A federal judge ruled the Texas law restricting drag performances in front of children unconstitutional, arguing it violated the First Amendment.
was signed by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott in June and was set to go into effect Sep. 1 but was blocked after being challenged by the American Civil Liberties Union , which filed a lawsuit against the law last month.
According to one of the definitions in the law, a"sexually oriented performance" means a visual performance that features"a male performer exhibiting as a female, or a female performer exhibiting as a male, who uses clothing, makeup, or other similar physical markers and who sings, lip syncs, dances, or otherwise performs before an audience" and"appeals to the prurient interest in sex.
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