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- A LOOK AHEAD * BATHHO AND OTHER DOOR TRYSTG GROUNDS FOR GAY MEN ARE DRAWG FIRE. AND ALTHOUGH OTHER CI ARE ACTG AGAST THEM ON HEALTH GROUNDS, LOS ANGEL . . . : FUTURE OF SEX CLUBS MAY HGE ON ZONG
- ANOTHER LA GAY BATHHOE GONE WH THE CLOSG OF FLEX
- RENNTRE GRATUE GAY à PARIS, (75)
A LOOK AHEAD * BATHHO AND OTHER DOOR TRYSTG GROUNDS FOR GAY MEN ARE DRAWG FIRE. AND ALTHOUGH OTHER CI ARE ACTG AGAST THEM ON HEALTH GROUNDS, LOS ANGEL . . . : FUTURE OF SEX CLUBS MAY HGE ON ZONG
The apparent closg of Flex leav greater Los Angel wh only five gay bathho. * basic plumbing gay *
The Vortex is past year has been tough for gay sex clubs Los Angel.
ANOTHER LA GAY BATHHOE GONE WH THE CLOSG OF FLEX
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Whereas elsewhere the door trystg grounds for gay men have e unr attack for allowg unsafe sex, that most Southern Californian of ncerns is at work here: land e. Neighborhood activists are trated that some clubs have ntued to operate illegally, or that several stanc they were closed, then reopened phoenix-like unr new ownership the same officials have had to navigate between neighborhood ncerns and the now-prevailg view Los Angel that gay sex clubs and bathho serve a eful purpose by providg a ntrolled environment for anonymo sexual enunters.
RENNTRE GRATUE GAY à PARIS, (75)
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