mylifebyandrearaven

  So called 'Drag Balls' have been going on for a very long time and often a cause of controversy, these days they are just another night out and often under more correctly descriptive titles. The Drag Balls I am going to talk about here are the ones that took place in the 1960's through to the late 1980's in London, in particular those that were staged at the Porchester Hall in West London and Tudor Lodge in East London. The only reason I have centred on these two locations is that up until the age of 9 I lived in West London and often passed Porchester Hall and sometime after we moved to East London Drag Balls were held at Tudor Lodge not five minutes from where I lived. Obviously at that age I had no idea of what was happening at Porchester Hall.  What is a 'Drag Ball'? well, basically it could now be described as 'Big Night Out' at pink Punters or 'Leeds First Friday', a night where crossdressers, can be themselves and enjoy a night out. The...