'It was more than just a bar that sold liquor.”Ĭruse credits much of her professional growth to having been a longtime emcee at the SOCH. “That’s where I have always imagined any kind of funeral services for myself or anyone else in the community,' said Bunnie Cruse, a trans advocate and chair of the Transgender Resource Center of New Mexico. If you have big news, bad news or anything – you went there.” Hannah Bernal-Cooper, a member and performer there, said that's because “that’s where you went to celebrate, that’s where you went to mourn, that’s where you went to be with family.
The stage at the Albuquerque Social Club, popularly referred to as the 'SOCH.'Įvery SOCH member who KUNM spoke to described the SOCH as a church.
