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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:19,227 --> 00:00:20,812 [mechanical squealing] 2 00:00:23,732 --> 00:00:26,359 [tape clicking into drive] 3 00:00:26,401 --> 00:00:28,820 Wait, you taping me now? 4 00:00:29,738 --> 00:00:31,531 [Daniel] I'm sorry. 5 00:00:33,408 --> 00:00:35,035 [chuckles] 6 00:00:35,076 --> 00:00:36,536 [Daniel] Say something!                     Anything! 7 00:00:36,578 --> 00:00:38,038 [laughing] What do                   you want me to say? 8 00:00:38,079 --> 00:00:39,706 I'm out of words now. 9 00:00:39,748 --> 00:00:42,333 I already said what I said. 10 00:00:42,542 --> 00:00:45,503 [Daniel] [chuckling] Say            it all again one more time! 11 00:00:45,712 --> 00:00:47,213 Do you worry,                    like, what this doc-- 12 00:00:47,255 --> 00:00:49,049 I mean, you know... 13 00:00:49,090 --> 00:00:52,218 how this documentary is           gonna affect your life at all? 14 00:00:52,260 --> 00:00:52,886 No. 15 00:00:52,927 --> 00:00:54,554 [Daniel] You're not              bothered about that at all? 16 00:00:54,596 --> 00:00:56,014 No. 17 00:00:56,306 --> 00:00:59,059 I don't-- I mean, I              don't have nothin' to hide. 18 00:00:59,100 --> 00:01:01,853 There's nothin'                    that I have to hide. 19 00:01:03,772 --> 00:01:06,066 [Daniel] Is that a new tattoo? 20 00:01:06,107 --> 00:01:10,361 I think this one might be          new, I know this one is new... 21 00:01:10,779 --> 00:01:14,074 and this one, and this one. 22 00:01:14,115 --> 00:01:16,076 I think I only had this one. 23 00:01:16,117 --> 00:01:18,244 [Daniel] What's                     up with the hair? 24 00:01:18,286 --> 00:01:18,578 Low. 25 00:01:18,620 --> 00:01:19,913 No haircut but low. 26 00:01:19,954 --> 00:01:20,914 [Daniel] Lemme see. 27 00:01:20,955 --> 00:01:22,082 Uh-uh. 28 00:01:22,123 --> 00:01:23,708 Well... 29 00:01:25,168 --> 00:01:27,545 "aggressive"... 30 00:01:28,670 --> 00:01:31,925 I know I used to get               excited about that word, 31 00:01:31,966 --> 00:01:35,428 but, um, I just                  don't wanna be labeled. 32 00:01:35,470 --> 00:01:37,097 [Daniel] So you're                really serious about it? 33 00:01:37,138 --> 00:01:40,475 You're, like, totally anti being     labeled "aggressive" anymore? 34 00:01:40,517 --> 00:01:41,976 I just don't wanna be a label. 35 00:01:42,018 --> 00:01:43,603 I don't-- I don't                    wanna be labeled, 36 00:01:43,645 --> 00:01:45,271 I just... 37 00:01:45,354 --> 00:01:46,606 Just call me "Kisha," man. 38 00:01:46,648 --> 00:01:49,067 [laughing] Just call me "Kisha." 39 00:01:52,821 --> 00:01:57,908 ♪exciting house                   music slowly fades in♪ 40 00:02:31,693 --> 00:02:33,862 I was raised in the street. 41 00:02:33,903 --> 00:02:37,656 ♪♪♪ 42 00:02:37,699 --> 00:02:39,325 I'm like a                      motherfuckin' legend! 43 00:02:39,367 --> 00:02:40,160 [chuckles] 44 00:02:40,201 --> 00:02:41,161 You see me. 45 00:02:41,202 --> 00:02:42,871 [laughs] 46 00:02:42,912 --> 00:02:44,998 ♪♪♪ 47 00:02:45,039 --> 00:02:46,332 [Trevon VO]                     'Cause I'm aggressive? 48 00:02:46,374 --> 00:02:47,667 That doesn't matter! 49 00:02:47,709 --> 00:02:49,168 Let me be feminine! 50 00:02:50,545 --> 00:02:52,547 [motorcycle rumbles] 51 00:02:52,589 --> 00:02:53,840 ♪♪♪ 52 00:02:53,882 --> 00:02:55,841 Salt and peppers and... 53 00:02:55,884 --> 00:02:57,302 [echoing] Bow! 54 00:03:08,730 --> 00:03:09,689 [camera beeps and snaps] 55 00:03:09,731 --> 00:03:10,690 Hey. 56 00:03:10,732 --> 00:03:15,653 [beeping and snapping                     continues] 57 00:03:17,405 --> 00:03:20,033 [Kisha VO] One Christmas,            I bought myself a camera, 58 00:03:20,074 --> 00:03:23,870 and I just fell in love            with photography instantly. 59 00:03:23,912 --> 00:03:26,372 I taught myself how to shoot. 60 00:03:26,414 --> 00:03:28,708 And I realized,                    you know, that's it! 61 00:03:28,750 --> 00:03:31,377 I wanna share what I see. 62 00:03:31,544 --> 00:03:33,880 I want you to see the                beauty in it as well. 63 00:03:33,922 --> 00:03:36,216 Smile a little bit,               'cause you got nice teeth! 64 00:03:36,257 --> 00:03:37,759 -[shutter snap]                        -[laughter] 65 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:40,220 [Kisha VO] I have so                 many queer friends, 66 00:03:40,261 --> 00:03:43,389 so many trans-masculine              and non-binary friends, 67 00:03:43,430 --> 00:03:47,060 and I decided I wanted to        make a new series of portraits. 68 00:03:47,101 --> 00:03:48,853 Oh, that's beautiful. 69 00:03:49,437 --> 00:03:50,855 I like that. 70 00:03:51,064 --> 00:03:53,566 [Kisha VO] And I wanted to           start with the BIPOC folks, 71 00:03:53,608 --> 00:03:55,567 who are still                   really underrepresented. 72 00:03:55,610 --> 00:03:58,279 ♪uplifting piano music♪ 73 00:03:58,321 --> 00:04:00,740 I also wanted to meet the          younger generation and see who 74 00:04:00,782 --> 00:04:02,575 they are, 75 00:04:02,617 --> 00:04:05,578 and how they were               impacted by our first film. 76 00:04:05,620 --> 00:04:06,246 [camera beeps and snaps] 77 00:04:06,287 --> 00:04:07,038 [Äscen VO] When I first                saw the documentary 78 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:12,085 'The Aggressives,' I finally         saw a representation of me. 79 00:04:12,126 --> 00:04:15,755 I actually appreciated the          rawness because it allows for 80 00:04:15,797 --> 00:04:17,423 evolution. 81 00:04:17,714 --> 00:04:19,634 Seeing that                    representation, for me, 82 00:04:19,676 --> 00:04:21,594 opened up a door. 83 00:04:21,636 --> 00:04:23,263 ♪♪♪ 84 00:04:23,304 --> 00:04:25,640 I don't wanna be boxed in. 85 00:04:25,682 --> 00:04:28,601 My masculinity is mine to make. 86 00:04:28,893 --> 00:04:32,939 For me, masculinity is not about   being society's definition of a 87 00:04:32,981 --> 00:04:37,110 man, but about being in            harmony with my femininity. 88 00:04:37,151 --> 00:04:38,611 ♪♪♪ 89 00:04:38,653 --> 00:04:40,947 The first time I                  saw 'The Aggressives,' 90 00:04:40,989 --> 00:04:46,077 I was a freshman in an              all-female Black college. 91 00:04:47,662 --> 00:04:51,957 I instantly felt connected,      because I always felt like I was 92 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:54,127 extremely different                  from everyone else, 93 00:04:54,168 --> 00:04:57,005 and then seeing                    the film and saying, 94 00:04:57,046 --> 00:04:58,506 "Whoa. 95 00:04:58,548 --> 00:05:00,133 You're not different." 96 00:05:00,174 --> 00:05:04,304 That film is what really helped         me kick off my transition, 97 00:05:04,345 --> 00:05:06,806 feel comfortable in changing          the way I was presenting, 98 00:05:06,848 --> 00:05:10,601 and just carrying                  myself in confidence. 99 00:05:12,020 --> 00:05:12,812 [Kisha] Wha-- oh my God! 100 00:05:12,854 --> 00:05:16,816 [En'b VO] We have always been        looking for people who reflect 101 00:05:16,858 --> 00:05:18,693 us and look like us. 102 00:05:18,735 --> 00:05:20,653 I'm very thankful. 103 00:05:21,029 --> 00:05:25,825 I consider all the people in          'The Aggressives' to be my 104 00:05:25,867 --> 00:05:27,201 "trans-cestors." 105 00:05:27,243 --> 00:05:30,038 Just their                    existence was affirming. 106 00:05:30,079 --> 00:05:33,041 Because they have existed and     lived through their experiences 107 00:05:33,082 --> 00:05:36,002 and have gone                  through their adversities, 108 00:05:36,044 --> 00:05:40,006 I'm able to be                    more free in my body. 109 00:05:40,048 --> 00:05:43,384 ♪♪♪ 110 00:05:43,426 --> 00:05:45,511 [Ayanna VO] I feel like "AG"      or "an aggressive" is kind of a 111 00:05:45,553 --> 00:05:47,180 dated term. 112 00:05:47,221 --> 00:05:51,017 The language has changed and         some of the stuff that was in 113 00:05:51,058 --> 00:05:54,020 'The Aggressives'            originally might not correlate, 114 00:05:54,062 --> 00:05:57,148 like, with how someone               like me would identify. 115 00:05:57,857 --> 00:06:02,236 The one who I identified the         most with was probably Kisha. 116 00:06:02,278 --> 00:06:04,197 I thought she was                  absolutely beautiful, 117 00:06:04,238 --> 00:06:07,700 but still able to own her          masculinity without having to 118 00:06:07,742 --> 00:06:09,869 compromise who she is. 119 00:06:09,911 --> 00:06:11,329 [Kisha] See, even that's         cool, you know what I'm saying? 120 00:06:11,371 --> 00:06:12,205 -[Ayanna] Yeah, yeah.             -[Kisha] 'Cause you're just 121 00:06:12,246 --> 00:06:13,915 doin' you, you're being you. 122 00:06:13,956 --> 00:06:15,041 Exactly. 123 00:06:15,083 --> 00:06:16,376 ♪♪♪ 124 00:06:16,417 --> 00:06:19,879 [Kisha VO] This series               is close to my heart. 125 00:06:20,171 --> 00:06:23,716 I see myself in                    all of their faces. 126 00:06:24,926 --> 00:06:27,553 I wanted to                    capture their strength, 127 00:06:27,595 --> 00:06:31,057 and grace, as human beings, 128 00:06:31,099 --> 00:06:35,395 and show you how to see           past the labels and the tags. 129 00:06:35,436 --> 00:06:36,229 [camera snapping] 130 00:06:36,270 --> 00:06:38,231 See, 'cause they are me, 131 00:06:38,272 --> 00:06:40,400 and I am them, 132 00:06:40,441 --> 00:06:41,901 and we are you. 133 00:06:41,943 --> 00:06:47,031 ♪♪♪ 134 00:07:00,962 --> 00:07:02,255 All right, I'ma                    hit you up in, like, 135 00:07:02,296 --> 00:07:03,923 a half an hour, and               I'ma come link with y'all. 136 00:07:03,965 --> 00:07:05,216 All right. 137 00:07:06,134 --> 00:07:07,760 [Daniel] Just like                  in the old movie! 138 00:07:07,802 --> 00:07:09,095 I'm getting flashbacks, too! 139 00:07:09,137 --> 00:07:10,430 It's like... 140 00:07:10,471 --> 00:07:12,432 super strange. 141 00:07:12,974 --> 00:07:14,725 [woman] Wassup?! 142 00:07:16,310 --> 00:07:18,729 [Kisha VO] Her                   eyes were like summer! 143 00:07:19,147 --> 00:07:20,273 [chuckles] 144 00:07:20,314 --> 00:07:22,316 [indistinct] to you. 145 00:07:22,358 --> 00:07:24,444 Don't wear it out. 146 00:07:24,527 --> 00:07:27,113 [Kisha VO] There's a thing           called "femme aggressive," 147 00:07:27,155 --> 00:07:30,450 and that's what I considered          myself when I was younger. 148 00:07:30,616 --> 00:07:32,952 And it's probably still what         I would consider myself now. 149 00:07:32,994 --> 00:07:34,620 -[camera snapping]                     -[woman] Good. 150 00:07:34,662 --> 00:07:36,622 [Kisha VO] But personally,          I'm not really into the labels 151 00:07:36,664 --> 00:07:38,124 anymore. 152 00:07:38,749 --> 00:07:42,962 After the first film, I           kinda got stuck with the tag, 153 00:07:43,004 --> 00:07:46,132 because that was just the            time and the film and... 154 00:07:46,174 --> 00:07:49,635 But I think, like, now,        we've all kind of outgrown those 155 00:07:49,677 --> 00:07:51,471 labels, you know? 156 00:07:51,762 --> 00:07:54,140 I think I came out                   a little bit cocky, 157 00:07:54,182 --> 00:07:57,351 and I kinda was, 'cause              I was young and crazy, 158 00:07:57,393 --> 00:07:59,145 and now, it's grown                   from being, like, 159 00:07:59,187 --> 00:08:03,649 cocky to, like, confident            and understanding life and 160 00:08:03,691 --> 00:08:06,319 experiencing life. 161 00:08:07,028 --> 00:08:10,156 I'm still the same person, I'm     just-- I don't have so much of a 162 00:08:10,198 --> 00:08:10,740 six pack. 163 00:08:10,781 --> 00:08:12,992 I feel like I had a                  six pack back then. 164 00:08:13,034 --> 00:08:15,161 I might have like a two pack. 165 00:08:15,203 --> 00:08:17,997 My weight kinda                fluctuates 'cause I'm older. 166 00:08:18,289 --> 00:08:20,332 Through the years, you         know, I've had difficult times. 167 00:08:20,374 --> 00:08:21,834 I mean, everybody                   has difficult times, 168 00:08:21,876 --> 00:08:24,295 good times, bad times. 169 00:08:25,004 --> 00:08:29,175 'Cause there was parts of that   film that I was very vulnerable, 170 00:08:29,217 --> 00:08:32,178 because I was still so young      when we finally released it and 171 00:08:32,220 --> 00:08:34,514 showed it around the world. 172 00:08:34,554 --> 00:08:37,850 And it made me emotional to see     all the things that other people 173 00:08:37,892 --> 00:08:39,894 in the film went               through, you know what I mean? 174 00:08:39,936 --> 00:08:41,687 And it made me                      feel like, "Wow, 175 00:08:41,729 --> 00:08:44,315 we need to support                   each other more." 176 00:08:44,398 --> 00:08:46,067 Everybody should be                  helping each other. 177 00:08:46,108 --> 00:08:48,528 You don't have to be               from someone's community, 178 00:08:48,569 --> 00:08:50,196 you could be walking past. 179 00:08:50,238 --> 00:08:53,199 If somebody's laying down            on the floor with a cut, 180 00:08:53,241 --> 00:08:56,994 yo, look for a t-shirt, take          the t-shirt off your back! 181 00:08:58,079 --> 00:09:01,165 Since the film, I                    spread my wings. 182 00:09:01,457 --> 00:09:03,709 Worked on a couple              different independent films, 183 00:09:03,751 --> 00:09:07,338 couple television shows,            couple of Spike Lee films. 184 00:09:07,547 --> 00:09:10,049 Art, acting... 185 00:09:10,091 --> 00:09:11,884 I mean, sometimes, that's       what you gotta do as a creative, 186 00:09:11,926 --> 00:09:12,718 you know? 187 00:09:12,760 --> 00:09:14,720 I'm hustlin' and bustlin'. 188 00:09:15,096 --> 00:09:18,724 I have a 1964 Dream 305, 189 00:09:18,766 --> 00:09:23,396 and then I have a TMAX with          a Yoshimura pipe on there, 190 00:09:23,437 --> 00:09:25,773 I have a Honda Reflex, 191 00:09:25,815 --> 00:09:28,442 and I have a Can-Am Spyder. 