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Perhaps some find it humiliating to pull up at some chi-chi bar and ask about the mocktail offerings.

Last year, Chi-chi Nwanoku, the founder and artistic director of the Chineke!

“This is a big step toward shining a spotlight on the problems in our field,” said Chi-chi Nwanoku, the founder and leader of the Chineke!

They included the photographer Chi-Chi Ari and the jeweler Bernard James, who are Black; the stationery designer Ji Kim-Fung of JK Design, who is Korean; and Brown Estate, the first Black-owned winery in Napa Valley, which supplied local wines.

“Ballroom was created because Black and brown trans women did not feel like they had a space,” said Chi-Chi Khaos, the creator of the T.U.P.A.C. vogue and kiki classes in Tacoma where Friesen got her start.