Remember when Harvard was thought of as a serious and respectable institution? Good times.
FOX News reports:
Harvard hires drag queen ‘LaWhore Vagistan’ as visiting professor in gender and sexuality studiesHarvard University announced the hiring of a new visiting gender and sexuality professor who happens to be a drag queen and goes by the name of “LaWhore Vagistan.”In a recent press release, Harvard said it has brought on Tufts Professor Kareem Khubchandani as the 2025-26 F.O. Matthiessen Visiting Associate Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies.Khubchandani appears to have an Instagram handle with the name of @lawhorevagistan, as well as a Linktree with the same name.A March 2024 article from The Georgetown Independent noted Khubchandani’s performance on campus.”On February 8, LaWhore Vagistan, the drag alter-ego of professor and researcher Dr. Kareem Khubchandani, graced Georgetown with her presence,” student journalist Micaeli Dym wrote,”Claiming to put the ‘whore’ back in Lahore’ — the capital of Pakistan — LaWhore was invited to the Hilltop as a part of Georgetown’s South Asia Speaker Series for a performance lecture entitled ‘Lessons in Drag.'”Harvard’s press release said Khubchandani, the author of “Decolonize Drag” and “Ishtyle: Accenting Gay Indian Nightlife,” will be teaching two courses on queer ethnography during the fall semester and RuPaulitics: Drag, Race, and Desire during the spring semester.Khubchandani, who attended Northwestern University and received a Ph.D. in performance studies, is expected to release a new book in October, “Lessons in Drag: A Queer Manual for Academics, Artists, and Aunties.”
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