February 02, 2009
Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria
12:00 p.m.
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12:50 p.m.
Location: Room C5
Film Screening with a Brief Introduction by Professor Dean Spade
Three years before the famous rioting at New York's Stonewall Inn, there was a riot in San Francisco at Gene Compton's Cafeteria. On a hot summer's night in 1966, in the city's Tenderloin district, a group of transgender women and gay street-hustlers fought back for the first time in history against everyday police harassment. This act of resistance was a dramatic turning point for the transgender community, and the beginning of a new human rights struggle that continues to this very day.
This documentary film provides an excellent opportunity to reflect on the role of police harassment and violence in systems of oppression, the complex race, class and gender divides in LGBT activism, and the history of struggle by sexual and gender outsiders in the US.
Refreshments will be provided.
Please note that if you are unable to attend a Social JusticeMonday event, all events are being audio-recorded. These recordings will soon be uploaded to our website as podcasts.
For more information, please contact James Tan at tanj@seattleu.edu.
Part of the Access to Justice Institute's Social Justice Mondays