Preface: Equal parts sugar and shade
w/the legendary Pony Zion and Benji Hart (Benji Ninja) ; Paris is burning, America’s best dance crew, pose, and Madonna and the art of appropriation
w/Lee Soulja. Hidden figures and the history of having a ball ; Vogue icon: José Xtravaganza
w/Arturo Mugler ; Learning to vogue, the five elements, and getting your life
w/Jonovia Chase, Twiggy Pucci Garçon, Gia Love, Luna Luis Ortiz, Michael Roberson, Robert Sember, and LaLa Zannell ; Mothers, fathers, LGBTQ youth, and lost and found families ; Vogue icon: Leiomy Maldonado
w/MikeQ and Lee Soulja. Clubs and balls as hallowed ground, house music as gospel, and the theology of Vogue’ology ; Vogue icon: Kia Labeija
w/Gia Love. Walking categories, trans lives, and the unexpected prevalence of gender norms within the Ballroom scene ; Vogue icon: Pony Zion
w/Luna Luis Ortiz, LaLa Zannell, and Gia Love. Black trans bodies, body sponsorship, and resolving the trauma in our bodies
Afterword: My two gay dads
w/Michael Roberson and Robert Sember. The trappings of the not-for-profit industrial complex, 2020 vision, cosmology, astrology, and theology, the future of Ballroom
and giving it up to the universe.
