#doriancorey

[timothybrownjr13]

Number 21 on my Queer Icons Pride Project is Drag Queen Dorian Corey. Dorian Corey was an American drag performer and fashion designer. She appeared in Wigstock and was featured in Jennie Livingston's 1990 documentary Paris Is Burning. Born Frederick Legg in 1937 assigned male at birth, but realized later in life that she was a trans woman. Calling herself Dorian Corey, she began doing drag after leaving the city of Buffalo. In the 1950s, Corey worked as a window dresser at Hengerer's, then moved to New York City to study art at Parsons. Corey was the founder of the voguing House of Corey, holding over 50 grand prizes from the voguing balls. She was also "house mother" to Angie Xtravaganza, who later became a mother of her own house and was also featured in Paris Is Burning. Corey's legacy remains one of importance to the drag and ballroom communities, and her particular importance in the development of voguing as a cornerstone of New York ballroom culture is venerated and memorialized in the modern day. Corey is remembered by fans, friends and family for her simple philosophy that "...everybody wants to make an impression, some mark upon the world. ... You don't have to bend the whole world. I think it's better just to enjoy it. Pay your dues, and just enjoy it. If you shoot an arrow and it goes real high, hooray for you." Dorian Corey inspires me because of her fierceness and strength. She had an amazing talent, not only with fashion, but with words as well. I personally love her quote "Shade is I don't tell you you're ugly, but I don't have to tell you because you know you're ugly — and that's shade!" @parisisburningquotes #doriancorey #parisisburning #houseofcorey #drag #dragqueen #dragballs #lgbt #pride2022 #prideproject #loveislove #strength #queerartist #gayillustration #xtravaganza #queer #gay #transgender #lesbian #bisexual (at Turlock, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfGxU6JrHKK/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[earthwindfire82]

Never forget. 😎 #DorianCorey #VenusXtravaganza #ParisIsBurning #Legendary #Shade #Reading (at Memphis, Tennessee) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRKq-OGghNt/?utm_medium=tumblr

[patrick-sleem-art-n-design]

Reposted from @parisisburningz - House of Xtravaganza and Paris Is Burning legends, Brooke and Carmen last month! Kudos to @iambruceavery #parisisburning #gayballroomscene #doriancorey #pepperlabeija #houseofxtravaganza #houseofninja #willininja #houseoflabeija #venusxtravaganza #kimpendavis #Freddiependavis #octaviastlaurent #carmenxtravaganza #brookextravaganza #parisdupree #houseofdupree #houseofpendavis #opulence #blackgayhistory #gayhistory #asfreeasthewindonthisbeach #transgender https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz2_Ji0B7OY_r36VL2_VvT0LDEX3MCJ_lrdUvU0/?igshid=5o4hpoi4v4js

[hintmag]

Just in time for Pride, a new restoration of Paris Is Burning opens 6/14 at Film Forum, NYC. • #parisisburning #pride #lgbt #gay #trans #pose #voguing #willininja #houseofninja #houseofxtravaganza #pepperlabeija #doriancorey #ballculture #drag #dragball @filmforumnyc @janus_films https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx_E0oTnIbA/?igshid=ggzmm3tt9h36

[victorskeleton]

Listen to @strangetalkpodcast new episode to hear a brand new @morningpersonmusic song called “>>>Return<<<“! Hear the chilling story of Dorian Corey, and find out what was hidden in her closet... #strangeralk #DorianCorey https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo95emrFo0_/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=5eec94unc0uc

[designnurd]

My 2 biggest influences (other then marijuana): X-Men (mainly Storm) ⛈ and Paris is Burning, mainly (Dorian Corey) ☔️ I drew this on mah iPad using #debaser #comicbook #texture from @truegrittexturesupply recommended by @fromrobin 🍧 Than-X fol-X 🎨🖌 #storm #doriancorey #parisisburning #xmen #futurelegends #shade #shadecamefromreading #reading #ororomunroe #thelibraryisopen (at WeWork Transbay)

[deraywrites]

