Elliott Blackstone interview, part 2

Susan Stryker interviews Elliott Blackstone, a retired officer with the San Francisco Police Department. In 1962, Blackstone became the department's official liaison with the LGBTQ community, and worked extensively with trans women in the Tenderloin. Stryker speaks with Blackstone about his advocacy, including his work providing education on trans life for cisgender people as well as with the National Transsexual Counseling Unit; both projects were funded by trans philanthropist Reed Erickson. She also asks for his recollections of prominent figures like Harry Benjamin, Donald Laub, Ray Broshears, and Joel Fort. Portions of this interview were used for Stryker and Victor Silverman's documentary Screaming Queens.

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Identifier: 4j03d012h
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
Institution: GLBT Historical Society
Creator(s): Stryker, Susan
Contributor(s): Blackstone, Elliot
Date Issued: 2001
Dates Covered: Aug. 1966
Genre: Oral Histories
Subject(s): Abigail Van Buren
Center for Special Problems
Compton's Cafeteria Riots
Ray Broshears
Reed Erickson
Screaming Queens
Tenderloin
Places: California > San Francisco County > San Francisco
Florida > Miami-Dade County > Miami
California > Santa Clara County > Stanford
Topic(s): Allies
Drag queens
Gender-affirming surgery
Health care for LGBTQ+ people
LGBTQ+ direct action
LGBTQ+ people who use substances
LGBTQ+ riots
MtFs
Police harassment
Police raids
Presbyterian gays
Queer youth
Transgender community
Transgender community centers
Transsexual people
Resource Type: Moving image
Digital Format: Duration: 59:42
Language: English
Rights: In copyright
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