In 1947, Florida shut down a popular drag club. The state has resurrected that case to do it again.

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

42% : But unlike in decades past, those who oppose LGBTQ equality cannot "attack gay people per se, so the people they attack are actually trans people or trans youth or drag queens, and then only in connection with children," said Michael Bronski, a professor of women and gender studies at Harvard University and author of "A Queer History of the United States for Young People."
37% : Just as there was a public backlash to increasing queer visibility after the Pansy Craze, historians said conservatives are now pushing back against LGBTQ people winning major rights such as same-sex marriage.
34% : The case against the Ha Ha Club happened at a time when public support for drag had waned, because law enforcement and media nationwide claimed that gay people were a danger to women and children, Takach said.

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