Professor SUSAN STRYKER screens her Emmy Award winning documentary: SCREAMING QUEENS: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria
Friday, 26 February 2015 2pm to 4pm
Friday, 26 February 2015 2pm to 4pm
Venue: Lecture Theatre (Second Floor) 2.05,
The Sandra Burslem Building (the Manchester Law School – enter through
the Business School Entrance).
See the campus map.
A unique opportunity to learn about Trans History and question a leading scholar of the discipline
There is a Q&A session with Prof Stryker after the screening.
Admission charge of £6.50 including booking fee
Reduced rate of £4.50 for students and unemployed.
Proof of status must be presented at the door.
NOTE - there is LIMITED SEATING and there is space for 2 wheelchair users only –
A portion of the takings will be donated to a Trans charity as nominated by Prof Stryker.
SUSAN STRYKER is Director of
the Institute for LGBT Studies, and Associate Professor of Gender and
Women’s Studies, at the University of Arizona. She is author or editor
of numerous articles, books, and anthologies on trans
and queer topics, including Transgender History(Seal Press 2008; nominee, Alan Bray Memorial Prize), The Transgender Studies Reader (Routledge 2006; co-edited with Stephen Whittle; winner, Lambda Literary Award), and The Transgender Studies
Reader 2 (Routledge, 2013; co-edited with Aren Aizura; winner, Ruth
Benedict Book Prize). With colleague Victor Silverman, she co-wrote,
-directed, and -produced the Emmy Award-winning documentary film Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton’s Cafeteria
(Frameline/ITVS
2005), which told a story of militant trans resistance to police
oppression in San Francisco in 1966. In 2014, she and colleague Paisley
Currah co-founded the Duke University Press journal TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly. She has published in such
journals asGLQ: a Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies, Women’s Studies Quarterly, Radical History Review, Journal of WOmen’s History, and Parallax. She is currently working on a narrative history of the US transgender movement from the
19th-21st centuries, as well as an experimental medial project on the 1950s transsexual celebrity Christine Jorgensen.
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
neighbourhood, 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. See more
FAQs
Are there ID requirements or an age limit to enter the event?
NO
What are my transport/parking options getting to the event?
VERY Limited on-street parking, nearest car park is at the Manchester Aquatic Centre.
Is my registration/ticket transferrable?
Yes
Do I have to bring my printed ticket to the event?
No - we will have your name - no access without
being listed, unless there are spare seats. Reduced rate ticket holders
must present proof of status at the door or they will be charged the
extra cost.
What is the refund policy?
There is no refund policy. Refunds are not
available. Tickets are transferable. Write
to academics@schools-out.org.uk to notify change of ticket holder.
