# Bathhouse Blog > Gay Bathhouse News Worldwide ## Posts - [Gay Bathhouse Photos In Book](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2011/09/28/gay-bathhouse-photos-in-book/): Bathhouse Photos In Book. Sunil Gupta is an Indian born Canadian photographer who is now based in London UK. He has just released his first coffee table book of bathhouse photos entitled Queer. This is a comprehensive overview of his work from the 1970s to the present. One of the most interesting photo essays from the book is a photo exhibit Sunil created called Sun City. This featured a gay Indian man walking around in a Paris bathhouse. No surprise Sunil has an interest in the subject, as he used to work at baths. In fact it was because of his [...] - [60 Yr-Old Dies At Edinburgh Gay Sauna](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2011/09/17/60-yr-old-dies-at-edinburgh-gay-sauna/): Edinburgh Gay Sauna. The police are looking into the sudden death of a 60 year old man on September 13, 2011 at 12:30 PM. He died at Number 18, Edinburgh’s busiest gay sauna. In the sauna’s literature they claim “a very friendly welcome from the staff and customers alike. The showers are hot the towels are fluffy and the steam room is one of the most comfortable you will ever come across.” The police immediately secured the building and the surrounded areas for their investigation. Number 18 Spa is currently closed until further notice. Stuart Little, who works at Priscilla’s Bar, [...] - [New Bathhouse Sex Website](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2011/09/02/bathhouse-sex-website/): Bathhouse Sex Website. GayRoom Network has launched a brand new site, Bathhouse Bait. Yes it is a gay porn site, but it has a very interesting concept.They video record straight guys on their first time adventures at the baths. Having gay bathhouse sex. Some of these guys don’t even know what a bathhouse is. All they know is, there’s a lot of guys there. Guys that seem really interested in them. These guys are being more than just friendly. This site also features appearances by Gavin Waters, Travis Irons, Shane Frost, Alex Andrews and Alexander Garrett. As Porn Inspector writes about [...] - [Penn Jillette Gay Bathhouse Experiences](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2011/08/16/penn-jillette-gay-bathhouse-experiences/): Penn Jillette, magician, atheist, libertarian and writer has written a new book entitled God, No!: Signs You May Already Be an Atheist and Other Magical Tales. In one interesting section of the book, Jillette writes about his own visit to a gay bathhouse in San Francisco. This was during the height of the AIDS crisis in the early 1980s. He writes that he went to the baths, to show a co-worker how open-minded he is. I have not read the book. But Linda Holmes from NPR has. In her blog review she writes: His story about visiting a San Francisco bathhouse, [...] - [Bathhouse Article Causes Reader Backlash](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2011/08/07/bathhouse-article-causes-reader-backlash/): Bathhouse Article Causes Reader Backlash. Toronto’s Gay BiWeekly, xtra Toronto, had recently published an article about a Bathhouse Shrink. Along with the AIDS Committee of Toronto (ACT), Marco Posadas runs a program, called Towel Talk. It’s purpose is to “target men who have fallen through the cracks of the mental health system.” It’s other goal is to raise awareness and reduce HIV and STI transmissions. Now you would think this program and Marco Posadas would be praised by the gay community. But just the opposite. Once the article appeared in xtra Toronto, several readers posted comments rather negative about the program. [...] - [Muncie Civic Theatre Presents The Ritz](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2011/07/07/muncie-civic-theatre-the-ritz/): Every summer it seems one local theatre groups puts on the satirical play The Ritz. This summer it happens to be the Muncie Civic Theatre Studio in Muncie, Indiana. As described on Amazon.com, the farce is set in a gay bathhouse in Manhattan, where unsuspecting heterosexual Cleveland businessman Gaetano Proclo has taken refuge from his homicidal mobster brother-in-law, Carmine Vespucci. There Gaetano stumbles across an assortment of oddball characters, including a rabid chubby chaser, go-go boys, a squeaky-voiced detective, and Googie Gomez, a third-rate Puerto Rican entertainer with visions of Broadway glory who mistakes him for a famous producer and whom [...] - [Comparing Gay Saunas to Skin Infections](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2011/06/08/fundamentalist-cleric-compares-gay-sauna-to-skin-infection/): As mentioned in a February posting, a gay sauna in Londonderry, Northern Ireland had just opened amid controversy among the religious right. This month it has just been granted full planning permission by the city council. They will be able to make upgrades and improvements to the building housing the gay sauna. However that is not sitting well with protesters and critics of the gay saunas. The loudest opponent since day one has been a Protestant fundamentalist pastor by the name of Mark Bradford. He is from the Bethnal Baptist church, and has compared The Cage to a skin infection (carbuncle) [...] - [Seattle Steamworks Robbed For 2nd Time](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2011/05/08/seattle-steamworks-robbed-for-a-second-time/): Seattle Steamworks Robbed For 2nd Time. In Seattle, Washington, Capitol Hill Men’s bathhouse Steamworks has once again been robbed. As reported in the Capitol Hill Seattle Blog The worker told police a black male in his 40s wearing a black hoodie pulled tight and a black bandana with a white design covering a portion of his face entered the building in the 1500 block of Summit Ave just after 3:30 PM Tuesday. The robber is said to presented a grey duffel bag and pointed a black, semi-automatic pistol at the man working behind the glass window of the Steamworks front counter. [...] - [Memoirs Of A Bathhouse Attendant](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2011/05/08/memoirs-of-a-bathhouse-attendant/): Bathhouse Attendant, who would ever want the job? Ever wonder what it is like to work in a Gay Bathhouse? Gay.com has an article entitled Memoirs of a Towel Boi The article has been removed from the gay.com website, but it has been reprinted here. As I walked down the dank, dimly lit hallway, techno music thumped all around and men writhed in front of me. Grunts and groans from every direction wafted over the numerous partitions, filling the club with that unmistakable symphony. Sex was happening all around me, and there was only one catch: I had to keep my [...] - [Gone The Disappearance of Aeryn Gillern](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2011/04/27/gone-the-disappearance-of-aeryn-gillern-debuts-at-the-tribeca-film-festival/): Gone – The Disappearance of Aeryn Gillern is a documentary about a young American in Vienna who vanished without a trace. The story follows his mother’s single handed determination to find him. It recently had a showing at The Tribeca Film Festival. Aeryn Gillern had everything going for him. Great job with the UN Industrial Development Organization in Vienna, a wonderful partner and great friends. But on October 29th, 2007 Aeryn visited a popular gay sauna in Vienna, Kaiserbrundl men’s sauna. He checked in, but never checked out. He disappeared into thin air, leaving behind his clothing and belongings. Aeryn’s mother, [...] - [Continental Baths Documentary Funding](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2011/04/21/continental-baths-documentary-funding/): The Continental Baths is probably one of the most well-known bathhouses in the world. Not only was it a bathhouse, it was also the launching pad for singers like Bette Midler and Barry Manilow. Now two gay filmmakers need your help with funding their Continental Baths Documentary. Ash Christian and Malcolm Ingram hope raise enough money to get this project off the ground and go film their initial set of interviews. No word yet if Barry Manilow and Bette Midler are among those to be interviewed for the Continental Baths Documentary. But anything is possible. So these guys need your help [...] - [STD Awareness At Steamworks Chicago](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2011/04/14/std-awareness-steamworks-chicago/): This month is STD Awareness Month. There is a new article detailing how Steamworks Chicago is a place for STD education and sexual health awareness. Steamworks Chicago Nirmalpal Sachdev There’s a real misconception of what goes on here. People think it’s seedy or unhealthy, but if places like this didn’t exist, people wouldn’t be given the opportunity to be educated as they are having sex. Howard Brown Health chief program officer Joe Hollendoner adds Oftentimes we approach venues about partnering with them, whether it’d be HIV testing, counseling, treatment or providing health education, more often than not we get turned away, [...] - [East London Gay Sauna Damaged In Fire](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2011/03/21/east-london-gay-sauna-damaged-in-fire/): Chariots On Fire, no not the movie but the gay sauna located in Shoreditch, East London. It was severely damaged in a fire in the early morning hours of March 20, 2011. By the time fire-fighters arrived on the scene more than 150 men had been evacuated without sustaining any injury. One regular told the Hackney Post The alarm went and everyone rushed towards the main exit. I was surprised by how quickly the fire spread – it was frightening. At first there was a trickle of smoke and within a couple of minutes that turned into a thick, black towering [...] - [Menfriends NZ Earthquake Damage](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2011/02/23/menfriends-nz-earthquake/): As blogged here previously, in September of last year an earthquake caused damage to Menfriends. The owner and staff picked up the pieces, and re-opened. A Sauna and Cruise Club for gay and bi guys in Christchurch. But with the latest New Zealand earthquake, it looks like Menfriends NZ might closed for good. Club owner Stuart Yeatman managed to get customers and staff to safety and no one was seriously hurt. But looking at the massive damage the building sustained, Yeatman and his co-owner and life partner John McKelvie, conceded that it is hard to see Menfriends NZ ever reopening. UPDATE: [...] - [TV Whiz Now Bathhouse Proprietor](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2011/02/21/tv-whiz-now-bathhouse-proprietor/): Bathhouse Proprietor from TV Whiz Kid. Adam Boland was the whiz kid of network news. The Doogie Howser of his time. He spent a decade working at Channel Seven in Australia. But now it is time for a career change. It was inevitable, as most people will attempt at least three different careers in their lifetime. But this new career takes Adam as far away from the halls of Channel Seven as he could get. He intends, along with his partner Julian Wong, to open up a Korean bathhouse in Sydney. Adam and Julian spent the Christmas holidays traveling through the [...] - [First Gay Sauna In Derry Ireland](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2011/02/15/opening-of-the-first-gay-sauna-in-derry-ireland/): First gay sauna has opened in Derry or Londonderry, the second-biggest city in Northern Ireland The Cage offers a sauna, steam room, cinema and private rooms for consenting adults. It is owned and operated by Barry McGonigle, who actually moved from Belfast to open up this venture. According to McGonigle, there were 22 visitors to the sauna on opening weekend. A small number for now, but hopefully the number will increase when more and more men become familiar with a gay sauna in Derry. Saying “there was a market for his business. It is for gay and bisexual men, but we [...] - [30th Anniversary Of Toronto Bathhouse Riots](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2011/02/05/30th-anniversary-of-toronto-bathhouse-riots/): Toronto Bathhouse Riots marks its 30th Anniversary. This demonstration mobilized so many in the gay community to band together and protest and fight for gay rights onto the Toronto streets. Because of the movement, Pride Toronto was born which will celebrate it’s 30th Anniversary this summer. There are a couple of great articles written to commemorate the anniversary of the Toronto Bathhouse Riots. xtra Magazine has a wonderful piece written. As well as an archive of pictures and articles 30 years ago about the Bathhouse Raid entitled Looking back on 30 years of gay liberation. Alan Sears has written an article [...] - [Alcoholic Drowns In Gay Sauna Jacuzzi](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2011/01/29/alcoholic-drowns-in-gay-sauna-jacuzzi/): Gay sauna jacuzzi the scene of an accidental death. An inquest is being held after an unemployed man was found drowned in a in a Jacuzzi at the Bronx sauna in Sheffield. Alan Lander, aged 59, was found unconscious face down in the water by Simon Facer, the manager of the Bronx sauna Simon Facer said Alan Lander looked unsteady on his feet when he arrived alone at 4.45pm. “I just put that down to him being old, we’ve got quite a few customers who are that age,” he said. Simon told the inquest he went to put chemicals in the [...] - [Photo Shoot Set At Gay Bathhouse](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2011/01/25/photo-shoot-set-at-gay-bathhouse/): Photo Shoot Set At Gay Bathhouse. The February edition of Interview Magazine features a fashion layout photographed at a gay bathhouse. They write Interview Magazine’s February 2011 issue heats up with ‘Elegant Tailoring’ by Mikael Jansson. Set in a hazy steam room occupied with a half-dozen sweaty gentlemen, these scenes are heated in more ways than one. Tension is running as high as the temperature in the bathhouse-based editorial. Showing varying degrees of interest in their fellow locker room occupants, models including Bastiaan Van Gaalen, Mathias Bergh and Ethan James give ‘Elegant Tailoring’ by Mikael Jansson a sensual appeal. Elegant Tailoring [...] - [Top Three Gay Baths NYC](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2011/01/25/gay-baths-nyc/): Gay baths NYC Michael Musto of the Village Voice has just written a column entitled The Five Best Places To Have Gay Sex in NYC. And three bathhouses have the made the list! In order; Brooklyn Banya602 Coney Island Avenue, Brooklyn, NY West Side Club 27 West 20th Street, New York, NY East Side Club227 East 56th Street, New York, NY Not sure why Michael Musto added the Brooklyn Banya to the list as it is a straight Russian Turkish Bathhouse. But apparently they have men only nights, so I guess that is why it is on the list. You can [...] - [AIDS Video Filmed At Gay Baths](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2011/01/20/aids-video-filmed-at-gay-baths/): Gay Baths AIDS Community Care Montreal has introduced a new program. ATOM-c is an incentive & peer based strategy to promote HIV & STI testing among guys who have sex with other guys. They recently produced a new 90 second spot to promote a new campaign aimed at men having sex with men. Their mission is to gather ‘recruiters’, who in turn will encourage their friends to get regular HIV and STI testing. Recruiters earn “points” for successfully getting boys to go get tested, and the rewards are rewards vary from Starbucks and Archambault gift certificates to prepaid Visa cards. Becoming [...] - [New Bathhouse Opening In New Zealand](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2011/01/20/new-bathhouse-opening-in-new-zealand/): Bathhouse opening. Emperor’s Bathhouse, is a new premier bathhouse opening later this month in Wellington, New Zealand. The phrase in the Logo “How are you sweating?” has been used because in Roman times, the men would relax in the spa or steam bathhouse, and when another man came along, they would greet one another with the question, “How are you sweating?” This phrase was used in the context of the bathhouse in ancient times, as we use “How are you?” out in the street. Their mission is to provide an exclusive, safe and inspiring venue for the gay community. Emperor’s Bathhouse [...] - [Bathhouse Art Exhibit Showcase](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2011/01/10/bathhouse-art-exhibit/): Bathhouse Art Exhibit. In Danny Jauregui art exhibit ‘There Goes The Neighborhood‘, he has created paintings of bathhouses in ruin, by imagining what these spaces might look like. Once a building filled with sexual activity 20 years ago. But today just a moldy, disheveled and abandoned lot. Amid growing fears about AIDS in the early 1980s, public health officials shut down gay bathhouses in several American cities. Though such orders were never issued in Los Angeles, many of the city’s bathhouses closed in the face of diminished business. The paintings are, in Danny Jauregui words, “memorials to the absence of memorials,” [...] - [Bathhouse The Musical Translated](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2011/01/07/bathhouse-the-musical/): Bathhouse The Musical Or Sauna le Musical. Either title means a whole lot of fun at the theater. From its official website Bathhouse: the Musical! is an American musical with music and lyrics by Tim Evanicki and Esther Daack.. The show follows the story of Billy, a wide-eyed youth venturing into a bathhouse for the very first time. He’s looking for love, but soon realizes that the other patrons are looking for something… a little more temporary. With some guidance, Billy soon learns the ins and outs of bathhouse etiquette. The production of Bathhouse: the Musical! is getting a transatlantic do-over [...] - [Bathhouse Extras Wanted For Film](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2011/01/05/bathhouse-extras-wanted-film/): Director T.S. Slaughter is casting for additional footage needed to add to his second feature film The Gays. This is a dark comedy about a contemporary dysfunctional gay family (tranny mom, gay dad, and two gay boys) whose members think they are normal. T.S. Slaughter’s first feature was Skull & Bones released in 2009. The casting call sheet reads; Male / Any yrs. / Caucasian. Requires Nudity. Bathhouse Patron 1 & 2 – Attractive, well-built, 20-40 y.o. You will wear a towel around your waist and keep it on as you cruise around a set designed as a gay bathhouse, so [...] - [John Lochland Sweat Director Speaks](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2010/12/22/john-lochland-sweat-director-speaks/): John Lochland Sweat. As mentioned in a post on April 5, 2010 there was a small feature on the short film Sweat by John Lochland. The film chronicles one man’s first visit to the baths. Further into his journey, an experiment with poppers and some very public sexual displays, leave him wondering what he came for, and possibly leaving none the wiser, albeit with a phone number and a wry smile. The movie is now one of nine shorts featured in a new compilation film entitled Boys on Film 5 – Candy Boy. To learn more about John Lochland and his [...] - [Dancing With Tina - Meth & Baths Memoir](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2010/12/13/dancing-with-tina-meth-bathhouse-memoir/): Dancing With Tina written by Terry Oldes is a very compelling and fascinating book about one man’s struggle within the sub-culture of the PnP and Crystal Meth community. Now I bet you are wondering what this has to do with a website devoted to Bathhouse news and views. About one-third of his book is devoted to the author’s bathhouse escapades while on and off Crytsal Meth. So for those who like reading about people’s bathhouse adventures, this makes a prefect read. After my own website of course, Bathhouse Blues. I’m only halfway through this book, and everything he has written is [...] - [Michelangelo Last Judgement Inspired By Gay Sauna?](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2010/11/15/michelangelo-last-judgement-may-have-been-inspired-by-visiting-gay-saunas/): Michelangelo Last Judgement. Historian and researcher Elena Lazzarini, of Pisa University, has said that the fresco, was most likely inspired by Michelangelo’s visits to the gay saunas and brothels of Rome in the early 1500’s. According to Mrs Lazzarini “The very virile male bodies you can see in the fresco have the build of laborers and manual workers of the day, very muscle bound and well built.” “Michelangelo and several of his artist contemporaries would visit these brothels and saunas and you can see how they modeled their figures on the bodies of the men they found in there, including their [...] - [Malaysia Bathhouse Gets Busted](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2010/11/15/malaysia-bathhouse-gets-busted/): Malaysia Bathhouse. While some things change, some things just stay the same. The previous post was about the Edmonton Bathhouse Raids over 30 years ago. Just last week over 30 men, be between the ages of 20 to 50, were caught partially or totally naked in a raid on the illegal spas near Jonker Street in Malacca. For those unfamiliar with Jonker Street, it is a very popular street in Malacca, known for its many shops and restaurants. The raid was conducted by officers of the Foreign Student and Workforce Division (FSWD) of the Chief Minister’s Department, Immigration Department, Melaka Tengah [...] - [Bathhouse Raids From Cops Perspective](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2010/11/15/new-play-on-bathhouse-raids-from-cops-perspective/): Edmonton actor and playwright Nick Green has written a new play entitled Undercovered, about the 1981 Pisces bathhouse raids in Edmonton. It has a reading tonight in public for the first time at Catalyst Theatre, and will be part of this year’s Exposure Festival for queer arts and culture in Edmonton, running November 12 thru the 21 of this year. Under-covered documents the journey of several members of the Edmonton Police Force during the investigations into the Pisces Spa leading up to the infamous raid which took place on May 30th, 1981, an event that shook its way into Edmonton’s queer [...] - [From The Management of St Marc Spa](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2010/11/09/from-the-management-of-st-marc-spa/): According to St Marc Spa Official Twitter Page, they hope to re-open at a new location in the summer of 2011. In addition, the management of St Marc Spa have released this official news release. St Marc Spa Closes Monday, November 15th It is with regret that after 20 years of proudly serving our community, St. Marc’s Spa announce its closure at 543 Yonge St. Faced with the option of renewing our lease in December of this year, the owners have decided to move the business to a new location. Our longtime employees and staff are well aware of the challenges [...] - [Another Toronto Bathhouse Bites The Dust](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2010/11/04/another-toronto-bathhouse-bites-the-dust-st-marcs-spa/): The thing you can count on in life is that things never stay the same. Change happens whether you like it or not. Toronto Bathhouse are dropping like flies. At one point you needed two hands to count the number of bathhouses in the city. Now you only need one. With the closing of The Barracks, Spa on the Maitland and Club Toronto, St. Marc’s Spa claimed the dubious distinction of being Toronto’s longest-running bathhouse. That is actually not true, as Oak Leaf Steambaths holds that record, and no one will ever come close to shatter their reign. But St. Marc’s [...] - [Lt. Dan Choi Finding Love At The Baths](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2010/10/29/lt-dan-choi-on-finding-love-in-a-gay-bathhouse/): Dan Choi is a hero to many. But when it comes to the baths, some might not agree with his viewpoint. There are some gay men who view the Bathhouses as the scummy, vile and quite dirty. Dan certainly isn’t one of those men! In fact he tells The New York Observer that he met his current partner at the baths at the video below! On weekends he used to drive his jeep to New York City to visit the baths. Which is where he met his partner, Matthew Kinsey, an executive at Gucci 20 years his senior. What is great [...] - [EMS Blog About Gay Providence Bathhouse](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2010/10/29/ems-blog-about-gay-providence-bathhouse/): Providence Bathhouse isn’t the only place with a drug problems. This happens at least once or twice a week at every bathhouse around the world. Staff will find a patron who is so tweaked he can barely stand up. Or someone has OD’ed in his room. On any given night you will see an ambulance or fire truck parked outside a bathhouse, ready to perform CPR before rushing that patient to the ER. I’ve written about this on my blog Bathhouse Blues, with the essay Drug Use At The Baths. But I’ve stumbled onto a blog called Rescuing Providence. This is [...] - [Free Slap & Tickle New York Reading](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2010/10/14/free-slaptickle-new-york-reading/): Four cast members from the recent Provincetown production of Slap & Tickle will reunite for a free reading of the play in New York. From its official website Slap&Tickle is a funny, sexy and provocative play about modern gay man’s quest for sexual and emotional fulfillment in a landscape changed over the past 25 years by drugs, politics, HIV and the internet. Six actors portray twenty recurring characters whose lives all intersect in surprising, humorous and revealing ways. The stories shared range from first kisses to last loves; from on-line hookups to off-line breakups; from sleeping bag seductions to bathroom rapes. [...] - [Bathhouse Bust At Club Dallas](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2010/10/12/bathhouse-bust-at-club-dallas/): Club Dallas was the scene of a rather chaotic bathhouse bust by the cops. 11 patrons were arrested at Club Dallas following an anonymous complaint. Charges ranged from public lewdness, sexual activity in public and interfering with a police officer (which was a staff member trying to intervene). However one witness claims police acted unprofessionally and rude. He also added that he feels city officials are singling out the club, so they can make room for redevelopment. According to Laura Martin, the Dallas Police Department’s LGBT liaison officer, “They [officers] were in there for a legitimate reason, and obviously there was [...] - [Earthquake Causes Damage to Menfriends Sauna](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2010/09/06/earthquake-causes-damage-to-menfriends-cruise-club-and-sauna/): Imagine being at the baths and a 7.1 magnitude earthquake happens. That is exactly what happened at Menfriends Cruise Club and Sauna in Christchurch, New Zealand. Talk about the earth literally moving during a hookup! Menfriends Cruise Club and Sauna co-owner Stuart Yeatman tells the Gay New Zealand that there were "luckily no more than a dozen patrons at the three-storey venue when the quake hit at 4.35am. There was general disbelief when it hit," he says. "It was very violent and went on and on for around a minute and a half. Everything was moving violently, there was loud noise [...] - [Elderly Man Dies In Whirlpool At Club Pittsburgh](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2010/09/04/72-year-old-man-found-dead-in-whirlpool-at-club-pittsburgh/): Club Pittsburgh is in the news due to a death on its premises. 