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Pete Ross Junior

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Sun Mar 12, 2023, 08:10 PM Mar 2023

Bounty hunters hunting drag queens is now seriously proposed in Texas.

Just when I thought I knew how evil they are ...

Texas Republican Introduces Bounty Hunting Bill Targeting Drag Queens
The Advocate

A Texas Republican lawmaker proposed a bill allowing everyday people to sue anybody who hosts or performs in drag where any child is in attendance. Critics say the measure will create a bounty-hunting culture that targets drag queens and transgender people.

Houston-area state Rep. Steve Toth filed HB 4378 on Thursday. He seeks to define “a cause of action for drag performances performed in the presence of a minor.”

According to the bill, “An individual who attends a drag performance as a minor may bring an action against a person who knowingly promotes, conducts, or participates as a performer in the drag performance that occurs before an audience that includes the minor….”

A winning plaintiff can expect to be paid actual damages, attorney’s fees, and statutory damages of $5,000.

The bill uses the same tactics of the controversial 2021 SB 8 in Texas, which gave private citizens the right to sue anybody they thought could have been involved with any part of an abortion after six weeks of pregnancy.

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Bounty hunters hunting drag queens is now seriously proposed in Texas. (Original Post) Pete Ross Junior Mar 2023 OP
I found one! Blue Owl Mar 2023 #1
Trans Genocide has started (nt) LostOne4Ever Mar 2023 #2

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