Trans Bay: A History of San Francisco’s Gender-Diverse CommunityTrans Bay: A History of San Francisco’s Gender-Diverse Community
Patrons at a drag ball circa 1966, Henri Leleu papers. (Courtesy of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Historical Society)
KQED’s Trans Bay spotlights transgender and gender-diverse artists and activists who have fought for change, built community and shaped culture, from the 1890s to today. These stories are grounded in the Bay Area, but their impact reverberates throughout the nation.
Edited by Nastia Voynovskaya, with support from Ugur Dursun. Special thank you to historian Susan Stryker, whose scholarship paved the way for our journalism, and archivist Devin McGeehan Muchmore of the GLBT Historical Society, who pointed us to the papers and photos that preserve these stories.
Sex, Drugs, and ... Gender Panic!
An Oral History of Trans Activism, From the Vietnam War to the AIDS Crisis
Stories of Resistance, Survival and Beauty from the Bay Area’s Trans Community
How San Francisco’s Two-Spirit Powwow Reclaimed an Indigenous Legacy
The Immortal Christopher Lee
88-Year-Old Audio Engineer Sandy Stone Survived Transphobic Backlash and Made History
In the ’70s, Gay Rights Activists Abandoned Their Trans Siblings
In the 1930s, a ‘Most Unusual’ San Francisco Club Became a Haven for Trans Women
The 19th-Century Trans Man Who Worked As a Reporter and Went to War
For Trans and Queer Divas in the Mission, HIV Prevention Was an Art
