In the run-up to San Francisco Pride, a gathering was held on Friday at The Tenderloin Museum to honor the legacy of the 1966 Compton's Cafeteria Riot, and the launch of a play which re-tells the events of the day.
In the run-up to San Francisco Pride , a gathering was held on Friday at The Tenderloin Museum to honor the legacy of the 1966 Compton's Cafeteria Riot, and the launch of a play which re-tells the events of the day. The riot took place in the City's Tenderloin following police harassment of transgender people.
"One night they just had enough, and it started a two-day riot, and that’s what we’re commemorating with that play," said Suzanne Ford, executive director of SF Pride, who credited the event with helping spearhead a movement for transgender rights, three years before the more well-known gay riot at New York’s Stonewall Inn. "We owe so much to them, and I’ve been taught that ever since I’ve become part of that community, and I want to make sure that we honor them.
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