{"id":5153,"date":"2017-08-13T21:44:03","date_gmt":"2017-08-14T01:44:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bathhouseblog.com\/?p=5153"},"modified":"2017-08-13T21:44:03","modified_gmt":"2017-08-14T01:44:03","slug":"bathhouse-staffer-lessons-learned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bathhouseblog.com\/index.php\/2017\/08\/13\/bathhouse-staffer-lessons-learned\/","title":{"rendered":"Bathhouse Staffer Lessons Learned"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sebastian Fortino<\/a> is an LGBT journalist from Portland who recently wrote an essay about working as a gay bathhouse staffer.<\/p>\n

Entitled “10 Things I Learned From Working in a Gay Bathhouse”<\/p>\n

Here is the to ten list<\/p>\n

1. Your friends will have very different reactions.<\/p>\n

2. You\u2019ll have to learn who deserves the truth \u2026 and who deserves a white lie.<\/p>\n

3. Gloves become your best friends. <\/p>\n

4. Working in a gay bathhouse is a workout. <\/p>\n

5. You\u2019re best not to approach patrons of the gay bathhouse in public. <\/p>\n

6. Yes, you will \u201csee things.\u201d<\/p>\n

7. In a gay bathhouse, you\u2019ll find yourself using the phrase \u201cSir, I\u2019m working\u201d quite a bit. <\/p>\n

8. Patrons sometimes hold you accountable for the fact they didn\u2019t get off.<\/p>\n

9. There will be hazing.<\/p>\n

10. It\u2019s not only \u201chorny old men\u201d who patronize the gay bathhouse. <\/p>\n

Sebastian Fortino writes in detail about each of these ten points. To read about them go to 10 Things I Learned From Working in a Gay Bathhouse<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5155,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[488,1],"tags":[764,693],"class_list":["post-5153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-portland","category-usa","tag-portland","tag-usa"],"yoast_head":"\nBathhouse Staffer Lessons Learned - Bathhouse Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former Bathhouse Staffer Writes About The Top 10 Lessons He Learned Working There\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bathhouseblog.com\/index.php\/2017\/08\/13\/bathhouse-staffer-lessons-learned\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bathhouse Staffer Lessons Learned - Bathhouse Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former Bathhouse Staffer Writes About The Top 10 Lessons He Learned Working There\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/bathhouseblog.com\/index.php\/2017\/08\/13\/bathhouse-staffer-lessons-learned\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Bathhouse Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gaybathhouseblues\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-08-14T01:44:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/bathhouseblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/staffer.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@bathhouseblues\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@bathhouseblues\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bathhouseblog.com\\\/index.php\\\/2017\\\/08\\\/13\\\/bathhouse-staffer-lessons-learned\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bathhouseblog.com\\\/index.php\\\/2017\\\/08\\\/13\\\/bathhouse-staffer-lessons-learned\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bathhouseblog.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f8ffa05a54077f9fbb2fb7c134ba81d2\"},\"headline\":\"Bathhouse Staffer Lessons Learned\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-08-14T01:44:03+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bathhouseblog.com\\\/index.php\\\/2017\\\/08\\\/13\\\/bathhouse-staffer-lessons-learned\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":166,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bathhouseblog.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bathhouseblog.com\\\/index.php\\\/2017\\\/08\\\/13\\\/bathhouse-staffer-lessons-learned\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bathhouseblog.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/08\\\/staffer.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Portland\",\"USA\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Portland\",\"USA\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/bathhouseblog.com\\\/index.php\\\/2017\\\/08\\\/13\\\/bathhouse-staffer-lessons-learned\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bathhouseblog.com\\\/index.php\\\/2017\\\/08\\\/13\\\/bathhouse-staffer-lessons-learned\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bathhouseblog.com\\\/index.php\\\/2017\\\/08\\\/13\\\/bathhouse-staffer-lessons-learned\\\/\",\"name\":\"Bathhouse Staffer Lessons Learned - Bathhouse Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bathhouseblog.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bathhouseblog.com\\\/index.php\\\/2017\\\/08\\\/13\\\/bathhouse-staffer-lessons-learned\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bathhouseblog.com\\\/index.php\\\/2017\\\/08\\\/13\\\/bathhouse-staffer-lessons-learned\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bathhouseblog.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/08\\\/staffer.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-08-14T01:44:03+00:00\",\"description\":\"Former Bathhouse Staffer Writes About The Top 10 Lessons He Learned Working There\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bathhouseblog.com\\\/index.php\\\/2017\\\/08\\\/13\\\/bathhouse-staffer-lessons-learned\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/bathhouseblog.com\\\/index.php\\\/2017\\\/08\\\/13\\\/bathhouse-staffer-lessons-learned\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bathhouseblog.com\\\/index.php\\\/2017\\\/08\\\/13\\\/bathhouse-staffer-lessons-learned\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bathhouseblog.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/08\\\/staffer.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bathhouseblog.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/08\\\/staffer.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":500,\"caption\":\"Bathhouse Staffer Lessons Learned\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bathhouseblog.com\\\/index.php\\\/2017\\\/08\\\/13\\\/bathhouse-staffer-lessons-learned\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bathhouseblog.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Bathhouse Staffer Lessons Learned\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bathhouseblog.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bathhouseblog.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Bathhouse Blog\",\"description\":\"Gay Bathhouse News Worldwide\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bathhouseblog.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bathhouseblog.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bathhouseblog.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Bathhouse Blog\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bathhouseblog.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bathhouseblog.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bathhouseblog.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/08\\\/thumb2.gif\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bathhouseblog.