As a part of the Transgender day of Remembrance held November 20th every year, the Emmy Award film 'Screaming Queens' will be shown at the Queer Center, Laugavegur 3, Monday, November 15th. Screaming Queens tells the little-known story of the first known act of collective, violent resistance to the social oppression of queer people in the United States - a 1966 riot in San Francisco's impoverished Tenderloin neighborhood, three years before the famous gay riot at New York's Stonewall Inn.
Screaming Queens introduces viewers to street queens, cops and activist civil rights ministers who recall the riot and paint a vivid portrait of the wild transgender scene in 1960s San Francisco. Integrating the riot's story into the broader fabric of American life, the documentary connects the event to urban renewal, anti-war activism, civil rights and sexual liberation. With enticing archival footage and period music, this unknown story is dramatically brought back to life.
November 20th is Transgender day of Remembrance to honor Rita Hester, whose murder in 1998 kicked off the “Remembering Our Dead” web project and a San Francisco candlelight vigil in 1999. Samtökin '78, The National Queer Organization, welcomes everyone to a memorial service November 20th at the Queer Center on Laugavegur 3.
