11th Circuit upholds Florida law restricting minors at sexually explicit drag shows

Venues hosting drag performances have already canceled family-friendly shows and barred minors due to enforcement fears, affecting artistic expression and business operations.

In a nation perpetually negotiating the boundaries between expression and protection, an eight-judge majority of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that Florida may enforce its law shielding children from sexually explicit live performances, including certain drag shows. The court framed the measure not as a suppression of art or identity, but as a conventional obscenity regulation — one requiring all three prongs of a familiar legal standard before any performance is prohibited. The decision, splitting the court 8-5, reflects a deeper and unresolved tension in democratic societies: h

11th Circuit upholds Florida law restricting minors at sexually explicit drag shows

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