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Started by Shana A, August 13, 2008, 06:34:36 AM

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August 13, 2008, 06:34:36 AM
International Trans Day
Written by Andrew Shaw   
Wednesday, 13 August 2008

http://mcv.e-p.net.au/news/trans-gression-the-diner-riot-3825.html

Most gay historians will tell you modern gay activism began with the riots at the Stonewall Inn in New York, 1969.

But on Friday many in our community will commemorate the anniversary of another incident three years prior to Stonewall.

International Transgender Day of Awareness, August 15, marks the 42nd anniversary of the 1966 Compton Cafeteria riot in San Francisco, where transgender and queer patrons rebelled against police harassment.
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." Oscar Wilde
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