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The Universal Ball: Because The Universe's Beauty Lies In Diversity

Gisele Xtravaganza | Posted 01.21.2013 | Gay Voices
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Gisele Xtravaganza

I have been attending vogue balls since I was a teenager. Now I feel that it is time to reinvent the ball, to make it more inclusive and diverse. I want to expand the appeal and reach of the ball to include every kind of person: gay, transgender, straight, rich, poor and everything in between.

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Vogue: Not Madonna's Dance

Janet Upadhye | Posted 08.21.2012 | Gay Voices
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Janet Upadhye

By most historical accounts, vogue was first danced by black drag queens in Harlem. Admiring the rich and glamorous white women they saw strutting down Fifth Avenue and posing as models in the magazines, drag queens would emulate those women in the nightclubs.

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