#3 The Compton Cafe Riots

In 1966, three years before Stonewall, transwomen in San Francisco fought back. Susan Stryker’s website - https://www.susanstryker.net/Screaming Queens (Stryker’s 2005 documentary on the Compton Cafe Riots) - https://itvs.org/films/screaming-queens/(some) Queer charities to support/contact in the USA - Lamda Legal (pro-bono legal work for LGBTQIA+ communities)https://lambdalegal.org/The Genders & Sexualities Alliance Network (GSA)https://gsanetwork.org/Pride Foundation (Seattle & the North West)https://pridefoundation.org/The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center (NYC/East Coast)https://gaycenter.org/Family Equality Councilhttps://www.familyequality.org/Point Foundation (scholarship-granting for LGBTQ+ students)https://pointfoundation.org/The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) https://www.aclu.org/Out & Equal (non-profit providing workplace support)https://outandequal.org/SAGE (for older LGBTQ+ individuals)https://www.sageusa.org/The Attic Youth Centerhttps://atticyouthcenter.org/Center for Black Equityhttps://centerforblackequity.org/OutRight Action Internationalhttps://outrightinternational.org/TransLifelinehttps://www.translifeline.org/The Trevor Project https://www.thetrevorproject.org/The Marsha P. Johnson Institute (support for black transgender individuals across America)https://marshap.org/Sylvia Rivera Law Project (provides legal aid to low-income transgender, intersex, and gender nonconforming people of color living in New York City)https://srlp.org/It Gets Better Projecthttps://itgetsbetter.org/The Audre Lorde Projecthttps://alp.org/Hetrick-Martin Insitutehttps://hmi.org/LGBTQ Freedom Fund (financial support for incarcerated LGBTQ people)https://www.lgbtqfund.org/Lamda Literary https://lambdaliterary.org/Human Rights Campaignhttps://www.hrc.org/The Okra Project (providing food and employment for homeless Black trans individuals)https://www.theokraproject.com/GLSENhttps://www.glsen.org/Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justicehttps://astraeafoundation.org/site-down/National Center for Transgender Equalityhttps://transequality.org/The Matthew Shepard Foundationhttps://www.matthewshepard.org/The Transgender Law Centerhttps://transgenderlawcenter.org/GLAADhttps://glaad.org/Ali Forney Centerhttps://www.aliforneycenter.org/The HERstory Project Podcast is hosted by Abby Woodman and Jillian Ducker.This episode produced and edited by Abby Woodman.Research by Jillian Ducker and Abby Woodman.Sign up receive updates on all The HERstory Project activities and check out our free content at www.herstoryproj.com.To support the project you can donate to our Kofi - https://ko-fi.com/herstoryproj - and for a limited time get a discounted digital copy of issues 1 & 2 of The HERstory Project Journal - https://www.herstoryproj.com/product-page/champions-the-herstory-project-journal-2.