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