Inside Higher Ed | Elin Johnson | September 23, 2019
Rice University's marching band has taken a stance against Baylor University's anti-LGBTQ statements and stood in solidarity with its students.
The two Texas universities' football teams played each other Saturday; at halftime, the Marching Owl Band formed the word "pride" on the field while waving rainbow pride flags and playing "YMCA" by the Village People, reports the Waco Tribune-Herald.
Baylor, a Christian university, released a statement earlier alluding that they supported "biblical notions" of sexuality and did not support the charter of an LGBTQ organization.
Baylor went on to beat Rice 21 to 13.
This has not been the first time Rice's band has been a bit tongue-in-cheek. The weekend before they formed "2.89" in reference to the University of Texas football team's "record high" grade point average.