Twenty years after gay bathhoe raid, Calgary police promise renciliatn | Xtra Magaze

Contents:

• BATHHOE RAID ANGERS CALGARY GAY MUNY
• CALGARY BATHHOE RAID ANGERS GAYS
• CALGARY POLICE OFFER RENCILIATN FOR 2002 GAY BATHHOE RAID
• GAY BATHHO NEAR ME
• TWENTY YEARS AFTER GAY BATHHOE RAID, CALGARY POLICE PROMISE RENCILIATN

BATHHOE RAID ANGERS CALGARY GAY MUNY

It’s a gay steambath; nobody else was there. The police held a town hall meetg wh the gay muny at The Eagle leather bar followg the raid. Mistst between the gay muny and the police peaked, which ran agast the generally amible relatnship the two parti enjoyed before the raid.

CALGARY BATHHOE RAID ANGERS GAYS

For example, Terry and Stephen had been volved three mte wh the police, cludg the gay liaison mtee, a dg mtee, and a prostutn mtee. The police participated the gay roo, tried to rec gay men as officers, and participated Pri. The general sense was that if he didn’t fight his se urt, would virtually give the police a ee pass to encroach on other gay tablishments: the bridge between the two parti severely damaged.

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In general, Terry and Stephen felt that the rponse was stronger om other muni than om the Calgary gay scene. Stephen felt, general, that Calgary’s gay muny was relatively nservative or apolil, that gay people here maly were terted gog to the bar, gog to Victoria’s for bnch, and cisg the park once a while. He was often told, “you don’t speak for me” when workg on issu like gay marriage wh Egale, or phg to get sexual orientatn provcial human rights legislatn wh the Calgary Lbian and Gay Polil Actn Guild.

CALGARY POLICE OFFER RENCILIATN FOR 2002 GAY BATHHOE RAID

For the Goliath’s event, this nservatism manifted a lack of support or funds om those Terry lled the “A-Gays:” wealthy, cktail party hostg, privileged gay men he knew. Both Terry and Stephen mataed a stnchly pro-police stance and wished to see a return to the former operative relatnship between them and the gay muny, cludg their formal cln Pri.

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Gareth Kirby, managg edor of Vanuver gay and lbian newspaper Xtra Wt, lled the charg antiquated and said they show Calgary police don't regnize gay sex culture. Calgary gay activist Stephen Lock said the police tert Goliath's was news to him. Calgary's gay muny is outraged over a police raid that has shut down the cy's only gay bathhoe, sayg the episo rais paful memori of tim when police habually raid homosexual raid and charg laid last week at Goliath's Sna & Texas Lounge are out of step wh the practic of several major metropolan police forc, cludg Edmonton, who say gay bathho are not a high law-enforcement prry.

GAY BATHHO NEAR ME

"It's a total slur to the gay muny, " said Keh Purdy, who is a bartenr at the Texas Lounge.

TWENTY YEARS AFTER GAY BATHHOE RAID, CALGARY POLICE PROMISE RENCILIATN

He said the only ncern was whether the Crimal Co had been police forc take a much different view of gay bathho, sayg they are more ncerned wh the sex tra on the street than any sexual activy behd closed doors. Calgary police are strsg their efforts to fe good relatns wh the gay muny, cludg a dited liaison officer and a recment program. Purdy said the raid has set relatns back s and unearthed ugly memori of a time when gays were targeted by ps.

12, 2002, Keh Purdy started his shift like any was the bartenr at Texas Lounge Calgary's Beltle neighbourhood — a bar that adjos Goliath's, Calgary's only gay nice weather had brought people out and the after-lunch crowd had filled the small waterg hole when at about 3:30 p. "This cint had, and ntu to have, a lastg impact on the dividuals who were arrted and charged and has also had a negative effect on the relatnship between the police and the larger LGBTQ2S+ muny Calgary, " the statement nclud wh a pledge to enurage and protect safe spac, cludg those for LGBTQ2S+ Calgarians, and protect people om hate-duced faiar wh the 2002 cint say they believe this is the first time a major Canadian police force has given this type of assistance to people who bore the bnt of a gay bathhoe bathho are a place where men n have sex wh men while matag a gree of anonymy. "A neon sign displayg the words "GAY PREMISES" is reflected off the ont entrance through metal bars at the check- unter of Goliath's Bathhoe Calgary.