The MAGA-fication of Nicki Minaj
A Bob the Drag Queen Cultural Investigation – Bob The Drag Queen examines the MAGA-fication of Nicki Minaj, tracing the rappers journey from queer icon and pop culture juggernaut to […]
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Chicago’s Legendary Club LaRay
One of the city’s most exciting, most creative Black queer dance clubs in the 1980s. Opened in 1986, Club LaRay was located at 3150 North Halsted in Chicago. The club, […]
Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert
New book by Bob the Drag Queen! An inventive, wondrous novel about American hero Harriet Tubman that remixes history into a fresh, dynamic novel about love, freedom, salvation, and hip-hop. […]
The House of Hidden Meanings
From international drag superstar and pop culture icon RuPaul, comes his most revealing and personal work to date—a deeply intimate memoir of discovery, found family, and self-acceptance. The House of […]
How We Created Voguing
The Black and Latino LGBT community created voguing. Willi Ninja, considered the godfather of vogue, drew inspirations from some unlikely sources such as mimes and martial arts. Willi Ninja is […]
Ballroom Culture: the Language of Vogue
Ronald Murray, also known as Father Ron ‘drama,’ is a founding father of the House of Xclusive Lanvin. One of the curators of the House, and a visible figure not […]
Marsha
The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson Black transgender luminary Tourmaline brings to life the first definitive biography of the revolutionary activist Marsha P. Johnson, one of the most […]
Reclaimed: Victoria von Blaque
From Toward Joy: New Frameworks for American Art on display at the Brooklyn Museum. What does it mean to implore someone to “have several seats?” Not to be overused or […]
Ballroom is Still About Black Queer Joy
Ballroom continues to be an essential place for Black and Brown LGBTQ people to find care, connection, and chosen family.
Chocolate Babies
“We are Black faggots with a political agenda. We are your worst nightmare.” Stephen Winter’s 1996 indie classic calls us to join a band of HIV-positive black drag queens, trans […]