"Screaming Queens" fascinating NEW Documentary
This entry was posted on 7/24/2006 2:16 PM and is filed under Film.

Screaming Queens explores the reverberations, both large and small, of the rise of transgender activism, a story in which the riot at Compton's Cafeteria plays a pivotal role. Sgt. Blackstone tells of singing "We Shall Overcome" with Tenderloin activists who successfully fought for new social services for their community. Suzie Cooke recounts her job as a transsexual counselor in one of the new agencies founded after the riot. Ching connects the Tenderloin transsexuals' new activism to the rising Gay liberation movement. And St. Jaymes explains that although the queens from Compton's were "wild as the wind," they were "determined to make something of themselves, and be something other than prostitutes." Get the Story online. There is also a Radio Interview with Susan Stryker, the Producer here. On-Air ITVs schedules and PBS dates are on the websites. Don't miss it. Before "Stonewall" these girls in San Francisco made a difference in the truest sense.