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“Screaming Queens: the Riot at Compton’s Cafeteria”

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Patience Newbury
Sunday, 18 August 2013 Social politics


Running time: 63m09s

The transsexuals got bolder because it was time to make a move.
—Amanda St. Jaymes

NOTE: This documentary may or may not stay available online, so view it while it remains accessible.

Aleshia Brevard Amanda St. Jaymes cis erasure cis gay erasure cisnormative geographies cisnormative spacing cisnormativity classism Compton's Cafeteria Elliot Blackstone Felicia Elizondo Finocchio Gene Compton's ghettoization heteronormative spacing horizontal social justice institutional cissexism internalized transmisogyny police corruption police harassment red light district Reverend Ed Hansen San Francisco serial killer of trans women sex work social justice stage work Susan Stryker Suzan Cooke Tamara Ching Tenderloin trans history trans labour trans women of colour transphobia transsexual women urban history urban renewal Vanguard Victor Silverman

One Response to "“Screaming Queens: the Riot at Compton’s Cafeteria”"

  1. Plenya Lyze says:
    Tuesday, 20 August 2013 at 05:04:45

    That was an amazing! Thank you so much for sharing these stories of the transwomen who preceded us!

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