When a drag show is too homophobic for the LGBTQ students, you know they’ve hit a point of no return…
Via Campus Reform:
An LGBTQ student organization at George Washington University (GW) has cancelled its annual drag show fundraiser, claiming the event is “homophobic and counterproductive.”
The philanthropic event hosted by Allied in Greek—a partnership between GW’s Greek community and LGBTQ student organization Allied in Pride—encouraged fraternity members to don makeup and women’s clothing styled by sororities and participate in a traditional drag show. Last year, event organizers donated the $1,300 raised through ticket sales to a national suicide prevention organization.
Despite its success in the past, students removed the drag competition from this year’s “Allied in Greek Week” after participants labeled the event “homophobic.”
“We had some fun before, but let’s use our resources to amp up education, raise awareness and raise money for charity,” Allied in Pride president Robert Todaro told the GW Hatchet. “The point is to celebrate our similarities and our diverse identities, not to offend people.”
Instead, Todaro and his cohorts replaced the drag show with educational programming aimed at reducing misconceptions about LGBTQ Greek life members.
“[C]ommunities will benefit greatly from increased opportunities for education,” Tim Stackhouse, president of GW’s Interfraternity Council, told the Hatchet.