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00:00:28I'll see you next time.
00:00:59I'll see you next time.
00:01:24I'll see you next time.
00:01:29And now I have to, you know, deconstruct all of that to get to where I was supposed to be.
00:01:34Because if you left it up to me, I would have been like this since I was four when I
00:01:37said I was a girl.
00:01:48I'll see you next time.
00:02:18I'll see you next time.
00:02:27I'll see you next time.
00:02:40But for me, I look at it as a safe haven, a place that allows youth that haven't been fortunate
00:02:50or given the opportunity to have the family, the friends, or have that support or network in place to come
00:02:55and find that.
00:02:56You know, it's a safe haven.
00:03:02I know, honey.
00:03:03I see you from a distance.
00:03:04I had to get, ah!
00:03:05Did you just go back?
00:03:06Yeah, literally.
00:03:07Like right now?
00:03:08Like right now.
00:03:09How are you?
00:03:11How are you?
00:03:11How are you?
00:03:12The I story says, ah!
00:03:14It was a lot this week.
00:03:15It was good though.
00:03:15Girl, we're going to have to get this.
00:03:17I didn't twist it again.
00:03:17You're giving me like, you're giving me like, girl, hobo chic with a little urban Bob Marley.
00:03:22I'm going to get it twisted again.
00:03:24Hi Twiggy!
00:03:25Hi Twiggy!
00:03:27Mwah!
00:03:28Mwah!
00:03:31Rejection, homophobia, lack of acceptance, um, these are like the key things, in my opinion at least, from my perspective,
00:03:41that are the adversities that stem to all these other issues.
00:03:55There was something known as, um, they call it the Harlem Drag Circuit.
00:03:58They were more like masquerade type of events.
00:04:02Throughout the time, the 60s, 70s, 80s, it kind of like transitioned and evolved into this whole different competitive scene,
00:04:09um, that exists now, called the Barham Scene.
00:04:24This subset of that Barham Scene, which is called the Kiki Scene, the youth is as low as age 12
00:04:30and 13.
00:04:30They have these same types of balls as a creative outlet to get away from all of the things that
00:04:35put them at risk, the homelessness, the disease, the lack of acceptance, all these other things.
00:04:55We're going to be saving some space for, like, in the boxes outside.
00:05:01Welcome to all of the Legends Call pomocers.
00:05:04This isn't the one...
00:05:11Big lady.
00:05:13Juicy, poutier, lighthouse togi, light water and Bisan.
00:05:17We have HIV tested up here.
00:05:21If you have ever tested for HIV,
00:05:24we expect to see you up here.
00:05:28Welcome to the Legends Ball, sponsored by Heat and G-Man.
00:06:08Walking the ball is just as simple as this.
00:06:10There's a theme of the ball, and the theme of the ball basically sets the tone of the categories.
00:06:15The categories basically describe what they're looking for in each particular category.
00:06:28So in Runway, they might be calling for an all-black, haute couture look.
00:06:31For Vogue, they might be calling for the look of a rock star.
00:06:34Anything that it calls for, that's the look of the tree.
00:06:40If the judges like it, then we'll all battle for the cash category.
00:06:45If not, if the judges don't like what they see, on the flip side, they'll chop you.
00:07:22I am Twiggy Poochy Garcon.
00:07:27I am the founder of the Opulent House of Poochy.
00:07:31I'm a community health specialist.
00:07:33I'm a mother.
00:07:36I'm a gatekeeper of my community.
00:07:41And I'm a person.
00:07:44I'm normal.
00:07:45I cry.
00:07:46I laugh.
00:07:47I have fun.
00:07:49I party.
00:07:51I get lonely.
00:07:55But more than anything, I love.
00:08:17It's like plie and stretch.
00:08:19Um, Yogi, plug their cord up into the TV.
00:08:22They're going to take the speaker out to you.
00:08:23Everybody ready?
00:08:26Pull slow.
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00:08:35Up.
00:08:36Back over to the...
00:08:38Hello!
00:08:40Bring your knees in.
00:08:43Plant your hands.
00:08:45Down slow.
00:08:48Check it off.
00:08:50Check it off.
00:08:51Check it off.
00:08:52Check it off.
00:08:52Check it off.
00:08:52Check it off.
00:08:53Check it off.
00:08:53Oh my God, you're a hell of a bitch.
00:08:55You're not taking this thing.
00:08:56When people look at me like I'm a little girl.
00:09:00When you're down, they get me up.
00:09:02There you go.
00:09:09Hello!
00:09:12I got...
00:09:12Hello!
