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Remembering the ‘other’ Stonewall

Started by Shana A, June 18, 2010, 08:46:51 AM

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June 18, 2010, 08:46:51 AM
Remembering the 'other' Stonewall

By Hardy Haberman | Flagging Left
Jun 17, 2010 - 4:22:08 PM

http://www.dallasvoice.com/artman/publish/article_13035.php

What gets forgotten in the history of the LGBT rights movement is a similar event that happened three years earlier in San Francisco.

Gene Compton's Cafeteria in the Tenderloin area of San Francisco was open 24 hours, and late nights it became a place where transgender folk gathered.

At that time crossdressing was illegal and was not welcomed in gay bars in the city. One hot night in August, a group of these patrons got a bit rowdy, and management at Gene Compton's called the police.
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." Oscar Wilde
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