Flex, the LA Gay Bathhoe, Has Re-Opened - WEHOville

Contents:

• THE BT GAY CISG SPOTS LOS ANGEL
• THE 10 BEST WT HOLLYWOOD GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS WT HOLLYWOOD
• ANOTHER LA GAY BATHHOE GONE WH THE CLOSG OF FLEX
• MIDTOWNE SPA LOS ANGEL IS UP FOR SALE MARKG POTENTIAL END TO HISTORIC GAY BATHHOE
• GAY BATHHOE MELROSE SPA CLOS QUIETLY AFTER 52 YEARS
• EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS WT HOLLYWOOD
• FLEX, THE LA GAY BATHHOE, HAS RE-OPENED
• THE BT GAY BARS AND CLUBS LOS ANGEL
• THE BT GAY BARS WT HOLLYWOOD
• NORTH HOLLYWOOD SPALOS ANGELMENUHOTELS · LUXURYHOTELS · MID-RANGE + BUDGETBARSDANCE CLUBSSNASMASSAGECISE CLUBSON TODAYCY GUISERVICTOURSGAY WEDDGSGAY MAPNORTH HOLLYWOOD SPA
• THE ZONE - CLOSEDLOS ANGELMENUHOTELS · LUXURYHOTELS · MID-RANGE + BUDGETBARSDANCE CLUBSSNASMASSAGECISE CLUBSON TODAYCY GUISERVICTOURSGAY WEDDGSGAY MAPTHE ZONE - CLOSED
• LOS ANGEL GAY MAP
• THE 10 BEST WT HOLLYWOOD GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS WT HOLLYWOOD

THE BT GAY CISG SPOTS LOS ANGEL

" (Gay L. The year is 1981, and if you were a homosexual man (mostly whe) lookg for some fun the unrporated part of Los Angel County unofficially known as Wt Hollywood, then you had plenty to choose om a long list of nightlife gay bars, diss, rtrants, bathho and gay-owned bs terg to the gay-gay-gay! The image you see above, shared by WeHo history buff Mark Donnell, shows a double spread ad taken om a Data Boy Magaze 1981, which was one of the gay rags that uld be found lol WeHo bs stacked next to an issue of Frontiers Magaze.

THE 10 BEST WT HOLLYWOOD GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS WT HOLLYWOOD

Mother Lo was upgrad and looks very different than s origal 80s versn, but for the most part has managed to stay Mother were the gay-owned clothg stor, rtrants and retail spac:The Sports Locker was suated at 8853 Santa Moni Boulevard.

That retail space is the current home to Block Party WeHo, known for phg overly priced slut gear and tacky rabow gay apparel unr the guise that is the biggt gay store the world. Clothg store was geared towards gay men (mostly whe which was a sign of the tim). It was a gay entertament magaze lnched 1968 by Data-Boy Instant Prs, an early puterized prtg service owned by Sl “Fat Shirley” Suon.

ANOTHER LA GAY BATHHOE GONE WH THE CLOSG OF FLEX

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MIDTOWNE SPA LOS ANGEL IS UP FOR SALE MARKG POTENTIAL END TO HISTORIC GAY BATHHOE

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Hollywood Spa opened 1974 and, before the advent of HIV and AIDS, was a major statn for gay men who had few other plac to meet one another. Tim, 27 Oct, 1997)The spa was orred to close 1988, as part of an enforcement of strgent regulatns rtrictg sexual activy at gay bathho. We nsir the Hollywood Spa to be an important asset terms of beg a place for gay men to socialize, be ted about health issu and be ee om homophobic attacks such as this lawsu.

GAY BATHHOE MELROSE SPA CLOS QUIETLY AFTER 52 YEARS

” Goulet died of AIDS-related plitns Syk, who owns the North Hollywood Spa, another gay bathhoe, took over Hollywood Spa after Goulet's ath.

