Ball culture

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The Ballroom Scene (also known as the Ballroom community, Ballroom culture, or just Ballroom) is an African-American and Latino underground LGBTQ+ subculture that originated in New York City. Beginning in the late 20th century, Black and Latino drag queens organized their own pageants in opposition to racism experienced in established drag queen pageant circuits. Though racially integrated for the participants, the judges of these circuits were mostly white people. While the initial establishment of Ballroom mimicked these drag queen pageants, the inclusion of gay men and trans women would transform the Ballroom scene into what it is today: a multitude of categories in which all LGBTQ+ people may participate.

Ball culture - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Black and Latino LGBT subculture in the United States Not to be confused with Ball (dance party) . Dancer at a ball in Berlin in 2018 The Ballroom scene (also known as the Ballroom community , Ballroom culture , or just Ballroom ) is an African-American and Latin underground LGBTQ+ subculture . The scene traces its origins to the drag balls of the mid-19th century United States , such as those hosted by William Dorsey Swann , a formerly enslaved Black man in Washington D.C. . By the early 20th century, integrated dr

Ball culture

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