Excerpt from the Wright State Guardian
On Saturday, April 8, Rainbow Alliance, a club for LGBTQA+ students on Wright State University’s campus, hosted a drag show where attendees spoke about current anti-LGBTQA+ legislation.
The show featured drag queens Blueberry Mary and Jaraje as hosts. The Rainbow Alliance executive board also put on a performance at the show. The contributors raised over $650 for the WSU LGBTQA+ scholarship.
Throughout the event, attendees and hosts provided opinions on current legislation affecting the LGBTQA+ community.
The president of Rainbow Alliance, Alex Stone, explained that Senate Bill 83 states that whenever a controversial topic is discussed, the other side must be present.
“Senate Bill 83 would directly affect me and Rainbow Alliance. We wouldn’t be able to exist,” Stone said.
According to Stone, who went over the bill with Jill Sink in Student Legal Services, the bill bans any sort of financial benefit that separates one out by race, class, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity. This would get rid of certain scholarships, including the one Rainbow Alliance raises money for through the drag show each year.
