noun
General Slang
AG
· noun · ballroom
Aggressive — a self-defined masculine identity among Black and Latina queer people, born in NYC ballroom.
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A masculine gender identity for queer people of colour — young, masc-presenting, often assigned female at birth, defining their own lane outside the white butch/femme binary. It carries its own swagger and its own history, shaped by ballroom, the streets, and Black and Latina experience. Not interchangeable with 'butch' — it's its own term, by and for its community.
“He came up in the balls as an AG, and that identity meant something specific that 'butch' never covered.”
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AG In A Sentence
He came up in the balls as an AG, and that identity meant something specific that 'butch' never covered.
Origin & Usage
Black and Latino ballroom and queer street culture in New York City. Documented in Daniel Peddle's 2005 documentary 'The Aggressives', which followed AGs in NYC across five years.
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