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Bathhouse raids

Thirty-five years after the bathhouse raids: Ken Popert
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Thirty-five years after the bathhouse raids: Ken Popert

How The Body Politic helped remake our communities

By Ken Popert
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

By Tim McCaskell
Thirty-five years after the bathhouse raids: Philip McLeod
Power

Thirty-five years after the bathhouse raids: Philip McLeod

A first-hand account of the protests that took over Toronto streets after the raids

By Philip McLeod
Thirty-five years after the bathhouse raids: Joey Shulman
Power

Thirty-five years after the bathhouse raids: Joey Shulman

Charges were dismissed, but Shulman recounts his experience with Operation Soap

By Joey Shulman
Egyptian acquittal not a victory for gay rights, say activists
Power

Egyptian acquittal not a victory for gay rights, say activists

Judge unexpectedly frees 26 men arrested in December bathhouse raid in Cairo

By Ahmed Danny Ramadan
Police and reporter raid Egyptian bathhouse and parade men out
Power

Police and reporter raid Egyptian bathhouse and parade men out

Naked, handcuffed and crying, dozens of men cover their faces as they’re filmed

By Ahmed Danny Ramadan
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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

By Tim McCaskell
Joey Shulman: Found in a common bawdyhouse
Bathhouse raids

Joey Shulman: Found in a common bawdyhouse

TORONTO BATHHOUSE RIOTS / Recounting the arrests and trials

By Joey Shulman
Track Two
Bathhouse raids

Track Two

TORONTO BATHHOUSE RIOTS / The rebirth of a rare historical document

By Matt Mills
Bathhouse Raids Picture Gallery
Bathhouse raids

Bathhouse Raids Picture Gallery

By Xtra Staff
Small-town gay boy
Bathhouse raids

Small-town gay boy

FEATURE / Canadian filmmaker Malcolm Ingram lights a new flame

By JP Larocque
Toronto’s bathhouse king, Peter Bochove, dead at 65
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Toronto’s bathhouse king, Peter Bochove, dead at 65

Bochove fought the city after the 1981 bathhouse raids

By Andrea Houston
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A firsthand account of the 1981 Toronto bathhouse riots
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A firsthand account of the 1981 Toronto bathhouse riots

‘What on earth am I doing this for?’

By Philip McLeod
An extremely harsh reality
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An extremely harsh reality

Looking back on the 1981 bathhouse riots

By Peter Bochove
Bill Siksay marks the anniversary of the bathhouse raids
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Bill Siksay marks the anniversary of the bathhouse raids

By dale_smith
Elegy to Club Toronto
Power

Elegy to Club Toronto

After 37 years, one of the city’s oldest bathhouses passes into history

By James Dubro
Raiding through the backdoor: Pisces remembered
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Raiding through the backdoor: Pisces remembered

Looking back at the 1981 Edmonton bathhouse raid

By Michael Phair, Ted Kerr
Brent Hawkes receives Order of Canada
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Brent Hawkes receives Order of Canada

Fought bathhouse raids, supported gay marriage

By Brent Creelman
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