February 9 Toronto Phil Stein, a […]

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1981-02-09

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February 9 Toronto Phil Stein, a heterosexual businessman, officially closed the Fly-by-Night Lounge, a lesbian bar located since 1979 at the Stage 212 Hotel (212 Dundas Street East). Stein had purchased the building six weeks before and had a disagreement with the lesbians running the Fly, particularly manager Pat Murphy. Stein also owned the Quest, a male-oriented gay bar and disco located at 665 Yonge Street. After the Fly-by-Night was forced to close, some members of the gay community organized an informal boycott of the Quest, which affected the bar's business.

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Fly By Night Toronto

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Patricia Murphy Phil Stein

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Elinor Mahoney, "Boycott Is Hurting, Quest Owner Admits," Body Politic, no. 74 (1981), pp. 11–12."Lesbian Bar Shutdown Prompts Call for Boycott," Toronto Clarion, 13 March 1981, p. 5 "Fly-by-Night" vertical file, Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, Toronto Chris Bearchell, "Bar-hoping," Body Politic, no. 77 (1981), pp. 25–27

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