Chinese Ballroom Copycats
How China’s Queer Youth Built an Underground Ballroom Scene. Shanghai Voguing Ball Voguing, and the ballroom scene that gave rise to the dance genre, were started in New York City […]
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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.
The Royal Haus of Silk
The 18th Annual NYC Dance Parade took place Saturday, May 18, 2024 in New York city. 10,000 dancers took to the streets in a celebration of dance and culture that […]
Renaissance – A Queer Syllabus
The Queer Renaissance Syllabus draws inspiration from Beyoncé’s renowned album, Renaissance, and the inclusive essence of the LGBTQ+ community. This syllabus aims to amplify diverse voices, empower communities pushed to […]
Images on Which to Build, 1970s-1990s
April 20 through August 4, 2024 Chicago Cultural Center, Michigan Avenue Galleries, 1st Floor East “Images on Which to Build, 1970s-1990s” presents a range of photographic practices that used the […]
The Risk It Takes to Bloom: On Life and Liberation
A passionate, powerful memoir by a trailblazing Black transgender activist, tracing her life of transformation and her work towards collective liberation. In 2017, Raquel Willis took to the National Women’s […]
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Oooohhhhh Miss Thing!
Seen on Atlantic Avenue in New York! Posters promoting the Brooklyn Museum Zine exhibition feature the cover of Thing Magazine. Published in spring 1991, the cover of issue #4 features […]
Celebrating the Radical History of Zines
Copy Machine Manifestos, on display at the Brooklyn Museum, gives a voice and visibility to marginalized artists. From an article by Veronica Esposito in the November 28, 2023 issue of […]
Chocolate Babies at NewFest
Rambunctious radicals form an activist group to confront homophobic politicians in this wild guerilla satire. A spirited collective of queer, self-described “raging, atheist, meat-eating, HIV-positive, colored terrorists” fight back against […]
Who Got Big Lips?
Duro Wicks, Lori Branch, Juba Kalamka, and Ronald Clark. Hip-hop celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, and the occasion is prompting a lot of reflection on the culture’s legacy. In […]