The House of Diabolique: Drag, or robot? File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...

Based on the vogueing / drag queen / ballroom scene as documented by the film Paris Is Burning, the House of Diabolique emerged in 1996 and soon developed a cult following in New York's notoriously fickle underground dance community. For other meanings, see vogue. ... Drag queens Luc DArcy and Jerry Cyr and friend at Montreals 2003 Divers/Cité pride parade Drag queens are performers - usually gay men, sometimes transgendered women - who dress in drag, clothing associated with the female gender, usually highly exaggerated versions thereof. ...

Diabolique herself, a self-described "robot drag queen who does not exist", brought NYC club culture to the web through the House of Diabolique website, musing from week to week on new dance music, DJs, clubs and other aspects of New York's after-hours culture. Over the years her topics expanded to include commentary on pop culture, religion, politics and humor while always relating back to the club community's first love, music.

The House of Diabolique has done a lot to preserve and promote the history of the NYC house sound. Their online archive contains thousands of song samples from multiple dance music genres including house, trance, electro, freestyle, disco, nu-electro, bitch tracks, runway, and more. House music refers to a collection of styles of electronic dance music, the earliest forms beginning in the early- to mid- 1980s. ... Trance music is a subgenre of electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s. ... Electro (also known as electro funk) is an electronic style of hip hop directly influenced by Kraftwerk and funk records (unlike earlier rap records that were closer to disco). ... Freestyle or Latin freestyle, also called Latin hip-hop in its early years, is a form of electronic music that is heavily influenced by Hispanic and African-American culture. ... Disco is an up-tempo style of dance music (generally between 110 and 136 beats per minute) that originated in the early-1970s, mainly from funk and soul music, popular with audiences in larger cities all over the world, and derives its name from the French word discothèque (meaning...

In 2001, Diabolique recounted her battle with a rare form of cancer, Burkitt's lymphoma. Since then, she has been in remission. Burkitts lymphoma is a type of cancer that is associated with the Epstein-Barr virus, also the cause of mononucleosis as well as other cancers. ...

External links

• House of Diabolique
• Paris Is Burning