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Hazel's Inn raid

1950s in LGBT history1956 in CaliforniaFebruary 1956 events in the United StatesHistory of LGBT civil rights in the United StatesHistory of San Mateo County, California
History of gay men in the United StatesLGBT history in CaliforniaLGBT history in San FranciscoLaw enforcement operations in the United StatesPacifica, CaliforniaUse mdy dates from April 2022

The Hazel's Inn raid was a police raid on a gay bar in Pacifica, California on February 19, 1956. Thirty-five officers from the San Mateo County Sheriff's Department raided the bar, arresting 77 gay men and 10 lesbians. The American Civil Liberties Union's involvement in the patrons' defense represented one of the organization's first ever LGBT legal rights cases.

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Hazel's Inn raid
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