The 519: On September 14, 2000, Pussy Palace – a bathhouse event for women and trans folks – was getting into full swing…. That night, the party – held at Club Toronto, the space known today as Oasis Aqualounge – met a similar fate other establishments had recently endured when they were raided by police…

Now Toronto: In honour of Pride 2023, Queer & Now spoke with several of the people involved in various protests against bathhouse raids that took place in the GTA.

CTV News: Chanelle Gallant is one of two original members of the Toronto Women's Bathhouse Committee, Along with JP Hornick, she has created an open letter to Toronto Mayor John Tory and TPS Board Chair Jim Hart opposing the appointment of Myron Demkiw as the city's next chief of police.

Toronto Star: Group of women affected by the crackdown — described as a “flagrant” violation of charter rights — writes open letter to mayor and TPS board members decrying Myron Demkiw’s appointment

NOW Magazine: Channelle Gallant, fundraising director at Butterfly: Asian and Migrant Sex Workers Support Network, says, “I have been working with and advocating alongside migrant sex workers for years now and none of them have ever expressed the need for the protection from a federal counter-terrorism unit. But they have been very clear about the need for better labour and human rights protections in their workplaces.”

The Washington Post: Negotiating consent is central to the actual work of sex work.

Esquire Magazine: Women in the industry say now they'll have no choice but to work the streets.

Xtra: On Nov 30, 2016, Xtra Spark received this letter from a group of LGBTQ women in Toronto, demanding accountability from police and elected officials for the recent Project Marie sting operation.

The Advocate: Pride Toronto's clash with Black Lives Matter brought up some old skeletons in the closet of the city's LGBT history.

The Globe and Mail: On Sept. 14, 2000, Toronto Police raided the Club Toronto bathhouse during an event called the Pussy Palace, organized by the Toronto Women's Bathhouse Committee.

CBC News: Chanelle Gallant, a member of the Pussy Palace Collective that was the target of a raid in 2000, says the Toronto police apology isn't meaningful.

Radio Canada International: Sex-workers are gathering in Toronto today with other interested parties at a public forum to address growing problems advocates say, are brought on by anti-trafficking campaigns.