It's Pride month! So why not read a big gay article I wrote with @drfoxpopuli.bsky.social that we published under our actual drag names!
It's about Drag Race as a legal system, "dragging up" as a means of queering, and the rigid overbearing homonormativity of RuPaul
doi.org/10.1080/1752...
This paper explores the jurisprudential concepts of the reality competition series RuPaul's Drag Race (RPDR): how legal norms and aesthetics are intrinsic to the show’s structure, and how in turn R...
If implemented, this Code of Practise will lead to segregation of trans and non-binary people and their eradication from public life. Policing bathrooms in this way will inevitably lead to violence against not only trans/non-binary people, but cis gendered women too. Please write to your MP 🏳️⚧️
On Palestine Action appeal (gov. winning, PA remains proscribed terrorist org): 🧵
1. IMO we all knew the "purpose of the policy is to limit use of discretion" point was paper thin
2. IMO we all knew that if that failed, the proportionality point was also weak
www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/u...
Alice Aforethought
Shame on all those MPs who haven't yet, time to grow a backbone. 🏳️⚧️
Save the date!
Law's a Drag are hosting our "Hate Crimes Live!" Cabaret
23 July, Wharf Chambers, Leeds
New legislation has expanded hate crimes laws. We use art, drag, comedy, and performance, to explore what this means for queer, trans, and disabled people:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hate-crime...
Law's a Drag are hosting a new cabaret:
💥 Hate Crimes Live! 💥
Crimes motivated by hostility towards queer people, trans people, and disabled people are now "aggravated offences." What does this mean? How does this help these communities? Does it go far enough?
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hate-crime...
Cllr Dr Max Morris
Rob Cureton
James Greenwood-Reeves
It's a Law's a Drag cabaret! Learn about recent changes to hate crime laws, watch stellar drag performances, and empower your community!
“If people slut out enough, slutting out is no longer a punishable offence.” -Sotah 9:9
😏 Looks like we’ve got a job to do.
Another drag artist threatened with legal action over their drag moniker, by a powerful corporation:
www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...
EDM 240 to reject the draft Code of Practice now has 63 signatures. We all need to keep pushing this.
We need everyone to write to their MP. Regardless of their positions on trans rights. If they choose to ignore our voices, at least we will have the receipts.
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It's a Law's a Drag cabaret! Learn about recent changes to hate crime laws, watch stellar drag performances, and empower your community!
