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General Slang
butch queens up in pumps
· phrase · ballroom
Ball category where masculine gay men compete in heels, mixing genders on the floor.
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A ballroom category and the title of Marlon Bailey's landmark book on the scene. Butch queens (gay men) walk in pumps, masculine identity meeting feminine footwear and presentation, deliberately blending genders in a single performance. It captures one of the things ballroom does best: refusing to keep gender in tidy boxes and turning the mix itself into the artistry.
“The category was butch queens up in pumps, so the floor filled with broad-shouldered kings strutting in six-inch heels.”
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butch queens up in pumps In A Sentence
The category was butch queens up in pumps, so the floor filled with broad-shouldered kings strutting in six-inch heels.
Origin & Usage
Ballroom category; lent its name to Marlon M. Bailey's 2013 book Butch Queens Up in Pumps: Gender, Performance, and Ballroom Culture in Detroit.
Variants
butch queen up in pumps
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