192 00:09:28,484 --> 00:09:32,405 That's my latest baby, 'cause        the trunk on a Can-Am Spyder, 193 00:09:32,446 --> 00:09:34,615 you could put a newborn              baby and a weekend bag 194 00:09:34,657 --> 00:09:36,242 and we're outta here. 195 00:09:36,284 --> 00:09:38,286 ♪smooth funky music♪ 196 00:09:38,327 --> 00:09:42,415 Approaching my 40-year mark,         I feel like I've been reborn. 197 00:09:42,456 --> 00:09:44,792 I feel just as happy as I            was when we did the first 198 00:09:44,834 --> 00:09:46,711 documentary. 199 00:09:47,336 --> 00:09:50,298 Sometimes I'm dating women and   they act like they've never seen 200 00:09:50,339 --> 00:09:51,591 the documentary, and                  then they're like, 201 00:09:51,632 --> 00:09:53,259 "Oh, you're a player!"                    and I'm.... 202 00:09:53,301 --> 00:09:56,095 And then, eventually, I find out      that they saw the documentary, 203 00:09:56,137 --> 00:09:58,931 and I'm like, "You know that         was like 100 years ago, right? 204 00:09:58,973 --> 00:10:02,643 Like, and I was a                 child, and I was single, 205 00:10:02,685 --> 00:10:05,563 and I was living my life." 206 00:10:06,772 --> 00:10:09,442 I usually have a                 special woman in my life. 207 00:10:09,483 --> 00:10:11,611 Almost all the time. 208 00:10:11,652 --> 00:10:14,238 'Cause I'm a one-woman woman. 209 00:10:14,447 --> 00:10:17,491 I'm not                       necessarily a player, 210 00:10:17,533 --> 00:10:19,619 but I like to be free. 211 00:10:19,660 --> 00:10:23,289 [engine rumbles] 212 00:10:23,331 --> 00:10:24,457 Since the first film, 213 00:10:24,498 --> 00:10:26,917 I've grown. 214 00:10:28,502 --> 00:10:31,339 I've learned to not have so         much expectations in life and, 215 00:10:31,380 --> 00:10:32,673 um... 216 00:10:32,715 --> 00:10:36,093 to work through things               with patience and love. 217 00:10:36,594 --> 00:10:40,765 And to really, like, never           take moments for granted. 218 00:10:48,564 --> 00:10:52,151 In the first film, the thing         that connected all the cast 219 00:10:52,193 --> 00:10:56,656 members was that they were          all assigned-female-at-birth 220 00:10:56,697 --> 00:11:00,326 people of color with                masculine presentation. 221 00:11:00,368 --> 00:11:05,039 But the character I identified   with the most was Trevon because 222 00:11:05,081 --> 00:11:08,709 I feel like they embodied           both masculine and feminine 223 00:11:08,751 --> 00:11:10,336 characteristics. 224 00:11:10,378 --> 00:11:14,674 The late '90s/early 2000s,       there wasn't really language to 225 00:11:14,715 --> 00:11:17,510 describe what that was. 226 00:11:18,219 --> 00:11:23,140 ♪ethereal R&B music♪ 227 00:11:23,766 --> 00:11:26,519 [Trevon VO] To be honest,       when 'The Aggressives' came out, 228 00:11:26,560 --> 00:11:29,230 I didn't think that it would... 229 00:11:29,271 --> 00:11:31,649 become what it was. 230 00:11:32,066 --> 00:11:35,903 I didn't think that people in my   neighborhood and stuff like that 231 00:11:35,945 --> 00:11:38,030 would see it, so... 232 00:11:38,072 --> 00:11:40,366 I was embarrassed                    of my lifestyle. 233 00:11:40,408 --> 00:11:41,867 It's 3 o'clock! 234 00:11:41,909 --> 00:11:44,161 Run around and be me. 235 00:11:44,495 --> 00:11:45,996 [Trevon VO] I was young. 236 00:11:46,038 --> 00:11:47,873 I was just headed                   down the wrong path. 237 00:11:47,915 --> 00:11:50,543 It wasn't too many good things   in my future if I kept doing the 238 00:11:50,584 --> 00:11:52,586 same things that I was doing. 239 00:11:52,628 --> 00:11:55,172 It makes you wanna                   change something. 240 00:11:55,589 --> 00:11:57,383 So, one day, I                     sat in my house -- 241 00:11:57,425 --> 00:12:00,052 the one that you                    filmed me at last. 242 00:12:00,136 --> 00:12:02,054 I told myself that there was         just some things that I needed 243 00:12:02,096 --> 00:12:03,764 to work on. 244 00:12:03,806 --> 00:12:05,391 ♪♪♪ 245 00:12:05,433 --> 00:12:07,393 I started writing                    down some goals -- 246 00:12:07,435 --> 00:12:12,523 you know, GED, college,                work, name change. 247 00:12:13,107 --> 00:12:14,734 It took a while. 248 00:12:14,775 --> 00:12:18,070 Three years                      later, I had my GED, 249 00:12:18,112 --> 00:12:20,740 I was in a better                    living situation, 250 00:12:20,781 --> 00:12:22,116 changed my name. 251 00:12:22,158 --> 00:12:25,035 'The Aggressives'                    helped me evolve. 252 00:12:25,119 --> 00:12:26,871 It pushed me. 253 00:12:27,288 --> 00:12:30,583 When people started hitting me   up and telling me that I changed 254 00:12:30,624 --> 00:12:33,627 their lives, you know, that--      that was a really big thing for 255 00:12:33,669 --> 00:12:38,758 me, and that is why I still live     my life in a unapologetic way. 256 00:12:39,467 --> 00:12:43,429 These days, I don't consider         myself to be an aggressive, 257 00:12:43,471 --> 00:12:47,099 mainly because I think of-- when     I hear somebody say a "AG" or 258 00:12:47,141 --> 00:12:49,602 "aggressive," I think               of an aggressive female. 259 00:12:49,643 --> 00:12:52,104 I consider myself to be male. 260 00:12:52,146 --> 00:12:53,773 I know I'm not a                     cisgender male -- 261 00:12:53,814 --> 00:12:57,276 I wasn't assigned, you know,           that gender at birth -- 262 00:12:57,318 --> 00:13:00,112 but I'm a transgender male. 263 00:13:01,322 --> 00:13:03,949 I think I've always                   been a trans man, 264 00:13:03,991 --> 00:13:05,951 I just didn't know                    the terminology, 265 00:13:05,993 --> 00:13:09,288 so I just stuck with the fact        that I was an "aggressive" -- 266 00:13:09,330 --> 00:13:12,917 you know, a "AG" -- because           that's what I was taught. 267 00:13:13,542 --> 00:13:16,504 You know, when I look at other       trans guys and I see that they 268 00:13:16,545 --> 00:13:18,631 have the full                    facial hair, you know, 269 00:13:18,672 --> 00:13:20,966 the full beard, or they              have their top surgery, 270 00:13:21,008 --> 00:13:22,510 or they're... 271 00:13:22,551 --> 00:13:25,346 swole up, you                     know, I tell myself, 272 00:13:25,387 --> 00:13:28,766 "First of all, not                every man is like that." 273 00:13:30,518 --> 00:13:34,271 Overall, I'm probably more            considered "non-binary." 274 00:13:35,356 --> 00:13:38,317 But I'm not really sure. 275 00:13:38,943 --> 00:13:41,821 I mean, I still have an             insecurity with my chest. 276 00:13:41,862 --> 00:13:44,365 I don't want them                there, I don't like them, 277 00:13:44,406 --> 00:13:47,201 I want a flatter                   appearance, for sure, 278 00:13:47,243 --> 00:13:49,662 but with the scars, I'm             gonna be-- I'm gonna feel 279 00:13:49,703 --> 00:13:51,330 uncomfortable. 280 00:13:51,372 --> 00:13:54,040 That makes me think, like,          what's the point of going from 281 00:13:54,083 --> 00:13:57,294 one uncomfortable                    state to another? 282 00:13:57,503 --> 00:13:59,380 I call it like a                    spiritual warfare, 283 00:13:59,421 --> 00:14:02,716 'cause I fight with myself           probably almost every day, 284 00:14:02,758 --> 00:14:06,470 with the bordering or the            straddling of the fence. 285 00:14:08,430 --> 00:14:11,517 Why change myself for people? 286 00:14:17,898 --> 00:14:21,193 'The Aggressives'               showed me a side of myself, 287 00:14:21,235 --> 00:14:23,529 um, that I may not                 have been as aware of. 288 00:14:23,571 --> 00:14:25,531 I did connect with Octavio -- 289 00:14:25,573 --> 00:14:27,908 how unapologetically                   queer they were. 290 00:14:27,950 --> 00:14:28,659 "This is who I am. 291 00:14:28,659 --> 00:14:31,704 If you have a problem with            it, get out of my face." 292 00:14:35,790 --> 00:14:37,710 [Octavio VO] When I                watch 'The Aggressives,' 293 00:14:37,751 --> 00:14:39,545 I see my growth. 294 00:14:40,421 --> 00:14:42,882 I was like, what, 18 years old? 295 00:14:43,173 --> 00:14:48,345 So, it do remind me of things        that I don't wanna go back to. 296 00:14:51,640 --> 00:14:54,184 It's like a lesson learned. 297 00:14:58,606 --> 00:15:01,525 Things was                   difficult for me back then. 298 00:15:03,152 --> 00:15:08,240 So this is-- it's like a whole      story with me where you young, 299 00:15:08,407 --> 00:15:11,952 you in a group home, and you in     the street and things like that, 300 00:15:11,994 --> 00:15:15,915 your parents is on drugs, and        you gotta fight for yourself. 301 00:15:17,625 --> 00:15:20,252 21 years later. 302 00:15:20,294 --> 00:15:21,587 I'm always gonna be aggressive. 303 00:15:21,629 --> 00:15:22,922 I am  the  dude. 304 00:15:22,963 --> 00:15:24,089 I am  that  man. 305 00:15:24,131 --> 00:15:27,217 I am  that  motherfuckin' fly guy. 306 00:15:27,718 --> 00:15:30,596 [Daniel VO] Do you feel like      your identity has changed at all 307 00:15:30,638 --> 00:15:32,932 since the last                     time we filmed you? 308 00:15:32,973 --> 00:15:34,934 [Octavio VO] I think so. 309 00:15:36,143 --> 00:15:39,605 If I had a choice                   to change my gender, 310 00:15:39,647 --> 00:15:40,272 I would. 311 00:15:40,314 --> 00:15:43,943 You know how many              friends I know that's men now? 312 00:15:43,984 --> 00:15:44,443 A lot. 313 00:15:44,485 --> 00:15:47,613 I'm, like, still                    stagnated in this. 314 00:15:47,655 --> 00:15:52,076 The reason why I don't change my   gender is because I have a son. 315 00:15:52,576 --> 00:15:57,247 I'm probably the only one out        of my friends that have a kid. 316 00:15:57,831 --> 00:15:58,207 You understand? 317 00:15:58,248 --> 00:16:00,626 And I didn't have a kid... 318 00:16:00,668 --> 00:16:04,171 like I willingly wanted a kid. 319 00:16:04,213 --> 00:16:06,632 I was 15 when it happened. 320 00:16:06,715 --> 00:16:08,801 That's something that... 321 00:16:08,842 --> 00:16:12,137 I don't even wanna, like,            have a conversation about. 322 00:16:12,513 --> 00:16:16,141 If it wasn't for my                 son, I would be trans. 323 00:16:16,183 --> 00:16:19,645 I don't want him to have to deal   with society judging him for who 324 00:16:19,687 --> 00:16:21,981 his parent is. 325 00:16:22,022 --> 00:16:24,650 My aunt adopted him when I was      younger because I didn't have a 326 00:16:24,692 --> 00:16:27,111 choice at that time. 327 00:16:27,319 --> 00:16:29,488 It was difficult. 328 00:16:29,530 --> 00:16:33,158 Being that she had adopted       him, and she knew my lifestyle, 329 00:16:33,200 --> 00:16:34,994 she said, "Don't come by here. 330 00:16:35,035 --> 00:16:37,454 If you come by here,                 I'ma call the cops." 331 00:16:37,538 --> 00:16:38,998 I already had a criminal record. 332 00:16:39,039 --> 00:16:42,459 If I go by there, it's              like I'm harassing them. 333 00:16:43,210 --> 00:16:48,674 When she passed away is when         our relationship got closer. 334 00:16:49,049 --> 00:16:53,387 He thought that, like, I didn't        want nothing to do with him, 335 00:16:53,429 --> 00:16:56,807 so I had to explain all               of that stuff to him. 336 00:16:59,601 --> 00:17:00,853 I wanna live different. 337 00:17:00,894 --> 00:17:02,688 You think I wanna                    die in the hood, 338 00:17:02,730 --> 00:17:05,023 go to jail in the hood,              with my rest of a life? 339 00:17:05,065 --> 00:17:06,858 Hell no, man! 340 00:17:06,900 --> 00:17:09,528 I want a fuckin' house with a        motherfuckin' boat and go out 341 00:17:09,569 --> 00:17:11,363 there and mind my                 motherfuckin' business; 342 00:17:11,405 --> 00:17:13,490 that's how I wanna live. 343 00:17:19,913 --> 00:17:21,707 Just last year, I--                  I cut my hair off, 344 00:17:21,749 --> 00:17:23,250 and, uh... 345 00:17:23,291 --> 00:17:25,210 a lot of people have                been calling me "sir," 346 00:17:25,252 --> 00:17:27,880 and I kinda like                   the confusion that... 347 00:17:27,921 --> 00:17:29,548 I cause people. 348 00:17:29,590 --> 00:17:31,717 I think the way the               people in the first film, 349 00:17:31,759 --> 00:17:33,886 'The Aggressives,'                      said it was: 350 00:17:33,927 --> 00:17:35,888 "I am me; this is who I am." 351 00:17:35,929 --> 00:17:39,892 I'm just excited to see              what happened with Chin. 352 00:17:40,768 --> 00:17:43,562 ♪ominous ethereal music♪ 353 00:17:43,604 --> 00:17:46,231 [ringing] 354 00:17:46,273 --> 00:17:49,068 [automated voice] Hello,           this is a prepaid collect call 355 00:17:49,109 --> 00:17:50,569 from... 356 00:17:50,611 --> 00:17:52,404 [Chin over phone] Chin. 357 00:17:52,446 --> 00:17:55,407 [automated voice] An          inmate at the Irwin County Jail. 358 00:17:55,449 --> 00:18:00,537 ♪♪♪ 359 00:18:01,622 --> 00:18:02,206 [Chin over phone]                         Hello? 360 00:18:02,206 --> 00:18:03,916 [Daniel over phone]                  Oh my God, Chin... 361 00:18:03,957 --> 00:18:04,458 [Chin over phone]                       What's up? 362 00:18:04,500 --> 00:18:06,376 [Daniel over phone]                     How are you? 363 00:18:36,990 --> 00:18:39,118 [loud clanking] 364 00:18:39,159 --> 00:18:42,287 [Daniel over phone]              How are you mentally doing? 365 00:18:46,333 --> 00:18:48,168 [coughing] 366 00:18:48,210 --> 00:18:49,128 But... 367 00:18:49,169 --> 00:18:50,921 [coughs loudly] 368 00:18:54,508 --> 00:18:56,426 [Daniel over phone]                      Oh, boy... 369 00:19:02,015 --> 00:19:05,102 [automated voice] This call will       be terminated in one minute. 