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

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It was a ld Febary morng, 118 years ago this month, when New York Cy police nducted their first rerd raid on a gay bathhoe.

THE HISTORY OF AMERI'S GAY BATHHO AND “BATHHOE BETTY”

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In the late 1400s, police Florence, Italy, monored homosexual activy and “spect boys” at bathho. As stutns, bathho gaed populary the last century, part due to growg gay populatns lackg plac where they uld publicly gather. The risks of police raids terred some men om steppg to a gay bathhoe, but ultimately the need for timate pannship outweighed the danger posed by police.

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