A watershed moment in the history of the LGBTQ movement that was almost forgotten to history, the August 1966 riot at Compton’s Cafeteria in San Francisco’s Tenderloin district occurred when drag queens and transgender women fought back against police harassment a full three years before the Stonewall uprising. The riot was rediscovered by researchers in the GLBT Historical Society’s archives decades later. This event, co-presented with the Tenderloin Museum, will commemorate the riot with a screening of Susan Stryker and Victor Silverman’s 2005 documentary, Screaming Queens, followed by a panel discussion featuring historians, activists and Compton’s veterans to reflect on the history of this uprising in light of the ongoing problem of police violence and how communities can mobilize in response. The event will also include discussion of the Compton’s Cafeteria Riot play, a 2018 theater piece commissioned by the Tenderloin Museum.