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  1. Man dressed as woman solicits officer

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: May 7, 1960
    Topics: Arrests, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Police, Prostitution, Transgender prostitution
    Description: A newspaper article on a police officer's encounter with a crossdressing sex worker. Page two of the story is located in the "Related Links" section.

  2. Police Escort Person Down a Street

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1980
    Topics: Arrests, Discrimination, Halloween, Homophobia, LGBTI community, Police, Riots, Transphobia
    Description: A person is escorted down the street by three police officers during the annual Halloween riots in Toronto as someone in a car looks on.

  3. St. Charles Tavern Halloween Violence Article

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Hannon, Gerald
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Anti-gay violence, Arrests, Crossdressers, Halloween (LGBTQ+ culture), Police, Violence
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic and homophobic violence.

  4. Transvestite is guilty of gross indecency: enlists sympathy of court so sentence is suspended; other party is fined $100

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: 1963
    Topics: Arrests, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Passing (Gender)
    Description: A newspaper article describing the appearance of a number of crossdressers in court.