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Examining Ballroom and House Culture

In the late 1960s, Ballroom culture and Houses originated in New York City’s LGBTQ+ community of Harlem, in response to racism and exclusion experienced by Black and Latin LGBTQ+ individuals from white drag ball presentations of the time.  In the years that followed, Houses evolved. They became alternative family units, primarily comprised of Black and […]

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