As pride weekend approaches, we decided to look back at the political history of the annual Pride celebration.
0:08 – Former host Salima Hamirani speaks with Felicia “Flames” Elizondo, a local lifelong trans activist who was a part of San Francisco’s 1966 Compton’s Cafeteria Riots, who lived her last three decades with AIDS.
Last year, we spoke with Sue Englander, a close friend of Elizondo on the eve of her passing. Listen to that episode here.
0:33 – The New York City uprising that became known as the Stonewall Riots happened 53 years ago this week. We dive into that with this deep cut from the Pacific Radio Archives Pacifica Radio Archives.
1:08 – Bay Area Lesbian Archives founder Lenn Keller speaks with Liam O’Donohue on this episode of East Bay Yesterday.