I thoroughly enjoyed the video, Paris is Burning, because it describes not only the LGBT community sticking together but it also fighting oppression. As mentioned one transgender woman described how she wished she was a white blonde girl since she gets whatever she wants no matter how she gets it. I also had this feeling when I was younger maybe around 10. I have always wished that I was born white because I knew that they had a greater advantage in society. Not only that but I knew that they had it easier in life than Hispanics did. Now that I’m older I see that my younger self was a“victim of a white-dominated patriarchal society. I’m glad that I’m no longer ashamed of what race I am or where I came from. 

I genuinely feel for the young kids who run away from home or are kicked out of their homes simply for their gender identity. It’s sad to think that they just abandoned their own children. To be honest, this film hit home for me because I was always afraid of being kicked out of my own home by my own mother/father because I’m attracted to men. I’m genuinely happy that a lot of parents/people have come to accept the LGBT community.