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The Texas Tribune
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William Melhado

Debate over Texas drag shows intensifies

Nate Schatzline Texas Johnathan Gooch Tribune Bryan Hughes Texas Tribune Equality Texas
State Rep. Nate Schatzline, R-HD93, gives a speech in recommendation of state Rep. Tony Tinderholt, R-Arlington for Speaker of the House on the opening day of the 88th Legislative Session at the state Capitol in Austin on Jan. 10, 2023. Tinderholt was defeated 145-3 to elect state Rep. Dade Phelan, R-Beaumont, as Speaker of the House.
State Rep. Nate Schatzline gives a speech on the opening day of the 2023 legislative session at the Texas Capitol in Austin. (Credit: Evan L'Roy/The Texas Tribune)

When is a man wearing a dress inherently sexual, and when is it frivolous fun? If you ask Rep. Nate Schatzline, R-Fort Worth, about the time he wore a dress for a school theater project, it was just a joke. But when it comes to other men performing in dresses in bars, that’s sexual.

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