Gia Love Oral History

Gia Love reflects on her life in the kiki ball scene, an underground queer and trans dance community in New York City. In kiki, particularly the House of Juicy, Gia found deep friendships and a supportive family that she was not able to find in her family of origin. Gia excelled as a kiki performer, winning many balls in the category of Realness. Gia also describes how becoming involved with competitive debate helped her get out of special education classes, and her violent rebelliousness as a child developed as a defense against bullying.

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Identifier: qn59q415v
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
Creator(s): Love, Gia
Contributor(s): O'Brien, Michelle Esther
Publisher: New York Public Library
Date Created: Apr. 11, 2019
Genre: Oral Histories
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Subject(s): Butch Queen
City College
Destination Tomorrow
Ginovia
Greenlight Hub
Harlem United
Harvard University
House of Bacardi
House of Juicy
House of Louboutin
House of McQueen
Islan Nettles
Kalem Lord
Malcolm X
Marist College
Martin Luther King Jr.
New York Urban Debate League (NYUDL)
Paris Is Burning
Sundance
TQ
Uber
Places: New York
New York > Kings County > Brooklyn
Massachusetts > Middlesex County > City of Cambridge > Harvard University
New York > Bronx County > Bronx
New York > Dutchess > Town of Poughkeepsie > Marist College
New York > City College of New York (CCNY)
Topic(s): African diaspora
African-americans
Black people
Bullying
Butches
Childhood
Crossdressing
Debates
Drag balls
Femininities
Foster children
Gender
Gender diversity
Homelessness
Homophobia
Hormones
LGBTI community
Masculinities
Mothers
Racism
Sexism
Sexual abuse
Soft butches
Special education
Transgender community
Transgender people
Transitioning (Gender)
Transphobia
Violence
Women
Resource Type: Audio
Text
Language: English
Rights: Copyright undetermined
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