Riots Documentary Analysis

As I watch the Riots at Compton California a documentary about transgender women and drag queens. They fought police harassment at Compton's cafeteria in San Francisco tenderloin. Which happened in 1966. Throughout this film the LGBT community faced many violation. To give a better understanding of the violations in this documentary. I will use the several constitutional provisions that was applied to protect the rights of the LGBT community. For one the right to free speech and expression. The right to free association. The right to free privacy. The right to equal protection under the laws. The right to free speech and expression is a right that gave the LGBT community the right to be themselves without facing any confrontation from the public. The violation of this right came mostly from the police force. Watching …show more content…
In my opinion Aleshia Brevard was one of the members of the transgender community that had her right of free association violated the most. On stage she could be all she wanted as long as she played her role as another beautiful member of a club. In her private life she could not be with other transgender member without having to deal with homophobic comments. She herself said if she wasn't born with her physical features life would have been even worse. The right to privacy keeps someone personal information from the public eye. This right brought great relieved to the LGBT community because it meant less hate from the public because of personal decisions. In this film the LGBT community had close to zero privacy. Throughout the whole neighborhood they had a reputation of being transgender, which led to loss of jobs, and death threats. Things were so unsafe for many that they had to dress a certain way to be prepared for