Paris is burning encompasses passion, hope, beauty and even depression. Adults, middle aged people and old people who feel dejected from society form an alliance to create events amongst themselves to relieve themselves of loneliness and make meanings of incidence while there is little to no chances of acceptance. The film is a very touching journey of people who wish to live normal lives just like everyone else, even though our community may regard them as mentally unstable and uniformly fragile. Tragic to discover that a Drag queen who dreamed of having a family passed away. She was strangled and left under a bed in a hotel in New York City. My guess is that it was either a hate crime or a lover. A person who had dated him without knowing his original gender but finding out later. The balls and numerous events have been going many decades and have provided solace to these individuals. They created a world, a place to suit their desires and fill their frustrations. The balls and events with classy varying themes have been moved on from generations to generations. Sad to know that even underaged children leave their homes to find comfort elsewhere because their parents or family refuse to accept them for what they chose to be. 

The Combahee River Collective Statement strives to provide essential support to people who have been oppressed by the system, by the manipulated enforced policies which degrades the potential and capabilities of people especially people of color.