Recent TV Shows Shining A Spotlight On Ballroom Culture
Published June 21, 2023, 11:20 p.m. by Courtney
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>>> AS WE CELEBRATE PRIDE MONTH
ON CBS, MORE PEOPLE ARE
LEARNING ABOUT BALLROOM CULTURE
THANKS TO RECENT TELEVISION
SHOWS. BUT IT HAS BEEN AROUND
FOR DECADES, SERVING AS A PLACE
OF ACCEPTANCE FOR THOSE WHO
FELT EXCLUDED IN THE WORLD.
ALEX GAYNOR HAS THE STORY.
>> WHAT STARTED UNDERGROUND IS
NOW FULLY IN THE SPOTLIGHT.
IN THE LATE 1800S, BALL AND
HELPS CULTURE AS IT CAME TO BE
ORIGINATED IN NEW YORK CITY
SOMETIME AROUND 1970 WITH
AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND LATIN
AMERICAN LGBTQ+ NUMBERS IN
HARLEM COMPETING FOR PRIZES AND
TROPHIES, THERE'S NUMEROUS
CATEGORIES OFTEN WITH ELABORATE
COSTUMES AND MAKEUP.
WHERE PARTICIPANTS DANCED,
WALKED AND VOTE.
YES, VOGUE ORIGINATED AT THE
BALL. SYDNEY MADE HISTORY 2
YEARS AGO AT THE LATEX BALL IN
NEW YORK CITY.
>> IT'S THE FIRST GUIDE.
>> IN RESPONSE TO THE HIV AIDS
EPIDEMIC.
>> WE HAD TO LEARN HOW TO
SURVIVE AND HELP EACH OTHER
US.
>> IT'S A BALL BUT IS ALSO A
HEALTH FAIR.
>> WITH THOUSANDS IN
ATTENDANCE, THEY OFFER
WENT TO HIS FIRST GOAL IN THE
LATE 80s, HE SAYS COMPETING IN
THE BEAUTY CATEGORY AND WINNING
REALLY MEANT SOMETHING.
>> I WAS DOING A STAMP LIKE,
HIV-POSITIVE PEOPLE ARE
BEAUTIFUL, TOO.
>> FOR SOME, THEIR BIOLOGICAL
FAMILIES DIDN'T ACCEPT THEM AND
KICKED THEM OUT.
FOR OTHERS, IT'S A PLACE TO
FIND GUIDANCE OTHERS CAN'T
OFFER.
>> TO BE AROUND TRANS FOLKS OF
COLOR WHO UNDERSTAND YOU.
WE ARE AT THIS INCREDIBLE
MOMENT WHERE THERE SO MANY
BLACK AND BROWN LGBTQ+ PEOPLE
WHO ARE ON STAGE AND REALLY
HAVING THEIR MOMENT TO
CELEBRATE THIS INCREDIBLE
CULTURE THAT WE HAVE.
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