72-year-old Robert Crye was found dead Friday night in a hot tub at Club Pittsburgh. Gay philanthropists and Democrat fundraisers Peter Karlovich and Steven Herforth currently own the club. An autopsy has been scheduled for Saturday, and an investigation has been launched to see if Crye’s death was of natural causes or whether he drowned. This is the second death at Club Pittsburgh in less than a year. In January of 2009, 31-year-old of Cleophus Pettway of Youngstown, Ohio, was found dead in his room. Toxicology results indicated [...] - [Gay Bathhouse To Straight Swingers Club](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2010/08/26/gay-bathhouse-becomes-straight-swingers-club/): Straight Swingers Club from a gay bathhouse. As mentioned in an earlier post, Club Toronto, which is a 122-year-old historical building, has been transformed into a swingers club. It will be relaunched as the Oasis Aqualounge, catering to sexually adventurous straight couples and single women. Says owner Toni Johnson I’m really excited to be in this neighborhood. The establishment is magnificent. It's one of so few historical places remaining, to see it with the baseboards and trim and stained glass, she says. One of the defining things for me was that it has a pool and private courtyard. You just can’t [...] - [San Francisco Bathhouse To Dog Day Care](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2010/08/23/san-francisco-bathhouse-becomes-dog-day-care-center/): The famous (or infamous depending on how you view it) San Francisco Bathhouse Tenderloin is opening its doors once again. After twenty years of collecting dust, it will be turned into a doggy day care center! During the AIDS crisis in the 1980s, many cities cracked down on San Francisco Bathhouse. And the Tenderloin was no exception. In honor of the buildings incredibly rich history, the new business will be called Bulldog Baths. If those walls could talk. UPDATE: In 2012 the building was awarded a plaque and registered in the National Register of Historic Places. Guaranteeing its place in history. [...] - [Spa Excess & Jordano Santoro](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2010/08/11/sam-swift-and-jordano-santoro-appear-at-spa-excess-in-toronto/): Spa Excess. It is not uncommon for adult porn performers to make extra money by making personal appearances. Whether it be at a bar event or a coffeehouse, these adult porn performers travel the world to meet their fans. So it should come as no surprise that these adult porn performers also make appearances at gay Bathhouses around the world. What better place to meet their fans. Sam Swift and Jordano Santoro are two of the top gay performers in their profession. In fact Jordan describes himself as a Mexican Porn Performer. Full Time Sex Symbol & Amazing Lover. His stats [...] - [Winnipeg Bathhouse Reopens After Fatal Fire](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2010/07/26/winnipeg-bathhouse-reopens-after-fatal-fire/): Winnipeg bathhouse has reopened following a deadly arson that killed two men last fall. But only part of the premises. The main floor and basement of Aquarius Men's Bath are open but the second floor, where the fatal fire was set, remains closed to patrons as it undergoes renovations, the Winnipeg bathhouse website states. The Oct. 11 Winnipeg Bathhouse blaze killed patrons Steven Yablonski, 23, of Winnipeg and Robert Clark, 62, of Esterhazy, Sask. A brief obituary published the month of the fatal fire said Clark – whose nickname was Quick – was a motorcycle enthusiast. “He will be sadly missed [...] - [Gay Sauna Staffer Bashed](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2010/07/22/gay-sauna-staffer-bashed/): Gay Sauna warning for those who frequent often. The gay community has been warned to stay alert after a staff member from the Collingwood gay sauna Wet on Wellington was bashed in a horrible and vicious robbery. Wet on Wellington manager Shane Gardner told Southern Star the staff member, who wishes to remain anonymous, left the premises on Sunday, July 4 at around 9.30pm. He was walking along Peel St, towards Smith St, when he was set upon by at least three men wielding baseball bats. “My message would be anyone in the area at night to be vigilant and alert [...] - [Bathhouse Play Slap & Tickle](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2010/07/19/bathhouse-play-slap-tickle-review/): Bathhouse play. As mentioned in an earlier post (Bathhouse Play Coming to Provincetown), the bathhouse play Slap & Tickle is playing at Provincetown Theater July 6 through August 14 Tuesdays through Saturdays at 8:00pm. The play, according to press notes, is a “sexy and powerful new play about how drugs, politics, HIV and the Internet have dramatically changed the sexual and emotional landscape for gay men in America over the past 25 years. Heightening the theatrical nature of the play, Slap&Tickle employs six actors to portray a total of 20 recurring characters whose lives all intersect in surprising, humorous and revealing [...] - [Bathhouse Raids Record Broken](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2010/07/05/g20-tops-bathhouse-raids-in-number-detained/): Bathhouse raids of 1981 had held the dubious distinction of being the largest mass arrest in Toronto’s history. As Tanya Gulliver of Daily Xtra had written Just before midnight on Feb 5, 1981, more than 150 police officers swept into four gay bathhouses — Club Baths, the Romans II Health And Recreation Spa, the Richmond Street Health Emporium and, for the second time in three years, the Barracks — arresting 286 men as found-ins in a common bawdy house, and 20 men as common bawdy-house keepers. It was the largest mass arrest since the invocation of the War Measures Act in [...] - [Latino Men & HIV Prevention](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2010/06/02/hiv-prevention-project-targets-latino-men/): Gay Latino dudes are hot. Spanish, Hispanic, Latino they are all hot. Which is why The AIDS Community Action Program (ACAP) in Toronto is combining prevention education and art for the benefit of the Spanish-speaking immigrants and Latino men in the gay community. As their press release states In order to contribute to the prevention of HIV among Latin American sexual minorities experiencing high rates of infection, two projects have been developed by the Center for the Spanish Speaking Peoples in Toronto. It is a Fotonovela entitled Guys like You accompanied by a bilingual English-Spanish website and a radio podcast project. [...] - [Man Unconscious In Toronto Sauna](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2010/05/28/man-found-unconcious-in-downtown-toronto-sauna/): Toronto Sauna. I was just listening to my local country music station, and I couldn’t believe that this was one of their top news stories (on a country station no less!) But it is a Crime Stoppers posting! For those who aren’t familiar with Oak Leaf Daily Xtra has described it as Real piece of history: A genuine steam bath with oak leaf scrubbers available for extra. Homeless guys use this place so discretion is advised. “Cheap: You can often tell them that you have only $5 and they will still give you a room for that price. But dirty: Often [...] - [Gay Bathhouse Building Bought By Church](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2010/05/28/gay-bathhouse-building-bought-by-church/): Conservative church has bought a bathhouse building? From gaynewsnetwork.com.au The Coptic Church of Australia has purchased the buildings which were the site of Melbourne’s longest running gay sauna, Steamworks. The church paid $6.35 million for the two and three-storey buildings in March and at the time of the sale a video library, café and gymnasium were operating on the premises. Located in La Trobe Street, Steamworks opened in 1979 as the first purpose-built gay bathhouse in Melbourne. It closed on October 13, 2008. The Coptic Orthodox Church is a conservative church that adheres to the doctrines and rites as handed down [...] - [Jeremy Hall Visits SteamWorks in Vancouver](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2010/05/26/jeremy-hall-visits-steamworks-in-vancouver/): Jeremy Hall (who is Canadian btw) is the 2007 GayVN Awards nominee for Best Newcomer and the 2007 Grabby Awards winner of Three-Way Sex Scene in “No Cover” (Rascal Video/Channel 1) with Luca DiCorso and Jan Fischer. The next year he was the 2008 GayVN Awards nominee for Best Group Scene in “Bottom of the 9th.” Recently he visited Vancouver’s Steamworks bathhouse, and filmed a segment for his website ClubJeremyHall.com. The shower area where this segment was filmed is very recognizable to regular patrons of SteamWorks Vancouver . You’ve never seen the place so well lit. Unfortunately Jeremy discontinued Club Jeremy [...] - [Paul Kent Visits The Gay Baths](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2010/05/24/australia-sports-reporter-paul-kent-visits-the-baths/): Paul Kent is a former Australian rugby player, turned sports reporter, turned general commentator (and occasional boxer). He recently went undercover at Ken’s of Kensington. After the scandal of politician David Campbell (see previous entry), Kent stripped off his clothes, donned a towel and walked the halls of Ken’s of Kensington to see what all the fuss was about. Below is Paul Kent’s first hand account. Excerpt Ken’s is a place of pools and bubbling spa baths, saunas and deep red lighting. There is a dungeon room with chains hanging from the roof and a bondage rack against the wall. A [...] - [Australian Politician Filmed Leaving Kens at Kensington](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2010/05/22/australian-politician-filmed-leaving-kens-at-kensington/): Australian transport minister David Campbell has resigned after being secretly filmed leaving the gay sauna Kens at Kensington. Apparently he had been living a double life for 20 years. No surprise for most of us to go to the tubs. One in five men are either openly gay or leading secret double lives. As all of us have seen our share of closeted, married men over the years. So instead of rehashing this story, let’s focus on the gay sauna that David Campbell allegedly visited, pictured below Kens at Kensington is one of a handful of gay sex venues offering a [...] - [The Fairoaks Project - San Francisco Bathhouse Pictures From 1970s](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2010/05/20/the-fairoaks-project-san-francisco-bathhouse-pictures-from-1970s/): The Fairoaks Project is a bold and unapologetic celebration of gay male sexual culture featuring Polaroids taken at The Fairoaks Hotel in San Francisco by Frank Melleno in the spring and summer of 1978. In celebration of Gay Pride Month, drkrm/gallery proudly presents an extraordinary, never-before-seen glimpse into pre-AIDS gay sexual culture. The Fairoaks Project is an exhibit of Polaroid bathhouse pictures taken by Frank Melleno during the spring and summer of 1978 at The Fairoaks Hotel, a San Francisco bathhouse. Situated in a refurbished Victorian building near a black ghetto, The Fairoaks was known for its laid-back and racially integrated [...] - [Duluth Sauna Streams University Webcam Video](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2010/05/04/duluth-sauna-streams-university-webcam-video/): University of Minnesota Duluth staff members abruptly shut down a live webcam at the UMD Library on Monday after learning that its images were being streamed over a website for the Duluth Sauna UMD had set up the camera and directed it at a section of the library shortly after it was built so viewers could see the interior, and this is the first reported misuse of it, said Linda Deneen, director of information technology systems and services at UMD. Spokesman for the Sauna has said the link to the web camera and title were suggested by UMD students who are [...] - [Gay Play Focusing On The Baths](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2010/04/21/gay-play-focusing-on-the-baths/): Slap&Tickle, a bathhouse gay play, is being mounted for a short run this summer in Provincetown, MA. This pre-New York engagement will run Tuesdays thru Saturdays, July 6th thru August 14th at the Provincetown Theater. Written by David Parr, this gay play is set in a contemporary gay bathhouse. It uses a gallery of nearly 20 characters to explore – often in direct-address fashion to the audience — how drugs, politics, HIV and the Internet have changed the sexual and emotional landscape for gay men over the past 25 years in America. This 90-minute bathhouse gay play has been produced in [...] - [Battery Park Bathhouse Coming Soon?](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2010/04/14/battery-park-bathhouse-coming-soon/): Simon Hammerstein and Serge Becker are still on the lookout in and around Manhattan for a building they can turn into a bathhouse, complete with a liquor license. They have seemed to find a place in Battery Park (picture below). It is a 25-acre (10 ha) public park located at the Battery, the southern tip of Manhattan Island in New York City, facing New York Harbor. The park is the home of Hope Garden, a memorial to AIDS victims. Who knows if it will ever happen, but one can dream. Can’t we? Daniel Maurer writes about it at this link - [The Wet Book: Stories from the Bathhouse](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2010/04/10/the-wet-book-stories-from-the-bathhouse/): The Wet Book: Stories from the Bathhouse. The title pretty much says it all. The author, Joel McVie, writes in his blog that “This is a collection of blog entries featuring my bathhouses experiences. I blogged about them because the incidents had funny, memorable or out-of-the-ordinary moments that lifted them above the usual hot-steamy-sex-then-forget-about-him-and-go-home experiences one has in such places.” Really an interesting read. Joel explains his purpose for writing the book “So, why make this book? This collection has a lot of sex in it, and I think sex should have a lot more humor to it. Or rather, people [...] - [It's Over! - Club Toronto Closes!](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2010/04/08/its-over-club-toronto-closes/): It’s over! Club Toronto has closed its doors. After 37 years, a Toronto institution Club Baths Toronto has bit the dust. The article below appeared in Toronto’s Gay Bi-Weekly Newspaper Xtra (Club Toronto Closes) written by Scott Dagostino Scott writes “It’s being gutted,” says one of them, hauling planks of wood past the pool. Another, also declining to be identified, shrugs and says, “I didn’t even know it was a bathhouse…. I thought it was just a boarded-up place.” Peter Bochove, owner of another nearby bathhouse, Spa Excess, laughs when he hears this. “Those workmen are actually the owners,” he says. [...] - [Gay Bathhouse Short Film Sweat](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2010/04/05/sweat-by-john-lochland/): This is a short gay bathhouse film entitled Sweat. Simon’s first time in a sauna, how much trouble can one boy get into, or out of? Directed and written by John Lochland in 2008, Sweat follows an afternoon’s adventure in a gay bathhouse for Simon, played by David Paisley (Holby City and River City). Writes John Lochland Sweat is the story of an afternoon of debauchery and intrigue as Simon takes leave of his senses and heads for a sauna. Negotiating the humiliating locker room strip where he inadvertently injures a fellow punter, he forges his first impromptu introduction to a [...] - [Man Dies Falling Down Bathhouse Stairs](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2010/04/01/man-dies-after-falling-down-bathhouse-stairs/): Bathhouse stairs is what one man died from after falling down a flight in Sydney, Australia. The 35-year-old man was leaving from the first-floor exit of Sydney City Steam on Sussex Street when he fell and hit his head and fell down bathhouse stairs police said. This bathhouse has been the largest, most sought after Gay owned & operated Sauna in Australia for 13 years running. Serving 2500 guys a week. Sydney City Steam, or 357 as they call themselves, is over four floors with an internal lift, should you not wish to take the stairs. Which is ironic as someone [...] - [Dallas Voice 30 Years With Club Dallas](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2014/05/31/club-dallas-30-years-with-dallas-voice/): Dallas Voice celebrates 30 Years With Club Dallas. Not often two institutions celebrate 30 years together. But that is exactly what these two organizations have done. In fact Club Dallas celebrates two milestones this year. It will celebrate its 40th anniversary as one of the longest running Bathhouses in America this August. During the past 40 years this bathhouse has weathered some stormy times. Everything from the gay rights movement to the Aids crisis to the digital age of hook-ups; this club has seen it all. As Josh Smith, manager and co-owner of Club Dallas, says “The Clubs were able to survive [...] - [Baths More Bathhouse Stories](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2014/05/31/back-2-the-baths/): Gay Asian male who wrote about the gay baths in Bathhouse Blues is back! This time with a sequel; Back 2 The Baths. This second edition continues to explore the gay culture of the tubs. Being practically naked, there is a certain inhibition and vulnerability. Stripped down, people’s walls and guards are down. It puts men interacting with one another on an equal level playing field. You have corporate lawyers interacting with truck drivers. You don’t know what the other person does, since everyone is only in a towel. There is a certain equality being at the baths. Much more so [...] - [Another LA Bathhouse Bites The Dust](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2014/05/13/another-la-bathhouse-bites-the-dust/): Fresh on the heels of the closing of Hollywood Spa another LA bathhouse has apparently shut its doors. This time the Flex Spa in Los Angeles. Its parking lot has a sign posted simply saying “business closed.” Neither the head office in Cleveland, nor the bathhouse itself has been answering the phones. The closing has caught everyone by surprise. They had just recently undertook a major renovation to the spa. Plus it didn’t seem to lack customers as attendance seemed to be consistently brisk. They were still open as of last week. Flex Spas is part of a chain of bathhouses, [...] - [The Toronto Bathhouse Raids & Edmund White](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2014/04/25/edmund-white-remembers-the-toronto-bathhouse-raids/): The Toronto Bathhouse Raids, or operation soap. In 1981 the Toronto police raided four bathhouses and arrested over 200 men. That mass arrest galvanized a movement that solidified the gay community in Canada to act as one. To protest the discrimination against gays and lesbians in Canada. The Toronto bathhouse raids became Canada’s version of Stonewall. One person who was at the protest was celebrated author Edmund White, author of such classic gay books as A Boy’s Own Story, City Boy, The Joy of Gay Sex, The Beautiful Room Is Empty, The Farewell Symphony and his latest Inside a Pearl. In [...] - [Another Philadelphia Bathhouse Death](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2014/03/25/another-philadelphia-bathhouse-death/): On the heels a death at Club Philadelphia comes news of another death in a different Philadelphia bathhouse. This past Sunday (March 23, 2014) a 41-year old man was discovered with vital signs. He was discovered at 4:30 PM, three hours after he missed his 1:30 PM check-out time. So far the police have noting to say other than it was a ‘sudden death.’ But the proprietor of the Sansom Street Gym seems to have plenty to say. They tell G Philly the death was not drug related. That the cause of death was a heart attack. Later on they released [...] - [Death at Club Philadelphia](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2014/03/20/death-at-club-philadelphia/): A death has occurred at Club Philadelphia a week ago Friday. According to G Philly, police arrived on the scene at 1:59 A.M on March 15. The 60-year-old man was later pronounced dead at Jefferson hospital. This bathhouse was once known as a drug infested establishment where overdoses happened on a fairly regular basis. Two years ago a Canadian, Chris Srnicek, bought the business. Since then he has worked hard on renovating the club and riding it of its bad reputation. Complete with the name change to Club Philadelphia. Srnicek told G Philly that the man died in all likelihood of [...] - [Gay Steam: True Sex Tales From The Tubs](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2014/03/05/gay-steam-true-sex-tales-from-the-tubs/): Gay Asian male who wrote Bathhouse Blues is back! This time with a new book that features 100% new original material. Real-life gay sex hook-ups witnesses firsthand by the author. This read will give you a front row seat on some of the wildest man-on-man action that takes place at the baths. For many years readers have been asking me to write more erotic and steamy stories. Man on man action. The problem is that I don’t have many tales to tell. As faithful fans know, I don’t get lucky at the baths. However I have observed my share of hot [...] - [Prince Harry Former Military Comrade Says Gay Saunas Should Close](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2014/03/04/prince-harry-former-comrade-in-the-military-says-gay-saunas-should-be-shut-down/): James Wharton is a former soldier who served with Prince Harry in the Household Cavalry. He is also openly out, married and now an activist for LGBT causes. He recently stirred the pot by advocating the closure of bathhouses saying they promote homophobia and will set back the fight for equality. Particularly where same-sex marriage is concerned. Writing in the magazine Winq, Wharton has penned an OP-ED piece (only available in hard copy) where he links the baths to the high number of drug overdoses. He writes “Sex saunas need to be history. The time has come to close them down.” [...] - [Bathhouse Murder Case Mistrial](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2014/02/14/bathhouse-murder-trial-mistrial/): Bathhouse murder case involving two deaths has concluded in a mistrial. Justin James Rosdobutko is currently charged with two counts of manslaughter. His victims, Steven Yablonski and Robert Clark, died of smoke inhalation at the Aquarius Men’s Bath in Winnipeg in 2009. Yablonski was a local entertainer and Clark was from Saskatchewan. Prosecutors allege that James Rosdobutko deliberately set fires in two rooms at the bathhouse. With one fire started on a couch and another fire started on a bed. The prosecution concluded this is not a hate crime, as they believe he was not targeting anyone specific. There were no [...] - [Hollywood Spa To Close Its Doors](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2014/02/11/hollywood-spa-closes/): One of the most historic and oldest gay bathhouses in the US is set to shut its doors. Hollywood Spa first opened its doors in 1974 and had not only survived but thrived. But after 40 years the owners cannot afford the rent. Located at 1650 Ivar Ave, the current landlords want to double the rent of nearly $30,000 per month. The Spa is already six months behind in the rent already. Weho Ville writes Hollywood Spa opened in 1974 and, before the advent of HIV and AIDS, was a major destination for gay men who had few other places to [...] - [Bathhouse scene on HBO Looking](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2014/02/04/bathhouse-scene-on-hbo-looking/): HBO new series Looking features three gay guys in San Francisco looking for love, hence the title Looking. In episode three entitled Looking at your browser history, we go inside a bathhouse. Dom (played by Australia’s Murray Bartlett) goes to the baths and encounters Scott Bakula in the steam room! Scott looks mighty fine for 60, and it is doubtful anyone would turn him down! If the steam room looks familiar it is because this scene was filmed at Eros in the Castro district. For those who don’t get cable, I’ll spoil the scene for you. There is NO bathhouse sex [...] - [Naked Male Found Dead On Toilet At East Side Club](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2014/02/01/man-found-dead-naked-on-toilet-at-east-side-club/): Male discovered deceased in bathhouse toilet at 2:35 AM on Sunday morning (January 26) at the East Side Club. Sources told the New York Daily News the cause of death appeared to be drug related, as narcotics were found. The East Side club disputes that assumption. Front desk worker Dexter Edwards told the New York Daily News the customer had died of a heart attack. Whichever way it happened, the facts are still the same. Dead man was discovered dead at the baths. That is sad. New York Daily News writes Julius Weil, 57, an ad executive who lives around the [...] - [Bathhouse Customer Left For Dead In His Room](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2014/01/10/bathhouse-customer-left-for-dead-in-his-room/): Bathhouse Customer was found lying dead in a rented room at the H20 Sauna in Manchester England. The irony of this is that he was discovered two hours earlier by a cleaner and nothing was done. When the bathhouse attendant