Her Legacy Continues To Inspire Black Culture Decades Later
Black History Year
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🗓️ 23 September 2024
⏱️ 3 minutes
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She’s responsible for much of our cultural norms and celebrations. Her legacy? Being the iconic leader who took no mess.
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| 0:00.0 | In 1963, America's Georgia, 15 Black girls joined a protest. |
| 0:05.9 | One for the matinee, please. |
| 0:08.1 | Negroes, get your tickets in the back. |
| 0:11.1 | We just want tickets to see the show. |
| 0:12.8 | It comes a whole mess of tickets for each and every one of you. |
| 0:16.3 | Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. |
| 0:21.2 | Based on the truth story, Push, no, no, no, no, no. Based on the true story, Push Black presents The Stolen Girls of America. |
| 0:27.5 | Listen and follow on the Odyssey app or wherever you find your podcast. |
| 0:34.1 | She's responsible for much of our cultural norms and celebrations. |
| 0:38.3 | Her legacy, being the iconic leader who took no mess. |
| 0:43.3 | This is two-minute black history, what you didn't learn in school. |
| 0:49.3 | Crystal Libasia was a black trans woman and drag mother who refused to water herself down. |
| 0:57.0 | In standing her ground, she forever shaped black queer culture. |
| 1:03.0 | In a time where black LGBTQ people face constant police brutality, social pressures to lighten their skin and racism |
| 1:13.6 | within whitewash queer culture, Lybasia felt something building inside of her. |
| 1:19.6 | Was it rage? |
| 1:21.6 | No. It was immense pride for her people. |
| 1:26.6 | After refusing to seek validation from a popular pageant, Miss All-America Camp, La Baja created her own space. |
| 1:34.3 | The annual House of La Baysia Ball was the first to center the Black and P.O.C. Queer community. |
| 1:42.3 | Doing this carved space for the iconic black ballroom scene that has shaped so much of |
| 1:48.4 | black culture, inclusive of Paris is burning, the hit series Pose, and Beyonce's Renaissance. |
| 1:56.5 | La Baja's legacy reminds us to be loud and proud about who we are. |
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