Amanda St. Jaymes interview, part 1

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Screaming Queens Collection, 2008-35
Description
Description
Susan Stryker interviews Amanda St. Jaymes, a trans woman who moved to the Tenderloin in December 1963 at the age of 19. St. Jaymes worked at the Chukker Club, a 1960s venue frequented by trans people, and later went to clerical school; in 1972, after her transition, she married and moved to Houston, falling out of contact with most of the people she'd known. In this section, St. Jaymes reminisces about her Tenderloin era, describing the clientele at Compton's and Chukkers (as locals called it), her forays into sex work, police harassment and brutality, and her memories of the Compton's Cafeteria Riot. Portions of this interview were used for Stryker and Victor Silverman's documentary Screaming Queens.
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Moving Image
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Extent
1 item
Subject
Subject
Transgender people
Trans women
Nightlife
Geographic Subject
Geographic Subject
Tenderloin (San Francisco, Calif.)
Date Created
Date Created
2001
Publication Note
Publication Note
This public digital collection was supported by funding provided by the State of California, administered by the California State Library.
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