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The Stroll

So girls did what they had to do and that was to go to the Ho Stroll

So girls did what they had to do and that was to go to the Ho Stroll

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So girls did what they had to do
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and that was to go to the Ho Stroll.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
42
Timestamp in Movie
00:07:33
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 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.
I have a gallery in the Triangle Building - The Stroll 00:08
I have a gallery in the Triangle Building
1,800 square feet with a wood-burning fireplace. - The Stroll 00:05
1,800 square feet with a wood-burning fireplace.
I called somebody who I knew lived in the building - The Stroll 00:12
I called somebody who I knew lived in the building
"Everybody says it's dangerous." - The Stroll 00:08
"Everybody says it's dangerous."
It stinks because it is the Meatpacking District - The Stroll 00:09
It stinks because it is the Meatpacking District
"But besides that, it's a great neighborhood." - The Stroll 00:09
"But besides that, it's a great neighborhood."...
I mean, you had to be one of us to get used to the odors. - The Stroll 00:05
I mean, you had to be one of us to get used to the odors.