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Sex Work Is Work: The Screening & Panel of “The Stroll”
January 26 @ 5:30 pm - 9:00 pm
5:30 p.m. — Doors open / Reception
6:30 p.m. — The Stroll viewing
FREE with RSVP
In partnership with Queer Voices NYC, The Center presents "Sex Work Is Work" an exclusive reception, screening, and panel of the critically acclaimed documentary film “The Stroll.” This riveting documentary tells the story of several transgender women of color during the 1990s and early 2000s that engaged in sex work in an area known as The Stroll in the Meatpacking District of lower Manhattan. The panel will feature director Kristen Lovell and the cast, followed by Q+A.
New York Presbyterian will be on-site to provide HIV/STI testing & access to PEP/PREP.
Light bites and beverages will be provided. Must be 16 years or older to attend.
Watch the trailer here.
ABOUT THE STROLL
When Director Kristen Lovell moved to New York City in the 1990s and began to transition, she was fired from her job. With so few options to earn money to survive, Kristen, like many transgender women of color during this era, began sex work in an area known as “The Stroll” in the Meatpacking District of lower Manhattan, where trans women congregated and forged a deep camaraderie to protect each other from harassment and violence.
Reuniting her sisters to tell this essential New York story from their first-hand experiences, Kristen’s intimate narration and interviews bring an astonishing array of archival material of bygone New York from the 1970s through the early 2000s to life. For more info on the film visit: hbo.com/movies/the-stroll p.m.