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  1. An Exotic Gay Subculture Turns Poignant Under Scrutiny

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Dunning, Jennifer
    Date: Mar. 23, 1991
    Topics: Ballroom families, Drag balls, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ people of color, Transvestites
    Subject: Dorian Corey, Jennie Livingston, Meg McLagan, Octavia St. Laurent, Pepper Labeija, Willi Ninja
    Description: A description of how the film "Paris is Burning" relates to ball culture in New York City.
  2. Butch Queens in Drag: Issues of Race and Gender

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Independent Voices
    Creator: Cavanagh, Chris
    Date: May 1991 to Jun. 1991
    Topics: Crossdressers, Drag, Drag balls, Film, Voyeurism
    Subject: House of Ninja, House of Saint Laurent, House of Xtravaganza, Jennie Livingston, Madonna, MTV, Paris Is Burning, Pepper Labeija, Pop Cult, Vogue
  3. Fan Fair Gazette, Issue 1 (October 19-20, 1991)

     
    Collection: Fantasia Fair: Newsletters
    Institution: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University
    Creator: The Outreach Institute of Gender Studies (OIGS)
    Date: Oct. 19, 1991 to Oct. 20, 1991
    Topics: Drag balls, Film, Gender bending, Logistics, Reviews, Sexual minorities
    Subject: Alison Laing, Fantasia Fair, Human Outreach and Achievement Institute, Paris Is Burning