First-Of-Its-Kind Mural Dedicated In Philadelphia's Gayborhood Honors Often Forgotten Ballroom History

By Josh Sanders and Jim McHugh, CBS Philadelphia

November 10, 2023

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- A first-of-its-kind mural is being dedicated in the Gayborhood. It honors Philadelphia's ballroom community celebrating 30 years of a cornerstone of LGBTQ+ history.

"So much magic has happened on these streets, you have no idea," Jacen Bowman, a Supreme Ballroom Icon and King Mother Haus of Moncler, said.

For Bowman, a stroll down 13th Street in Philadelphia's Gayborhood is a stroll into his childhood.

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