The post concluded with the hashtags #ProtectTransKids and #DragIsNotACrime.
The messages were reposted to Paramores account.
These bills have garnered criticism fromthe Tennessee Democratic Partyandthe states ACLU, as wellas from a slew ofdrag performers.
Gregg DeGuire
[The drag ban] could easily ban pride, wrotetrans advocate and legislative tracker Erin Reed.
It bans public drag.
It bans transgender people performing, who are just living their lives.
Instagram/@yelyahwilliams
It charges them with a felony!
It is blatantly unconstitutional.
Williams is a longtime supporter of LGBTQ+ rights.
Young girls, queer kids, and anybody of any color…, Williams wrote.
We have shifted this scene together, messily, angrily, heartbroken, and determined.
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