October 19 Montréal Near the first […]
When
1978-10-19
Description
October 19 Montréal Near the first anniversary of the Truxx raid, police raided the Dominion Square Tavern (1243, rue Metcalfe) and arrested twenty-two people. The men were charged as found-ins in a common bawdy house, and were forced to undergo compulsory VD testing. On October 24, gays and lesbians picketed the municipal courthouse to mark the anniversary of the Truxx raid and to show solidarity with the accused.
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October 22 Montréal More than fifty […]All Places
Montreal Municipal CourthouseDominion Square TavernMontrealAll Organizations
Service de police de la Ville de Montreal/Montreal Police ServiceAll Citations
photograph, Gai(e)s du Québec: Journal, 1, no. 3 (October–November 1978): 3.Robin Hardy, "Montreal Police Storm Tavern in Repeat of Truxx Raid," Body Politic, no. 48 (1978), p. 9Ron Dayman, "Nouvelle descente: les élections s'en viennent," Gai(e)s du Québec: Journal, 1, no. 3 (October–November 1978): 1–2"... & One Year after Truxx," Gay Tide, no. 21 (December 1978), p. 9
