Riots in Cromptons Cafe - how the west was won.
It is LGBT history month and often the history presented to us fails to acknowledge the contributions of the less respectable members of the LGBT community - Transgender people. Coupled with racism the movement today is largely seen as a hallmark of white progressive, liberal society. People of colour are largely forgotten or labelled as homophobic. Easy essentialisms has meant some histories have been forgotten or deliberately ignored. This documentary is about the precursor to the Stonewall riots, started by transgender women of colour it presents an history that has been deliberately ignored.
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