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Toronto’s bathhouse raids proved the growing need for community organizing
Still Fighting: LGBTQ2 Rights at 50

Toronto’s bathhouse raids proved the growing need for community organizing

Activist Tim McCaskell on how reaction to the raids informed the future of gay liberation

July 19, 2019
Why one gay activist isn’t happy with Toronto police’s apology
Opinion

Why one gay activist isn’t happy with Toronto police’s apology

We deserve more than a cynical PR stunt, says Tim McCaskell

June 28, 2016
Thirty-five years after the bathhouse raids: Tim McCaskell
Power

Thirty-five years after the bathhouse raids: Tim McCaskell

How reaction to the raids informed the future of gay liberation

February 4, 2016
Farewell to Don Franco
Power

Farewell to Don Franco

Toronto man stood up to police in order to keep them out of our bedrooms

February 10, 2014
A unique foundation for a young movement
Bathhouse raids

A unique foundation for a young movement

TORONTO BATHHOUSE RIOTS / How reaction to the raids informed the future of gay liberation

February 7, 2014
Supreme Court fans flames of HIV epidemic
Canada

Supreme Court fans flames of HIV epidemic

October 8, 2012
What an AIDS conference should look like
Power

What an AIDS conference should look like

Taking stock following the 19th International AIDS Conference in Washington

July 29, 2012
The world had to notice
Arts

The world had to notice

How advocates made HIV/AIDS a political issue in Canada

May 2, 2012
Racing to find time
Power

Racing to find time

Stephen Lewis apologizes for neglecting HIV/AIDS battles in Canada

November 30, 2011
The necessity of prosecutorial guidelines
Health

The necessity of prosecutorial guidelines

A strategy for fighting HIV criminalization in Ontario

October 12, 2010
Who is Martin Gladstone?
Power

Who is Martin Gladstone?

Why has he been trying to defund Pride Toronto?

May 27, 2010
Reagan’s hateful legacy
Toronto

Reagan’s hateful legacy

He ignored AIDS all he could

June 23, 2004
Reforming health reform
Toronto

Reforming health reform

Romanow & his commission had better watch out

April 17, 2002
Monumental decisions
Toronto

Monumental decisions

Did the AIDS community get too small or did the problems get too big?

June 27, 2001
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