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/08\\\/thumb2.gif\",\"width\":120,\"height\":120,\"caption\":\"Bathhouse Blog\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bathhouseblog.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/gaybathhouseblues\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/bathhouseblues\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bathhouseblog.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f8ffa05a54077f9fbb2fb7c134ba81d2\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/0173fe9721ab02eac0ca5b670cfa019c0cb944b560dbacf895c09da3e99788e9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/0173fe9721ab02eac0ca5b670cfa019c0cb944b560dbacf895c09da3e99788e9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/0173fe9721ab02eac0ca5b670cfa019c0cb944b560dbacf895c09da3e99788e9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Bathhouse Staffer Lessons Learned - Bathhouse Blog","description":"Former Bathhouse Staffer Writes About The Top 10 Lessons He Learned Working There","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/bathhouseblog.com\/index.php\/2017\/08\/13\/bathhouse-staffer-lessons-learned\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Bathhouse Staffer Lessons Learned - Bathhouse Blog","og_description":"Former Bathhouse Staffer Writes About The Top 10 Lessons He Learned Working There","og_url":"https:\/\/bathhouseblog.com\/index.php\/2017\/08\/13\/bathhouse-staffer-lessons-learned\/","og_site_name":"Bathhouse Blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gaybathhouseblues","article_published_time":"2017-08-14T01:44:03+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":500,"url":"https:\/\/bathhouseblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/staffer.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@bathhouseblues","twitter_site":"@bathhouseblues","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/bathhouseblog.com\/index.php\/2017\/08\/13\/bathhouse-staffer-lessons-learned\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/bathhouseblog.com\/index.php\/2017\/08\/13\/bathhouse-staffer-lessons-learned\/"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/bathhouseblog.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f8ffa05a54077f9fbb2fb7c134ba81d2"},"headline":"Bathhouse Staffer Lessons Learned","datePublished":"2017-08-14T01:44:03+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/bathhouseblog.com\/index.php\/2017\/08\/13\/bathhouse-staffer-lessons-learned\/"},"wordCount":166,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/bathhouseblog.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/bathhouseblog.com\/index.php\/2017\/08\/13\/bathhouse-staffer-lessons-learned\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/bathhouseblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/staffer.jpg","keywords":["Portland","USA"],"articleSection":["Portland","USA"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/bathhouseblog.com\/index.php\/2017\/08\/13\/bathhouse-staffer-lessons-learned\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/bathhouseblog.com\/index.php\/2017\/08\/13\/bathhouse-staffer-lessons-learned\/","url":"https:\/\/bathhouseblog.com\/index.php\/2017\/08\/13\/bathhouse-staffer-lessons-learned\/","name":"Bathhouse Staffer Lessons Learned - Bathhouse Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/bathhouseblog.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/bathhouseblog.com\/index.php\/2017\/08\/13\/bathhouse-staffer-lessons-learned\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/bathhouseblog.com\/index.php\/2017\/08\/13\/bathhouse-staffer-lessons-learned\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/bathhouseblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/staffer.jpg","datePublished":"2017-08-14T01:44:03+00:00","description":"Former Bathhouse Staffer Writes About The Top 10 Lessons He Learned Working There","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/bathhouseblog.com\/index.php\/2017\/08\/13\/bathhouse-staffer-lessons-learned\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/bathhouseblog.com\/index.php\/2017\/08\/13\/bathhouse-staffer-lessons-learned\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/bathhouseblog.com\/index.php\/2017\/08\/13\/bathhouse-staffer-lessons-learned\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/bathhouseblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/staffer.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/bathhouseblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/staffer.jpg","width":800,"height":500,"caption":"Bathhouse Staffer Lessons Learned"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/bathhouseblog.com\/index.php\/2017\/08\/13\/bathhouse-staffer-lessons-learned\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/bathhouseblog.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Bathhouse Staffer Lessons Learned"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/bathhouseblog.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/bathhouseblog.com\/","name":"Bathhouse Blog","description":"Gay Bathhouse News Worldwide","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/bathhouseblog.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/bathhouseblog.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/bathhouseblog.com\/#organization","name":"Bathhouse Blog","url":"https:\/\/bathhouseblog.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/bathhouseblog.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/bathhouseblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/thumb2.gif","contentUrl":"https:\/\/bathhouseblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/thumb2.gif","width":120,"height":120,"caption":"Bathhouse Blog"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/bathhouseblog.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gaybathhouseblues","https:\/\/x.com\/bathhouseblues"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/bathhouseblog.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f8ffa05a54077f9fbb2fb7c134ba81d2","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0173fe9721ab02eac0ca5b670cfa019c0cb944b560dbacf895c09da3e99788e9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0173fe9721ab02eac0ca5b670cfa019c0cb944b560dbacf895c09da3e99788e9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0173fe9721ab02eac0ca5b670cfa019c0cb944b560dbacf895c09da3e99788e9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bathhouseblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bathhouseblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bathhouseblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bathhouseblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bathhouseblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5153"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/bathhouseblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5156,"href":"https:\/\/bathhouseblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5153\/revisions\/5156"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bathhouseblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bathhouseblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bathhouseblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bathhouseblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}