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Heritage Toronto
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Heritage Toronto celebrates and commemorates the diverse stories of the city's people, places, and events. #HTtours #HTawards #HTplaques #StateOfHeritage
Feb 5, 2021 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
40 years ago today, police raided four steam baths in downtown Toronto.

Nearly 300 people were arrested in the Bathhouse Raids, which became a landmark moment in Canada’s LGBTQ2S+ rights movement and the struggle for acceptance and equal rights.

Read more 👇 200 officers participated in Operation Soap, which was carried out on the evening of Feb 5, 1981.

The police — some of them armed with crowbars and sledgehammers — entered four downtown bathhouses and arrested the owners, staff, and patrons found inside.
Feb 4, 2021 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
🎵 This #TBT, we're spotlighting a #TOmusic story from our new #SoundsLikeToronto exhibit. With his music and throughout his career, @KNAAN has raised awareness on immigration, the plight of refugees, and his Somali homeland. #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM 📷 @PolarisPrize Escaping civil war in Somali as a child, K'naan & his family settled in Rexdale. A quick-witted lyricist, he achieved international fame w/ his song Wavin' Flag, inspired by a poem by his grandfather. Coca-Cola picked up on its success & it became the 2010 FIFA World Cup anthem.