{"id":550948,"date":"2021-06-03T13:36:44","date_gmt":"2021-06-03T17:36:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=550948"},"modified":"2021-06-03T13:36:46","modified_gmt":"2021-06-03T17:36:46","slug":"5-crazy-examples-of-universities-spending-thousands-on-sex-weeks-and-drag-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-crazy-examples-of-universities-spending-thousands-on-sex-weeks-and-drag-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Crazy Examples Of Universities Spending Thousands On \u2018Sex Weeks\u2019 And \u2018Drag Shows\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F5-crazy-examples-of-universities-spending-thousands-on-sex-weeks-and-drag-shows%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=550948&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1208922540.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><span>American universities are increasingly willing to shell out big bucks on political programming.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>For instance, the University of Oregon dropped $25,000 on hiring 1619 Project founder Nikole Hannah-Jones to deliver a virtual <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/campusreform.org\/article?id=17182\"><span>speech<\/span><\/a><span>. Purdue University paid critical race theorist Robin DiAngelo $7,000 for a similar <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/campusreform.org\/article?id=17078\"><span>lecture<\/span><\/a><span>. Hannah-Jones discussed \u201cracial inequality,\u201d while DiAngelo told attendees that she tries to \u201cbe less white.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>When schools bankroll events related to the LGBTQ+ movement, the content tends to get even more bizarre. Before, during, and after \u201cPride Month,\u201d once-great American universities routinely fund drag shows, \u201csex weeks,\u201d and visits from raunchy activists.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Here are five examples.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>University of Arkansas \u2014 \u201cYass, Hogs\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>The University of Arkansas dropped $11,500 on a virtual drag show.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As Campus Reform <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/university-of-arkansas-dropped-10k-on-virtual-drag-show-for-students\"><span>revealed<\/span><\/a><span> through a FOIA request, the payment \u2014 $10,000 of which came from student fees \u2014 funded 60 minutes of performance time from seven drag performers. One of the performers, Jaida Essence Hall, was the winner of the twelfth season of RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race. The March 2021 event concluded with the winner receiving a prize that was also financed by the university.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Only 38 students attended the event, which occurred via Zoom.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In the past several years, the University of Arkansas has offered similar programming. A February 2021 performance entitled \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/news.uark.edu\/articles\/55945\/-yass-hogs-to-celebrate-black-queerness-and-drag\"><span>Yass, Hogs<\/span><\/a><span>\u201d featured drag artist JAX, who explored \u201cqueer and Black identities in predominantly white spaces.\u201d Another <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hogsync.uark.edu\/event\/5448618\"><span>performance<\/span><\/a><span> in February 2020 hosted a RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race participant named Monique Heart.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Tulane University \u2014 \u201cSex Week\u201d with a CRT twist<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Tulane University hosted a \u201csafe space to talk about Black sexuality\u201d in March 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As organizers <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/tulanes-sex-week-features-racially-segregated-black-sex-event\/\"><span>described<\/span><\/a><span>, the March 2021 event offered \u201ca week of comprehensive, queer-inclusive, culturally-specific, sex-positive sexual health events and conversations.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Sessions <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sexweek.tulane.edu\/past-sex-weeks\/schedule\/\"><span>included<\/span><\/a><span> \u201cCondoms and Condiments,\u201d where students received condoms as one of many free giveaway items; \u201cBuilding LGBTQ+ Affirming Sex Education,\u201d which provided sex educators with a platform to discuss pedagogy \u201caffirming\u201d of queer people; and \u201cEmbodied Sexuality,\u201d in which students dove into \u201ca guided sexual embodiment practice, and a releasing ritual.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Tulane also offered programming that discussed the theme of race as it relates to sexuality. One event featured \u201ca panel of students and faculty discussing the unique experiences Black femme-identifying and nonbinary people face on campus\u201d that involved a sex toy giveaway. Another event educated students \u201cin the many aspects of hook-up culture on campus, including race, gender, current events, and the concept of virginity.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Ohio State University \u2014 \u201cOnlyFans: Behind the Scenes\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Ohio State University students hosted their third annual \u201cSex Week\u201d in February 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe missed a lot in high school \u2014 socially, biologically, and scientifically,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sexweekatosu.org\/\"><span>explained<\/span><\/a><span> the student organizers. \u201cThat is why Ohio State is creating a judgment-free, inclusive, relatable space for our community to explore the sides of sexual health that they never really learned. That is why Sex Week is here.