GLBT History Museum: In Their Own Words: Trans People of Color Speak from the Video Archives

Join the GLBT Historical Society Museum for In Their Own Words: Trans People of Color Speak from the Video Archives, an evening of rare archival footage spotlighting Black, Latinx, Asian, and Pacific Islander trans and gender-nonconforming people speaking about their lives, identities, and activism.

Drawn from the GLBT Historical Society collections, this special program features excerpts from Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton’s Cafeteria (alongside extended interviews with trailblazing figures featured in the film), highlights from genderqueer disco queen Sylvester’s fabulous 40th birthday celebration, and candid clips capturing everyday trans and gender-nonconforming life in San Francisco and the Bay Area.

This event is presented in celebration of our current featured exhibition, I Live the Life I Love Because I Love the Life I Live, co-presented with the Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive and on view through February 15. The exhibition honors trans and gender-nonconforming trailblazers of color who lived boldly and authentically despite racism, homophobia, transphobia, and class prejudice.

Following the screening, curator and Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Director Ms. Bob Davis will share her vision for the exhibition and reflect on the people and stories featured—joined by community members, activists, and artists highlighted in the exhibition who are still thriving, creating, and living authentically in the Bay Area today.

Additional guests and speakers to be announced soon.