October 17 Montréal Five gay bars […]

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1975-10-17

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October 17 Montréal Five gay bars (The Lime Light, Le Mystique, P.J.'s, Le Rocambole, and Au Taureau d'Or) were raided by police. This was part of a series of police raids designed to drive gay people from downtown bars and public places in an attempt to "clean up" Montreal for the 1976 summer Olympics.

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Au Taureau d'Or P.J.'s Le Mystique Lime Light Disco Montreal

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

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"Police Raid Clubs; Seeking Clues to Montreal's Rising Murder Rate?" Montreal Gay Times 1 (December 1975): 5-6 (reprinted.Body Politic, no. 22 (1976),p. 4)."Olympic Crackdown," Body Politic, no. 25 (1976), pp. 1, 17;

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P.J.'s

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