But when I got here, I went to the food stamp office, and they gave me a pamphlet that told me that there was an LGBT community center that had programs. I had heard about some of the history about the riots, but I never really knew what the street was. Once you arrived in New York, how did you discover the pier and Christopher Street? After two or three years, I came to New York City and found the pier. After I had spent six months there-he had a family, and I didn’t want to impose my lifestyle on his kids-I just went out on my own after that. I went to my brother’s house in Philadelphia after being kicked out of the house at 16 by my mother. Krystal: It was a choice between going back to Las Vegas or staying in Philadelphia. VICE: How did you end up homeless in New York? Recently, I went to the pier to sit down and talk to Krystal, one the film’s stars, about the movie, the Christopher Street Pier, and being homeless in New York City. To teach his family about his experience, he has spent three years filming the lives of three homeless kids-Krystal, DeSean, and Casper-for a documentary called Pier Kids: The Life. Filmmaker Elegance Bratton was one of these kids for ten years.
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