"I am your history. You can never change that no matter what you do to me."
— Felicia Elizondo
Felicia Elizondo was a Mexican-American entertainer, activist, organizer, historian, and Vietnam war veteran and HIV survivor. She took part in the Compton's Cafeteria uprising in San Francisco, 1966, where trans women, gay men, and sex workers fought with police for the right to simply gather and drink coffee together.
She served the LGBTQ community until her death in 2021.