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The Stroll

I'd rather the A trainthan that house with all that pomp and circumstanceand all of the...

I'd rather the A train
than that house with all that pomp and circumstance
and all of the religion

Full Transcript

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I'd rather the A train than that house
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with all that pomp and circumstance and all of the religion.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:06:40
Uploaded
Apr 20, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
HBO Documentary Films,Kingdom Reign Entertainment,Polari Pictures

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Movie Summary

The history of New York's Meatpacking District told from the point of view of transgender sex workers who lived and worked there. They recount the violence, policing, and gentrification that lead to a movement for transgender rights.
I was safer in the street than I was ever in that household. - The Stroll 00:06
I was safer in the street than I was ever in that household.
It was 1983. I was on my own. - The Stroll 00:06
It was 1983. I was on my own.
Back then, being a trans woman - The Stroll 00:11
Back then, being a trans woman
Some people choose sex work because they want to. - The Stroll 00:06
Some people choose sex work because they want to.
A lot of us back then did not have a choice - The Stroll 00:09
A lot of us back then did not have a choice
At that time, people were not hiring - The Stroll 00:09
At that time, people were not hiring
So girls did what they had to do - The Stroll 00:07
So girls did what they had to do
I would say every borough had a stroll where the girls would work. - The Stroll 00:07
I would say every borough had a stroll where the girls would...
The Stroll in the Meatpacking District - The Stroll 00:06
The Stroll in the Meatpacking District
It was a place where - The Stroll 00:11
It was a place where
So the tricks knew what they was getting - The Stroll 00:08
So the tricks knew what they was getting
Every queer young person knew that - The Stroll 00:08
Every queer young person knew that
And the further west you went, the more empty it became. - The Stroll 00:05
And the further west you went, the more empty it became.
There you could see queer people having fun and being sexually free. - The Stroll 00:06
There you could see queer people having fun and being sexual...
By the water, there were these dilapidated piers - The Stroll 00:07
By the water, there were these dilapidated piers
And in the center of it all - The Stroll 00:08
And in the center of it all
We called 14th Street The Stroll, and that was our turf. - The Stroll 00:06
We called 14th Street The Stroll, and that was our turf.
The Meatpacking District was not a neighborhood people came to. - The Stroll 00:06
The Meatpacking District was not a neighborhood people came ...
There was a very defined dividing line at Eighth Avenue. - The Stroll 00:07
There was a very defined dividing line at Eighth Avenue.
I am a long-time resident of the Meatpacking District. - The Stroll 00:07
I am a long-time resident of the Meatpacking District.