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Judge rules in favor of Naples Pride drag show. When is Pride Month? Florida events
- A federal evaluate ruled that Naples Celebration can hold an outdoor drag performance, overruling urban area officials who had restricted it to indoors and adults only.
- The judge's conclusion affirms the drag show as protected speech under the First Amendment.
- Pride Month is celebrated in June to commemorate the Stonewall Riots, a turning direct in the gay rights movement.
- Numerous Pride events are scheduled throughout Florida in June, including Naples Pridefest, St. Pete Pride, and Wilton Manors Stonewall Pride.
An outdoor drag performance will be part of Naples Pridefest, thanks to a federal judge's May 12 order.
Naples Pride filed suit after city officials denied a permit for an outdoor drag performance, instead requiring it be held indoors and restricted to adults only.
District Judge John Steele granted a preliminary injunction, saying the performative performance is protected speech under the First Amendment.
A day after the decree, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier called the choice "b
Thousands flock to delight in Naples Pride Fest; some protest even as drag present forced inside
- Naples Lgbtq+ fest Fest proceeded with its drag display indoors after a last-minute court decision overturned a prior decision allowing outdoor performances.
- Protesters gathered outside the event, voicing opposition to the festivities.
- A robust security plan involving multiple law enforcement agencies was in place for the event.
(This story has been updated with modern information.)
Protesters shouted at event attendees nearby Cambier Park as Naples Pride's Identity Fest began June 7, citing religious texts, even after a last-minute court ruling moved its drag show indoors.
The relatively few demonstrators did not overshadow the festival, which went on with "love, joy and celebration."
Just hours before Naples Pride Fest was set to go with an outdoors drag demonstrate performance in the city's Cambier Park, a federal court ruled against Pride's plan, forcing it to move the performance indoors.
Pride Fest began at about 11 a.m. June 7. Organizers estimated thousands attended.
Callhan Soldavini, an attorney
Naples Pride can contain festival, but no outdoor drag show
Naples Celebration can get a authorize to hold its annual festival in Cambier Park this coming June. But the organization cannot contain a drag show on the stage outdoors in the park.
That's the ruling of the Naples Metropolis Council, after a total of about five hours of public comment and discussion by council members on Wednesday.
"The grooming of children, minors, for the gratification of adults, no matter the orientation, even heterosexuals, is a crime and always has been," Priscilla Gray said during a public comment period.
A representative of Naples Pride told the council that drag shows train everyone that it's okay to dress differently. And the executive director of Naples Pride also spoke to the council.
"I aspire our elected officials would focus on addressing the real needs from their constituents, instead of framing it as a way to protect children," Cori Craciun said. "All while they put the entire community at risk."
The council voted in favor of a permit for Lgbtq+ fest Fest on Saturday, June 7. But it was not immediately kn