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RE: https://mastodon.social/@tusk81/116757183161307892
“'We were tired of being arrested for nothing,' Felicia 'Flames' Elizondo, a trans woman who lived in San Francisco at the time, told The Advocate in 2018."
"No local media outlet reported on the Compton’s uprising; the subject was considered unworthy of attention. Police claim to have no arrest records from that night. But LGBTQ+ activists and historians wouldn’t let it be forgotten." #Pride
RE: https://mastodon.social/@tusk81/116757192574714142
You can watch the Emmy-winning “The Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton’s Cafeteria” documentary here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-WASW9dRBU #Pride
RE: https://mastodon.social/@tusk81/116757183161307892
“'We were tired of being arrested for nothing,' Felicia 'Flames' Elizondo, a trans woman who lived in San Francisco at the time, told The Advocate in 2018."
"No local media outlet reported on the Compton’s uprising; the subject was considered unworthy of attention. Police claim to have no arrest records from that night. But LGBTQ+ activists and historians wouldn’t let it be forgotten." #Pride
RE: https://mastodon.social/@tusk81/116757192574714142
You can watch the Emmy-winning “The Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton’s Cafeteria” documentary here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-WASW9dRBU #Pride
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The mural commemorates “Gene Compton’s Cafeteria Riot in August 1966, when transgender and gender-nonconforming patrons fought back against years of police harassment. The event is considered among the first significant LGBTQ uprisings, predating New York’s better-known Stonewall Riots in 1969.” https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/arts-exhibits/article/sf-comptons-cafeteria-riot-mural-22300170.php #Pride
RE: https://mastodon.social/@tusk81/116757170343496419
"One night, a police officer tried to arrest one of Compton’s trans patrons on some charge or other, and she responded by throwing hot coffee in his face. Others started tossing chairs, dishes, and sugar shakers around the cafeteria. Outside, they smashed squad cars’ windows and set fire to a newsstand." https://www.advocate.com/news/comptons-cafeteria-riot-explained-transgender #Pride
RE: https://mastodon.social/@tusk81/116757183161307892
“'We were tired of being arrested for nothing,' Felicia 'Flames' Elizondo, a trans woman who lived in San Francisco at the time, told The Advocate in 2018."
"No local media outlet reported on the Compton’s uprising; the subject was considered unworthy of attention. Police claim to have no arrest records from that night. But LGBTQ+ activists and historians wouldn’t let it be forgotten." #Pride
The mural commemorates “Gene Compton’s Cafeteria Riot in August 1966, when transgender and gender-nonconforming patrons fought back against years of police harassment. The event is considered among the first significant LGBTQ uprisings, predating New York’s better-known Stonewall Riots in 1969.” https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/arts-exhibits/article/sf-comptons-cafeteria-riot-mural-22300170.php #Pride
RE: https://mastodon.social/@tusk81/116757170343496419
"One night, a police officer tried to arrest one of Compton’s trans patrons on some charge or other, and she responded by throwing hot coffee in his face. Others started tossing chairs, dishes, and sugar shakers around the cafeteria. Outside, they smashed squad cars’ windows and set fire to a newsstand." https://www.advocate.com/news/comptons-cafeteria-riot-explained-transgender #Pride
The mural commemorates “Gene Compton’s Cafeteria Riot in August 1966, when transgender and gender-nonconforming patrons fought back against years of police harassment. The event is considered among the first significant LGBTQ uprisings, predating New York’s better-known Stonewall Riots in 1969.” https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/arts-exhibits/article/sf-comptons-cafeteria-riot-mural-22300170.php #Pride
From Jessica Luther, in our magazine: Once the majority has decided a marginalized group is the demon in one part of a story, it’s easier to paint them as demons in another. To counter this, we need to look at gender-expansive athletes in a detailed and holistic way. https://www.texasobserver.org/trans-athletes-inclusion-sports-culture/
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