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  1. A Journey to an Overlooked Past

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Biederman, Marcia
    Date: Jun. 11, 2000
    Topics: Ball culture, Drag balls, Harlem Renaissance, Masquerading
    Subject: Hamilton Lodge
    Description: Subsection of a larger New York Times article on New York City’s history as the site of the gay rights movement. The clipping discusses the ballroom scene in Harlem, specifically during the 1920s a...
  2. An Exotic Gay Subculture Turns Poignant Under Scrutiny

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Dunning, Jennifer
    Date: Mar. 23, 1991
    Topics: Ballroom families, Drag balls, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ people of color, Transvestites
    Subject: Dorian Corey, Jennie Livingston, Meg McLagan, Octavia St. Laurent, Pepper Labeija, Willi Ninja
    Description: A description of how the film "Paris is Burning" relates to ball culture in New York City.
  3. T.V. Transvestite

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: di Bagno, Simone, Capozzi, Michele
    Date: 1982
    Topics: Ball culture, Ballroom families, Black transgender people, Butches, Drag balls, Gay men, LGBTQ+ fashion, Police interactions with LGBTQ+ people, QTPOC, Trans women, Transfeminine people, Transgender people of color, Transitioning (Gender), Voguing
    Subject: Dorian Corey, House of Labeija, Pepper Labeija, Sugar
    Description: A documentary that captures a ball thrown by House of Labeija at Harlem Bingo Hall in 1982.