The Stud

The first worker-owned cooperative nightclub in the US! Keeping San Francisco queer since 1966. We host Drag, DJs, Dance Parties, Karaoke and more- check out our calendar.

SOMA San Francisco, CA

1966 with Honey Mahogany and Aria Sa'id

June 22, 2020  /  Stud SF

1966 - the year the Stud was founded and the year of the Compton's Cafeteria Riots

It was hot. It was hot in summer in San Francisco in 1966. In 1966 there were riots. 3 years before the Stonewall Riots, in San Francsico’s Tenderloin neighborhood queers, queens and sex workers clashed with the police at Compton’s Cafeteria. Today the first Transgender Cultural District surroundsthe historic site of the riots. 

In the first part of our two part Queer Liberation episode Stud co-owner and Transgender Cultural District cofounder is joined by Aria Sa’id Transgender Cultural District Cofounder and Executive Director. 

In part two Honey is joined by historian and filmmaker Susan Stryker.