Kia Michelle Benbow (Professionally known as Kia LaBeija or Kia; b. March 18, 1990) is an American fine artist. Her most well known series, 24, is a sociopolitical commentary on the effects of growing up as a young woman of color with HIV.[1] She is a former Mother of the Royal House of LaBeija.[2]
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Kia Michelle Benbow (Professionally known as KiaLaBeija or Kia; b. March 18, 1990) is an American fine artist. Her most well known series, 24, is a sociopolitical...
The Royal House of LaBeija is a prominent drag family founded by Crystal LaBeija and Lottie LaBeija in 1968. It was the first ballroom house to host benefits...
1948, Pepper Labeija first arrived on New York city's gay ballroom scene in the late-1960s and eventually became head of the House of LaBeija in 1981. While...
be hosted by a House, was titled "Crystal & Lottie LaBeija presents the first annual House of Labeija Ball at Up the Downstairs Case on West 115th Street...
reigning house mothers of the ball world, alongside Dorian Corey, Pepper LaBeija, Avis Pendavis, and Paris Dupree. Under Xtravaganza’s leadership, the House...
include: The Royal House of LaBeija (founded by Crystal LaBeija, co-founder of ballroom culture; and chiefly run by Pepper LaBeija in the 1980s and 1990s)...
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2022, surpassing the record of the late icon Pepper LaBeija who ruled the Legendary House of LaBeija for nearly 32 years without interruption. On 23 March...
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for AIDS, 1989 Valenti, Chi Chi. “The Latin Houses of Extravaganza and Labeija”. i-D, September 1988, pgs. 35–36 Cunningham, Michael The Slap of LoveThe...
Some of the judges that night included the icons Dorian Corey and Pepper LaBeija, both featured in the acclaimed Paris Is Burning film a year earlier. Since...
dance styles throughout his teenage years, going on to attend the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts and studying under master...
Ebony (co-founder) The House of LaBeija Crystal LaBeija (co-founder) Lottie LaBeija (co-founder) KiaLaBeija Pepper LaBeija The House of Milan Kevin Milan...
Ebony (co-founder) The House of LaBeija Crystal LaBeija (co-founder) Lottie LaBeija (co-founder) KiaLaBeija Pepper LaBeija The House of Milan Kevin Milan...
Ebony (co-founder) The House of LaBeija Crystal LaBeija (co-founder) Lottie LaBeija (co-founder) KiaLaBeija Pepper LaBeija The House of Milan Kevin Milan...
first issue, featuring a self-portrait by the born HIV-positive artist KiaLaBeija, Velasco wrote a poignant statement: "The art world is misogynist. Art...
Ebony (co-founder) The House of LaBeija Crystal LaBeija (co-founder) Lottie LaBeija (co-founder) KiaLaBeija Pepper LaBeija The House of Milan Kevin Milan...
Ebony (co-founder) The House of LaBeija Crystal LaBeija (co-founder) Lottie LaBeija (co-founder) KiaLaBeija Pepper LaBeija The House of Milan Kevin Milan...
breakdown. It includes art by Yinka Shonibare CBE, Latai Taumoepeau, KiaLaBeija, Mary Beth Heffernan, and Isaac Murdoch's "Water is Life" banner designed...
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