Autumn Vancouver The El Toro […]

When

1977-09 – 1977-11

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Autumn Vancouver The El Toro bathhouse was ordered by city staff to remove doors from all cubicles as a requirement of having its licence renewed. The action came at the request of Medical Officer of Health Gerald Bonham, who was concerned about the rate of syphilis among gay men in British Columbia and thought that the move would allow for less opportunity for promiscuous sexual contact involving total strangers. Vancouver City Council also instructed city staff to draft a by-law that would extend the no-doors rule to all bathhouses in Vancouver. This was seen by some gays as part of an organized crackdown campaign on gays in Vancouver.

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