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/campusreform.org\/article?id=16827\"><span>events<\/span><\/a><span> \u2014 such as \u201cTalk on Healthy vs Toxic Masculinity,\u201d \u201cBeyond the Gender Binary with Alok,\u201d \u201cAbortions Explained Plainly: A Panel of Professionals,\u201d \u201cKink 101,\u201d and \u201cDecolonizing Porn\u201d \u2014 were meant to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sexweekatosu.org\/what-we-do\"><span>educate<\/span><\/a><span> students about \u201csexual health in all its forms.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Among the sponsors for \u201cSex Week\u201d were the OSU Undergraduate Student Government; the College of Social Work; the Department of Women\u2019s, Gender and Sexuality Studies; and Planned Parenthood.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>University of Wisconsin \u2014 Gender is a \u201ccreative form of expression\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>The University of Wisconsin\u2019s La Crosse campus paid $5,000 to transgender activist Alok Vaid-Menon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Campus Reform\u2019s FOIA request likewise <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/campusreform.org\/article?id=17201\"><span>revealed<\/span><\/a><span> that the payment subsidized a two-hour window in February 2021 \u2014 forty minutes of which involved a question and answer portion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The school\u2019s Pride Center published a list of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mtouch.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=3557427381050982&#038;id=234522890008131&#038;set=pcb.3557427614384292&#038;source=48&#038;refid=13&#038;__tn__=%2B%3D\"><span>quotes<\/span><\/a><span> from the event. Among the pearls of wisdom shared by Vaid-Menon were \u201cviolence is a state of being for trans people,\u201d \u201ctransness is strength,\u201d and \u201ctrue freedom isn\u2019t choosing from pre-selected, societally-accepted options, but writing in your own option for who you are.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>During the event, Vaid-Menon promoted their book, \u201cBeyond the Gender Binary,\u201d which affirms that \u201cgender is a malleable and creative form of expression\u201d limited only by one\u2019s \u201cimagination.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>University of Tampa \u2014 \u201cFamily friendly\u201d drag queen story hour<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>The University of Tampa celebrated its \u201cBanned Book Weeks\u201d through a \u201cfree\u201d and \u201cfamily friendly\u201d drag queen story hour.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Local drag performers \u2014 including Kenya M. Black, who won Miss St. Pete Pride and Miss Naples Pride 2019, and Samaya Sinsation, who won Miss Florida USofA Diva! \u2014 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ut.edu\/news-and-ut-life\/ut-celebrates-banned-books-week-with-three-free-events-\"><span>read<\/span><\/a><span> \u201cfrom a few of the many challenged and censored children\u2019s books that deal with alternate political and religious viewpoints, LGBTQIA+ issues, and other messages that may address difficult themes such as racism, violence and otherness.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Among other \u201cBanned Book Weeks\u201d lectures was \u201cCensorship After the So-Called End of Obscenity\u201d \u2014 a discussion purporting to show that \u201cobscenity as a concept continues to inform the policies of major print and e-book distributors, which often invoke the law to restrict literary erotica and other sexually explicit materials.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Sinsation <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/university-libraries-hosting-drag-queen-story-hours\/\"><span>told<\/span><\/a><span> The College Fix that \u201cchildren and parents could learn a lot in this safe environment and with it almost being 2020 and LGBT children\u2019s suicide rates spiking, it is absolutely imperative that we all give ourselves space to educate ourselves on these issues within the LGBTQIA community.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The views expressed in this opinion piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American universities are increasingly willing to shell out big bucks on political programming.For instance, the University of Oregon dropped $25,000 on hiring 1619 Project founder Nikole Hannah-Jones to deliver a &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2279081,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1208922540.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"5 Crazy Examples Of Universities Spending Thousands On \u2018Sex Weeks\u2019 And \u2018Drag Shows\u2019","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-550948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1208922540.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"5 Crazy Examples Of Universities Spending Thousands On \u2018Sex Weeks\u2019 And \u2018Drag Shows\u2019","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=550948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550948\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2279081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=550948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=550948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=550948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}