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‘We are here to stay’: Tuscaloosa drag artists respond to proposed state drag restriction

‘We are here to stay’: Tuscaloosa drag artists respond to proposed state drag restriction

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NEWS | Alabama’s newest anti-drag bill, House Bi

NEWS | Alabama’s newest anti-drag bill, House Bill 67, was introduced to the State House on Feb. 2, 2025.

The partisan bill is sponsored by Republican Rep. Scott Stadthagen and positions its content as a “parental rights” issue whose major subject deals with children.

The bill seeks to “prohibit public K-12 schools and public libraries from knowingly presenting or sponsoring drag performances in the presence of a minor without the consent of the minor's parent or legal guardian.” It defines drag performances as “a performance in which a performer exhibits a sex identity that is different from the sex assigned to the performer at birth using clothing, makeup, or other physical markers.”

Since 2023, legislators in predominantly conservative states have pushed for laws limiting or prohibiting drag performances based on the belief that drag itself is excessively sexual and too inappropriate to be viewed by minors.

Both Tennessee and Montana have passed anti-drag laws restricting performances, and Alabama has previously introduced legislation meant to target the art form.

Tuscaloosa is home to a small but strong drag community, largely the result of local LGBTQ+ bar Icon and city-wide celebrations like the Miss Druid City Pride Pageant.

Olivia Giselle, who considers herself to be a “showgirl” who “does the art of drag” rather than a drag queen, began performing in drag in Tuscaloosa in 2018 as an outlet to deal with depression, anxiety and gender dysphoria.

“It was very important for me to find a safe outlet, a healthy outlet, to find myself again,” Giselle said.

When considering anti-drag legislation and those who support it, Giselle said she believes that the opposition comes from a place of hatred and misunderstanding.

“I think people should just allow people to be people,” Giselle said. “If it’s not harming anybody, if it’s not getting in anyone’s way — I think the obsession of it is the fact that they see people genuinely being happy and want to cause pain or sorrow.”

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NEWS | Hundreds of UA students, faculty and Tuscal

NEWS | Hundreds of UA students, faculty and Tuscaloosa residents rallied in front of the Richard Shelby Federal Building and Courthouse Saturday in protest of what they see as government overreach and anti-democratic practices under President Donald Trump and Elon Musk.

Members of the progressive activist organization Indivisible, along with local organizations, planned “Hands Off! Tuscaloosa” in concordance with over 1,300 protests across all 50 states. The protest also comes less than a week after Tuscaloosans protested the detaining of UA doctoral student Alireza Doroudi at the same location.

Heather Love, an organizer for Indivisible and assistant professor in the University’s Department of Human Development and Family Studies, said that the protest wasn’t a response to any one recent event, but rather a community standing up for the rights of each other.

“Alabama is not a lost cause state,” she said. “We do care about these issues, we are willing to stand up for our rights, and we do have people that will come together when we need to.”

Love said that she hadn’t been involved in protest movements until recently but was called to action by the lack of response from her local representatives.

“This is a starting point to show the administration that the American public is not happy with how things are going,” she said. “We will stand up and fight against what’s happening when we have to, and we’ll continue as long as we have to.”

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MULTIMEDIA | This week, The Crimson White multimed

MULTIMEDIA | This week, The Crimson White multimedia desk asked University of Alabama students questions about this year's March Madness tournament.

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NEWS | A crowd of over 150 UA students and Tuscalo

NEWS | A crowd of over 150 UA students and Tuscaloosa community members rallied at the Richard Shelby Federal Building and Courthouse Monday in support of Alireza Doroudi, a UA doctoral student arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement last Tuesday. The rally was organized by UA College Democrats.

Doroudi has been held at the Central Louisiana ICE Processing Center since Friday, according to the ICE online detainee locator system.

When reached for comment last week, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said that ICE Homeland Security Investigations had arrested Doroudi “consistent with the State Department’s revocation of Doroudi’s student visa,” alleging he posed “significant national security concerns.” The department declined to provide more information.

“I’m the daughter of two immigrants,” said Jessica Perez, a sophomore majoring in history and international studies, adding that Doroudi was met “with the full force of a system that too often chooses enforcement” instead of “grace and compassion.”

“This choice to use force instead of offering assistance reflects a cruelty that no human being deserves and an abuse of power that disregards the immeasurable value that international students have to our campus community,” she said.

According to a message sent in a group chat of Iranian students last Tuesday, Doroudi entered the United States on an F-1 student visa issued by the U.S. Embassy in Oman in January 2023. The message said Dourodi had his visa revoked six months after his arrival in the U.S.

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MULTIMEDIA | Alabama defeated the Oklahoma Sooners

MULTIMEDIA | Alabama defeated the Oklahoma Sooners 2-1 this past weekend, moving to 25-4 on the season and 6-3 in the SEC.

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OPINION | With such easy access to technology, doo

OPINION | With such easy access to technology, doomscrolling can almost feel addicting, especially when it comes to figuring out personality traits we didn’t know we had. Staff Writer Swastee Regmi explores why BuzzFfeed quizzes have maintained such popularity in our generation's journey to self-exploration.

“Sometimes, I find myself frustrated when a quiz tells me I’m a PB&J instead of a sandwich with just mayo and cheese. Other times, I’m shocked by how eerily accurate my results are, even when the questions seem unrelated to the quiz title,” Regmi writes. “In the battle against doomscrolling, BuzzFeed quizzes are certainly a worthy opponent. These quizzes are a quirky and, sometimes baffling, but undeniably entertaining way to kill time.”

Read the full story at the link in our bio.

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NEWS | In the 2025 SGA general elections, each Exe

NEWS | In the 2025 SGA general elections, each Executive Council position was uncontested, leaving UA students without real options on who to vote to represent them, beyond writing in a candidate of their choice.

Several former SGA representatives said the lack of candidate options is due to the influence of the Machine. The Machine, or Theta Nu Epsilon, is a not-so-secret organization of select historically white sororities and fraternities designed to influence campus elections and politics.

“Nobody’s getting involved, because they’re just so used to the Machine winning everything. So it’s like, why would I spend a week of my life and $2,000 of my own money to run this election?” said Drew St. Charles, who was a senator for the College of Commerce and Business Administration in 2022-2023, now known as the Culverhouse College of Business.

About 9,270, or 23.8%, of students participated in the 2025 SGA spring general election. Those involved in Machine sororities and fraternities on campus are often pressured to vote. Tactics include sending text messages, phone calls, and publicly calling out who has not voted. This could mean a large number of voters were likely students who felt they had no other choice.

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