The powerful story of determination, empowerment and autonomy. How people with disabilities fought and won their rights as equal citizens.
Before the Stonewall riots of New York City, San Francisco had the Compton's Cafeteria Riots. An important part of the Bay Area's trans civil rights history.
San Francisco has a very unique history that has led to the Castro Distric to be one of the world's most well known LGBT neigborhoods. The reasons for this begin with the California Gold Rush and continue to modern day.
A student protest in San Francisco in 1960 led to the birth of the New Left.
The Free Speech Movement which started at UC Berkeley helped transform a nation.