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RuPaul's Drag Race Season 14 contestant Deja Skye performs her routine during Kent State's Sex Week Drag Show on Oct. 23, 2024.

Sex Week’s Intergalactic Drag Show brings a crowd

Lindsay Collier, Reporter October 29, 2024

Kent Interhall Council welcomed two "RuPaul’s Drag Race" contestants at their annual Sex Week's Drag Show. KIC hosts Sex Week every year; planning events with the purpose of promoting safe sex practices....

Supreme Court denies request by student group to host drag show at West Texas A&M University

John Fritze, Devan Cole, CNN March 15, 2024

CNN -- The Supreme Court on Friday denied a request by a Texas college student group to host a drag show on campus, siding with the school’s decision to prohibit the performance. Spectrum...

LaLa Ri performs to Beyonce’s “All Night” at Sex Week drag show.

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ contestant LaLa Ri headlines Sex Week drag show

Kaitlyn Mitchell, Reporter October 26, 2023

Editor's note: Two paragraphs in this story were edited due to reporting errors.  In a glimmering green dress and a waist-length, bright red wing, former "RuPaul's Drag Race" competitor LaLa Ri took...

LGBTQ+ students across campus woke up on Sept. 17 to see homophobic graffiti on Korb Hall. After numerous attacks on the LGBTQ+ community, the university’s response has always been silence. | File photo

Local drag performers respond to anti-drag threats

Erin Sullivan, Reporter June 22, 2023

It was Sam Culver’s first time performing drag at the Community Church of Chesterton in Geauga County. Culver, a junior Kent State student, just finished getting ready for his performance sporting a...

Sex Week 2022 brings frights and fun to sexual education

Olivia Sharp October 25, 2022

Sex Week 2022 is here, and it will make you scream. The week-long festivities kicked off yesterday with a visit from the condom fairy. KIC gives out condoms and dental dams as well as educate students...

Onya Nerve being crowned Mx. Zephyr by judges Jade Uzumaki (left), Bella Sin (middle) and Agata Why (right) in the first Zephyr Drag Takeover at the Zephyr bar in downtown Kent on June 17, 2022.

Onya Nerve crowned Mx. Zephyr at Zephyr Drag Takeover

Berkeley Chadwick, Reporter June 19, 2022

After hours of performing, weeks of competing and a final elimination lip sync battle between Onya Nerve and Monica Mod, Nerve took first place and was crowned the first Mx. Zephyr. “I found drag...

OPINION: Waving symbols of safety on Kent State’s campus

Maria Ferrato Opinion Writer April 8, 2021

A few weeks ago, I was talking to a friend about freedom of speech on Kent State’s campus. She was expressing anger with campus for — in her opinion — only supporting the liberal agenda.The example...

John Young, then a freshman entrepreneurship major, blows up a condom at Sextoberfest in the Tri-Towers Rotunda Friday, Oct. 21, 2016.

Donut fear; sex week is here

Zoe Swartz October 18, 2017

Sex Week, put on by Kent Interhall Council (KIC) every year, is a week of events meant to eliminate the stigma around sex and educate students.The week of events, with the slogan “A Hole Lotta Fun!”...

Kent State vs University of Akron Charity Drag Show

Nicholas Garisto April 25, 2016

Kent State and the University of Akron hosted the first annual charity drag competition at the Interbelt club in Akron Sunday night.The charity event was a collaboration between Kent LGBTQ Student Center...

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.

Delta Lambda Phi to host Green with Envy

Angelo Angel March 6, 2016

Kent State’s Delta Lambda Phi will host its annual “Green with Envy” drag show on Tuesday in the Kiva.The event consists of a drag show where attendees can donate to their favorite performers who...

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 queens perform as part of an amateur drag show at the Student Center on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014.

Amateur drag queens showcase talent

Anthony Didion September 11, 2014

PRIDE! Kent showed its colors by hosting its first open-contestant drag show Thursday night.Jamie, an amateur drag queen and Kent State student, won the show with her performance of "Float On" by Modest...