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Slay Queen Yas Period (& other stolen language)

Dare We Say

CHAPTER

The Queer Community in Ballroom Culture

There is a distinct double standard between when one type of person uses this language and another type of person. A, V, E goes all the way back to the way individuals who were enslaved. So it's not just words, is what we're saying. It holds gravity I see in, like, TikTok. Some influencers and dancers will say, like, per, period, sleigh. Do you know where that came from? And then there's this really interesting intersectionality, right? Between black A, A,. V, E, and Abonix and then Ballroom Culture.

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