This week I decided to focus on the police raid that occurred in the Ariston Hotel Baths on February 21, 1903. This was the first ever recorded raid in a bathhouse that occurred in the United States. About 60 men were detained, 26 were arrested, 12 were brought to trial on sodomy laws, and 7 received sentences ranging from 4-20 years in prison. The Ariston Hotel Baths was located in the basement of the Ariston Hotel which was at the corner Broadway and 55th Street in New York City and was in operation as early as 1897. This event is important, because it was the catalyst the motivated people to start recording all of the raids that were occurring in places that were centered around LGBTQ+ people such as Stonewall. #LGBTQExperiencesUSA #LGBTQRaidsinHistory #LGBTQIssueswithPolice