FENCED OUT documents the fight for the Christopher St. pier - one of the only places in New York City where youth of color, low income, homeless, and LGBTQ youth can hang out. In the summer of 2000, fences are built right on the spot where the kids have routinely congregated to prepare for the construction of a new state park. By the summer of 2001 most of the space has been taken over by this development. Not only are city developers interested in "fencing out" the kids, but neighbors with apartments overlooking the water want these kids to leave as well. The youth have noticed an increased police presence that is not intended to keep them safe but as one officer tells the youth producers quite bluntly, "You are lowering the property value." At first, upset that they will lose the piers, the producers of the documentary interview local queer youth about the importance of the piers in their lives. To further explore their connection to the piers, the producers also interview older LGBT activists about the history of the piers and its connection to the gay liberation movement of the 60s. In turn they become more politicized and see how their struggle to save their public space connects to a larger historical and social movement. As the video comes to a conclusion, the young filmmakers' anger and sadness about losing the piers develops into a plan of action to save them.