Texas Wesleyan’s Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) hosted its second drag show in Gina’s Cafe, including two drag queens and its first drag king, as well as a costume contest, on Oct. 30.
Anayli Rodriguez Perez, a sophomore majoring in computer information systems and minoring in Spanish, said she enjoyed the show.
“This is my first drag show and I loved it,” she said. “I loved waving the dollar bills for the drag queens and king.”
GSA President, Sapida Abbasi, is a senior majoring in biology. She said she wanted to have the Queens come last to help wrap up LGBTQ+ History Month and take advantage of Halloween.
“We did do a series of events prior to today’s, but today was just kind of like a little wrap-up of the event,” Abbasi said. “Just something fun with Halloween.”
The Student Government Association (SGA) and the Division of Diversity and Inclusion office both sponsored the event.
“Without their help, we probably couldn’t have done the show,” Abbasi said.
“We put in hours into the decorations, we’re all proud of it,” Abbasi said.
Buck Wylde, a Dallas-based Latinx drag king, made history as being the first drag king to perform at Texas Wesleyan.
“Sapida reached out to me on Instagram earlier this year but I wasn’t able to make it,” Wylde said, “but I got invited back and thankfully was able to make it, I had such an amazing time.”
Next month, GSA will be hosting a free STI clinic that will be offered to all students, faculty and staff.
People will be able to come in, get their blood drawn, and have their urine tested for any STIs. Free treatment will be available if anyone tests positive for any STIs.
“We’re really excited that we are able to offer that to the community,” Abbasi said.
