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Contents:

• WHY D.C.’S GAY BATHHOE CREW CLUB ENDUR THE AGE OF GRDR
• GAY WASHGTON, DC
• JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR U.S.-BASED PRO LEAGU

WHY D.C.’S GAY BATHHOE CREW CLUB ENDUR THE AGE OF GRDR

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Sce 1995, the Crew Club has provid gay men a sanctuary to work out, relax, and nverse, formg new relatnships face-to-face.

“‘What happens at the Crew Club stays at the Crew Club’ is a , ” says William, who has also vised gay bathho Florida, California, Seattle, Philalphia, New Orleans, and Chigo.

GAY WASHGTON, DC

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Yet om s earlit days, the Crew Club has had to bat stigma, both om wh and outsi of the gay muny. A few weeks after opened, The Washgton Post ran a ont-page article unr the headle “Gay Social Club D.

“Gay people still pass judgment if you go there, ” William not. Dpe this, bathho emerged as havens for gay men to be themselv, shield om the discrimatn and opprsn of heterosexual society.

JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR U.S.-BASED PRO LEAGU

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