Only a dominatrix could tame the crowd that whooped and hollered for the fifth annual “7-Inch Heels and a Microphone” put on by the SF State’s Queer Alliance.

The Queer Alliance roots stem back for over 30 years and have evolved over the years into an inclusive and supportive community for the queer population on campus.

Standing tall in 5-inch heels, Mistress Morgana kept the crowd roaring from start to finish with a slew of sexual innuendos and witty rhetoric. She even spanked someone for $20 all in the name of charity.

One of several recent events, the fifth annual drag cabaret and art show raised $750 with 50 percent of the proceeds going to the Cindy Kolb AIDS fund, which provides medical supplies, housing, books, and other necessities for SF State students living with HIV.

“I have learned definitely how rad queers under 25 are and how fantastic college aged people are at understanding really complex issues of gender, race, of class identity and of sexual orientation,” said Mistress Morgana.

Wearing a black curly wig, Suppositori Spelling, lip-synced a song by the Scissor Sisters while teasing the crowd wearing only a towel to cover his naked body. In his second act, Suppositori Spelling, resembled a mystical creature of the night. Drabbed in a black dress with black lipstick and black bushy hair piled high he snarled and jabbed at the audience.

At the end of every performance the crowd applauded and screamed with delight. Sitting around pink plastic tables, audience members sipped drinks called “fellatio” and “cungilinus,” while peaking at the fun packs put together by the AIDS Coordinating Committee. The fun packs were filled with safe sex items including female and male condoms.

The local indie band, Transition, sang about love and understanding during their performance. Dubbed a “Queen of High Order,” by Mistress Morgana, the elegant Donna Sachet sang while dressed in an elegant red velvet dress with dangling gold tassels. The most sought for performer, Juanita Moore, shook and shimmied in a short black dress with red pumps.

The sensual duo, Harlem Shake Burlesque, twirled long feather fans and shook silver tasseled breasts at the eager crowd. A raffle of donated goods from San Francisco businesses ranged from porno to coffee.

The Queer Alliance’s dance troupe performed in ‘80s gym attire and pumped it out for the ecstatic crowd and was raffled off later to the audience members.

A key issue brought up during the Dale of Silence on April 13, a day where queer people and queer alliance members take a day of silence to visually represent the silencing of queer students on campuses, was the need for gender neutral bathrooms on campus, said Allison Sharplin the Executive Director for the Queer Alliance.

Because of the discussion, the Queer Alliance decided to make the bathrooms near the performance space at ‘7 inch heels,’ gender neutral.

“We are continuing to push for getting at least one single stall gender neutral bathroom in each building on campus to provide a safe place for people to use the restroom on campus who don’t fall into gender norms of men and women restrooms,” said Sharplin.

Aside from ‘7 inch heels,’ the Queer Alliance in collaboration with the Career Center hosted, “Queer at Work,” the second annual gathering of Bay Area LBGT students, student organizations, employers, academics, and health support communities. The roundtable discussion delved into many questions and fears many queer individuals face while searching for jobs and coming out at work.

“It’s a great way to make connections and network with a lot of queer professionals in the Bay Area and to understand what it means to be out at work and implement your sexuality into your professional lifestyle,” said Amy Varney, Queer Alliance Education Coordinator, who co-facilitated the event with Tim Sherril.

“After I graduated I moved to Baltimore and was looking for jobs and it took me five months even though I was going to interviews every week,” said Taylor, an SF State graduate student, during the discussion.

“I think it was due in large part my first name is Eleanor and when someone calls me and asks for an interview I think they have a pre-conceived notion of who would be showing up and then I show up. One woman in the human resources department flat out said, ‘You’re not what I expected,’ and was pretty rude about it.”