00:09:13Hello!
00:09:13Hello!
00:09:14Hello!
00:09:15Hello!
00:09:15Hello!
00:09:16Hello!
00:09:16Hello!
00:09:16Hello!
00:09:17This is the first ever $500 rudeness with a twist.
00:09:19I got this.
00:09:20If y'all not commenting and it's being productive, shut up.
00:09:24This is in four days.
00:09:26If that...
00:09:27What is it?
00:09:27Wednesday?
00:09:28Thursday?
00:09:28Friday?
00:09:29Yeah, four days.
00:09:32$500.
00:09:34Trayvon, get it the fuck together.
00:09:35I don't know what we'll be able to do it.
00:09:37No, you're going to be able to do it.
00:09:38Get it together.
00:09:39You can dance.
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00:09:47Same group again, y'all fucked up.
00:09:48Seven.
00:09:49Eight.
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00:10:04Four.
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00:10:20Four.
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00:10:21Five.
00:10:32Can we get a mop on our wives?
00:10:35She left her pussy on the floor.
00:10:38Come on, scrub that up.
00:10:40We got juice on the floor.
00:10:45Y'all bring it in.
00:10:56All right, all right.
00:10:58I'm going around the room with your progress, if you're walking.
00:11:01So, Shannon, are you?
00:11:02Lolly.
00:11:08I remember being young and being in school and knowing, but I always used to fight it.
00:11:13Like, no, that can't be possible.
00:11:14That's not true.
00:11:16And I just really fought it for a long time.
00:11:18Like, because I didn't really believe it.
00:11:21And being the way I was raised, like, my dad's like a macho man.
00:11:26And, like, being raised in Harlem and this type of thing, like, it's kind of like the perception of a
00:11:36guy or a young boy growing up.
00:11:38You have to be masculine.
00:11:39You have to play sports.
00:11:40And you have to do this, that, and the third.
00:11:41So, I felt like I had to live up to that because my parents would be disappointed or my dad
00:11:46would be really upset.
00:11:50I remember, like, being in school and we had, like, activities after school, like, when it would end.
00:12:01And I joined, like, this thing where we danced.
00:12:03And I had a dance instructor, and I remember she, we did a dance to this song called Peaches and
00:12:08Cream by 112.
00:12:11And we did the dance.
00:12:12And I came home to show my dad, because I was just so excited.
00:12:15I was in dance.
00:12:15I'm like, oh, yes, I came home to show my dad the dance.
00:12:17And I'm like, look, and I'm in the living room doing the dance.
00:12:20He was, like, he was so upset.
00:12:22So, I just went into my room, like, mom's like, don't dance.
00:12:25And I'm like, oh, yes.
00:12:55Hey, look at how, look at how I got y'all.
00:12:58Bam.
00:12:59Watch out for the straight, girl.
00:13:04Yeah.
00:13:05I'm known as a very strong person, and I always had to be growing up.
00:13:11When you're one of a kind, you get targeted.
00:13:14And I guess, like, as a defense mechanism to fight off attacks against my identity, I come
00:13:27off as very serious and no-nonsense.
00:13:29And I'm tall, and I'm very imposing.
00:13:32If I walked down the street pleasant, I would probably be attacked and bullied.
00:13:39That was a nice little ball.
00:13:44We're going to cross into the sidewalk.
00:13:46Look around in the cross.
00:13:47Oh, my God.
00:13:48What y'all doing?
00:13:49Where's the lepani?
00:13:50The big boy.
00:13:51Who can't you go?
00:13:53Wait, you had to hold you.
00:13:56They gave us.
00:13:58They just gave us.
00:14:00Do not play with me, little boy.
00:14:01Hold on.
00:14:02Hold on.
00:14:02I'm sorry.
00:14:03Hold on.
00:14:04Do not play with me.
00:14:05Do not play with me.
00:14:06Because I would suck the shit out of money, guys.
00:14:07Do not play with me, right?
00:14:09Do not be disrespectful.
00:14:10I don't know, y'all.
00:14:11It's not funny, because I would suck the shit out of you and make you go get your fucking
00:14:14brother.
00:14:16Right?
00:14:16This is a real banjie.
00:14:18Your mother's a faggot.
00:14:20No, I want him to come here so I can rock him.
00:14:23What are you doing, little boy?
00:14:24You okay?
00:14:25Oh, yeah.
00:14:26I'm triggered.
00:14:27You're triggered?
00:14:28Yeah.
00:14:29Yeah, no, I'm serious.
00:14:31You're okay?
00:14:32No.
00:14:33No.
