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

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2 жыл бұрын

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.
#abcnews #pride #dragqueen

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@thisisarandomfandom7444 2 жыл бұрын

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. The fact that they lumped Ballroom and Drag history together is interesting.............................. Ballroom is it's own thing and continues to be a thriving artform and Drag/Crossdressing has it's own history. I'd say a lot of overlap happens but, they are both beautiful artforms that shouldn't be reduced to the same thing

@JaydaSinn69 2 жыл бұрын

Couldn’t agree more

@scorpio1193 2 жыл бұрын

Honestly

@jakeduffles1598 2 жыл бұрын

PREACH

@omggiiirl2077 2 жыл бұрын

True!

@jakeduffles1598 2 жыл бұрын

But I also think that they kept them separate in this Mini documentary. They described them for what they are and made note of their similarities and differences. But I think each deserve a video of their own.

@jomarituico7701 2 жыл бұрын

It's not a Death drop, it's a DIP

@silveralpha3630 2 жыл бұрын

Tbf the thing that is today is a death drop. Dip has a certain air and aura to it that could only be captured in a dip. But a death drop is just dropping down that doesn't require a lot of artfulness

@nikkotene 2 жыл бұрын

Drag queens do death drops, Vogue & ballroom trained do dips

@jkraegproductions 2 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU! #Dip

@chilenapromedioRU Жыл бұрын

And in Spanish should I call it just "caída"?

@thechanelallure 2 жыл бұрын

I love what happened in the last 10 seconds of this video. To show someone (a white man) calling it a “death drop”, which signifies someone who is only tied into the mainstream gay culture and has little to no knowledge of the underground/ballroom scene and its origins, to then switch to Dominique (a Black trans woman from ballroom) reject “death drop” and call the move what it truly is, which is a “dip”… shows you that there is still a divide in the information amongst our community and that the mainstream LGBTQ+ culture steals from the ballroom scene/underground scene widely populated by Black and Latine LGBTQ+ folks and convert it into something else that it’s not.

@bastioncory6740 2 жыл бұрын

Sorry to break it to you. Ballroom is no longer underground. It's very much mainstream with multiple TV shows and movies. Ballroom and Drag is continually being learned by LGBTQ+ and Non.

@thechanelallure 2 жыл бұрын

@@bastioncory6740 There are a lot of things that are still considered to be underground or still has more to be discovered, regardless if it is on TV or not… and ballroom has also had non-LGBTQ+ people in it historically also.

@theoh7776 2 жыл бұрын

@@bastioncory6740 Alot it Ballroom is still underground and its not under the same lens Drag is under. Drag is in mainstream media to stay, whereas ballroom is still not publicly known on the same scale

@DKWill09 2 жыл бұрын

Even after learning. THEY STILL CALL EM DEATHDROPS. But HEY. Let’s be honest… who, BESIDES AJA WHO IS IN BALLROOM, know how to truly do a dip and land it…. So in sense they are right. They do death drops. Not dips.

@lelandloner8634 2 жыл бұрын

Olivia lux is in ballroom

@icannot1104 2 жыл бұрын

@@lelandloner8634 she walks face she isn't a voguer. You can't compare aja and Olivia. It's like comparing Leiomy to Dominique (Elektra from pose) learn the difference

@DKWill09 2 жыл бұрын

@@lelandloner8634 she just got in and she’s a face girl at the moment. Not a voguer. Same with Tamisha Iman (I think) and Paris Mariah Balenciaga who is one of the founders of The House of Balenciage

@DKWill09 2 жыл бұрын

@@icannot1104 no shade

@DanysDollHouse 2 жыл бұрын

Laganga def know how to hit and land a true dip….

@julianm5909 2 жыл бұрын

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

@MartinAlexanderVideos 2 жыл бұрын

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@andresgcoderoilpaz2806 Жыл бұрын

Shut up

@ericdissing 2 жыл бұрын

Did aquaria have COVID during this? That voice mama

@thedarthflagger 2 жыл бұрын

No, its the fumes from her plastic shoes.

@DanysDollHouse 2 жыл бұрын

😆🤣🤣😂

@JoMaSaOfficial 2 жыл бұрын

Posing in windows 🤣⚰️ Love it 💚

@WCYUM 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video!