first encountered this patron, it was assumed he was sleeping. Even though he was lying in a pool of his own feces. So the attendant cleaned him up, sprayed aerosol in the room and left Two hours later a second attendant came upon the customer, with the realization he was not showing any vital signs An autopsy would later show the [...] - [New Gay Sauna Opens In Amsterdam](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2014/01/02/new-gay-sauna-opens-in-amsterdam/): Brand new gay sauna has opened up in Amsterdam, Nieuwezijds Gay Sauna Amsterdam It can accommodate about 250 men, as it is 500 square feet. It is typical of many bathhouses as its amenities include sling room, Jacuzzi, glory hole, steam room and much more. The only rule they ask is please no cum in the hot tub, as it will run havoc to the filter. The sauna is located in a neighborhood where several brothels are located. Which seems to be the only criticism, as many establishments are worried they might have to close. But that criticism seems unwarranted, as [...] - [Gay Sauna Tour With Nearly Nude Asian](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2013/12/23/chinese-guy-strips-down-to-give-sauna-tour/): Sauna tour with nearly naked Asian dude. Who wouldn’t want that invitation. Today is your lucky day! Gay Saunas seem to be pretty big in Hong Kong. Rather than being located in the back of the alley, Bathhouses in Hong Kong are very much out in the open. In the video below AK takes the viewer to visit a gay sauna located in Mongkok, Hong Kong. Club Houzz. One reviewer wrote of the place “Great looking decor with good facilities and friendly staff; but the clientele of mainly young locals late on a rainy Saturday afternoon was indifferent and far from [...] - [Gay Bathhouse Joke Jeopardizes Sexual Assault Case](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2013/12/08/sexual-assault-case-in-jeopardy-after-foreman-makes-gay-bathhouse-jokes-on-the-radio/): This story is such a convoluted mess, I don’t were to begin. Joshua Dowholis (pictured below) was standing trial for sexual assault against several men. The bathhouse connection is that he and the victims (more than one) originally met at the baths. The assaults allegedly took place after the group left the baths and headed to Dowholis apartment. All participants were allegedly high on meth. Enter Derek Welsman, a producer and host of a morning shock radio show. Elected foreman, Welsman swore on a bible that he had no bias towards gays and lesbians. Warned not the discuss any details about [...] - [Japan Bathhouse Outreach Program](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2013/12/04/japan-bathhouse-outreach-program/): Infection rates among gay men in Japan have been steadily increasing. Reports from the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry’s AIDS Surveillance Committee, new reports of HIV patients in Japan totaled 1,500 in 2012. There are a total number of 21,000 patients with HIV/AIDS. Of that number, 6,719 have full-blown AIDS. The remaining, totaling 14,706 are dealing with the virus. Compared to other countries, that might not seem like a lot. But for the Japanese gay community, those numbers are cause for concern. The problem is that Japan does not place a high priority on HIV prevention and sex education programs in [...] - [Unhung Hero](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2013/11/29/unhung-hero/): Patrick Moote is a bit of a celebrity, but for all the wrong reasons. He is the guy who proposed to his girlfriend on the jumbotron at a basketball game. And got turned down. He later found out the rejection was due to his penis size, it being too small for his girlfriends taste. Penis size does seem to be a deal breaker in both the straight and gay communities. So Patrick decided to film his personal journey to get answers about penis size. Entitled Unhung Hero, he talks to old girlfriends, adult film actors, sexperts and even anthropologists. He travels [...] - [Party At Turkish & Russian Bathhouse](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2013/11/26/party-at-turkish-russian-bathhouse/): Now before you get excited, the party was at a straight bathhouse. Which took place at the Russian and Turkish Baths. Describes on its website Since 1892, we’ve served New York as the place to experience an unexpected paradise. The Russian & Turkish Baths features 5 saunas and steam rooms, a cold plunge pool, a roof deck, and restaurant. We also offer massage services and treatments. The attendees were all straight, the gals and the guys (damn it!). What was unusual about this party, was who turned up. It was a who’s who of internet start-up companies. In attendance: General Assembly [...] - [Thursday Thrust](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2013/11/07/thursday-thrust/): This is not a bathhouse per say, but rather a private house party that acts as a bathhouse. Called Thursday Thrust, the creators say this is a gay venue with a difference. They say it is “geared more to men who want to relax and unwind, meet and mingle with other like-minded men in a friendly and safe environment”. Though I am unsure how that is different from the baths, as they offer the same thing. Though they write on their website Rather than a usual club, Thursday Thrust is a private house party venue with a difference – geared more [...] - [Edinburgh Sauna Subject Of Crackdown](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2013/10/29/edinburgh-sauna/): Cops in Edinburgh, Scotland are cracking down on the underground sex trade industry. First stop, the Edinburgh sauna scene. In March of this year, there was a series of raids covering half of Edinburgh’s 13 saunas. These businesses that were busted had their licenses suspended. Some were allowed to reopen after appealing the decision. To read what the cops found go to Police reveal seedy details of Edinburgh saunas But that is just the start. The cops are now making an official request to city council that all licensed saunas not to provide condoms. Essentially banning condoms from all bathhouses. The [...] - [Underground Bathhouse Gets Busted](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2013/10/16/underground-bathhouse-gets-busted/): An underground bathhouse was raided in Cairo, which resulted in the arrest of 14 men. These men, who ranged from age 18 to 57, were charged for practicing ‘immorality’ or ‘homosexual acts’. The manager and staff have apparently been detained as well. Though that has not been confirmed. A prosecutor ordered they should be held for ‘forensic reports’. Again unconfirmed reports suggest this may include ‘anal probe’ tests to examine if they have engaged in gay anal sex. Shameful. To read more about this underground bathhouse raid go to Locals destroy Cairo sauna 14 men face gay anal probe torture. - [UK Bathhouse Tips](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2013/10/09/uk-bathhouse-tips/): UK Bathhouse tips. The Lesbian & Gay Foundation (LGF) is a vibrant charity based in Manchester providing a wide range of services to over 40,000 lesbian, gay and bisexual people each year. Recently they have started producing LGF Quickies! A collection of short videos, aimed at gay and bisexual men, about sexual health. In one episode they head to H20 Sauna, to give tips to those who are unaware of how to handle oneself in a bathhouse. There are some pretty good tips given out. They write It’s great to see that members of our community show such a passion for [...] - [Tour Of Belfast Pipeworks Sauna](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2013/10/09/tour-of-belfast-pipeworks-sauna/): Belfast Pipeworks Sauna is first gay bathhouse in that area. They have just uploaded a video, giving the curious a tour of its premises. Pipeworks features a massive 35 man spa pool, a large 20 man steam room, a 20 man dry sauna, 14 rest rooms, a sling room, tea & coffee bar, internet lounge and a tv lounge. This bathhouse is (or was) owned and operated by Andre Graham. He is without question, Northern Ireland’s most prominent gay man. He is a millionaire several times over for creating a gay quarter near St Anne’s Cathedral. In 2010 it was reported [...] - [Autoerotic Asphyxiation Death](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2013/10/04/autoerotic-asphyxiation-bathhouse-death/): Another death at a bathhouse, but this time it isn’t drug related. Rather do to Autoerotic Asphyxiation. For those who don’t know this practice entails depriving the brain of oxygen to boost sexual arousal. On November of last year Yeo Hung Song, 48, was found dead in a locked cubicle at the Club One Seven Spa & Gym. He was a regular patron, visiting the bathhouse up to twice a week. No one noticed anything wrong until 7 hours later when a cleaner found his body. Song was nude, on his knees with a chain around this neck. His towel was [...] - [Gay Bathhouse Book Available](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2013/08/28/gay-bathhouse-book/): Gay Asian male as spent over 20 years walking the hallways of gay bathhouses. He has now written his experiences for anyone unfamiliar with gay bathhouse etiquette. A Gay Bathhouse Book. This read will give you a front row seat on what takes place behind closes doors. This is the only bathhouse book to explore the culture and community feeling of the gay baths. It is written from the perspective of a Gay Asian male that has spent over 20 years walking the hallways of gay bathhouses. For anyone unfamiliar with gay bathhouse etiquette, this read will give you a front [...] - [San Francisco Bathhouse Might Reopen](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2013/08/16/san-francisco-bathhouse/): City officials are exploring the possibility of allowing San Francisco Bathhouse after being shut down during the AIDS crisis. This is a result of many straight spas and massage parlors requesting a bathhouse permit. Public anxiety over the spread of AIDS was high 30 years ago. At that time Superior Court issued a set of ruling making almost impossible for a San Francisco bathhouse to operate. They included the removal of private rooms and monitors watching patrons every move. It would be then up to the city’s public health director to determine if and when the AIDS epidemic was over. Bathhouses [...] - [Bathhouse Evacuated Due To Fumes](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2013/08/12/bathhouse-evacuated-after-chemical-fume-leakage/): Bathhouse Evacuated, police, fire and hazmat teams responded to a chemical leak at the showed up Greenhouse Health Club in Newport. The cause of the leak was an explosion in the pump room. It caused the bromaine, which is used to sterilize whirlpools and hot tubs, to be released into the air. The leak only caused club manager Wally Moore to pass out and be sent to the hospital. That happened when he opened the door to the pump room, as fumes overwhelmed him. Only eight clients were on scene at the time, and Bathhouse Evacuated. A spokeswoman for South Wales [...] - [Steamworks Tighty Whitey Car Wash Event](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2013/07/25/steamworks-tighty-whitey-car-wash-event/): A few days ago Steamworks Toronto held their annual car wash event. Located right outside their doors, this event raises money every year for PWA Toronto. As they say on their blog: Hosted by Peter Rex (Mr Steamworks 2007 currently Mr Rubber Toronto 2013) and David Knott (Mr Steamworks 2013) and with the help of many volunteers, sponsors and mother nature we raised $4650.20, for the many recipients of PWA Toronto. Steamworks has been the presenting sponsor and organizer of the Tighty Whitey Car Wash in Toronto since 2007 and over the years has raised $37, 568.86. Volunteers included men from [...] - [Poppers Banned In Time For Gay Pride](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2013/06/26/canada-bans-poppers-just-in-time-for-gay-pride/): Years ago it was called tape cleaner. Then somewhere down the line, the industry got lax and began to call it what it is. Poppers (or alkyl nitrites). This is one product that is so prevalent in the halls of bathhouses all over the world. More so than any other party drug combined. Now Health Canada has put the breaks on the distribution of alkyl nitrites in Canada, just in time for gay pride. Says Sean Upton, a spokesperson for Health Canada. “A serious complaint was made to the department in February 2013 concerning a ‘poppers’ product on the Canadian market, [...] - [Logan McCree Tours Babylon Cologne](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2013/06/07/logan-mccree-tours-babylon-cologne/): Logan McCree is one of the hottest gay porn stars in Germany. According to Wikipedia Logan McCree (born Philipp Tanzer on December 31, 1977), also known as Kriegerbeatz or DJ Krieger, is the stage name of a German DJ who began working as an adult-film actor in gay pornography in 2007, exclusively-signed to the Raging Stallion Studios production company with a three-year contract. He is widely-known for his unique and distinctive tattoos over most on his body, including his penis, buttocks and scalp. Most of then are related to angels, as all his tattoos have spiritual meanings. McCree came to prominence [...] - [Sporting Biohazard Tattoo At The Baths](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2013/05/29/biohazard-bathhouse-tattoo/): Evan Howard is a contributor to Positive Lite, a website about living with HIV. Recently he has gotten a Biohazard Tattoo smack dab in the middle of his chest. This Biohazard Tattoo tells the world your poz identity and your solidarity with the HIV community. Recently Evan wrote about walking the halls of the baths, and the reaction he get. Finding that the tattoo appears to work for him both as a shield as well as a warning. Writing “Met a guy last night online who was visiting LA for the weekend. We meet up this evening and found we had [...] - [New Zealand Sauna Damaged In Fire](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2013/05/29/new-zealand-sauna-damaged-in-fire/): The Wingate Club is Auckland’s largest and busiest gay bathhouse and sauna complex, standing on five-thousand square metres of land beside the Whau River in a quiet suburban street. They describe themselves We offer a number of facilities that are unique, not just in Auckland, but around the world, including large, secluded leafy grounds where you can sunbathe, chat with new and old friends, and play. There is a large sunlit lawn beside a large outdoor swimming pool, or you can wander through the bushland hillside where there are numerous nooks and crannies where you can gain some privacy. Naturally we [...] - [Writing About Gay Baths Experience](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2013/05/26/gay-baths-experience/): This dude stole my title! Just kidding. Bathhouse Blues is my site that explains the ins and outs of gay bathhouse life and gay baths experience. This site here is my sister site, for bathhouse news from around the world. Luis Blasini is a writer with a cult following. He has written books about homelessness, drugs, social outcasts, the downtrodden and much more. In addition he has a world-renowned blog called Borrowed Flesh, which was is the title of one of his books. Anyways Luis wrote a blog posting about a recent gay baths experience, entitled Bathhouse Blues. The name of [...] - [Bathhouse License Gets Renewed](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2013/05/22/bathhouse-license-gets-renewed/): Apparently gay sex parties are a no-no, at least in Islington. Tipped off about a “Bareback Party” and “Raw Heat Pig Party” being advertised on gay online forums at Paradise Spa, the cops swooped in. Putting its bathhouse license in peril. They found what you would nominally find at a bathhouse. However the owner decried the bust as a witch-hunt. And that the so-called party was being organized by third parties and never took place. Complaints from nearby residents didn’t seem to make a difference to city council. In the end city council granted a one-year renewal of the bathhouse license [...] - [Lesbian Bathhouse? Why Not!](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2013/05/16/lesbian-bathhouse/): In Toronto there is an event called Pleasure Palace Toronto (formerly known as Pussy Palace). The basic premise has a men’s bathhouse go all female for one night. Only women and trans are were allowed to come in, have a shower and cruise for sex. Just like the men. This event has been going on for over 15 years now in Toronto, Canada. Lesbian bathhouse. Anyways I’ve stumbled across two blog posts asking why there isn’t a lesbian bathhouse anywhere else? Their mission statement is The Women and Trans Bathhouse is an event where women and trans folk can explore their [...] - [Comparing Bike Showers To Gay Baths](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2013/05/10/bike-showers-to-gay-baths/): Bike stations are popping up all over the world, especially in urban centers, complete with Bike Showers. In Toronto opposition is brewing for the construction of a bike station will have shower facilities. One of the strongest opponents is Councilor Doug Ford, brother of Mayor Rob Ford. During a media scrum Doug Ford suggested the bike showers would turn into a bathhouse, complete with a towel boy. Some councilors called his remarks homophobic. To which Doug Ford replied, “Don’t tell me I’m homophobic. I’m donating to the gay Pride Parade.” Then followed up by musing what sort of “hanky-panky” would take [...] - [Video On Athens Bathhouse](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2013/05/07/athens-bathhouse/): Found this uploaded on You Tube a few days back. A tour of Alexander Sauna, an Athens Bathhouse. Looks like a fun place to go! Alexander Sauna offers you a large, peaceful garden area where you can relax, enjoy your drink and most of all, feel the energy of gay Athens. The very name “Alexander” is an allusion to the Hellenistic years. This Athens Bathhouse is located in the heart of Gazi gay village. Travel Gay Europe writes of the place Athens’ most popular gay sauna, located in the heart of Gazi gay village. Alexander offers 4 floors, with private cabins [...] - [Bathhouse Owner Peter Bochove Has Died](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2013/04/30/bathhouse-owner-peter-bochove-has-died/): One of the true pioneers of the Toronto bathhouse scene has died. Peter Bochove passed away on Sunday after battling lung cancer. He was 65. Back in 1981 the police destroyed his business, the Richmond Street Health Emporium, during the Bathhouse raids. The gay community became galvanized, and soon Bochove found himself in a position of being an activist. It was a turning point in the history of gay rights in Canada. As the owner of one of the bathhouses targeted, Bochove became outspoken about police brutality, the right to sexual freedom and privacy. In 1988 Bochove attempted to open up [...] - [Vulcan Steam San Diego Has Closed](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2013/04/24/vulcan-steam-san-diego-has-closed/): Vulcan Steam San Diego has shut its doors after 37 years. No announcement, no good-bye bash, and no warning. Closed April 18, 2013. In an era where some bathhouses are struggling to survive, this is not one of those times. Business at the Vulcan Steam San Diego was still very healthy. The owner (Frank) received an offer for the property that was too good to refuse. He owned the property outright, which is located in adjacent to Little Italy downtown. It’s an area that has been revitalized and renovated in recent years. The land/property will probably be developed into condos, retail, [...] - [Hawks Pdx Celebrates 1 Yr Anniversary](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2013/04/20/hawks-pdx-celebrates-1-yr-anniversary/): It has been over 365 days since Hawks Pdx opened its doors as a gay bathhouse in Portland Oregon. One reviewer wrote of Hawks From Paul on cruisingforsex.com “I travel all around the US and go to a lot of places and this is by far one of the top 5 sex clubs in the country! Clean, friendly, well laid out. You can find most anything you are looking for. The first night I ended up fucking this muscled bottom for about two hours and the second night I found this incredible cocksucker! By far the best I’ve had yet. Definitely [...] - [Sauna Club Drug Use Panel](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2013/04/16/sauna-club-drug-use-panel/): Due to a string of overdoses in London bathhouses a special panel discussion is taking place. Sauna Club Drug Causalities is being put together by Michael Peacock to start a dialogue on drugs, clubs and the baths. Aims & Theme ‘To bring together a panel in most part made up of high profile personalities from the ‘scene’ who are well informed about ‘drug culture’ All have a non judge-mental attitude. We want to invite questions that will explore why this culture exists and more prevalent than on the ‘str8’ scene – the consequences – can attitudes be changed – what support [...] - [Death Of A Bathhouse Documentary](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2013/04/15/bathhouse-documentary/): Two and a half years ago St. Marc’s bathhouse went bust, as written here at that time. (Another Toronto Bathhouse Bites The Dust – St Marc’s Spa). Though management said the closing was only temporary, St Marc’s never re-opened. So this bathhouse maybe gone, but it hasn’t been forgotten. A new bathhouse documentary film is being released. Consisting of footage from the waning days of St. Marc’s and interviews with several Toronto artists. Such as Sky Gilbert, Keith Cole and Brad Fraser. Says producer Raymond Helkio Rolyn had shot the footage years ago when the club was getting ready to close [...] - [San Francisco Bathhouses](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2013/03/28/san-francisco-bathhouses/): The Sfist recently wrote a blog post featuring some historic fliers advertising San Francisco Bathhouses. This was way before the AIDS crisis in the 1980s, which causes many of them to be closed. The author Jay Barmann writes: San Francisco was once a thriving haven for sexual deviants, didn’t you know? It still is, but in a somewhat more tame way than in the 1970s heyday of leather bars, hanky codes, glory holes, and bathhouses. SoMa was home to some of the nation’s biggest and baddest bathhouses up until 1983, all of them places where men could find casual, anonymous sex, [...] - [OD Death At Steamworks Seattle](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2013/03/12/od-death-at-steamworks-seattle/): The blog Seattle Gay Scene is reporting a customer has died at Steamworks Seattle. The cause of death is allegedly due to a drug overdose. Writer Michael Strangeways has composed an interesting blog post about the latest death at the gay baths in Seattle. In addition there are several comments in this post that are an interesting read. He writes: And, yet another reminder that “playing and partying” are a deadly combo regardless of age, but it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to note that many of the men who die in these situations are 40+ and most of them were [...] - [Vatican Owner Of European Gay Sauna](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2013/03/12/european-gay-sauna-vatican-owner/): The Vatican is investing in the real estate market. They have just purchased a share of an apartment block for a whopping $30 million dollars. The hope is to house several Catholic priests. However included in the purchase is the building that houses the largest European gay sauna, Europa Multiclub. That has some tongues wagging about settling members of the Vatican in a former European gay sauna. As reported by The Independent: The senior Vatican figure sweating the most due to the unlikely proximity of the gay Europa Multiclub is probably Cardinal Ivan Dias, the head of the Congregation for Evangelisation [...] - [Spa Manager Admits Mistake To FTM](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2013/03/07/spa-manager-admits-mistake-to-ftm/): First off this is a straight bathhouse. But this news is of interest because we reported a similar story a few weeks ago. See Bathhouse sued for discrimination after management told a FTM trans person he could not use the men’s shower. Spa World in Centreville, Va asked an FTM to leave its premises because homosexual or transgender people are not allowed. But spa manager James Lee claims it was a misunderstanding saying, “The Korean-English barrier just made a small miscommunication. There was a woman inside of the woman’s sauna, and we had many complaints about that particular person, stating there [...] - [Sauna Job Gets Straight Married Man Fired](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2013/03/07/gay-sauna-straight-married-man-fired/): Eamon Ryan (not the politician), who is a Straight Married Man, has filed a grievance with the Employment Appeals Tribunal claiming he was unfairly fired from the Charleville Park Hotel. Ryan doing consulting work for a gay sauna in Shannon. Once the hotel discovered his second job he was dismissed. Ryan claims it was due to the ‘orientation’ of the sauna. Despite being a Straight Married Man. For its part the hotel claims the dismissal had nothing to do with the sauna being gay. It was a breach of contract, which states no employee can have a second job The tribunal [...] - [Ottawa Baths To Reinstate STI Testing](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2013/02/07/ottawa-baths-reinstate-sti-testing/): Rates for testing positive for Chlamydia have increased every year. In fact it is now the number one reported STI. To combat the rise of infection rates Ottawa Public Health is reinstating its “Get Tested, Why Not” anonymous STI campaign in both Ottawa Baths. This is to encourage more men to get tested for STIs. As Bradley Turcotte writes Chlamydia is now the number one reported sexually transmitted infection (STI) in Ottawa, after three years of steadily increasing rates. In response to this rise in reported cases, Ottawa Public Health (OPH) has reintroduced a confidential bathhouse testing project in an attempt [...] - [The Needle Prick Project](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2013/02/01/the-needle-prick-project/): The Needle Prick Project is an editorial