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Jacob Liles, who goes by the stage name Raven Jade Declair Whitney, was invited by Spectrum to perform at Tuesday's show.
Liles, who has been doing drag for over a year, and has performed at venues in Lawrence, Kansas City and Los Angeles. Liles said he enjoys not only the performance aspect, but the community and support he has found.
"Drag is about pride, being able to come out as who you are as an individual. Out-tober in general is coming out as
Drag is about pride, being able to come out as who you are as an individual. Out-tober in general is coming out as yourself, being yourself."
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yourself, being yourself," Liles said. "Lawrence is a very open community. I moved here a year ago to go to KU and my first semester here I absolutely loved it. It was just everything that I dreamt [of]."
This year was the first for the drag show. In the spring, Spectrum will host a much larger show, Brown Bag Drag, for the 21st year. Brooks said they believe the Out-tober show has the potential to become a similar tradition.
"I think it would be really cool to start this as a tradition. This is the first time we brought it to this space, so it was really nice to have the scholarship halls and Spectrum folks working together on this." Brooks said. "I'm hoping that it will become a regular thing."
KELCIE MATOUSEK/KANSAN Raven Jade DeClair Whitney serenaded Spectrum KU's vice president, Jamie Stroud during the drag show on Oct.27.
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Performer: J-Romeo
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Spectrum KU and All Scholarship Hall Council hosted a drag show on Oct. 27 at the KK Margaret Amini porch. The drag show was hosted by Moltyn Decadence of Kansas City and included several local performers.
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