I’ll never forget stepping off the airplane in Kingston and sweat pouring down my back overcome with fear of this new journey I was on to connect to my homeland 🇯🇲 and by hard comparison that fear washed over with so much love, tenderness, and sisterhood that has held me to this day from all the queer folk in Jamaica and specifically my sis @1emmanuel// Its wild now to think how much I've grown and been able to spread that love, support, and connection through @connekja and @ragganyc to do the same for others. So many of us are terrified of these paradises that hold a lot of trauma for us but the healing is in the works. The new day of generational healing through JOY is happening now! Not in theory. Not in a Huffington Post article. Not on Vice Documentaries but FOR US, BY US on the islands in real time. Thank you @1emmanuel@devinmichaellowe @uncleeli and all the boos involved in this historic event for believing in our mission. For believing in our story and the power to wash over our collective pain with kinship, celebration and BRUK OUT! 🔥🙌🏿🇯🇲🙏🏿❤️// THE DOLL BALL 3: DANCEHALL COUTURE November 4, 2023! Kingston, JAMAICA brought to you by @connekja @blacktranstravelfund @ragganyc - With the legendary Commentator @iamleggoh(NYC) and local boo @illusinator (KINGSTON)// judges @devinmichaellowe @morticiagodiva@iv.fischer @uncleeli @rachelleighscott@glen.divo // DJs @byrellthegreat (NYC) @deejayanash @djvickyanalog @venom
above photography by @austin
below photography by Ragga Nyc