370 00:19:13,360 --> 00:19:16,280 ♪♪♪ 371 00:19:37,885 --> 00:19:39,511 [Kisha VO] I was                    born in the Bronx, 372 00:19:39,553 --> 00:19:42,347 I was raised in Brooklyn, and     what I say is that I grew up in 373 00:19:42,389 --> 00:19:43,182 Harlem. 374 00:19:43,223 --> 00:19:45,142 Let's get a Spanish coffee. 375 00:19:45,893 --> 00:19:47,227 [door jingles] 376 00:19:47,269 --> 00:19:49,855 ♪upbeat bachata playing♪ 377 00:19:49,897 --> 00:19:53,358 [Kisha VO] I've been in            Harlem since my late teens. 378 00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:55,694 This is where I had                  my first apartment, 379 00:19:55,736 --> 00:19:58,864 and this is where                  I've been ever since. 380 00:19:58,906 --> 00:20:02,367 Harlem got flavor,                 almost like Hollywood. 381 00:20:02,409 --> 00:20:04,369 There's a certain swag. 382 00:20:06,079 --> 00:20:07,206 You like my tattoo of Jesus? 383 00:20:07,247 --> 00:20:08,415 Thank you. 384 00:20:08,457 --> 00:20:09,416 [man] Nice! 385 00:20:09,458 --> 00:20:11,001 Thank you. 386 00:20:11,627 --> 00:20:14,379 [Kisha VO] I got back in touch       with my father after being 387 00:20:14,421 --> 00:20:17,549 with my mother for                   many, many years. 388 00:20:17,716 --> 00:20:20,886 He was Christian, and he             tried to give me a speech 389 00:20:20,928 --> 00:20:23,388 about my sexuality. 390 00:20:23,680 --> 00:20:26,266 Like, "Oh, the Bible says        this, and the Bible says that." 391 00:20:26,308 --> 00:20:28,393 That's not the way                   I read the Bible, 392 00:20:28,435 --> 00:20:31,230 and that's not the way               I grew up spiritually. 393 00:20:31,271 --> 00:20:33,774 It really was                      believing in God, 394 00:20:33,815 --> 00:20:36,193 believing a higher power, 395 00:20:36,401 --> 00:20:39,029 helping others... 396 00:20:39,238 --> 00:20:42,074 It was instilled                    in me from my mom. 397 00:20:43,825 --> 00:20:47,120 [Melissa VO] As a little girl,       Kisha was always on the go, 398 00:20:47,162 --> 00:20:49,248 always wanted to                    experience things. 399 00:20:49,289 --> 00:20:51,583 She loved the outdoors. 400 00:20:51,625 --> 00:20:53,460 Very curious. 401 00:20:53,502 --> 00:20:55,921 She was very strong-minded. 402 00:20:55,963 --> 00:20:58,257 She was more boyish. 403 00:20:58,298 --> 00:21:02,135 As a mom, you're always putting        cute dresses on little girls, 404 00:21:02,177 --> 00:21:04,930 and it got to the point where      Kisha didn't wanna wear dresses 405 00:21:04,972 --> 00:21:06,431 anymore. 406 00:21:06,473 --> 00:21:09,393 So I said, "Okay, so               we'll go for the pants." 407 00:21:10,978 --> 00:21:14,273 [Kisha VO] A lot of my family         was involved in the church. 408 00:21:14,314 --> 00:21:18,277 I didn't see any kind of... 409 00:21:18,318 --> 00:21:20,904 same-sex love. 410 00:21:21,196 --> 00:21:26,285 So for me, it was                 trying to understand me 411 00:21:26,326 --> 00:21:28,662 and what I was feeling. 412 00:21:28,704 --> 00:21:32,291 [subway clattering] 413 00:21:32,332 --> 00:21:34,459 [Melissa VO] She               started getting very angry and 414 00:21:34,501 --> 00:21:36,795 rebellious, and... 415 00:21:37,087 --> 00:21:42,259 I got a call from her school        that she was up on the roof... 416 00:21:42,676 --> 00:21:46,138 threatening to commit suicide... 417 00:21:46,179 --> 00:21:47,973 and that they had                    called the cops, 418 00:21:48,015 --> 00:21:51,101 and they were gonna               take her to the hospital. 419 00:21:51,393 --> 00:21:55,647 The social worker said to Kisha,      "Tell Mom what's the problem." 420 00:21:55,689 --> 00:21:58,025 And she said, "I'm gay." 421 00:21:58,066 --> 00:21:59,860 I said, "Okay. 422 00:21:59,901 --> 00:22:02,446 You are who you are. 423 00:22:03,238 --> 00:22:05,615 You're my daughter." 424 00:22:05,824 --> 00:22:09,619 Finding out, it                    opened up my heart. 425 00:22:09,911 --> 00:22:12,831 She started not being                so angry all the time. 426 00:22:12,873 --> 00:22:15,834 [Kisha and Melissa laugh] 427 00:22:15,876 --> 00:22:18,962 We just started getting closer. 428 00:22:19,379 --> 00:22:22,883 I loved her for who                she was, and I still do. 429 00:22:22,924 --> 00:22:27,346 She's come a long way, and she's      accomplished a lot of things 430 00:22:27,387 --> 00:22:29,848 that she wanted                      to accomplish... 431 00:22:29,890 --> 00:22:30,849 her way. 432 00:22:30,891 --> 00:22:32,184 ♪tender ethereal music♪ 433 00:22:32,225 --> 00:22:34,853 Which I'm also very proud of. 434 00:22:34,895 --> 00:22:37,397 ♪♪♪ 435 00:22:37,439 --> 00:22:39,024 Ahh! 436 00:22:39,066 --> 00:22:41,735 [pigeons coo and flutter] 437 00:22:41,777 --> 00:22:46,865 [coyotes bark and howl] 438 00:22:47,157 --> 00:22:50,702 [Trevon VO] It's quiet, there's         no New York City traffic, 439 00:22:50,744 --> 00:22:53,830 there's no horn honking. 440 00:22:54,581 --> 00:22:56,041 It's just peaceful. 441 00:22:56,083 --> 00:22:58,168 [dog barking] 442 00:23:00,295 --> 00:23:04,049 I like to just be out                here in Joshua Tree, 443 00:23:04,091 --> 00:23:07,219 about 45 minutes away from home. 444 00:23:07,928 --> 00:23:12,265 We moved to Palm Springs because      of how open it is to the LGBT 445 00:23:12,307 --> 00:23:14,017 community. 446 00:23:17,604 --> 00:23:19,564 [Jade VO] Well, right now,          we're doing food delivery and 447 00:23:19,606 --> 00:23:22,692 stuff, still trying                   to figure it out. 448 00:23:24,236 --> 00:23:28,573 [Trevon VO] I met Jade in 2013,     downtown in the city at a club 449 00:23:28,615 --> 00:23:30,742 called Esquilita's. 450 00:23:31,326 --> 00:23:34,579 Jade had one of her,                uh, buddies approach me 451 00:23:34,621 --> 00:23:36,081 and ask me if I liked girls. 452 00:23:36,123 --> 00:23:37,749 [both laugh] 453 00:23:37,791 --> 00:23:39,876 Because of the film. 454 00:23:40,502 --> 00:23:43,880 [Jade VO] I got to               know him through the film. 455 00:23:44,381 --> 00:23:49,094 He was into transgender females,   so I didn't know if he was still 456 00:23:49,136 --> 00:23:50,804 into cisgenders. 457 00:23:50,846 --> 00:23:52,097 Because I'm not trans, 458 00:23:52,139 --> 00:23:54,599 that's why I had my                  friend approach him. 459 00:23:55,475 --> 00:23:58,311 I always get asked am I trans, 460 00:23:58,353 --> 00:23:59,771 and I don't take                     no offense to it, 461 00:23:59,813 --> 00:24:01,940 because I think trans                women are beautiful. 462 00:24:01,982 --> 00:24:03,442 ♪tender synth music♪ 463 00:24:03,483 --> 00:24:05,777 -So our first date was ac--            -Was it the steakhouse? 464 00:24:05,819 --> 00:24:07,279 No-- oh, yeah, our                  first dinner date. 465 00:24:07,320 --> 00:24:07,737 Or was it church? 466 00:24:07,737 --> 00:24:08,363 [in unison]                         It was church. 467 00:24:08,363 --> 00:24:10,615 -Yeah, that's what I was-- yeah.            -It was church. 468 00:24:10,657 --> 00:24:11,575 ♪♪♪ 469 00:24:11,616 --> 00:24:12,784 [Trevon VO] I fell in love. 470 00:24:12,826 --> 00:24:15,245 We've kind of been                  together ever since. 471 00:24:15,745 --> 00:24:18,832 [Jade VO] Trevon is the           first trans guy I ever dated, 472 00:24:18,874 --> 00:24:21,918 so it was something                 just really new to me. 473 00:24:22,252 --> 00:24:25,255 He's very charming and sexy. 474 00:24:25,672 --> 00:24:29,301 Before that, I was               dating aggressive females. 475 00:24:29,342 --> 00:24:31,636 I did identify as                   being a lesbian, 476 00:24:31,678 --> 00:24:34,973 and now, he says he's               non-binary now, so... 477 00:24:35,015 --> 00:24:37,017 I think our relationship             is just our relationship. 478 00:24:37,058 --> 00:24:40,145 I don't really put "lesbian"          or "straight" on there. 479 00:24:40,187 --> 00:24:42,981 Like, it's just us, so... 480 00:24:43,023 --> 00:24:46,151 ♪♪♪ 481 00:24:46,193 --> 00:24:46,943 [Trevon VO] When                     I first came out, 482 00:24:46,985 --> 00:24:50,822 I think like most trans guys,          I identified as an, uh... 483 00:24:50,864 --> 00:24:53,992 as an aggressive female             in the lesbian community, 484 00:24:54,034 --> 00:24:57,287 especially because, you know,        "trans" wasn't really a thing. 485 00:24:57,787 --> 00:25:01,958 I don't even know if I wanna         consider myself "non-binary." 486 00:25:02,167 --> 00:25:04,961 I just don't want                    these stereotypes. 487 00:25:05,170 --> 00:25:06,546 Let me just be who I wanna be. 488 00:25:06,588 --> 00:25:08,381 Let me be the                    individual I wanna be. 489 00:25:08,423 --> 00:25:10,008 If I don't wanna                    play basketball, 490 00:25:10,050 --> 00:25:11,384 I don't wanna play basketball. 491 00:25:11,426 --> 00:25:13,637 If I don't wanna, uh... 492 00:25:14,930 --> 00:25:18,016 sit on the wall during              the club and I wanna... 493 00:25:18,058 --> 00:25:22,062 do a [laughing] one-two switch,       let me do my one-two switch! 494 00:25:22,103 --> 00:25:24,648 You know, what's the problem? 495 00:25:26,066 --> 00:25:29,528 Even Jade still expects              different things from me 496 00:25:29,569 --> 00:25:33,532 sometimes, because she               looks at me as a man, 497 00:25:33,573 --> 00:25:35,825 and I think that                    that's not fair. 498 00:25:37,077 --> 00:25:39,996 It's a touchy topic                 for her sometimes. 499 00:25:40,288 --> 00:25:44,709 Jade and I moved out here          because I had really messed up 500 00:25:44,751 --> 00:25:46,836 in our relationship. 501 00:25:47,587 --> 00:25:48,547 I, um... 502 00:25:48,588 --> 00:25:50,090 I cheated, 503 00:25:50,131 --> 00:25:52,092 and I think that... 504 00:25:52,133 --> 00:25:55,011 we just needed a fresh start. 505 00:25:55,637 --> 00:25:58,890 I just couldn't see             myself without being with him. 506 00:25:58,932 --> 00:26:01,226 I'm about to get emotional. 507 00:26:01,268 --> 00:26:02,852 [softly] That's all right. 508 00:26:04,771 --> 00:26:06,356 [kiss] 509 00:26:06,940 --> 00:26:08,567 [Jade sniffles] 510 00:26:08,608 --> 00:26:11,528 [Jade VO] I just               realized how much I loved him. 511 00:26:12,821 --> 00:26:14,906 I mean, we ain't               dealt with a lot of stuff. 512 00:26:14,948 --> 00:26:17,117 We kinda left it                    back in New York. 513 00:26:17,158 --> 00:26:20,787 ♪♪♪ 514 00:26:20,829 --> 00:26:24,541 [Jade VO] Once we get             stable, we wanna have kids. 515 00:26:24,624 --> 00:26:26,585 We're looking into                   freezing his eggs. 516 00:26:26,626 --> 00:26:28,086 [Trevon VO] I'm 36. 517 00:26:28,128 --> 00:26:31,089 [Jade VO] And I'm 32,              so I can carry his child, 518 00:26:31,131 --> 00:26:33,258 so we wanna do one and one. 519 00:26:33,300 --> 00:26:37,220 It's just a lot with              that, with money and stuff. 520 00:26:37,304 --> 00:26:39,222 And then getting married. 521 00:26:39,306 --> 00:26:41,099 In like two year-- right? 522 00:26:41,141 --> 00:26:43,602 -In two-- in two years?              -Yeah, I hope so, yeah. 523 00:26:43,643 --> 00:26:45,395 I hope so. 524 00:26:58,992 --> 00:26:59,492 [Daniel] Some bug spray. 525 00:26:59,534 --> 00:27:00,285 Oh, yeah, I was                   about to say, please, 526 00:27:00,327 --> 00:27:04,414 they trying-- the bees trying to   eat me and everything over here. 527 00:27:05,999 --> 00:27:07,459 [Daniel] I mean, I                would never have thought, 528 00:27:07,500 --> 00:27:10,003 the last time I            interviewed you back in the day, 529 00:27:10,045 --> 00:27:14,799 that I would be                interviewing you by a pond. 530 00:27:14,841 --> 00:27:16,801 [laughs] 531 00:27:16,843 --> 00:27:17,802 Daniel... 532 00:27:17,844 --> 00:27:19,179 Oh, God... 533 00:27:19,220 --> 00:27:20,805 [Daniel chuckles] 534 00:27:20,847 --> 00:27:24,601 When I get home                   from work, I sit here. 535 00:27:24,809 --> 00:27:27,771 I enjoy this                    because it's peaceful. 536 00:27:28,063 --> 00:27:31,816 When you're younger, you             do foolish things, and... 537 00:27:31,858 --> 00:27:35,487 the foolish things left             me to being incarcerated, 538 00:27:35,528 --> 00:27:38,657 and at some type of                   point in my life, 539 00:27:38,698 --> 00:27:39,991 I've had to think, like, 540 00:27:40,033 --> 00:27:42,827 "Okay, well, do I wanna             keep going back to prison? 541 00:27:42,869 --> 00:27:43,411 No. 542 00:27:43,411 --> 00:27:45,664 I wanna actually                  enjoy my life, be free, 543 00:27:45,705 --> 00:27:48,500 don't have to look over my back,      worrying about the police or 544 00:27:48,541 --> 00:27:51,878 people after me because of the        foolish things I was doing." 545 00:27:51,920 --> 00:27:54,506 That's what made me wanna go         back to school and continue 546 00:27:54,547 --> 00:27:57,634 education and to do                  better for myself. 547 00:27:58,176 --> 00:28:01,221 I went to Hudson Valley         Community College for my degree 548 00:28:01,262 --> 00:28:03,848 in electrical                construction and maintenance. 549 00:28:03,890 --> 00:28:06,351 I'm a mechanic                     maintenance worker. 550 00:28:08,395 --> 00:28:12,857 Back then, I wanted to be          around a whole bunch of noise. 551 00:28:14,567 --> 00:28:19,656 Now, where I'm like of middle         age and I wanna just relax. 552 00:28:19,948 --> 00:28:22,367 That's why I                   decided to move up here. 553 00:28:22,409 --> 00:28:27,497 ♪cool jazzy hip-hop♪ 554 00:28:31,251 --> 00:28:33,086 ♪Lights♪ 555 00:28:33,128 --> 00:28:35,714 ♪Camera, action...