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(atmospheric music)

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Downloaded from
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- [Narrator] Music reaches
us all, making us feel good.

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Official YIFY movies site:
YTS.MX

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It's a gender neutral religious tongue

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that bridges gaps,

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eliminates political divides,
overcomes racial barriers.

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It feeds our spirits,

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bringing people from all
walks of life together as one.

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- I don't know how people

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find their way onto the dance floor,

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everyone has an individual journey,

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everyone has a story to tell.

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(uptempo synth music)

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- Dance has no color,
dance has no barriers,

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it didn't matter who
you were, what you were,

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there was always a sense of freedom.

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- And what they decide to put on stage

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in front of an audience
is their self expression.

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This is me, I wanna tell this story,

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I wanna dance this dance.

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♪ I'm not defeated, empty
words leave me cheated ♪

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♪ I'm not defeated, empty
words leave me cheated ♪

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- Dance floors can unify people

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in ways that governments
and religions can't

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and I stand by that shit 100%.

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- When everyone is dripping in sweat

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there's no class distinctions,

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there's no economic distinctions,

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you get in a room and
none of it matters at all.

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- When the clubs opened,

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you saw the look on people's faces,

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the smiles, the energy
that people gave off,

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you were all there to dance.

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- There's no right or
wrong on the dance floor,

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music moves people and
allows them to be free.

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- People being the stars
of the dance floor,

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people wanting to lose themselves,

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people that are on the dance floor

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are what make great clubs.

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♪ I'm not defeated but
you can see the bruise ♪

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♪ Battered not beaten, still
there's so much to prove ♪

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- You know, the only
reason why I'm still alive

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is because I found life
on the dance floor,

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I found friends on the dance floor,

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I found support,

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I found love, unconditional
chosen family kind of love.

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When the people who are
supposed to love you

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don't have the capacity to
understand how to do that,

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I found a lot of those
folks on the dance floor.

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(singing in a different language)

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- We are a community of people

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from all different walks of life

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with all different backgrounds,

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all different body shapes,
sizes, genders, ethnicities,

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we're a complete mismatch, but
we share this common ground

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of wanting to amplify

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those really positive
parts of what people have

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and what we have.

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- The performers at Glitterbox,

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they stamp their personality on the night

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from the moment we open the doors,

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they make a huge effort in
their dress and their makeup,

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they look absolutely
spectacular, magnificent.

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You're like, wow, who is that person?

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- There's more behind everyone

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than just fabulous dance moves,

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all of us have had to really fight

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for our right to be ourselves.

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- It's just creating a safe
space that unifies everybody,

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it's gonna be no judgment,
we're safe to be who we are

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and, at the end of the day,

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we come together to celebrate love.

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- I feel like I've always
been quite quiet and shy,

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I guess I have always

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felt like I didn't
really fit in at school,

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I never really had any friends,

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I never felt like I
identified with people,

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and I found it hard to
socialize with people.

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I just remember it being really lonely

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and not having anyone
that I could relate to,

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or being told that what
I was doing was wrong,

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or trying to be who I
thought I was, was wrong.

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When I went to sixth form college,

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I made friends with
some of the girls there,

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guess, around that time

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I was figuring out my gender identity.

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Those friends that I had at sixth form

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were really important to process that.

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When I first started
going out in East London,

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people were dressing up and
there were loads of club kids

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and everyone was kind of wild and free,

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and it was the first time

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that I experienced nightlife like that.

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I was coming up to having my
gender reassignment surgery

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and I was very private about my past,

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and I didn't really
talk to people about it.

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And so when I started
going out to these places

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and meeting queer people
for the first time, really,

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I started to feel this sense of community,

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and it was only after a couple of years

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of making friends with these people

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that I started to open up about my past

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and just tell people about
my journey as a trans woman,

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which I kind of kept really
secret up until then.

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For something that had always been viewed

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in a really negative way by other people,

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for these new people that I met

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to see it as a positive thing,

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I almost felt celebrated.

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(upbeat music)

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When I'm on the dance floor,

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I feel this freedom to be myself

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and exist in the way that I want to be.

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I think that's why it's really important

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that we're trying to create these spaces

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where people do feel free
to express themselves

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on the dance floor.

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- My grandmum used to tell me,

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"Oh child, you've been left
in the oven a bit too long",

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she used to relax my hair,

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'cause my head was a
bit too kinky for her,

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press my nose so it'd be a little thinner.

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It's only now

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that I'm realizing what
I went through as a kid.

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So this is where I grew up,

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like when I was primary school,

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when everything happened when I was a kid,

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I was in this house.

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My family was a lot under the spotlight

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because my sister is an athlete,

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she's Olympic winner,
she's worldly famous,

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she's known in the fencing
world and in the sports world,

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she was on TV all the time,

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so our family was under the
spotlight for good reason,

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everyone was proud.

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So people were expecting me
to be doing fencing as well

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and this is when I discovered fashion,

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but I was getting so much
negativity from my surrounding,

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from the people around me,

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that I started harming
myself, doing bad stuff.

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I've been arrested, I was
stealing, I was fighting,

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I was literally going the wrong way.

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(subdued music)

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I just remember a lot
of things that I've done

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that I'm still struggling to say out loud,

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me trying to end my life as well

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and the best thing for me
was to just escape Paris.

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At the time I left Paris,
I was 24 years old.

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If you ask me, I don't even
remember how I moved there,

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all I know is I packed some
clothes and I moved to England.

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Luke was the first person,

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when I came to London, I spoke to.

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I messaged him, we started
talking, we became friends

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and literally just helped
me with makeup a lot.

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I wasn't really doing any
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I remember I was just so impressed

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by everything Luke was doing

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and I've learned so much with Luke

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and, literally, we became friends since.

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You can check on the fridge,

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so that was the first night out with Luke

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when we went to Cirque,

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my first time, pretty
much, trying to do drag.

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(rhythmic percussion)

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When you start doing drag,
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Often men have this idea,

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men should act and a woman should act,

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but when you put yourself
in the shoes of a woman

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and when you look in the mirror

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and see someone that is
not who you used to be,

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everything just goes so fast in your head.

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(uptempo techno music)

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Because you don't recognize
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you allow yourself to feel things

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that you don't think
you are allowed to feel,

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because you're a either man or a woman,

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because society tells you

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that you should act this
way or act that way.

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When you're in drag, you don't
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you have the freedom to do and think

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and feel whatever you want.

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♪ If I go out every night * ♪

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♪ And I feel that it's all right ♪

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♪ Nobody's business if I do ♪

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♪ Nobody, nobody, nobody's business ♪

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♪ No no no no nobody's business ♪

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- In the beginning of
my sort of drag career,

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I released so many anxieties

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and there was times where I
cried on stage and I broke down,

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and I was silly and I was
funny, and I was honest and raw.

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And it was like taking
away all those things

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that society had placed upon me

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and chipping away at the past,

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to just become the best version of me.

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Come inside, I'll take you
through to my drag den.

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Here you go, welcome to my little world.

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I'm a very visual person

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and so I want to create more
things that bring people joy

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and bring me joy,

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I like to be surrounded
by colorful, happy things.

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This is kind of like drag,

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it's things I collected, it's
things that make me happy,

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it's things I use day to
day, but also in nightlife.

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I live in, basically, like a
Barbie dreamland of a bedroom

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and that's not what most
people's bedrooms look like,

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but I've made a conscious choice

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to surround myself with colorful
things that make me happy

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and make me feel fabulous.

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Storage is very difficult when
you have a lot of costumes

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that don't really make any sense.

