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Local drag queens find platform for expression at Battle of the Wagon Heel

Local drag queens find platform for expression at Battle of the Wagon Heel

Alexandra Austin, Reporter March 22, 2022

The backlighting of the stage turned hot pink; Adele’s hit song “Rumor Has It” began over the speakers. In the middle stood Juicy Jewels in a dark half-length trench coat, faux leather pants, sparkly...

Khloe Chanel Statton collects tips from audience members during the Green with Envy drag show in the KIVA hosted by Delta Lamda Phi on Saturday March 5, 2016.

Green With Envy drag show supports LGBTQ scholarship

Angelo Angel March 8, 2016

Delta Lambda Phi hosted its fifth annual Green With Envy drag show at the Kent State KIVA on Tuesday and raised $2,243 toward an LGBTQ scholarship.The national social fraternity is a traditional Greek...

A drag queen preforms at Green with envy, a drag show put on by the Delta Lamda Phi fraternity. The show was held in the KIVA to raise money for the LGBTQ community scholarships. March 2 2015.

The show drags on

Lydia Taylor March 3, 2015

Flashing lights, contoured faces, five-inch heels and outfits that kill. All heads turn when the queens hit the stage. Roughly 300 students and community members filled the seats in KIVA in support of...

Drag queen Danyel Vasquez opens the show by lip-synching during Sex Week's Drag Show in the Cartwright Hall Auditorium on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014.

Drag queens take over Kent for Sex Week

Brittany Rees October 30, 2014

Covered in feathers and glitter, the drag queens of Sex Week cartwheeled, shimmied and spoke candidly about their experiences on stage Thursday night during Kent Interhall Council’s Drag Show.The show,...