Elliott Blackstone interview, part 1

Susan Stryker interviews Elliott Blackstone, a retired police 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, including the group Conversion Our Goal. Stryker speaks with Blackstone about his early life, his career, and the connections that drew him to the community as a straight and cisgender ally. The two also discuss political action surrounding Compton's Cafeteria, including his limited recollections around the famous 1966 riot. Portions of this interview were used for Stryker and Victor Silverman's documentary Screaming Queens.

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Identifier: nk322d759
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
Institution: GLBT Historical Society
Creator(s): Stryker, Susan
Contributor(s): Blackstone, Elliot
Date Created: 2001
Dates Covered: 1962
1966
Genre: Oral Histories
Subject(s): Compton's Cafeteria Riots
Hal Call
Screaming Queens
Places: California > San Francisco County > San Francisco
California > San Francisco County > Tenderloin
Topic(s): Allies
Closeted LGBTQ+ people
Gay men
LGBTQ+ communities
Police interactions with LGBTQ+ people
Trans women
Transsexual people
Transvestites
Resource Type: Moving image
Digital Format: Duration: 1:00:46
Language: English
Rights: In copyright
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