“Black trans lives matter!” “Black trans lives matter!” “Black trans lives matter!” “So let me tell you something: Voguing has always been a protest. I matter.’ ” “The ballroom is not just voguing. You got to get up out my home ’cause I don’t want corone.” [♫] “Wash your hands, hands, hands, hands, hands, hands, hands.” “Then we saw the rise of the Bigo balls —” “Ready?” “ — a virtual ballroom —” [♫] “Ah, giving me hands. And what we’re fighting for is rights, and even in the time that we’re fighting for Black Lives Matter, you have to remember. So, us going out there and voguing, and being unapologetically us while protesting, told them that, ‘Hey, don’t forget us either.’ ” “Period.

Source: New York Times June 20, 2020 09:00 UTC