DS News: Vandoliers to auction off stage-worn dresses to raise money for Knox Pride and Tennessee Equality Project

Well this is one of my favorite stories of the year that is 2023. As you probably know, the government in the State of Tennessee, which still somehow operates as though it’s the 1830s, passed a first-of-its-kind bill that restricts public performances of entertainers in drag. In a gigantic “Fuck You” to Tennessee Governor Bill Lee and the lawmakers who signed the terrible, harmful act into law, your favorite punk band’s favorite country band Vandoliers took to the stage in dresses for their Thursday evening show in Marysville, Tennessee. Now, in an effort to raise funds for Knox Pride and the Tennessee Equality Project, a pair of kick-ass organizations working in the trenches to support the LGBTQ+ community in The Volunteer State, the band are auctioning off the sta...