06/07/2026
๐ช It's easier for minorities to remain central to a music scene when it's small, local and personal. Once it becomes a massive global phenomenon, it's much harder for marginalized people to stay inside the frame of attention. ๐
But another reason for this absence is that history is written by victors: as dance music became more mainstream and had more crossover success, the people writing its history followed the "more relevant" threads into primarily straight, white, middle class environments, quickly forgetting about the more q***r and colorful scenes that were still dancing and making music. ๐ฏโโ๏ธ๐ฏโโ๏ธ
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