2024-03-20 15:23
By Ruth Bashinsky For Dailymail David Hanbury, 37, a psychology professor at Averett University, was found deceased on Saturday at Club Orlando, a day after [...]
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2023-07-16 18:49
Male lawyer lost a lawsuit against Google after the Google Maps geolocation system indicated he spent about 10 minutes in a gay sauna while returning [...]
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2023-07-16 18:25
Bangkok cops raided the Phoenix Fitness and Sauna Service Centre after getting an anonymous tip that prostitution was taking place. But instead, all the police [...]
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2023-07-16 17:57
What took so long for someone to write a murder mystery in a gay bathhouse? But that is what gay rights activist Dennis Altman did [...]
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2023-07-16 17:45
Laura Hanrahan has written an article about the businesses that were the subject of the infamous bathhouse raids in the 1980s. Dubbed “Operation Soap,” – [...]
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2023-06-26 00:51
Steam Complex is eyeing a former storage unit used by a pet shop as a new Bathhouse location. They operates from a swingers’ club (called [...]
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2023-03-12 00:42
French diplomat was allegedly responsible for poisoning several patrons at a gay sauna in Barcelona. This french diplomat went to the Sauna Casanova on Saturday [...]
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2023-03-10 16:21
22-year-old James Horn says his mental health has been affected after his regular bathhouse closed for business. Ironically he works as a mental health counselor [...]
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2023-03-07 17:29
Two men are in critical condition, and three are in a less severe condition after being poisoned by undetermined substances in a Barcelona sauna, according [...]
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2023-01-29 18:36
Journalist Kevin Maimann has written two articles detailing the battle for control over Steamworks. First part – Five-year-long legal dispute between owners of Steamworks comes [...]
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2023-01-13 05:00
Pink Broadway posted this notice on their now closed door and their website Due to circumstances beyond our control, Pink Broadway Limited will cease trading [...]
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2022-12-16 05:00
Midtowne Spa was already on the chopping block as the building was placed for sale in September. The irony is that business was booming despite [...]
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2022-12-13 05:00
Calgary police Chief Mark Neufeld has acknowledged a raid at a bathhouse in 2002 caused pain and trauma for everyone involved. Goliath’s Bathhouse was established [...]
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2022-11-27 23:24
Police are investigating the death of a 51-year-old male at the Pipeworks in Glasgow, Scotland Scotland police released this statement through a spokesperson “We received [...]
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2022-09-25 16:49
9-1-1 Lone Star Actor Ronen Rubinstein posted this picture on Instagram Apparently, it was too hot for Instagram, as it was taken down. But it [...]
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2022-09-25 16:29
Openly Gay Actor Igor Cosso was surprised to see photo of himself used in an ad for a gay Bathhouse “Safofo: to look naughty and [...]
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2022-09-25 15:50
Adam Kay (British comedian and author) has revealed that he was raped in a gay bathhouse while he was visiting New Zealand. In his new [...]
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2022-09-18 15:07
Releasing this statement on their website about the passing of Queen Elizabeth II The staff and management of Pleasuredrome Spa join together in expressing their [...]
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2022-07-28 14:41
Peter Kelly a 28-year-old Toronto resident who contracted MonkeyPox tells the Canadian Press “I was so delirious,” he said in an interview, as he described [...]
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2022-05-08 16:18
Femme – A new revenge thriller set in a gay bathhouse explores the increasing male toxicity in today’s society. The feature “Femme”, is based on [...]
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2022-04-03 17:09
I thought I’d seen everything in over two decades of writing and blogging about the gay baths. But even a bathhouse veteran like myself can [...]
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2022-03-27 17:15
Wet on Wellington turns 21 in April 2022! Its major attraction is its 25-metre lap pool General Manager since 2005, Shane Gardner, tells Star Observer [...]
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2022-01-25 17:09
See for yourself how Phil Keoghan pulls a “Sharon Stone” on National TV
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2022-01-10 17:35
David Pevsner is an LA-based actor and writer blazing a trail for senior citizen erotica, carving out a new niche for himself as an OnlyFans [...]
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2021-12-05 00:19
Eros Bathhouse had opened at the height of the AIDS epidemic in 1992. Now 30 years later, they find themselves moving to a new location. [...]
