Three years before Stonewall, the first collective queer resistance in the US occurred on a hot August evening in San Francisco. At Gene Compton's Cafeteria, where trans women, drag queens and other queers often hung out, one woman lost patience with being harrassed by the police and threw her cup of coffee over an officer when he tried to arrest her. A fight between the queers and the police started and by the next morning, all the windows in the diner were broken, furniture overturned, a police car destroyed and the remnants of a newsstand smouldered. The Cafeteria riots marked the beginning of transgender activism in San Francisco. As a result of this incredible act of defiance, San Fransisco's first trans advocacy group was created to help trans people get jobs and education.
We will come together on the morning of Pride for an American Diner inspired brunch to celebrate these heroic queers. You'll be welcomed with a tea or coffee to start your morning, have a chance to mingle with the other guests and centre yourself in the space, then food will be served. Afterwards, you can keep chatting for a bit or head off to watch the Pride parade on Saint Helen's Road. Come by yourself and meet people to go to Pride with or bring your friends to fuel up for the day!
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