Why D.C.'s Gay Bathhoe Crew Club Endur the Age of Grdr - Washgton Cy Paper

Contents:

• GAY BATHHOE
• WHY D.C.’S GAY BATHHOE CREW CLUB ENDUR THE AGE OF GRDR
• GAY NIGHTLIFE BALTIMORE: BT BARS, CLUBS, & MORE
• GAYT PLAC IN DELAWARE FOR 2020
• GAY WASHGTON DC

GAY BATHHOE

Expect hundreds—if not thoands—of naked folks on hot weekends, and sectns for both gay and straight sunbathers. The Shore Inn is jt for gay men.

Bare Butt Hill is a gay-oriented, nu-iendly beach North Liberty, a ral area between Cedar Rapids and Iowa Cy, but discretn is the name of the game wh this spot—Iowa general is not a nudy-iendly state.

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

Cact Canyon Campground Ava, claims to be the largt adults-only clothg-optnal mpground for men (21 and over and primarily gay) the world.

WE ARE an all-male clothg optnal bed and breakfast retreat terg to gay, bi, and straight men 21 years or olr. Steve’s Bathhoe is a safe meetg place for gay, straight and bisexual men and women. So whether you're gay, bisexual or straight (member or non-member), STEP UP and the MARION COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT provis ee ttg every Wednday, Friday, and Sunday at Club Indianapolis.

Club Indianapolis ntu to believe promotg the well beg of the gay muny through supportg anizatns that protect your health and civil rights.

GAY NIGHTLIFE BALTIMORE: BT BARS, CLUBS, & MORE

Jack Campbell, a foundg owner, lead the fight to oppose the anti-gay Save Our Children mpaign lead by Ana Bryan the early 70's; supported the formatn of MCC, the Gay Gam, and the Natnal Gay Task Force; pl, ntributed to the Human Rights buildg Washg D. Every once a while, as though strand si a gay Advent lendar, I e upon a room wh the door popped open and a guy si eher lyg nu on his tummy or jackg off while his ey stare out to the hallway. Walkg back to my room, I nsir how eply reassurg mt be for gay men to know that, at any time of day or night, and wh very ltle effort and expense, they n get head on the fly, no strgs attached.

On a recent Tuday night, when locker and room pric were half off, the gay men’s health spa teemed wh butts and bears—the hairy, human kd.

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.

GAYT PLAC IN DELAWARE FOR 2020

“If you went there enough, you’ll fd someone: someone on cy uncil or ernment, a ngrsman, a state reprentative, a nice Republin who hat gay people on TV but is suckg ck the Crew Club, ” William says, clg to offer nam.

Condoms are available throughout the buildg, and Whman-Walker Health—the nearby clic that built s brand assistg gay men, many of whom lived wh HIV/AIDS or were at the hight risk of ntractg the vis and other sexually-transmted fectns—has a regular table the lounge area, where staff n nnect patrons wh HIV and STI ttg. 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.

GAY WASHGTON DC

Dpe this, bathho emerged as havens for gay men to be themselv, shield om the discrimatn and opprsn of heterosexual society. The name is at once a pun on gay “cisg” and “crew cuts, ” Allen not, and evok a D. This week, the 61-year-old owner flew up om his part-time home Wilton Manors, Florida—a longtime gay village—to oversee Pri preparatns.

Other gay bathho D. He rells talkg wh an olr guy, “a plete stranger, ” who’d participated the Stonewall rts and had bee dismayed by the gay muny’s “stagnatn” polil activism. C., is a powerhoe of the gay nightlife scene on the East Coast, s unassumg and quirky next-door neighbor promis gay travelers an equally good time.