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2021-12-04 23:25
Jussie Smollett is currently on trial for staging a hate-crime attack on himself. Abimbola and Olabinjo Osundairo, the prosecution’s star witnesses, allege that Smollett hired [...]
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2021-11-28 17:58
In San Francisco, a 24 Hour Fitness, which closed permanently last year amid pandemic lockdowns due to Covid, might be converted into a new Bathhouse. [...]
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2021-11-15 20:46
Steamworks Toronto is the first gay business in Toronto “Gay Village” to be unionized with the United Food & Commercial Workers. One person tweeted this [...]
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2021-11-14 18:09
Bathhouse Rules – Do You Remember All Of Them? We are approaching two years with this pandemic, and bathhouses all over the world are slowly [...]
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2021-11-07 17:01
The Basement Complex Bathhouse in Manchester has been granted a liquor license after they successfully argued that alcohol would lower the rise of Chem Sex [...]
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2021-07-17 19:58
In the second episode of “Gossip Girl,” an 18-year-old student (Maximus “Max” Wolfe, played by Thomas Doherty) has a crush on his teacher (Rafael “Rafa” [… Read More
2021-05-24 04:00
Thai police said on Sunday that they had arrested 62 men for breaching coronavirus restrictions in a raid on a gay “chemsex” party, Thailand largest [...]
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2021-03-23 04:00
Gareth Edward, Cabaret and variety performer, is mounting a one-man show about the gay sauna scene in the 1990s. Entitled “Jack Hoosie and the Leisure [...]
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2021-03-17 04:00
In Toronto – The Alliance for South Asian AIDS Prevention, the Black Coalition for AIDS Prevention, Asian Community AIDS Services and AIDS ACTION NOW! are [...]
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2021-03-01 05:00
Sauna’s all over the world are under threat of closure, and now adding to their woes is being denied insurance. One such cause is the [...]
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2021-02-07 20:07
Speaking to Terry Gross on NPR’s Fresh Air, Dr. Fauci discussed visiting the Gay Bathhouses to understand how the AIDS virus was spreading. “The activists [...]
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2021-02-05 05:00
While America had its “Stonewall” moment, Canada had “Operation Soap“. Multi Bathhouse Raids across the city of Toronto became the turning point in the gay [...]
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2021-01-26 21:30
In an online post Chariots Spa has announced it will shut its doors for good. It had originally closed temporarily due to the pandemic. Now [...]
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2021-01-18 05:00
This letter appeared on its Facebook page Bodyline Sydney Management and staff would like thank our patrons and the community support for the last 30 [...]
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2020-10-31 16:15
Edinburgh gay mens’ sauna “The Pound” launches £50k fundraiser in desperate bid to survive the pandemic From their Go Fund Me page – if you [...]
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2020-10-29 04:00
Eight months into this covid pandemic and what does that mean for the survival of gay bathhouses? These establishments were already hanging by their fingernails, [...]
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2020-10-11 20:53
Saunabar in Bournemouth is under investigation for breaking Coronavirus rules and regulations According to BCP Council Cllr May Haines, portfolio holder for community safety “We [...]… Read More
2020-07-27 04:00
UK Spa Association says August 1 has been selected as the date by Briton’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to have saunas and [...]
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2020-07-27 04:00
UK Spa Association says August 1 has been selected as the date by Briton’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to have saunas and [...]
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2020-07-21 20:27
Making a statement on its Facebook page COVID19 Update It is with deepest regret that we must announce our permanent closure due to the COVID19 [...]
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2020-07-21 04:00
Blow Buddies, one of the the largest gay sex club in San Francisco, California has closed its doors due to Covid19 Writing on their website [...]
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2020-07-12 20:48
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors will soon vote whether to allow gay bathhouses to reopen in San Francisco. Gay District 8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman [...]
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2020-07-12 20:48
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors will soon vote whether to allow gay bathhouses to reopen in San Francisco. Gay District 8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman [...]
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2020-07-11 21:17
Bathhouses and other saunas in Montreal were recently given the green light to reopen in Quebec amid Covid19. And already they have had their first [...]
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2020-07-11 21:17
Bathhouses and other saunas in Montreal were recently given the green light to reopen in Quebec amid Covid19. And already they have had their first [...]