♪ 556 00:28:35,755 --> 00:28:38,717 I stopped taking my hormone         therapy when I moved out here, 557 00:28:38,758 --> 00:28:40,885 'cause they didn't                have no service out here. 558 00:28:40,927 --> 00:28:44,514 This year is the year that they     actually started that service. 559 00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:48,184 I take my                     injections once a week. 560 00:28:48,935 --> 00:28:49,769 I'm changing, Daniel! 561 00:28:49,811 --> 00:28:51,396 I'm getting little hairs. 562 00:28:51,438 --> 00:28:53,106 I'm starting to slim                 down, I've noticed. 563 00:28:53,148 --> 00:28:56,359 My face and stuff is starting        to get a little bit masculine. 564 00:28:58,778 --> 00:29:01,781 I believe the reason why I          didn't come out on the first 565 00:29:01,823 --> 00:29:05,577 documentary as me being a trans        man is because of my family; 566 00:29:05,618 --> 00:29:08,413 I was so young when you was      interviewing me and I was living 567 00:29:08,455 --> 00:29:11,958 with family, so I didn't wanna      have that problem where I would 568 00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:14,210 have to be homeless... 569 00:29:14,919 --> 00:29:17,088 because of who I am. 570 00:29:17,130 --> 00:29:18,465 ♪♪♪ 571 00:29:18,506 --> 00:29:21,134 There's never a time where --                  ever! -- 572 00:29:21,176 --> 00:29:24,596 that I ever felt like a woman. 573 00:29:25,805 --> 00:29:28,892 I never wanted to                   have breasts, never. 574 00:29:29,184 --> 00:29:32,812 I'm hunched, and my spine is         starting to shift [indistinct] 575 00:29:32,854 --> 00:29:34,981 because they're so heavy. 576 00:29:35,023 --> 00:29:38,985 I heard about top surgery, but      I didn't have the funds to... 577 00:29:39,027 --> 00:29:41,070 actually do that. 578 00:29:42,363 --> 00:29:45,283 I have to pay for                   that out of pocket. 579 00:29:48,328 --> 00:29:50,914 My whole life I had to               deal with this, so... 580 00:29:51,122 --> 00:29:53,583 I want to get rid of them. 581 00:29:54,292 --> 00:29:57,337 Then I can actually be who I         wanna be and who I need to be 582 00:29:57,378 --> 00:30:00,256 for myself -- who I  should  be. 583 00:30:09,349 --> 00:30:14,437 ♪tense hopeful music♪ 584 00:30:18,691 --> 00:30:20,485 [Earnest VO] I agreed to             take Chin's case because, 585 00:30:20,527 --> 00:30:22,111 when I watched                     'The Aggressives,' 586 00:30:22,153 --> 00:30:25,365 I was able to connect to           Chin on more of a human level, 587 00:30:25,406 --> 00:30:28,368 and I realized that Chin's       experiences as a trans man were 588 00:30:28,409 --> 00:30:31,663 of historical significance             to the LGBT community. 589 00:30:31,704 --> 00:30:34,999 So, I think I was moved to try      to see a little bit of hope in 590 00:30:35,041 --> 00:30:38,002 his case, where I think other        attorneys may have seen it as 591 00:30:38,044 --> 00:30:39,796 a done deal. 592 00:30:40,880 --> 00:30:43,174 He came here when                  he was nine years old 593 00:30:43,216 --> 00:30:44,884 with the rest of his family. 594 00:30:44,926 --> 00:30:47,804 They entered as legal                permanent residents. 595 00:30:49,097 --> 00:30:51,850 When he was young, he               was living as a lesbian. 596 00:30:52,559 --> 00:30:56,521 He was living with his         grandmother and had a girl over. 597 00:30:56,813 --> 00:30:59,190 His grandma flipped out,           put his stuff in trash bags, 598 00:30:59,232 --> 00:31:02,652 and put him and his              belongings out on the curb. 599 00:31:03,152 --> 00:31:07,198 Then, he ends up joining           thousands of other LGBT youth 600 00:31:07,240 --> 00:31:10,326 who were living                 homeless in New York City. 601 00:31:11,911 --> 00:31:16,207 Around this same time, he           loses his ID and green card. 602 00:31:16,249 --> 00:31:19,544 Immigration confuses               his with somebody else's, 603 00:31:19,586 --> 00:31:22,380 and he's not able                   to get it reissued. 604 00:31:43,151 --> 00:31:45,904 So he resorts to, you know,            some kind of survival: 605 00:31:45,945 --> 00:31:46,738 crime. 606 00:31:46,779 --> 00:31:50,283 There are various points where      he's incarcerated in one state 607 00:31:50,325 --> 00:31:52,035 or another. 608 00:31:52,243 --> 00:31:55,079 That's why, in 2016, you         know, he's-- he's kind of-- uh, 609 00:31:55,121 --> 00:31:57,248 he got his life turned around. 610 00:31:57,290 --> 00:32:02,378 ♪♪♪ 611 00:32:13,514 --> 00:32:15,600 [Earnest VO] He has this           employee that says, you know, 612 00:32:15,642 --> 00:32:17,602 "I got this friend                 that works at the DMV, 613 00:32:17,644 --> 00:32:20,730 and she can get you an ID." 614 00:32:21,147 --> 00:32:24,442 So he ends up forging his            own social security card, 615 00:32:24,484 --> 00:32:27,320 and she issues                     him the ID, right? 616 00:32:27,362 --> 00:32:29,155 And so for... 617 00:32:29,197 --> 00:32:31,991 about two months,               actually, you know, he's... 618 00:32:32,033 --> 00:32:32,575 doing great. 619 00:32:32,575 --> 00:32:34,285 You know, for the                   first time in, like, 620 00:32:34,327 --> 00:32:36,955 20 years, you know,                  he legally exists, 621 00:32:36,996 --> 00:32:39,165 he's on the books,                   he's paying taxes, 622 00:32:39,207 --> 00:32:40,959 he's happy. 623 00:32:42,001 --> 00:32:44,462 And then, early 2017, 624 00:32:44,504 --> 00:32:47,465 the Sheriff and ICE come              knocking at the door. 625 00:32:47,507 --> 00:32:52,595 ♪tense ethereal music♪ 626 00:33:00,186 --> 00:33:03,272 They've been holding him since. 627 00:33:03,564 --> 00:33:07,610 He's been in solitary              for well over a year now. 628 00:33:07,902 --> 00:33:11,656 This is simply                  because he's transgender, 629 00:33:11,698 --> 00:33:12,865 period. 630 00:33:12,907 --> 00:33:15,827 ♪♪♪ 631 00:33:15,868 --> 00:33:19,831 They're doing this to try to         force him to give up his case 632 00:33:19,872 --> 00:33:22,458 and to self-deport. 633 00:33:23,710 --> 00:33:26,212 There's no way that                that is constitutional. 634 00:33:26,254 --> 00:33:31,342 ♪♪♪ 635 00:33:56,909 --> 00:34:00,496 [Kisha VO] Art has been my       life from the beginning of time. 636 00:34:01,039 --> 00:34:03,541 This is actually the first time     in my life where I fell in love 637 00:34:03,583 --> 00:34:05,710 with a process that I              feel like I can never fall 638 00:34:05,752 --> 00:34:07,879 out of love with. 639 00:34:08,045 --> 00:34:12,007 I always loved textures             and working with my hands. 640 00:34:16,262 --> 00:34:19,849 [Kisha] The black takes             really nice into the wood. 641 00:34:25,146 --> 00:34:25,897 [Kisha VO]                     Sometimes I add paint, 642 00:34:25,938 --> 00:34:31,069 sometimes I wood-burn, sometimes   I carve things into the images. 643 00:34:31,277 --> 00:34:34,197 There's spray paint                   on some of these. 644 00:34:37,449 --> 00:34:39,619 It seems like it's                really simple; it's not. 645 00:34:39,659 --> 00:34:42,914 It's super tedious,                 it's super sensitive, 646 00:34:42,955 --> 00:34:44,081 super... 647 00:34:44,123 --> 00:34:45,917 complicated. 648 00:34:45,958 --> 00:34:48,585 But I've learned                     to-- to love it. 649 00:34:48,628 --> 00:34:52,422 ♪cool R&B music♪ 650 00:34:52,465 --> 00:34:55,467 [Kisha VO] I call this series         "A Gentleman Never Tells." 651 00:34:55,510 --> 00:35:00,389 It's a series of ex-lovers that     I've had intimate moments with. 652 00:35:01,015 --> 00:35:04,310 I think the thing between          two people learning each other 653 00:35:04,352 --> 00:35:05,978 is beautiful. 654 00:35:06,020 --> 00:35:07,939 ♪♪♪ 655 00:35:07,980 --> 00:35:09,607 So, I'm the                  gentleman that never tells, 656 00:35:09,649 --> 00:35:12,944 and that's why they're images      that you don't see straight-up. 657 00:35:13,319 --> 00:35:17,406 My art allows me to                  savor these moments. 658 00:35:17,698 --> 00:35:21,953 It allows me to also move on a       little easier if-- if it's not 659 00:35:21,994 --> 00:35:24,247 the greatest break-up. 660 00:35:26,040 --> 00:35:27,625 I used to get hurt a lot. 661 00:35:27,667 --> 00:35:30,128 I used to fall in love a lot. 662 00:35:30,169 --> 00:35:32,130 'Cause I love beautiful women! 663 00:35:32,171 --> 00:35:35,133 And that's how I                 ended up making this art! 664 00:35:35,508 --> 00:35:39,137 I would love to be in a           relationship and settle down. 665 00:35:39,178 --> 00:35:41,681 Actually, I would prefer be in       a foreign country somewhere in 666 00:35:41,722 --> 00:35:45,309 love with a complete stranger,         but I wouldn't mind being 667 00:35:45,351 --> 00:35:48,354 committed, and I              wouldn't mind falling in love, 668 00:35:48,396 --> 00:35:50,481 and I wouldn't mind it               being temporary either, 669 00:35:50,523 --> 00:35:52,817 because the                  temporary moments, I think, 670 00:35:52,859 --> 00:35:55,695 is what gives life to this work. 671 00:35:55,736 --> 00:36:00,491 ♪♪♪ 672 00:36:00,533 --> 00:36:02,994 Art has always been my first      love -- my mother will tell you 673 00:36:03,035 --> 00:36:04,662 -- since a child. 674 00:36:05,037 --> 00:36:07,790 I feel like my art is                for everyone, really. 675 00:36:08,875 --> 00:36:11,836 I socialize with                   all types of people. 676 00:36:12,712 --> 00:36:15,173 I travel with an open heart. 677 00:36:16,340 --> 00:36:18,634 I could learn                   something from everyone. 678 00:36:20,261 --> 00:36:24,473 By sharing your story, that's        how you bring people together. 679 00:36:27,560 --> 00:36:30,897 I like to go to                    where the party is, 680 00:36:30,938 --> 00:36:35,484 and I like to come                home in quiet and peace. 681 00:36:37,069 --> 00:36:41,532 I've grown to                appreciate my solo time more; 682 00:36:41,574 --> 00:36:43,367 I really do. 683 00:36:44,118 --> 00:36:45,828 [camera snaps] 684 00:36:47,079 --> 00:36:51,209 I just wanna create                  art, love, be loved, 685 00:36:51,250 --> 00:36:55,046 take care of my animals,             take care of my family, 686 00:36:55,087 --> 00:36:57,673 share my life with the world. 687 00:36:58,758 --> 00:37:00,843 The hell?! 688 00:37:01,594 --> 00:37:06,682 [dogs growling] 689 00:37:09,769 --> 00:37:13,731 [Trevon VO] When my mom died,        my aunt was my second mother. 690 00:37:16,442 --> 00:37:17,735 She did take me in. 691 00:37:17,777 --> 00:37:19,570 She changed my life a lot. 692 00:37:19,862 --> 00:37:21,239 Oh, my name is Greta Allen. 693 00:37:21,280 --> 00:37:24,617 I'm a 76-year-old young lady. 694 00:37:24,659 --> 00:37:26,285 [laughs] How you like that one? 695 00:37:26,327 --> 00:37:26,911 -You're my aunt!                           -Oh! 696 00:37:26,953 --> 00:37:31,457 My-- I'm Tr-- uh,                Trevon's mother's sister. 697 00:37:31,499 --> 00:37:33,876 She was the greatest. 698 00:37:34,669 --> 00:37:36,921 [Trevon] This is my mom. 699 00:37:36,963 --> 00:37:40,258 My mom passed                     away when I was 13. 700 00:37:40,549 --> 00:37:42,093 [Greta VO] She was                  going with this guy, 701 00:37:42,134 --> 00:37:44,303 and he had the virus, 702 00:37:44,345 --> 00:37:46,722 and she didn't know it. 703 00:37:46,806 --> 00:37:49,767 AIDS, that's how she passed. 704 00:37:49,809 --> 00:37:52,103 [Trevon] I wanted it to be in a     spot where everybody could see 705 00:37:52,144 --> 00:37:53,896 my mom. 706 00:37:54,981 --> 00:37:57,275 [Greta VO] When                     his mother passed, 707 00:37:57,316 --> 00:37:59,443 I was right there for him. 708 00:37:59,485 --> 00:38:00,778 We used to do a lot                 of things together: 709 00:38:00,820 --> 00:38:02,780 play together, play                  basketball together, 710 00:38:02,822 --> 00:38:04,323 you know, different things. 711 00:38:04,365 --> 00:38:05,950 But we was always together. 712 00:38:05,992 --> 00:38:08,119 When Trevon was young, right? 713 00:38:08,160 --> 00:38:10,997 She always told me, she says,        "I wanna be like you one day." 714 00:38:11,038 --> 00:38:12,790 I never knew what                  she was talking about. 715 00:38:12,832 --> 00:38:14,292 What he was talking about. 716 00:38:14,333 --> 00:38:16,460 [both laugh] 717 00:38:16,502 --> 00:38:20,256 I just loved it, you know,            because we could relate! 718 00:38:22,341 --> 00:38:25,761 Me and my wife, we've             been together for 21 years. 719 00:38:26,053 --> 00:38:28,806 Never broke up, I                  never cheated on her, 720 00:38:28,848 --> 00:38:30,641 and I love her to death. 721 00:38:30,683 --> 00:38:33,978 Love is a very                 important thing, you know? 722 00:38:34,020 --> 00:38:38,524 And I'm proud of who I am,          even though I'm gay as hell. 723 00:38:38,566 --> 00:38:39,650 I don't care what people think. 724 00:38:39,692 --> 00:38:40,818 You think I care                    what people think?! 725 00:38:40,860 --> 00:38:42,528 Hell fuck-- Excuse me. 726 00:38:42,570 --> 00:38:44,822 Hell no, I don't. 727 00:38:44,864 --> 00:38:46,490 [Trevon VO] Now you               know where it comes from. 728 00:38:46,532 --> 00:38:49,118 [both laugh] 729 00:38:51,037 --> 00:38:54,165 ♪pensive hip-hop                      instrumental♪ 730 00:38:54,206 --> 00:38:55,666 -Uncle Purcell.                         -Yeah... 731 00:38:55,708 --> 00:38:58,044 -[Trevon] That's--               -That's Grandpa on the end. 732 00:38:58,085 --> 00:38:59,545 I know, and that's you. 733 00:38:59,587 --> 00:39:00,379 Yeah. 734 00:39:00,421 --> 00:39:02,173 [Trevon] And who's this? 735 00:39:02,214 --> 00:39:03,841 'Cause you my great-grandmother. 736 00:39:03,883 --> 00:39:05,217 -Yeah.                            -[dog barks] 737 00:39:05,259 --> 00:39:07,345 -Take it up!                    -[Trevon] Yes, Grandma. 738 00:39:07,386 --> 00:39:10,348 That's Daddy's, uh, father. 739 00:39:10,389 --> 00:39:11,515 -Oh!                               -Grandpa! 740 00:39:11,557 --> 00:39:13,726 That's my                 great-great-great-grandfather. 741 00:39:13,768 --> 00:39:16,520 Yeah, and these                   all my grandchildren. 742 00:39:16,562 --> 00:39:18,189 [Trevon VO] I'm my mother's             only child, you know? 743 00:39:18,230 --> 00:39:20,399 Once-- once I go, that's it! 744 00:39:20,441 --> 00:39:22,068 There's no legacy, you know? 745 00:39:22,109 --> 00:39:25,029 So I-- I feel like                    I need children. 746 00:39:25,071 --> 00:39:26,864 This is my grandma, right? 747 00:39:26,906 --> 00:39:29,325 That's Daddy -- my dad. 748 00:39:30,117 --> 00:39:32,495 [Trevon] And this is my pops. 749 00:39:32,787 --> 00:39:35,581 I don't know if I got              too much to say about him. 750 00:39:35,623 --> 00:39:38,834 My grandma sent it to               me when he passed away. 751 00:39:39,460 --> 00:39:42,713 [Trevon VO] To me,                 legacy means bloodline. 752 00:39:44,090 --> 00:39:46,217 During your transition,            especially if you want more 753 00:39:46,258 --> 00:39:47,885 masculine features, 754 00:39:47,927 --> 00:39:49,887 you wanna take                    hormones, of course. 755 00:39:49,929 --> 00:39:51,931 I was taking hormones for             a short period of time, 756 00:39:51,972 --> 00:39:55,518 and then, we                   decided to have children. 757 00:39:55,643 --> 00:39:57,561 It had to be soon. 758 00:39:57,937 --> 00:40:02,233 When going to my GYN one day,         she told me that she found, 759 00:40:02,274 --> 00:40:05,236 like, a stage of                     cervical cancer, 760 00:40:05,277 --> 00:40:09,198 and that I should                really get a hysterectomy. 761 00:40:09,824 --> 00:40:13,411 So, I've been a                 little taken back by that, 762 00:40:13,452 --> 00:40:15,913 only because my main             purpose in life, I felt like, 763 00:40:15,955 --> 00:40:18,082 was to have a family. 764 00:40:18,582 --> 00:40:23,254 I told myself that I'm not          gonna take any hormones until 765 00:40:23,295 --> 00:40:27,550 we can get the money up and          I at least freeze my eggs. 766 00:40:27,967 --> 00:40:30,553 Taking the hormones, no kids. 767 00:40:31,512 --> 00:40:34,390 I pray on it for healing. 768 00:40:37,476 --> 00:40:38,769 -[man through megaphone] Free!             -[crowd] Chin! 769 00:40:38,811 --> 00:40:40,062 -[man through megaphone] Free!               -[crowd] Chin! 770 00:40:40,104 --> 00:40:41,313 -[man through megaphone] Free!               -[crowd] Chin! 771 00:40:41,355 --> 00:40:42,606 -[man through megaphone] Free!               -[crowd] Chin! 772 00:40:42,648 --> 00:40:43,941 -[man through megaphone] Free!               -[crowd] Chin! 773 00:40:43,983 --> 00:40:44,567 -[man through megaphone] Free!               -[crowd] Chin! 774 00:40:44,608 --> 00:40:45,192 -[man through megaphone] Free!               -[crowd] Chin! 775 00:40:45,234 --> 00:40:47,736 -[man through megaphone] Free!               -[crowd] Chin! 776 00:40:47,778 --> 00:40:48,446 -[man through megaphone] Free!               -[crowd] Chin! 777 00:40:48,487 --> 00:40:50,948 My brother is Chin. 778 00:40:50,990 --> 00:40:53,492 He's been locked up                for the last 15 months, 779 00:40:53,534 --> 00:40:55,953 and it's inhumane. 780 00:40:55,995 --> 00:40:57,788 It's not right. 781 00:40:57,830 --> 00:41:02,168 We have to free Chin,          because we sure miss him a lot. 782 00:41:02,251 --> 00:41:04,837 Because Chin is trans, 783 00:41:04,879 --> 00:41:07,798 ICE doesn't know                   what to do with him! 784 00:41:07,840 --> 00:41:11,510 So they have placed him              in solitary confinement! 785 00:41:11,552 --> 00:41:15,639 It's a form of torture          under human rights conventions! 786 00:41:15,681 --> 00:41:17,641 We must free Chin now! 787 00:41:17,683 --> 00:41:19,310 [crowd] Free Chin now! 788 00:41:19,351 --> 00:41:21,270 Free Chin now! 789 00:41:22,688 --> 00:41:24,315 [Nancy VO] This is so hard. 790 00:41:24,356 --> 00:41:26,609 Chin met the wrong people. 791 00:41:26,734 --> 00:41:28,611 [voice cracking] It's sad. 792 00:41:31,030 --> 00:41:33,824 All he did was                     credit card thief. 793 00:41:33,866 --> 00:41:36,869 It's not like a-- a crime           that he's killing somebody! 794 00:41:36,911 --> 00:41:38,162 He did his time! 795 00:41:38,204 --> 00:41:39,830 He did his time!                        [sniffles] 796 00:41:39,872 --> 00:41:41,332 He doesn't need                      to be locked up, 797 00:41:41,373 --> 00:41:45,169 and then for have Immigration          to put you in isolation? 798 00:41:45,211 --> 00:41:47,505 It's like putting my                  child in a closet! 799 00:41:47,546 --> 00:41:48,839 No justice for Chin?! 800 00:41:48,881 --> 00:41:50,174 [crowd] No peace for ICE! 801 00:41:50,216 --> 00:41:50,925 [crowd] We shut this down! 802 00:41:50,966 --> 00:41:53,511 -[man] Who shut this down?!          -[crowd] We shut this down! 803 00:41:53,552 --> 00:41:55,846 -[man] Who shut this down?!          -[crowd] We shut this down! 804 00:41:55,888 --> 00:41:58,015 -[man] Who shut this down?!          -[crowd] We shut this down! 805 00:41:58,057 --> 00:42:01,310 -[man] Who shut this down?!          -[crowd] We shut this down! 806 00:42:03,437 --> 00:42:08,234 [birds chirping] 807 00:42:08,275 --> 00:42:11,028 [fly buzzing] 808 00:42:11,070 --> 00:42:13,030 [Tyquan VO] My                   name's Tyquan Sanders. 809 00:42:13,072 --> 00:42:15,199 I'm Octavia's son. 810 00:42:16,909 --> 00:42:20,329 I kinda just started                to get to know Octavia. 811 00:42:21,038 --> 00:42:25,751 [Octavio VO] What made me do      the top surgery now versus then 812 00:42:25,793 --> 00:42:28,212 is because of my son. 813 00:42:28,254 --> 00:42:31,173 I didn't know how he was              gonna feel about that. 814 00:42:31,382 --> 00:42:35,219 I was just wondering if, uh... 815 00:42:35,261 --> 00:42:37,721 she was gonna                    actually transition... 816 00:42:37,763 --> 00:42:38,889 or not. 817 00:42:38,931 --> 00:42:41,517 She just mentioned                   it to me one day. 818 00:42:41,600 --> 00:42:44,395 "This month, you know, I'm        actually gonna be doing surgery 819 00:42:44,436 --> 00:42:45,563 to get rid of this." 820 00:42:45,604 --> 00:42:47,898 Kind of did, like,                 hand signs or whatever. 821 00:42:47,940 --> 00:42:49,400 And, um... 822 00:42:49,441 --> 00:42:51,527 I was like, "Okay, that's nice!" 823 00:42:52,611 --> 00:42:55,072 I'm just happy for my mom. 824 00:42:56,657 --> 00:42:58,909 [Octavio VO] He's                  very supportive of me. 825 00:42:58,951 --> 00:43:00,953 ♪hopeful ethereal music♪ 826 00:43:00,995 --> 00:43:02,288 [kiss] 827 00:43:02,788 --> 00:43:04,582 I just can't                     wait to be sleeping, 828 00:43:04,623 --> 00:43:06,458 and then wake up and... 829 00:43:06,500 --> 00:43:09,753 don't have to feel this on my      damn-- damn near my damn stomach 830 00:43:09,795 --> 00:43:11,088 anymore. 831 00:43:11,130 --> 00:43:13,924 ♪♪♪ 832 00:43:13,966 --> 00:43:15,926 [Octavio VO] I've                  always been top-heavy, 833 00:43:15,968 --> 00:43:19,597 and always had, like,                a complex behind that, 834 00:43:19,638 --> 00:43:22,808 you know, um, because I              don't feel like a woman. 835 00:43:22,850 --> 00:43:25,102 ♪♪♪ 836 00:43:25,144 --> 00:43:26,812 My best friend                       is my fiancée; 837 00:43:26,854 --> 00:43:29,732 everything we do,                     we do together. 838 00:43:29,815 --> 00:43:33,444 The thing is with her is            she's into feminine women. 839 00:43:33,944 --> 00:43:35,904 [chuckling] How we                  got together, Daniel, 840 00:43:35,946 --> 00:43:38,282 I don't know, because -- you       see -- there's nothing feminine 841 00:43:38,324 --> 00:43:39,950 about me. 842 00:43:39,992 --> 00:43:43,329 If you truly love a person, I     don't think that that will stop 843 00:43:43,370 --> 00:43:45,456 your relationship. 844 00:43:45,497 --> 00:43:46,165 [woman] All right! 845 00:43:46,206 --> 00:43:49,293 We're gonna start giving you        some relaxation medication, 846 00:43:49,335 --> 00:43:51,629 so why don't you say bye. 847 00:43:54,173 --> 00:43:55,924 [woman] Love you! 848 00:44:08,520 --> 00:44:12,316 [clanking] 849 00:44:12,358 --> 00:44:14,276 [heavy metal door slams] 850 00:44:16,195 --> 00:44:21,283 ♪tender ethereal music♪ 851 00:44:26,205 --> 00:44:28,499 [Chin VO] You know how            many years we know each other? 852 00:44:28,540 --> 00:44:29,875 How long, Daniel? 853 00:44:29,917 --> 00:44:30,376 [laughs] 854 00:44:30,417 --> 00:44:32,211 [Daniel] Say it                     right now, please? 855 00:44:32,252 --> 00:44:33,712 Oh, Daniel... 856 00:44:33,754 --> 00:44:34,672 [Daniel] Just a little. 857 00:44:34,713 --> 00:44:36,382 Soundbites. 858 00:44:36,423 --> 00:44:38,884 What do you want me                  to talk about now? 859 00:44:38,926 --> 00:44:40,344 [laughs] 860 00:44:40,386 --> 00:44:41,387 [indistinct] 861 00:44:41,428 --> 00:44:43,472 What should we talk about? 862 00:44:45,391 --> 00:44:48,143 [Chin VO] I've been incarcerated          for three years now. 863 00:44:48,560 --> 00:44:53,357 In that solitary confinement,          I wanted to kill myself, 864 00:44:53,399 --> 00:44:55,025 'cause I was gonna... 865 00:44:55,067 --> 00:44:57,194 I-- I didn't know what to do. 866 00:44:57,236 --> 00:45:01,073 When they put this in             facility out here in Texas, 867 00:45:01,115 --> 00:45:02,866 they treat me better. 868 00:45:02,908 --> 00:45:07,329 I want people to know the        life that I went through as a... 869 00:45:08,122 --> 00:45:09,998 immigrant. 870 00:45:10,332 --> 00:45:12,251 I have three strikes, okay? 871 00:45:12,292 --> 00:45:14,545 One, Asian; 872 00:45:14,586 --> 00:45:18,382 two, I'm a transgender male; 873 00:45:18,424 --> 00:45:22,010 and three, I have a                  criminal background. 874 00:45:22,636 --> 00:45:25,723 In 'The Aggressives,' I never        really spoke about my personal 875 00:45:25,764 --> 00:45:27,182 life. 876 00:45:27,891 --> 00:45:32,396 So, me and my sister, we           really raised our own selves. 877 00:45:32,438 --> 00:45:35,232 ♪♪♪ 878 00:45:35,274 --> 00:45:39,611 [Nancy VO] We grew up             not a typical Asian family. 879 00:45:39,653 --> 00:45:42,239 Our parents                  separated when we was young. 880 00:45:42,281 --> 00:45:44,241 We was all at                    home, and my mom said, 881 00:45:44,283 --> 00:45:45,701 "Well, I'm gonna                    run out real quick; 882 00:45:45,743 --> 00:45:49,079 I'm gonna go get something,"           and she never came back. 883 00:45:49,455 --> 00:45:52,416 Our dad was left to raise          three kids on his own with his 884 00:45:52,458 --> 00:45:54,084 mother's help. 885 00:45:54,126 --> 00:45:56,253 ♪♪♪ 886 00:45:56,295 --> 00:45:59,089 My grandmother, she used             to say bad things to me, 887 00:45:59,131 --> 00:46:03,093 you could say, and kinda             made my self-esteem low, 888 00:46:03,135 --> 00:46:05,429 made me feel ugly, and... 889 00:46:05,471 --> 00:46:06,930 you know, sh--... 890 00:46:06,972 --> 00:46:09,933 I-- I guess                    because I didn't look... 891 00:46:09,975 --> 00:46:12,436 like the                     granddaughter she want -- 892 00:46:12,478 --> 00:46:16,940 you know, feminine, pretty,       playing piano, stuff like that. 893 00:46:17,232 --> 00:46:19,234 I was different. 894 00:46:19,443 --> 00:46:22,946 Chin turned to the street            because he felt unloved. 895 00:46:22,988 --> 00:46:26,283 He didn't have the             support system that he wanted, 896 00:46:26,325 --> 00:46:30,746 where to be loved, to be             accepted for what he is. 897 00:46:30,829 --> 00:46:32,790 [Treach VO] Him being               on the street was hard. 898 00:46:32,831 --> 00:46:35,459 No one can ever say what you         would do when you don't have a 899 00:46:35,501 --> 00:46:37,127 place to lay your head, 900 00:46:37,169 --> 00:46:39,630 don't have clothes,                   don't have food. 901 00:46:39,671 --> 00:46:43,467 And Chin got caught up in            the wrong crowd of people. 902 00:46:43,509 --> 00:46:45,636 That could be any of us. 903 00:46:45,677 --> 00:46:47,763 Chin served his time. 904 00:46:48,847 --> 00:46:51,016 What happened to second chances? 905 00:46:51,058 --> 00:46:54,853 What happened to, you know, how     the justice system is supposed 906 00:46:54,895 --> 00:46:56,939 to actually work? 907 00:46:59,066 --> 00:47:00,859 Chin ended up in                     this situation -- 908 00:47:00,901 --> 00:47:02,861 stuck in                     immigration detention -- 909 00:47:02,903 --> 00:47:07,282 because, initially, of a mistake       made by the US government. 910 00:47:07,491 --> 00:47:11,703 Unfortunately, he ended up in a     situation where he was coerced 911 00:47:11,745 --> 00:47:13,664 to engage in some                    illegal activity. 912 00:47:13,705 --> 00:47:15,499 That's called                     "human trafficking." 913 00:47:15,541 --> 00:47:17,334 Trafficking victims are             not supposed to be held in 914 00:47:17,376 --> 00:47:17,960 detention; 915 00:47:18,001 --> 00:47:21,380 it's in the Trafficking              Victims Protection Act! 916 00:47:21,421 --> 00:47:24,341 They know his convictions            are tied to trafficking. 917 00:47:24,383 --> 00:47:27,010 The reason he was vulnerable in     the first place was because of 918 00:47:27,052 --> 00:47:29,054 Immigration's own mistake! 919 00:47:29,096 --> 00:47:32,140 I want to win my                     case and stay... 920 00:47:33,600 --> 00:47:35,519 in America. 