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These are my sisters up here, but the struggle is real.
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These are my sisters up here,but the struggle is real." You know, I ran away from my...

These are my sisters up here,
but the struggle is real." You know, I ran away from my house
when I was 14, and I've learned all sorts of things,
good and bad, and how to survive in gay world

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These are my sisters up here, but the struggle is real."
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You know, I ran away from my house when I was 14,
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and I've learned all sorts of things, good and bad,
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and how to survive in gay world.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
45
Timestamp in Movie
01:18:33
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.
It's just, there's so many iconic moments that allowed me to see myself - Disclosure 00:09
It's just, there's so many iconic moments that all...
And I'm as free as the wind that's blowing out on this beach. - Disclosure 00:06
And I'm as free as the wind that's blowing out on ...
And I remember seeing Paris Is Burning - Disclosure 00:07
And I remember seeing Paris Is Burning
♪ I am my own special creation ♪ - Disclosure 00:09
♪ I am my own special creation ♪
I discovered ballroom in 1995. I'm 14. - Disclosure 00:04
I discovered ballroom in 1995. I'm 14.
Ballroom, this was a space that was so affirming, - Disclosure 00:07
Ballroom, this was a space that was so affirming,
I've heard people say things like, - Disclosure 00:08
I've heard people say things like,
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,