Three Generations of House Mothers: Proudly Black and Trans
Icon Queen MUVA Azzedine Alaia, Icon Miasha Forbes, and Maya Juicy Couture discuss what it means to be a House Mother across three generations.
Founding Mothers
The Founding Mothers of Ballroom: Crystal LaBejia, Pepper LaBejia, Paris Dupree, Avis Pendavis, Angie Xtravaganza, Dorian Corey + Duchess, were Black and Latina Trans women, who were critical to the establishment of ballroom culture and house structures.
Being A Mother
Being the mother of a house means being the matriarch and the feminine figure of that house. Many of the House mothers have been protectors and safe harbor, especially when HIV/AIDS ravaged the community.
House of Elite center Mother Moldayvia, left to right Robert, Father Devin,Raven, Andrew (1991) by Chantal RegnaultBallroom Throwbacks/Destination Tomorrow
Miasha Forbes, Mother of AlphaOmega Haus
"It's really about safeguarding the legacy, because we do come from a very rich tradition...that is an extension of the larger civil rights movement."
Ballroom Throwbacks
