Before Stonewall, the Compton’s Cafeteria Riot of 1966 in San Francisco saw trans women and drag queens resisting police harassment, marking one of the first recorded instances of collective queer resistance in U.S. history.
Often cited as the birth of the modern gay rights movement, the riots at the Stonewall Inn were spearheaded by trans women of color like Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera . shemale fucks guy clips
Johnson and Rivera co-founded the Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (STAR) , the first organization dedicated to providing housing and support for homeless queer and trans youth. Intersectionality: Why It Matters Before Stonewall, the Compton’s Cafeteria Riot of 1966