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Former establishments include Dino's Turkish Baths, a gay bathhouse on Hastings, and the city's first drag bar, BJ's, on Pender Street. [1] CBC has said Vancouver is seen as a haven for LGBT people, [2] and Condé Nast Traveler has called Vancouver the most gay-friendly city in Canada. [3]
The Ottawa Club Baths (3,000 members) was raided in May 1976 by the police. [3] The facility in Toronto was one of four bathhouses raided on February 5, 1981, in a police action known as Operation Soap. [4] 3,000 men visited the San Francisco Club Baths every week before it closed down. [5]
April: The Aquarius bathhouse in Montreal is firebombed. [41] The perpetrators are never found or arrested. [41] Three customers die in the resulting fire; two of them are buried in anonymous graves because their bodies are never identified or claimed by their families. [41] June: Gay Information and Resources Calgary (GIRC) was founded [42] [43]
Celebrities Nightclub, or simply Celebrities, is a gay bar and nightclub in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. [1] [2] [3] The club opened in 1978, and underwent a $1 million renovation in 2013. [4] The venue is recognized by the Vancouver Heritage Foundation. [5]
Founded in 1976, the BC Gay and Lesbian Archives is a resource for the British Columbia (BC) queer community and its allies. The archives are located in Vancouver's West End, traditionally the epicenter of the city's gay and lesbian community. [1] The holdings are maintained by founder and archivist Ron Dutton, who operates the archives out of ...
Operation Soap was a raid by the Metropolitan Toronto Police against four gay bathhouses in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, which took place on February 5, 1981.Nearly three hundred men were arrested, the largest mass arrest in Canada since the 1970 October crisis, [1] before the record was broken during the 2006 Stanley Cup Playoffs in Edmonton, Alberta.
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The Junction is a gay bar and nightclub located at 1138 Davie Street in Vancouver's Davie Village. [3] According to the Canadian LGBTQ-focused online magazine Daily Xtra, the club welcomes straight people.