It’s the Wild, Wild West at West High School in Anchorage. Students from 14 to 18 years at West High have the opportunity to explore their sexual expression and possible fetishes during the lunch hour, as the Gender and Sexuality Alliance hosts “Drag Themed Bingo,” with food and drinks provided.
The GSA club was formed in 2001 by two English teachers “for students who may be questioning their sexuality, students who seek support from peers and adults, and students who know who they are and want to express themselves,” according to an account in the school’s newspaper in 2019.
In that report, club advisor and English teacher Barb Clark said, “At the time [2001], having a GSA club was still kind of cutting edge…it had a bad reputation, and was quite controversial. There was still some agitation, not from inside, but more on the outside on whether this was appropriate. But the club pushed through and now thrives with varying numbers of students attending meetings each week.”
Now, in 2025, the club is pushing the envelope further with drag queen activities for students, far out of the orbit of their parents. This is a twist on Drag Queen Story Hour, but instead of young children, this is for teens who want to experiment. Parents in the West High School community have not been informed about this activity on campus during school hours and have no reasonable means of keeping their 14-year-olds out of the gender-bending event.
According to the Wink Bingo website, drag bingo is a twist on traditional bingo where a drag queen hosts the game, blending the classic number-calling format with drag performances, comedy, and bawdy audience interaction. It often features risqué humor, lip-syncing, dancing, and glamorous costumes, creating a festive, “inclusive atmosphere.”
The event originated in Seattle in the 1990s, it has grown into a game that is popular in gay bars, nightclubs clubs, and even Players mark bingo cards as numbers are called, but the real draw is the drag queen’s charisma, banter, and ability to engage with the room.
“Drag queen bingo has been an unequivocal success in helping to popularise both of its facets: bingo and drag queen entertainment,” the website states.
According to the GSA club’s official profile on the school’s website, GSA is for “Promoting understanding and dispelling prejudice amongst gay, straight, transgender and bisexual students at West.”
And now it has an additional draw — normalizing transvestism as a form of appropriate entertainment for teens who are just beginning to explore sexuality, and holding that entertainment during school hours.
I want to withdraw my tax dollars from the school district!
Not what school is for.
This should never be allowed.
They really should just hire prostitutes and get it over with.
This is “education”? Throw some more tax money at “education” and hope someone will teach our youth to read, write, and calculate? How is this “club” condoned on school campus during school hours? George Carlin’s piece, “It’s A Big Club And You Ain’t In It,” comes to mind in reading this article. Outraged? Yes.
They took the Bible out of school years ago and this is alright? Here is the results folks. I’m all for equality but don’t be forcing these issues on children’s minds. They are a bit too young to be “trained” into that type of life.
This is so wrong on so many fronts. First off, parents aren’t notified? If This wasn’t so bad, they would let them know.
This is about destroying their innocence. What you see, you can never unsee.
This is about destroying the family unit. There’s nothing good that will come out of this.
This is about recruitment to their sick predatory desires.
This IS a form of child abuse.
This IS pornography.
The Lord was kicked out of schools and something evil filled that void.
Parents! Pull your babes out of public dis education.
BINGO was his , I mean her, or they , name o.
Public school is child abuse.