💬 The Stroll (2023)

The Stroll (2023)

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.
Director: Zackary Drucker, Kristen Lovell

Production: HBO Documentary Films, Kingdom Reign Entertainment, Polari Pictures

Release date: 21 Jun 2023

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The Stroll (2023)
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. Director: Zackary Drucker, Kristen Lovell Production: HBO Documentary Films, Kingdom Reign Entertainment, Polari Pictures Release date: 21 Jun 2023
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A lot of us back then did not have a choice. because jobs were not accessible to us.
And a lot of people don't believe us. but we are literally siblings.
And every building had a meat company in it.
And in the center of it all. was this 10 by 12 block radius called the Meatpacking District.
And it was just amazing, like, to see. strong black trans women.
And the further west you went, the more empty it became.
And then it was when I came to the decision, I was like. "I'm going to, you know, transition." And...
And when they told me that I had to leave because of all of this. I said, "You always told me". never let no one tell you can't do something."
At that time, people were not hiring. people that looked like me.
Back then you would have to be careful. when you were walking down the street you couldn't walk too close to a truck because the meat would come flying off.
Back then, being a trans woman. unless you had your ID changed and Social Security card you couldn't just walk into a place and get a job.
Back then, to me, it was just the most amazing place.
Because you got to realize. you have all different shapes, colors and sizes.
Being Pentecostal, my uncle was the pastor of our church.
Big Mama's in charge now, she gets stuck nowhere, darling.
But I didn't have all this va va la voom then.
But I had no clue. on how to get money at 15 years old on the street.
But I have arrived now.
But it's... when you actually do it. the reality sets in, what are you doing?
By the water, there were these dilapidated piers. where you would see gay men having sex.
Even though my grandmother was affirming, my other siblings weren't.
Every queer young person knew that. Christopher Street in the Village was the gay mecca of New York City.
First time I had to do sexual acts with someone for money. and he told me to get out.
He was practicing social distancing before it became a trend.
I am a long time resident of the Meatpacking District.
I called somebody who I knew lived in the building. and I said, you know, "What is it like down there?" You know, it looks really grimy. It looks really dangerous.
I have a gallery in the Triangle Building. and everybody knows this building 'cause it's in the middle of the street.
I just saw all these beautiful women. and I was like, "Oh, my God" what is all these girls doing out here? They so beautiful." I remember one particular night. this girl asked me to block her while she fixed her tuck.
I knew that was Ceyenne. I knew Nicole was around the corner.
I mean, you had to be one of us to get used to the odors.
I ran away for peace of mind, for safety.
I ran away to get the hell away from those people.
I remember, like, when I first stepped on to 14th Street. when we came around that corner and all I seen were like, it felt like hundreds of trans women out there.
I said, "Tuck," I said, "What is that?". And this girl looked nice.
I saw you, and Ceyenne. and a bunch of other girls.
I was born up in the Bronx. so I had all these questions about my sexuality that I was trying to come to terms with and I discovered The Meatpacking District.
I was having a panic attack because I didn't wanna have sex with people.
I was safer in the street than I was ever in that household.
I was the only male born one that was allowed there.
I would say every borough had a stroll where the girls would work.
I'd rather the A train than that house. with all that pomp and circumstance and all of the religion.
In my mind, being on 14th Street. when I was a beginner, nobody told me the... the ifs and outs about "Okay, you're a trans woman, you use your tool or your wand." I figured out that I was very well endowed. which I didn't really look at my private parts, so...
In the middle of West Side Highway, that people today call the High Line. was the train tracks.
It stinks because it is the Meatpacking District. and there's blood and inedibles and meat all around.
It was 1983. I was on my own.
It was a place where. the young gays, the older gays, cross dressers, trans women drag queens, they can go and make money.
It was just the banter. the allure of just having that "How's tricks, girl?" "Oh, it's late... oh, it's late for you, not for me, girl.
It was such a film noir kind of atmosphere. and that's what I wanted to capture with my camera.
My community in the neighborhood that I grew up in. was very harmful.
My mother always told me, never let anyone tell you can't do something.
One of my first nights out there, I went with this guy to a hotel. and I was like, "Okay, so..." I'm gonna be a bottom for you." Whatever, whatever.
Our family did not give us the tools necessary for us to grow healthily.
Right here, the picture was taken back there. - Oh, really? - The reflection of the...
She's walking up and down the street calling cars. and I'm like, "What are you doing?" She said, "This is how we're going to make some money.". People are tooting their horns at me. and people trying to get me in their cars and I kept saying no.
So girls did what they had to do. and that was to go to the Ho Stroll.
So the tricks knew what they was getting. because that was the only people that hustled down in the village.
So when I first stepped on to that Stroll. it empowered me to be like "If they can live their life like this then I can live my life like this too."
So while she was fixing her tuck, I turned around and I looked. and I said, "Oh, my God, you have a penis." She was like, "I'm a trans woman.". And I said, "This is why all these girls out here are?". I said, "Oh, my God". I want to do this. This is me.". I said, "I... I got to do this.".
Some people choose sex work because they want to.
That played... that played a lot in my life with...
The first time that I've ever seen The Stroll. stepping back, was scary.
The first time, I was traumatized. because this man wanted me to do some sexual act with him for money.
The Meatpacking District was not a neighborhood people came to.
The S&M bars, the hookers, the meatpackers.
The Stroll in the Meatpacking District. was nothing but trans women down there.
There was a lot of pressure. in being the stereotypical, cisgender heterosexual male for them.
There was a very defined dividing line at Eighth Avenue.
There were prosties here almost 24/7.
There you could see queer people having fun and being sexually free.
These girls showed me what streets to stay safe on. what not to do so that the minute I got off on 14th Street on the PATH train and I started walking and you could hear the clickety clack of the heels.
They would conduct their business. in parked cars right on the street and the prosties would often hang out under the elevated West Side Highway and, y'know, wait for passing johns.
This guy would do pretend blowjobs and pretend sex and pay me. - for pretend... Yes. - For dollar?
Until she said, "Girl, the only way you're gonna get money". you have to get in a car.
We called 14th Street The Stroll, and that was our turf.
We would take them back here, look. because sometimes the people would forget to lock the trucks because there was nothing in the back of the trucks but funky meat that ain't there no more so we would take the clients right back here.
We're siblings. Biological sisters.
When I first went out there with one of my girlfriends. I was petrified.
When I first went out there. it felt like we were going through a secret passage.
Yeah, I was... This mortician guy, right. and he would date me and I would go up to his house and I would sit in his stairwell it was like a $100 in, like, three minutes maybe less than three minutes, because all he did was take me, spin me around, and by the time I came back this way he had already nutted on the floor and I left.
Yeah. This is what started my journey because I wanted to be that.
Yes, I remember. I remember now, he was very, like, hygienic.
You have all these fetish bars. fetish clubs, underground events brick factories, and falling apart buildings and empty lots.
You know, the guy's back there. And do what Mother does best.
1,800 square feet with a wood burning fireplace.
- Wow. - Because there was nobody back here - but me and the photographer. - Okay.
'cause I had seen everybody so confident in themselves.
'cause... because I used to make so much money.
"But besides that, it's a great neighborhood." People wouldn't even walk through it.
"Don't let them make you do anything you don't want to do." I've had clients that want me to do some of the weirdest things.
"Everybody says it's dangerous." And she said, "It's not dangerous at all.". It's wonderful.

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