Nice, brief, clip on NY's ball scene via BBC News,
here, to promote Gerard H Haskin's book "Legendary", covering balls on the US East Coast over the last 20 or so years. I hope to interview Gerard myself at some point soon...
For gay and transgender black and Hispanic people often marginalised
by their families or communities, the late-night pageants known as House
Balls can be a liberating experience.
The underground parties feature men and women dressing up and dancing in competitions judged on attitude, style and glamour.
Gerard
H Gaskin, a photographer who grew up in Trinidad, has spent two decades
documenting a scene which combines extravagance and an exploration of
gender identity.
He talked to the BBC about his book Legendary: Inside The House Ballroom Scene - and we went along to an event in New York.
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