921 00:47:35,561 --> 00:47:36,895 I have to take                     care of my father, 922 00:47:36,937 --> 00:47:38,522 no matter what. 923 00:47:38,564 --> 00:47:40,315 I'm his first child. 924 00:47:46,738 --> 00:47:50,033 [Lynly VO] I get asked a lot      why Chin is being targeted to be 925 00:47:50,075 --> 00:47:51,702 held in detention like this. 926 00:47:51,743 --> 00:47:53,203 "Is it because he's transgender? 927 00:47:53,245 --> 00:47:55,205 Is it because he's Asian?" 928 00:47:55,581 --> 00:47:59,835 I actually do think it's             because he's transgender. 929 00:48:00,127 --> 00:48:03,589 What happens now is                 we continue to fight. 930 00:48:03,630 --> 00:48:05,716 There's one thing my                 attorney said to me; 931 00:48:05,757 --> 00:48:06,884 she said... 932 00:48:06,925 --> 00:48:10,053 she's gonna fight                     for me until... 933 00:48:10,095 --> 00:48:14,016 her hands-- I mean her               hands against the wall. 934 00:48:15,142 --> 00:48:16,393 That's... 935 00:48:16,435 --> 00:48:18,103 that's real. 936 00:48:18,145 --> 00:48:23,233 ♪♪♪ 937 00:48:30,949 --> 00:48:33,201 [Trevon VO] I                    never liked New York. 938 00:48:33,493 --> 00:48:36,371 New York's never been my thing. 939 00:48:37,789 --> 00:48:41,585 Most people, I think,                 that are born here 940 00:48:41,627 --> 00:48:43,128 fight to get out, 941 00:48:43,170 --> 00:48:46,715 and most people that aren't          from here fight to get in. 942 00:48:51,303 --> 00:48:52,596 [kiss] 943 00:48:55,182 --> 00:48:55,766 [kiss] 944 00:48:55,807 --> 00:48:57,476 Eight long years. 945 00:48:57,517 --> 00:48:58,769 [Trevon] Yup! 946 00:48:58,810 --> 00:49:01,730 Never thought I would be            with somebody this long. 947 00:49:05,025 --> 00:49:07,778 We decided to                     come back because 948 00:49:07,819 --> 00:49:09,780 it was just too                    far from the family, 949 00:49:09,821 --> 00:49:12,449 and then Jade                     has to get surgery. 950 00:49:12,491 --> 00:49:16,578 I mean, I do too, but overall,      Jade's surgery is set first. 951 00:49:20,165 --> 00:49:23,293 [Jade VO] I have to remove my        butt implants and my silicone 952 00:49:23,335 --> 00:49:24,962 injections. 953 00:49:25,253 --> 00:49:29,424 My doctor said it's gonna start     becoming a health issue for me. 954 00:49:29,841 --> 00:49:32,636 I was in the                  dancing industry, and, um, 955 00:49:32,678 --> 00:49:35,639 looking at the other girls          and the money they was making, 956 00:49:35,681 --> 00:49:40,102 and, you know, me being            small -- and I was only 18. 957 00:49:42,187 --> 00:49:45,816 If I could change something,         I would have never got it. 958 00:49:48,694 --> 00:49:49,653 [Trevon VO]                     Since I've been back, 959 00:49:49,695 --> 00:49:51,780 I haven't been to the doctor. 960 00:49:51,989 --> 00:49:54,366 When I tried to call a                clinic to, you know, 961 00:49:54,408 --> 00:49:58,161 start talking about the               hysterectomy process, 962 00:49:58,203 --> 00:50:00,163 it was just bad. 963 00:50:00,205 --> 00:50:01,832 The phone call                       went like this: 964 00:50:01,873 --> 00:50:04,209 "Are you calling the                 right clinic, sir?" 965 00:50:04,251 --> 00:50:06,003 "Yes, I'm calling                    the right clinic." 966 00:50:06,044 --> 00:50:08,714 "You calling to make an        appointment for your wife, sir?" 967 00:50:08,755 --> 00:50:09,381 "No. 968 00:50:09,423 --> 00:50:12,009 I'm calling to make an              appointment for myself." 969 00:50:12,050 --> 00:50:13,510 So then I explain: 970 00:50:13,552 --> 00:50:14,302 "I'm trans, 971 00:50:14,302 --> 00:50:17,347 my doctor thinks it's best           that I get a hysterectomy." 972 00:50:17,389 --> 00:50:19,016 "Okay, miss." 973 00:50:19,057 --> 00:50:21,184 "No, I just told                   you that I'm trans." 974 00:50:21,226 --> 00:50:23,812 So I never went with them. 975 00:50:23,895 --> 00:50:26,982 So I-- I don't really know            what's going on with me. 976 00:50:27,941 --> 00:50:29,192 Once settled in the apartment, 977 00:50:29,234 --> 00:50:32,529 I plan on taking all                 the necessary steps. 978 00:50:33,447 --> 00:50:36,533 As a trans guy, it's hard. 979 00:50:52,924 --> 00:50:54,509 [Kisha] Come up! 980 00:50:55,427 --> 00:50:56,428 [dog barks] 981 00:50:56,470 --> 00:50:58,013 Come here! 982 00:51:00,932 --> 00:51:02,392 Wait, you filming right now?! 983 00:51:02,434 --> 00:51:03,560 [Daniel] Yeah. 984 00:51:03,602 --> 00:51:05,353 [Kisha] Oof... 985 00:51:05,937 --> 00:51:08,023 Yeah, I mean... 986 00:51:08,315 --> 00:51:11,234 I feel like somebody done, like,   pulled the carpet from under my 987 00:51:11,276 --> 00:51:13,195 feet, like... 988 00:51:13,278 --> 00:51:15,739 because it happened so sudden. 989 00:51:15,822 --> 00:51:18,116 I mean, right now, I just             feel lost and confused. 990 00:51:18,158 --> 00:51:20,243 ♪melancholy music♪ 991 00:51:20,285 --> 00:51:22,788 I'm preparing for                    my mom's memorial, 992 00:51:22,829 --> 00:51:24,414 and I'm getting... 993 00:51:24,456 --> 00:51:29,544 all my mom's images together         so we could do a slideshow. 994 00:51:29,961 --> 00:51:34,132 [Kisha VO] She had been              fighting bladder cancer. 995 00:51:34,174 --> 00:51:35,717 She had-- she had a stroke. 996 00:51:35,759 --> 00:51:37,928 She had a stroke, and, uh,         we rushed her to the hospital, 997 00:51:37,969 --> 00:51:40,138 and, um, yeah. 998 00:51:40,180 --> 00:51:42,099 ♪♪♪ 999 00:51:42,140 --> 00:51:45,769 This is her when she was           pregnant with me in the '70s. 1000 00:51:46,186 --> 00:51:49,272 And this is her famous fur coat. 1001 00:51:49,481 --> 00:51:52,275 And this is all                     of us together -- 1002 00:51:52,317 --> 00:51:55,070 my and all my                    siblings with my mom. 1003 00:51:56,696 --> 00:51:59,783 She was so sassy                    when she was young! 1004 00:51:59,825 --> 00:52:02,077 We look just alike. 1005 00:52:03,161 --> 00:52:05,580 These are her memories. 1006 00:52:07,499 --> 00:52:09,459 [sighs] The fact                    that it was sudden, 1007 00:52:09,501 --> 00:52:11,419 it wasn't...                           [sighs] 1008 00:52:13,505 --> 00:52:16,299 [voice straining]                   it wasn't expected. 1009 00:52:17,551 --> 00:52:19,970 So, um... 1010 00:52:23,223 --> 00:52:25,600 you know, I-- I, um... 1011 00:52:25,892 --> 00:52:29,312 put myself on timeout for a bit. 1012 00:52:29,354 --> 00:52:32,691 ♪♪♪ 1013 00:52:32,732 --> 00:52:34,442 [sniffles] 1014 00:52:43,702 --> 00:52:46,371 You think that                  there's more time and... 1015 00:52:46,413 --> 00:52:48,707 you just never                   really know, you know? 1016 00:52:48,748 --> 00:52:49,332 And... 1017 00:52:49,374 --> 00:52:51,668 that's just the thing                with that, with life, 1018 00:52:51,710 --> 00:52:53,003 it's like... 1019 00:52:53,044 --> 00:52:55,797 you don't  really  know. 1020 00:52:57,591 --> 00:53:00,218 Sometimes I feel sad, but           sometimes I feel extremely, 1021 00:53:00,260 --> 00:53:01,720 um... 1022 00:53:01,761 --> 00:53:03,638 powerful. 1023 00:53:04,764 --> 00:53:07,475 'Cause I feel like she's                with me, you know? 1024 00:53:09,394 --> 00:53:12,147 And I know that she's proud. 1025 00:53:15,901 --> 00:53:17,694 It's beautiful. 1026 00:53:17,736 --> 00:53:22,824 ♪♪♪ 1027 00:53:27,746 --> 00:53:28,330 Well...                              [sighs] 1028 00:53:28,330 --> 00:53:31,499 I'm carrying the                  torch of my family now. 1029 00:53:32,125 --> 00:53:35,587 It wasn't 'til I became adult     that I realized she really took 1030 00:53:35,629 --> 00:53:37,047 the time to                     really get to know me. 1031 00:53:37,088 --> 00:53:39,216 She's dragging me to the park. 1032 00:53:39,257 --> 00:53:40,884 [Kisha VO] That just             made me become more and more 1033 00:53:40,926 --> 00:53:43,011 appreciative of her. 1034 00:53:43,303 --> 00:53:47,057 And it showed me that she            accepted me for who I was. 1035 00:53:47,224 --> 00:53:49,392 That made our bond stronger. 1036 00:53:49,434 --> 00:53:50,685 [Kisha] Come here! 1037 00:53:53,104 --> 00:53:55,065 [water lapping against rocks] 1038 00:53:55,106 --> 00:53:56,733 [Kisha VO] This feeling              I'm feeling right now, 1039 00:53:56,775 --> 00:53:58,860 it's-- it's temporary. 1040 00:53:58,944 --> 00:54:00,862 That, I know. 1041 00:54:03,615 --> 00:54:07,702 It takes time to get                to a place of healing. 1042 00:54:24,010 --> 00:54:27,389 [Lynly VO] I am so                   excited to be here. 1043 00:54:28,848 --> 00:54:31,601 It's a culmination of a lot          of work for a lot of people. 1044 00:54:31,643 --> 00:54:34,271 There have been a lot of           people who got us here today, 1045 00:54:34,312 --> 00:54:36,773 and I can't wait to see Chin. 1046 00:54:37,983 --> 00:54:39,943 Oh my God! 1047 00:54:42,821 --> 00:54:44,281 Hi! 1048 00:54:44,322 --> 00:54:46,116 Oh, you look great! 1049 00:54:46,157 --> 00:54:47,117 [chuckling] Yeah, all right. 1050 00:54:47,158 --> 00:54:48,285 Hey, Daniel! 1051 00:54:48,326 --> 00:54:49,786 Gimme a hug! 1052 00:54:49,828 --> 00:54:53,164 Oh, can you believe I'm           standing here talking to you?! 1053 00:54:53,206 --> 00:54:54,499 And Lynly! 1054 00:54:54,541 --> 00:54:56,626 -Oh my God!                        -And Mr. Bailey! 1055 00:54:56,668 --> 00:54:58,128 -Yes!                         -We won! [chuckles] 1056 00:54:58,169 --> 00:54:59,963 All my legal                     documents and stuff. 1057 00:55:00,005 --> 00:55:01,464 For two years! 1058 00:55:01,506 --> 00:55:02,299 [Daniel] How do you feel? 1059 00:55:02,340 --> 00:55:05,135 [sighs] Excited... 1060 00:55:05,176 --> 00:55:07,679 ready for my new journey.                   [chuckles] 1061 00:55:07,721 --> 00:55:12,809 ♪uplifting emotional music♪ 1062 00:55:19,357 --> 00:55:21,484 I got the call,                    and I was just like, 1063 00:55:21,526 --> 00:55:23,153 "What?!" 1064 00:55:23,320 --> 00:55:25,322 Lynly was not giving up. 1065 00:55:25,363 --> 00:55:27,157 -[Daniel] I know.                    -No, not at all. 1066 00:55:27,198 --> 00:55:29,659 [Daniel] Okay, Chin, what's       the first thing you're gonna do? 1067 00:55:29,701 --> 00:55:31,703 Eat some good food.                       [laughs] 1068 00:55:31,745 --> 00:55:33,496 Take a bath.                           [laughs] 1069 00:55:35,040 --> 00:55:36,207 -Thank you.                         -Welcome home. 1070 00:55:36,249 --> 00:55:38,460 Thank you, thank you. 1071 00:55:39,544 --> 00:55:41,004 Daniel, you okay? 1072 00:55:41,046 --> 00:55:42,297 All right. 1073 00:55:42,339 --> 00:55:42,839 -Thank you, Daniel!                 -[Daniel] I love you! 1074 00:55:42,881 --> 00:55:44,883 I love you too!                  I'll call you tomorrow! 1075 00:55:44,924 --> 00:55:46,676 [Daniel] Enjoy your night! 1076 00:55:46,718 --> 00:55:51,806 ♪♪♪ 1077 00:56:01,066 --> 00:56:06,154 [pigeons cooing] 1078 00:56:10,909 --> 00:56:13,995 [Octavio VO] It's a                 year and change later. 1079 00:56:14,204 --> 00:56:15,747 Words can't even                    sum up how I feel; 1080 00:56:15,789 --> 00:56:19,334 that's how excited I am              about myself right now. 1081 00:56:20,752 --> 00:56:22,712 Most of the time,                     it didn't hurt. 1082 00:56:22,754 --> 00:56:25,090 I wasn't in, like, pain              or anything like that. 1083 00:56:25,131 --> 00:56:27,008 It was itchy. 1084 00:56:27,634 --> 00:56:30,095 Seriously, if anybody wants          to do something like that, 1085 00:56:30,136 --> 00:56:32,889 I think that's the best             investment you can do for 1086 00:56:32,931 --> 00:56:34,516 yourself. 1087 00:56:36,434 --> 00:56:38,061 You know I'm not with                 that woman anymore; 1088 00:56:38,103 --> 00:56:41,564 we was-- well, we was            together, we're not together. 1089 00:56:43,942 --> 00:56:45,443 [Daniel] Did the surgery           have anything to do with the 1090 00:56:45,485 --> 00:56:46,903 break-up? 1091 00:56:46,945 --> 00:56:49,531 No, that didn't have          nothin' to do with the break-up. 1092 00:56:50,281 --> 00:56:54,244 But right now, I don't think I      want no committed relationship, 1093 00:56:54,285 --> 00:56:54,953 no. 1094 00:56:54,953 --> 00:56:57,455 Sometimes, when you get            out of a long relationship, 1095 00:56:57,497 --> 00:57:01,084 seriously, you need                  to have time to... 1096 00:57:01,126 --> 00:57:03,753 heal yourself, you                  get what I'm saying? 1097 00:57:04,254 --> 00:57:08,425 Regardless of what              changes I go through in life, 1098 00:57:08,466 --> 00:57:13,138 for me, I'm still-- I               was still born a woman, 1099 00:57:13,179 --> 00:57:13,847 you get what I'm saying? 1100 00:57:13,847 --> 00:57:16,808 So I can relate to them            a little bit more than, uh, 1101 00:57:16,850 --> 00:57:18,893 the average guy. 1102 00:57:19,811 --> 00:57:24,899 ♪uplifting ambient music♪ 1103 00:57:29,863 --> 00:57:32,949 I'm still the same person;          like, that doesn't change you, 1104 00:57:32,991 --> 00:57:34,492 you get what I'm saying? 1105 00:57:34,534 --> 00:57:36,453 ♪♪♪ 1106 00:57:36,494 --> 00:57:38,455 You change your                     appearance, yeah. 1107 00:57:38,496 --> 00:57:40,290 It's doesn't change                 you, your inner soul, 1108 00:57:40,331 --> 00:57:42,417 like your inner self. 1109 00:57:45,336 --> 00:57:47,130 I'm still the same person. 