<p style="font-weight: 400;">Republicans in Montana have taken a strong stand against drag queens reading books to children, banning the practice at libraries and schools.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Republican governor Greg Gianforte signed Montana HB 359 on Monday; over half of the state legislature cosponsored the bill, which bars minors from attending sexually oriented shows.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“A school or library that receives any form of funding from the state may not allow a sexually oriented performance or drag story hour &#8230; on its premises during regular operating hours or at any school-sanctioned extracurricular activity,” the bill <a href="https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2023/billhtml/HB0359.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">states</a>, adding that a minor who attended such a performance “may bring an action against a person who knowingly promotes, conducts, or participates as a performer in the performance. The minor&#8217;s parent or legal guardian may bring an action in the name of the minor for an action commenced under this section.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“In my humble opinion, there&#8217;s no such thing as a ‘family-friendly’ drag show,” the bill&#8217;s sponsor, Republican Rep. Braxton Mitchell, <a href="https://montanafreepress.org/2023/02/23/montana-republicans-advance-drag-ban-for-public-spaces-near-minors/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in April, adding that he sponsored the bill “because drag shows in recent years have been specifically aimed at children.” He also stated that drag queens reading to children were part of a “sick agenda” and drag shows were “damaging to a child’s psychology and general welfare.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">In signing the bill, Gianforte commented that he believed it was “wildly inappropriate for little kids, especially preschoolers and kids in elementary school, to be exposed to sexualized content.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">The bill passed the Republican-controlled House in a 66-33 vote in February. Democrat Minority Leader Kim Abbott <a href="https://nbcmontana.com/news/local/drag-ban-bill-for-public-places-schools-and-libraries-moves-through-legislature" target="_blank" rel="noopener">declared</a>, “I’m going to object today every time we’re equating a drag performance to sexualizing children. And I just want the body to know that we can do it all day long.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Democrats attempted to amend the bill and replace references to “drag” with “adult-oriented performance.”  Mitchell said the Democrats’ amendment “completely derails the intent of the legislation” while pushing for the motion to be defeated, which it was in a 58-42 vote.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Drag queens reading at libraries has been pushed for years; as far back as 2016 San Francisco-based <a href="http://www.radarproductions.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RADAR Productions</a> and New York-based <a href="http://www.feministpress.org/drag-queen-story-hour/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Feminist Press</a> teamed up to bring “Drag Queen Story Hour” to life.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;"> “DQSH captures the imagination and play of the gender fluidity in childhood and gives kids glamorous, positive, and unabashedly queer role models,” explained the campaign&#8217;s YouTube promotional video. “In spaces like this, kids are able to see people who defy rigid gender restrictions and imagine a world where people can present as they wish, and where dress-up is real.”</p>

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