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