Opponents accuse the governor of hypocrisy as an old photo surfaces that apparently shows him dressed as a woman in high school.
A photo showing Tennessee governor Bill Lee dressed as a woman has emerged, despite him being poised to approve a law criminalising some drag acts.
He was asked if he remembered the picture, which surfaced on Reddit, when he visited a school on Monday."Conflating something like that to sexualized entertainment in front of children, which is a very serious subject."Mr Lee did not confirm or deny it was him in the photo - which appears to show a man dressed as a cheerleader with a wig and necklace, apparently from a 1977 high school yearbook.
The Republican governor has said he intends to approve laws, passed last week by state legislators, which would criminalise drag performances in public and in front of children. It restricts"adult cabaret performances" - defined as"topless dancers, go-go dancers, exotic dancers, strippers, male or female impersonators who provide entertainment that appeals to a prurient interest, or similar entertainers..."
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