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This is all Glitterbox stuff,

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an outfit I wore on "Lorraine Kelly".

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I'd say it's like 80% made by me.

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This is seven years of drag,

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this is seven years of
holding onto memories.

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So when I was a young child,

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I was constantly encouraged
to express myself

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but we moved around quite
a lot when I was a kid,

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we moved around the country.

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That meant that,

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quite often, I was put
into a different community

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where I had to adapt

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and you slowly realize

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that being too visible or too loud

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can sometimes be a hindrance.

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And so I kind of learnt,
in my early adolescence,

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to keep a lot of my feelings inside

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because people's reaction to them

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wasn't always positive.

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I came out when I was 15 and
I felt liberated in some ways

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but you're basically fighting
one battle to come out

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and then when you come out,

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you've gotta fight this other
battle to accept yourself.

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I started to reach out
to the gay community

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that existed in Cumbria,
which is very small,

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and a lot of the lesbians there

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all looked a very specific way,

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and I didn't really
connect with that at all

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and so I felt like I
didn't belong in that box.

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And it was like saying,

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okay, you've come out and you're gay,

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but then the gay community

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also doesn't really want you here.

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And yeah, it just felt like I was drowning

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and it got to the point

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where I tried to take my
own life several times,

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and my mom just said, "What
will make you happy?",

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and I just said, "I need
to get out of here."

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(hairdryer whirring)

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I'd no idea what I was
getting myself into,

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all I knew was that if I moved to London

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there would be nightlife there

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and there would be this
scene that you could find

255
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and you could belong to,

256
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because I hadn't felt like
I belonged to any community,

257
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I didn't feel like I was from anywhere,

258
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I didn't feel like I fitted
in any way in particular

259
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and so I just knew that there
were alternatives in London.

260
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♪ I'm tired of coming to a house party ♪

261
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♪ And people just standing around ♪

262
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♪ Like it's a fucking fashion show ♪

263
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♪ This is not rap music,
children we do not beat ♪

264
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♪ House music is about love,
freedom, and expression ♪

265
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♪ To be what and who we are ♪

266
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♪ So if you're here to spread
love, unity, and devotion ♪

267
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♪ Get up, get up! ♪

268
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♪ Get up! ♪

269
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- I understand now why
people are out and proud,

270
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because they've been victimized

271
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and being told that
they're misfits of society,

272
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and it wasn't acceptable.

273
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It's made much easier by meeting people

274
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and getting on with people,
and talking to people

275
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and understanding what
people have to go through,

276
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and you shouldn't be stigmatized
'cause you are different.

277
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♪ Get up ♪

278
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♪ Get up ♪

279
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♪ Get up ♪

280
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♪ Get up ♪

281
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♪ Get up ♪

282
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- [Narrator] There are costs and duties

283
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associated with liberation,

284
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it begins in our minds,

285
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a distinct release from ties that bind

286
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by thinking positive
thoughts, ignoring the haters,

287
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turning the other cheek,
but don't be no fool.

288
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Come on, we've got to open
our hearts to give love

289
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so that we can receive it.

290
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Freedom ain't free.

291
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(uptempo music)

292
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♪ Deep inside I feel warm ♪

293
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♪ Close my eyes and
take the waves of joy ♪

294
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♪ I'm on a fancy ride, move sometimes ♪

295
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♪ Listen to the notes of my own destiny ♪

296
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- The biggest success that I have,

297
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for me, is the fact
that I fucking survived

298
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as a trans person of color.

299
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So imagine being marginalized
within the marginalized,

300
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within the marginalized,

301
00:18:14.005 --> 00:18:16.976
as I transitioned while I
was building a DJ career,

302
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I transitioned in the city of New York

303
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when there wasn't a word for trans people

304
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and you had all these people
from the outer boroughs

305
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that, if you were visibly
presenting as trans,

306
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it was life or death.

307
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I never found my place

308
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because, as a person of trans experience,

309
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I had to create my own tribe

310
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and I had to create my own world.

311
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And, for me, it wasn't so
much about what color you were

312
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or who you slept with,

313
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it was, do we vibe musically?

314
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Do we vibe artistically?

315
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- Queerness is a gift,
it's a way to see the world

316
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through a lens that enriches the world

317
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that is so needed in the world,

318
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but cannot be repressed
and cannot be extinguished.

319
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- It's about the music,
it's about coming together,

320
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I am in a space where I feel
completely free to be myself.

321
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(speaking French)

322
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It was just everything that's part of me

323
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the thing that I've
been telling you about,

324
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like fashion, dance, music, gay, black,

325
00:19:27.037 --> 00:19:30.963
I was like, that's me and
we get to dance together,

326
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sometimes there's a competition.

327
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But when the competition's over,

328
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we all go and dance together.

329
00:19:42.430 --> 00:19:45.338
- Queer people are coming into
the mainstream in a big way

330
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and we're influencing culture

331
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and we're influencing media, and change,

332
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and we're influencing music
and television, and film,

333
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and the mainstream
society's idea of gender

334
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is changing,

335
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and my generation are encouraging that.

336
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And so I hope that the next generation

337
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won't even be asking these questions,

338
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they'll just accept you for who you are.

339
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(upbeat music)

340
00:20:16.090 --> 00:20:17.449
Hiya girls.

341
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- Looking nice and subtle,

342
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very pastel.
- Thank you!

343
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As I've got older,

344
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I've learnt to express
myself with my body more

345
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and because of that, I feel
like I can dance freely.

346
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♪ Put your hands together for
the love I never knew before ♪

347
00:20:36.044 --> 00:20:38.215
♪ And if the world stops turning ♪

348
00:20:38.215 --> 00:20:42.798
♪ Then our love keeps burning evermore ♪

349
00:20:59.429 --> 00:21:01.304
- I think what I want people to see

350
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is somebody being authentically themselves

351
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and somebody being free.

352
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When you see other people celebrating

353
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and being encouraged by your freedom,

354
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that is the feeling

355
00:21:17.097 --> 00:21:21.097
when you're like this is
really, really special.

356
00:21:24.230 --> 00:21:26.203
- Clubs are about great music,

357
00:21:26.203 --> 00:21:30.453
but they're also about
exhibitionism and voyeurism.

358
00:21:31.680 --> 00:21:33.665
I've just always been obsessed

359
00:21:33.665 --> 00:21:36.425
with strong theatrical personas,

360
00:21:36.425 --> 00:21:41.130
people with exaggerated imagery,
anyone who's performing,

361
00:21:41.130 --> 00:21:42.698
so that chimes with the club thing

362
00:21:42.698 --> 00:21:43.641
because, as I said,

363
00:21:43.641 --> 00:21:48.048
clubs really are an arena
for people to perform.

364
00:21:48.048 --> 00:21:50.793
I quite like the idea of
bringing the glitter into it

365
00:21:50.793 --> 00:21:52.339
'cause it ties in,
obviously, with the name

366
00:21:52.339 --> 00:21:55.065
and it's an extra texture.

367
00:21:55.065 --> 00:21:57.843
Growing up in the early
'70s, realizing I was gay,

368
00:21:57.843 --> 00:21:59.127
I couldn't tell anyone

369
00:21:59.127 --> 00:22:02.959
and so it forced you to become an actor

370
00:22:02.959 --> 00:22:06.765
because you had to pretend that
you were like everyone else,

371
00:22:06.765 --> 00:22:09.985
but the club world in London's enabled me

372
00:22:09.985 --> 00:22:14.083
to actually live my life more truthfully,

373
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in a way, for myself.

374
00:22:16.587 --> 00:22:18.292
This is the newest one of Lucy,

375
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which I was really pleased with,

376
00:22:19.497 --> 00:22:21.013
everyone seems to like that one.

