Latino transvestites of the NYC streets support their daily lives through prostitution
while living in garbage trucks.
“Tranny Fest 1997 Program.” Tranny Fest, November 1997. Personal Archives.
The Salt Mines follows the lives of homeless Latina transvestite and transsexual prostitutes
Giovanna, Sara, Gina and Gigi whose drug addictions have left them living in the decommissioned
garbage trucks decaying in the bleak dumping grounds where the New York City Sanitation
Department stores snow-melting salt.
“The Second International Transgender Film & Video Festival Program.” London: Alchemy
Festival Productions, 1998. Personal Archives.
