People died during the making of this film. People were gay bashed and assaulted by police. People also just plain disappeared. It is important that the world know their stories so that these injustices stop. I am making this film to honor the legacy of this historic safe space for black and brown queer people. I am also making this film as a way to help black families understand what happens to their queer children after they’ve been kicked out. Most importantly, I am making this film as a testament to the strength and resilience of black queer people.

It is an incredible achievement to survive family rejection and each day lived in the shadow of such trauma is a victory. I believe this film can change the tide of queer youth abandonment in the United States and I hope you will join me in my mission. Everyday all over the world LGBT kids are tossed aside in an attempt to make them modify their desire so that they can be more acceptable. This film revels in their difference and in so doing points out the shared humanity with the audience.

These kids do everything that I do, but under unimaginable duress. Ultimately, this film comes from a sense of gratitude. My life was impossible at times. Each one of the homeless queer people in the film reminds me of myself. I am proudly grateful to be alive to tell this story and it means the world to me that through the telling this film will save lives.