campaign to open up dialogue on what it means to be HIV positive today. Articles are appearing on various gay websites, with guys sharing their stories on being HIV positive. The second such profiles featured Jeffrey Tomlinson who received his HIV diagnosis in a Denver bathhouse from an STI outreach worker. Jeffrey had a bad experience with this counselor. He said the clinician was curt, distant and unforgiving in his bedside manner. That is unfortunate, as Jeffrey deserved much better treatment. I’m bringing this story up because I think it does a disservice, as [...] - [Continental Baths The Musical](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2013/01/09/continental-baths-the-musical/): Bette Midler is scheduled to appear on Broadway in the 2013 one-woman show about the life and times of Sue Mengers. However we might get two Bette’s on Broadway, the actress and the character. Confused? Don’t be. According to Cindy Adams, Steve Ostrow the former owner of The Continental Baths is looking to adapt his book about the baths into a Broadway musical. Characters would include a towel-clad piano player Barry Manilow and a singer named Bathhouse Bette. Who of course is Bette Midler. This is only in the talking stages as Steve Ostrow is looking for interested parties. In a [...] - [50 Yrs of Steve's Bathhouse](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2013/01/03/50-yrs-of-steves-bathhouse/): Steve’s Bathhouse in Reno, Nevada has hit a milestone. It is celebrating over 50 year in business. Which makes it the oldest bathhouse in the United States. According to their Facebook page, they first opened its doors in January 1, 1962. To celebrate this milestone its proprietor, the very low-key and amiable, Steve Daugherty has given a very rare interview. He speaks about his 50 plus years in the bathhouse industry at Steve’s Bathhouse. We just offer an option for meeting other people,” Steve Daugherty says. “Some people come here just to watch The Price is Right. Some come here just [...] - [Gay Bathhouse Videos From Spain](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2012/12/26/gay-bathhouse-videos-spain/): Grupo Pases proclaims themselves to have the very best gay saunas in Spain. In fact they own a chain of them with locations in Barcelona, Sevilla and Valencia. They pride themselves in having a clean bathhouse. “Being naughty is nice. You can be so in a spotless and hygienic environment at any of our saunas.” Recently they have produced several high quality Gay Bathhouse Videos, taking the curious behind the doors of their saunas. They are currently posted on YouTube and on their own website. The videos are not that adult, but they are really pushing the line. It is nothing [...] - [The Divine Miss M & The Continental Baths](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2012/12/19/divine-miss-m-continental-baths/): Bette Midler has a new movie to promote, but many are quizzing her about her time singing at the famed Continental Baths. For all those newbies who don’t know, Bette started her career singing at the Continental Baths. The Divine Miss M won’t “dwell” on the bathhouse days. She tells the UK times “I’m so proud of what I’ve done. The fact people go back to that as if I’ve done nothing between now and then is really distressing.” Told her gay fans just cherish it in a celebratory way, Midler responds “I know, but it’s just not me. It was [...] - [FTM Sues Bathhouse For Discrimination](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2012/12/14/ftm-bathhouse-discrimination/): It should be noted that the bathhouse in question is a co-ed straight bathhouse. More like a relaxation center. The incident took place at the King Spa & Sauna. Levi Pine, a Chicago transgender man (FTM), was using the men’s shower. The manager told him he would have to use the private shower or leave. Levi Pine later said “The experience I had was particularly degrading.” He has since filed an Illinois Dept. of Human Rights (IDHR) complaint against King Spa & Sauna. He said “I shouldn’t have to be sequestered into a private area. Just because some people who go [...] - [Music Fine & Ban For Basement Complex](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2012/12/14/basement-complex-gets-fined-banned/): Walking the bathhouse hallways, you either love the music they are playing. Or you absolutely hate it. Wondering who chooses this awful music. What you might not know is that the owners have to pay a license for it. Nothing in this life is free, and one bathhouse owner has learned that the hard way. The Basement Complex was playing music without a Phonographic Performance Ltd license. For some strange reason the owners don’t seem to be taking this seriously. A Letter was sent, with no response. The owner declined to appear in court. So the judge has banned all of [...] - [New Zealand Gay Sauna To Re-Open](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2012/12/11/new-zealand-gay-sauna-re-open/): Almost one year ago an earthquake devastated New Zealand and many didn’t know if they could move forward. One of the affected businesses was New Zealand Gay Sauna Menfriends . The damage was severe and rebuilding costs were astronomical. But the owners refused to give up. And after much hard work, sweat and a few tears the club will once again open its doors on December 18th. They have moved to a new location at 427 Tuam Street with a new layout, new gadgets, pretty much new everything. The New Zealand Gay Sauna Menfriends will open will open from 7.30pm to [...] - [Steamwerkz The Musical Excerpt](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2012/11/29/steamwerkz-musical-excerpt/): The Annoyance Theater in Chicago has been presenting Steamwerkz – The Musical since the summer. Matt La Luz of The Chicago Phoenix writes, “The musical never loses steam as it savagely rolls through a sharper than sharp script which gives the characters plenty of great one-liners and snappy gags. Overall the show is an instant gay camp-fest. Surefire hit for those looking for something light, funny, and with a huge dose of raunchiness.” Cast member Ben Kramer says “A lot of gay men, on the surface, will talk shit about Steamworks like it’s a dirty place to go. It’s a very [...] - [Another Death At Gay Sauna In London](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2012/10/29/another-london-gay-sauna-death/): It seems this is all I tend to report on this blog. Drug overdoses at Bathhouses that lead to someone’s death. This time it has happened at Pleasuredrome. Three men collapsed of an apparent drug overdose and paramedics were called at 8:15 AM. One man died, another 46-year-old remains in a critical condition in hospital, and a third man, a 34-year-old, is expected to make a full recovery. This is not the first time the gay community has been warned about drugs being contaminated. This past summer there have been a string of overdoses and deaths at various clubs in and [...] - [The End of M2M Vancouver Closed](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2012/09/21/m2m-vancouver-closed/): And then there were two. The bathhouse M2M Vancouver closed after an 18 percent increase in their rent. With business continuing to be flat, the owners felt they had no choice but close down. From Daily Xtra On Tuesday, Sept 11, the former M2M was empty and its doors unlocked. Partitions and fixtures had been stripped from the walls. Power tools and sawdust lay on the bare cement floors. A single discarded mattress lay next to the dumpster in the back alley. No one appeared to be on site. A sign was posted on the entrance to M2M that reads, “We [...] - [Steam Room Death At Club Z In Seattle](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2012/09/03/steam-room-death-at-club-z-in-seattle/): A 47-year-old man has died of a possible drug-related overdose at Club Z in Seattle. It was a steam room death as he was found unresponsive in that area and pronounced dead 35 minutes later. This incident marks the third time that someone has died at Club Z. In two separate incidents in September and November of 2011, two different men succumbed to their death at the spa. Steam room death happen more often than you think, with so many people coming and going in that area. These deaths has prompted Michael Strangeways to write a blog post on the dangers [...] - [Free Gay Baths Passes For RNC Delegates](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2012/08/23/free-gay-baths-passes-for-rnc-delegates/): Tampa Florida gay bathhouse is offering RNC delegates free admission to their club.Who wouldn’t want a deal like that? I know I would. The Ybor Resort and Spa describes itself as Tampa’s favorite Gay Health Club, Spa and Resort. It is also a hotel which offers stays for up to a week or more. They write on their website Located in the heart of historic Ybor City, “the cigar capital of the world” Ybor Resort and Spa has dramatically restored 1920s elegance with stunning Italian tile floors, soaring ceilings, chandeliers and original gold-gilt crown molding. Discreetly lit with rainbow colors at [...] - [Terri Jean Bedford Reality Show Set In Bathhouse](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2012/08/23/terri-jean-bedford-reality-show-set-in-bathhousenew-reality-show-set-in-bathhouse/): Now before you get excited it will be taking place in a heterosexual bathhouse. Or a swinger’s sauna, whichever term you prefer. This series is not about the bathhouse culture per say. But on the world of S&M and swinging couples. It will star Terri Jean Bedford, Canada’s best-known dominatrix, under the working title The Bondage Bungalow. They have to shoot somewhere, so the locale will be the swinger’s bathhouse venue Oasis Aqua Lounge. As written in previous posts here, Oasis Aqua Lounge used to be the historic gay bathhouse Club Toronto. In business for over 45 years, it closed its [...] - [Gay Bathhouses in Seoul South Korea](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2012/08/23/gay-bathhouses-in-seoul-south-korea/): The Kimchi Queen is a blog, in English, about gay life and culture in Seoul and South Korea. One recent post featured a list of Gay Saunas in Seoul South Korea. The blogger writes I’m going to try to work on a comprehensive list of saunas (and ‘sleeping’ rooms) in Seoul. Most lists only have the big ones in larger neighborhoods, but there are other saunas and gay sleeping rooms throughout the city. I got these listings from World Cuisine, which was published back in 2007, Ivan City, and the informative, though poorly designed, Utopia Asia. If anyone knows of any [...] - [Tales Of The Sauna By Scott Agnew](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2012/08/05/tales-of-the-sauna-scott-agnew/): Scott Agnew is one of Scotland’s top comedians. He is also a master storyteller who frequently spins tales of his sexual past in many one man shows. Tales of the Sauna is his new one-man show. It features Scott detailing many of his bathhouse stories. This show is more sexual, than homosexual. You can find additional information on this show or on Scott by following him on Twitter or friending him on Facebook. UPDATE: Review posted about Scott’s show. Go to Scott Agnew: Tales of the Sauna to read. The reviewer writes The story is one of the most open and [...] - [Continental Baths Documentary Completed](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2012/08/05/continental-baths-documentary-completed/): As mentioned last April, a Baths Documentary of the legendary New York City gay bathhouse ‘The Continental Baths’ was in production. As its director Malcolm Ingram told Queerty “The story is so incredibly rich: The place had a dance floor, a restaurant, a bar, a beauty salon and a boutique. It was one of the first establishments to introduce convenient STI testing, and its cabaret shows are now legendary,” says Ingram. The Continental was also one of the first places straights and gays mingled openly, years before Studio 54. “Celebrities like Mick Jagger, Andy Warhol and Rudolph Nureyev felt comfortable enough [...] - [Bette Midler & Barry Manilow: Back To The Baths](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2012/08/01/bette-midler-barry-manilow-bathhouse/): In your dreams, but we can all dream right? Well how about the closest thing. The cabaret show “Bette & Barry: Back to the Bathhouse” tries to recreate those steamy nights. Featuring tribute artists Donna Maxon (playing Bette Midler) and Fonda Feingold (as Barry Manilow) Sounds like a fantastic night out! Who wouldn’t enjoy Bette Midler tunes from the 70s? They even sing some of her hits from the 80s and 90s! As Donna Maxon says “We do explore other periods that were important to Bette and Barry’s relationship and career,” says Maxon, whose set list includes later Midler hits like [...] - [Neighborhood Wants Gay Sauna Booze Free](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2012/08/01/gay-sauna-booze-free/): The Honeycombe Sauna in Blackpool is facing opposition over its plans to sell alcohol in their club. The sauna resides in a mostly residential neighborhood. Residents fear that allowing alcohol to be sold, late night partying will take place. They want the place to be Booze Free. Sid Willis, of the Tuck In Cafe on Egerton Road, said: “If you are going to have a sauna, why would you want to be drinking at 3am in the morning? “If they are going to be serving alcohol into the early hours of the morning, it will be very noisy and disruptive to [...] - [The Ritz Comes To Milwaukee](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2012/08/01/ritz-comes-milwaukee/): Another day, another new local production of Terrence McNally The Ritz. This version is being mounted by the Off The Wall Theatre in Milwaukee. It runs July 26 – August 5, 2012. This show has everything. Comedy, music, dancing and laughs. The comedy is broad and funny. This is one great show to see. Even the critics agree. Dave Begel of On Milwaukee writes The story is never all that important in a classic farce. But the characterizations are critical. The dialogue has to be crisp and move along like a Sousa march played at twice its normal speed. This production [...] - [Death At Chariots Roman Spa In London](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2012/07/11/death-chariots-roman-spa-london/): Chariots Roman Spa in London is once again in the headlines. Police and emergency response teams were called after a man was discovered dead at around 7:20 AM. Police spokesperson has said no arrests have been made yet. However the death is being treated as unexplained and an investigation has been opened. This is not the first time news has come out of this sauna. Chariots Roman Spa first found themselves in the spotlight when former footballer Justin Fashanu committed suicide. This after spending the night at the spa. In 2006 another death had taken place. An investigation ruled out foul [...] - [Gay Bathhouse HIV Outreach Work](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2012/07/04/gay-bathhouse-hiv-outreach/): Gay Bathhouse HIV Outreach Work. Many bathhouses across the US and Canada continue to be visited by local health care workers to promote safe sex and encourage HIV and STI testing. This seems to be an effective way to reach men who wouldn’t ordinarily get tested. In fact a study conducted at a bathhouse in Providence, RI, between 2004 and 2010, had some very interesting results. All due to the Gay Bathhouse HIV Outreach Work being done. Some of the findings 43.2% of the men tested reported unprotected anal intercourse during the preceding 2 months. A majority, however, said they thought [...] - [Best Gay Saunas in Western Europe](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2012/06/17/best-gay-saunas-western-europe/): Travel writer/editor Dave Acton is one of the editors of the phrasebook The Gay Translator: Love + Hookups in 7 Languages. He has recently contributed a blog post to the travel blog site Tripatini. Reviewing the best gay saunas in Europe. This first blog post focuses on Western Europe. To read his reviews go to Best Gay Saunas in Europe, Part 1. I would assume part two is coming. In fact he writes As many gay men are well aware, Western Europe can be a paradise for homo hook-ups. Yeah, there are a gayzillion bars and clubs, even in many of [...] - [Toronto Bathhouse Counseling Program](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2012/06/06/toronto-bathhouse-counseling-program/): Bathhouse Counseling. Follow up to an article on Towel Talk featured on this blog. As this bathhouse counselling program enters year two of its existence, Positive Lite had written an article profiling Towel Talk. As the counselor (interviewed in the piece) says, For some men, going to a bathhouse can sometimes trigger a lot of anxiety. For example, if I’m married to a woman and I access bathhouses, I might be uncomfortable with what I’m doing there yet not have the language to talk about my feelings. So giving these men an opportunity to talk to a counsellor when they are [...] - [Steamwerkz The Musical](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2012/06/01/steamwerkz-musical/): The Annoyance Theater in Chicago will be presenting Steamwerkz The Musical. According to its website the plot consists of a wide-eyed gay boy looking for love in all the wrong places when he stumbles on a popular bathhousein Chicago. Not surprisingly he encounters his share of interesting guys during his travels down the hallways of the baths. John Loos who plays Al says We all went to Steamworks as research for the show, which was a great experience in terms of understanding the environment, the patrons and the overall feel of the place. I know I had a lot of negative [...] - [Trans M4M Night At The Gay Baths](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2012/05/28/trans-m4m-gay-baths/): Trans M4M Night At The Gay Baths. San Francisco sex educator Niko Kowell, a transmale program specialist, has created a program for Trans Men to be more comfortable at the gay baths. Trans M4M night takes place twice a month at Eros, a bathhouse that has been operating for over 20 years. Trans M4M (nicknamed TM4M) consists of workshops where Kowell teaches everything from cruising and bathhouse techniques, safe sex information and even watching transgender flicks. Interview below (as the article is no longer available on-line) San Francisco Bay Guardian: Tell us about your experiences with gender and sexuality, particularly within [...] - [Kens At Kensington Closing Its Doors](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2012/05/01/kens-kensington-closing-doors/): Nothing lasts forever, and it seems that every week comes news that a bathhouse somewhere in the world is shutting its doors. This time it is the historic Ken’s in Sydney Australia that is calling it quits. After more than 40 years of serving the gay community in Sydney, steam will be shut off for good on May 20. The reason for its closing is not financial. But the selling of the building that houses Kens at Kensington. “It is with regret that I can confirm that Ken’s at Kensington will be closing due to the sale of the building,” owner [...] - [Bathhouse Photo Exhibit Shut Down](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2012/03/30/bathhouse-photo-exhibit/): Bathhouse Photo Exhibit Shut Down, As mentioned here, Sunil Gupta is an Indian born Canadian photographer. He has a traveling exhibition of some of his photos titled Sun City and Other Stories: Paris-San Francisco-Delh taken from his book Queer. Some of the photos feature Indian men in a bathhouse. Francophone festival at the Alliance Française displayed his work to positive reviews on March 23, 2012. However following an anonymous complaint, Indian police arrived on the scene to investigate. The very next day, Gupta’s entire exhibition was removed. That is very strange and in itself a head scratcher. As to why an [...] - [What Happens In A Public Bathhouse](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2012/03/27/mens-public-bathhouse/): The Tacoma Art Museum is displaying the controversial ‘Hide/Seek’ exhibition that covers almost 150 years of GLBT works of art. First displayed at The Smithsonian Institution’s National Portrait Gallery, this series looks at how gay and straight communities intertwined much more freely. One print called Shower Bath by George Bellows truly stands out. Created in 1917, it spotlights the activity that takes place in a men’s public bathhouse. You can see two men are checking each other out. Which leads some to confirm that man on man encounters were a regular part of some men’s worlds. Says Hide Seek co-curator Jonathan [...] - [Bathhouse Outreach Worker Wins Award](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2012/03/06/bathhouse-outreach-worker-wins-award/): Second-year medical student from the University of Missouri-Columbia has won the Mizzou Inclusive Excellence Award for his contributions to the LGBTQ community. John Steven Cummins won the award for founding MizzouMed Pride, a group which promotes and raises awareness LGBTQ health issues. In addition to being an bathhouse outreach worker at the gay baths. Targeting those closeted and married men who wouldn’t ordinarily see an STI healthcare professional. Cummins says his goal in becoming a doctor is to service the missing holes regarding LGBTQ health. As well as teaching physicians how to be better physicians towards the LGBT community. From The [...] - [New Play About Gay Bathhouse Murder](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2012/02/27/gay-bathhouse-murder/): Gay Bathhouse Murder? I was thinking about just using the headline ‘Republican Senator Murdered In Gay Bathhouse’ but I thought better of it. Because it might trigger some hysteria out in cyberspace, so I changed the title. Anyways a new play has opened up at the Meta Theatre on Melrose in LA. Bathhouse Tuesday is a gay bathhouse murder whodunit set at the gay tubs. When a right-wing Republican Senator (who consistently votes for anti gay legislation) is found murdered at the gay baths, there is no shortage of suspects. However a moral dilemma pops up. Should these bathhouse patrons reveal [...] - [Shirtless Image Altered To Bathhouse Ad](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2012/02/15/shirtless-image-altered-bathhouse-ad/): Gay magazine from Winnipeg has decided to no longer run any advertisements that feature sex. The magazine in question, OutWords, wants to appeal to a much wider audience within the gay community. By removing sex ads, they hope to attract a much more upscale cache of advertisers that appeals to the LGBT market. But bathhouse ad for the Adonis Spa bathhouse in Winnipeg seem to be acceptable. Well almost. It seems the magazine feels the photo above is too risqué. And wants bathhouse ad featuring the the shirtless image replaced. In an editorial in the latest issue of OutWords, editor Rachel [...] - [University Paper On Sauna Oasis Montreal](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2012/02/15/university-paper-sauna-oasis-montreal/): Sauna Oasis Montreal. The Link, Concordia University‘s student newspaper in Montreal, has written an article about the local bathhouse scene in their area. The author of the article, Julian Ward, follows one gay college couple who hits the Sauna Oasis Montreal bathhouse every month or so, to not only let off steam. But to get laid as well. The author writes “Gay saunas are often thought to harbor clients as old as the institutions themselves—gargoyles of a time long past. But what waits on the other side of the bathhouse doors is surprisingly different than one might expect. At the same [...] - [The Ritz Comes To Chicago](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2012/02/08/ritz-chicago/): A new year always seems to bring a new production of Terrence McNally’s The Ritz. This version is being mounted by the Circle Theatre in Chicago. It runs February 15 – April 1, 2012. Reviews for this show have been mixed. With Oliver Sava from Time Out writing “The plot is thinner than an ultra-sensitive condom, with an ill-defined central conflict that keeps the stakes consistently low. There’s no motivation for Carmine Vespucci’s (David Krajecki) hatred of his sister’s husband, and the resolution is so half-assed that you’re left wondering why the story was told in the first place. The play [...] - [Denver Bathhouse Raided By Police](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2011/12/16/denver-bathhouse-raided-by-police/): Denver bathhouse was the subject of a search by the police. They executed a search warrant at the Triple C Baths in connection to their on-going investigation of former Arapahoe County Sheriff Pat Sullivan. Sullivan was arrested for allegedly exchanging meth for sex with men. One of those alleged men, Sean Moss, used to work at the Triple C. Several patrons of the bathhouse have come forward claiming Sullivan was a regular at the Triple C. Later on Sullivan recommended Moss for a job as a security guard for the Cherry Creek School District. Moss died earlier this year with methamphetamine [...] - [Video Of Rudolf Nureyev At The Baths](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2011/12/16/rudolf-nureyev-gay-baths-video/): Rudolf Nureyev at the Baths on video. Irony among ironies as Rudolf Nureyev was known to be a patron of the baths worldwide. It seems that wherever in the world he went, he would always check out the nearest bathhouse. In this video he is asked to participate in a skit, clad in nothing but a towel, with Miss Piggy in a Sauna! They even sing ‘Baby, It’s Cold Outside’ no less! I really can’t stay – Baby it’s cold outside I’ve got to go away – Baby it’s cold outside This evening has been – Been hoping that you’d drop [...] - [TV Series Homeland Features The Gay Baths](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2011/12/08/gay-baths-showtime-homeland/): On a recent episode of the Showtime series Homeland, a recent scene took place in a D.C. bathhouse. But we hardly saw anything! A Saudi diplomat was secretly filmed entering a Washington, DC bathhouse. The filming continued inside, recording all the naughty stuff this diplomat did while at the gay baths. The gathered spies view the footage and Saul remarks, “As you can see, he’s a naughty boy.” So it is decided to extract information about the terrorist