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Lex McMenamin (they/them)
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60 yrs ago, sex workers, drag queens and street youth held a landmark riot against police in SF's Tenderloin—the world's 1st Trans District now that space is held by Geo Group. trans people are still arrested at SF Pride—over tagging Flock cams. the trans fight against police in '66 and today:

theguardian.comThe fight to protect a trans landmark in California from ICE’s biggest contractorCompton’s Cafe is one of the earliest examples of LGBTQ+ resistance. Today, a prison company occupies the site

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Lex McMenamin (they/them)
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LGBTQ organizers are pushing for Geo Group out of the Compton's Cafeteria riot site, fighting ICE and policing: “Sometimes we think about the corner of Turk and Taylor almost as a microcosm of the world. What @susanstryker.bsky.social says is if we can change the corner, we can change the world.”

theguardian.comThe fight to protect a trans landmark in California from ICE’s biggest contractorCompton’s Cafe is one of the earliest examples of LGBTQ+ resistance. Today, a prison company occupies the site
Lex McMenamin (they/them)
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thanks very much to @kchandra.bsky.social and @susanstryker.bsky.social for talking to me about the campaign to get Geo Group out of Compton's Cafeteria and how fighting ICE is connected to the local fight against police targeting of trans communities

theguardian.comThe fight to protect a trans landmark in California from ICE’s biggest contractorCompton’s Cafe is one of the earliest examples of LGBTQ+ resistance. Today, a prison company occupies the site