Haters Get Last-Minute Win Over FL Pride Drag Show

The Naples Daily News reports:

Just hours before Naples Pride was set to go with an outdoors drag show performance in the city’s Cambier Park, a federal court ruled against Pride’s plan, forcing it to move the performance indoors.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in Atlanta on June 6 granted the city of Naples’ motion to stay a preliminary injunction that District Judge John Steele granted last month in Fort Myers.

Naples Pride in April filed a federal lawsuit against the city after officials denied a permit to allow it to present the 2025 Pride Fest drag show, one of its main moneymakers, outdoors.

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The lawsuit against the show was backed by the Florida-based anti-LGBTQ hate group, the Liberty Counsel.

As reported here earlier today, Naples police were preparing for potentially violent protests by far-right extremists, as the court battles against the show were widely shared on social media by prominent cultists.