{"id":32668,"date":"2023-11-09T16:14:59","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T21:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/?p=32668"},"modified":"2024-01-29T17:50:33","modified_gmt":"2024-01-29T22:50:33","slug":"lambda-event-explores-florida-law-drag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/index.php\/2023\/11\/09\/lambda-event-explores-florida-law-drag\/","title":{"rendered":"Lambda Event Explores Florida Law &amp; Drag"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Edson-Drag-Lambda-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"A drag performer in a voluminous, star-studded fuschia robe throws their arms in the air as they perform.\" class=\"wp-image-32677\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Edson-Drag-Lambda-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Edson-Drag-Lambda-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Edson-Drag-Lambda-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Edson-Drag-Lambda.jpg 1305w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Stetson Law alumnus Edson Abadia, Jr. &#8217;22 performs as Mr. Gripp during a Lambda Legal Society fundraiser.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over a lively Friday evening in the Great Hall, Stetson Law students, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends celebrated the LGBTQ+ community and reflected on current challenges its members face in Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The evening\u2019s main event was a drag show featuring multiple performers, including 2022 alumnus Edson Abadia, Jr., who, in character as Mr. Gripp, opened the show with a dazzling routine set to a mashup of Queen\u2019s \u201cBohemian Rhapsody,\u201d The B-52s\u2019 \u201cLove Shack,\u201d and Britney Spears\u2019 \u201cToxic.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Performances followed from Greta Gripp (Abadia\u2019s partner, Michael Knapp), Hazel E. Genevieve, and Mr. Vun Suazion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Organized by Stetson\u2019s chapter of Lambda Legal Society, the event aimed to raise scholarship funds for LGBTQ students as well as awareness of current policies critics say are targeting the LGBTQ+ community on multiple fronts. Lambda played a pioneering role in bringing the first drag show to Stetson Law earlier in 2023 during Diversity Week with their annual Spelling Bee, <em>ABCs with the LGBT<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>An update &amp; call to action<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before the performers took the stage, alumni Nathan Bruemmer offered insightful remarks on the current state of Florida law and its influence on matters related to sexual orientation as well as gender identity and expression.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"579\" height=\"869\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Bruemmer-Lambda-Fundraiser.jpg\" alt=\"A man speaks in front of a black backdrop printed with the Stetson Law logo. A rainbow flag is in the background,\" class=\"wp-image-32678\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.666283084004603;width:304px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Bruemmer-Lambda-Fundraiser.jpg 579w, https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Bruemmer-Lambda-Fundraiser-333x500.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 579px) 100vw, 579px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Alumnus Nathan Bruemmer &#8217;17 offers updates on laws affecting the LGBTQ+ community during a Lambda Legal Society fundraiser.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A 2017 graduate of Stetson Law, Bruemmer has held leadership roles in Equality Florida, St. Pete Pride, and other organizations. In 2021, he made history when former Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried appointed him to the role of LGBTQ Consumer Advocate for the Florida Department of Agriculture, which made him the first openly LGBTQ individual appointed to a statewide role in Florida \u2013 and the first openly transgender person appointed to such a role in the nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As he updated the audience on the latest legal efforts to fight restrictions on healthcare for transgender individuals and drag performances as well as other maneuvers targeting the LGBTQ+ community, he reflected on how his time at Stetson Law was marked by momentous events both in his life and within society at large.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He met the person who ultimately became his partner in the Dolly &amp; Homer Hand Law Library \u2013 and was &nbsp;studying law at Stetson when the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision on Obergefell, the landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage, which he called \u201ca really exciting and nerdy time\u201d to be law student.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite it being in his hometown, he said, Stetson Law wasn\u2019t initially on his radar as he began looking into studying law \u2013 until he got a letter from the college\u2019s director of admissions talking about Stetson\u2019s commitment to supporting LGBTQ+ students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt ended up being exactly where I needed to be, and so Stetson is home for me,\u201d Bruemmer said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As for facing recent setbacks for the community in Florida, he urged the audience to remain informed, engaged, and active \u2013 and to never give up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNever has it been clearer that the importance of developing diverse attorneys to be ready to respond to the moment we\u2019re in, because it will take years of policy development and advocacy and litigation to get us out of this current moment,\u201d he said. \u201cI think Stetson\u2019s finest will lead a lot of those efforts both here in Florida and across the country.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Celebrating a commitment to diversity<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The occasion marked a historic milestone for Lambda, serving as one of the organization\u2019s largest networking events in its history. It also aimed to raise funds for Lambda\u2019s PRIDE Scholarship, which Abadia initiated during his time at Stetson Law.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Lambda-Drag-Dean-group-shot-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Drag performers and campus officials pose in front of the marble fireplace in Stetson's Great Hall.\" class=\"wp-image-32679\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Lambda-Drag-Dean-group-shot-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Lambda-Drag-Dean-group-shot-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Lambda-Drag-Dean-group-shot-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Lambda-Drag-Dean-group-shot.jpg 1305w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Left to right: Edson Abadia &#8217;22 as Mr. Gripp, Michael Knapp as Greta Gripp, Dean Benjamin Barros, alumnus Nathan Bruemmer &#8217;17, Assistant Dean for Student Affairs Latoya Edwards, Mr. Vun Suazion, and Hazel E. Genevieve.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Designed to provide financial support to LGBTQ+ community members actively engaged on campus, it thus far remains un-endowed, something Lambda\u2019s current leadership aims to change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In partnership with Lambda, the Student Affairs Department, Office of Diversity, Collaboration, and Inclusion (DCI), and the Department of Development and Alumni Engagement, organizers believe they are on the path to securing funding for the scholarship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Being able to host drag performers, hear from passionate alumni, and finally endow our PRIDE scholarship were important steps in furthering Lambda\u2019s mission to support powerful advocates that bring diverse representation to our community,&#8221; said <strong>Hunter Wolf<\/strong>, president of Lambda at Stetson. &#8220;We are so lucky and honored to attend Stetson Law which both recognizes our LGBTQIA+ community and celebrates it.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several LGBTQ+ allied law firms, community organizations, and faculty members have already pledged their support to the scholarship \u2013 generous measures acknowledged during the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Lambda Legal Society has always been my favorite part of Stetson,&#8221; Wolf said. &#8220;Law school is a difficult and demanding process, but it is the people and connections within this amazing student organization that I\u2019m going to remember and cherish for life.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More photos from the Florida Law &amp; Drag fundraiser<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"n2-section-smartslider fitvidsignore  n2_clear\" data-ssid=\"18\" data-alias=\"fl-law-and-drag-lambda\"><div id=\"n2-ss-18-align\" class=\"n2-ss-align\"><div class=\"n2-padding\"><div id=\"n2-ss-18\" data-creator=\"Smart Slider 3\" 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