When an event, designed to raise awareness and celebrate individuality, has a $27,000 budget and invites a porn director as master of ceremonies, it understandably inflames passions. Filthy/Gorgeous, an event that benefits a homeless shelter in New York City, was hosted by the Cornell University Gay Straight Alliance for the fourth consecutive year on Saturday night in Willard Straight Hall. The merits and drawbacks of the event’s nature were the subjects of debate between two guest columns published in last week’s Sun.

On Saturday night, the Cornell homosexual community and allies took over the Straight and hosted the fourth annual Filthy/Gorgeous Party, which aims to celebrate the LGBTQ atmosphere at Cornell.

Through Filthy/Gorgeous — an annual party organized by the Cornell University Gay-Straight Alliance benefitting a New York homeless shelter — the Alliance attempts to provide a fun, exciting social and cultural outlet for both LGBTQ students and their straight allies on this campus. This is not just a safe space for us and our allies to dance and relax but it is a celebration of the parts of our identities that are most stigmatized — our sexual and gender expressions.

I’ve got beef with Filthy/Gorgeous.