On Febary 5, 1981, the Toronto police iated "Operatn Soap" – the name for btal police raids on several of Toronto’s gay bathho. In the largt mass arrt sce the October Crisis, 286 men were arrted and charged as found-s, and twenty men are charged as keepers of bawdy ho. In subsequent trials, all…
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* operation soap/gay bathhouse raids *
The raids marked a turng pot for Toronto’s gay muny, as the protts that followed dited they would no longer endure rogatory treatment om the police, media and the public. The years leadg up to the raids were tense for Toronto’s gay muny.