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Marsha and Sylvia founded STAR Street TransvestiteAction Revolutionaries the first trans...

Marsha and Sylvia founded STAR Street Transvestite
Action Revolutionaries the first trans sex workers
rights organization

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Marsha and Sylvia founded STAR
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Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries
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the first trans sex workers rights organization.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
00:33:53
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.
Marsha and I both grew up at a very early age on Times Square. - The Stroll 00:06
Marsha and I both grew up at a very early age on Times Squar...
Marsha was seven years my senior - The Stroll 00:20
Marsha was seven years my senior
I think the gay community wanted to be accepted into mainstream society - The Stroll 00:11
I think the gay community wanted to be accepted into mainstr...
So when you have trans and gender nonconforming people - The Stroll 00:10
So when you have trans and gender nonconforming people
Y'all tell me go - The Stroll 00:06
Y'all tell me go
I will never longer - The Stroll 00:06
I will never longer
I have been beaten, I have had my nose broken - The Stroll 00:14
I have been beaten, I have had my nose broken
Sylvia was like a blueprint - The Stroll 00:10
Sylvia was like a blueprint
The mainstream lesbian and gay community - The Stroll 00:12
The mainstream lesbian and gay community
After all they fought for, they were pushed to the side. - The Stroll 00:06
After all they fought for, they were pushed to the side.
We did. We did, when we... in 1970. - The Stroll 00:07
We did. We did, when we... in 1970.
We fucking fed, we fed children. We took care of children. - The Stroll 00:08
We fucking fed, we fed children. We took care of children.
Damn it! This is my history. - The Stroll 00:06
Damn it! This is my history.
This was literally a dilapidated pier - The Stroll 00:07
This was literally a dilapidated pier
And then you had this whole, like, area with Sylvia's encampment. - The Stroll 00:06
And then you had this whole, like, area with Sylvia's e...
'Cause this... I can't even tell what it is anymore. - The Stroll 00:05
'Cause this... I can't even tell what it is anymor...
But basically where we're at right - The Stroll 00:06
But basically where we're at right
It used to be where a lot of homeless queer youth used to spend the night. - The Stroll 00:05
It used to be where a lot of homeless queer youth used to sp...
Didn't have anywhere to go. They knew this was like a safe place - The Stroll 00:09
Didn't have anywhere to go. They knew this was like a s...
I was on the pier where we literally had huts. - The Stroll 00:07
I was on the pier where we literally had huts.