@MartinAlexanderVideos 2 жыл бұрын

💋

@online6348 2 жыл бұрын

Love the shade at the end

@AriesPrince-os7ks 2 жыл бұрын

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

@FoxieAdjuia 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Fam for getting it done and representing

@MartinAlexanderVideos 2 жыл бұрын

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@PK-kitti 2 жыл бұрын

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

@MartinAlexanderVideos 2 жыл бұрын

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@markjade3587 2 жыл бұрын

aww, thanks for this❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

@seaden9387 2 жыл бұрын

Cara .. what do you know about ballroom …

@ashrlc 2 жыл бұрын

Loved this representation! Thanks for giving voices to these queens!

@MartinAlexanderVideos 2 жыл бұрын

💋

@joshuarodriguez1262 2 жыл бұрын

That last 10 seconds omg shade

@ryz333n8 2 жыл бұрын

This is amazing :’) I’m so proud of our community!!!

@MartinAlexanderVideos 2 жыл бұрын

💋

@wendybutler1681 2 жыл бұрын

Some of my favorite humans! I am in awe of your courage. You are so appreciated and loved. Please know that.

@intothedeepstate7491 2 жыл бұрын

Drag is anti-woman.

@MartinAlexanderVideos 2 жыл бұрын

💋

@nicholas8484 2 жыл бұрын

❤️❤️❤️

@nicholas8484 2 жыл бұрын

@@intothedeepstate7491 lies

@intothedeepstate7491 2 жыл бұрын

@@nicholas8484 It is that way inherently. You are mocking women if you do drag, look no further than the drag king genre. You aren't fooling me.

@81jeremylbradley 2 жыл бұрын

This is Epic !!!!!!

@MartinAlexanderVideos 2 жыл бұрын

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@xxKEVZxx 2 жыл бұрын

This warms my little heart ❤️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

@NightmareChronicles77 2 жыл бұрын

Ef aye gee gee oh tee

@intothedeepstate7491 2 жыл бұрын

You are a sick freak, seek help and find God.

@MartinAlexanderVideos 2 жыл бұрын

💋

@FoxieAdjuia 2 жыл бұрын

Ok yea I like , I was worried for a second

@chiranthanmr Жыл бұрын

I don't really understand it. But if dressing like that makes them happy, it is their choice. There shouldn't be hate towards it or laws against it.

@antonyware 2 жыл бұрын

ABC, this is amazing to show this representation for US! Thank you for continuing to let us be seen!

@peteradaniel 2 жыл бұрын

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

@SexyBeautifulBabe 2 жыл бұрын

Why not

@brandon7587 2 жыл бұрын

she's gay i guess

@peteradaniel 2 жыл бұрын

@@SexyBeautifulBabe an approachable, white face to introduce the masses to a ballroom culture which is dominated by trans people of colour?! Screams of the 80s imo. We can talk about our stuff without the need of rich white people to sanitise it, thank you.

@omfg2crunk 2 жыл бұрын

Shes the bisexual 3some queen of Hollywood

@vicentecastillo2111 2 жыл бұрын

thiland cow !! i livvvvvveee!!!

@elana137 2 жыл бұрын

Yes gawd. I am so proud to be queer.

@MartinAlexanderVideos 2 жыл бұрын

💋

@sahmoo 2 жыл бұрын

YES ABC NEWS SLAY

@linsybuchanan8009 2 жыл бұрын

💖

@Kwannnn_ 2 жыл бұрын

Happy Pride Month Everyone!!! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈

@alphonsowhite6348 2 жыл бұрын

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@MartinAlexanderVideos 2 жыл бұрын

🏳️‍🌈💋🏳️‍⚧️

@buggs2024 2 жыл бұрын

Work divas!

@dav0n 2 жыл бұрын

@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.

@casswashwash1070 2 жыл бұрын

They said that, did yall not watch the video

@nicholas8484 2 жыл бұрын

@@casswashwash1070 LITERALLY

@nicholas8484 2 жыл бұрын

um maybe watch the full video ALL THE WAY THROUGH

@nicholas8484 2 жыл бұрын

um maybe watch the full video ALL THE WAY THROUGH

@louannbehold 2 жыл бұрын

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

@thedarthflagger 2 жыл бұрын

Its A DIP

@rmendez6792 2 жыл бұрын

Ew not Cara

@samuelg3586 2 жыл бұрын

The Roman Empire was going through a similar thing when it collapsed

@marcmayo3987 2 жыл бұрын

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈

@mizstories9646 2 жыл бұрын

The history, the whole story, of drag queens AND ballroom culture took you 6 minutes. Either title your video something else or don't do this. To me, this came off as a very transparent attempt to be like "see, see we are cool and we love the gays. Yay Pride!". Six minutes! Ugh. I mean, do the video but call it a very superficial and brief introduction to drag queens and ballroom. Calling this the history of both is just insulting.

