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Banjee, the Glossary

Banjee (as in: "banjee boy" or "banjee girl") is a term from ball culture describing a person embodying an urban, tough swagger.^[1]

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Ball culture
Gay culture in the United States
Gay masculinity
LGBT Hispanic and Latino American culture
LGBT culture in the United States

Arabic

Arabic (اَلْعَرَبِيَّةُ, or عَرَبِيّ, or) is a Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world.

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Attitude (psychology)

An attitude "is a summary evaluation of an object of thought.

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Back to My Roots

"Back to My Roots" is a song by American dance music singer and drag queen RuPaul, released as the fourth single from his album Supermodel of the World, released on April 27, 1993.

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The Ballroom scene (also known as the Ballroom community, Ballroom culture, or just Ballroom) is an African-American and Latino underground LGBTQ+ subculture. Banjee and Ball culture are culture of New York City, LGBT African-American culture, LGBT Hispanic and Latino American culture and LGBT culture in the United States.

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Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn

Bedford–Stuyvesant, colloquially known as Bed–Stuy, is a neighborhood in the northern section of the New York City borough of Brooklyn.

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Billboard charts

The Billboard charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs and albums in the United States and elsewhere.

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Bisexuality

Bisexuality is a romantic or sexual attraction or behavior toward both males and females (gender binary), to more than one gender, or to both people of the same gender and different genders.

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Blend word

In linguistics, a blend—also known as a blend word, lexical blend, or portmanteau—is a word formed, usually intentionally, by combining the sounds and meanings of two or more words.

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Blogosphere

The blogosphere is made up of all blogs and their interconnections.

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Brooklyn

Brooklyn is a borough of New York City.

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Christopher Street Pier

The Christopher Street Pier is a group of piers in Hudson River Park on the Hudson River waterfront of Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York City, numbered 42, 45, 46, and 51.

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Clemente Soto Vélez

Clemente Soto Vélez (1905 – April 15, 1993) was a Puerto Rican nationalist, poet, journalist and activist who mentored many generations of artists in Puerto Rico and New York City.

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Closeted

Closeted and in the closet are metaphors for LGBT people who have not disclosed their sexual orientation or gender identity and aspects thereof, including sexual identity and sexual behavior.

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Clothing

Clothing (also known as clothes, garments, dress, apparel, or attire) is any item worn on the body.

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Documentary film

A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a historical record".

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Down-low (sexual slang)

Down-low is an African-American slang term specifically used within the African-American community that typically refers to a sexual subculture of Black men who usually identify as heterosexual but actively seek sexual encounters and relations with other men, practice gay cruising, and frequently don a specific hip-hop attire during these activities. Banjee and Down-low (sexual slang) are LGBT African-American culture.

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DVD

The DVD (common abbreviation for digital video disc or digital versatile disc) is a digital optical disc data storage format.

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East Harlem

East Harlem, also known as Spanish Harlem or El Barrio, is a neighborhood of Upper Manhattan in New York City, north of the Upper East Side and bounded by 96th Street to the south, Fifth Avenue to the west, and the East and Harlem Rivers to the east and north.

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Emanuel Xavier

Emanuel Xavier (born May 3, 1970), is an American poet, spoken word artist, author, editor, and LGBTQ activist born and raised in the Bushwick area of Brooklyn.

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Ethnicity

An ethnicity or ethnic group is a group of people who identify with each other on the basis of perceived shared attributes that distinguish them from other groups.

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Fashion show

A fashion show (French défilé de mode) is an event put on by a fashion designer to showcase their upcoming line of clothing and/or accessories during a fashion week.

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Fort Greene, Brooklyn

Fort Greene is a neighborhood in the northwestern part of the New York City borough of Brooklyn.

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FX (TV channel)

FX (Fox eXtended) is an American pay television channel owned by FX Networks, LLC, a subsidiary of the Disney Entertainment business segment and division of The Walt Disney Company.

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Gangsta rap

Gangsta rap or gangster rap, initially called reality rap, is a subgenre of rap music that conveys the culture and values typical of urban gangs, reality of the world and street hustlers.

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Gay

Gay is a term that primarily refers to a homosexual person or the trait of being homosexual. Banjee and Gay are LGBT terminology.

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Gay pornography

Gay pornography is the representation of sexual activity between males.

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Ghetto fabulous

Ghetto fabulous is a lifestyle expression that originated among African American communities living in poor urban areas.

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Hercules and Love Affair

Hercules and Love Affair is a dance music project created by American DJ, singer, composer, musician and producer Andy Butler in 2004.

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Heterosexuality

Heterosexuality is romantic attraction, sexual attraction or sexual behavior between people of the opposite sex or gender.

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Hip hop music

Hip hop or hip-hop, also known as rap and formerly as disco rap, is a genre of popular music that originated in the early 1970s from the African American community.

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Historical drama

A historical drama (also period drama, period piece or just period) is a dramatic work set in a past time period, usually used in the context of film and television, which presents historical events and characters with varying degrees of fictional elements such as creative dialogue or fictional scenes which aim to compress separate events or illustrate a broader factual narrative.

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HIV/AIDS

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus that attacks the immune system.

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Homosexuality

Homosexuality is sexual attraction, romantic attraction, or sexual behavior between members of the same sex or gender.

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Hood By Air

Hood By Air is a fashion and streetwear brand based in New York City co-founded by designers Shayne Oliver and Raul Lopez.

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Janet Mock

Janet Mock (born March 10, 1983) is an American writer, television producer, and transgender rights activist.

