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I've heard people say things like, "Well, there were no trans menin ballroom in the '80s...

I've heard people say things like, "Well, there were no trans men
in ballroom in the '80s or the '90s." Well, no, yeah, there were

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I've heard people say things like,
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"Well, there were no trans men in ballroom in the '80s or the '90s."
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Well, no, yeah, there were.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
01:19:33
Uploaded
Jun 04, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Bow + Arrow Entertainment,Field of Vision,Fork Films,JustFilms / Ford Foundation,California Humanites,Independent Film Producers (IFP)

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Movie Summary

An in-depth look at Hollywood's depiction of transgender people and the impact of those stories on transgender lives and American culture.
The problem is that there wasn't language for transmasculine communities at all. - Disclosure 00:05
The problem is that there wasn't language for transmasc...
I loved, in Paris Is Burning, - Disclosure 00:06
I loved, in Paris Is Burning,
I just wanna be a rich somebody. - Disclosure 00:04
I just wanna be a rich somebody.
I understand, like, why it's important for, uh, specifically trans women of color - Disclosure 00:14
I understand, like, why it's important for, uh, specifi...
♪ Pepper LaBeija ♪ - Disclosure 00:04
♪ Pepper LaBeija ♪
I was a part of that family, - Disclosure 00:08
I was a part of that family,
Yeah, I was too busy trying to be "real." - Disclosure 00:08
Yeah, I was too busy trying to be "real."
There was a buzz around the film being made, - Disclosure 00:07
There was a buzz around the film being made,
How do you explain how other people - Disclosure 00:05
How do you explain how other people
Paris Is Burning is, like, their... their motto or something. - Disclosure 00:04
Paris Is Burning is, like, their... their motto or something...
What does it mean to go into cultures that you don't exist in - Disclosure 00:07
What does it mean to go into cultures that you don't ex...
And how do we have a critical relationship so that we learn? - Disclosure 00:04
And how do we have a critical relationship so that we learn?
I mean, you see a film like Paris Is Burning, - Disclosure 00:08
I mean, you see a film like Paris Is Burning,
♪ Come on, vogue ♪ - Disclosure 00:24
♪ Come on, vogue ♪
I can be critical of Paris Is Burning, - Disclosure 00:05
I can be critical of Paris Is Burning,
If you shoot a arrow and it goes real high, - Disclosure 00:07
If you shoot a arrow and it goes real high,
What I had learned from the world of the balls, - Disclosure 00:10
What I had learned from the world of the balls,
I'm living in my new pronoun that I've... "Stealth." - Disclosure 00:08
I'm living in my new pronoun that I've... "St...
Do you know what it's like to go on a set - Disclosure 00:07
Do you know what it's like to go on a set
Your head is trying desperately to stay in the scene. - Disclosure 00:05
Your head is trying desperately to stay in the scene.