#realness

A ball performer embodying tough, hip-hop-inflected street swagger.

To see through the illusion and catch the detail that gives it away.

A Realness category — walking convincingly as a suited Wall Street power player.

A queen so convincingly female she serves cis-woman realness.

Ball category judging how convincingly you serve tough, street, masculine presentation.

A ball category judged on convincingly passing as a tough street figure.

A streetwise, tough, masculine urban type — also a ballroom realness category.