Screaming Queens | Truly CA
Season 1 Episode 3 | 56m 11sVideo has Closed Captions
In 1966, transgender prostitutes fought back against police harassment in seminal riot.
The story of a 1966 riot in San Francisco, in which transgender prostitutes fought back against police harassment in the first known instance of queer resistance to social oppression in the U.S.. The riot at Compton's Cafeteria took place three years before the more famous rioting at the Stonewall Inn in New York, which is popularly believed to have launched the LGBT rights movement.
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Truly CA is a local public television program presented by KQED
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Screaming Queens | Truly CA
Season 1 Episode 3 | 56m 11sVideo has Closed Captions
The story of a 1966 riot in San Francisco, in which transgender prostitutes fought back against police harassment in the first known instance of queer resistance to social oppression in the U.S.. The riot at Compton's Cafeteria took place three years before the more famous rioting at the Stonewall Inn in New York, which is popularly believed to have launched the LGBT rights movement.
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
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Truly CA is a local public television program presented by KQED
Support for Truly CA is provided by the Members of KQED.