May 13–15 Montréal Police raided […]

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1976-05-13 – 1976-05-15

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May 13–15 Montréal Police raided five gay clubs (Le Taureau d'Or, Studio One, The Stork Club, Jilly's, and The Crystal Baths). Police reportedly arrived at Jilly's, a lesbian bar, with cameras and rifles. No arrests were made in any of the raids. This was seen as part of a campaign of police harassment of gay establishments to "clean up" Montréal for the 1976 Summer Olympics.

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The Crystal Baths Jilly's The Stork Club Studio One Le Taureau d’Or Montreal

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Service de police de la Ville de Montreal/Montreal Police Service

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"Olympic Crackdown," Body Politic, no. 25 (1976), pp. 1, 17.Gary Kinsman and Patrizia Gentile, The Canadian War on Queers: National Security as Sexual Regulation (Vancouver: UBC Press, 2010), p. 312 "Les Homos ont créé le CHAR," Montréal Matin, 27 May 1976, p. 20

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Jilly's

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