They’re working with architects on ideas for the future of the site of the Compton’s Cafeteria riot, a pivotal moment in the history of San Francisco’s transgender community
To the average passerby, the building at the northwest corner of Turk and Taylor Streets in the Tenderloin might blend into the background with the rest of the neighborhood.
However, a group of local artist-activists wants to reclaim the site as a historical touchstone. The group — the TurkxTaylor Initiative — is hoping to transform the four-story structure located at 101-121 Taylor St. in a way that honors its past importance, comments critically on its present use and turns it into a community-focused space.
The exhibit got its start a year ago, when a group of five architects with TurkxTaylor came together and created collages to hone their creative vision of what they’d like to see in the building. Laborde said she became interested in the Compton’s Cafeteria riot and the history and future of 101-121 Taylor three years ago, when she heard a talk at UC Berkeley by Susan Stryker, who is credited with reviving the story of the riot.
By the early 2000s, the event was in danger of being lost to history. But Stryker, a professor and historian, launched the story back into the mainstream with “Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria,” a 2005 documentary she co-wrote, co-directed and co-produced. Even though the building at 101-121 Taylor was built as a hotel, not a prison, the way it functions today is similar, she said.
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