GMHC’s Latex Ball® is the oldest annual event of the international House & Ball community.

This year we want to celebrate the different music genres and musical artists who have inspired people and left their mark in the world. For some of us music saved our lives. A song, a lyric or melody can help us through good and bad times, through love, loss, and grief. Music is therapeutic. A study once proved that music has a healing effect. Our favorite song can have a positive, immediate impact on our mental state; the feel-good hormone activates pleasure. We hope to bring that pleasure to you at this ball. 

There is only one Latex Ball® annually hosted by GMHC in New York City! The Latex Ball has celebrated over 30 years of ballroom magic. We cannot forget the purpose of the Latex Ball which is a celebration of life and a tribute to all those we have lost in Ballroom to AIDS-related complications. It is a commitment made in 1993 from GMHC that the Latex Ball and our services are here for the Ballroom community. We cannot forget the hundreds of Ballroom families that once graced the Latex runway. We cannot forget how a Vjuan Allure beat made us feel, we cannot forget how Derrick Xtravaganza moved us with his mesmerizing voguing moves or how Samantha James made us laugh. As we celebrate music as our theme, we also celebrate our ballroom angels. 

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