T-Girls and the Pride of the Bronx: Thomas Morton Explores Trans Culture and Identity ─ VICE

'BALLS DEEP' host Thomas Morton brings us back to his library to talk about the books he read before he immersed himself in the word of two t-girls from the Bronx.

Aside from a 1973 pamphlet called 'Information on Transsexualism for Law Enforcement Officers' and John Howard Griffin's classic work of stunt journalism 'Black Like Me,' he admits that his library's offerings on trans identity and issues is maybe, embarrassingly, slim​.

WATCH NEXT: Thomas Morton Compares the Trump Movement to Classic Literature: http://bit.ly/2fXynrz

Click here to subscribe to VICE: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE

Check out our full video catalog: http://bit.ly/VICE-Videos
Videos, daily editorial and more: http://vice.com
More videos from the VICE network: https://www.fb.com/vicevideo
Like VICE on Facebook: http://fb.com/vice
Follow VICE on Twitter: http://twitter.com/vice
Read our Tumblr: http://vicemag.tumblr.com
Follow us on Instagram: http://instagram.com/vice
Check out our Pinterest: https://pinterest.com/vicemag
Download VICE on iOS: http://apple.co/28Vgmqz
Download VICE on Android: http://bit.ly/28S8Et0


<style>.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }</style><div class="embed-container"><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/DcTSqMI5Gjg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div>

Watch Video on YouTube Watch Full-Window Video