377
00:22:21.013 --> 00:22:23.128
Some of the performers they have,

378
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they have a certain charisma

379
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and it's transmitting
that through the artwork

380
00:22:27.206 --> 00:22:31.289
to give people an idea of
what the club is about.

381
00:22:34.924 --> 00:22:37.046
- There've been loads of
people who've nudged me

382
00:22:37.046 --> 00:22:40.129
into becoming a dancer and performer,

383
00:22:41.303 --> 00:22:43.908
Glyn's been one of the key figures

384
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in encouraging me to perform.

385
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- Go away.
- Hello!

386
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- Lucy Fizz!

387
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- [Lucy] Hi, hello, hi!

388
00:22:53.913 --> 00:22:56.606
- I'd always wanted Lucy to be involved

389
00:22:56.606 --> 00:22:59.373
and I'm just gonna talk frankly here,

390
00:22:59.373 --> 00:23:01.843
I think Lucy might have been a bit wild

391
00:23:01.843 --> 00:23:03.422
for Glitterbox at the beginning.

392
00:23:03.422 --> 00:23:06.500
- I think I was wild for Glitterbox

393
00:23:06.500 --> 00:23:08.155
up until last year.

394
00:23:08.155 --> 00:23:09.031
- Yeah.
- I think.

395
00:23:09.031 --> 00:23:13.649
- But I also think that Lucy
is the most punk ass performer

396
00:23:13.649 --> 00:23:14.533
I've ever met

397
00:23:14.533 --> 00:23:15.407
and I've always said that,

398
00:23:15.407 --> 00:23:19.823
Lucy has got pop star energy
where, it doesn't matter,

399
00:23:19.823 --> 00:23:23.344
you can be in a 5,000
capacity space or a room of 10

400
00:23:23.344 --> 00:23:25.435
and Fizz will get it pumping,

401
00:23:25.435 --> 00:23:26.803
and that is a gift,

402
00:23:26.803 --> 00:23:29.486
that's like something that you do,

403
00:23:29.486 --> 00:23:32.020
it's like watching a conductor,
you know what I mean?

404
00:23:32.020 --> 00:23:35.390
She's a disco conductor,
put that on a business card.

405
00:23:35.390 --> 00:23:37.325
(laughing)

406
00:23:37.325 --> 00:23:40.408
(upbeat funky music)

407
00:23:45.664 --> 00:23:47.923
- We don't want to forget, in any way,

408
00:23:47.923 --> 00:23:52.673
the music that has led
people to the current scene,

409
00:23:52.673 --> 00:23:55.207
the DJs that created
the scene, the pioneers,

410
00:23:55.207 --> 00:23:56.923
the music that they used to play,

411
00:23:56.923 --> 00:23:59.590
that's really, really important.

412
00:24:05.912 --> 00:24:07.410
- It's amazing when I think back

413
00:24:07.410 --> 00:24:09.558
at the history of dance music,

414
00:24:09.558 --> 00:24:10.796
that I was fortunate enough

415
00:24:10.796 --> 00:24:12.310
to have grown up in New York City

416
00:24:12.310 --> 00:24:15.393
and was able to see, what I consider,

417
00:24:16.370 --> 00:24:18.107
some of the greatest DJs of all time

418
00:24:18.107 --> 00:24:21.502
in the residency that
they were most famous for

419
00:24:21.502 --> 00:24:25.835
and that was just, you know,
pure luck, if anything.

420
00:24:27.278 --> 00:24:29.591
We're standing on Mercer and Prince

421
00:24:29.591 --> 00:24:34.368
and in this building is where
The Loft was at 99 Prince.

422
00:24:34.368 --> 00:24:37.451
(vehicles whooshing)

423
00:24:53.021 --> 00:24:54.137
I grew up in South Bronx,

424
00:24:54.137 --> 00:24:56.304
so there were a lot of drugs around me,

425
00:24:56.304 --> 00:24:57.889
people getting killed,

426
00:24:57.889 --> 00:24:59.926
lots of my friends becoming junkies,

427
00:24:59.926 --> 00:25:02.990
so I just knew that I had to do something

428
00:25:02.990 --> 00:25:05.782
to get out of the world that I was in.

429
00:25:05.782 --> 00:25:07.066
It got to a point

430
00:25:07.066 --> 00:25:10.706
where my mom was telling
me you need to have a job

431
00:25:10.706 --> 00:25:12.447
and then I had explained to her

432
00:25:12.447 --> 00:25:15.174
that I wanted to be a DJ in a nightclub

433
00:25:15.174 --> 00:25:16.891
and she was like,

434
00:25:16.891 --> 00:25:21.865
someone's gonna pay you
to play records all night?

435
00:25:21.865 --> 00:25:23.724
I was like, yeah, it's a job.

436
00:25:23.724 --> 00:25:24.557
I'm just gonna say,

437
00:25:24.557 --> 00:25:26.578
we're on the corner of Mercer and Houston

438
00:25:26.578 --> 00:25:30.849
and behind me is the
entrance to The Gallery,

439
00:25:30.849 --> 00:25:34.201
where Nicky Siano reigned for many years.

440
00:25:34.201 --> 00:25:36.689
And, as a teenager, I would come here

441
00:25:36.689 --> 00:25:41.334
and bother him and ask him
for the names of songs,

442
00:25:41.334 --> 00:25:42.712
I'd come with pen and paper in hand

443
00:25:42.712 --> 00:25:44.969
'cause I knew I was always
gonna hear something

444
00:25:44.969 --> 00:25:46.441
I never heard before.

445
00:25:46.441 --> 00:25:49.524
(upbeat funky music)

446
00:25:58.158 --> 00:25:59.330
So basically that's.

447
00:25:59.330 --> 00:26:03.464
- This is the entrance, this
is the line before we opened,

448
00:26:03.464 --> 00:26:06.607
here was the entrance
right off the corner.

449
00:26:06.607 --> 00:26:10.264
I mean, these two clubs were
the basis for everything

450
00:26:10.264 --> 00:26:12.401
and still to today.

451
00:26:12.401 --> 00:26:15.009
That's what happened with
The Gallery and The Loft,

452
00:26:15.009 --> 00:26:17.228
people understood it.

453
00:26:17.228 --> 00:26:20.010
I remember the first week
we opened at this place,

454
00:26:20.010 --> 00:26:21.507
it was 120 people

455
00:26:21.507 --> 00:26:24.155
and the second week was 700 people,

456
00:26:24.155 --> 00:26:26.569
that's how quick the word spread.

457
00:26:26.569 --> 00:26:27.881
A lot of people stopped by,

458
00:26:27.881 --> 00:26:32.304
David Bowie, Mick Jagger
stopped by, Patti LaBelle.

459
00:26:32.304 --> 00:26:35.798
- It was a mixed crowd straight and gay,

460
00:26:35.798 --> 00:26:39.548
black, white, Asian,
Hispanic, young and old.

461
00:26:40.475 --> 00:26:41.308
- Different race,

462
00:26:41.308 --> 00:26:43.990
you're a different sexual
preference and it didn't matter

463
00:26:43.990 --> 00:26:48.907
'cause you were all there to
groove on the music, to dance,

464
00:26:49.769 --> 00:26:51.669
you were all there to dance.

465
00:26:51.669 --> 00:26:54.752
(upbeat disco music)

466
00:26:55.967 --> 00:26:59.975
- What I felt performing in
these clubs at that young age,

467
00:26:59.975 --> 00:27:03.179
I really felt a sense of individualism,

468
00:27:03.179 --> 00:27:05.063
be who you are and feel okay with it.

