#queer-culture

#queer-culture

"The Monday night Vogue Femme class at Vitalidad Movement Arts Center (VMAC) is an intro course, laying out the five elements of voguing for total beginners."

Many could, and have, argued the once rainbow-clad section of the UK's capital has had its wings clipped through years of gentrification, but there are still corners of Dalston, Hackney, Bethnal Green, and surrounding areas that continue to light the fire of queer liberation.

The stickers that partly cover it are a visual decision that crosses issues - inspired by club stickers used to cover phone cameras at queer parties to 'encourage presence and protect privacy'.

Let me tell you something about house music. If you've ever partied in a queer club, or a Black club, you've probably heard this voice. Hell, if you've ever danced to house music anywhere, for almost any length of time, anywhere in the world, you've heard its flamboyant, authoritative glory.

It's exciting, especially in our current climate, that I just played a man named Henry who's an Italian tour guide.

It's always somebody stereotypically gorgeous. So Saint Sebastian appears in a lot of queer culture.