plot by blackmailing him for being gay. “Being gay in Saudi Arabia is like being the antichrist here,” Saul says. All the sex [...] - [Bette Midler 5 Grand For Bathhouse Chat](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2011/12/05/continental-baths-documentary-offers-bette-midler-five-grand-interview/): As mentioned in an earlier posting, filmmaker Malcolm Ingram is preparing a documentary on the famed Continental Baths in New York. There is one person he would love to have interviewed for the film, and that is Bette Midler aka Bathhouse Bette. Malcolm Ingram has offered Bette Midler’s favorite charity, New York Restoration Project, a $5,000.00 donation if she would agree to be interviewed for the documentary. Fellow filmmaker Kevin Smith upped the ante, sweetening the donation by offering an additional $1,000 to Ingram’s $5,000.00. Malcolm Ingram tells Advocate Magazine “Bette Midler is the jelly to the PBJ that is Continental,” [...] - [Michael Fassbender Gay Bathhouse Scene](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2011/12/04/michael-fassbender-gay-bathhouse-scene/): A new movie opened last Friday in select cities. Shame is about one man’s journey as a sex addict in New York City. Michael Fassbender plays Brandon, a heterosexual male who is addicted to sex. He just cannot get enough. At one point in the film he goes to a gay bathhouse just to get laid. Fassbender tells Time Out Chicago about shooting the gay bathhouse scene. It doesn’t become about homosexuality or heterosexuality, it becomes about a fix, and where can I get my fix? People think, Wow, this is his descent into hell, and it’s not the case. I [...] - [The Hong Kong Bathhouse Scene](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2011/12/04/hong-kong-bathhouse-scene/): Time Out Hong Kong has a rather interesting article on the Hong Kong Bathhouse Scene. One of the owner’s of a bathhouse is quoted as saying “Before, we would have a customer that would frequent our sauna, possibly four times a month, looking for a possible good match. But now, the same customer searches for a partner using a mobile app first before committing to a sauna visit, cutting his visit down by at least half,” Writes Arthur Tam, “Gay hook-up spots have existed for centuries – but certainly not on Google Maps. Only a close circle of homosexual peeps knew [...] - [Montreal Bathhouse Close For Condos](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2011/12/04/montreal-bathhouse-shut-down-for-condos/): Montreal Bathhouse Shut Down For Condos. They are springing up in urban centers all over the world. With all that new construction, something has got to go. Usually that has been are historic buildings or businesses with long history. Case in point Montreal bathhouse historic Le 456 Sauna has closed its doors after 33 years to make way for a new condo. But this story has a happy ending. The sauna has been invited by the condo’s owners to open a new sauna inside the brand new condo! The new owners came to this decision because ‘it has a cultural value, [...] - [Brighton Sauna Installs CCTV Cameras](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2011/12/04/brighton-sauna-installs-cctv-cameras/): The Brighton Sauna in the UK has admitted they have surveillance cameras throughout the building. After a customer complained to PinkPaper.com, Adam Bailey, owner of Brighton Sauna, was asked about CCTV at Brighton. Baily replied that he was just complying with UK law. He tells PinkPaper.com “Our premises license stipulates a condition that we have to have CCTV ‘throughout the building, inside and out, recordable for 30 days, and made available to the Police should they need access’. We had our annual licensing inspection yesterday, coincidentally, and they looked at the whole system, and were 100% satisfied with it, and how [...] - [Aquarius Bathhouse Goes Co-Ed 24/7](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2011/11/20/aquarius-bathhouse-goes-co-ed-247/): Article from the Winnipeg Free Press that is profiling the Aquarius Bathhouse. The big news is that this bathhouse is going co-ed 24/7. Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday will be totally co-ed. Men only nights will be Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Says Assistant manager Al Simmonds who started off doing only Tuesday nights as co-ed “The response was overwhelming. Then I tried Thursday nights — overwhelming again!” Now he’s gone to Saturdays and Sundays as well. “I had to stop at four days or my gay customers would feel I was abandoning them.” As for the clientele, “Over the years we’ve [...] - [Czech Politician Wants Sauna Babylonia Closed](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2011/11/17/czech-politician-sauna-babylonia-closed/): Sauna Babylonia targeted for closure. Kateřina Klasnová, a member of parliament of the right wing populist party Public Affairs (VV), is trying to evict a gay sauna currently on Prague-city-owned property. She claims to have evidence of male prostitution taking place at Sauna Babylonia, which is forbidden. To further make her point she even displaying gay pornographic images at Prague City Hall as talking points! Private parts were blacked out. Saying “The essential parts, unfortunately, I blackened out. I’m sorry if I shocked anyone,” Klasnová bottom line is that she believes the property Sauna Babylonia is paying rent on is way [...] - [Free Admission For Guys Over 7 Inches](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2011/11/02/free-admission-for-guys-over-7-inches/): Free Admission For Guys Over 7 Inches. Yep you heard it right. If you are over 7 inches, you’ll get in free at this gay sauna in Taipei. Business is competitive with gay saunas all over the world. Everyone is looking for an edge. So if you are over 7 inches, you’ll get a Bird Bird VIP Card (with a picture of your erect equipment) to attend “Big Bird Night” for free! According to the Shanghaiist So far, the marketing appears to have worked, but not everyone is fond of the validation process. “I can‘t bring myself to be examined by [...] - [What Happens To Old Bathhouses When They Die?](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2011/10/31/update-on-two-bathhouse-stories/): Bathhouse Stories Updated. Fab Magazine has provided an update on two stories that have been published here at Bathhouse Blog. Gay Bathhouse Turned Rooming House Goes Bust. What happens when a bathhouse is turned into a rooming house? End result is not what you think. Plus Gay Bathhouse Becomes Straight Swingers’ Club. What happens when a formerly gay bathhouse is turned into a swingers club. From Fab Magazine What happens to old bathhouses when they die? Bellini visits two gay graves to find one hetrified and one dying 10.31.2011 On April 1, 2010, Club Toronto closed its doors with an unceremonious [...] - [Michael Musto Bathhouse Photo Shoot](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2011/10/28/michael-musto-bathhouse-photo-shoot/): Michael Musto Bathhouse Photo Shoot. Michael Musto recently particpated in a photo shoot for Next magazine. The theme was “What’s your worst gay nightmare?”, with readers submitting their worst nightmares come true. One such reader wrote how he went to the gay baths and discovers his uncle there in flagrante. So Musto played the uncle in this photo shoot. He is an American journalist and a former columnist for The Village Voice, where he wrote La Dolce Musto. Joining him in the shoot are various models playing the nephews and other patrons looking on. Michael Musto says “Various go-go boys play [...] - [Bathhouse Scene In Gay Romance Novel](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2011/10/28/bathhouse-scene-in-gay-romance-novel/): Ryan Field is a gay fiction writer who has worked in many areas of publishing for the past 20 years. He’s the author of the bestselling “Virgin Billionaire” series and the short story, “Down the Basement,” which was included in the Lambda Award winning anthology titled “Best Gay Erotica 2009.” Though not always, he sometimes writes gay parodies of *straight* mainstream fiction/films in the same way straight fiction and Hollywood has been parodying gay men for years, without apology. He also writes hetero romances with pen names, and has edited several short story anthologies. He has a long list of publishing [...] - [Bathhouse To Offer Rapid HIV Test](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2011/10/11/bathhouse-to-offer-rapid-hiv-test/): The Brighton Sauna in the UK is going to be one of the first bathhouses in the world to offer the rapid HIV test. Funded by the HIV and sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust (THT), the Rapid HIV test will be offered once a week and will use the modern finger-prick blood tests to offer men results within one hour. A fully trained staff from THT will be on hand to provide the bathhouse patrons with information and counselling before and after the test. If anyone receives a reactive result, they will be referred to a specialist clinic for further [...] - [Jake Gyllenhaal Spotted At The Baths](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2011/10/06/jake-gyllenhaal-spotted-at-the-baths/): Jake Gyllenhaal Spotted At The Baths. Unfortunately it was a straight bathhouse. They do exist as a place for guys (or gals) to relax, unwind and just chill out. Just like a gay bathhouse, but without any sex or cruising. Writes The New York Post Organizers of Elit by Stoli’s male-only gathering had taken over the place, with white towel-wearing guests including Nobu’s Richie Notar, venture capitalist Adam Dell, Niche Media founder Jason Binn, David Rabin and Lance Broumand. We’re told they, ahem, “let it all hang out.” Straight or gay, men like hanging out with other men while naked. A [...] - [St Marc Spa Closed For 2nd Time](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2011/09/28/st-marc-spa-closed-for-2nd-time/): St Marc Spa Closed For 2nd Time. What happens when a gay bathhouse goes bust? What to do with all of those empty rooms? Why not turn it into a rooming house! That is exactly what happened with the St Marc Spa closed Bathhouse in Toronto. Once one of the busiest bathhouses in the city, this establishment suddenly went belly up. Not one to miss an opportunity, a Korean family moved in with their three kids and turned the whole place into one dormitory/rooming house named Marina Centre. Now it seems the good times have gone south. All the residences and [...] - [Man's Country - Oldest Gay Bathhouse In Chicago Closes After 44 Years](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2018/01/01/mans-country-oldest-gay-bathhouse-in-chicago-closes-after-44-years/): 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 13-hour disco party that beings New Year’s Eve. The property where the business sit on is being sold for condo development. Which will be called “The Renslow”, a tribute to LGBTQ businessman and gay rights pioneer Chuck Renslow. Though business has dipped, there is still a market for the baths. But the days of the big bathhouse business is over. Property taxes is what prompted Owner Ron Ehemann to put the building up for sale saying [...] - [Bette Bathhouse and Beyond](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2018/01/01/bette-bathhouse-and-beyond/): 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 and producers, has teamed up with powerhouse singer and comic actress Amber Martin to present Bette Bathhouse and Beyond, which recreates one of Bette Midler’s iconic 1971 performances at NYC’s infamous gay bathhouse the Continental Baths. The show has developed a loyal following at packed performances in New York City at Club Cumming (the new boÎte of actor Alan Cumming) in the East Village, and it has toured to New Orleans and Fire Island. Arriving to [...] - [Arrest Made In Third Fire At Former Ybor City Baths](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2018/01/01/arrest-made-third-fire-former-ybor-city-baths/): 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 46-year-old man was arrested, accused of setting fire to the closed Ybor City Baths. The building had been set on fire twice before. However no word if he has been connected to those two other arson attempts. As reported in the Tampa Bay Times Two Tampa police officers spotted smoke from the vacant building at 1512 E Eighth Ave. around 2:30 a.m. Tampa Fire Rescue was summoned and firefighters extinguished the flames shortly after arriving. Later, [...] - [Steam Complex Re-Opens After Fire](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2017/11/12/steam-complex-re-opens-fire/): 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 establishment in October of 2016. Well a year has passed and the bathhouse has re-opened, but with reduced hours. It’s new permanent location is just 480 meters away from their old location. Its new website describes ‘phase one’ of their opening hours as 10am-7pm daily, with a 3pm finish on Sundays. Tweeting Our first hour of opening and we’ve had 55 guys so far – thank you for all your support – hope to see you [...] - [New Gay Bathhouse Articles](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2017/10/29/new-bathhouse-articles/): From the gay sauna scene in Minneapolis, Atlanta and Chicago – New Gay Bathhouse Articles Should Bathhouse Ban be lifted in Minneapolis? About 50 people gathered at Lush bar Monday night to hear the case for reexamining Minneapolis’ ban on bathhouses. Congregate sex is thriving in Minneapolis and St. Paul as innovative medications like PrEP, a once-a-day pill that virtually eliminates the risk of transmitting HIV, are freeing people to live full sexual lives without fear of contagion. Now they’re hoping for a centralized, sanitary, controlled place for everyone to go, where shame-free testing is offered on a regular basis. read [...] - [51 Men Busted In Gay Bathhouse Raid](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2017/10/09/men-busted-gay-bathhouse-raid/): 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 latest sign of a backlash against homosexuals in the Muslim-majority country. Police late on Friday raided a building in the capital Jakarta that houses a sauna and a gym after they received information from the public that it was being used for prostitution. “We secured 51 and seven employees for allegedly providing pornographic services,” Jakarta Police spokesman Argo Yuwono said in a statement. Six foreigners were among those detained, including four men from China, one from [...] - [Man Found Dead Wearing Mask In Gay Bathhouse](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2017/10/09/man-found-dead-wearing-mask-gay-bathhouse/): 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 after he was found deceased with no clothes and a face mask. The body of the 54-year-old man was found at Body Zone, which is in the 1600 block of E. McNichols, early Sunday morning. John, a man who identified himself as the general manager of the facility, said that cleaners found the body. Police say they got the call about the death at 9:08 a.m. The Wayne County Medical Examiner says they have not positively [...] - [Chemsex @ Baths Led Lawyer's Downfall](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2017/09/24/chemsex-baths-led-lawyer-downfall/): 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, an addiction to Crystal Meth. In his own words the night his partner Miguel died It wasn’t that much drugs, that I was aware. I think ultimately what must have happened, having tried to kind of recount the events of that night, is that the G was mixed up, because we decanted G into a glass and then we decanted from that into a glass we drank, but there were two identical glasses. ‘I can only [...] - [21 Yrs Of Perth Steam Works](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2017/09/24/21-yrs-perth-steam-works/): 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 on a weekly or sometimes daily basis. It is Perth Steam Works, and this month they celebrate their 21st anniversary. Mike Chester (owner of Perth Steam Works) had been planning for a type of venue like this two years prior to opening. “The original concept started 18 months before it opened because at the time I thought the Perth population justified a second gay men sauna in the City, because 565 was the only one. It [...] - [Bathhouse Staffer Lessons Learned](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2017/08/13/bathhouse-staffer-lessons-learned/): 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 From Working in a Gay Bathhouse” Here is the to ten list 1. Your friends will have very different reactions. 2. You’ll have to learn who deserves the truth … and who deserves a white lie. 3. Gloves become your best friends. 4. Working in a gay bathhouse is a workout. 5. You’re best not to approach patrons of the gay bathhouse in public. 6. Yes, you will “see things.” 7. In a gay bathhouse, you’ll [...] - [Vending Machine To Test HIV](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2017/08/13/vending-machine-test-hiv/): 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 saunas to offer rapid HIV testing on-site. Now they have gone a step further. Offering up a vending machine that will test your status on the spot. Paul Gray, owner of The Brighton Sauna, says ‘We are really ecstatic about being involved with this and anything we can do as a business to reduce HIV in Brighton and Hove, we will do and commit to.’ Customers enter personal information into the machine, an SMS confirmation code [...] - [Second Death At Steamworks Baths In Chicago](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2017/07/21/second-death-steamworks-baths-chicago/): For the second time within a six month period a death has happened on the premises of Steamworks Baths In Chicago. On January 23, a 36-year-old suburban man was found in unresponsive. He checked into the bath house about three hours before being discovered, according to a source. The second incident happened on July 11, 2017. A 31-year-old man was very much alive when taken to the hospital. But later died, either on route to or at the hospital. Though cause of death was not determined, a source tells CWB Chicago that evidence of GHB drug use was found. Some of [...] - [Being Queer Arab At The Baths](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2017/07/21/queer-arab-gay-baths/): Amrou Al-Kadhi is a writer, performer and filmmaker in London. He is also a Queer Arab who does drag. Which is a double whammy because not only does he face discrimination in the gay community, Strictly for being a visible minority. But in the Arab community. He recently wrote a piece for The Independent about his ethnic identity. He was recently at the baths when (in his words) I heard a group of men speaking my mother tongue of Iraqi Arabic. Once we all got talking, it was liberating to freely speak the dialect in a gay environment. Growing up queer [...] - [At The Baths With Ruby Powers](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2017/07/21/gay-baths-ruby-powers/): Ruby Powers celebrates the music and mischief of the Continental Baths and Pangea NYC. Music Director Yasuhiko “Yaz” Fukuoka at the piano and Bill Solomon on Percussion. QLife magazine calls the show “sweet,” “funny,” “scandalous,” and “hopeful.” “Believe me, you ain’t lived till you’ve seen a drag queen blowing a melodica!” Says Brent Lomas, the man behind Ruby Powers. “I was always mesmerized by stories of wild nights at the Baths. Now that I’ve done the show live, I get that titillating taste of freedom and fun that was so thrilling to research. When I first envisioned the piece, I wanted [...] - [Bathhouse Endures In The Era Of Grindr](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2017/06/08/bathhouse-endures-era-grindr/): Andrew Giambrone, reporter for Washington City Paper, has written a story about D.C.’s Gay Bathhouse Crew Club. Why it endures in the Age of Grindr. Writing Now, in the age of hook-up apps like Grindr, Tinder, Scruff, and Hornet, the club offers a sense of community rarely experienced on social media, its proponents say. “Trying to hook up on Grindr can be very shady, very bitchy,” says frequent customer William. “When you get off Grindr, you can kind of feel horrible, terrible about yourself. What people say on an app is not what they’ll say to your face.” Crew Club owner [...] - [Gay Sauna Raid In Jakarta Indonesia](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2017/05/22/gay-sauna-raid-jakarta-indonesia/): Indonesian cops have raided the Atlantis Jakarta sauna and detained over 140 men in what official call a “violation of pornography laws” Among those also detained were the owner of the club and several staff member. Homosexuality and gay sex are legal everywhere in Indonesia except in conservative Aceh province. But because the organizers allegedly hired prostitutes and striptease dancers to perform that evening, there could be charges for “violating pornography laws” Advocacy Coalition for Violence Against Gender and Sexual Minority Groups is working on getting the men released. The Advocacy Coalition allege that the police forced the detained men to [...] - [Barry Manilow - Time At Continental Baths "Very Brief"](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2017/05/01/barry-manilow-time-continental-baths-brief/): Now that he is an out and proud gay man, Barry Manilow is opening up about the early days of his career. Specifically at the Continental Baths. In a new interview Barry Manilow discusses performing with Bette Midler at the gay baths. Specifically at The Continental Baths. Those performances became the talk of New York and made Midler a star. But it wasn’t as long tenure at the baths, as so many people seem to think. In an interview Manilow says ‘Those were just for a couple of weekends. That was it,’ ‘It was just a couple of weekends and people [...] - [Chariots Sauna In Waterloo To Close](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2017/05/01/chariots-sauna-waterloo-close/): Waterloo Chariots Sauna, one of London’s oldest gay bathhouses, will be closing its doors. The building is set to be demolished so that a new hotel can be built in its place. Lambeth Council unanimously approved the application for the new hotel. Lambeth Council spokesperson said ‘The application was approved on Tuesday night, subject to conditions. The committee felt that overall the scheme would benefit Lower March with the creation of a new and better building, to replace currently run down and under used buildings.’ However Chariots seemed unaware of the approval. Spokesperson for Chariots saying ‘It’s still open, Last thing [...] - [Lee Daniels Admits He Was A Bathhouse Addict](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2017/04/03/lee-daniels-admits-bathhouse-addict/): Lee Daniels is a successful director with credits such as Precious, The Butler and Monster’s Ball. He is also the creator of the TV show Empire. Recently he spoke at Loyola Marymount University’s School of Film & TV about his struggles with being a black gay man. “Simultaneously, all my friends were dying again. It’s so exciting, the yin and the yang of it all. I was making an enormous amount of money. I came from extreme poverty. I didn’t know what to do with the money, so what do you do? Houses, clothes, I don’t know. Drugs, parties, at 22, [...] - [Chicago Man's Country Set To Close](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2017/04/03/chicago-mans-country-set-close/): Well nothing lasts forever. After 43 years of operation the owner of Chicago Man’s Country is throwing in the white towel. At 87 its owner Chuck Renslow seems to have had enough saying: “The place is holding its own, but it is just getting to be too much for me,” The only thing he will probably miss are the people. And contrary to popular belief, he feels bathhouses are still going strong. As for next steps Renslow says “Someone could buy us in a month or it could be a year. I have no idea when we will eventually close,” he [...] - [Fire At Ybor Resort & Spa Was Arson](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2017/03/13/fire-ybor-resort-spa-arson/): Fire that ravaged The Ybor Resort and Spa was arson. That is a conclusion set by Tampa Fire investigators. This all started this past Saturday. At around 3:30 AM firefighters responded to call that found the Ybor City Resort and Spa on fire. Fortunately the crew was able to get the fire under control with no reported injuries. In addition the building was vacant because the Resort has shut its doors. Though not sure when that happened, so it is fortunate that no one was on the premises. Upon investigation it was concluded that one or more people broke into the [...] - [Councilman SHOCKED To Discover Vapor Spa Is Gay Bathhouse](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2017/03/12/councilman-shocked-vapor-spa-is-gay-bathhouse/): Democratic councilman David James was SHOCKED to discover that Vapor Spa was actually a Gay Sex Club. Me thinks that Mr. James is not aware of what a male bathhouse is all about. As there are bathhouses all over the world. Anyhoo Mr. James tells WHAS-TV “We have issues of sexually transmitted diseases according to the health department coming through there,” he explains. “But the bigger problem is this is a place that advertises and suggests lewd behavior at its location.” Seems curiosity killed the cat as Mr. James even paid a visit to Vapor Spa to see what a male [...] - [Can You Find Mr Right At Gay Baths?](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2017/03/07/find-mr-right-gay-baths/): Mark David Woollard has a column in The Gay UK called The Undateable Gay. In it he chronicles his search for Mr Right. His latest column discusses if one can find love at that gay baths. Here is an excerpt below As I sit my naked body down in the jacuzzi, the two geriatrics grin at me with their false gnashers. I mean, I don’t know that they’ve got false ones, I’m just being ageist. I lay back and close my eyes, enjoying the bubbles fizzing around me. Cor, I suddenly feel bubbles bubbling quite ferociously around my man bits. As [...] - [Tale Of Two Saunas In Ireland](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2017/02/21/two-saunas-in-ireland/): This is a tale of two gay saunas who cater to two wildly different factions of the queer community in Ireland. One attracts the 25 and under crowd. While the other is on its last legs only attracting older gay men. Sometimes with only five customers at a time. The two in question are the Boilerhouse and The Dock Sauna. Says one bathhouse regular Kevin, who is 32, has been going to the Boilerhouse several times a year since 2012. He came out in 2010, and he says the sauna gave him a unique opportunity to have anonymous and frequent sex [...] - [Gay Sauna Fire Leaves Three Dead In Berlin](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2017/02/07/gay-sauna-fire-leaves-three-dead-berlin/): From the Associated Press reporting from Berlin German officials say three men have died and one was seriously injured in a fire at a gay sauna in Berlin. The fire broke out late Sunday at the Steam Works club in the German capital’s Schoeneberg district. Berlin’s fire department said in a statement Monday that 25 people were able to escape the fire on their own. Emergency workers searched the club, which has dozens of rooms, and found the three bodies. One 48-year-old man was taken to the hospital, suffering from smoke inhalation. The cause of the fire wasn’t yet known. Fire [...] - [Sauna Website Gets Hacked By Middle East Activists](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2017/01/19/sauna-website-hacked-middle-east/): What more can go wrong with Wellington’s Checkmate gay sauna? As reported here last year, due to earthquake damage, the sauna will be closed until March. Maybe the publicity surrounding their closure cause it to be targeted. Because their sauna website got hacked by a group trying to shine a spotlight on the violence against civilians in the Middle East.. As reported by GayNZ.com Claiming that Syrian president Bashar Hafez al-Assad’s forces are “killing women and children” the group, which calls itself ‘Cyber Ps,’ says in material appearing on the Checkmate site that are “just sending a message without hurting your [...] - [Checkmate Sauna Closed Til March 2017](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2016/12/19/checkmate-sauna-closed-til-march-2017/): Wellington’s Checkmate gay sauna will remain closed until March due to major earthquake damage to the adjacent Reading Cinemas car parking building. TPTB at Checkmate first wrote on their website in November Due to the recent Earthquake damage to nearby buildings Fire department and police have cordoned off Tory Street, So there is no access to Checkmate till further notice. This is out of our control – for more information please contact the Wellington City Council or the Wellington Civil Defence. The sauna briefly reopened only to have to shut down again writing this statement at the end of November Checkmate [...] - [Bathhouse Hosting Gay Sex Parties For Poz Men Only](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2016/11/21/bathhouse-gay-sex-parties-poz-men/): This article originally appeared on VICE Netherlands. Since 2012, Amsterdam’s Club Church has been hosting an event called Hello Pozzums, targeted specifically at gay men who are seropositive for HIV. Recently, they also started welcoming “negative” men, who take the HIV prevention drug PrEP (or Truvada) to these parties. It’s owner Richard Keldoulis was asked about these Poz parties in an interview with Vice When you started throwing parties for seropositive men in 2012, you wrote: “‘People with HIV are still being discriminated in the cruising scene. HIV-positive men want to be able to enjoy an event, where having HIV is [...] - [Clergyman Addicted To Gay Saunas](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2016/11/01/clergyman-addicted-gay-saunas/): Sex addicted clergyman has been fired from his position after his wife exposed his double life of hookers, orgies and gay bathhouse visits. Following the wife’s whistle-blowing over his secret life, a disciplinary hearing ruled her husband would be banned from ministry for life over his conduct. From The Sun THE vicar admitted he was a sex addict in an email to his wife, Birte Day, while he was away at a conference in Vienna. Birte recalled: “James said that he had a ‘sexual addiction’ and a dependency on sex. He referred to being bisexual and to engaging in sexual activity [...] - [Man Allegedly Puts Acid In Lube Dispense](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2016/08/30/man-allegedly-puts-acid-lube-dispense/): News Release from the Sydney Police Man charged after allegedly poisoning patrons – Rydalmere A man has been charged after he allegedly tampered with a dispenser at a licensed premises in Sydney’s north-west. Yesterday (Saturday 27 August 2016), a 62-year-old man entered a venue on Bridge Street, Rydalmere, and allegedly filled a dispenser fitted in a room with hydrochloric acid. Following a number of similar incidents, items in the room had been alarmed to alert security officers if they were tampered with. Police will allege an alarm sounded and security detained the man before police from Rosehill Local Area Command attended. [...] - [Spa Night](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2016/08/18/spa-night/): Spa Night is Andrew Ahn debut film about a Korean-American coming to terms with his sexuality amidst the all-male spas of Koreatown. The bathhouses depicted in this movie are supposed to be straight saunas that the male Korean community uses. But that doesn’t stop the amount of gay sex that happens. As Andrew Ahn told Gay Star News I think there are many people who find something exciting about having sex where you’re not supposed to – there’s a thrill to that risk. There’s also a level of closeted-ness that you can maintain at a Korean spa that you can’t maintain [...] - [Steam Complex Needs City Permission For Guys To Sleep Over](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2016/08/18/steam-complex-gay-bathhouse/): In what has got to be a first a gay bathhouse in the UK must apply to the city for retrospective planning permission to allow their patrons to sleep over. Despite the fact Steam Complex customers have already been doing so, without incident, for eight years. A supporting statement submitted by applicants Roger Lee Planning Ltd says The Steam Complex has already been offering overnight accommodation through 21 rooms for ‘more than eight years’ without the necessary planning permission. The statement says: “The complex does not provide hotel accommodation but provides the facility for members and guests to remain in the [...] - [Vancouver Red Door Bathhouse Closes](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2016/08/12/vancouver-red-door-bathhouse-closes/): Another bathhouse has shut its doors, but this time the reason isn’t because of declining business. Rather because the owner had died. The gay sauna in question is the Red Door Bathhouse. They bill themselves as a safe and discreet place for horny ‘no strings’ encounters However after this months Vancouver’s Pride celebrations wrapped up, the doors to the bathhouse seem to be shut for good. Ironic because they had said they would re-open in August. Yet the Red Door website only shows a blank page. The closure comes on the heels of the death of its owner Jeff Fraser. As [...] - [Midtowne Spa Closes - Austin Bathhouse](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2016/08/05/austin-bathhouse-closes/): Another bathhouse bites the dust. This time in the Lone Star state of Texas, Austin to be exact. Midtowne Spa – Austin bathhouse only men’s gay sauna – closed for good on Sunday, July 24. According to towleroad.com this particular spa reportedly had its best year ever last year. However its owner, Mike Zappas, wants to retire. The general manager told the Austin Chronicle “Last year was our best yet, financially speaking. Mike’s had the business for years. He’s reached an age where he wants to do other things, and none of his kids wanted to take it over. We’ve been [...] - [Gay Bathhouse Newbie](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2016/07/22/gay-bathhouse-newbie/): Two blog posts were recently published chronicling the baths. First essay by Simon Smith on the exclusively men-for-men parlor in Guangzhou sheds light on LGBTI life in China and offers a mean massage. Going in as a bathhouse newbie for the first time he writes The idea of what was essentially a gay massage parlor operating in a city of over 8million greatly intrigued me. I’d heard of the city’s gay clubs but an establishment offering solely ‘m for m treatment’ was a must visit. Only in 1997 was homosexuality made legal in China, it was still officially regarded as a [...] - [Mystery Death At Gay Sauna](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2016/07/17/mystery-man-multiple-identities-died-collapsing-sauna/): From The Manchester Evening News by Beth Abbit Mystery surrounds the death of a man who was discovered collapsed at a sauna in Manchester’s gay village. A coroner has been unable to formally identify the Nigerian man, known to friends as Bode Lawal, after it emerged he had several different identities. The man was discovered lying face down at the H20 sauna, on Sackville Street, on the night of August 11 last year. He later died at Royal Manchester Infirmary. Police found no injuries to his body and say there are no suspicious circumstances surrounding his death. When investigating officers tried [...] - [NYC Gay Bathhouse Fire In 1977](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2016/07/12/nyc-gay-bathhouse-fire-1977/): Next year will mark the 40th anniversary of The Gay Bathhouse Fire Of 1977. The bathhouse in question was the Everard Baths where about 80 to 100 men were walking the halls on Wednesday, May 25, 1977. Then a fire broke out on that early morning. When the fire department arrived on scene at about 7 AM, nine men where still trapped inside. Windows were blocked up and there were no fire escapes. These nine men would not make it out alive. Doree Shafrir of BuzzFeed has written an article about the fire and the aftermath entitled The Gay Bathhouse Fire [...] - [Neighborhood Backlash Towards Greenhouse Health Club](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2016/07/04/greenhouse-health-club/): Greenhouse Health Club recently submitted an application with the city to sell adult DVD and sex toys. However they faced opposition from residents and Police and Crime Commissioner Kathryn Holloway. In a letter of objection sent to Luton Borough Council, Kathryn Holloway claimed the application has caused “widespread offence and very deep concern” and warned that if the application was allowed, “a number of potential policing issues may arise” because it was five minutes away from the mosque. “Luton Borough Council is usually particularly aware of matters of cultural sensitivity,” she added. “I trust therefore that you will fully understand that, [...] - [Bathhouse Raids Apology](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2016/07/03/bathhouse-raids-apology/): The gay community in Toronto received something extraordinary on the eve of Gay Pride. The current Police Chief apologized for their role in the bathhouse raids 35 years ago. For a bit of background go to Toronto Bathhouse Raided The 35th Anniversary. While some thought this was long overdue, others felt it was a dollar short, as it wasn’t an official apology. In fact the words “apologize” and “sorry” was not even uttered or even mentioned. Rather the narrative was one of “regret”. As in the police were regretful as to what had happened 35 years ago. In addition there was [...] - [Sauna the Dead: A Fairy Tale](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2016/05/02/sauna-dead-fairy-tale/): Inspired by mean guys on Grindr and the idea of the sauna as its own little world. Fusing a love of 80s fantasy adventure movies, Disney and zombies, first-time writer/director Tom Frederic presents a genre-hopping modern day fairy tale exploring how the way we treat each other creates the worlds we live in. The director of this film, Tom Frederic, was asked about the state of the baths today. Question: Equally, some would argue that saunas aren’t needed anymore, as LGBT people become more accepted in society – would you agree? Tom Frederic: No, I wouldn’t. Great as our increased acceptance [...] - [Why Author Narvel Annable Is Pro Gay Bathhouse](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2016/04/25/author-narvel-annable-pro-gay-bathhouse/): Narvel Annable is an acclaimed author and gay rights activist who lives in Derbyshire, England. So you might ask? Well he is also a big supporter of gay bathhouses. In fact he recently participated in a documentary on the subject entitled “Secrets of the Sauna”, which took the public behind the doors of a bathhouse. Says Annable “The programme was made back in 2014 so it’s been quite a wait for it to finally appear – the people who made it came into our home to film and took us to all sorts of other places as well. “They had my [...] - [Gay Bath In The 1st Person](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2016/04/21/gay-baths-1st-person/): Couple of interesting articles (Five actually) this week for those who are curious about what goes down at the gay bath. 1) Brandy Cooklyn from Australia (who writes “I’d like to introduce this article by stating one thing: I am a massive slut!”) has written a beginner’s guide to the gay saunas. 2) Rebecca Krauss profiles DJ Cesar Murillo on DJing at Steamworks Toronto 3) Andrew Jacome writes “Picture it: you’re working up a sweat, surrounded by hot guys. They are all equally sweaty. You’re almost positive one guy keeps looking at you out of the corner of his eye. And [...] - [Two Men Found In Medical Distress At Gay Baths](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2016/02/23/medical-distress-gay-baths/): Two Men Found Medical Distress At Gay Baths. 54 year old man is in a critical condition after collapsing in a Liverpool city centre sauna. He actually collapsed ’15 minutes’ after entering club. The man was quite lucky that a nurse was patronizing the sauna at the time. This nurse was able to perform medical assistance while waiting for the ambulance to arrive. As reported by The Echo: The owner said police had told him they ‘didn’t suspect anything sinister.’ The man was unconscious and unable to speak after keeling over, bosses said. The Splash owner added: “I’m very anxious to [...] - [Terrence McNally's The Ritz Premieres In Australia](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2016/02/23/the-ritz-premieres-in-australia/): Another year, another production of Terrence McNally The Ritz. This time we head off to Newtown, New South Wales, Australia for this production. Reviews have been pretty good. “Fabulously camp comedy and fast-paced frivolity” -To Flaneur “Do yourself a favour and buy, beg, borrow or steal a ticket to see one of the funniest, gayest comedies in ages.” -Same Same “Giggles from the get-go. A ribald romp of queen size camp with a chorus of torso and towel and a chap in chaps – a fondle of the funny bone and the nostalgia zone.” -Sydney Arts Guide “A host of vivacious [...] - [Who Says Guys Don't Like The Gay Baths?](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2016/02/23/who-says-guys-dont-like-the-gay-baths/): Silly this continually bashing of the gay baths. Who says only desperate guys do to them? Not these guys. Love it or hate it? Maybe in America people are too puritanical. In Europe and Canada there is a much more open-mindedness to this type of sexual activity. As the gay saunas flourish in those countries. Still not convinced? Well how about this. On a recent chat app, the subject of the gay baths came up. And what a response! One guy says “I have gained so much confidence going to bathhouses. I know people rag on then but I feel like [...] - [Toronto Bathhouse Raided The 35th Anniversary](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2016/02/23/toronto-bathhouse-raided-35-anniversary/): It has been called Toronto’s Stonewall. The day 150 Toronto police officers carried out simultaneous raids on four gay bathhouses in Canada’s largest city. It was raided violently as the cops came armed with crowbars, billy clubs and sledgehammers. The outrage sparked by Bathhouse Raided. Which led to the largest gay rights demonstrations in Canada. 35 years later much has changed and Canada has come a long way. To mark the occasion a number of events will be planned for June’s Pride Month in Toronto. To read about some of the events planned go to Pride Toronto to honour the bathhouse [...] - [Largest Gay Sauna In London Set To Close 2nd Location](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2016/02/02/largest-gay-sauna-london-set-close/): Highgate Holdings has secured control of Shoreditch High Street. Which is where Chariots Sauna Shoreditch is located. One regular at Chariots Shoreditch has told Gay Star Business that staff were informed that the building was set to close at the end of February. Though that has not been confirmed by Chariots Shoreditch. The powers that be at Chariots has been silent on social media about the upcoming closing. In a twist a second Chariots location has been closed with no notice whatsoever. The branch in Streatham, which has been open for almost 20 years, shut its doors abruptly. Longtime customer told [...] - [Lust, Men, and Meth](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2015/12/29/lust-men-meth/): For any of you regular goers to the baths you see this type of customer over and over and over again. They are cute, very slim, hangs out with similar type guys, and seems to stay locked in their room. They are meth users who engage in what is known as PnP (Party & Play) or Chemsex. Lust, Men, and Meth: A Gay Man’s Guide to Sex and Recovery has just been released this month. Written by Dr. David Fawcett. He is a leading specialist in issues of addictions in gay men’s health and HIV/AIDS. One particular section focuses on a [...] - [Thomas Banks Quest for Love In A Bathhouse](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2015/12/29/thomas-banks-gay-bathhouse/): Thomas Banks is a writer/performer who is your typical young gay male. He likes going out on the town, dancing up a storm at clubs, and using social media to hook-up. One difference is that he has Cerebral Palsy. But he has never let his CP stand in the way of living life to the fullest. Especially when it comes to disabilities and Sexuality. He has mounted a one-man show about his quest to find love, even in a bathhouse! He has toured from one end of Australia to another performing his show. One in five Australians has some form of [...] - [Gay Baths In San Francisco Possible?](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2015/10/26/gay-baths-in-san-francisco-possible/): Could the ban against gay bathhouses in San Francisco be lifted? It is a possibility. Since the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s, San Francisco has placed a moratorium on the bathhouse industry. But San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee is “open” to allowing gay bathhouses to re-open. Provided public health officials feel it will not stop plans to eliminate all new HIV infections by 2020. As reported by the Bay Area Reporter Says Mayor Ed Lee, “The issue about bathhouses and so forth that is an item that blends entertainment along with safe sex, and I have got to have experts telling [...] - [Bathhouse The Musical Tenth Anniversary](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2015/09/18/bathhouse-the-musical-tenth-anniversary/): Below post re-printed from broadwayworld.com Tim Evanicki Productions and The Parliament House are excited to announce the triumphant return of the award-winning show Bathhouse: The Musical! to Orlando! The show, which premiered at the 2006 Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival, has since played in several cities around the US, Canada, and Europe including sold-out productions in Paris, London, Atlanta, Fort Lauderdale, Cleveland, Montreal, Ottawa and Tampa! Originally conceived by Tim Evanicki and Esther Daack, both from Orlando, Bathhouse: the Musical! follows young Billy at his first day at the baths. He’s looking for love, but soon realizes the other patrons are [...] - [John Grant Music Video In Gay Bathhouse](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2015/09/18/john-grant-music-video-in-gay-bathhouse/): Openly gay and HIV+ singer-songwriter John Grant has set his latest music video in a gay bathhouse. The setting fits the title of the song which is entitled “Disappointing”. Really who hasn’t hit the gay baths and has been disappointed. Directed by David Wilson, who has directed videos for Arcade Fire, explains the concept. “The idea for the promo came very clearly to me. I pitched the idea of John being surrounded by men and objects that would be temptations or distractions from a monogamous relationship. “This concept then developed into the camera becoming distracted by these temptations, and for John [...] - [Eugène Jansson The Naval Bath House](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2015/09/05/eugene-jansson-the-naval-bath-house/): From Wikipedia Eugène Fredrik Jansson (Stockholm 18 March 1862 – Skara 15 June 1915) was a Swedish painter known for his night-time land- and cityscapes dominated by shades of blue. Towards the end of his life, from about 1904, he mainly painted male nudes. The earlier of these phases has caused him to sometimes be referred to as blåmålaren, “the blue-painter”. Art historians and critics have long avoided the issue of any possible homoerotic tendencies in this later phase of his art, but later studies (see Brummer 1999) have established that Jansson was in all probability homosexual and appears to have [...] - [Jonathan Ames & The Russian Baths](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2015/09/05/jonathan-ames-the-russian-baths/): Jonathan Ames is a novelist and memoirist. In addition to being the creator of two television shows. HBO Bored to Death and Starz Blunt Talk. He recently granted an interview to The Week magazine. The writers asked Jonathan Ames to take him to his favorite spot in New York City. So what place did Ames choose? The Russian Turkish Baths on on East 10th Street in lower Manhattan. This is a STRAIGHT Bathhouse for those who are wondering. But Jonathan says “When I’m in New York, the baths are my life. I come here almost every night,” he explains. “After trying [...] - [Gay Man Dies In Freak Accident At Club Houston](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2015/08/13/gay-man-dies-in-freak-accident-at-club-houston/): Sad news about a death at Club Houston. For once this is not a bathhouse death due to a drug overdose. But rather a freak accident. 33 year-old Robert Fulton was celebrating Pride with his friends at Club Houston. Around 3:30 AM Fulton dove head first into the into the shallow end of the pool, which less than four feet deep. It quickly became apparent something was wrong as Fulton was unresponsive after the dive. His two friends pulled him out and called 9-11. Afterwards one of the men performed CPR. Fulton was rushed to Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center. He died [...] - [Chariots Sauna Shoreditch May Close](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2015/07/01/chariots-sauna-shoreditch-may-close/): Chariots Sauna Shoreditch might be on the chopping block if city council has its way. Not because it is a gay sauna, but for gentrification. Highgate Holdings, one of the largest hotel operators, have secured control of Shoreditch High Street. Smack dab where Chariots Sauna Shoreditch is located. The company has submitted plans for a 300,000 sq ft mixed-use project. While the deal is yet to be completely finalized, the plans will be submitted to Hackney Council in the next four weeks. Construction would be scheduled to start in late 2016. Now the ball is in City Councils’ court. What does [...] - [Will Young Music Video Set In Bathhouse](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2015/06/21/will-young-music-video-set-in-bathhouse/): Openly gay singer Will Young has released his new CD. Entitled 85% Proof. First song out is Thank You. The music video is set in a Turkish Bathhouse. I guess he didn’t want to go all the way and have the setting a gay sauna. With a Turkish Bathhouse he can feature both men and women dancing around in nothing but a towel. But the video does feature more men than women. Nice thing about this video is the array of men on display. They are all not chiseled muscle men. Rather ordinary guys of all ages, shapes and races. Diversity [...] - [Oldest Bathhouse In Toronto Set To Close?](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2015/06/09/oldest-bathhouse-in-toronto-set-to-close/): The Oak Leaf Steambath is the oldest bathhouse in Toronto. It is a combination of legitimate straight bathhouses and your traditional gay bathhouse. Confused? I’ll explain. This oldest bathhouse first opened in 1941 and catered to mostly eastern European immigrants. The Ukrainians who came for the banya and the Jews who came for the shvitz. Somewhere down the line the ‘gay’ element was added upstairs, as men could cruise rooms looking for sex. While on the first floor a mixture of men, both gay and straight, took advantage of the great steam. As the years went by, the place got more [...] - [Gay Sauna Denies Old Fat Ugly Men](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2015/06/08/gay-sauna-denies-old-fat-ugly-men/): In what has got to be a first (publicly at least) a gay bathhouse in Shinnonhyeon, Seoul is denying entry to those men who are not up to snuff. If you are old fat ugly your entry into the Black Sauna will be denied. And they are not the only ones. Many bathhouses in Seoul are following in this pattern of barring old fat ugly men. A spokesperson for Black Sauna says they need to have a discriminatory policy because it needs to attract “hot” males to make the place “hot.” “You cannot enter here if you are fat, or 45 [...] - [Comic Baek Jae Hyun Caught In Gay Sauna](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2015/05/27/comic-baek-jae-hyun-caught-gay-sauna/): Unfortunately it is not any comedian you may know. Unless you are from South Korea. Baek Jae Hyun was caught performing oral sex on a sleeping man. The comedian, or ‘gagman’ as they are known in Korea, is adamant that he is not gay. Rather he was drunk when this happened, and didn’t know what he was doing. He was arrested for assault. But the question remains, what was he doing in a gay bathhouse. Was he that drunk to be able to walk through the door, pay admission and then walk around looking for someone to perform oral sex on? [...] - [New Documentary On CS2 Sauna](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2015/05/26/new-documentary-cs2-sauna/): Channel 4 in Britain is in the stages of broadcasting a documentary on gay bathhouses in the UK. Titled Secrets of the Sauna, it’s setting will be the CS2 sauna in Nottingham, England. According to the press release, this documentary will provide ‘insight into a hidden world and a surprising, sideways look at modern gay relationships’. ‘Customers come here at any time of the day – during their lunch break or after a night out to have sex with perfect strangers,’ the press release states. ‘And business is booming.’ The documentary will focus on a few couples including John and Joe, [...] - [Photo Shoot At Roman Holiday Clubs](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2015/05/06/photo-shoot-roman-holiday-clubs/): The Fight Magazine is a glossy monthly queer magazine dedicated to The FIGHT for LGBT equality & social justice. It’s about community where real people grace our covers. But they also know how to have fun as well. Recently they did a photo shoot at the Roman Holiday Clubs in Los Angeles. This is a sauna that has massage therapy, sauna, steam room, whirlpool spa, showers, lockers, private changing rooms, sun deck. So it was a perfect place to do a photo spread entitled “At The Baths”. Along with text on the beginnings of bathhouses worldwide. Writing The photos, portraying a [...] - [Night at the Gay Saunas in Korea](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2015/05/06/gay-saunas-korea/): Anonymous gay male writes an essay on his experiences at a gay sauna in Korea. Writing… It is Friday night. Down one alley of a busy shopping and entertainment district of Seoul, young men move through what appear to be closed doors of a dilapidated building. A slow trickle of customers — some dressed in suits, others as hipsters — enter the inconspicuous establishment, seeking to unwind after the weekly grind. Welcome to one of Seoul’s many gay saunas. The traditional sauna is everywhere in South Korea. They are very much part of the modern South Korean landscape. Parents take their [...] - [Inside the Los Angeles Bathhouse Scene](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2015/04/22/inside-los-angeles-bathhouse-scene/): Patrick Rosenquist has just written a review of the Los Angeles bathhouse scene for Frontiers magazine. Like in any big city, there are usually a few bathhouses to choose from. But how do you choose? It is like deciding between Chinese and Italian for dinner. Fortunately Patrick has solved the problem by offering a short review of each and every bathhouse in the Los Angeles area. He writes Los Angeles has always been replete with places to hookup—a great thing for the gay man uninterested in shirking his sexuality. Unlike some California cities, L.A. allows bathhouses and other frisky spots to [...] - [Aquarius Baths Murder Case Update](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2015/03/26/aquarius-baths-murder-case-update/): It has been over a year since a mistrial was declared in the Aquarius Baths murder case against Justin James Rosdobutko. He has been accused of manslaughter in the deaths of Steven Yablonski and Robert Clark. They both died of smoke inhalation at the Aquarius Men’s Bath in Winnipeg in 2009. Yablonski was a local entertainer and Clark was from Saskatchewan. Prosecutors allege that James Rosdobutko deliberately set fires in two rooms at the Aquarius Baths. For more on the case and the mistrial go to Mistrial In Bathhouse Murder Case Recently the CBC in Winnipeg did an update on where [...] - [Another Death At Pleasuredrome Gay Sauna](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2015/03/13/another-death-pleasuredrome-gay-sauna/): 37-year-old man collapsed at the Pleasuredrome gay sauna, and later pronounced dead the hospital. Right now the cause of death is unknown. Due to its investigation, the venue was temporarily shut down for 24 hours. Pleasuredrome has had a history of men dying at this facility, as three men had died in 2012. Read Another Death At Gay Sauna In London for more into. A join inquest was later conducted. Go to Inquest Into Drug Overdose At Bathhouse to read more. The sauna’s proprietor, Charles Hill, has said since the incidents the sauna has been ‘more aggressive’ in their drug searches [...] - [My Experience With Racism](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2015/02/13/experience-racism/): When I started the website Bathhouse Blues over a decade ago, I never in my wildest dreams thought it would be a lighting rod. And I’m not referring to my essays about bathhouse culture and etiquette. I’m talking about my writing about racism within the walls of a bathhouse. It all began with my third essay, Racism at the Baths. Immediately it touched off a nerve. Letter after letter began to appear on my site by readers. On one side applauding my narrative. But on the other slamming my statements. What followed were more essays about race at the baths. Which [...] - [Death At Flex Spa Atlanta](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2015/02/12/death-flex-spa-atlanta/): This past Tuesday (February 10) a man was found deceased inside the Flex Spa Atlanta. Officer Ralph Woolfolk says “No foul play suspected at this time and cause of death has not been determined.” According to Flex Spa Atlanta general manager, Chris Meche, the man in question was a longtime customer. Who did have a history of heart problems. In all likelihood died of natural causes. From Project Q: An Atlanta police spokesperson said officers responded to Flex after the man’s body was discovered inside the sprawling facility on 4th Street next to the Downtown Connector. But police do not suspect [...] - [Nick Capra Tours Flex Spas in Cleveland](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2015/02/02/nick-capra-tours-flex-spas-cleveland/): Porn star Nick Capra is in for a surprise when he flies in from sunny San Diego, CA to cold Cleveland, OH. It’s cold! What better way to warm up then sitting in the hot sauna at Flex Spas. In this two-part interview he takes the viewers on a tour of Flex Spas. Showing the gym, pumping some weights, hanging out in the locker room and more. While at the same time answering all the question his fans really want to know. Both his sexual likes and dislikes, in addition to his sobriety and addiction struggles. He told Manhunt daily about [...] - [Bette Midler Swan Song At Continental Baths](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2015/02/02/bette-midler-swan-song-continental-baths/): For all those newbies who don’t know, Bette Midler started her career singing at the Continental Baths. Along with Barry Manilow as her accompanist. Just posted on YouTube is her final performance. “This is my 800th farewell appearance here at the Continental Baths,” says a very younger Bette after her opening number “Friends”. She continues, “I didn’t expect to be back so soon…They had me booked at Fire Island…I was supposed to work at Cherry Grove — I was supposed to sing. But they couldn’t find room for me in the bushes.” According to the video’s description: “Due to her performances [...] - [Acquittal in Gay Bathhouse Raid Trial](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2015/01/13/acquittal-gay-bathhouse-raid-trial/): As written about in December, 26 men were arrested and charged with debauchery after cops raided a Cairo bathhouse. News of the gay bathhouse raid made headlines around the world. With human rights activists condemning Cairo for its poor treatment of gays and lesbians. The defendants had faced up to 9 years in prison for participating in homosexual activities. However it took less than a minute for the judge to find the defendants innocent and dismiss the case. Within seconds of being acquitted, the 26 defendants shouted with joy. While attending relatives sobbed in relief. “They destroyed our lives. God rescued [...] - [Images Of Gay Bathhouse History](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2015/01/09/images-gay-bathhouse-history/): With the terrible news coming out of Egypt, the folks at Advocate decided to highlight the incredibly rich history the baths have had. Titled #TBT: Back to the Baths, the magazine presents as series of images that explores the rich, moist beginnings of the gay bathhouse history. Such as the image below. The classic movie Spartacus, where Sir Laurence Olivier cruises John Gavin. As Christopher Harrity writes in The Advocate: Everything is so out in the open now. It wasn’t always that way. Gay bars had mysterious names like Incognito and the Mask — and they rarely had windows. Now there [...] - [Bathhouses Begin To Reinvent Themselves](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2014/12/23/bathhouses-begin-reinvent/): One of the biggest stories of 2014 was the story that ran in the Associated Press. The death of the gay baths. It must of been a very SLOW news week, as that story was picked up and ran all over the world. It went viral as no bathhouse has done. Well maybe with the exception of the recent Bathhouse bust in Egypt last month. The bottom line is that baths around the world must reinvent themselves. If they allow themselves to be stagnant, they will get lost in the dust. With the end of 2014, many baths around the world [...] - [Bathhouse Musical Strip For Great Cause](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2014/12/23/bathhouse-musical-strip-great-cause/): Bathhouse: The Musical will be returning to Above The Stag. The UK’s award-winning and only LGBT theatre. To celebrate its return each of the stars of this bathhouse musical will be featured in Gay Times Magazine. But this is no ordinary edition. It is their brand new naked issue, all to support the cancer charity Balls of Cancer. At the link below is star, director and choreographer Tim McArthur and actor Ryan Lunch giving a sneak preview of the up-coming article. In addition to their thoughts of their bathhouse musical. Go to The cast of Bathhouse: The Musical strip for GT [...] - [Gay Bathhouse Raids In Egypt](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2014/12/09/gay-bathhouse-raids-in-egypt/): There seems to be quite a disturbing trend in the bathhouse world these days. Which is the amount of Gay Bathhouse Raids taking place. This past August two Lebannon saunas were raided. While in October a Bankok sauna suffered its own Gay Bathhouse Raids. Now we have a third raid, this one happening in Egypt. This is a country that is quite morally conservative, with discrimination being rampant. As a result being gay is not specifically against the law in Egypt. But law enforcement gets around that rule, by arresting LGBT people for crimes like debauchery, immorality or blasphemy. Egyptian police [...] - [Pascual Fernandez Gay Bathhouse Pictures](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2014/11/17/pascual-fernandez-gay-bathhouse-pictures/): Pascual who? Yep if you are like me you have never heard of Pascual Fernandez. Unless you lived in Spain. He is police officer turned reality TV star in Spain. Pascual fell into the world of reality TV by appearing in the series A Prince For Corina (which he won). He followed up that show with two other reality programs, Women And Men And Vice Versa and Spain’s version of Survivor. Pascual is currently on leave from the police force, with the goal of returning to the beat in 2015. So for the next year he wants to squeeze as much [...] - [Dance Theater Piece Dramatizes The Baths](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2014/11/07/dance-theater-piece-dramatizes-baths/): DV8 Physical Theater is a dance company that has produced many highly acclaimed dance pieces. Their latest is project is a dance theater entitled JOHN. The title character has an abusive father and a shattered family. We see him go through compulsion, addiction, cruising, HIV, loneliness and being starved of love. As the dance theater piece gets into the character’s present day life, the show moves into the hardly discussed world of gay saunas. There John finds himself a regular customer, in search for love and that personal connection. Throughout the dance spoken word and movement are combined to create an [...] - [Wingate Club Damaged By Fire Again](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2014/11/03/wingate-club-damaged-fire/): For the second time in 18 months, the Wingate Club has caught fire. Unlike the last time when it was deemed accidental. This time it looks suspicious. Firefighters responded to a call at 10:40 PM. What they found was smoke coming from the roof. According to a fire investigator the blaze was started in an exterior light fitting and traveled up the wall, into the roof. Luckily no patrons were injured at the time of the fire. The last time there was a fire, the sauna had to be closed for about a month. Since then the premises underwent repairs and [...] - [Flex Spa Offers Free HIV Testing Kits](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2014/11/03/flex-spa-offers-free-hiv-testing-kits/): Bathhouses all over feature vending machines to buy just about anything. Soft drinks, junk food, underwear and even sex toys. But at Flex Spa in LA they are introducing a new product to their vending machine. Free HIV testing kits will be offered via vending machine and offered for free. This measure is being funded by AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF). Normally this free testing kit would retail for $46.00. President and chief executive of Flex Spa, Todd J. Saporito says, “Flex Spas is pleased to partner with the AIDS Healthcare Foundation on this groundbreaking effort” Though the kits are free, users [...] - [Bangkok Bathhouse Raid](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2014/10/23/bangkok-bathhouse-raid/): Raid took place this past Sunday night at the Bangkok Bathhouse Hijack Sauna in Lat Yao district. This bust was not because of the sex going on between guys. Rather it was because the club was operating a gay bar without a license. Apparently someone dropped the dime on the club. Plus local residents complained about all the noise at all hours of the night. The cops entered the Bangkok Bathhouse, turned the lights on and blocked both the front and back entrance. At the end of the night more than 80 people, including 2 women, were detained. With Ectasy and [...] - [Two Articles With Bathhouse Connections](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2014/10/21/two-articles-bathhouse-connections/): The past couple of days two articles have appeared with bathhouse connections. To PrEP or not to PrEP. This pill raises questions about gay identity. Which is a daily preventative pill against HIV has revived a decades-old debate about sex in the gay community in Chelsea, Hell’s Kitchen and the gay baths. Is this a false sense of security? Or a license to relive the free-wheeling days of the sexual revolution before HIV and AIDS set in. Writing On the second floor of a bland building in east Chelsea, men order rooms and lockers for $39. In between the reception desk [...] - [Owner of GuyZ Bathhouse Dies Suddenly](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2014/10/21/owner-guyz-bathhouse-dies-suddenly/): There have been many deaths at the baths due to drug overdoses. But this death was not one of them. The owner of GuyZ, Gavin Sloane, died rather suddenly while working the counter at the sauna. Apparently he had suffered a heart attack at 11:30 PM. Efforts to revive him were not successful. Tributes have poured in. Says close friend Keith Crump “In the late 1990s he moved to Hamilton and after a successful tenure owning a large motel in central Hamilton he decided the city needed a good men’s space. With a group of supportive friends he set up GuyZ [...] - [Halifax Gay Bathhouse Closed](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2014/09/19/halifax-gay-bathhouse-closed/): Halifax is a city located in Nova Scotia, Canada. It is a vibrant area that is a mixture of urban and rural communities. Like all urban centres it has a large GLBT population. But now they will be missing one thing. Halifax Gay Bathhouse. The city’s only Halifax Gay Bathhouse, Seadog’s Sauna and Spa, suddenly closed its doors. The entrance is firmly shut, no messages can be left on its voicemail and their Facebook page has been taken down. All that is left is its website, which reads: “SeaDogs is closed until further notice. Thank you for your patronage over the [...] - [Trans Guy Visits NY Gay Baths](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2014/09/08/trans-guy-visits-ny-gay-baths/): Thomas Page McBee is a writer who has the moniker of “masculinity expert”. He was a regular contributor to VICE magazine on the subject. Now he writes similar columns for a number of magazines. Later on this year he is gearing up to publishing his new book. Man Alive, his memoir about what makes a man. Thomas is a straight man who has gone through his transition. From female to full fledged male. FTM. He has just written a piece of going to the NY gay baths as someone who is fully male. I have to say it takes plenty of [...] - [Visitor Writes Gay Sauna Essay](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2014/09/08/gay-sauna-essay/): Amrou Al-Kadhi is truly a jack of all trades. Actor, writer, drag performer and stand-up comedian are just some of the hats this renascence man wears. He is also a writer, being a senior editor to The Inkling. This is a magazine celebrating writing in the essay form. This past February he wrote a piece for the Inkling, a gay sauna essay. He writes “I impulsively walked into a gay sauna. It’s something which had always caught my curiosity, and there was one in the flesh, right there in front of me. I thought my experience at the sauna would be [...] - [Are The Gay Baths On Its Way Out?](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2014/08/26/gay-baths-way/): The Associated Press recently published an article about the business of operating gay baths. Detailing the rise and fall of its popularity in the gay community. It must of been a slow news week as this story has been picked up by many publications around the world. From USA Today to The Guardian, to several gay and sex blogs on the web. The way this story was written, gay baths are on its way out. Which I would dispute. First this article was written from the perspective of the LA gay scene. If anyone knows anything about the gay environment in [...] - [Two Lebannon Bathhouse Raided By Cops](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2014/08/18/lebannon-bathhouse-get-raided-by-cops/): In Lebanon homosexuality is a crime under article 534 in their penal code. In the month of August two Lebannon bathhouse have been raided by local police. On August 9 cops busted into the privately-owned Agha Hammam baths, arresting 27 men. Among those men who were jailed were the owner, the employees and several clients. The Lebanese clients and the owner have since been released. Though they all face potential charges of homosexuality (which is a crime in Lebanon) prostitution and immoral activities in public spaces. Men that are of Syrian and Iraqi nationality are still behind bars. Since the raid, [...] - [Hit and run outside Steamworks Bathhouse](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2014/08/18/hit-run-outside-steamworks-bathhouse/): Customer who had patronized the Steamworks Bathhouse in Edmonton has been involved in a hit and run accident. It happened right outside the Steamworks building. Captured on security photographs, a man was filmed entering the bathhouse at 2 AM on July 20. At around 4:24 AM the same man left the premises, got into his BMW X6 and proceeded to drive into a man who was sleeping on the street. This man was pushed and dragged by the vehicle, but fortunately only suffered non-life-threatening injuries. This week the man has turned himself in. 28-year-old Tam Van Ho has been charged with [...] - [Glory Hole Guide For The Gay Man](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2014/08/14/glory-hole-guide-gay-man/): Glory Holes truly represents what quickie, dark, anonymous, de-personalized sex is all about. No one has ever written a comprehensive book about Glory Hole culture and it’s etiquette. Which is ironic given that both the baths and Glory Holes have been around for decades. These avenues for anonymous sex have been popular, yet hardly discussed. That is until now. There are thousands of guys who are curious about the Glory Hole world. But don’t have the guts to give it a shot. This book hopes to change that. By taking the readers behind the walls to show them what the Glory [...] - [Andy Bell Erasure Bathhouse Memories](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2014/08/13/andy-bell-erasure-bathhouse-memories/): Andy Bell Erasure is a icon not only in the gay communities of the UK, but all over the world. Though others paved the way for him to be openly out in the music industry (Boy George, Holly Johnson and Jimmy Somerville from Bronski Beat), the music of Erasure became an anthem for so many gay men. Erasure shows no sign of slowing down, as the duo will celebrate 30 years as a team come 2015. In between their gigs Andy Bell focuses on other projects. One of which is a new one-man show Torsten The Bareback Saint. According to press [...] - [Flex Los Angeles Bathhouse Re-Opens](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2014/08/03/flex-los-angeles-bathhouse-re-opens/): In May I had written that Flex Los Angeles had suddenly shut its doors. Customers were baffled as to the reason. Especially since the bathhouse underwent a major renovation prior to its shutdown. That was then. Imagine everyone’s surprise when the club recently re-opened its door on August 1, 2014. The following message appeared on its Facebook page. The club (Flex Los Angeles) is re-opening at 4 p.m. today, Aug. 1, after being closed for several months. We greatly appreciate all the support from our patrons as we continue to work through issues with the city. Due to these ongoing permitting [...] - [Club Cleveland To Become Apartment Building](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2014/07/28/club-cleveland-become-apartment-building/): Club Cleveland has been empty for a few years. It used to be the only game in town until the chain of Flex Spa opened a franchise in Cleveland. I don’t know the circumstances that led to the Club shutting its doors. Its Facebook page is still up and according to one poster the club owned $63,000 in property taxes. Regardless they have been closed since 2010. Back then according to its website they advertised themselves as Club Cleveland provides an immaculate facility that caters to your desires. Enjoy sunning by our outdoor pool; rejuvenate yourself in our “Cowboy” whirlpool; dissolve [...] - [Fairoaks Project Exhibit In NYC](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2014/06/30/fairoaks-project-exhibit-in-nyc/): I had previously written a blog post about the Fairoaks Baths Exhibit in 2010. I was going to write a follow-up as the exhibit will be in New York City in July. Imagine my surprise to find a comment on this exhibit from Gary Freeman, its curator. Thanks Gary! You just saved me a ton of work writing about the event. All I have to do is copy and paste your comment into its own blog post! Here it is below. This is an announcement and an invitation to come to the opening of the Fairoaks Baths show next month in [...] - [Gay Sauna Sex In The UK](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2014/06/30/gay-sauna-sex-uk/): Gay Sauna Sex In The UK. OK enough of this doom and gloom, time for something different. One of the reasons to go to the baths. That is to view all that hot eye candy! Hot, hunky, smoking hot men. Absolutely gorgeous! The gay men’s health magazine from the UK, FS Magazine, has recently done a photo layout and article on Gay Sex and the Sauna. Because Britain’s gay saunas have been in the news lately, the magazine wanted to change the channel. Writing about the good things that gay saunas can offer. While it is all not sunshine, gay saunas [...] - [Inquest Into Drug Overdose At Bathhouse](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2014/06/27/inquest-drug-overdose-bathhouse/): Pleasuredrome keeps getting itself in the news. Just the other day it was reported that they owed a ton of money in back taxes. Now an inquest is being held that once again puts this gay sauna back in the headlines. As reported on this blog, back in 2012 three deaths due to drug overdose were linked to Pleasuredrome. 