It didn’t start at Stonewall.

In this debut episode of Dot Femme, hosts Danielle Gonzalez and Claire Michelle rewind to 1966 San Francisco, where a 24-hour diner in the Tenderloin became the unlikely spark for the first militant uprising for LGBTQ rights in U.S. history.

We dig into the story of the Compton’s Cafeteria Riots, tracing the lives of trans women and gender-nonconforming folks who gathered at Compton’s for safety, community, and survival in the face of criminalization, police violence, and targeted murder. Learn about the the chilling reality of what passed as “law enforcement,” and how a group of queer street youth and drag queens said: enough.

🔗 Research assistance provided by the GLBT Historical Society of San Francisco
glbthistory.org

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