Anthony Fauci Visited Gay Saunas Early In AIDS Crisis
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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Gay Baths Were In Jeopardy Even Before Covid
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, […]
Watergarden Bathhouse Shuts Its Doors Over Covid19
Watergarden Bathhouse makes a statement on its Facebook page COVID19 Update It is with deepest regret that we must announce our permanent closure due to […]
Blow Buddies Closes Its Doors
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 […]
San Francisco Bathhouses Expected To Be Allowed
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 […]
How Bathhouses Are Dealing With COVID19
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 […]
Renovating Club Houston
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, […]
Bathhouse Could Return To San Francisco
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 […]
Crew Club Set To Close After 25 Years
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 […]
Joe Biden Bizarre Bathhouses Rant
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 […]
Overdose At Berkeley Steamworks Baths
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 […]
Man Accused Of Wife Murder Was Bathhouse Regular
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 […]
10 Tips To Enjoy Your First Bathhouse Experience
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 […]
Drug Mule Michaella McCollum Promoting Pipeworks
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 […]
Club 69 Set To Close
Well that was fast – three months after giving the press a tour of Club 69, the owner Brian Overton has decided to shut the […]
Making Gay Bathhouses Community Spaces
In interesting article by Stephen M. Engel & Timothy S. Lyle where they argue that gay bathhouses should be considered a community space. In their […]