Meet Mama Darleena, a sixtysomething black transsexual who’s all about etiquette.
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A transgender housemother schools her Boystown proteges in Northlight’s Charm at Steppenwolf Garage
Back in 2011 the Reader ran a feature titled “Grit & Glitter,” about Chicago’s underground ballroom scene: a gay, black subculture populated by “male-identified men, drag queens, transgender folks, and born women (whom ballroom participants call ‘allies’).” Though its social life revolves around late-night vogueing competitions, the scene’s real foundation is a network of “houses” […]