Screaming Queens is a powerful, moving documentary that exposes an event that was lost in history. Not a lot of people have heard the story of the riot at Compton’s Cafeteria. This event has been overshadowed by others such as Stonewall, but that does not make it any less significant or important. It took one determined woman, Susan Stryker to track down and uncover the true story of what happened one night in August 1996. The riot took place at Gene Compton’s Cafeteria in San Francisco. Compton’s was a sort of safe haven for drag queens, trans women, and members of the LGBTQ community to gather. It was open 24 hours a day, had fairly-priced food, and was a place to get away. One interviewee described it as a “magical place” another said
