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Vogue
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Participant in HBO's Legendary (2020) -
ACT UP protests on Wall Street AIDS activist group ACT UP organized numerous protests on Wall Street in the 1980s. The group's tactics helped speed the process of finding an effective treatment for AIDS. -
Willi Ninja, self-described “butch queen” and master of the pose. -
Tracy Gayle Norman Tracey’s model card from the Grace Del Marco agency, 1991, before she changed the spelling of her name. -
Tracey Gayle Norman on a Clairol Box -
Willi Ninja in his studio, 1989. Willi, considered a pioneering godfather of voguing became one of the scene's biggest mainstream successes, featuring in Malcolm McLaren's vogue-inspired hit Deep in Vogue and going on to coach many supermodels in the art of runway walking. Without him it's unlikely Madonna would have touched upon Vogue in 1990. The House of Ninja was founded with the aim of mixing Asian influences with voguing. Willi died in 2006. -
Xtravaganza War Ball A voguing ball in action at the Xtravaganza War Ball, 1990. This particular move, the 'duck walk', is still alive and well in modern balls