Shakedown

Shakedown was a series of parties founded by and for African American women in Los Angeles that featured gogo dancing and strip shows for the citys lesbian underground scene Inspired by transwoman Mahogany who as the mother of the scene presided over queer strip shows and balls for nonheterosexual audiences in the 1980s butch Ronnie Ron created produced and presented the new shows In them the largely female clientele from the hood slipped dollar notes into lap dancers panties while celebrating lesbian sexuality to pulsating hiphop beats