Originating in the Black and Latine trans communities of New York City, ballroom culture gave us "voguing," "slay," and the concept of "chosen families."
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The popular narrative of the Stonewall Riots of 1969 often centers on gay men, but the catalyst for that uprising was the transgender community—specifically, Black and Latina trans women like Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera. Long before the term "transgender" was widely used (the word itself gained currency in the 1990s), these individuals were living their truth under the labels "transvestite," "drag queen," or simply "street queen." Originating in the Black and Latine trans communities