1. Identity
1.1. Society
1.1.1. Gender
1.1.1.1. Viewed them as males of color
1.1.2. Race
1.1.2.1. Minorities
1.1.3. Class
1.1.3.1. Lower class living in poverty, who could never rise to the top
1.2. Self
1.2.1. Gender
1.2.1.1. Some wanted to be females/others wanted to look like one
1.2.2. Race
1.2.2.1. Most were minorities that aspired to be and look like white people
1.2.3. Class
1.2.3.1. Many were living in poverty
1.2.3.2. Mopping, stealing in order to impress during balls
1.2.3.3. Aspired to one day be very rich and be known
2. Balls
2.1. Drag
2.1.1. Self expression
2.1.2. Aspired to look like white counterparts
2.1.3. Accepted/Not Judged
2.2. Realness
2.2.1. Shady
2.2.1.1. Reading
2.2.2. Measured by how good you are at imitating counterpart
2.3. Allows you to become anything you want to be
2.4. Different categories of dress up
3. 80's
3.1. Political Climate
3.1.1. People of color have difficult time getting executive jobs(Dorion Corey)
3.2. Harlem, New York
3.2.1. Not very accepting of gays
3.3. Aids
3.3.1. Epidemic spreading amongst gay community