Before Stonewall...

I hadn't heard of the Compton's Cafe riot until I read on Gay.com that a plaque memorialising it was unveiled in San Francisco last week (shame on me).

Predating the Stonewall riots by three years, it prompted positive local community police liaison among other things. A 2005 film documents the events, as does this website.

Speaking of uncovering LGBT history, it was amazing to see Remember When's Rainbow City exhibition at the City Art Centre in my old home of Edinburgh when I revisited it the other weekend.

Apart from having had some minor early input in collecting the material used, it was an enriching experience to see the gay history of the city in which I lived for thirteen years celebrated in such a visible and well-executed way.

Now I'm just waiting for someone to buy me the book!