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February 25 Toronto Gerald Hannon […]

When

1980-02-25

Description

February 25 Toronto Gerald Hannon, Rev. Brent Hawkes, John Alan Lee, and Peter Maloney met with Norman Bolter, owner of the St. Charles Tavern and co-owner of the Parkside Tavern, to discuss ongoing police entrapment of gays in the Parkside's washroom. Bolter agreed to close off the infamous spy hole and to hire Roy Bowman, a gay man, to keep an eye on the place and to discourage sexual activity there.

All Places

Parkside TavernSt. Charles TavernToronto

All People

Roy BowmanNorman BolterP.M. (Peter Maloney)John LeeBrent HawkesGerald Hannon

All Citations

Peter Maloney, "Parkside: 28 Arrests—1 Death," RTPC Newsbreak (Toronto), (March 1980), pp. 1, 3–4.Gerald Hannon, "Epitaph for the Parkside," Body Politic, no. 62 (1980), pp. 1, 26–28