‘Screaming Queens’ screening on February 4th

Bildwechsel presents a Queer Monday Event:

‘Screaming Queens – The Riot at Compton’s Cafeteria’

‘Three years before the famous rioting at New York’s Stonewall Inn, there was a riot in San Francisco at Gene Compton’s Cafeteria. On a hot Summer’s night in 1966, in the city’s Tenderloin district, a group of transgender women and gay street-hustlers fought back for the first time in history against everyday police harassment. This act of resistance was a dramatic turning point for the transgender community, and the beginning of a new human rights struggle that continues to this very day.’

read more on the website: screamingqueensmovie.com

date: February 4th, 2008
beginning: 8pm
venue: Buttclub, Hafenstr.126, Hamburg