Arts & Entertainment Transgender District Celebrates Compton’s Cafeteria Riot Anniversary With ’Riot Party’ Part party, part riot, part gala, Sunday night’s second annual Riot Party helped close out Transgender History Month, and commemorated the 56th anniversary of the Compton’s Cafeteria Riot, an early turning point in the LGBTQ+ civil rights movement.
SF Politics SF Transgender District to Boycott City-Sponsored Pride Events In Response to Mayor's Support of Police "The mayor’s decision — her seat of power, and her role and leadership in one of the most progressive cities in the world creates a domino effect," the district says in a statement.
Arts & Entertainment Compton's Cafeteria Riot Anniversary Marked With 'Black Trans Lives Matter' Mural in Tenderloin At the heart of still in-development Transgender District in the Tenderloin, and right at the intersection where Compton's Cafeteria once stood, activists and volunteers painted a mural on Sunday using the colors of the transgender flag.
