Note: This event is organized solely by the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition (SFBC). DSSF does not sponsor, endorse, supervise, or insure this ride. This listing is provided as a community service. DSSF assumes no responsibility for this event's safety, quality, or insurance coverage. Participants must verify all details directly with SFBC and they participate at their own risk.
August 2026 marks the 60th anniversary of the Compton’s Cafeteria Riot, an uprising against trans/homophobic police harassment and an important milestone in LGBTQIA+ history. Join SFBike for a bike tour honoring this historic event and highlighting other sites that hold local trans and queer history.
The ride will include approximately five stops between the Tenderloin, SoMa, Mission, and Castro. For each stop historian Amy Sueyoshi will share this history of the location and its relationship to the LGBTQIA+ community.
Meet at UN Plaza (Fulton St and Hyde St) at 1:00pm! This will be a beginner-friendly ride open to all, preview the route here. Please remember to bring a helmet, a water bottle, sun protection, a lock, and snacks to have along the way. And tell your friends!
About Amy: Amy Sueyoshi is Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs at San Francisco State University. They are a historian by training with an undergraduate degree from Barnard College of Columbia University and a Ph.D. from University of California at Los Angeles. Their research area lies at the intersection of Asian American Studies and Queer Studies. They have authored two monographs Queer Compulsions: Race, Nation, and Sexuality in the Affairs of Yone Noguchi and Discriminating Sex: White Leisure and the Making of the American “Oriental.” A third book titled Breathing Fire: A Queer Asian American History will be coming out with University of Washington Press in December 2026. Amy is also a founding co-curator of the GLBT History Museum and seeded the intergenerational Dragon Fruit Oral History Project at API Equality Northern California. They are the recipient of numerous awards including San Francisco Pride Community Grand Marshal and the Phoenix Award for their service to the Asian and Pacific Islander queer women and transgender community. Amy is an avid but slow-riding bike commuter who patches their own tires.