Across the UK, queer snas have provid a safe space for gay men to relax, unwd and shag. But the panmic has brought on an uncerta future wh…
Contents:
- THE FUTURE OF BRA’S GAY SNAS
- HISTORIC GAY SNA CHARTS SPA ANNOUNC PERMANENT CLOSURE PROMPTG OUTPOURG OF STICKY MEMORI
- LONDON'S LANDMARK BUILDG DOTTED WH STRIP CLUBS, GAY VENU TO TURN TO MOSQUE
- WISNS MIDDLE SCHOOL FEATUR 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' LIBRARY, STIRRG ONLE OUTRAGE
- GAY SNAS LONDON
- KEV SPACEY DEFENDS COMG OUT AS GAY AFTER BEG ACCED OF SEXUAL MISNDUCT: ‘I WAS UNR A LOT OF PRSURE’
- GAY SNA ETIQUETTE
- LONDON GAY MAP
THE FUTURE OF BRA’S GAY SNAS
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Before ronavis h, Charts Vxhall claimed to be “Europe’s largt gay sna” for men wantg steam, queer mararie and a potential subterranean hook-up.
HISTORIC GAY SNA CHARTS SPA ANNOUNC PERMANENT CLOSURE PROMPTG OUTPOURG OF STICKY MEMORI
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Charts Vxhall was the last survivg outpost of a gay sna cha which at s 2005 peak had six branch dotted across London. Losg Charts is a major blow for London’s queer male muny, but gay snas across the UK have weathered an credibly ttg 12 months.
LONDON'S LANDMARK BUILDG DOTTED WH STRIP CLUBS, GAY VENU TO TURN TO MOSQUE
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“Gay snas n of the possibily of sex, but whether people actually have sex when they get here is a pletely different thg, ” says Stephen Gunn of Mantire Spa Plymouth.
In 2021, gay snas are faced wh the same toxic cktail of threats as any other LGBTQ venue. But when we talk about savg our val queer spac, gay snas tend to be exclud om the nversatn. Nick Batt, owner of Pk Broadway Southampton, says a lol rad statn was terted hearg about his stggle to survive the panmic as a small bs owner until he said he ran a gay sna.
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Even wh the LGBTQ muny, gay snas have a lgerg image problem. In 2016, gay magaze Attu published an op-ed tled: “Perhaps the time has e for gay snas to close – and that’s fe. Pl Town, manager of The Locker Room South London, says is rctive to pigeonhole all gay snas as “expensive knockg shops”.
GAY SNAS LONDON
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In my experience, gay snas are sexy, sex-posive spac where not everyone ends up havg sex. “Nobody ever talks about the lonely olr gay man, ” says Pk Broadway’s Nick Batt. “Maybe their partner’s passed away and they want some pany, but they don’t feel like they belong the [gay] bars bee you’re visible those plac if you’re over 40.
KEV SPACEY DEFENDS COMG OUT AS GAY AFTER BEG ACCED OF SEXUAL MISNDUCT: ‘I WAS UNR A LOT OF PRSURE’
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” Batt also says his sna provis a safe space for gay and bi men who aren’t out. “I’d say up to 70 per cent of our ctomers don’t live what you’d ll a ‘gay liftyle’, ” he says. “I’ve had ctomers e up to me and say: ‘My mum died yterday and she never knew I was gay.
Gay snas like London’s Pleasuredrome, which pre-Covid opened 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, n also bee a refuge for vulnerable and homels young men.
GAY SNA ETIQUETTE
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Dean, a 25-year-old queer man om London, says he ma his first viss to gay snas around seven years ago “out of sheer necsy”. Dean adms that gay snas were “ no way an idyllic sanctuary” and says he sometim felt sred sleepg such a sexualised environment.
Other young gay and bi men vis snas bee they offer relatively hassle-ee hook-ups. Tom, a 23-year-old gay man om Edburgh, says that pre-Covid he popped to gay snas once every uple of months bee felt “slightly kky and different and excg”. Whereas the mastream LGBTQ scene “favours cis, whe, affluent gay guys, you see a different si to the muny at snas – people you wouldn’t see bars”.
LONDON GAY MAP
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Jack, a 25-year-old gay man om Plymouth, says he would normally vis his lol sna once a week simply to “chill out and have fun” while “meetg new and different people”.
The legendary gay sna Charts Spa has gone to liquidatn, after sufferg fancially durg the ronavis panmic. Charts Health Clubs opened s first gay sna Shoredch, London, 1996. Until now, the Vxhall branch of Charts Spa was the only survivg lotn, and brand self as Europe’s largt gay sna.
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One former Charts Spa staff member wrote on Twter: “One of the most inic gay snas London I had the pleasure of workg wh sce September 2019 has unfortunately had to liquidate due to fance issu. “Snas such as Charts had provid a safe space for gay men pre-COVID for untls years. The area is also known for s ncentratn of bars, nightclubs, gay venu and strip jots – all of which are nsired sful Islam.