Will Soergel attended his high school prom without a date.

He felt insecure about identifying as bisexual and the stigma attached to asking a date who was also part of the LGBTQ community.

But Saturday night, Soergel was able to go to the prom he couldn’t fully enjoy back in high school.

“[Pride Prom] is the most inclusive place especially for what it is trying to do, an exciting place with people that are LGBT and that are reliving prom,” said Soergel, a sophomore classical languages and literatures and history major.

About 50 students were dressed in traditional prom clothes as well as corsets and drag attire for Pride Alliance’s annual Pride Prom in Stamp Student Union’s Atrium.

The prom is held as a cumulative celebration at the end of Pride Month, said Pride Alliance President Camille Veselka, and this year was the first time there was a theme: Drag and Dragons.

Pride Alliance’s mission is to provide a safe and supportive environment for LGBTQ students within the university community, Veselka said.

“Pride Prom is the chance for a lot of queer people to go to prom in a way that they weren’t allowed to or couldn’t for safety reasons in high school,” said Veselka, a sophomore economics major who identifies as bisexual.

The prom featured performances by drag king Goldie Peacock and burlesque dancer Glam Gamz. With neon-blue hair, Peacock performed — as what they like to call — very flamboyant performances.

Peacock dressed in a kimono and patterned green dress for the first performance and then performed Britney Spears’ “Stronger” in American-themed attire.

Peacock started performing in drag 10 years ago as a student at Oberlin College in the college’s annual drag show and decided to continue doing drag.

Although it might prove difficult for people to feel included within their own identities, Peacock said having people of all different shapes, sizes and identities performing in drag could help.

“Seeing people being really powerful and enjoying themselves on stage encourages them to do the same,” Peacock said.

Burlesque dancer Gamz, known as “the legs of D.C.,” has been performing for more than three years and presents in traditional 1950s burlesque fashion.

“I think that burlesque drag teaches body positivity and gender inclusivity, encouraging people to find comfort with their body and identity,” Gamz said.

Gamz performed two numbers, one featuring the song “That Girl Is Poison,” by Bell Biv Davoe. She wore a mermaid-style blue jeweled dress for her first performance, and her second featured a black corset dress and red gloves.

DC Kings, the third act, gave a Spanish music performance and brought up two students to dance during the routine.

Rachel Twombly, a Pride Alliance small groups coordinator, said that people attending this prom do not need to feel like they are outcasts.

“No judgment, a place where students can wear whatever they want and just have fun and be happy,” the sophomore psychology major, who identifies as queer, said of the event.

This was junior Jacqui Maranville’s second time attending Pride Prom. Sticking to the theme of Drag and Dragons, Maranville wore her senior-year prom dress and adorned herself with scales.

“I like it because everyone can wear whatever they want,” said the linguistic major, who identities as female and bisexual.

Before the event, Maranville and some friends went out to a fancy dinner and got ready together, just as they would have for high-school prom.

“[It] gives people the prom they could never really have,” Veselka said.