Beijing – Leather, glitter, stilettos and a strut — voguing, the underground dance phenomenon, has seized Beijing and given China’s LGBT community a “playground” to celebrate their identities.Sashaying down the runway clad in fake-fur, mile-high wigs and dramatic makeup, performers flaunt poses for an ecstatic audience, powered by a pounding house music soundtrack.
Hundreds of young LGBT Chinese, many traveling from far and wide to attend, packed into the cramped venue for Saturday’s event — the first large-scale voguing ball to be held in Beijing.With categories including “Butch Queen Realness”, “Drag Queen Lip Sync” and “Voguing Open To All,” performers battled it out to win the judges’ approval — by scoring straight 10s — or were.