Screaming Queens The Riot at Comptons Cafeteria (2005)

The first major uprising against police brutality harassment and societal oppression was not at Stonewall in 1969 but at Comptons Cafeteria in San Francisco three years earlier Those who stood up were trans women and gay men Now nearly 40 years on Susan Stryker and Victor Silverman tell the story of this oftoverlooked event in the history of American civil rights