The LGBTQA's drag show participants thrilled the crowd in the EMU Ballroom Saturday nightAs University students and community members filed into the EMU Ballroom, murmurs about the runway's professional and authentic look could be overheard. The room filled up just as the show was scheduled to start. After about 20 minutes had passed and no one had entered the stage or made any announcement, suddenly, from all angles, there appeared to be hundreds of purple camera flashes. It was the fire alarm.
Sexual Wellness Advocacy Team member and University sophomore Rebecca Sprinson speculated that someone pulled the fire alarm as a hate crime against the LGBTQA.
"This happens every year," Sprinson said. "It's homophobia."
It was later discovered that the alarm went off mistakenly and that it was not a hate crime, LGBTQA finance coordinator Jen French and the Department of Public Safety said.