469
00:27:05.063 --> 00:27:08.127
At 14/15, I was 16 when
I sang, "We Are Family",

470
00:27:08.127 --> 00:27:09.769
I was always working in clubs

471
00:27:09.769 --> 00:27:12.729
so I think that's what I
felt, a sense of expression

472
00:27:12.729 --> 00:27:14.479
that had no barriers.

473
00:27:17.572 --> 00:27:21.736
I was understanding how it
brought people together,

474
00:27:21.736 --> 00:27:22.902
the music did,

475
00:27:22.902 --> 00:27:24.402
it was a sense of,

476
00:27:25.379 --> 00:27:28.347
the first word that comes to
mind, freedom of expression

477
00:27:28.347 --> 00:27:32.264
and freedom of enjoying
yourself and not caring

478
00:27:33.725 --> 00:27:36.924
who's looking, you're having a good time

479
00:27:36.924 --> 00:27:40.341
and socially too, it broke down barriers.

480
00:27:42.800 --> 00:27:45.706
- You have to remember what
was happening socially,

481
00:27:45.706 --> 00:27:48.630
Civil Rights, the Vietnam War,

482
00:27:48.630 --> 00:27:53.380
people got out and protested
every day and ended the war,

483
00:27:54.808 --> 00:27:57.617
and then they got rid of the president!

484
00:27:57.617 --> 00:27:59.829
All that stuff happened

485
00:27:59.829 --> 00:28:03.211
and people were feeling very powerful,

486
00:28:03.211 --> 00:28:06.836
people felt like they were bonded together

487
00:28:06.836 --> 00:28:09.003
and when the clubs opened,

488
00:28:09.847 --> 00:28:13.180
it was a place where people could gather

489
00:28:14.455 --> 00:28:16.288
and share their power,

490
00:28:17.939 --> 00:28:19.837
they would share their power

491
00:28:19.837 --> 00:28:23.587
and they would unify it
and make it stronger.

492
00:28:25.052 --> 00:28:27.486
And when you spent a night at The Gallery

493
00:28:27.486 --> 00:28:30.969
you felt like you went to a protest,

494
00:28:30.969 --> 00:28:34.552
like you went to church,
you were uplifted.

495
00:28:35.489 --> 00:28:38.572
(upbeat disco music)

496
00:28:40.877 --> 00:28:44.348
- Coming up, there was
always a separatism of music,

497
00:28:44.348 --> 00:28:47.930
there was R&B, there
was pop, black, white,

498
00:28:47.930 --> 00:28:51.347
dance totally created a bridge with that.

499
00:28:53.804 --> 00:28:56.613
Being African-American women

500
00:28:56.613 --> 00:28:58.363
and especially in that time,

501
00:28:58.363 --> 00:29:02.221
there was a sense of
responsibility with what you sing,

502
00:29:02.221 --> 00:29:06.638
owning up to the lyrics that
you put your heart into.

503
00:29:09.997 --> 00:29:14.169
- All the songs represented
a kind of let's get together

504
00:29:14.169 --> 00:29:18.923
and take them over or spread
love, or change the world.

505
00:29:18.923 --> 00:29:22.797
- Songs definitely had
messages in the lyrics

506
00:29:22.797 --> 00:29:25.040
and I think they were definitely relative

507
00:29:25.040 --> 00:29:29.540
to whoever felt them and
what they were going through.

508
00:29:30.499 --> 00:29:34.747
- You went to dance and you
danced to whatever David played,

509
00:29:34.747 --> 00:29:37.446
whatever I played, and you got into it

510
00:29:37.446 --> 00:29:40.811
because you trusted me, you trusted David,

511
00:29:40.811 --> 00:29:42.609
we weren't gonna put on shit,

512
00:29:42.609 --> 00:29:46.677
we played from midnight
till nine in the morning

513
00:29:46.677 --> 00:29:48.594
and that was a journey.

514
00:29:49.849 --> 00:29:51.904
- I'm really sad that Gallery's ending

515
00:29:51.904 --> 00:29:54.387
but everything has a beginning and a end,

516
00:29:54.387 --> 00:29:57.058
and I hope that there
will be another beginning.

517
00:29:57.058 --> 00:29:58.924
- [Interviewee]
Unfortunately it's closing,

518
00:29:58.924 --> 00:30:01.202
but we'll leave here and go to the Garage,

519
00:30:01.202 --> 00:30:04.535
there's always one other place to go to.

520
00:30:06.886 --> 00:30:10.829
- We're standing between
Barrick and Hudson,

521
00:30:10.829 --> 00:30:12.593
just where the Paradise Garage was

522
00:30:12.593 --> 00:30:16.510
and I haven't been here,
wow, in over a decade,

523
00:30:17.733 --> 00:30:19.281
and I haven't passed by here.

524
00:30:19.281 --> 00:30:23.054
I still can't believe it,
it's just not there anymore.

525
00:30:23.054 --> 00:30:26.137
(upbeat disco music)

526
00:30:34.021 --> 00:30:34.854
I'd come here

527
00:30:34.854 --> 00:30:36.547
and the line would be down the block,

528
00:30:36.547 --> 00:30:38.417
and inside it would be packed,

529
00:30:38.417 --> 00:30:42.417
it was dark, tight, space
and all gay, all black

530
00:30:43.731 --> 00:30:46.971
and it was an amazing energy in that room.

531
00:30:46.971 --> 00:30:48.489
And it's strange, you know,

532
00:30:48.489 --> 00:30:50.027
I spent a lot of nights in there,

533
00:30:50.027 --> 00:30:52.605
there was a room full of love and magic

534
00:30:52.605 --> 00:30:57.265
and people dancing, and
forgetting all their troubles

535
00:30:57.265 --> 00:30:59.515
and coming together as one,

536
00:31:01.317 --> 00:31:04.373
I don't know, it makes
me feel sad and happy

537
00:31:04.373 --> 00:31:09.040
to know what was there, but
sad to see what's there now.

538
00:31:17.813 --> 00:31:18.646
- Hello!

539
00:31:19.931 --> 00:31:23.937
We're in New York and we're
on the way to House of Yes,

540
00:31:23.937 --> 00:31:27.550
this is my first time in New York,

541
00:31:27.550 --> 00:31:28.757
really excited to be here,

542
00:31:28.757 --> 00:31:31.018
I can't wait to perform tonight.

543
00:31:31.018 --> 00:31:32.897
I've had the call sheet

544
00:31:32.897 --> 00:31:36.121
and it looks like there's huge production

545
00:31:36.121 --> 00:31:40.716
and loads of teams of different
dancers and performers,

546
00:31:40.716 --> 00:31:43.940
so I need to figure out
where I fit into all of that

547
00:31:43.940 --> 00:31:46.190
and what they want from me.

548
00:31:56.589 --> 00:31:58.339
Oh my God, it's sick!

549
00:32:02.326 --> 00:32:04.257
- We're not the first
people to be dressing up

550
00:32:04.257 --> 00:32:05.696
and dancing to disco music,

551
00:32:05.696 --> 00:32:09.001
I feel like we are a part
of a legacy and a history,

552
00:32:09.001 --> 00:32:10.568
and we are carrying forth

553
00:32:10.568 --> 00:32:14.818
a certain sort of ethos
and belief into the present

554
00:32:16.022 --> 00:32:18.809
and obviously into the future.

