Get to Know The Worlds First Transgender District in San Francisco
As pride month closes out, we find it especially important to highlight San Francisco California’s official Transgender District as a destination to visit & support.
“ Founded by three black trans women in 2017 as Compton’s Transgender Cultural District, The Transgender District is the first legally recognized transgender district in the world. Originally named after the first documented uprising of transgender and queer people in United States history, the Compton’s Cafeteria Riots of 1966, the district encompasses 6 blocks in the southeastern Tenderloin and crosses over Market Street to include two blocks of 6th street. In 2016, the City of San Francisco renamed portions of Turk and Taylor to commemorate the historic contributions of transgender people, renaming them “Compton’s Cafeteria Way” and “Vikki Mar Lane” respectively” the district’s website notes.
The District also outlined several incredible mission points on their site:
To create a safe, welcoming, and empowering neighborhood, lead by trans people for trans people.
To create a place of healing, opportunity, and reparations in a neighborhood that, historically, has been a place of both violence and resistance.
To stabilize and economically empower the transgender community through ownership of buildings, businesses, homes, historic sites, and community space.
To preserve the places where transgender history took place for future generations.
Check out a map of the district here: https://www.transgenderdistrictsf.com/district-map and contribute to their gofundme campaign here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/transgenderdistrict
At Adventurely, we proudly stand in solidarity & support of the LGBTQ community, and we’re excited to include the Transgender Disctrict as a featured destination within our curated travel and activity experiences in our LGBTQ Friendly Inspired Adventures.
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