@wendybutler1681 2 жыл бұрын

Gotta be thankful for small favors. Especially when a third of the country doesn't want anything LGBTQ+++ to exist. So proud of all Ru's girls who've taken the world by storm! Performance art at its finest! In seven countries now, with two countries set to debut this summer, France and the Phillipines. "Drag, it's all over the world. It's a phe nom e non."

@maxbaltz2490 2 жыл бұрын

@@wendybutler1681 Wendy with all due respect you’re only seeing the drag side of things. Drag history has had plenty of time to explain its origins but what the LGBT community takes from the most and knows the LEAST about is ballroom. Most white gays don’t even know the first thing about what ballroom has done for our rights and safe spaces. There are so many more shades to our community than just drag.

@mizstories9646 2 жыл бұрын

@@wendybutler1681 I mean do we though? Should we really be grateful for the bare minimum? Honestly, I wasn't even saying that this video wasn't good. I just absolutely abhor that they called this the HISTORY of drag queens and ballroom. They didn't mention SO many important things. I stand by that it is absolutely insulating to call this the "history".

@casswashwash1070 2 жыл бұрын

@@mizstories9646 its more of a short info vid than a documentary or something like that

@casswashwash1070 2 жыл бұрын

@@wendybutler1681 Id be prouder of the lesser known local queens

@madpan801 Жыл бұрын

We are evolving backwards

@wendybutler1681 2 жыл бұрын

I recognized every one of the queens. Do I get a prize?

@maxbaltz2490 2 жыл бұрын

No, it’s more impressive if you actually knew drag queens that aren’t famous

@wendybutler1681 2 жыл бұрын

And I don't care what it's called. Just watching makes my knees hurt.😕

@MartinAlexanderVideos 2 жыл бұрын

💋

@MartinAlexanderVideos 2 жыл бұрын

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! ❤️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️✨

@Enestipachechocecho4 2 жыл бұрын

🏳️‍🌈💚❤️

@jeffreyh9908 2 жыл бұрын

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

@nicholas8484 2 жыл бұрын

shut up

@ReINaJasmin85 2 жыл бұрын

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

@lavender3084 2 жыл бұрын

from my understanding, she/her is in drag and he/him out of drag

@ReINaJasmin85 2 жыл бұрын

@@lavender3084 thanks

@chrisbennett2005 2 жыл бұрын

TO EACH THEIR OWN

@prettyxbonez96 2 жыл бұрын

Okay this is a start it can be better but good job.

@andresgcoderoilpaz2806 Жыл бұрын

👇

@YusimiNajudont 2 жыл бұрын

Love this but not Cara plz

@omfg2crunk 2 жыл бұрын

The most anglo saxon culture vulture exploration and explanation of both cultures......

@ClintMVasquez 2 жыл бұрын

They definitely got some of the pronouns wrong 😑

@jooson2826 2 жыл бұрын

British Groomer

@ConvictedFelon2024 2 жыл бұрын

Remember, the legendary Robin Williams did it first. Anyone remember "Mrs. Doubtfire"?

@speedy_comet 2 жыл бұрын

no I don't.

@melmeron7843 2 жыл бұрын

@@speedy_comet Good for you?

@thisisarandomfandom7444 2 жыл бұрын

Robin Williams did cross dress but, Drag is a very specific queer artform. I wouldn't consider Mrs. Doubtfire, Tootsie, or The Twins from white chicks as drag queens. Id considere them as deep disguises. Drag isn't really a costume. I'd say it's a heighten representation of the person. Someone like Lady Bunny doesn't stop sounding quirky and weird when she's out of drag but, Tyler Perry is not Madea out of drag yk?

@mikelguilford9426 2 жыл бұрын

No that’s nothing near what drag is 🙄

@omggiiirl2077 2 жыл бұрын

Baby, Drag MUCH older than Mrs Doubtfire. People been doing Drag, and cross dressing even before there was a Bible chile! The LGBTQIA been in existence since before modern humans! And remember even Run Paul was doing Drag before Mrs Doubtfire!

