News
2005-12-01
Log Cabin seeks
investigation of drag show
The gay political
organization Log Cabin Republicans is asking for
an investigation of a drag show at the University of
Miss
The gay political
organization Log Cabin Republicans is asking for
an investigation of a drag show at the University of
Missouri-St. Louis. The president of the Log Cabin
Republicans of Greater St. Louis, Charles Stadtlander,
said he attended the October 14 drag show. He raised
concerns that the show mocked heterosexual audience members
and that performers wore revealing outfits, used
inappropriate language, and simulated sex acts. He
said university officials should not have allowed the
event and raised concerns that tax dollars had been involved.
University spokesman Bob Samples said
Stadtlander's complaint was the only one received
about the event.
Taxpayer money was not used to fund the event,
and proper procedures were followed, he said. Samples
said the matter was a First Amendment issue. He said
campuses host hundreds of events annually that not everyone
finds them to be appropriate. The drag event,
the second such annual show, was sponsored by
several groups, including PRIZM, an organization for
gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender students. (AP)
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