41-year-old Greg Page and 46-year-old John Scott were discovered at Pleasuredrome unresponsive at the same time. While Page was pronounced dead on the scene, Scott died in hospital three days later. Both had high levels of GHB in their system. Page had [...] - [London Bathhouse Musical](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2014/06/27/london-bathhouse-musical/): London Bathhouse Musical Returns To The UK. Bathhouse The Musical has returned to London at the Above The Stag theater. This is a return engagement for Above The Stage, as this musical first played there in 2009. Back then it was fresh from its US debut. Five years later it still seems quite topical and alive. The wardrobe of only towels worn is quite appropriate, given it is summer and quite steamy. But it is also the start of LGBT Pride in London, and it has bolstered interest in the musical. Tickets sold out so fast, that the run has been [...] - [Toronto Bathhouse Raids Mural](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2014/06/23/toronto-bathhouse-raids-mural/): WorldPride has come to North America for the first time. Well actually Canada, but that country is in the continent of North America. This is an event that LGBT pride issues on an international level through parades, festivals and other cultural activities. Quite appropriate that Canada is hosting this cycle of WorldPride, as the country is a leader in being progressive towards the LGBT community. While there is still more work to do, Canada has had same-sex marriage for almost 10 years. Plus the province (similar to a US state) of Ontario just elected their first openly gay Premier (similar to [...] - [Jason Biggs Gay Bathhouse Scene](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2014/06/10/jason-biggs-gay-bathhouse-scene/): Jason Biggs at the gay baths? First Matt Bomer, now Jason Biggs has a scene in a gay bathhouse? Seems the baths are becoming more and more mainstream in the American psyche. First some background. This scene is from the series Orange Is the New Black by Netflix. The series chronicles one bisexual woman who is serving a 15 month jail sentence for drug smuggling. Jason Biggs plays her husband. The scene in question features his character (Larry Bloom) visiting a sauna with his father (played by character actor Todd Sussman). They sit in the sauna talking about Larry’s wife being [...] - [Matthew Bomer Gay Bathhouse Scene](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2014/06/01/matthew-bomer-gay-bathhouse-scene/): After many struggles, delays and setbacks Larry Kramer’s The Normal Heart has finally been adapted into a film for HBO. This stars among others Matthew Bomer and Mark Ruffalo. Originally a play, it is set during the early days of the AIDS crisis from 1981 to 1984. Back then the baths and AIDS were so intertwined in the minds of many. The end results being that bathhouses were shut down in many cities. All in the hopes of halting the further spread of AIDS. The film uses the now closed bathhouse Man’s Country as its reference. In their first dinner together, [...] - [Pleasuredrome Owes Taxes](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2014/06/01/pleasuredrome-owes-taxes/): Pleasuredrome describes themselves as a remarkable spa for gay and bi-sexual men. Unlike most of ‘gay London’ they are gay owned and gay managed. As this gay sauna attracts guys of all types and ages from London and across the world. They are unique in being open continuously 24 hours a day 7 days a week every day of the year. They never close. In fact they get good reviews from their customers as evidenced here. Pleasuredrome has been running for over 20 years and to stay competitive, has recently undergone a major refurbishment. That might have cost them in the [...] - [Mpox Outbreak Linked To Gay Bathhouse In Hong Kong](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2026/06/10/mpox-outbreak-linked-to-gay-bathhouse-in-hong-kong/): Health authorities in Hong Kong have linked at least five instances of Mpox to the Hutong Club, an establishment that is essentially a gay bathhouse. [...] - [Sheffield Sauna The Boiler Room Shut Down By Authorities](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2026/04/19/sheffield-sauna-the-boiler-room-shut-down-by-authorities/): The authorities have shut down Sheffield sauna, “The Boiler Room.” Police pinned a note on the door, stating that the closure is to put an [...] - [Minneapolis Considering Ending Bathhouse Ban](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2026/04/19/minneapolis-considering-ending-bathhouse-ban/): The Minneapolis City Council is considering lifting the 38-year-old restriction on the operation of gay bathhouses in the city. In 1988, the 315 Health Club, [...] - [Gay Adult Performer Jason Luna Calls Out Anti-Asian Bathhouse Post](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2026/02/01/gay-adult-performer-jason-luna-calls-out-anti-asian-bathhouse-post/): On day one of his 7-day Atlantis Cruise, Jason Luna noticed this message from a fellow passenger: “All the Atlantis Cruz boys are going to [...] - [Police Raid At Steamworks Netherlands Yields Only Viagra](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2025/12/21/police-raid-at-steamworks-netherlands-yields-only-viagra/): Netherlands – A BDSM-themed celebration was cut short Friday night when police and the Dutch Fiscal Intelligence and Investigation Service (FIOD) conducted an unexpected raid [...] - [Malaysian Bathhouse Raided - Over 200 Arrested](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2025/12/10/malaysian-bathhouse-raided-over-200-arrested/): More than 200 men were arrested at a Malaysian males-only bathhouse on suspicion of indulging in illegal prostitution. On November 28, at about 8 p.m., [...] - [Kacey Musgraves Drops By The Sydney Sauna In Australia](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2025/11/23/kacey-musgraves-drops-by-the-sydney-sauna-in-australia/): The Grammy-winning vocalist Kacey Musgraves has admitted to inadvertently visiting a “gay cruising sauna” in Sydney. Musgraves, who is presently touring Australia, made the amusing [...] - [Sauna—The Movie (2025)](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2025/09/01/sauna-the-movie-2025/): Directed by Mathias Broe, Sauna is a Danish romantic drama that is presently showing at several film festivals. Based on the book by Mads Ananda [...] - [Júnior Barbosa - Rio's Gay Bathhouse King](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2025/09/01/junior-barbosa-rios-gay-bathhouse-king/): Júnior Barbosa has managed to make his gay bathhouse, Point 202 Sauna, a success. Notwithstanding the economic troubles in Brazil and the widespread use of [...] - [Entrepreneur Aims To Build High-End Gay Bathhouse In San Francisco](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2025/06/28/entrepreneur-aims-to-build-high-end-gay-bathhouse-in-san-francisco/): Entrepreneur Kevin Born, a local builder who owns and runs Ashbury General Contracting & Engineering, intends to establish a luxurious bathhouse in a two-story building [...] - [City Councillor Charges Bathhouse Visit to Taxpayers - Chad West](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2025/06/20/city-councillor-charges-bathhouse-visit-to-taxpayers-chad-west/): Chad West the openly gay incumbent council member is under fire for spending public funds on personal matters. Critics have pointed out that a charge [...] - [Perth Steam Works Offering Free Mpox Vaccinations](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2024/12/14/perth-steam-works-offering-free-mpox-vaccinations/): Gay venue Perth Steam Works is offering free mpox vaccinations in an effort to stop any potential local outbreak. Mike Drummond, the owner, thinks the [...] - [Man Shot Inside Club Pittsburgh Bathhouse](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2024/11/26/man-shot-inside-club-pittsburgh-bathhouse/): A shooting at Club Pittsburgh on Friday morning sent two people to the hospital. Police and paramedics responded to the bathhouse around 2:15 a.m. after [...] - [Scotland's Pipeworks Opens new Location In Leeds](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2024/10/14/scotlands-pipeworks-opens-new-location-in-leeds/): A sauna club that is scheduled to operate on a bustling shopping strip in Leeds has been authorized to offer alcohol at any time throughout [...] - [Next Steps In San Francisco Reopening Bathhouses](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2024/10/14/next-step-in-bathhouses-re-opening-in-san-francisco/): The opening of new homosexual bathhouses in San Francisco is something that two city supervisors are attempting to facilitate. Openly Gay Supervisor Rafael Mandelman (who [...] - [New Drama Set In Copenhagen Gay Bathhouse](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2024/05/18/new-drama-set-in-copenhagen-gay-bathhouse/): New queer sex drama set in Copenhagen entitled “Sauna” begans filming this month in Denmark. The film revolves around the character of Johan, he is [...] - [Dan Ireland-Reeves Sauna Boy Takes New York By Storm](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2024/05/01/dan-ireland-reeves-sauna-boy-takes-new-york-by-storm/): Dan Ireland-Reeves’ one-man show Sauna Boy has taken New York by storm. Though it only played for two nights BroadwayWorld said it was “Captivating and [...] - [Gay Bathhouse Bodyline Re-Brands As Sauna X](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2024/05/01/gay-bathhouse-bodyline-re-brands-as-sauna-x/): Sydney’s iconic gay sauna, Bodyline, has bid farewell after serving the community for over three decades, making way for its successor, Sauna X, under the [...] - [Providence Bathhouse In Conflict With Local Police](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2024/05/01/providence-bathhouse-in-conflict-with-local-police/): The police have reported responding to incidents near The Mega-Plex, an LGBTQ+ club on Allens Avenue, approximately 40 times in the past year. These incidents [...] - [College Professor Found Dead At Club Orlando](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2024/03/20/college-professor-found-dead-at-club-orlando/): David Hanbury, a 37-year-old psychology professor at Averett University, was discovered deceased on Saturday at Club Orlando, a day after he was reported missing. Hanbury [...] - [Married Man Sues Google Maps After Wife Finds Him At Gay Baths](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2023/07/16/married-man-sues-google-maps-after-wife-finds-him-at-gay-baths/): 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 [...] - [Bangkok Cops Raid Gay Bathhouse](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2023/07/16/bangkok-cops-raid-gay-bathhouse/): 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 [...] - [Murder Mystery Set In Gay Bathhouse](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2023/07/16/murder-mystery-set-in-gay-bathhouse/): 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 [...] - [Bathhouses Raided During Operation Soap All Gone](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2023/07/16/bathhouses-raided-during-operation-soap-all-gone/): Laura Hanrahan has written an article about the businesses that were the subject of the infamous bathhouse raids in the 1980s. Dubbed “Operation Soap,” – [...] - [Steam Complex Looking To Expand](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2023/06/25/steam-complex-looking-to-expand/): 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 [...] - [French Diplomat Allegedly Responsible For OD At Bathhouse](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2023/03/11/french-diplomat-allegedly-responsible-for-od-at-bathhouse/): 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 [...] - [Bathhouse Closures Affect Men's Mental Health](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2023/03/10/bathhouse-closures-affect-the-mental-health-of-men/): 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 [...] - [Battle For Control Of Steamworks Bathhouse](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2023/01/29/battle-for-control-of-steamworks-bathhouse/): 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 [...] - [Pink Broadway Sauna Closes After Two Decades](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2023/01/13/pink-broadway-sauna-closes-after-two-decades/): 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 [...] - [Midtowne Spa Closes After 50 Years In LA](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2022/12/16/midtowne-spa-closes-after-50-years-in-la/): 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 [...] - [Arrest Records In Bathhouse Raid Expunged](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2022/12/13/arrest-records-in-bathhouse-raid-expunged/): 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 [...] - [Mysterious Death @ The Pipeworks In Scotland](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2022/11/27/mysterious-death-the-pipeworks-in-scotland/): 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 [...] - [Adam Kay Reveals He Was Raped In A Gay Bathhouse](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2022/09/25/adam-kay-reveals-he-was-raped-in-a-gay-bathhouse/): 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 [...] - [Bathhouse Uses Image Of Gay Actor Igor Cosso](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2022/09/25/bathhouse-uses-image-of-gay-actor-igor-cosso/): 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 [...] - [Ronen Rubinstein Sauna Pic Taken Down By Instagram](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2022/09/25/ronen-rubinstein-sauna-pic-taken-down-by-instagram/): 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 [...] - [Pleasuredrome To Honor The Queen By Pausing Porn](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2022/09/18/pleasuredrome-to-honor-the-queen-by-pausing-porn/): 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 [...] - [Dancer Pretty Sure He Contracted MonkeyPox At The Gay Baths](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2022/07/28/dancer-pretty-sure-he-contracted-monkeypox-at-the-gay-baths/): 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 [...] - [New Movie Set In Gay Bathhouse - Femme](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2022/05/08/new-movie-set-in-gay-bathhouse-femme/): 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 [...] - [The Phantom Set In Gay Sauna](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2022/04/03/the-phantom-set-in-gay-sauna/): 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 [...] - [Wet On Wellington Turns 21](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2022/03/27/wet-on-wellington-turns-21/): 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 [...] - [Phil Keoghan (Amazing Race) Visits Bathhouse & Pulls a "Sharon Stone"](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2022/01/25/phil-keoghan-amazing-race-visits-bathhouse-pulls-a-sharon-stone/): See for yourself how Phil Keoghan pulls a “Sharon Stone” on National TV. This was way before he was host of “The Amazing Race” In [...] - [David Pevsner Bathhouses Saved Him From Shame](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2022/01/10/david-pevsner-bathhouses-saved-him-from-shame/): 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 [...] - [Eros Bathhouse Moving After 30 Years](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2021/12/04/eros-bathhouse-moving-after-30-years/): 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. [...] - [Jussie Smollett Allegedly Got Hand-Job At Steamworks](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2021/12/04/jussie-smollett-allegedly-got-hand-job-at-steamworks/): 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 [...] - [Closed 24 Hour Fitness Might Become Bathhouse](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2021/11/28/closed-24-hour-fitness-might-become-bathhouse/): 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. [...] - [Staff At Steamworks Toronto Vote To Unionize](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2021/11/15/staff-at-steamworks-toronto-vote-to-unionize/): Steamworks Toronto is the first gay business in Toronto “Gay Village” to be unionized with the United Food & Commercial Workers. One person tweeted this [...] - [Brush Up On Your Bathhouse Rules](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2021/11/14/brush-up-on-your-bathhouse-rules/): Bathhouse Rules – Do You Remember All Of Them? We are approaching two years with this pandemic, and bathhouses all over the world are slowly [...] - [Alcohol License Will Lower Chem Sex Says Bathhouse](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2021/11/07/alcohol-license-will-lower-chem-sex-says-bathhouse/): 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 [...] - [Gossip Girl Bathhouse Scene Pure Fiction](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2021/07/17/gossip-girl-bathhouse-scene-pure-fiction/): 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” [...] - [Thailand Cops Raid Gay Bathhouse](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2021/05/24/thailand-cops-raid-gay-bathhouse/): 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 [...] - [Gay Sauna Scene In 1990s](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2021/03/23/gay-sauna-scene-in-1990s/): 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 [...] - [Toronto Activists Try To Save Local Baths](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2021/03/17/toronto-activists-try-to-save-local-baths/): In Toronto – The Alliance for South Asian AIDS Prevention, the Black Coalition for AIDS Prevention, Asian Community AIDS Services and AIDS ACTION NOW! are [...] - [Pink Broadway Sauna Denied Insurance](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2021/03/01/pink-broadway-sauna-denied-insurance/): 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 [...] - [Anthony Fauci Visited Gay Saunas Early In AIDS Crisis](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2021/02/07/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 [...] - [Toronto Bathhouse Raids 40 Years Later](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2021/02/05/toronto-bathhouse-raids-40-years-later/): 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 [...] - [Historic Chariots Spa Closes For Good](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2021/01/26/historic-chariots-spa-closes-for-good/): 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 [...] - [Bodyline Sydney Spa & Sauna Closes](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2021/01/18/bodyline-sydney-spa-sauna-closes/): 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 [...] - [Gay Sauna Launches Fundraiser To Stay Open](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2020/10/31/gay-sauna-launches-fundraiser-to-stay-open/): Edinburgh gay mens’ sauna “The Pound” launches £50k fundraiser in desperate bid to survive the pandemic From their Go Fund Me page – if you [...] - [Gay Baths Were In Jeopardy Even Before Covid](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2020/10/29/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, [...] - [Gay Sauna Under Covid Investigation](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2020/10/11/gay-sauna-under-covid-investigation/): 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 [...] - [Gay Spa & Bathhouses Re-Open In UK](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2020/07/27/gay-spa-bathhouses-re-open-in-uk/): 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 [...] - [Watergarden Bathhouse Shuts Its Doors Over Covid19](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2020/07/21/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](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2020/07/21/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](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2020/07/12/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 [...] - [Death At Montreal Bathhouse After Re-Opening](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2020/07/11/death-at-montreal-bathhouse-after-re-opening/): 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 [...] - [Spa XS In Toronto Sets Rules For Re-Opening](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2020/07/11/spa-xs-in-toronto-has-re-opened/): Spa XS have just updated their website with a list of new rules one must follow (if and when they re-open) COVID-19 is an extremely [...] - [How Bathhouses Are Dealing With COVID19](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2020/03/14/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](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2020/03/02/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, [...] - [Denholm Spurr Admits He Sold His Body In Gay Saunas To Survive](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2020/02/27/denholm-spurr-admits-he-sold-his-body-in-gay-saunas-to-survive/): 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 [...] - [Spa Excess Closes 1st Time In 20 Years Due To Fire](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2020/02/10/spa-excess-closes-1st-time-in-20-years-due-to-fire/): 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 [...] - [Bathhouse Could Return To San Francisco](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2020/02/05/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 [...] - [Play About LGBTQ Homelessness Set In Gay Sauna](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2020/01/26/play-about-lgbtq-homelessness-set-in-gay-sauna/): 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 [...] - [Crew Club Set To Close After 25 Years](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2020/01/17/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](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2019/10/11/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](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2019/09/30/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](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2019/09/29/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 [...] - [Gay Sauna The Board Game](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2019/08/25/gay-sauna-the-board-game/): 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 [...] - [10 Tips To Enjoy Your First Bathhouse Experience](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2019/06/23/10-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 [...] - [Bathhouses In The Age Of Grindr - Can They Survive?](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2019/04/04/bathhouses-in-the-age-of-grindr-can-they-survive/): 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 [...] - [Drug Mule Michaella McCollum Promoting Pipeworks](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2019/01/31/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 [...] - [Play About Gay Life Including The Gay Baths](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2019/01/14/play-about-gay-life-including-the-gay-baths/): 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 [...] - [Club 69 Set To Close](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2018/12/18/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 [...] - [Trans Man Asked To Leave Bathhouse](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2018/11/02/trans-man-asked-to-leave-bathhouse/): 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) [...] - [Future For Gay Saunas?](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2018/09/21/future-for-gay-saunas/): 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 [...] - [Making Gay Bathhouses Community Spaces](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2018/08/06/making-gay-bathhouses-community-space/): In interesting article by Stephen M. Engel & Timothy S. Lyle where they argue that gay bathhouses should be considered a community space. In their [...] - [Hepatitis C: Raising Awareness](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2018/08/06/hepatitis-c-raising-awareness/): 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) [...] - [Bathhouse Scene In Iran](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2018/06/17/bathhouse-scene-in-the-iran/): 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 [...] - [Gay Baths Now Housing Homeless Men](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2018/05/13/gay-baths-now-housing-homeless-men/): 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 [...] - [Look Back At The Continental Baths](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2018/05/11/look-back-at-the-continental-baths/): 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 [...] - [Bangkok Bathhouse Raid Goes Bust](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2018/04/23/bangkok-bathhouse-raid-goes-bust/): 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 [...] - [Wife Infected With HIV By Bathhouse Hubby On Down-Low](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2018/04/23/wife-infected-with-hiv-by-bathhouse-hopping-husband/): 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 [...] - [Toronto Bathhouse Refuses Entry To Feminine Looking Customer](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2018/04/23/toronto-bathhouse-refuses-entry-to-feminine-looking-customer/): 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 [...] - [Austin Armacost Face Of Pleasuredrome Sauna](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2018/04/01/austin-armacost-pleasuredrome-sauna/): 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 [...] - [Closing Of NYC Bathhouses In 1980s](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2018/03/18/closing-of-nyc-bathhouses-in-1980s/): 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 [...] - [Two Deaths At Chicago Bathhouse Ruled Accidental](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2018/03/18/two-deaths-at-chicago-bathhouse-ruled-accidental/): 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 [...] - [Club Z Building Up For Sale - $2.15 Million](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2018/02/19/club-z-building-sale/): 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 [...] - [D.C. Only Gay Bathhouse - The Crew Club](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2018/02/19/gay-bathhouse-crew-club/): 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 [...] - [Andrew Cunanan & His Gay Bathhouse History](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2018/01/28/andrew-cunanan-gay-bathhouse-history/): 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 [...] - [Gay Baths - In Vogue Or Passe?](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2018/01/28/gay-baths-vogue-passe/): 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 [...] - [Locals Shocked Pub Turned Into Gay Sauna Bar Pipeworks](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/2018/01/01/locals-shocked-pub-turned-into-gay-sauna-bar-pipeworks/): 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 [...] ## Pages - [Gay Bathhouse Books](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/gay-bathhouse-books/): Bathhouse Blues Support This Site & Buy The Book Now! This is the only book to explore the culture and community feeling of the gay [...] - [Links](https://bathhouseblog.com/index.php/links/): Gay Link Directory A1 Galleries Arucci Ass Warriors Bear Links Bglad Dungeon Net Erotic Surf Freegaypornfinder GayAdult.net GayBlogFinder GayEuropa.com Gay Free Sites Gay Hits Gay [...] ## Optional - [Agent (MCP protocol)](websites-agents.hostinger.com/bathhouseblog.com/mcp) [comment]: # (Generated by Hostinger Tools Plugin)