San Francisco Mayor London N. Breed officially declared August as Transgender History Month in the city, with the City Council kicking off a month-long celebration of transgender cultural milestones in the area.
The proclamation, developed in partnership with the Transgender District and the Office of Transgender Initiatives, honors the 55th anniversary of the August 1966 Compton Cafeteria riots in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood, which marked the beginning of transgender activism in the city.
A response to violent and constant police harassment, this incident was one of the first LGBTQ+ uprisings in US history, preceding the more well-known Stonewall riots of 1969 in New York City.