The ‘her-story’ of drag queens and ball culture



Drag queens Symone, Eureka, Gottmik, Olivia Lux, Aquaria, and Pangina Heals discuss the importance of drag, while FX’s “Pose” star Dominique Jackson explains how ball culture played a huge part.

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Original source (ABC/Youtube)

37 comments

  1. Drag, Ball, Gay, Trans, Lesbian etc. if you are part of this community you are FABULOUS and you are EVERYTHING don’t YOU dare forget it! ❤️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️✨

  2. ABC, just remembered Ballroom started as a BLACK/LATINO QUEER art form.

  3. Love this but not Cara plz

  4. thiland cow !! i livvvvvveee!!!

  5. How is this empowering for children or empowering at all(serious question)?

  6. This video was ass…why don’t we get more ballroom people to talk about ballroom culture…and not a whole bunch of white instagram drag queens

  7. are the producers using the pronouns of the drag personas of these queens?

  8. Love the shade at the end

  9. THIS IS NOT NEWS – FUCKING PEDOS

  10. William Dorsey Swann is not mentioned at all. Do your history before making a segment…

  11. @ABC y’all do realize there are other lesser know drag queens outside of Ru girls right?!? Please start giving local queens a moment to shine.

  12. Gottmik is she/her? I thought he is a transman? I’m confused.

  13. This is embarrassing.

  14. Tell that demon to stay tf away from kids

  15. What a disgusting freskshow

  16. Yep so proud of them
    I'm Thai who lives in UK

  17. this actually could of included actual ballroom history and show the importance ball culture has had on pop culture

  18. Why are Gotmik's pronouns She/Her, here(2:23)? Is that for the character of Gotmik and Cade the Artist behind Gotmik pronouns are He/Him?

  19. Exactly. It’s a DIP not a DEATHDROP.

  20. Men dressing up as woman? Disturbing

  21. Posing in windows 🤣⚰️
    Love it 💚

  22. Yes gawd. I am so proud to be queer.

  23. And in come flying the uncultured homophobic comments.

  24. The current culture of drag is a co-opted culmination of urban Black culture; lexicon, etc. The roots of present day drag are Black roots.

    So is current pop culture; especially "twitter slang".

  25. They definitely got some of the pronouns wrong 😑

  26. Why are the media promoting these crazies lol america is doomed beyond repair

  27. Uhmmmm Gottmiks pronouns were listed wrong.

  28. What’s Cara Delevingne got to do with any of this?

  29. Very needed in times like these. Thank you for helping others learn our history. ❤️