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‘SON OF IMMIGRANTS, BLACK AND GAY’: A D.J. BREAKS BARRIERS FRANCE
The DJ grew up Grosay, a suburb outsi of Paris, but ma a name for himself this dance movement that gay and transgenr dancers pneered (Kiddy intifi as gay), acrdg to The New York Tim. Kiddy ma headl by showg up to the gig a T-shirt that read, “Son of immigrants, black and gay. After an ankle jury at age 18, he found the “more feme” style easier on his body, but, he told me, also beme an important way to accept his “homosexualy to another level.
As France leans creasgly to the right ahead of s April electn, he ref to be quieted; two weeks before we met, he had guted on the issue-based TV program Le Gros Journal to speak eloquently about racism and homophobia. Dpe the difficulti that e wh beg a genr-nonnformg black gay man om what he lls “the hood, ” Se draws power om the plexy of his inty. This sprg, a vio for his 2016 sgle “Teardrops In The Box” will explore a relatnship between a closeted gay boy and his mother, wh Se wrg, producg, and starrg the clip.
KIDDY SE, L'ICôNE GAY
Beg a black, homosexual tryg to fd his muny Paris was fely not easy for Se. Fally fdg a sacred space and muny where his sk lour, extravagant fashn sense and homosexualy is fully accepted was jt the begng for Se as he found a home away om home. Hache is an openly gay mician of Ain scent who grew up a hog project outsi Paris.
He found fame the pal’s thrivg “ballroom” scene, which gay and transgenr dancers, predomantly of ethnic mori, perform limb-whirlg vogueg rout. Hache wore a T-shirt emblazoned wh the words, “Son of immigrants, black and gay. “He reprents the change of attu among young people, straight and gay: They have more tolerance.
Though he knew he was gay om an early age, he said, “Fat is never associated wh sexualy, so nobody was askg why I didn’t have a girliend. ”He took hip-hop dance class Grosay and later moved to Paris, where he met more gay people. It was the 1920s, not the we handle rrectnsA versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn C, Page 2 of the New York edn wh the headle: ‘Son of Immigrants, Black and Gay’.