#TodaysQuote #QuoteOfTheDay #foodforthought #morningmeditations #afternoonmeditations #inspirationalquotes #motivationalquotes #dailymeditations #mindbodyspirit #dailyquotes #lifelessons #lifequotes #AbundanceMindset #ParisIsBurning #legacy #Stardom #DorianCorey #November5 (at Cedar Brook Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CV5mh1Zr94e/?utm_medium=tumblr

[expatmichael]

The wisdom of Dorian Corey. When will there be as iconic a documentary as Paris is Burning? The children need to be dazzled in 2021. Whose gonna bring it? #doriancorey #parisisburning #reading #akiki #themummy https://www.instagram.com/p/CNCkR6vD5PFs8KWv-4qa5lMJe7Ysd6EzEI4pMk0/?igshid=ca5fd8rbbjav

[byluisvenegas]

C☆NDY TRANSVERSAL New Issue✨ 11th ISSUE - 11 Covers - 500 Pages BUY IT NOW at ByLuisVenegas.tictail.com (Link in Bio)🔝 Or at some of the best bookstores in the world 🌎 . . Your soul is your highest self . Brian Lantelme Special portfolio with archive images taken from 1989 to 1998 (34 Pages + Cover) Portrayed and interviewed Sunny Suits @sunnysuitsstudio Dorian Corey, 1991 Dorian Corey’s Last Performance, 1993 Photo by @brianlantelme #CandyTransversal #BiggestCandyEver #AllWeNeedIsPositivity #BrianLantelme #SunnySuitsStudio #DorianCorey

[uptownbill]

Dorian Corey from #ParisIsBurning had a trunk just like this. #doriancorey #body https://www.instagram.com/p/CFKIaG0D0Le/?igshid=eg8kqi4b42wh

[reverietruecrime]

Episode 44 is available now on the Reverie True Crime podcast. Available wherever you stream podcasts. 🖤

Dorian Corey was an icon in her own right. Star of Paris is Burning and house mother of the House of Corey. She embodied fierceness and she was a wise human being. She took care of the drag community, mentoring and taking in LGBTQ+ people if they needed a place to stay.

By all accounts, she was never violent, mean-spirited and there were no signs that she could ever physically harm a soul...unless, her life was in danger.

She passed away in 1993. Her good friend and fellow drag queen went to Dorian’s apartment with two guys, searching for costumes for the two. What they stumbled across was not what they expected.

[derycktodd]

surviving & thriving 🔥 #parisisburning #doriancorey (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCSR1QfJyXn/?igshid=a2t1m4zlv1c7

[shulmansays]

Shake the rice and steal the dice, Children! To coincide with the #30thAnniversary of @On_The_Marks’ award-winning #Documentary, PARIS IS BURNING (1990), @CriterionCollection is releasing a director-approved #SpecialEdition of the #CultClassic on Blu-ray. Read all about the new edition of a longtime fave, NOW, at www.ShulmanSays.com. (Photos: @Janus_Films; Inset: Jennie Livingston). . . #GetIntoIt #ParisIsBurning #JennieLivingston #BallroomCulture #DragBalls #Houses #Harlem #NewYork #BlackCulture #LatinxCulture #LGBTCulture #CriterionCollection #JanusFilms #DorianCorey #WilliNinja #OctaviaStLaurent #PepperLaBeija #JuniorLaBeija #AngieXtravaganza #DavidXtravaganza #KimPendavis #FreddiePendavis #VenusXtravaganza #Harlem #NewYork (at Harlem, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5IvOyHluAu/?igshid=6dog6zfn2e2w

[filmartgallery]

Fierce! U.S. 1 Sheet for the 1990 #JennieLivingston film #ParisIsBurning, starring #DorianCorey, #WilliNinja, #PepperLabeija and other fabulous people. Photo is by #MichelComte. #Drag #DragBall #StrikeAPose #Documentary #queercinema #NewAcquisition #FilmArtGallery https://www.instagram.com/p/B3IdFK0pQfV/?igshid=154zkr86il

[glam-boyance]

When telling a man just isn't enough. #meme #memes #memeintothevoid #parisisburning #doriancorey #makeup #hoorayforyou https://www.instagram.com/p/Bsw8wrLHLEp/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ccibpdnq53c

[glamasaurus]

When people act pretentious to hide their insecurity. #parisisburning #shade #sideeye #sorrynotsorry #gif #doriancorey