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Saturday August 22, 2026 | 4-5pm
At The Compton’s Cafeteria Riot venue | 835 Larkin St. SF, CA 94109
As we mark the 60th anniversary of the riot at Gene Compton’s Cafeteria in San Francisco’s Tenderloin, TLM reflects on the ongoing production of The Compton’s Cafeteria Riot play alongside the role of performance and theater in activism and historicization. Susan Stryker, the historian who resurfaced the 1966 transgender-led riots as a critical moment in the burgeoning LGBTQ movement, leads a round-table discussion amongst The Compton’s Cafeteria Riot’s co-writers and long-time cast & crew.
Free to attend, donations welcome
Tuesday August 25, 2026 6:30-7:30pm
At The Compton’s Cafeteria Riot venue | 835 Larkin St. SF, CA 94109
To mark San Francisco’s Transgender History Month, TLM takes a close look at one of the Tenderloin’s most storied and infamous dives: The Black Rose. Throughout the 1980s and beyond it was home to a flourishing scene of transgender folks, predominately Black, and their admirers and paramours. The bar’s original owner, Francine Logandice, was a transgender Navy veteran and serial bar owner/operator who obsessively collected period transgender literature. Thanks to its reputation, mystery, and intrigue, The Black Rose has appeared in everything from William T. Vollmann’s Whores for Gloria to daytime TV like People Are Talking. Historian Susan Stryker–who performed an extensive oral history with Logandice in 1997s–joins us to conjure the story of The Black Rose, along with Tenderloin denizens who frequented and/or worked at this legendary club.
Free to attend | Donations Welcome
Saturday, August 29, 2026 | 2:00-3:30 PM
Meet at the SW corner of Geary and Powell Street, Union Square
Register to attend via Humanitix
Tenderloin Museum is thrilled to partner with Unspeakable Vice, “a volunteer history initiative making queer belonging accessible to everyone,” to offer a monthly walking tour focused on the LGBTQIA+ history in the Tenderloin and Polk Street neighborhoods. Created by downtown San Francisco resident and professor at California College of the Arts Shawn Sprockett, Unspeakable Vice began as a close look at the queer origins of San Francisco, traversing the city’s North Beach and Barbary Coast areas to trace the history through from 1770-1960. This new tour extends Sprockett’s richly detailed and craftily delivered approach to the TL and Polk Street to offer a deep dive into the emergence of LGBTQIA+ icons and movements that shaped the area from the 1960s to the 1990s.
Wednesday, September 23, 2026 | 5:00–8:30 PM
The Green Room at San Francisco War Memorial | 401 Van Ness Ave., SF, CA 94102
Join the Tenderloin Museum on Wednesday, September 23, for “A Decade Plus One,” our 11th Annual Gala, an evening that is equal parts celebration and commitment. Set against the stunning backdrop of The Green Room at San Francisco War Memorial, one of the city’s most striking architectural settings, the night will bring together our most devoted supporters for live entertainment, community voices, distinctive food and drink, and an opportunity to connect with Tenderloin enthusiasts.
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