torrid-wind:

Her sequined majesty&nbsp;Pepper LaBeija&nbsp;(1948-2003), &lsquo;mother&rsquo; of the Harlem voguing family &ldquo;House of LaBeija.&rdquo;
 Immortalized in the hallmark documentary &ldquo;Paris Is Burning&rdquo; (1990). (For all you LGBTQ people of color out there especially, this film is a MUST SEE!)
afrodiaspores:

Her sequined majesty&nbsp;Pepper LaBeija&nbsp;(1948-2003), &lsquo;mother&rsquo; of the Harlem voguing family &ldquo;House of LaBeija.&rdquo;&nbsp;

&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;LEGENDARY #1
&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;New York City, 1987 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;


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You want me to say who I am and all of that?&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&mdash;Pepper LaBeija


LaBeija, my house, is kept gold, swept clean&mdash;&nbsp;fronts fantasy from top to plump bottom.&nbsp;What I want to be, I be: crew-cut queen,&nbsp;middle sex owed to manicured pink thumbs.&nbsp;Catwalk as fierce as the fiercest real bitch,&nbsp;I am high like fashion. And fame. I am&nbsp;a man who likes men and a good cross-stitch,&nbsp;whom homesick kids crown &ldquo;legendary.&rdquo; Ma&rsquo;am&nbsp;