Steph Tari Odu spotlights Barcelona’s ballroom scene as a platform for queer identities with Jay Jay Revlon and Gorgeous Jayce Gucci Providing a space through which Black and Latinx queer and trans people may transcend the strictures of society, the ballroom community has been expansive in its reach – and its influence continues to rise. Decades on from the birth of modern ballroom and “house” culture in Seventies New York, and the historically significant scene documented in Paris Is Burning, the once underground community has expanded to distant corners of the globe – emerging as a force for empowerment where stigmatization of queerness and minorities remains... read more on www.nowness.com _______________________________________ Subscribe to NOWNESS here: http://bit.ly/youtube-nowness Like NOWNESS on Facebook: http://bit.ly/facebook-nowness Follow NOWNESS on Twitter: http://bit.ly/twitter-nowness Daily exclusives for the culturally curious: http://bit.ly/nowness-com Behind the scenes on Instagram: http://bit.ly/instagram-nowness Staff Picks on Vimeo: http://bit.ly/vimeo-nowness