Valérie Berta

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School: The University of Missouri-Columbia Journalism School

Luna Steelheart, a drag perform...erment, in Columbia, Missouri.

Luna Steelheart, a drag performer from Kansas City, poses for a portrait as they get ready backstage during a show by Nclusion, an entertainment company focused on LGBTQ community building and empowerment, in Columbia, Missouri.

Luna Steelheart, a drag performer from Kansas City, during a show by Nclusion, an entertainment company focused on LGBTQ community building and empowerment, in Columbia, Missouri.

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Copyright Valérie Berta 2024

Updated Aug 2022

Location Columbia, MO USA

Topics Arts & Entertainment, Community, Culture, Deaf, Disability, Discrimination, Documentary, Event, Fashion, Gay, Gender, Lesbian, Photography, Portrait, Portraiture, Reportage, Sexuality, Transgender, Youth

Two years ago a new entertainment company opened in Columbia, Missouri, called Nclusion.

Nclusion runs drag nights all over the state. It also serves as an advocacy and community building and empowerment group for LGBTQIA+ Missourians in a state where discrimination against LGBTQIA+ teens and adults is legal and where alarming anti-LGBTQIA+ rhetoric is common in the legislature.

These pictures are a depiction of one of the events they organized, where Luna Steelheart, the drag name of a performer from Kansas City, Missouri, celebrated her birthday.

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