555
00:32:18.809 --> 00:32:22.067
House of Yes is a space
dedicated to entertainment

556
00:32:22.067 --> 00:32:23.180
and self expression,

557
00:32:23.180 --> 00:32:28.180
so we do that through having
theater shows and dance parties

558
00:32:28.229 --> 00:32:30.517
but it really is a magnet
that attracts people

559
00:32:30.517 --> 00:32:33.414
who are like-minded,
believe in positivity,

560
00:32:33.414 --> 00:32:35.035
believe in self-expression,

561
00:32:35.035 --> 00:32:38.931
and diversity, inclusivity,
and good dance music.

562
00:32:38.931 --> 00:32:43.085
- (laughing) No one told me about this.

563
00:32:43.085 --> 00:32:44.653
It's amazing, I can't wait,

564
00:32:44.653 --> 00:32:49.114
I'm terrified about going in
the spinning cage of death

565
00:32:49.114 --> 00:32:50.189
and climbing up that wall

566
00:32:50.189 --> 00:32:54.843
in my six inch platform
heels is gonna be interesting

567
00:32:54.843 --> 00:32:56.426
but I'm so excited.

568
00:32:59.767 --> 00:33:01.777
It's like a dream come true.

569
00:33:01.777 --> 00:33:04.860
(upbeat disco music)

570
00:33:25.704 --> 00:33:28.517
- Club culture was more
than just entertainment

571
00:33:28.517 --> 00:33:30.050
and the music reflected that,

572
00:33:30.050 --> 00:33:32.956
these were safe spaces
for people of color,

573
00:33:32.956 --> 00:33:34.862
for gender non-conforming people,

574
00:33:34.862 --> 00:33:37.507
for trans people, for black
people, for Latin people,

575
00:33:37.507 --> 00:33:39.709
and so it's not surprising to me

576
00:33:39.709 --> 00:33:43.588
that queer people of color
which were marginalized people,

577
00:33:43.588 --> 00:33:47.036
weren't allowed in these sort
of artistic creative spaces,

578
00:33:47.036 --> 00:33:48.128
created their own.

579
00:33:48.128 --> 00:33:49.695
And so then when you go to these places

580
00:33:49.695 --> 00:33:50.843
where you find your tribe,

581
00:33:50.843 --> 00:33:54.632
it's celebrated and it's
freeing and it's enriching,

582
00:33:54.632 --> 00:33:57.211
and it gives purpose and
meaning to your life.

583
00:33:57.211 --> 00:33:58.336
- Can I get a fuck yes?

584
00:33:58.336 --> 00:33:59.169
- [Group] Fuck yes.

585
00:33:59.169 --> 00:34:01.399
- We also love consent,
it's 100% mandatory

586
00:34:01.399 --> 00:34:03.060
and, just like me, super sexy,

587
00:34:03.060 --> 00:34:04.904
so yes means yes and no means?

588
00:34:04.904 --> 00:34:06.071
- [Group] No.

589
00:34:06.925 --> 00:34:09.002
- House of Yes in its peak moment

590
00:34:09.002 --> 00:34:13.169
feels like your costume
closet and your art studio

591
00:34:16.362 --> 00:34:18.747
made this crazy art baby

592
00:34:18.747 --> 00:34:20.296
and then threw it up in the air,

593
00:34:20.296 --> 00:34:22.984
and everything's just covered
in glitter and confetti,

594
00:34:22.984 --> 00:34:26.096
and just a big sea of people

595
00:34:26.096 --> 00:34:28.751
dressed in whatever the
hell they wanna dress in,

596
00:34:28.751 --> 00:34:30.751
just flying and dancing.

597
00:34:32.639 --> 00:34:36.240
♪ When I think about all you give to me ♪

598
00:34:36.240 --> 00:34:40.179
♪ I get full inside from
your light, you see ♪

599
00:34:40.179 --> 00:34:44.318
♪ There ain't no way,
I'll never let you down ♪

600
00:34:44.318 --> 00:34:49.180
♪ My world is yours, you
make it all go around ♪

601
00:34:49.180 --> 00:34:50.646
- House of Yes can stand for this place

602
00:34:50.646 --> 00:34:53.278
where it's okay to be yourself

603
00:34:53.278 --> 00:34:57.861
and it's okay to do your thing
and that we will accept you,

604
00:34:57.861 --> 00:35:00.194
and it's a positive message.

605
00:35:02.277 --> 00:35:05.610
♪ I found the strength ♪

606
00:35:07.880 --> 00:35:10.453
- There's no right or
wrong on the dance floor,

607
00:35:10.453 --> 00:35:14.203
music moves people and
allows them to be free

608
00:35:15.513 --> 00:35:18.346
and that, for me, is so rewarding.

609
00:35:21.801 --> 00:35:24.881
- Our motivation right
now and our intention

610
00:35:24.881 --> 00:35:28.798
is to help, is to be in
service to a community.

611
00:35:32.867 --> 00:35:34.755
Whether it's sharing actual information

612
00:35:34.755 --> 00:35:36.859
that can save people's lives,

613
00:35:36.859 --> 00:35:41.180
whether it's about mental
health or sexual health,

614
00:35:41.180 --> 00:35:44.042
there's a lot of that,
there's even social health

615
00:35:44.042 --> 00:35:46.229
and opening people's perspectives

616
00:35:46.229 --> 00:35:49.681
into how they can be their best selves.

617
00:35:49.681 --> 00:35:52.429
♪ Joy deep down inside of me ♪

618
00:35:52.429 --> 00:35:56.703
♪ I believe you know that I can see ♪

619
00:35:56.703 --> 00:36:01.120
♪ Peace, that's what you bring to me ♪

620
00:36:07.044 --> 00:36:09.794
(train rattling)

621
00:36:21.865 --> 00:36:25.948
- I came to New York City
on December 27th, 1990.

622
00:36:27.423 --> 00:36:30.846
I have a real affinity
for the dance floor,

623
00:36:30.846 --> 00:36:32.998
it was a healing space for us,

624
00:36:32.998 --> 00:36:35.698
it was like a family
reunion for us every week,

625
00:36:35.698 --> 00:36:38.943
for those of us who were
living through the AIDS crisis

626
00:36:38.943 --> 00:36:43.193
it was a place to fellowship,
to heal, to recharge,

627
00:36:44.218 --> 00:36:47.369
so that we could go back
out and face the world

628
00:36:47.369 --> 00:36:49.964
that was not so pleasant at the time.

629
00:36:49.964 --> 00:36:52.631
(emotive music)

630
00:36:58.434 --> 00:37:03.434
It was a plague and people were
dropping dead on the streets

631
00:37:04.620 --> 00:37:06.021
and nobody cared.

632
00:37:06.021 --> 00:37:08.330
We were dying, gay men first,

633
00:37:08.330 --> 00:37:11.663
were dying of a plague and nobody cared.

634
00:37:12.564 --> 00:37:16.792
The government didn't talk
about it for eight years.

635
00:37:16.792 --> 00:37:18.851
We marched on streets,

636
00:37:18.851 --> 00:37:21.629
we fought for medication,
we fought to live,

637
00:37:21.629 --> 00:37:24.873
and the dance floor was
the place that we went

638
00:37:24.873 --> 00:37:28.540
to be with each other,
to heal, to recharge,

639
00:37:29.846 --> 00:37:31.701
to find a space where
we could have the energy

640
00:37:31.701 --> 00:37:36.076
to go back out into the
world and fight some more.

641
00:37:36.076 --> 00:37:38.380
There was a whole group
of religious people

642
00:37:38.380 --> 00:37:42.770
from their pulpits,
spouting hateful rhetoric

643
00:37:42.770 --> 00:37:45.580
that AIDS was God's punishment,

644
00:37:45.580 --> 00:37:47.747
you deserve it you faggot,

645
00:37:51.738 --> 00:37:54.155
that's what we lived through.

