A federal judge has temporarily blocked Tennessee's first-in-the-nation law that places strict limits on drag shows, siding with Friends of George's, an LGBTQ+ theater company, that filed a lawsuit claiming the law violates the First Amendment. The decision comes after the state law criminalized drag shows that take place in public or can be seen by children. U.S. District Judge Thomas Parker granted a temporary restraining order blocking enforcement of the law for two weeks. Parker found that the law was "likely both vague and overly-broad" as the law’s definition of "adult cabaret" now includes "male or female impersonators." The law had also prohibited an array of adult-oriented performances "that are harmful to minors" from being staged on public property or anywhere minors could attend. Parker noted that the law's broad language clashes with the First Amendment's tight constraints, questioning its location specifications of a cabaret entertainment venue that might be viewed by a minor. The temporary restraining order represents an "extraordinary remedy," yet Parker states that if Tennessee wants to restrict speech it considers obscene, it must do it so within the constraints and framework of the United States Constitution.