Republican lawmakers in the US are leaning into outdated definitions of obscenity to outlaw drag and ban books too For five months this year, homosexuality was prohibited in a Tennessee college town. In June, the city council of Murfreesboro enacted an ordinance outlawing "indecent exposure, public indecency, lewd behavior, nudity or sexual conduct". The rule did not explicitly mention homosexuality, but LGBTQ+ people in the town quickly realized that the ordinance references 21-72 of the city c...
Republican lawmakers in the US are leaning into outdated definitions of obscenity to outlaw drag and ban books too For five months this year, homosexuality was prohibited in a Tennessee college town. In June, the city council of Murfreesboro enacted an ordinance outlawing "indecent exposure, public indecency, lewd behavior, nudity or sexual conduct". The rule did not explicitly mention homosexuality, but LGBTQ+ people in the town quickly realized that the ordinance references 21-72 of the city c...
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