1110 00:57:47,172 --> 00:57:52,260 ♪♪♪ 1111 00:58:04,856 --> 00:58:09,944 [phone alarm ringing] 1112 00:58:14,199 --> 00:58:15,450 [kiss] 1113 00:58:16,534 --> 00:58:17,785 [kiss] 1114 00:58:18,995 --> 00:58:21,039 [Trevon VO] I'm a                   relationship person; 1115 00:58:21,080 --> 00:58:23,208 that's what I do. 1116 00:58:23,249 --> 00:58:26,294 My end goal is a                  family, marriage, kids. 1117 00:58:27,712 --> 00:58:30,048 Jade is not gonna have one, 1118 00:58:30,089 --> 00:58:32,175 going through reconstruction 1119 00:58:32,217 --> 00:58:34,802 and having to get                   everything fixed up. 1120 00:58:37,931 --> 00:58:40,725 I put your tea bag in at... 1121 00:58:40,767 --> 00:58:44,187 I guess 8:20, so                 8:35, you gotta come up. 1122 00:58:44,229 --> 00:58:46,314 I'ma run to the store. 1123 00:58:47,440 --> 00:58:49,025 All right, I'm going                 to grab these eggs. 1124 00:58:49,067 --> 00:58:50,026 [Jade] [clears throat] Okay. 1125 00:58:50,068 --> 00:58:51,694 Can you make the                     sausage patties? 1126 00:58:51,736 --> 00:58:52,445 [Jade] Mm-hm. 1127 00:58:52,445 --> 00:58:54,030 'Cause I'm assuming you're           gonna get up when we leave. 1128 00:58:54,072 --> 00:58:56,991 [door opens] 1129 00:58:58,535 --> 00:59:03,039 So, we're back in Palms because        Jade had her surgery on her 1130 00:59:03,081 --> 00:59:06,042 butt, she got it                   removed, so overall, 1131 00:59:06,084 --> 00:59:08,753 she just doesn't                   wanna be in New York 1132 00:59:08,795 --> 00:59:11,589 with her appearance,               I guess, being like that. 1133 00:59:11,631 --> 00:59:15,176 But for me, I                     just prefer it here. 1134 00:59:15,677 --> 00:59:18,721 Hopefully, we can really be          bi-costal and be snowbirds, 1135 00:59:18,763 --> 00:59:21,516 and, like, go back and forth. 1136 00:59:23,601 --> 00:59:24,227 [keypad beeping] 1137 00:59:24,269 --> 00:59:27,397 I've been coming back                and forth to Palms... 1138 00:59:27,438 --> 00:59:29,691 kinda since I met Jade. 1139 00:59:33,111 --> 00:59:35,947 We made a trip out here               about seven years ago 1140 00:59:35,989 --> 00:59:36,739 and we just loved it. 1141 00:59:36,781 --> 00:59:39,742 We thought it wasn't affordable     because of how beautiful it was, 1142 00:59:39,784 --> 00:59:42,704 but, shockingly,                    it was affordable. 1143 00:59:42,996 --> 00:59:44,789 That was-- that                    was it, babe, right? 1144 00:59:44,831 --> 00:59:47,208 [Jade] Uh-huh.                       [indistinct] 1145 00:59:48,459 --> 00:59:50,253 Don't film my butt, please. 1146 00:59:50,295 --> 00:59:53,298 My butt is flat and I'm           very self-conscious about it. 1147 00:59:53,339 --> 00:59:56,926 Going on, like, social media,         when you see certain girls 1148 00:59:56,968 --> 00:59:59,596 looking a certain way, you          start feeling self-conscious. 1149 00:59:59,637 --> 01:00:03,057 You start finding little              things wrong with you. 1150 01:00:03,558 --> 01:00:07,103 I do think that I                 have body dysmorphia. 1151 01:00:07,812 --> 01:00:09,981 I never liked my nose. 1152 01:00:10,023 --> 01:00:12,775 Last year, I went                  and did my whole face; 1153 01:00:12,817 --> 01:00:14,777 I went to Istanbul, Turkey. 1154 01:00:14,819 --> 01:00:17,447 I did cat eyes, I                    did a cheek lift, 1155 01:00:17,488 --> 01:00:22,452 a lip lift, a rhinoplasty, and      I did fat fillers to my chin. 1156 01:00:22,493 --> 01:00:24,287 And I also did a                     hair transplant, 1157 01:00:24,329 --> 01:00:26,122 to my eyebrows. 1158 01:00:26,623 --> 01:00:29,792 I looked so different,                  he made me feel 1159 01:00:29,834 --> 01:00:32,629 a little like                     he didn't like it. 1160 01:00:32,670 --> 01:00:34,797 He was like, "Where's my           Pippi"-- he calls me "Pippi," 1161 01:00:34,839 --> 01:00:36,966 so he's like,                   "Where's my Pippi face?" 1162 01:00:37,008 --> 01:00:39,135 I discouraged                     Jade to get surgery. 1163 01:00:39,177 --> 01:00:41,304 I think that she's                 perfect the way she is. 1164 01:00:41,346 --> 01:00:43,139 I don't think                     Jade needs surgery. 1165 01:00:43,181 --> 01:00:46,934 It's not about him, it's         about how I feel about myself. 1166 01:00:47,143 --> 01:00:48,645 [Trevon] How many                    sausage you want? 1167 01:00:48,686 --> 01:00:49,812 [Jade] Four! 1168 01:00:49,854 --> 01:00:52,106 My baby puts it down! 1169 01:00:52,732 --> 01:00:56,653 Just being with Jade              taught me to appreciate... 1170 01:00:56,694 --> 01:00:59,030 my body in a different way. 1171 01:00:59,072 --> 01:01:02,700 Now, when I look in the mirror,         I'm okay with what I see. 1172 01:01:02,742 --> 01:01:04,160 They're, like, so small. 1173 01:01:04,202 --> 01:01:05,203 [chuckling] I shoulda                 made more of these. 1174 01:01:05,244 --> 01:01:06,663 [laughs] 1175 01:01:06,704 --> 01:01:09,374 [Trevon VO] So, I                 went to the doctor and, 1176 01:01:09,415 --> 01:01:13,503 thank God, I was able to            find out that I don't have 1177 01:01:13,544 --> 01:01:17,465 cervic cancer, I just               had some abnormal cells. 1178 01:01:17,590 --> 01:01:18,841 -[Trevon] Mm!                           -[kiss] 1179 01:01:18,883 --> 01:01:20,468 One more! 1180 01:01:20,551 --> 01:01:22,303 [Trevon VO] I know                 for a lot of trans men, 1181 01:01:22,345 --> 01:01:26,015 it can be triggering to go to        things like the OB-GYN because 1182 01:01:26,057 --> 01:01:28,685 you have to deal with                your feminine parts. 1183 01:01:29,102 --> 01:01:32,855 It's uncomfortable to go           to a woman's clinic as a man 1184 01:01:32,897 --> 01:01:35,024 and need services. 1185 01:01:36,943 --> 01:01:40,697 To be honest, I avoid healthcare      'cause it triggers an emotion 1186 01:01:40,738 --> 01:01:42,198 for me, 1187 01:01:42,240 --> 01:01:44,992 so that's why                     I just don't do it. 1188 01:02:02,760 --> 01:02:04,387 [Chin VO] It's hard. 1189 01:02:04,429 --> 01:02:05,763 It's hard to go                     through, you know, 1190 01:02:05,805 --> 01:02:07,890 what I'm going                     through right now. 1191 01:02:08,266 --> 01:02:11,227 I don't have a stable home. 1192 01:02:11,269 --> 01:02:15,189 I'm just living with my           sister and my brother-in-law. 1193 01:02:15,690 --> 01:02:18,234 I still don't have a job        'cause I still have to wait for 1194 01:02:18,276 --> 01:02:20,570 Immigration to... 1195 01:02:20,611 --> 01:02:23,072 give me my green card back. 1196 01:02:24,615 --> 01:02:27,577 The trauma that I went             through in my past, and... 1197 01:02:27,618 --> 01:02:32,373 being in the Immigration,          and how I was being treated... 1198 01:02:32,790 --> 01:02:35,752 because of me                        being trans, 1199 01:02:35,793 --> 01:02:37,879 it-- it breaks you. 1200 01:02:37,962 --> 01:02:42,091 You know, I had to be strong         and just have faith in God. 1201 01:02:42,133 --> 01:02:44,427 ♪tense hopeful music♪ 1202 01:02:44,469 --> 01:02:47,972 In the beginning, my PTSD             was really, really bad. 1203 01:02:48,014 --> 01:02:51,267 I'd wake up thinking I'm           still in the detention center. 1204 01:02:52,852 --> 01:02:55,438 I don't know, it                    kinda messed me up. 1205 01:02:55,480 --> 01:02:58,733 Right now, I'm                     just focusing on... 1206 01:02:59,150 --> 01:03:03,112 being there for my father,         making sure my father is okay. 1207 01:03:03,154 --> 01:03:05,573 I'm just living day by day. 1208 01:03:06,073 --> 01:03:08,951 [Daniel] What do you                 see your future like? 1209 01:03:08,993 --> 01:03:11,078 What's your dream? 1210 01:03:12,205 --> 01:03:14,457 I don't have any                     dream right now. 1211 01:03:14,499 --> 01:03:16,959 I'm gonna be honest                  with you; I don't. 1212 01:03:17,001 --> 01:03:20,671 I think Immigration had            took my dream away from me. 1213 01:03:20,713 --> 01:03:22,965 ♪♪♪ 1214 01:03:23,007 --> 01:03:24,467 I'm just living                        day by day, 1215 01:03:24,509 --> 01:03:26,928 and whatever comes,                        comes. 1216 01:03:34,519 --> 01:03:39,607 [waterfall churning] 1217 01:03:50,201 --> 01:03:53,621 This reminds me of                  something years ago. 1218 01:03:55,206 --> 01:03:57,500 This park                       situation and bench, 1219 01:03:57,542 --> 01:03:58,501 and this damn cigarette. 1220 01:03:58,543 --> 01:04:00,503 [laughs] 1221 01:04:00,545 --> 01:04:02,505 [chuckling] I think I was          sitting like this in that damn 1222 01:04:02,547 --> 01:04:03,840 video, man! 1223 01:04:03,881 --> 01:04:05,174 I'm sitting there                smoking a damn cigarette, 1224 01:04:05,216 --> 01:04:06,968 just thinking. 1225 01:04:08,719 --> 01:04:10,513 I did mature a lot. 1226 01:04:10,555 --> 01:04:13,182 I'm nowhere near,                  like, the same person. 1227 01:04:13,474 --> 01:04:16,853 I don't wanna be categorized. 1228 01:04:16,894 --> 01:04:19,021 I just wanna be called my name. 1229 01:04:19,063 --> 01:04:21,649 I have a name for a reason! 1230 01:04:22,733 --> 01:04:24,360 That's it! 1231 01:04:27,947 --> 01:04:32,034 [Tyquan VO] I-- I feel like         him identifying as-- as a male 1232 01:04:32,076 --> 01:04:35,162 kind of contributed                to a lot of the trauma. 1233 01:04:36,414 --> 01:04:39,542 He's already been                through, like, the worst. 1234 01:04:40,126 --> 01:04:42,378 There was a point                   in time where, like, 1235 01:04:42,420 --> 01:04:44,380 I kinda didn't wanna               speak to him or whatever, 1236 01:04:44,422 --> 01:04:46,841 but I've made peace with it. 1237 01:04:47,967 --> 01:04:50,720 If it was in his                   ability to be there, 1238 01:04:50,761 --> 01:04:52,847 he would've been there. 1239 01:04:54,932 --> 01:04:58,394 There's just, like,               this weird stigma with... 1240 01:04:58,436 --> 01:05:01,063 Black men in                     general that, like... 1241 01:05:01,105 --> 01:05:03,566 you do a certain thing,              you look a certain way, 1242 01:05:03,608 --> 01:05:05,860 you wear a certain thing. 1243 01:05:07,778 --> 01:05:09,739 So when they see me                and I'm, like, not that, 1244 01:05:09,780 --> 01:05:11,574 I guess they                      just think, like... 1245 01:05:11,616 --> 01:05:12,950 "Oh, I guess he's                    gay" or something, 1246 01:05:12,992 --> 01:05:15,286 and I'm like, "No, I'm just... 1247 01:05:15,328 --> 01:05:16,579 me." 1248 01:05:16,621 --> 01:05:19,916 ♪soft uplifting music♪ 1249 01:05:19,957 --> 01:05:22,752 Being authentically                  yourself, you know, 1250 01:05:22,793 --> 01:05:26,088 despite what everybody            else is saying is just, like, 1251 01:05:26,130 --> 01:05:28,549 really inspiring to me. 1252 01:05:28,633 --> 01:05:30,927 [chuckles] I'm--                   I'm proud of my mom. 1253 01:05:30,968 --> 01:05:33,262 ♪♪♪ 1254 01:05:33,304 --> 01:05:35,222 [Tyquan groans] 1255 01:05:35,973 --> 01:05:37,099 [Octavio] Damn... 1256 01:05:37,141 --> 01:05:39,101 My old ass can                 barely climb up the edge, 1257 01:05:39,143 --> 01:05:41,228 and I gotta help you out! 1258 01:05:42,146 --> 01:05:44,398 [Tyquan VO] He is happy. 1259 01:05:44,815 --> 01:05:46,776 He always tries to               just remind me that, like, 1260 01:05:46,817 --> 01:05:49,111 I'm his son, 1261 01:05:49,153 --> 01:05:50,655 nothing's really                    gonna change that, 1262 01:05:50,696 --> 01:05:53,616 and how, if anything             happens to me, like, you know, 1263 01:05:53,658 --> 01:05:55,910 he's gonna be there for me. 1264 01:05:56,327 --> 01:06:00,289 If you can have any kind             of tag associated to you, 1265 01:06:00,331 --> 01:06:02,959 first and foremost, he's a mom. 1266 01:06:03,000 --> 01:06:05,753 [Octavio VO] My                   son is my everything. 1267 01:06:13,344 --> 01:06:15,763 [Trevon] Let me know what            you wanna eat for lunch. 1268 01:06:17,348 --> 01:06:18,015 [indistinct] 1269 01:06:18,057 --> 01:06:19,850 -[kiss]                               -Ooh. 1270 01:06:19,892 --> 01:06:20,977 -See you later.               -You always shocking somebody. 1271 01:06:21,018 --> 01:06:22,478 -See you later.                   -All right, love you. 1272 01:06:22,520 --> 01:06:24,271 I love you too. 1273 01:06:25,523 --> 01:06:28,317 [Jade VO] When I                  watched the first film, 1274 01:06:28,359 --> 01:06:29,986 it showed... 1275 01:06:30,027 --> 01:06:32,655 how Trevon grown from that. 1276 01:06:32,697 --> 01:06:35,157 He was really young at the time. 1277 01:06:35,241 --> 01:06:37,618 I didn't know him back then. 1278 01:06:38,536 --> 01:06:40,955 It's just a total difference. 1279 01:06:42,915 --> 01:06:45,167 [Trevon] Well, we workin'           overtime and double time for 1280 01:06:45,209 --> 01:06:48,462 Jade's reconstruction surgery. 1281 01:06:48,754 --> 01:06:51,966 No sleep, no rest,                   straight overtime. 1282 01:06:55,720 --> 01:06:58,347 I've just come to this point        where I'm not comfortable with 1283 01:06:58,389 --> 01:07:01,851 not having kids,                   but I've accepted it, 1284 01:07:01,892 --> 01:07:03,644 so... 1285 01:07:05,938 --> 01:07:07,690 Before I was doing DoorDash, 1286 01:07:07,732 --> 01:07:10,484 I used to work for                  an adult group home. 1287 01:07:10,568 --> 01:07:12,236 When I was a kid,                     my mom was ill. 1288 01:07:12,278 --> 01:07:15,531 You know, my mom passed away          from HIV-related symptoms, 1289 01:07:15,573 --> 01:07:19,535 so by the time I was like          12, my mother was really sick, 1290 01:07:19,577 --> 01:07:21,871 to the point where                   I did everything, 1291 01:07:21,912 --> 01:07:23,039 so... 1292 01:07:23,080 --> 01:07:25,499 I'm kinda used to                  taking care of people. 1293 01:07:27,752 --> 01:07:30,504 I make sure my                    people is all right. 