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Over the years, Dyke Ball’s reputation for lesbian exhibitionism has drawn “sketchy people” and “people coming to gawk,” says Ellie A. Graham, a board member of the Wellesley Lesbians, Bisexuals, Transgendereds and Friends (WLBTF). “Sometimes there are whole frats who will come and be like, ‘ooh, look at all the dykes’ and stare at people...
...influx of onlookers displeased some WLBTF members. “It looked like a straight party, not a queer party,” Graham says. “A whole lot of guys in khaki pants grinding with their girlfriends. We welcome straight people and allies at Dyke Ball, but we want it to be a queer party. The fact that frat boys were getting in and keeping Wellesley students out was upsetting...
...response, last year WLBTF changed its ticketing policy to reduce the number of non-Wellesley students who could attend Dyke Ball. While that limited the number of frat boys, it also kept out queer Harvard women who wanted to attend the event...
...costume requirement had been a part of Dyke Ball for a long time, but last year was the first year it was strictly enforced at the door, Graham says, as part of WLBTF’s efforts to prevent the Ball from gaining a reputation for heterosexual khaki-grinding...
...response to queer students at schools like Harvard failing to get tickets to last year’s Dyke Ball, last year WLBTF inaugurated an e-ticketing system by which students at colleges other than Wellesley could reserve tickets in advance...