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Three years before Stonewall, in the Tenderloin district of San Francisco, a violent uprising occurred at Compton’s Cafeteria. The primary targets of police harassment at this 24-hour establishment were not gay men or lesbians—they were the city’s , particularly those who were Black and Latina, many of whom were sex workers. When a police officer grabbed a trans woman, she threw her coffee in his face, sparking a full-scale riot where patrons turned over tables and fought back with their heels and heavy purses.