Showing posts with label ballroom community. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ballroom community. Show all posts
Monday, February 11, 2019

Rest In Power and Peace Miriam Rivera

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2019 is already turning into a less than stellar year for the House of Xtravaganza.  The iconic New York ballroom community house has al...
Friday, June 23, 2017

Leiomy's Nike 'Be True' Commercial

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Was happy to hear about and see the Nike commercial that vogue icon and dancer Leiomy Maldonado recently was featured in The Bronx nativ...
Saturday, January 24, 2015

RIP Bianca Baxter

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Sad news from the ballroom community courtesy of ELIXHER.  On December 21 the House of Mizrahi suffered the untimely loss of their House M...
Friday, January 09, 2015

Call For The Ballroom Community And Allies To Boycott Saks

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Saks Fifth Avenue is facing a discrimination lawsuit filed by trans woman Leyth O. Jamal, that occurred when she was an employee of the loca...
Sunday, March 16, 2014

Happy 50th Birthday Octavia St Laurent!

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Today would have been the milestone birthday of one of our ballroom legends in Octavia St. Laurent.had she not gone to be with the ancesto...
Saturday, August 17, 2013

Octavia St. Laurent- Salon Talk

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Octavia St. Laurent passed away in May 2009 , but she still lives on not only in the hearts of those who loved her, but also the memories ...
Tuesday, April 09, 2013

Happy Birthday Carmen Xtravaganza!

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If you go deep into my archives you'll see this series of Women I Admire posts.  It was my way of paying homage to the women trans and...
Thursday, April 04, 2013

NY Ballroom Community Calling For 2013 Latex Ball Boycott

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Interesting things happening in the New York Ballroom Community and they center on the 2013 Latex Ball. It's considered the largest b...
Tuesday, April 02, 2013

The Pageant and Ballroom Community Girls Are #GirlsLikeUs, Too

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One of the subjects that I talked with Jahaira at length about yesterday was the need to recognize that #girlslikeus also includes the cross...
Thursday, October 11, 2012

Stacey Blahnik Lee Case Still Open Two Years Later

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October 11 marks two years since Stacey Blahnik Lee's boyfriend Malik Moorer found her lifeless body in the South Philadelphia home the...
Sunday, September 23, 2012

Paris Dupree Discusses Ballroom History

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Something for you TransGriot readers to enjoy while I'm traveling.   The late Paris Dupree discusses and breaks down ballroom history du...
Friday, July 27, 2012

Xtravaganza Powah!

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It was two years before Paris Is Burning hit the theaters in 1990, but this photo of members of the House of Xtravaganza hit Vogue magazi...
Wednesday, February 08, 2012

NY Ballroom Hall Of Fame Awards

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For those of you who were introduced to the Ballroom community via the Paris Is Burning and How Do I Look movies, bet you didn't kno...
Saturday, August 27, 2011

Devastating Ballroom Beauties

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More YouTube ballroom footage of the legendary ballroom ladies of the late 80's and 90's compiled by Eve Harlowe.   ...
Thursday, August 25, 2011

A Taste Of The 'Paris Is Burning' Ball

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In my Paris Dupree post I briefly touched upon the Paris Is Burning ball from which the documentary movie took its name.   The scenes in...