
“We had some people that are pretty involved in theater come in and talk about how you put on a persona,” he said. They also lip-synced to singer Todrick Hall’s Rainbow Reign.Īndrew LeValley, an English teacher and alliance adviser at the school, came up with the idea.
Performers paraded and danced to show support for gay and transgender people. It was just so heartwarming to see.”Īs school cheerleaders wrapped up their routine, about 30 students and faculty members dressed as drag queens and kings, or a bit of both, walked out onto the field, and the crowd started to chant, “Drag Ball!” “Things went amazing,” Ezra Totten, a student leader of the Gender Sexuality Alliance at Burlington High School, said of Friday night’s event, which also included participants from South Burlington High School.
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A Vermont high school homecoming football game turned into a “drag ball” runway at halftime, with a mix of students and faculty members parading in gowns, wigs, and makeup - and a big crowd in rainbow colors to cheer them on.
