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not bound by society's idea of who you
should be or how you should move or you
know when when you find that platform
that accepts you for who you are and
you're exploring like what that is and
in an environment in the community where
you feel safe it's like you're on a
journey of self exploration but I think
it's an important journey
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I think often times have just follow my
intuition and it's led me to the right
place just knew I wanted to go to New
York it wasn't something that I really
questioned I just wanted to explore the
ballroom scene there and to learn from
the icons in the legends
I think the bomb scene for me was just
very yeah I think real is the right word
to prefer it you know it's like ballroom
and voguing is it's one thing for me but
I think it's a very personal journey for
everybody and I think in that
environment I wanted to just be very
respectful and we have this saying in
ballroom - just take your time so I
didn't feel a lot of stress when I was
there to enter battles or to compete but
wanted to observe and - I knew that when
I was to come out I wanted to come out
strong
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I would say that um I've learned to
speak different languages through
movements and I believe voguing is one
of them in contemporary is another and
for me it's always been very organic
it's a sort of when appropriate to to be
free in my expression you know and to
know when to speak one and went to speak
the other and and when I have a platform
to just move and not the conscious of
saying one thing or another but just to
speak
and I think for me movement in general
is not something that is literal but it
is a very abstract way of expressing
yourself but I believe the feeling
Israel and that's what makes it
authentic
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see
with shorts off
our last April
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I believe that when you talk about ball
you have to also listen to the LGBTQ
community as a whole and the
marginalized part of the LGBTQ community
that is facing discrimination
you know both inside and outside of the
LGBTQ community I'm grateful that you
know what I've been given from the from
the community and from the scene and but
I hope that I can continue to to give
back and to inspire people to find their
own voice and find their own journey in
ballroom a bomb house it's like a tattoo
you know like you really want to honor
that house and carry that house and not
let the name of the house Terry you or
its reputation but to feel that you're
contributing and you are helping to make
the house grow
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I believe it's about growing together
and about acceptance and about creating
a space where you can be yourself just
be free and I grow confidence in every
aspect of their life not just in dancing
you