Muhlenberg College is a 2200-student Liberal Arts College nestled in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1848 by Henry Muhlenberg, the patriarch and primary organizer of Luethrannism in America, it’s now affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA); a top contender for the most demonic denomination in the word.
The college has stayed a bit far from their roots, exemplified vividly by hosting a drag show featuring college alumni performers and witnessed by over 300 students in attendance. The Muhlenberg Weekly reports:
On Feb. 7, Muhlenberg held a drag show titled “Slay Seegers!” where over 300 students attended on a Wednesday evening.
The show featured Muhlenberg alumni, who are also drag performers, Pink Pancake, Angela Mansberry, Matzah Belle and Petti Cash along with a host from the class of 2027, Casanova. Before the show, a tabling fair from Students for Queer Advocacy (SQuAd) and Voices of Strength (VOS) offered resources on LGBTQIA+ topics and to speak about their organizations.
Halfway through the show, the icons also hosted a walk-off challenge where a few Muhlenberg students, and even a fellow alum, were chosen to walk in a similar style as a drag performer would while performing.
Emily Orlich, a member of the campus group Voices of Strength praised the event and her role in planning the performance, saying:
VOS is by definition a peer education group working to support students and spread information about gender and sexual violence. Drag is sexual and sex is a big thing we talk about in VOS and when you’re doing a big event that is sexual, you need to provide resources for people who may need it. That is why VOS is there, to celebrate queerness and a queer art form that is under attack and to provide resources about sex!”
h/t Exposing the ELCA
