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'The Compton's Cafeteria Riot' - Historic 1966 uprising dramatized
The immersive theatrical experience simply titled "The Compton's Cafeteria Riot" first premiered in 2018, bringing this nearly lost history to life. After years of hurdles, the production has now found a possible permanent home with the Tenderloin Museum.
Political Notebook: Contractor to replace damaged SF transgender historic site plaque
A local paving contractor this month is expected to reinstall a granite plaque for a San Francisco historic transgender site that was damaged during a streetscape project in the city's Tenderloin district.
San Francisco building becomes 1st US transgender movement historic site
The site where a transgender uprising against police harassment took place in San Francisco 59 years ago has become the first property granted federal landmark status specifically for its connection to the transgender movement in the U.S.
Report finds potential historic LGBTQ district in Sacramento
A report identifying a Sacramento LGBTQ neighborhood as a potential historic district was approved by the City Council in California's capital city December 3.
San Francisco officials finalize LGBTQ museum site purchase
The city has now officially purchased a shopping center in San Francisco's Castro district for what will become the country's first free-standing LGBTQ history museum and archival center.
'The Book of Awesome Queer Heroes' - Pride across the ages and pages
"The Book of Awesome Queer Heroes: How the LGBTQ+ Community Changed the World for the Better" will make a wonderful addition to any bookshelf, especially one that may be missing a breadth of inspirational queer virtuosos from across the ages.
San Francisco supervisors sign off on LGBTQ museum deal
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors has approved a deal that will see the city purchase a property in the LGBTQ Castro district to establish the country's first freestanding LGBTQ history museum and archival center.
SF supervisors panel backs LGBTQ museum project
The city's plan to purchase a building in the Castro district for an LGBTQ history museum survived its first bureaucratic hurdle Wednesday.
LGBTQ History Month: Effort documents US LGBTQ history projects
When Abigail Baer arrived at the Demuth Foundation in Lancaster, PA six years ago she discovered visitors to the historic residence and studio of the late artist Charles Demuth left without learning much about the celebrated master watercolorist.
Federal landmarking of SF Compton's trans riot site stalls
An effort to obtain federal landmarking for the site where a transgender uprising against police harassment took place in San Francisco 58 years ago remains pending two years after state preservationists had supported doing so.
Valley of the Queens: queer history tours of Tenderloin, Polk Street and North Beach
Sprockett hosts queer walking tours of the Tenderloin, Polk Street and North Beach, neighborhoods that are steeped in LGBTQ history. The fact that gays were once referred to as "unspeakable" resonated with Sprockett, so he named his company Unspeakabl
LGBTQ History Month: Stonewall story – and jacket – highlights importance of allies
Before he became one of San Francisco's premier press agents, Lee Houskeeper was just another twentysomething in New York City
Local LGBTQ+ Media Giving Day is October 8
News Is Out, a collaboration of six LGBTQ+ media representing more than 250 collective years of experience covering the community, is launching the first Local LGBTQ+ Media Giving Day Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024 during LGBTQ History Month.
New biography of gay reporter Randy Shilts reveals complicated trailblazer
Thirty years after his death, gay journalist Randy Shilts is still controversial.