10.28.2010

Yonge Street Is Flaming - Google Maps

Yonge Street Is Flaming
Queer history of the longest street in the world. Check out Xtra online at http://www.xtra.ca
18 King St E:
On Aug 20, 1979, seven gay activists staged a three-day "sit-in for justice" at
Hotel Metropole - 141 King St W:
The bar was a gay spot in the 1960s.
General Idea - 87 Yonge St:
General Idea was an art collective formed in the early 1970s by Jorge Zontal, Fe
King Edward Hotel - 37 King St E:
The venerable King Edward Hotel and its lobby bar in the 1950s and '60s were fav
Letros Tavern, The Nile Room - 50 King St E:
The owners of the Nile Room, the club downstairs from the Letros Tavern, activel
Bowles Lunch - 149 Yonge St:
This 24-hour restaurant frequented by queers later moved to Bay and Queen, a ma
Lesbian bank robbers:
Three daring dykes robbed a bank on Yonge south of Richmond St in the late 1970s
Heintzman Piano Studios - 193 Yonge St:
In the 1950s and '60s, Jean Healy (featured in the film Forbidden Love) rented t
Take Back The Night March:
Yonge St is often included on the route of this annual event meant to draw atten
Yonge-Dundas Square:
On Jul 28, 1977 Emanuel Jaques, a 12-year-old shoeshine boy, disappeared. On Aug
International Women's Day March:
A moving lesbian flirt-fest held on or around Mar 8 of each year since 1976. On
Continental Bar - 150 Dundas St W:
Lesbians were known to gather here, in Chinatown near Elizabeth St, in the 1950s
Back Door Gym And Sauna - 12 1/2 Elm St:
The building fronted on Yonge, two blocks south of Gerrard, but you could enter
Westbury Hotel - 475 Yonge St:
The Red Lion Bar, nicknamed the Pink Panther, was popular in the early 1960s.
Buddies In Bad Times Theatre - 12 Alexander St:
This oasis of queer culture was established in 1979 with Sky Gilbert at the helm
St Charles Tavern - 488 Yonge St:
Now much tackier looking, this building with its distinctive clock tower once he
The Parkside Tavern - 530 Yonge St:
A classic, grotty beer parlour — no pretensions, no class, lots of memorie
Yonge and Wellesley:
Feb 6, 1981. Midnight. "It was the night Toronto came closer to a full-scale rio
Glad Day Bookshop - 598a Yonge St:
The second-oldest queer bookstore in the world has been at the centre of numerou
Rogues - 5 Hayden St:
George Hislop opened this bar in the 1980s as Rogues: A Western Cruise Bar. The
The Quest - 655 Yonge St:
Straight-owned and not particularly liberated, The Quest was an out queer bar wi
The Manatee, Katrina's, Le Tube, Club Mystique:
A number of gay discos operated around Yonge and St Joseph's in the 1970 and '80
The Music Room - 575 Yonge St:
In 1962 the main floor held the King Koin laundry, where I schlepped my dirty un
Pride Parade:
Gay goes mainstream. The Pride Parade officially marched along Yonge for the fir
The Dyke March:
First started in 1996 by Lisa Hayes and Lesha Van Der Bij, the Dyke March was an
Gay Day Picnic:
This event on Toronto Island was inaugurated in 1970. By 1972 the event included

Molly Wood's Bush:
The tract of land bounded by Yonge, Jarvis, Maitland and Carlton was once owned
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