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2020-07-11 17:33
Spa XS have just updated their website with a list of new rules one must follow COVID-19 is an extremely contagious disease that can lead [...]
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2020-07-11 17:33
They have just updated their website with a list of new rules one must follow COVID-19 is an extremely contagious disease that can lead to [...]
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2020-04-15 21:37
According to the New York Post – Former Empire actor Jussie Smollett had a sexual relationship with his alleged ‘attacker’ Ambimbola “Abel” Osundairo, as they [… Read More
2020-03-14 17:28
So how are gay bathhouses dealing with COVID19 (the coronavirus) Curtis Jensen, Steamworks’ marketing and graphics coordinator, writes in an email “We have increased our [...]
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2020-03-02 21:56
Improvements make the Houston Midtown club a showcase bathhouse. From Outsmart Magazine In the late 2010s, the owners felt that the building needed updating again, [...]
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2020-02-28 01:08
Denholm Spurr is am Actor/Director/Game Designer & LGBT/political activist. He is also an advocate for the homeless as he himself used to be on the [...]
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2020-02-10 23:14
So What Happened at Spa Excess? On Friday, February 7th at about 2pm, our staff discovered a second floor room on fire. With additional staff [...]
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2020-02-06 00:32
From Windy City Times about San Francisco Bathhouses District 8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman introduced legislation Tuesday at the San Francisco Board of Supervisors requiring the [...]
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2020-01-26 21:03
Did you know there is a LGBTQ+ homelessness crisis? Press release from London’s Pleasance Theatre Working together with young LGBTQ+ ex/homeless people in London, Vicky [...]
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2020-01-17 05:00
After serving the gay community for 25 years, the Crew Club has decided to close its door. The owners Ken Flick (70) and DC Allen [...]
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2019-10-11 21:52
Former Vice-President Joe Biden went on a rather bizarre rant about bathhouses when answering a question about racial disparities in health. This took place at [...]
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2019-09-30 21:11
As the above graphic indicates, Steamworks has posted a zero-tolerance policy for drugs and alcohol on the premises. From the Bay Area Reporter One man [...]
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2019-09-29 20:43
David Tronnes has been charged with the murder of his wife, Shanti Cooper-Tronnes. Investigators have recently discovered that Tronnes has visited a gay bathhouse more [...]
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2019-08-25 18:46
From its game website Gay Sauna the Board Game is a new tabletop adult adventure game where players compete against each other navigating a busy [...]
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2019-06-24 01:38
Alexander Cheves (Sex & Dating columnist for “The Advocate”) has written a piece for Pride.com entitled “10 Simple Tips for Your First Bathhouse Experience” These… Read More
2019-04-04 19:58
Toronto writer Bobby Box has written an op-ed in advocate about the state of bathhouse in the age of hook-up apps. Before doing anything he [...]
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2019-02-01 02:48
Michaella McCollum was 20 when she got arrested in Peru (along with Melissa Reid) for drug smuggling. Billed by the media as “Peru Two” both [...]
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2019-01-15 00:21
Matthew Lopez’s seven-hour play The Inheritance (which is split into two parts, The Inheritance Part 1 and The Inheritance Part 2) features a few scenes [...]
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2018-12-18 16:39
Well that was fast – three months after giving the press a tour of Club 69, the owner Brian Overton has decided to shut the [...]
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2018-11-02 21:56
From Gay Star News A London gay sauna kicked out a trans man for not having a penis. 26-year-old Jason Smith (not his real name) [...]
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2018-09-21 20:48
Hull Daily Mail recently did an article going inside the gay bathhouse Club 69. It opened three years ago and owner Brian Overton sat down [...]
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2018-09-21 20:17
The Gay UK recently sat down with Chris, the manager of London’s Pleasuredrome sauna, to discuss the future of gay bathhouses. On the future of [...]
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2018-08-06 21:00
In interesting article by Stephen M. Engel & Timothy S. Lyle where they argue that gay bathhouses should be considered a community space. In their [...]