1294 01:07:41,599 --> 01:07:44,560 I love working DoorDash 'cause       it gives me flexibility to do 1295 01:07:44,602 --> 01:07:45,311 what I want. 1296 01:07:45,352 --> 01:07:48,564 I don't like authority, so           I like being my own boss. 1297 01:07:48,606 --> 01:07:49,732 You're welcome, have a good day. 1298 01:07:49,774 --> 01:07:51,233 [woman] You too. 1299 01:07:53,944 --> 01:07:55,237 [Trevon VO] This is               the best part of the day: 1300 01:07:55,279 --> 01:07:57,073 buying weed. 1301 01:07:58,157 --> 01:08:00,076 It's crazy how,                     in the first film, 1302 01:08:00,117 --> 01:08:03,245 Octavio went to jail for weed. 1303 01:08:03,287 --> 01:08:05,706 -Thank you.                  -[Trevon VO] He lost his kid. 1304 01:08:06,332 --> 01:08:08,793 He went through a lot,            essentially for something that 1305 01:08:08,834 --> 01:08:10,878 is now legal. 1306 01:08:14,465 --> 01:08:16,425 If we go back there,              there's people that, like, 1307 01:08:16,466 --> 01:08:18,260 live, like right... 1308 01:08:18,301 --> 01:08:21,096 they could reach out              their window and grab 'em. 1309 01:08:21,138 --> 01:08:22,765 I wish that was me. 1310 01:08:22,807 --> 01:08:25,392 I wanna climb a mountain. 1311 01:08:27,185 --> 01:08:32,274 ♪uplifting ambient music♪ 1312 01:08:33,651 --> 01:08:36,654 I live a surfer,                     nomad lifestyle, 1313 01:08:36,694 --> 01:08:40,407 and it takes balls to                live the way I live. 1314 01:08:40,741 --> 01:08:45,955 I don't live my life as               what society would... 1315 01:08:47,331 --> 01:08:52,294 deem your ideal man or            your ideal successful person. 1316 01:08:53,170 --> 01:08:55,296 A lot of people... 1317 01:08:55,339 --> 01:08:58,801 tend to live in the boundaries      and the restrictions and the 1318 01:08:58,843 --> 01:09:02,470 constraints, and I                guess I'm living for 'em, 1319 01:09:02,513 --> 01:09:04,640 'cause I'm just being                 me, living my life, 1320 01:09:04,682 --> 01:09:07,685 doing me, and                  riding the wave of, uh... 1321 01:09:07,725 --> 01:09:09,478 of faith. 1322 01:09:10,854 --> 01:09:15,024 That's probably why my             life gives off this light. 1323 01:09:15,067 --> 01:09:17,653 ♪♪♪ 1324 01:09:17,694 --> 01:09:19,947 [Trevon] I can't                     vogue out here. 1325 01:09:21,031 --> 01:09:22,992 Come on, Daniel, I                   gotta go to work! 1326 01:09:23,033 --> 01:09:28,122 ♪♪♪ 1327 01:09:44,889 --> 01:09:46,223 [Chin VO] I didn't have no... 1328 01:09:46,265 --> 01:09:49,143 nobody to guide me to... 1329 01:09:49,602 --> 01:09:51,645 to transition. 1330 01:09:52,854 --> 01:09:54,899 When I had gotten                   my top surgery done, 1331 01:09:54,940 --> 01:09:57,985 it was not about my appearance. 1332 01:09:58,194 --> 01:10:00,863 I was uncomfortable, 'cause       once you take off your clothes, 1333 01:10:00,905 --> 01:10:02,531 you see... 1334 01:10:02,573 --> 01:10:04,700 [chuckles] what you see,           and I was very uncomfortable, 1335 01:10:04,742 --> 01:10:06,994 and I've always                    been uncomfortable. 1336 01:10:08,579 --> 01:10:11,832 [Chin] This is, uh, where           I sit when I take my break. 1337 01:10:12,124 --> 01:10:13,542 It's hot in there, so... 1338 01:10:13,584 --> 01:10:14,251 [chuckles] 1339 01:10:14,293 --> 01:10:16,212 Lemme take off my apron. 1340 01:10:17,296 --> 01:10:19,215 I enjoy working in                    this restaurant. 1341 01:10:19,256 --> 01:10:22,051 They treat me good and, um... 1342 01:10:22,092 --> 01:10:24,678 you know, I just... 1343 01:10:25,012 --> 01:10:27,723 living a nor-- I guess you         could say "a normal life" now. 1344 01:10:27,765 --> 01:10:29,183 [chuckles] 1345 01:10:30,809 --> 01:10:33,395 I've been taking care of my dad. 1346 01:10:33,562 --> 01:10:35,439 I've been saving up my money. 1347 01:10:35,481 --> 01:10:38,567 Got myself a nice apartment             in Flushing, Queens, 1348 01:10:38,609 --> 01:10:41,111 and me and my                  father is living together, 1349 01:10:41,153 --> 01:10:43,197 and we're doing good. 1350 01:10:43,489 --> 01:10:45,741 You know, when I                     first came home, 1351 01:10:45,783 --> 01:10:47,910 I Googled myself.                       [chuckles] 1352 01:10:47,952 --> 01:10:49,370 I was stunned. 1353 01:10:49,411 --> 01:10:52,539 I couldn't believe how              much people supported me. 1354 01:10:54,458 --> 01:10:56,752 I'm very grateful. 1355 01:10:57,962 --> 01:11:02,591 It's a very emotional                issue to me because... 1356 01:11:03,842 --> 01:11:07,263 I mean, America is all I know. 1357 01:11:07,304 --> 01:11:10,307 ♪♪♪ 1358 01:11:10,349 --> 01:11:15,437 [Chin laughing] 1359 01:11:18,274 --> 01:11:19,984 [indistinct] 1360 01:11:20,025 --> 01:11:20,943 [laughs] 1361 01:11:20,985 --> 01:11:22,903 I am Chin... 1362 01:11:23,404 --> 01:11:27,741 and I live my life as                a man, and that's it. 1363 01:11:28,158 --> 01:11:32,913 I don't-- I don't need a             label to define who I am. 1364 01:11:36,041 --> 01:11:37,793 Next month, I'm                   gonna be 50 years old. 1365 01:11:37,835 --> 01:11:39,420 [chuckles] 1366 01:11:39,628 --> 01:11:42,298 I think this the best... 1367 01:11:43,340 --> 01:11:46,135 best days of my life. 1368 01:11:47,344 --> 01:11:49,430 I'm at peace. 1369 01:11:54,518 --> 01:11:59,606 ♪soft uplifting music♪ 1370 01:11:59,690 --> 01:12:04,778 [indistinct chatter] 1371 01:12:05,070 --> 01:12:07,614 [Kisha VO] It's a new day. 1372 01:12:07,823 --> 01:12:11,160 It's a new season in                  my life right now. 1373 01:12:11,452 --> 01:12:14,121 I'm getting back to my work. 1374 01:12:14,455 --> 01:12:16,040 [camera beeping and snapping] 1375 01:12:16,081 --> 01:12:18,625 Back to my passions. 1376 01:12:18,834 --> 01:12:20,377 Taking pictures. 1377 01:12:20,419 --> 01:12:22,671 ♪♪♪ 1378 01:12:22,713 --> 01:12:24,631 Making art. 1379 01:12:26,091 --> 01:12:29,678 [Re] I've been doing a lot          of painting -- abstract form. 1380 01:12:29,720 --> 01:12:34,016 Coming out and being a           creative person and an artist, 1381 01:12:34,058 --> 01:12:36,685 that's like, pff, shit,            you're not just coming out, 1382 01:12:36,727 --> 01:12:39,730 you're just trying                  to discover yourself! 1383 01:12:39,772 --> 01:12:41,690 [Kisha VO] An identity is            something that you create 1384 01:12:41,732 --> 01:12:43,359 yourself -- something like art. 1385 01:12:43,400 --> 01:12:45,486 [camera beeps and snaps] 1386 01:12:45,611 --> 01:12:48,655 It's a process, and                 it's always changing. 1387 01:12:49,156 --> 01:12:52,242 It's an alignment                    of self and soul. 1388 01:12:52,284 --> 01:12:56,872 ♪♪♪ 1389 01:12:56,914 --> 01:12:58,916 I rap, I make... 1390 01:12:58,957 --> 01:12:59,875 punk music. 1391 01:12:59,917 --> 01:13:02,878 It's really just                     expressing my... 1392 01:13:02,920 --> 01:13:04,546 intense ways. 1393 01:13:04,588 --> 01:13:08,759 ♪♪♪ 1394 01:13:08,801 --> 01:13:09,927 [snap] 1395 01:13:09,968 --> 01:13:12,388 [Kisha VO] It's                    what we artists do. 1396 01:13:13,764 --> 01:13:14,181 [snap] 1397 01:13:14,223 --> 01:13:17,559 We feel deeply, we reflect... 1398 01:13:18,102 --> 01:13:18,894 [beep and snap] 1399 01:13:18,936 --> 01:13:23,232 take the pain and the pleasure, 1400 01:13:23,273 --> 01:13:27,111 and we try to make sense            of it all through our art. 1401 01:13:27,152 --> 01:13:30,239 Come out-- come out again soon. 1402 01:13:30,280 --> 01:13:35,369 ♪♪♪ 1403 01:13:35,577 --> 01:13:38,914 [Kisha VO] A lot of my               gifts came from my mom. 1404 01:13:39,081 --> 01:13:42,418 [applause] 1405 01:13:42,459 --> 01:13:44,753 [Kisha] All right,                    count of three! 1406 01:13:44,795 --> 01:13:45,921 [all] One! 1407 01:13:45,963 --> 01:13:47,089 Two! 1408 01:13:47,131 --> 01:13:48,257 Three! 1409 01:13:48,298 --> 01:13:51,635 [cheering and applause] 1410 01:13:51,677 --> 01:13:55,097 [Kisha VO] I am                 beautiful, I am talented. 1411 01:13:55,139 --> 01:13:58,934 ♪♪♪ 1412 01:13:58,976 --> 01:14:00,894 I'm joyful. 1413 01:14:01,687 --> 01:14:04,148 I'm always evolving. 1414 01:14:06,024 --> 01:14:08,735 I define myself. 1415 01:14:09,695 --> 01:14:12,281 And I choose to be free. 1416 01:14:12,322 --> 01:14:17,411 ♪♪♪ 1417 01:14:20,664 --> 01:14:25,752 ♪uptempo house music♪ 1418 01:14:27,212 --> 01:14:28,630 ♪Left♪                             ♪Go right♪ 1419 01:14:28,672 --> 01:14:30,299 ♪Ah, baby♪                          ♪Keep going♪ 1420 01:14:30,340 --> 01:14:30,966 ♪Don't stop...♪ 1421 01:14:31,008 --> 01:14:34,178 Most of the lives of my             trans-cestors are kind of 1422 01:14:34,219 --> 01:14:38,515 invisible, so a documentary like   'The Aggressives' really brings 1423 01:14:38,557 --> 01:14:41,810 something                    important to light, and... 1424 01:14:41,852 --> 01:14:43,937 I'm just very grateful for that. 1425 01:14:45,189 --> 01:14:46,815 ♪Move left♪                         ♪Move forward♪ 1426 01:14:46,857 --> 01:14:48,484 ♪Move right♪                         ♪Keep going♪ 1427 01:14:48,525 --> 01:14:50,027 ♪Don't stop♪                         ♪Right now♪ 1428 01:14:50,068 --> 01:14:52,654 ♪Uh-huh♪                       ♪That's how we do it♪ 1429 01:14:53,697 --> 01:14:55,157 ♪Left♪                             ♪Go right♪ 1430 01:14:55,199 --> 01:14:56,700 ♪Ah, baby♪                          ♪Keep going♪ 1431 01:14:56,742 --> 01:14:58,327 ♪Don't stop♪                        ♪Keep going...♪ 1432 01:14:58,368 --> 01:15:02,498 Some might refer to me as           "an aggressive" or an "AG." 1433 01:15:02,539 --> 01:15:03,081 I don't mind. 1434 01:15:03,081 --> 01:15:04,833 I still think                     it's very relevant. 1435 01:15:04,875 --> 01:15:06,126 [applause] 1436 01:15:06,168 --> 01:15:07,711 So we will be                 screening 'The Aggressives,' 1437 01:15:07,753 --> 01:15:10,339 which we are really excited to       be sharing with you right now. 1438 01:15:10,380 --> 01:15:11,882 [in film] "Aggressive"... 1439 01:15:11,924 --> 01:15:13,509 is... 1440 01:15:13,550 --> 01:15:15,677 your strength, your courage... 1441 01:15:15,719 --> 01:15:17,804 your whole aura. 1442 01:15:18,222 --> 01:15:21,850 [Angie VO] I love the evolution        of the language we now have. 1443 01:15:21,892 --> 01:15:24,353 I feel it's very             liberating for a lot of people. 1444 01:15:24,394 --> 01:15:26,355 Now, we're moving towards           language that's a little bit 1445 01:15:26,396 --> 01:15:29,525 more inclusive because we are        understanding this variety of 1446 01:15:29,566 --> 01:15:31,026 gender identities. 1447 01:15:31,068 --> 01:15:32,528 People have evolved, you know? 1448 01:15:32,569 --> 01:15:33,862 ♪Left♪                             ♪Go right♪ 1449 01:15:33,904 --> 01:15:35,864 ♪Ah, baby♪                         ♪Keep going...♪ 1450 01:15:35,906 --> 01:15:38,742 We all have masculine and            feminine energy within us. 1451 01:15:38,784 --> 01:15:41,578 If a person's presenting           themselves the way they are, 1452 01:15:41,620 --> 01:15:42,746 just accept it. 1453 01:15:42,788 --> 01:15:44,540 There's still                     room to kinda, like, 1454 01:15:44,581 --> 01:15:48,418 challenge perceptions and          ideas around-- around gender, 1455 01:15:48,460 --> 01:15:50,879 and, honestly, not to be              reduced to your parts. 1456 01:15:50,921 --> 01:15:53,423 As humans, we're all different,       but there are certain layers 1457 01:15:53,465 --> 01:15:54,550 that are the same. 1458 01:15:54,591 --> 01:15:56,760 If we do another                    one of these in 10, 1459 01:15:56,802 --> 01:15:58,554 20 years, it'll be                  completely different. 1460 01:15:58,595 --> 01:16:00,889 As the world changes, you know,       the way people identify will 1461 01:16:00,931 --> 01:16:04,226 change, the way people exist          in that world will change. 1462 01:16:04,268 --> 01:16:06,895 I think it's just part of,            like, human progression. 1463 01:16:06,937 --> 01:16:12,025 ♪♪♪ 1464 01:17:05,329 --> 01:17:06,622 ♪Left♪                             ♪Go right♪ 1465 01:17:06,663 --> 01:17:08,290 ♪Ah, baby♪                          ♪Keep going♪ 1466 01:17:08,332 --> 01:17:09,958 ♪Don't stop♪                         ♪Keep going♪ 1467 01:17:10,000 --> 01:17:11,627 ♪Move left♪                         ♪Move forward♪ 1468 01:17:11,668 --> 01:17:13,295 ♪Move right♪                         ♪Keep going♪ 1469 01:17:13,337 --> 01:17:14,963 ♪Don't stop♪                         ♪Right now♪ 1470 01:17:15,005 --> 01:17:17,424 ♪Uh-huh♪                       ♪That's how we do it♪ 1471 01:17:18,508 --> 01:17:19,968 ♪Left♪                             ♪Go right♪ 1472 01:17:20,010 --> 01:17:21,470 ♪Ah, baby♪                          ♪Keep going♪ 1473 01:17:21,511 --> 01:17:23,138 ♪Don't stop♪                         ♪Keep going♪ 1474 01:17:23,180 --> 01:17:24,806 ♪Move left♪                         ♪Move forward♪ 1475 01:17:24,848 --> 01:17:26,475 ♪Move right♪                         ♪Keep going♪ 1476 01:17:26,516 --> 01:17:28,143 ♪Don't stop♪                         ♪Right now♪ 1477 01:17:28,185 --> 01:17:30,771 ♪Uh-huh♪                       ♪That's how we do it♪ 1478 01:17:31,688 --> 01:17:32,981 ♪Left♪                             ♪Go right♪ 1479 01:17:33,023 --> 01:17:34,650 ♪Ah, baby♪                          ♪Keep going♪ 1480 01:17:34,691 --> 01:17:36,318 ♪Don't stop♪                         ♪Keep going♪ 1481 01:17:36,360 --> 01:17:37,986 ♪Move left♪                         ♪Move forward♪ 1482 01:17:38,028 --> 01:17:39,655 ♪Move right♪                         ♪Keep going♪ 1483 01:17:39,696 --> 01:17:41,323 ♪Don't stop♪                         ♪Right now♪ 1484 01:17:41,365 --> 01:17:44,117 ♪Uh-huh♪                       ♪That's how we do it♪ 1485 01:17:44,868 --> 01:17:49,956 ♪♪♪ 139341

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