![]() Heroes Sky Gilbert and Michelle Douglas join the parade as Grand Marshals. “Heroic Past, Proud Future” – a time to look back on all that LGBT communities have accomplished and gird our loins for battles yet to be won. In spite of the politically charged atmosphere that year, the day is billed as a time to relax, celebrate, and as “an afternoon of fun and frolic.” 1,500 celebrate Pride Day on Sunday, June 28th, at Grange Park. ![]() Lesbian and Gay Pride Day Toronto is legally incorporated. Future mayor Barbara Hall is among the legal counsel defending those arrested. Activists start working, and the group Gays and Lesbians Against the Right is formed. The names of those arrested are publicized by the police and local media, destroying several lives.Ī major demonstration is held at Yonge and Wellesley the next day by hundreds of Toronto queers and their supporters, closing down the street. For added public humiliation, the “found-ins” are herded into the streets in towels to be processed. Again, extensive property damage is inflicted by police. ![]() On February 5, Metro Toronto Police raid various bathhouses – known as “Operation Soap”, arresting 306 men, in the largest Canadian mass arrest except for the October 1970 FLQ crisis.
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