Tour participants, 231 Mutual Street, August 6, 2022. Image by Ashley Duffus.
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Resource ID
10213
Access
Open
Credit Line
Image by Ashley Duffus
Date of Creation
06 August 2022
Description
For nearly three decades, this building at 231 Mutual Street was a recreational refuge for members of the queer community. The Victorian mansion, first built in 1887 as a family residence, was purchased in 1973 by gay activist and lawyer Peter Maloney to establish a bathhouse. Club Baths, one of four steam baths raided by police in the 1981 Bathhouse Raids, was located here.
It’s also the location of the infamous 2000 Pussy Palace police raid. The event organized by the Women’s Bath House Committee had been exclusively geared to queer women and trans folks as a night of safe fun with an added bonus of education on safe sex practices.
While Club Toronto closed their doors in April 2010, 231 Mutual Street remains a symbol of the power of #queeractivism and community resistance in the face of oppression and discrimination.
Keywords
queer history, 2SLGBTQ+
Program Category
Tours
Rights
Ashley Duffus
Caption
Tour participants, 231 Mutual Street, August 6, 2022. Image by Ashley Duffus.