- Tennessee Tech University is criticized after the theater department put on an on-campus drag show mocking Christianity with children present
- Children were caught on camera rushing to the front of the stage to gift the performer with cash throughout the set
- Landon Starbuck posted the video on Twitter and rebuked the mockery while warning parents to be aware of what their tuition money supports
- Phil Oldham, president of the campus, was unaware the show occurred and called the department, dubbed Backdoor Playhouse, out for hosting the show
- Parents were quick to call school officials ‘groomers’ for allowing the event to occur
A Tennessee university has been slammed for putting on a campus drag show that mocked Christianity as little kids gave money to performers.
Tennessee Tech University’s theater team, dubbed Backdoor Playhouse, hosted a Christianity-themed drag show with the star dressed as a Catholic monk before stripping down to a corset and stockings.
Landon Starbuck posted the video on Twitter and called out the mockery towards Christians as children rushed up to the stage to hand the drag queen money.
‘Tennessee Tech University hosted a drag show that had little kids handing cash to the drag queen who was performing a dance meant to mock Christians,’ Starbuck wrote.
‘Every parent who pays to send their kids to Tennessee Tech deserves to know that this is what they’re allowing on campus.’
The video has received more than 270,000 views since it went viral on September 7 and caught the awareness of Phil Oldham, the school’s president, who was oblivious that the show occurred.
‘I am disturbed and dismayed about the activities in a video circulating on social media from a recent event on Tennessee Tech’s campus. I do not feel the activities in the video represent Tech’s values, and I do not condone explicit activity where minors are present,’ Oldham wrote in a statement on Thursday.
Commenters were quick to call out the school calling the video ‘sickening’ while others referred to them as ‘groomers.’
Tennessee Tech University hosted a drag show that had little kids handing cash to the drag queen who was performing a dance clearly meant to mock Christians. Every parent who pays to send their kids to @tennesseetech deserves to know that this is what they’re allowing on campus. pic.twitter.com/Q4I9uR2tcT
— Landon Starbuck (@LandonStarbuck) September 7, 2022