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2018-08-06 21:00
In interesting article by Stephen M. Engel & Timothy S. Lyle where they argue that gay bathhouses should be considered a community space. In their [...] Read More
2018-08-06 20:43
Hepatitis C is seen as a serious infection. Quite a few gay men have had it in recent years. The possibility of getting it (again) [...]
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2018-06-17 20:30
Hoda Afshar is a photographer and visual artist who recently had a solo exhibition titled “Behold”. She captured these images in a small town located [...]
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2018-05-13 23:30
The housing situation worldwide is getting so bad, that some straight men have been staying at the gay baths for shelter. Of course this is [...]
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2018-05-11 16:38
The Guardian has published a piece on the Continental Baths that were so popular in the 1970s Here is an excerpt Six months after it [...]
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2018-04-23 20:30
From Bangkok Post Police raided a gay Bangkok Bathhouse in Ratchadaphisek area after a tip-off that an activity of debauchery would be held on Sunday [...]
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2018-04-23 19:28
Barbera Aimes discussing how how she FORGAVE her husband for infecting her with HIV. An infection the husband contracted after he visited gay saunas on [...]
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2018-04-23 18:52
It all started when local DJ Scooter McCreight was refused entry into Steamworks Toronto Bathhouse. The reason? He looked to feminine. He tweeted the following [...]
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2018-04-01 22:34
Reality television star Austin Armacost seems to be the new face of Pleasuredrome Sauna in the UK. However it is unclear if this bathhouse is [...]
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2018-03-18 18:07
In the 1980s New York City politicians voted in favor of closing NYC bathhouses as a response to the HIV/AIDS crisis. It was argued that [...]
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2018-03-18 17:53
The Police have recently shared their findings on two deaths at Steamworks in Chicago last year. Last January 2017 a 36 year-old man was found [...]
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2018-02-19 22:23
Just as Chicago’s Man’s Country closed its doors, another infamous bathhouse is on the hit-list. Numerous reports indicate that Seattle’s Club Z is on the [...]
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2018-02-19 22:08
Though this blog has written about the Crew Club before last year in the piece Bathhouse Endures In The Era Of Grindr, I have to [...]
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2018-01-29 01:52
With the new mini-series “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story” being broadcast in heavy rotation this month, let’s take a look at Andrew [...]
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2018-01-29 01:31
Two new article on the gay baths have appeared on-line the last few days. But they seem to be at the opposite ends of the [...]
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2018-01-01 20:50
Annie Millers has been a favorite watering hole for Rangers fans to watch the game and get together with other like-minded sports fans. Though the [...]
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2018-01-01 20:21
After 44 years in business, Man’s Country has decided to close its doors forever. But not without going out with a bang, by having a [...]
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2018-01-01 16:39
From Daniel Nardicio own press release about his “Bette Bathhouse and Beyond” events Daniel Nardicio, one of New York City’s most notorious and successful promoters [...]
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2018-01-01 16:16
Good thing this place has shuttered its doors. Scary to think what might have taken place if this place was still in business. But a [...]
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2017-11-12 20:58
Last year I wrote that Steam Complex Needed City Permission For Guys To Sleep Over. But I had no idea that a fire gutted the [...]
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2017-10-29 19:49
From the gay sauna scene in Minneapolis, Atlanta and Chicago – New Gay Bathhouse Articles Should Bathhouse Ban be lifted in Minneapolis? About 50 people [...]
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2017-10-09 21:44
By Agence France-Presse Indonesian police have detained 58 men including several foreigners in a raid on a gay sauna, an official said on Saturday, the [...]
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2017-10-09 21:19
From Fox News Detroit Man found dead with mask on at Detroit health club Authorities are investigating a man’s death at a Detroit health club [...]
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2017-09-24 21:18
Lawyer Hendry Hendron tried drugs at the baths. That chemsex moment lead him down a path to more drugs, his partner dying of an overdose, [...]
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2017-09-24 20:55
The second story of the building located at the corner of William and Forbes streets has been the home for hundreds of men to meet [...]
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2017-08-14 01:44
Sebastian Fortino is an LGBT journalist from Portland who recently wrote an essay about working as a gay bathhouse staffer. Entitled “10 Things I Learned [...]
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2017-08-14 01:28
The Brighton Sauna has always been on the cutting edge of HIV testing on its premises. In 2011 they became one of the first gay [...]
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