Returning performer Universe owned the floor with stunning makeup and an even more stunning performance. Photo by Natalie Goo. MADDY BRODERICK | ASSISTANT CULTURE EDITOR | mbroderick@butler.edu On Nov. 7, groups of students and faculty drag fans filled the tables for the Butler LGBTQIA+ Alliance’s highly anticipated drag show. The drag show is an event…
From the closet to the clique
“Cliques aren’t exclusive to queer people, but sometimes we become so desperate for a community that we shut ourselves off from other people — even from each other.”
Butler students get a second chance at prom
Second Chance Prom offers students an opportunity to express themselves and feel accepted in a safe space.
Crowned on campus
Butler Alliance hosted their annual Drag Show on Saturday, Oct. 28th, featuring a lineup of established drag queens as well as first-time student performers.
Coming Out Week: Student group Alliance brings awareness to LGBTQ+ History Month
Alliance hosts a week worth of events to celebrate LGBTQ+ History Month.
Letter to the Editor: Butler Alliance concerned with administrators’ response to slurs
In March, fraternity property was vandalized with a homophobic slur. Alliance, Butler’s LGBTQ+ organization, writes that the university’s response has been poor.
Butler LGBTQ+ community responds to fraternity vandalism
Two weeks ago, vandalism including a homophobic slur along with another inappropriate word and image was spray painted in front of the Delta Tau Delta house near campus. After this recent act of vandalism, the conversation of hate speech continues to affect campus, specifically Butler’s LGBTQ+ community.
Queer life in the Butler Bubble
LGBTQ+ students at Butler have found supportive footholds, but still face a campus atmosphere that is not as accepting as it could be.
While justices weigh marriage equality decisions, Butler community members speak out
As the Supreme Court reevaluates the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, the potential legalization of same-sex marriage has spurred debate on marriage equality across the nation. Members of the Butler Alliance, a student organization advocating the tolerance of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, observe the importance of the Supreme Court’s decision. “A lot…