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VIDEO: OUTLaw hosts annual drag show

Delaney Wells, Broadcaster April 1, 2025

University of Kentucky law students who are members of OUTLaw hosted their annual drag show at The Bar Complex. OUTLaw is a student organization open to allies and members of the LGBTQ+ community to come...

Audience tips the drag performer during the OutLaw Drag Show on Thursday March 27, 2025 at The Bar Complex in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Cara Raiford | Staff

‘We’re celebrating ourselves.’ Annual drag show brings LGBTQ community together

Melanie Schouppe, Reporter March 31, 2025

Lexington’s annual OUTLaw drag show “The Night of 1,000 Icons” provided a safe space for queer youth and the ability to connect to their community. The event, hosted by  the University of...

Mia Milan accepts a tip during her performance at the drag show during the annual Kentucky Black Pride Festival on Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023, at Woodland Park in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Samuel Colmar | Staff

PHOTOS : 6th Annual Kentucky Black Pride Festival

Samuel Colmar and Matthew Mueller September 17, 2023

Kentucky Black Pride hosted their sixth annual Pride in the Park festival Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023, at Woodland Park in Lexington, Kentucky. 

The Love is Love Banquet was held at Limestone Hall on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023, in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Casey Sebastiano | Staff

Love is Love: Law school organization examines LGBTQ+ legal history and rights

Casey Sebastiano, Reporter February 21, 2023

The UK Rosenberg College of Law’s LGBTQ organization, OUTLaw, held its first Love is Love Banquet at Limestone Hall in Lexington on Feb. 16. The event focused on the legal history and future rights...

Uma Jewels accepts a tip from an audience member during the Cat's Den drag show on Thursday, February 28, 2019 in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Natalie Parks | Staff

Drag queens tell students to embrace who they are

Jelyn Washington-Mays March 1, 2019

Cat’s Den came to life Thursday night after four queens made their way through crowds and spotlights— four drag queens, that is.Emcee and performer Helena Handbasket (wordplay on “Hell in a handbasket”),...

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