Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria
Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria

Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria

June 18, 2005 | 57 min

The first major uprising against police brutality, harassment, and societal oppression was not at Stonewall in 1969, but at Compton's 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 oft-overlooked event in the history of American civil rights.

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Documentary

Cast

Naomi Scott

Susan Stryker

Naomi Scott

Aleshia Brevard

Naomi Scott

Tamara Ching

Naomi Scott

Felicia Elizondo

Naomi Scott

Amanda St. Jaymes

Naomi Scott

Suzan Cooke

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