LC control no. | sh 94008099 |
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Topical heading | Drag balls |
Variant(s) | Ball culture (Sexual minority culture) House ballroom scene (Sexual minority culture) |
See also | Contests Sexual minority culture |
Scope note | Here are entered works on balls attended generally by sexual minorities dressed in clothing not generally associated with their gender. |
Found in | Work cat.: Paris is burning [MP] 1990. Encyc. homosexuality, 1990: index (drag balls-see balls, drag) Rodgers, B. The Queen's vernacular, 1972 (drag ball) Spears, R. Slang and euphemism, 1991 (drag-ball, drag-party) 2013010094: Gaskin, G.H. Legendary, 2013: CIP t.p. (house ballroom scene) summary (house ballroom community, balls) Wikipedia, March 21, 2013 (Ball culture, the house system, the ballroom community and similar terms describe the underground LGBT subculture in the United States in which people "walk" (i.e. compete) for trophies and prizes at events known as balls) Wiretap Magazine, June 6, 2007, viewed May 15, 2013 (There's No Place Like Home: A History of House Ball Culture; drag balls developed into House Ballroom scene) How drag balls went mainstream via BBC, viewed online Feb. 4, 2021 (celebrate LGBT culture and black and Latin roots) Underground ball culture, viewed online Feb. 4, 2021 Gender and sexuality performance (balls include transgender, gay, and minority groups) |
Not found in | Web. 3; NYT index; Dict. Am. slang; Ox. dict. new words |