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Latino (demonym)

The masculine term Latino, along with its feminine form Latina, is a noun and adjective, often used in English, Spanish, and Portuguese, that most commonly refers to United States inhabitants who have cultural ties to Latin America.

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LGBT

is an initialism that stands for "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender". Banjee and LGBT are LGBT terminology.

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LGBT rights in the Americas

Laws governing lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights are complex and diverse in the Americas, and acceptance of LGBT persons varies widely.

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LGBT slang

LGBT slang, LGBT speak, queer slang, or gay slang is a set of English slang lexicon used predominantly among LGBTQ+ people. Banjee and LGBT slang are LGBT terminology and sexual slang.

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Made man

In the American and Sicilian Mafia, a made man is a fully initiated member of the Mafia.

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Masculinity

Masculinity (also called manhood or manliness) is a set of attributes, behaviors, and roles associated with men and boys.

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Mass media include the diverse arrays of media that reach a large audience via mass communication.

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Medical journal

A medical journal is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that communicates medical information to physicians, other health professionals.

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Men who have sex with men

Men who have sex with men (MSM) refers to all men who engage in sexual activity with other men, regardless of their sexual orientation or sexual identity.

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Missy Elliott

Melissa Arnette Elliott (born July 1, 1971), also known as Misdemeanor, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer.

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New York City

New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Nuyorican

Nuyorican is a portmanteau word blending "New York" (or "Nueva York" in Spanish) and "Puerto Rican", referring to Puerto Ricans located in or around New York City, their culture, or their descendants (especially those raised or currently living in the New York metropolitan area).

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Nylon (magazine)

Nylon is an American multimedia brand, publishing company, and lifestyle magazine that focuses on pop culture and fashion.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city of France.

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Paris Is Burning (film)

Paris Is Burning is a 1990 American documentary film directed by Jennie Livingston. Banjee and Paris Is Burning (film) are LGBT African-American culture.

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Physical attractiveness

Physical attractiveness is the degree to which a person's physical features are considered aesthetically pleasing or beautiful.

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Pick Up the Mic

Pick Up the Mic is a documentary film, released in 2006, which profiles the underground homo hop scene, which is a subgenre of hip hop that includes gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender artists.

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Popular culture

Popular culture (also called mass culture or pop culture) is generally recognized by members of a society as a set of practices, beliefs, artistic output (also known as popular art or mass art) and objects that are dominant or prevalent in a society at a given point in time.

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Pose (TV series)

Pose (stylized as POSE) is an American drama television series about New York City's ball culture, an LGBTQ subculture in the African-American and Latino communities, throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Banjee and Pose (TV series) are LGBT African-American culture and LGBT Hispanic and Latino American culture.

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Restaurant

A restaurant is a business that prepares and serves food and drinks to customers.

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Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture.

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Run-DMC

Run-DMC (also formatted Run-D.M.C., RUN DMC, or some combination thereof) was an American hip hop group from Hollis, Queens New York City, formed in 1983 by Joseph Simmons, Darryl McDaniels, and Jason Mizell.

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RuPaul

RuPaul Andre Charles (born November 17, 1960) is an American drag queen, television personality, actor, singer, producer, and writer.

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RuPaul's Drag Race season 6

The sixth season of RuPaul's Drag Race began airing February 24, 2014.

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Ryan Murphy (producer)

Ryan Patrick Murphy (born November 9, 1965) is an American television writer, director, and producer.

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Safe sex

Safe sex is sexual activity using methods or contraceptive devices (such as condoms) to reduce the risk of transmitting or acquiring sexually transmitted infections (STIs), especially HIV.

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Sequel

A sequel is a work of literature, film, theater, television, music, or video game that continues the story of, or expands upon, some earlier work.

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Sexually transmitted infection

A sexually transmitted infection (STI), also referred to as a sexually transmitted disease (STD) and the older term venereal disease (VD), is an infection that is spread by sexual activity, especially vaginal intercourse, anal sex, oral sex, or sometimes manual sex.

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Sharaya J

Sharaya Howell (born January 17, 1984), known professionally as Sharaya J, is an American rapper and choreographer.

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Sleeveless shirt

A sleeveless shirt is a shirt that is manufactured without sleeves or with sleeves that have been cut off.

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Stereogum

Stereogum is a daily Internet publication that focuses on music news, reviews, interviews, and commentary.

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The Goldmind Inc.

The Goldmind, Inc. is an American record label founded in 1997 by rapper Missy Elliott.

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The New York Blade

The New York Blade was a free weekly newspaper focusing on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) issues in New York City, New York.

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The Village Voice

The Village Voice is an American news and culture publication based in Greenwich Village, New York City, known for being the country's first alternative newsweekly.

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Trophy

A trophy is a tangible, durable reminder of a specific achievement, serving as recognition or evidence of merit.

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Underground hip hop

Underground hip-hop (also commonly known as indie hip-hop or underground rap) is an umbrella term for hip hop music that is outside the general commercial canon.

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Vanessa Vanjie Mateo

Vanessa Vanjie Mateo, sometimes known as Vanessa Vanjie, Miss Vanjie, or simply Vanjie, is the stage name of José Luis Cancel, an American drag performer known for competing on the tenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race and placing fifth on the eleventh season of the show.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banjee

Also known as Bangee, Banje, Banjee boy, Banjee girl, Banjees, Banjes, Banjy, Gayngsta, Homo thug.

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Banjee, the Glossary

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See also

Ball culture

Gay culture in the United States

Gay masculinity

LGBT Hispanic and Latino American culture

LGBT culture in the United States

References