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Ballroom is a queer subculture originating in the late 20th century in New York. Ballroom is a space for queer and trans people to express themselves freely, its a safe haven a place of refuge for people not welcomed anywhere else and for a lot of people the first space they have felt safe and not in fear for there lives. Ballroom started during a very difficult time for the queer community and is in my belief the reason we have the freedom we do today, there is still much more work to be done but the ballroom community made a place in society for people like me and created spaces that otherwise wouldn’t exist, and give people like me the opportunity to speak out against injustice in the world.

Ballroom has also taken a lot of vulnerable queer people off of the streets when made homeless by homophobic parents. Mothers (house leaders) would take in young queer people and they would compete in voguing competition, and competitions based on there extravagant outfits and performances. Ballroom has also had a huge influence on fashion and makeup trends today, there is even a show based entirely off ballroom RuPauls Drag Race.

Ballroom is overall a very iconic subculture that’s has changed the way we live and perceive people and has overall had a very positive impact on our society.

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My partner and I went and looked at soho and Carnaby over multiple days to get a true idea of what the area was like. I enjoyed the project and found that working in a smaller group meant we could really spend a lot of time looking around and going in-depth on what the area was like as we did not have the worry of people wanting to leave and not participating. I believe because we visited over multiple days it gave us a good idea of the day to day and got to meet some really interesting people that otherwise we wouldn’t of met if we weren’t hanging around and honestly being a little bit nosey. I believe that i did well in the going out and getting first hand research and really pushed my self socially by asking questions and overcoming anxieties. I do however believe I could of pushed my self further by looking more in-depth at the historical story of the area and what made the area what’s it is today. Overall i enjoyed the task and believe if i did it again i have things i could implicate to make my work better, but i think this was a good first try at an exercise like this and taught me some interesting things.