As I watched Paris is Burning, the film sheds light on the era’s black and Hispanic LGBTQ community in New York City and their lives in the underground drag ball competition. It demonstrates how integral it is to current pop culture, where “voguing” “Yasss Queen!” were born. Paris Burning also reveals the many ways in which gay communities of color have constructed their worlds in order to cope with their oppression. Although the film is not all glitz and gold. Paris is Burning also reveals the darker realities of many of its subject lives, including how difficult it can be to simply survive.