Police Told Hayley Kiyoko She Couldn’t Bring Drag Queens On Stage in Nashville. She Did It Anyway
glamour.composted a video to Instagram on Monday, May 1, just before she was set to go on stage at Nashville’s Marathon Music Works. She shared that she had been “upset, but now this is just unbelievable.”“I am getting ready for my show tonight and was really excited to bring out some incredible drag performances,” Kiyoko said.
Tearing up, she explained that she was confronted by an undercover cop during sound check and told that because her show was all ages, she couldn’t feature drag performers. “So we’re trying to figure out if there’s a workaround or what the situation is, but this is fucked up,” she added.
This content can also be viewed on the site it from.Tennessee recently enacted the nation’s first , which prohibits “adult cabaret performances” (including drag shows) from taking place in public, or anywhere where they could be seen by a minor.
A first violation of the law is a misdemeanor offense with a potential jail sentence of 11 months and 29 days; subsequent violations are counted as felonies with a prison sentence of up to six years and a fine of up to $3,000.The Tennessee law was temporarily blocked by a federal judge for violating the First Amendment in April, just days before it was set to be enacted; that injunction is .
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