April 24 Toronto The Fly by Night […]

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1979-04-24

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April 24 Toronto The Fly by Night Lounge officially opened at the Stage 212 Hotel, 212 Dundas Street East (at George Street). In its earliest days it was known as the Side Action Lounge, and welcomed both lesbians and gay men, but it soon became a major gathering place for lesbians. Pat Murphy and other lesbians had raised several thousand dollars and persuaded the owner of a strip club (now Filmore's) to allow the lesbian-oriented lounge to operate at the back of the building. The Fly by Night closed on February 9, 1981, when new owners of the premises forced the club out. (See also February 9, 1981.)

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Stage 212 Hotel Fly By Night Toronto

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Patricia Murphy

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Lorna Weir, "Lessons for the Lesbian Marketplace," Body Politic, no. 70 (1981), p. 43.Karen Henderson, "Fly by Night Lounge," LOOT Newsletter, May 1979, p. (3)"'Get Lost' Says Owner and Shuts Lesbian Bar," Body Politic, no. 71 (1981), p. 14 Margaret Fulford, ed., The Canadian Women's Movement, 1960–1990: A Guide to Archival Resources/Le mouvement canadien des femmes, 1960–1990: guide de ressources archivistiques (Toronto: Canadian Women's Movement Archives/ECW Press, 1992), entry 391 "Fly by Night Lounge" vertical file , Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, Toronto Chris Bearchell, "Bar-hoping," Body Politic, no. 77 (1981), pp. 25–27 "Aesthetera," Body Politic, no. 53 (1979), p. 34 Advertisement, Body Politic, no. 51 (1979), p. 41

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Stage 212 Hotel

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