646
00:37:55.785 --> 00:37:56.785
How are you?

647
00:37:58.213 --> 00:37:59.489
Didn't tell me you was coming,

648
00:37:59.489 --> 00:38:01.322
I said, this is crazy!

649
00:38:03.767 --> 00:38:06.150
This is crazy.
- I know.

650
00:38:06.150 --> 00:38:07.641
- I mean, just the years,

651
00:38:07.641 --> 00:38:09.558
this is like, for real,

652
00:38:10.904 --> 00:38:13.076
we went through it together.

653
00:38:13.076 --> 00:38:13.909
- Together.

654
00:38:13.909 --> 00:38:16.025
- We went through hell together

655
00:38:16.025 --> 00:38:17.632
and came out on the other side.

656
00:38:17.632 --> 00:38:20.299
I want all of my work to reflect

657
00:38:21.486 --> 00:38:24.799
what I've really gone
through, who I really am,

658
00:38:24.799 --> 00:38:27.151
that's what this song means to me.

659
00:38:27.151 --> 00:38:29.629
♪ When it comes to my heart ♪

660
00:38:29.629 --> 00:38:33.396
♪ I think I deserve to be choosy ♪

661
00:38:33.396 --> 00:38:37.153
As a gay man coming out in
1985 in the middle of a plague,

662
00:38:37.153 --> 00:38:38.832
love was not an option,

663
00:38:38.832 --> 00:38:43.804
love was transient, love
was what other people had,

664
00:38:43.804 --> 00:38:45.865
because if you allowed yourself

665
00:38:45.865 --> 00:38:48.934
to be vulnerable enough to be in love,

666
00:38:48.934 --> 00:38:51.000
that person could be dead
in a matter of weeks.

667
00:38:51.000 --> 00:38:53.910
So we cut ourselves off unconsciously,

668
00:38:53.910 --> 00:38:56.038
we blocked ourselves from that.

669
00:38:56.038 --> 00:38:58.834
That's why I'm ready to
finally fall in love,

670
00:38:58.834 --> 00:39:02.236
it feels safe now, I'm
ready to finally do it,

671
00:39:02.236 --> 00:39:03.660
I don't even know how to do it.

672
00:39:03.660 --> 00:39:08.660
♪ Lately there's a little
something I'm needing ♪

673
00:39:12.186 --> 00:39:14.935
♪ Something found deep in a kiss ♪

674
00:39:14.935 --> 00:39:19.935
♪ That's the kind of
drug I've been missing ♪

675
00:39:20.022 --> 00:39:24.743
♪ True love can be more
than just a daydream ♪

676
00:39:24.743 --> 00:39:26.400
♪ Daydream ♪

677
00:39:26.400 --> 00:39:27.440
- Yeah!

678
00:39:27.440 --> 00:39:28.498
- I'm ready,

679
00:39:28.498 --> 00:39:32.748
I'm finally ready to
experience what real love is.

680
00:39:38.913 --> 00:39:41.128
- That's fine, you can take
as much time as you need

681
00:39:41.128 --> 00:39:44.612
and also as many takes
as you feel you need,

682
00:39:44.612 --> 00:39:45.779
it's all good.

683
00:39:49.017 --> 00:39:52.832
♪ I don't need eyes to see it ♪

684
00:39:52.832 --> 00:39:56.828
♪ I know my heart believes it ♪

685
00:39:56.828 --> 00:40:01.828
♪ I wanna know if you're
the one who needs my love ♪

686
00:40:02.229 --> 00:40:07.229
♪ Tell me could you be the one for me? ♪

687
00:40:07.862 --> 00:40:12.862
♪ I'm ready, finally
ready to fall in love ♪

688
00:40:15.473 --> 00:40:19.548
♪ Baby I'm ready, ready to fall ♪

689
00:40:19.548 --> 00:40:24.548
♪ If you answer when I call,
I will give it all to you ♪

690
00:40:25.597 --> 00:40:26.908
- Awesome.
- I have been a part

691
00:40:26.908 --> 00:40:29.982
of the generation that
kicked the door down

692
00:40:29.982 --> 00:40:32.825
and now I'm receiving
the benefits from that.

693
00:40:32.825 --> 00:40:35.073
I'm just so grateful

694
00:40:35.073 --> 00:40:39.114
that I lived long enough to
see this transformative day,

695
00:40:39.114 --> 00:40:41.130
that's not lost on me.

696
00:40:41.130 --> 00:40:44.213
(upbeat funky music)

697
00:40:49.206 --> 00:40:54.206
♪ I ain't got no problem,
that's for real ♪

698
00:40:54.530 --> 00:40:59.002
♪ Ain't got no drama, she know the deal ♪

699
00:40:59.002 --> 00:41:03.784
♪ Making that money
for the fancy clothes ♪

700
00:41:03.784 --> 00:41:08.784
♪ But she got her own,
you know the drill ♪

701
00:41:09.430 --> 00:41:13.097
- Fabulous means glamorous
and camp and fun,

702
00:41:15.102 --> 00:41:18.519
and sparkly and happy, and full of energy

703
00:41:19.500 --> 00:41:23.271
and the best possible feeling
you can feel about yourself,

704
00:41:23.271 --> 00:41:25.604
that's what fabulous means.

705
00:41:26.615 --> 00:41:31.615
- I mean, to me fabulous is
believing in oneself enough,

706
00:41:31.768 --> 00:41:33.787
loving oneself enough,

707
00:41:33.787 --> 00:41:38.537
to know that you are enough
to then be whatever you want.

708
00:41:40.196 --> 00:41:42.646
♪ Na na na ♪

709
00:41:42.646 --> 00:41:44.999
♪ Na na na ♪

710
00:41:44.999 --> 00:41:47.686
♪ Na na na ♪

711
00:41:47.686 --> 00:41:51.646
- I don't know, I don't
know why I'm like this.

712
00:41:51.646 --> 00:41:55.281
I think what makes me fabulous
is my outlook on life,

713
00:41:55.281 --> 00:41:56.914
I think if you have a fabulous outlook

714
00:41:56.914 --> 00:42:01.587
and you want fabulousness
from people, you'll find it,

715
00:42:01.587 --> 00:42:05.587
yeah, I think it's an
energy more than anything.

716
00:42:07.682 --> 00:42:08.741
- They're like superstars,

717
00:42:08.741 --> 00:42:10.270
they're like the superheroes of the night,

718
00:42:10.270 --> 00:42:12.668
they elevate the energy,
they keep everything going

719
00:42:12.668 --> 00:42:15.151
and some people even go
to the Glitterbox shows

720
00:42:15.151 --> 00:42:16.707
just to watch the performances,

721
00:42:16.707 --> 00:42:19.404
'cause these dancers are just next level.

722
00:42:19.404 --> 00:42:21.381
So we figured we wanted
to create a campaign

723
00:42:21.381 --> 00:42:23.445
that reflects that spectacle

724
00:42:23.445 --> 00:42:26.245
and the weight of the
power these guys have

725
00:42:26.245 --> 00:42:28.745
to bring positivity to a room.

726
00:42:30.682 --> 00:42:34.332
- We want people to stand
out and look individual

727
00:42:34.332 --> 00:42:38.415
and be themselves, without
any fear or prejudice,

728
00:42:39.775 --> 00:42:41.242
and if they can do it on the dance floor,

729
00:42:41.242 --> 00:42:45.962
if they can do it in life,
it's an amazing thing.

