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The Pussy Palace Raid: A Brief Herstory - The ArQuives

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On September 14th, 2000, the Pussy Palace event “2000 Pussies” at Club Toronto was raided by Toronto police.

The Pussy Palace Raid: A Brief Herstory 2026-01-08T16:03:08-05:00 September 26th, 2019 | By Jessica Taylor and Ami Powell Initially a project of the AIDS Committee of Toronto, the Toronto Women’s Bathhouse Committee began running bathhouse parties, nicknamed Pussy Palace in their early incarnations, for women (both cis and trans) and trans men in Toronto in 1998. These bathhouse parties opened up new space for queer women in Toronto, and in Canada more generally. The ArQuives’ collection includes numerous newspaper and magazine articles detailing a significantly important event in Toronto’s qu

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