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Oct 2023
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Ep 20: How Ballroom was a Black, Latinx ...

Emma and Hester
About this episode

To celebrate Black History Month in UK and LGBT History Month in US we are exploring exclusively Black Queer stories this week!

To help us we invited a fabulous special guest Krystal Lake to explore the fascinating origins of Ballroom Culture going back to the 1870’s.

As well as the moment Voguing was born and the fascinating life story of Willi Ninja!

Follow Krystal on Instagram - @djkrystallake
TikTok - @djkrystallake

Follow us on Instagram - @safespace_vids  

TikTok - @safe_space

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