730
00:42:45.962 --> 00:42:50.421
- Glitterbox have definitely
helped me find my own aesthetic

731
00:42:50.421 --> 00:42:53.591
and shape the person that I am now.

732
00:42:53.591 --> 00:42:56.063
I'm comfortable enough
or at least strong enough

733
00:42:56.063 --> 00:42:58.958
to go back to Paris, face my old demon,

734
00:42:58.958 --> 00:43:01.392
but also mostly reconnect with my sister

735
00:43:01.392 --> 00:43:04.392
who is taking a big place in my life

736
00:43:06.170 --> 00:43:07.854
and who is really important to me,

737
00:43:07.854 --> 00:43:11.771
so I think it's the right
time for me to do it.

738
00:43:14.735 --> 00:43:16.737
The more I get,

739
00:43:16.737 --> 00:43:18.412
at the minute, I'm really scared

740
00:43:18.412 --> 00:43:20.408
because I feel like 'cause
we didn't leave things

741
00:43:20.408 --> 00:43:24.491
in the best way last time
we spoke to each other,

742
00:43:26.071 --> 00:43:28.274
but that was five years ago now

743
00:43:28.274 --> 00:43:31.357
so I'm hoping things are better now.

744
00:43:32.928 --> 00:43:35.481
But Paris was really tough
for me toward the end

745
00:43:35.481 --> 00:43:40.336
and I felt like I was being
a danger for myself mostly,

746
00:43:40.336 --> 00:43:42.797
and I didn't wanna be here anymore.

747
00:43:42.797 --> 00:43:45.710
And it's just hard to face
all those things again,

748
00:43:45.710 --> 00:43:48.932
but I think I need to
see through all of that

749
00:43:48.932 --> 00:43:51.432
and find some positive things.

750
00:43:52.432 --> 00:43:56.015
(train announcement sound)

751
00:44:16.187 --> 00:44:19.270
(speaking in French)

752
00:44:47.925 --> 00:44:50.175
(laughing)

753
00:45:24.807 --> 00:45:28.640
I was happy to see that
she was open to rebond

754
00:45:29.736 --> 00:45:32.736
and to start fresh, have a new start

755
00:45:33.812 --> 00:45:36.447
and I feel much lighter now,

756
00:45:36.447 --> 00:45:38.570
but it's still a lot to process,

757
00:45:38.570 --> 00:45:41.362
my head is just about to explode,

758
00:45:41.362 --> 00:45:45.195
but I feel really happy
about the way it went.

759
00:45:46.973 --> 00:45:47.939
- Breaking down the rules

760
00:45:47.939 --> 00:45:51.263
of people's preconceptions and prejudice

761
00:45:51.263 --> 00:45:53.199
and unifying people on the dance floor,

762
00:45:53.199 --> 00:45:55.227
and everybody being
equal on the dance floor,

763
00:45:55.227 --> 00:45:57.603
they're huge statements for us.

764
00:45:57.603 --> 00:45:58.678
- [Radio Presenter] Welcome guys,

765
00:45:58.678 --> 00:46:01.687
right now you're tuned into
to the Glitterbox radio show,

766
00:46:01.687 --> 00:46:02.850
we are super excited

767
00:46:02.850 --> 00:46:05.603
to announce a huge show
lined up for you guys

768
00:46:05.603 --> 00:46:07.765
at Printworks in London.

769
00:46:07.765 --> 00:46:08.598
♪ Much better ♪

770
00:46:08.598 --> 00:46:10.379
♪ I think I feel much better ♪

771
00:46:10.379 --> 00:46:12.441
♪ I think I feel much better ♪

772
00:46:12.441 --> 00:46:14.254
♪ I think I feel much better ♪

773
00:46:14.254 --> 00:46:16.244
♪ I think I feel much better ♪

774
00:46:16.244 --> 00:46:18.059
♪ I think I feel much better ♪

775
00:46:18.059 --> 00:46:20.053
♪ I think I feel much better ♪

776
00:46:20.053 --> 00:46:22.170
♪ I think I feel much better ♪

777
00:46:22.170 --> 00:46:23.843
♪ I think I feel much better ♪

778
00:46:23.843 --> 00:46:26.721
♪ I think I feel much better ♪

779
00:46:26.721 --> 00:46:29.375
- [Tete Bang] I think London,
for a lot of the dancers,

780
00:46:29.375 --> 00:46:33.572
is a really important place,
you know, physically as well.

781
00:46:33.572 --> 00:46:36.696
- When we do Glitterbox in London

782
00:46:36.696 --> 00:46:41.179
it always feels like the
family's all back together.

783
00:46:41.179 --> 00:46:43.179
- This is my mum, Suzie!

784
00:46:44.640 --> 00:46:46.181
I think when you get to a level

785
00:46:46.181 --> 00:46:47.650
where you've got nothing to hide,

786
00:46:47.650 --> 00:46:49.117
you can bring your mum to a rave

787
00:46:49.117 --> 00:46:50.830
and being at Printworks

788
00:46:50.830 --> 00:46:53.591
is a way of connecting all
those little dots of who you are

789
00:46:53.591 --> 00:46:56.174
and bringing them all together.

790
00:46:58.641 --> 00:47:00.362
This is a physical representation

791
00:47:00.362 --> 00:47:03.650
of everybody coming
together in this huge space

792
00:47:03.650 --> 00:47:05.065
where we've all got air to breathe

793
00:47:05.065 --> 00:47:07.267
and we've got space to express ourselves.

794
00:47:07.267 --> 00:47:11.017
♪ I think I feel much better ♪

795
00:47:11.978 --> 00:47:12.811
- It's very rare

796
00:47:12.811 --> 00:47:15.815
that any of us will get
to that place in life

797
00:47:15.815 --> 00:47:18.633
where we are celebrated
on such a large scale

798
00:47:18.633 --> 00:47:21.550
and so, Printworks is like our gold

799
00:47:24.698 --> 00:47:26.865
at the end of the rainbow.

800
00:47:29.301 --> 00:47:31.181
♪ I think I feel much better ♪

801
00:47:31.181 --> 00:47:33.132
♪ I think I feel much better ♪

802
00:47:33.132 --> 00:47:34.996
♪ I think I feel much better ♪

803
00:47:34.996 --> 00:47:36.872
♪ I think I feel much better ♪

804
00:47:36.872 --> 00:47:38.815
♪ I think I feel much better ♪

805
00:47:38.815 --> 00:47:40.719
♪ I think I feel much better ♪

806
00:47:40.719 --> 00:47:42.607
♪ I think I feel much better ♪

807
00:47:42.607 --> 00:47:44.536
♪ I think I feel much better ♪

808
00:47:44.536 --> 00:47:46.415
♪ I think I feel much better ♪

809
00:47:46.415 --> 00:47:48.343
♪ I think I feel much better ♪

810
00:47:48.343 --> 00:47:50.250
♪ I think I feel much better ♪

811
00:47:50.250 --> 00:47:52.195
♪ I think I feel much better ♪

812
00:47:52.195 --> 00:47:54.218
♪ I think I feel much better ♪

813
00:47:54.218 --> 00:47:58.351
♪ I think I feel much better ♪

814
00:47:58.351 --> 00:47:59.932
♪ I think I feel much better ♪

815
00:47:59.932 --> 00:48:01.828
♪ I think I feel much better ♪

816
00:48:01.828 --> 00:48:03.596
♪ I think I feel much better ♪

817
00:48:03.596 --> 00:48:05.562
♪ I think I feel much better ♪

818
00:48:05.562 --> 00:48:07.479
♪ I think I feel much better ♪

819
00:48:07.479 --> 00:48:09.404
♪ I think I feel much better ♪

820
00:48:09.404 --> 00:48:11.341
♪ I think I feel much better ♪

821
00:48:11.341 --> 00:48:13.459
♪ I think I feel much better ♪

822
00:48:13.459 --> 00:48:15.323
♪ I think I feel much better ♪

823
00:48:15.323 --> 00:48:17.100
♪ I think I feel much better ♪

824
00:48:17.100 --> 00:48:19.106
♪ I think I feel much better ♪

825
00:48:19.106 --> 00:48:21.183
♪ I think I feel much better ♪

826
00:48:21.183 --> 00:48:22.785
♪ I think I feel much better ♪

827
00:48:22.785 --> 00:48:26.535
♪ I think I feel much better ♪

828
00:48:30.404 --> 00:48:31.986
- For a very long time I've been bullied,

829
00:48:31.986 --> 00:48:33.531
I've been told that I was too skinny,

830
00:48:33.531 --> 00:48:36.329
I was too this, I was too
black, or I was too feminine

