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Bathhouse Raids Picture Gallery

This is a part of Xtra's special coverage – videos, audio clips, photos and printed stories – looking back on the 1981 bathhouse raids and riots. Find the main page here:





Demontration against Montrealpolice raid on Truxx, Oct 24, 1977 .
(Yves Fabe)

Toronto Police raid The Hot Tub Club on Oct 11, 1979
(Gerald Hannon)

Demonstration against Toronto Police. 52 Division, 25 Jun 1979.
(Body Politic Files)

Gay activist George Hislop during the 1980 Toronto civic election.
(Brian Milloy)

Toronto mayor John Sewell was defeated in the 1980 civic election. He supported the campaign for alderman of openly gay activist George Hislop.
(Gerald Hannon)
Toronto Police at the Feb 20 1981 bath raids demonstration.
(Gerald Hannon)
Feb 20, 1981 rally against the Toronto bathraids. George Hislop on left, Brent Hawkes far right.
(Gerald Hannon)
Feb 20, 1981 rally against the Toronto bathraids. Four undercover police officers are holding the banner.
(CLGA files)
Margaret Atwood speaks out in defence of The Body Politic 6 Mar 1981.
(Gerald Hannon)
Ed Jackson (l), Clayton Ruby (lawyer), Ken Popert, Gerald Hannon, the defendants in The Body Politic Obscenity trials.
(Body Politic Files)
Demonstration after Jun 3, 1984 raid of Bud's Bar in Montreal.
(Nelson Carry)

Jun 2, 1994 AIDS Action Now demonstration. Tim McCaskell with megaphone on far right.
(Liz Marshall)