JuryRoom

LynnMurphy writes: Jury Room : around 1974 or 1975. The Jury Room was a bar on the corner of Argyle Street, above where the Press Gang has been since ca. 2000. It was a gay hangout, and decided to exclude this "undesirable" clientele.

ChrisAucoin says: the research I did for the Pride history mag a few years back tells me it was May of 77 that GAE began the sit -ins and picketing in response to people getting barred. 1

People the management decided were gay were not served, and were told to leave. About 30 people set up a picket line in front of their door; it may have been only one night. I was dating a man at that point and he asked me, "What do you want to do tonight? Movie? Restaurant?" I said, "I'd really like to go on the protest," so we did (note good quality straight guy going on gay protesat in 1974). All the participants were invited back to TheTurret afterwards, the first time I was ever there. You ask ChrisShepherd, he was one of the first ones kicked out, and may remember more.

RegGiles says: do a search on the Chronical Herald archives ... it was in the paper... It even refers to "ChrisShepherd, who is not gay."

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