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Mar 23, 2023

Nubian’s Suggestions 3/23/2023

Pose (2021) Nadia Hargett | Staff Writer “Pose” was an American drama series about New York City’s African-American and Latino-American ballroom scene throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Main character Blanca Rodriguez is a trans woman whose HIV diagnosis motivates her to begin her own “house” called House of Evangelista. This subsequently begins a rivalry with…

Mar 9, 2023

The Belle of the Ball (And They’re Gay)

Ballroom culture is such an important creation, and I’m not referring to the fancy dance parties with banquets and waltzing. I’m referring to the illustrious subculture that popularized iconic dance moves, such as voguing and dipping. Popular television shows such as “Pose,” “Legendary,” “Rupaul’s Drag Race” and major music artists featuring drag queens in their…