state of Florida over a newly enacted ban on drag show performances.
while the case is litigated in the courts, which would allow Hamburger Mary’s, as well as other establishments in the state, to carry on with both established and new drag show performances in Florida., leading to the cancellation of many events scheduled for June, which is Pride Month. A Pride parade in Port St. Lucie, Florida, has been canceled, for example, as has a Pride event that was set to happen in Arkansas’s largest performing arts center.
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