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The aim of this study was to scribe gay and bisexual men's experienc of bathho and their perceptns of HIV risk associated wh sex this ntext. Face-to-face, semi-stctured terviews were nducted wh a purposive sample of gay and bisexual men-14 HIV-posive and 9 HIV-negative-who …

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A PEEK UNR THE TOWEL: INSI THE 500-YEAR HISTORY OF GAY BATHHO

* gay bathhouse culture *

It was a ld Febary morng, 118 years ago this month, when New York Cy police nducted their first rerd raid on a gay bathhoe.

This marked the first rerd time that police raid a gay bathhoe Ameri, but certaly wasn’t the last. The tradn of gay male bathg spac dat back to the 15th century — and more genr-ntral bathg is rerd as early as 6 BC.

GAY BATHHOE CULTURE EXPOSED BY FORMER EMPLOYEE: "THERE WAS NO SHORTAGE OF DEBCHERY, BACKSTABBG, PROSTUTN AND DRAMA"{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY MATTHEW THARRETTAPRIL 8, 2015/11:14 AMBY MATTHEW THARRETTAPRIL 8, 2015 / 11:14 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"GAY BATHHOE CULTURE EXPOSED BY FORMER EMPLOYEE: \"THERE WAS NO SHORTAGE OF DEBCHERY, BACKSTABBG, PROSTUTN AND DRAMA\"","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-04-08T15:14:04.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-04-08T15:14:04.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"MATTHEW THARRETT","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}[PTN ID="ATTACHMENT_192961" ALIGN="ALIGNCENTER" WIDTH="605"] ZACHARY QUTO AND CHRIS W. KG SO NOTORIO[/PTN]{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}APPS LIKE GRDR AND JACK'D HAVE RENRED THE GAY BATHHOE NEARLY OBSOLETE, BUT THAT HASN'T STOPPED A CERTA TYPE OF GENTLEMEN OM EQUENTG THE ONCE-POPPG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AUTHOR TERRILL AARON CLOSS IS A BATHHOE EXPERT—AND FORMER A EMPLOYEE. "I GOT AN EXPERIENCE OF A LIFETIME," HE SAYS. "I HAD TO SWALLOW A LOT — NO PUN TEND — AND ULDN'T BREATHE A WORD ABOUT CERTA THGS THAT I KNEW ABOUT, FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RELATED: LONDON CRIC CALLS GAY BATHHOE PLAY “SLEAZY… A NATNAL DISGRACE”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CLOSS IS TURNG THOSE UNSPEAKABLE STORI TO A LLECTN OF "DIRTY BATHHOE SOAP OPERA" VIGT THAT HE HOP WILL SOMEDAY BEE A TV {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE SAYS OF HIS TIME WORKG AT A BATHHOE HE NOW LLS "THE BEAST":{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TO EACH HIS OWN, I SAY; BUT I ULDN'T HELP BUT TO WONR WHAT THE HECK SOME OF THOSE MEN WERE THKG WHEN DOG CERTA THGS THERE. MEN WH UNSPECTG WIV AT HOME WERE THERE ENGAGG WILD SEXUAL ACTS WH OTHER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SOME GUYS WOULD PURPOSELY GO THERE TO GET FECTED WH HIV AND SOME WOULD GO THERE TO PURPOSELY FECT OTHERS. FIGHTS WOULD ENSUE FOR VAR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A MAN ONCE FETED HIS ROOM, SMEARED HIS WASTE ALL OVER THE WALLS AND THEN LEFT FOR ME AND MY -WORKER TO CLEAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BACKROOM ALS WOULD BE MA. DGS WERE SOLD AND ED A LOT. 911 WAS LLED A NUMBER OF TIM, WHENEVER A GUY WOULD OVERDOSE OM DOG TOO MANY DGS OR WHENEVER A GUY WAS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND THERE WAS NO SHORTAGE OF TREACHERY, BCHERY, BACKSTABBG, PROSTUTN AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THE BEAST" CYCLE CLUS 12 SHORT NOVELS, THE MOST RECENT OF WHICH WAS PUBLISHED JANUARY. YOU N  PICK THEM UP  AMAZON, AND CHECK OUT CLOSS DISCSG HIS EXPERIENC PTH A RECENT TERVIEW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

In the late 1400s, police Florence, Italy, monored homosexual activy and “spect boys” at bathho. As stutns, bathho gaed populary the last century, part due to growg gay populatns lackg plac where they uld publicly gather. The risks of police raids terred some men om steppg to a gay bathhoe, but ultimately the need for timate pannship outweighed the danger posed by police.

RELATED | 10 Thgs I Learned From Workg a Gay Bathhoe.

Dpe survivg 100 years of police harassment, though, the gay bathho of New York Cy uldn’t survive the homophobia of Mayor Ed Koch, who shut most of them down durg the HIV epimic. Followg World War II, a more robt unrground gay culture began to emerge, spurred part by the pannship that queer soldiers found the ary.

GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN'S EXPERIENC OF BATHHOE CULTURE AND SEX: 'LOOKG FOR LOVE ALL THE WRONG PLAC'

Gay bathho weren’t jt plac to have sex.

RELATED | Tour Chigo’s Olst Gay Bathhoe, Which Closed Its Doors After 44 Years (Vio). Today, gay bathho face huge challeng stayg open. What did you thk of our quick lson gay bathhoe history?

A rnerstone of gay culture. A remnant of a time when most hom didn’t have door plumbg, taken over by gay men livg roomg ho to which they uldn’t take their illic affairs.

EXPLORG THE REVIVAL OF GAY BATHHO NEW YORK CY AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNY

This stutn has proven remarkably rilient – police raids, AIDS, mastreamg of gay culture, and datg apps have still not managed to lead to their mise. And yet for a young man, emergg to the gay muny, the plac n be a b bafflg at first. Kg So NoTORIo[/ptn]Apps like Grdr and Jack'd have renred the gay bathhoe nearly obsolete, but that hasn't stopped a certa type of gentlemen om equentg the once-poppg Terrill Aaron Closs is a bathhoe expert—and former a employee.

Gay and bisexual men's experienc of bathhoe culture and sex: 'lookg for love all the wrong plac'.

The aim of this study was to scribe gay and bisexual men's experienc of bathho and their perceptns of HIV risk associated wh sex this ntext. Face-to-face, semi-stctured terviews were nducted wh a purposive sample of gay and bisexual men-14 HIV-posive and 9 HIV-negative-who reported ever equentg a bathhoe.

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Gay and bisexual men's experienc of bathhoe culture and sex: 'lookg for love all the wrong plac' - PubMed .

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