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The Compton's Cafeteria Riot: A Forgotten Moment in LGBTQ History
TLDR The Compton's Cafeteria Riot in San Francisco in 1966 was a pivotal moment in LGBTQ history, where a multiracial group of LGBTQ people fought back against police harassment. Despite being largely ignored and forgotten, this riot led to changes in the treatment of trans individuals and the establishment of a supportive community in the Tenderloin neighborhood.
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The Compton's cafeteria riot in San Francisco in 1966, which was almost lost to history, was a multiracial group of LGBTQ people fighting back against police harassment in the Tenderloin neighborhood.
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The LGBTQ community in the Tenderloin neighborhood of San Francisco formed a supportive community despite facing harassment and discrimination, and Compton's Cafeteria provided a safe haven for them late at night.
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Despite facing occasional harassment and discrimination, Compton's Cafeteria provided a safe haven for the LGBTQ and trans community in the Tenderloin neighborhood of San Francisco, where they could be themselves and support each other, even as the larger LGBTQ community was starting to organize for basic rights through homophile organizations.
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Compton's Cafeteria started calling the police on their trans patrons after they began organizing and gaining self-esteem, leading to pushback from the establishment, which eventually resulted in the Compton Cafeteria Riot in August 1966.
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The Compton Cafeteria Riot resulted in a violent clash between patrons and the police, leading to the destruction of the establishment, arrests, and subsequent changes in the treatment of trans individuals in the community.
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The Compton's cafeteria riot was largely ignored and forgotten by the LGBTQ community in San Francisco and the rest of America, which is why it did not become as well-known as the Stonewall riots.
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Susan Stryker, a historian and member of the LGBTQ community, discovered the 1972 Gay Pride parade program that mentioned the Compton's riot and was shocked that she had never heard of it before, leading her to conduct her own research and interviews to uncover the true story.
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Susan Stryker conducted research and interviews to uncover the true story of the Compton's Cafeteria Riot, which she turned into a documentary called "Screaming Queens," and the area where the riot occurred is still a home for many trans people today.
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The area where the Compton's Cafeteria Riot occurred was initially named Jean Compton's cafeteria way, but later changed to Transgender Corridor Way to commemorate the uprising and honor the transgender community.
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