Tennessee Town To Pay $500K For Banning Pride Event

The Washington Post reports:

A Tennessee city must pay $500,000 as part of a settlement with the American Civil Liberties Union and other groups over an ordinance designed to ban drag performances from taking place on public property, attorneys announced Wednesday.

Last year, the Tennessee Equality Project — a nonprofit that advocates for LGBTQ+ rights — filed a federal lawsuit after Murfreesboro leaders announced they would no longer be approving any event permit requests submitted by the organization.

At the time, the city alleged that the drag performances that took place during TEP’s 2022 Pride event resulted in the “illegal sexualization of kids.”

Read the full article. My October 2023 posts on the Murfreesboro ban are here and here.

STATEMENT from @tnequality on winning the settlement against Murfreesboro: “We celebrate the resolution of this case… Now we can turn our attention to preparing for the 2024 BoroPride and defending rights at the state legislature.” https://t.co/JlYvTFF4md pic.twitter.com/j2ffhXjgBu

— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) February 7, 2024

MURFREESBORO: “@aclutn has settled a lawsuit ending an LGBTQ+ ordinance and local policy which denied all special event permit requests from @tnequality — founder and host of the annual BoroPride Festival.” https://t.co/sdtaeMloXN pic.twitter.com/Y7yZT1QLBQ

— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) February 7, 2024

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