00:14:47I was a person who was lost.
00:14:56I was a person who wasn't confident in my ability to do.
00:15:03And because I found a community that appreciates me and all of me, like, I'm able to be myself.
00:15:16Honestly, like, I'm not trans, well, I'm not transgender, but I would say if you really look
00:15:23at the term and view it for what it is, I am in the, like, for within the continuum.
00:15:28Because, like, I do identify as a man, but there's something about me that's different.
00:15:35Like, I'm a man, I know I'm a man, but I'm different and that's me, like, I'm just, I'm
00:15:43of trans experience, but I'm not, you know, completely, I won't, you know.
00:15:46If I was comfortable enough to come here in drags, I would, you know, I just need, like,
00:15:51a buddy.
00:15:51Like, if someone was doing it with me, I would do it.
00:15:54Because we could go through the experience together.
00:15:56This clip happened even before I started transitioning.
00:16:01I probably started maybe, like, actually, for a fact, I started the next semester.
00:16:11Because I went back trans.
00:16:22She called me three years ago on the phone and said to me, Ma, I made a decision to live
00:16:29my life as a woman.
00:16:32And I'm like, what?
00:16:35So then I thought about it for a minute while she was on the phone.
00:16:38I said, whatever your decision is, I'm with you.
00:16:42I accept it.
00:16:43I think she's sexy.
00:16:45Like me.
00:16:47Feel me?
00:16:48She's beautiful.
00:16:49Like me.
00:16:51What?
00:16:52She is.
00:16:54You know, I know about Gia's friend that they beat up on 129th Street and they killed her.
00:16:59You know, I worry about that stuff.
00:17:02I mean, if I didn't care, I wouldn't worry.
00:17:06Usually people would tell you, it's things you're not supposed to do, it's things you
00:17:10know what I'm supposed to do.
00:17:11Gia's stepping into a new boundary.
00:17:14She's basically defying the law of science.
00:17:17Who would have knew a male could develop breasts, go get a breast change, a sex change?
00:17:22I feel like Gia's a very big role model and an inspiration to people.
00:17:26And I think people should look at that more because there's no difference between any human
00:17:29being.
00:17:32Gia's phenomenal.
00:17:34I'm going to tell you, when she was 12, 13 years old, she was the number one debater
00:17:39of the city.
00:17:41And when she was 16 years old or 17 years old, she became the number one debater of the state.
00:17:48So she's phenomenal.
00:18:05If you don't know what a house is, it's just, in our vernacular, what we call a team.
00:18:11So team is just, we just use the word house for the word team.
00:18:16For you to be a house mother or father, which is also known as the team captain, the responsibilities
00:18:24that you have to hold as a house mother or father at 16 years old, you have a house full
00:18:29of 15, 20 plus members and you have to cater to all of them.
00:18:34That's a lot of responsibility for a young teenager who might come from parents who have
00:18:40thrown them out in the street and become homeless.
00:18:42You know, they say we often become the parents we never had and we help each other, like the
00:18:47guidance that we have for each other.
00:18:51My name is Simba.
00:18:53My role in the Kiki scene, I am one of the commentators.
00:19:15When you come into the scene, you create a family, you have gay brothers, gay sisters.
00:19:21You can pick your gay parents or your gay parents pick you.
00:19:23You know, you find the people you fit in with and everybody loves you as if they're family.
00:19:56Let me tell y'all something.
00:19:57When y'all are at a ball and I repeat this time and time again, y'all are there to
00:20:01represent
00:20:02this house.
00:20:03Y'all can walk.
00:20:04Hold on.
00:20:05I'm telling y'all this.
00:20:06The minute that y'all go out there and ruin it for the next bitch, I will cut the strings
00:20:11short and I will tell y'all that y'all are on blackout and I will start picking balls for
00:20:14y'all.
00:20:15And I would hate to do that.
00:20:17Hold on.
00:20:17Hold on.
00:20:18Hold on.
00:20:18Hold on.
00:20:19Stop saying my name.
00:20:20You and you and I'm dead at the ball of my dead name.
00:20:22Stop saying my name and I'm dead at.
00:20:25That's not my point.
00:20:26Stop saying my name.
00:20:27Hold on.
00:20:28Dead at.
00:20:29I'm not.
00:20:30I'm serious.
00:20:31Chocolate.
00:20:32I'm J.
00:20:32I'm J.
00:20:33I'm J.
00:20:33I'm J.
00:20:33I'm J.
00:20:33I'm J.
00:20:33I'm J.
00:20:33I'm J.
00:20:34I'm J.