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Contents:

• GAY BATHHOE EROS TO OPEN S NEW TENRLO LOTN FOR PRI WEEKEND
• EXPLORG THE REVIVAL OF GAY BATHHO NEW YORK CY AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNY
• DID CLOSG NEW YORK CY BATHHO THE 1980S STRIP DIGNY OM GAY MEN?
• A PEEK UNR THE TOWEL: INSI THE 500-YEAR HISTORY OF GAY BATHHO

GAY BATHHOE EROS TO OPEN S NEW TENRLO LOTN FOR PRI WEEKEND

In the late 1960s, Steve Ostrow, an entreprenr and former opera sger, wanted to elevate the gay bathhoe experience om what were then seedy spac to an enhanced statn as a health club and spa. At the time, homosexualy was illegal and most New York Cy LGBT bars were operated by the Mafia.

At s peak, the Baths had 400 private rooms and 2, 000 lockers servg up to 10, 000 diverse gay male patrons a week, some who would stay for an entire weekend.

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

Gay and the Village Voice vered the discrimatn, wh the Voice reportg that the ad-hoc gay rights group, the “Commtee to End Enticement and Entrapment, ” sent a large number of “Put an End to Police Abe” letters to Mayor Ldsay to prott the harassment.

A gay gui book at the time reported that the Conttenal was:.

DID CLOSG NEW YORK CY BATHHO THE 1980S STRIP DIGNY OM GAY MEN?

The same year, “The Rz, ” by playwright Terrance McNally and loosely based on the Baths, opened on Broadway (later turned to a film), which was one of the first plays wh unapologetic gay characters to reach a mastream dience.

This cid wh the openg of a number of other gay and gay-iendly dance venu, cludg Flamgo, the Gallery, and Le Jard.

Gay Activists Alliance Zap at the Wt Si YMCA. When the 30-year-old bathhoe and sna Eros left ’s old home on Market Street near the Castro December 2021, the cy's only remag gay sex club said they had a new home led up.

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

Insi the World of New York’s Gay Bathho: A Bold and Unapologetic Look.