This is a button protesting the bathhouse raids carried out by the Metropolitan Toronto Police on February 5, 1981 that resulted in the arrest of just under 300 men. These raids and the consequent rallies organized in protest are considered a turning point in the organizing for LGBTQ+ rights in Canada.
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