831
00:48:36.329 --> 00:48:38.947
and if you would have told
me when I was a teenager

832
00:48:38.947 --> 00:48:41.680
that I will be in a thong and heels

833
00:48:41.680 --> 00:48:44.136
dancing in front of thousands of people,

834
00:48:44.136 --> 00:48:48.469
I would have probably shit
my pants and be like no.

835
00:48:50.998 --> 00:48:54.847
- I still don't really
understand what it is

836
00:48:54.847 --> 00:48:59.264
that lets me get up on stage
in front of 5,000 people

837
00:49:00.106 --> 00:49:02.621
and then still I'll be so shy

838
00:49:02.621 --> 00:49:06.121
that I won't dare go and speak to someone.

839
00:49:11.669 --> 00:49:15.080
- There's one thing
feeling free in yourself,

840
00:49:15.080 --> 00:49:16.021
but there is another thing

841
00:49:16.021 --> 00:49:19.438
when people are celebrating your freedom.

842
00:49:22.920 --> 00:49:26.255
♪ Seems I can't deny ♪

843
00:49:26.255 --> 00:49:29.644
♪ Some days just don't feel right ♪

844
00:49:29.644 --> 00:49:34.644
♪ You know I feel, I
think I feel much better ♪

845
00:50:08.884 --> 00:50:10.512
- Whatever we are doing,

846
00:50:10.512 --> 00:50:14.641
it's beyond being on the stage
and it's beyond the music,

847
00:50:14.641 --> 00:50:18.075
it's just about embracing whatever you are

848
00:50:18.075 --> 00:50:20.658
and whatever you've been given.

849
00:50:23.950 --> 00:50:25.041
- It is that feeling

850
00:50:25.041 --> 00:50:28.565
of people telling you that
you're perfect as you are,

851
00:50:28.565 --> 00:50:29.889
you don't have to change,

852
00:50:29.889 --> 00:50:33.556
what you're doing right
now is good enough.

853
00:50:36.746 --> 00:50:40.413
- Do not look for
validation on the outside,

854
00:50:42.028 --> 00:50:46.111
be your own validation,
speak life into yourself.

855
00:50:47.261 --> 00:50:52.197
Find your tribe, find the
tribe, find your family,

856
00:50:52.197 --> 00:50:54.114
find your chosen family

857
00:50:55.282 --> 00:50:59.282
who understands how to
love you unconditionally,

858
00:51:00.699 --> 00:51:01.532
the end.

859
00:51:05.098 --> 00:51:07.425
- Woo you know this?

860
00:51:07.425 --> 00:51:11.361
We wanna hear you, sing
to the heavens out there!

861
00:51:11.361 --> 00:51:14.444
(upbeat disco music)

862
00:51:26.243 --> 00:51:27.892
Here we go.

863
00:51:27.892 --> 00:51:32.218
♪ We are family ♪

864
00:51:32.218 --> 00:51:34.671
♪ I got all my sisters with me ♪

865
00:51:34.671 --> 00:51:36.368
- You're beautiful!

866
00:51:36.368 --> 00:51:40.017
♪ We are family ♪

867
00:51:40.017 --> 00:51:44.449
♪ Get up everybody and sing ♪

868
00:51:44.449 --> 00:51:48.715
♪ We are family, hey, hey ♪

869
00:51:48.715 --> 00:51:52.784
♪ I got all my sisters
with me, hey, yeah ♪

870
00:51:52.784 --> 00:51:56.836
♪ We are family ♪

871
00:51:56.836 --> 00:51:59.425
♪ Get up everybody and sing ♪

872
00:51:59.425 --> 00:52:00.508
- Here we go!

873
00:52:02.582 --> 00:52:06.350
♪ Everyone can see we're together ♪

874
00:52:06.350 --> 00:52:09.674
♪ As we walk on by ♪

875
00:52:09.674 --> 00:52:14.674
♪ Hey, in front just like
birds of a say what? ♪

876
00:52:15.061 --> 00:52:18.979
♪ I won't tell ♪

877
00:52:18.979 --> 00:52:22.756
♪ All of the people around us they say ♪

878
00:52:22.756 --> 00:52:26.207
♪ Can they be that close? ♪

879
00:52:26.207 --> 00:52:30.389
♪ Just let me state for the
record, we're giving love y'all! ♪

880
00:52:30.389 --> 00:52:34.226
♪ We're giving, yeah, you sing ♪

881
00:52:34.226 --> 00:52:38.251
♪ We are family, hey ♪

882
00:52:38.251 --> 00:52:42.427
♪ I got all my sisters
with me, hey, yeah ♪

883
00:52:42.427 --> 00:52:46.771
♪ We are family, get up y'all ♪

884
00:52:46.771 --> 00:52:50.740
♪ Get up everybody and sing ♪

885
00:52:50.740 --> 00:52:55.517
♪ We are family, I got
my sisters with me ♪

886
00:52:55.517 --> 00:52:59.107
Put your hands in the air
one more time and sing!

887
00:52:59.107 --> 00:53:02.690
♪ We are family, hey, yeah ♪

888
00:53:04.019 --> 00:53:07.190
One, two, drop it down,
let me hear you sing!

889
00:53:07.190 --> 00:53:10.317
♪ We are family ♪

890
00:53:10.317 --> 00:53:14.400
We love you, get up
everybody and sing, yeah woo!

891
00:53:35.632 --> 00:53:39.904
♪ Rise and shine ♪

892
00:53:39.904 --> 00:53:43.331
♪ Guess it's time to face the rain ♪

893
00:53:43.331 --> 00:53:47.489
♪ No relief inside ♪

894
00:53:47.489 --> 00:53:52.489
♪ So I got to numb the
pain, it's an uphill climb ♪

895
00:53:53.436 --> 00:53:56.857
♪ When I'm so close to the edge ♪

896
00:53:56.857 --> 00:54:00.276
♪ I can't see the light but
know it's on the other side ♪

897
00:54:00.276 --> 00:54:04.814
♪ One hand is tied and
one's been worked to death ♪

898
00:54:04.814 --> 00:54:07.557
♪ I can't see the light so
have to find it deep inside ♪

899
00:54:07.557 --> 00:54:09.545
♪ Every time this life knocked me down ♪

900
00:54:09.545 --> 00:54:11.500
♪ I had no more fight ♪

901
00:54:11.500 --> 00:54:15.325
♪ I would hear a voice
that changed my mind ♪

902
00:54:15.325 --> 00:54:20.175
♪ Music saved my life ♪

903
00:54:20.175 --> 00:54:22.842
♪ Saved my life ♪