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They're telling me that I can't exist
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They're telling me that I can't exist in my Blackness and my queernessand my transness

They're telling me that I can't exist in my Blackness and my queerness
and my transness

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They're telling me that I can't exist
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in my Blackness and my queerness and my transness.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:51:02
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.
I can't bring all of this in at the same time. - Disclosure 00:04
I can't bring all of this in at the same time.
In the film Stonewall, - Disclosure 00:07
In the film Stonewall,
Stonewall was a bar for hustlers and street queens. - Disclosure 00:06
Stonewall was a bar for hustlers and street queens.
It was not, like, you know, this respectability bar - Disclosure 00:08
It was not, like, you know, this respectability bar
That's not what Stonewall was, based on my understanding of history. - Disclosure 00:05
That's not what Stonewall was, based on my understandin...
And it was really people who didn't have anything to lose - Disclosure 00:07
And it was really people who didn't have anything to lo...
You see, in the early '70s, - Disclosure 00:07
You see, in the early '70s,
Sylvia, Marsha, street queens, femmes - Disclosure 00:09
Sylvia, Marsha, street queens, femmes
I will no longer put up with this shit. - Disclosure 00:05
I will no longer put up with this shit.
I have lost my apartment for gay liberation, - Disclosure 00:07
I have lost my apartment for gay liberation,
Assimilation is the American narrative, - Disclosure 00:09
Assimilation is the American narrative,
That section of the queer community is like, "You don't exist." Pfft. - Disclosure 00:04
That section of the queer community is like, "You don&#...
You know, I think sometimes - Disclosure 00:16
You know, I think sometimes
A 26-year-old ex-GI arrives home from Denmark, - Disclosure 00:07
A 26-year-old ex-GI arrives home from Denmark,
There was actually a letter that Christine Jorgensen received - Disclosure 00:18
There was actually a letter that Christine Jorgensen receive...
Trans history changes in 1952, - Disclosure 00:10
Trans history changes in 1952,
She was not the first trans person, - Disclosure 00:12
She was not the first trans person,
This was the image of transgender for a generation of people. - Disclosure 00:05
This was the image of transgender for a generation of people...
She set the ways in which the conversation around trans identity was being had. - Disclosure 00:07
She set the ways in which the conversation around trans iden...
How do you explain an article that appeared in New West magazine - Disclosure 00:11
How do you explain an article that appeared in New West maga...