Three years before the Stonewall riots in New York, there was a much lesser known uprising for LGBT rights in San Francisco. In one of the first known acts of collective transgender resistance in the United States, transgender customers at Compton’s Cafeteria in the Tenderloin district fought back against police harassment and arrests. This summer marks 50 years since the riots. Forum talks to the makers of “Screaming Queens,” an Emmy-winning documentary that introduces viewers to the drag entertainers, community activists and police officers of 1960’s San Francisco and examines the role the Compton Cafeteria riots played in launching the LGBT movement.
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