By Sarah Levine

On Oct. 8, 2003, Northeastern held its second Drag Queen Show, sponsored by NUBiLAGA, at afterHOURS in the Curry Student Center. The event was held to kick off National “Coming Out Week”, the week during which those “in the closet” are encouraged to be open about their sexual orientation.

“I’ve been going to drag shows since I was 18. It’s nothing out of the ordinary,” said Robert Hinkel, a freshman business administration major.

Anne Marie Chouinard, a freshman theater arts major was looking forward to seeing “people that look better than me,” and freshman and psychology major Ashley Smith was hoping to see “people having fun and being themselves.”

The audience had their own opinions as to what a drag queen is, exactly.

Smith said a drag queen is “a talented performer who likes to dress up and strut their stuff.”

Junior communication studies major Marc Lo, quoted the movie “To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar.”

“A drag queen is a gay man with too much fashion sense,” said Samantha Fodrowski, a freshman journalism major. “Fashionistas.”

The show started off with all four featured queens, Trinity Satine, Destiny, Ivory and Miss Kris Knievel, doing a medley from the movie “Chicago.” After that number, each girl was given a chance to flaunt her own talents for the audience by performing four individual acts each and a closing act in which they were all on stage together once again.

Ivory’s first act was “Man, I feel like a woman” by Shania Twain, during which she sported a cowboy outfit, complete with a glittery hat. She also dressed as a flapper, donned a skin tight body suit, and nothing but undies as she performed to songs by Whitney Houston and Kelly Clarkson, among others.

Trinity had just as much variety in her pieces, wearing an all-white outfit, a “punk princess” ensemble topped with a newsboy cap, a costume straight out of the ’80s, and another from the ’70s. Her performances included Madonna’s “Secret.”

Following Trinity was Destiny, who Trinity introduced as “Miss Gay Boston 2003.” Her outfits consisted of a medieval-looking gown, a “harem girl” outfit, a classy pantsuit and a French maid costume. Among her performances were “Fighter” by Christina Aguilera, and a song by Beyonc