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Legislation in Texas would limit access to drag show performances

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One bill in the Texas legislature seeks to strictly² regulate drag shows and another proposed piece of legislation would limit who can attend them.

ROB SCHMITZ, BYLINE³: Since the Club Q shooting in Colorado, high-profile drag performers and LGBTQ bars are hiring extra security staff for protection. More than 200 anti-LGBTQ bills were introduced this year, and the community now faces attacks in legislatures in several states. NPR's Lilly Quiroz takes us to Texas, where some bills could affect who is able to attend drag events.

MARISSA KAGE: Today is the showdown.

(CHEERING)

LILLY QUIROZ, BYLINE: I'm at the Round-Up Saloon for a late-night show where host and drag queen Marissa Kage welcomes revelers sporting cowboy hats and boots. But what I'm here to see is what's on stage - the glitz and glam of tonight's drag performers.

UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: Please make some noise for Olivia Rey Obscene and Aubrey Couture.

QUIROZ: Only four drag performers remain in the competition, and they're battling it out for a cash prize and to become part of the Round-Up's royal court. But the shooting at Club Q in Colorado late last month, which killed five and injured 17, has had an effect. Since the shooting, the Round-Up has added two security personnel for Friday and Saturday nights. Still, all four contestants⁴ and plenty of patrons showed up, including drag queen Olivia Rey Obscene.

OLIVIA REY OBSCENE: It's scary. You know, my dad, he was like, hey, are you sure you want to continue in this competition? And my dad's my biggest supporter.

QUIROZ: GLAAD reports that there have been at least 140 drag events targeted with, quote, "false and vile⁵ rhetoric," armed intimidation⁶ and/or outright⁷ violence this year. Texas had the most. A couple doors down from the Round-Up Saloon is Mr. Misster. Earlier this year during Pride month, this gay bar had seen protesters after it hosted an all-ages drag brunch⁸.

Now Texas Representative Jared Patterson has authored a bill that would require businesses that host drag events to operate as, quote, "sexually oriented businesses." We reached out for a comment, but he was not available before this piece aired. A different representative, Brian Slayton, confirmed with NPR that he is committed to file his own legislation to ban minors⁹ from attending a drag performance. In Texas, that's anyone under 18. Here's what he told Fox News.

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)

BRYAN SLATON: We don't want people to sexualize them. We don't want people to sexually assault them.

QUIROZ: GLAAD's president and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis says false claims like these are dangerous.

SARAH KATE ELLIS: What we're seeing is that there are these created narratives¹⁰ around the drag queens and these performances, and then they're going online onto social media and going unchecked there and just spreading and creating this environment of extremism.

QUIROZ: Olivia has more to lose from all this.

OBSCENE: Frankly¹¹, it pisses me off. I have five siblings¹² under the age of 18. And the fact that my family cannot come and see me perform, it hurts because they - excuse me - they're very supportive, and they come to a lot of my shows. So it's hard.

QUIROZ: As the night's wrapping up, it's clear that Olivia Rey Obscene and Rosalia Diamond Doll are the top two performers.

KAGE: And they will be lip-singing to "Unholy" by Sam Smith and Kim Petras.

QUIROZ: Each is showing off, doing splits and high kicks in their fiercest looks. And in the end, it's Olivia who prevails. In the finale this week, only one will be crowned to become the newest drag performer of the Round-Up. And host Marissa Kage says they'll keep showing up.

KAGE: They're not going to bring us down. We are such a strong community, and we've seen it throughout the years and throughout history. Like, we're going to live our life.

QUIROZ: Lilly Quiroz NPR News, Dallas, Texas.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "UNHOLY")

SAM SMITH: (Singing) Bout¹³ all the - you tell me that you do.

1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

2 strictly   

adv.严厉地，严格地；严密地

参考例句：

• His doctor is dieting him strictly.他的医生严格规定他的饮食。
• The guests were seated strictly in order of precedence.客人严格按照地位高低就座。

3 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

4 contestants   

n.竞争者，参赛者( contestant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The competition attracted over 500 contestants representing 8 different countries. 这次比赛吸引了代表8个不同国家的500多名参赛者。
• Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency. 两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 vile   

adj.卑鄙的，可耻的，邪恶的；坏透的

参考例句：

• Who could have carried out such a vile attack?会是谁发起这么卑鄙的攻击呢？
• Her talk was full of vile curses.她的话里充满着恶毒的咒骂。

6 intimidation   

n.恐吓，威胁

参考例句：

• The Opposition alleged voter intimidation by the army.反对党声称投票者受到军方的恐吓。
• The gang silenced witnesses by intimidation.恶帮用恐吓的手段使得证人不敢说话。

7 outright   

adv.坦率地；彻底地；立即；adj.无疑的；彻底的

参考例句：

• If you have a complaint you should tell me outright.如果你有不满意的事，你应该直率地对我说。
• You should persuade her to marry you outright.你应该彻底劝服她嫁给你。

8 brunch   

n.早午餐

参考例句：

• They eat much the same thing for brunch every day.每天早午餐他们总是吃同样的东西。
• What did you have for your brunch?你早午饭都吃些什么？

9 minors   

n.未成年人( minor的名词复数 )；副修科目；小公司；[逻辑学]小前提v.[主美国英语]副修，选修，兼修( minor的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• The law forbids shops to sell alcohol to minors. 法律禁止商店向未成年者出售含酒精的饮料。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He had three minors this semester. 这学期他有三门副修科目。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 narratives   

记叙文( narrative的名词复数 )； 故事； 叙述； 叙述部分

参考例句：

• Marriage, which has been the bourne of so many narratives, is still a great beginning. 结婚一向是许多小说的终点，然而也是一个伟大的开始。
• This is one of the narratives that children are fond of. 这是孩子们喜欢的故事之一。

11 frankly   

adv.坦白地，直率地；坦率地说

参考例句：

• To speak frankly, I don't like the idea at all.老实说，我一点也不赞成这个主意。
• Frankly speaking, I'm not opposed to reform.坦率地说，我不反对改革。

12 siblings   

n.兄弟，姐妹( sibling的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• A triplet sleeps amongst its two siblings. 一个三胞胎睡在其两个同胞之间。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• She has no way of tracking the donor or her half-siblings down. 她没办法找到那个捐精者或她的兄弟姐妹。 来自时文部分

13 bout   

n.侵袭，发作；一次(阵，回)；拳击等比赛

参考例句：

• I was suffering with a bout of nerves.我感到一阵紧张。
• That bout of pneumonia enfeebled her.那次肺炎的发作使她虚弱了。