SF News SF Trans Community Rallies to Reclaim Historic Compton's Cafeteria Site In the Tenderloin There was a rally Sunday, echoing a similar one in March, outside the site of the former Compton's Cafeteria in the Tenderloin to reclaim the site of a historic 1966 riot from its current use as a halfway house.
Arts & Entertainment Compton's Cafeteria Site Receives Two Official Historic Landmark Designations Compton’s Cafeteria, site of the 1966 trans uprising, is now the first U.S. historic site recognized for its role in the transgender movement, earning state and federal landmark status last week.
Arts & Entertainment Urbane Studies With The Tenderloin Geographic Society: Taylor & Turk Every week, SFist's Tenderloin correspondent brings you Urbane Studies: a column about the finer points of city lore found on individual street corners. We pick up this week at the corner of Taylor