@206guy5 2 жыл бұрын

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

@argiegentiles696 2 жыл бұрын

First, everyone can do drag,either you’re a man,woman,trans,gay etc. Drag is a self expression you can wear a wig,costume,or any thing you’ve like to wear. Second, some children are born to be gay,trans etc and its been proven through science. So creating this kind of “narratives” or show help and empower them that’s its okay to be different, its okay to express your true self (HONEST ANSWER!,,)

@Indiexboyfriend 2 жыл бұрын

Uhmmmm Gottmiks pronouns were listed wrong.

@fluttershysdragrace 2 жыл бұрын

I think it’s their pronouns in drag…

@z0eie 2 жыл бұрын

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?

@sleepvillainz 2 жыл бұрын

Probably because she's in drag, different queens have different pronouns in drag but they could of clarified better

@-_-president-_-richardson-9705 2 жыл бұрын

The word history comes from the greek word ιστορία and has got nothing to do with his and story

@soupy.cracker5570 2 жыл бұрын

its just a term

@bloodykon1 2 жыл бұрын

your a little too literal babe, its just word play

@mathewedme1730 2 жыл бұрын

Why tf is cara here

@MissTia777 2 жыл бұрын

Because women LOVE drag since it involves glamour!

@lolitabubbles26 2 жыл бұрын

This is embarrassing.

@bloodykon1 2 жыл бұрын

your busted bob cut? yes yes it is

@intothedeepstate7491 2 жыл бұрын

Groomers.

@MartinAlexanderVideos 2 жыл бұрын

This just shows how uneducated and simple brained you are.. groomers? creeps? Munchkin go migraine hunt on conspiracy sites and keep your thoughts to yourself. And anonymous at that.. what a laugh 😂

@intothedeepstate7491 2 жыл бұрын

Creeps.

@israelg1214 2 жыл бұрын

No comment...

@ConvictedFelon2024 2 жыл бұрын

Still better than most.

@NightmareChronicles77 2 жыл бұрын

What a disgusting freskshow

@speedy_comet 2 жыл бұрын

Ew Edit: lol I'm not even Ukrainian

@ConvictedFelon2024 2 жыл бұрын

A well-thought out response. The depth of insight is truly awe-inspiring. "Fortunate" would not even begin to describe my emotional state if I were to encounter another comment displaying the same quality of concision, clarity, and erudition once more in my lamentably short lifespan.

@speedy_comet 2 жыл бұрын

@@ConvictedFelon2024 Love the humor! 😆 Edit: There is an exact same comment a bit below this one 😂🤣

@buggs2024 2 жыл бұрын

@@speedy_comet I don't think I'll support 'Ukraine' anymore

@Charlie_Loves 2 жыл бұрын

Why do you hate something you don’t understand

@craigwiggins8287 2 жыл бұрын

@@buggs2024 The fucking nerve an there in fucking war! The nerve to say Ew! 🖕🖕🖕

@growlikethewind5788 2 жыл бұрын

Yuck

@prinxe4230 2 жыл бұрын

Ligma balls

@ConvictedFelon2024 2 жыл бұрын

@speedy_comet 2 жыл бұрын

@@ConvictedFelon2024 lol did you srsly copy and paste this.

@ryz333n8 2 жыл бұрын

Yo mama

@buggs2024 2 жыл бұрын

@@speedy_comet do homophobes also just copy/paste the same bad takes

@turtleturt3261 2 жыл бұрын

These people are sick and need help

@aquajuwel7098 2 жыл бұрын

Oh shut up…..

@ConvictedFelon2024 2 жыл бұрын

How about you mind your own f-cking business? If they are not harming anyone else (your feefees do not count), why do you care?

@marcmayo3987 2 жыл бұрын

You need help honey 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈

@ryz333n8 2 жыл бұрын

Sickening* is what YOU meant HUNTY🤩💋 These DIVAS and DOLLS are FIERCE💅✨ And you are very JEALOUS🌈😍 Go CRY to yo MAMA👠👑

@Nikhil9707 2 жыл бұрын

They have more money in their bank accounts than you or me lmao

@sleek7682 2 жыл бұрын

Men dressing up as woman? Disturbing

@81jeremylbradley 2 жыл бұрын

It must have sparked your interest darling .. Otherwise why you here sweetie...

@ProblematicBitch 2 жыл бұрын

your parents are related

@chilenapromedioRU Жыл бұрын

I'm a woman and I dress like a man, I wear Adidas sport shorts from the male section and 100% cotton t-shirts from the male section too! And my old Converse All Stars are numbered in male numbers! So Disturbing! And I don't wear make-up.