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Tuesday, 2001.02.27
Saturday, 2001.03.03
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Saturday, 2001.08.11

'found-in' Duncan McLaren (and 'Body Politic' cover) Homo History - Bathhouse Raids
This February marks the 20th anniversary of the 1981 Toronto bathhouse raids - the largest mass arrest in Canada since the War Measures Act, with 286 men charged as found-ins and 20 as keepers of a common bawdyhouse. We look back at not just the '81 raid, but the police raids before and since then, including the "Pussy Palace" and Barn raids just last year.
   We also include an interview from Nancy Nicol's "25 Years of Struggle" This link will open in a new browser window, portions of which can be seen at an exhibit titled "Out of the Showers and Into the Streets: Remembering the Bathhouse Raids" mounted by the June 13th Committee This link will open in a new browser window at the Art Metropole This link will open in a new browser window gallery (runs February 24 - March 3, 2001).
 
David Rayside and Janet Rowe Bathhouses in 2001
The police don't employ "indecency" charges in their raids on "naked" gay and lesbian events much anymore, but as recently as last fall the cops were still out there busting them up. UofT Political Science professor David Rayside and Janet Rowe from the Toronto Women's Bathhouse Committee (who bring you the Pussy Palace This link will open in a new browser window) discuss how much - or little - has changed in the past 20 years.
 
T.J. Bryan Black History Month's "Clit Lit"
Entitled "Queer Community, White Supremacy and Racism," this special edition of the monthly Clit Lit reading series featured writers speaking on issues of white domination in the queer community.
 
Stephen Harvey and Dana Shaw Toronto Bisexual Network & Bisexual Women of Toronto
Bisexual people often feel like outcasts from both the "straight" and "gay" communities, sometimes being criticized that they can't decide on their sexuality, or that they're greedy and want the best of both worlds. Dana Shaw from Bisexual Women of Toronto This link will open in a new browser window and Stephen Harvey from the Toronto Bisexual Network This link will open in a new browser window join us to talk about their organizations, both of which offer a "home" for bisexuals and those questioning their sexuality.

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