A trans flag with the words “Liberate Compton’s” was held by activists outside the San Francisco Board of Appeals meeting in July.

Photo: Eliot Faine

After the loss of their request for a rehearing aimed at ousting private prison operator GEO Group from a site of historical transgender resistance in San Francisco, local activists known as the Compton’s x Coalition are regrouping to consider their next steps. The setback came amid observances of August as Transgender History Month.

The rehearing this week before the San Francisco Board of Appeals had been requested by activists following the board’s 4-1 decision in July to uphold a zoning letter of determination that allows GEO Reentry Services, a subsidiary of GEO Group Inc., to continue to utilize 111 Taylor Street as a halfway house f

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