A signed posted last night at the entrance to the parkg lot of the gay bathhoe, which is at 4424 Melrose Ave. He attributed that part to a cultural change, which he said is havg an impact on gay bathho across the untry.

EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS WT HOLLYWOOD

“You don’t have to be the closet as a gay man, ” he said.

Others have noted the populary of so-lled “hookup” apps like Grdr and Scff, which gay men e to meet other gay men on their mobile phon for sual sexual enunters.

Bathho or spas terg to gay men have existed the Uned Stat sce at least the 1920s. In a more homophobic culture, they were one of the few plac where gay men uld meet one another. Advot for the closure said the bathho were plac gay men met to have unprotected sex wh strangers.

FLEX, THE LA GAY BATHHOE, HAS RE-OPENED

Opponents said the bathho were the perfect venue for tg gay men about the nsequenc of unprotected sex and were an important gatherg place a cy where many were hostile to gay people. Los Angel has at least five other gay bathho. The Midtowne Spa Los Angel property, home to the historic sex bathhoe terg to gay, bisexual, and men who have sex wh men (MSM) went up for sale earlier this month.

THE BT GAY BARS AND CLUBS LOS ANGEL

They have adult movie channels, two gay and one Straight/Bisexual and 24 hour secured parkg garage right next door to the club. ”The ctomer also creds Midtowne for promotg a clean (as possible) environment and also providg std ttg and ee unselg, “It’s not jt about STD/AIDS, but the unselors also will talk to people, like gay people jt g out, which is so important for some people who may be reluctant to go to other plac, ” he said.

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Melrose Spa, the famo/famo gay bathhoe that stood at 7269 Melrose Ave Los Angel for the past 52 years quietly closed shop late May due to the loss of their lease.

”The bathhoe closed wh ltle fanfare om the lol gays that kept open for so many s and om the lol gay media (until this post that is).

When the bs was purchased, me equipped wh beds and len, so was all prepped to bee the gay sex spa we all pretend to not know today.

NORTH HOLLYWOOD SPALOS ANGELMENUHOTELS · LUXURYHOTELS · MID-RANGE + BUDGETBARSDANCE CLUBSSNASMASSAGECISE CLUBSON TODAYCY GUISERVICTOURSGAY WEDDGSGAY MAPNORTH HOLLYWOOD SPA

”So ’s like, goodbye gay sex bathhoe—hello trendy boutique, straight rtrant, bar, or nightclub. And you know Downtown is beg very gay.

From private rooms and apartments to LGBTQ-iendly hotels, you have the optn to stay the heart of gay districts as well as other neighborhoods the plac you vis.

THE ZONE - CLOSEDLOS ANGELMENUHOTELS · LUXURYHOTELS · MID-RANGE + BUDGETBARSDANCE CLUBSSNASMASSAGECISE CLUBSON TODAYCY GUISERVICTOURSGAY WEDDGSGAY MAPTHE ZONE - CLOSED

A loft Soho, a shared room Barcelona or the Castro, a gay-iendly hotel Le Marais or Chelsea, experience misterb&b all gay travel statns! Flex Spa Los AngelFlex Spa, one of LA’s better known gay bathho, reopened Saturday afternoon after beg closed for two and a half months.

LOS ANGEL GAY MAP

Bathho where gay men met to have sex have existed the Uned Stat sce at least the 1920s. Fans wept when Roosterfish, the Wtsi’s olst gay bar, closed 2016. Micky’s WeHo has long been a staple on Wt Hollywood’s strip of gay nightclubs and bars on Santa Moni Boulevard, known for s open-walled two-story buildg where passersby n see the party ragg om the street.

The venue is the only Latx gay bar LA that explicly ters to a gay and Mexin dience every night, not jt as a theme once a week. But ’s the perfect space to grab a workday bnch wh a lleague or for -workg ssns -hosted on Tudays wh Gay Asstrology.

THE 10 BEST WT HOLLYWOOD GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS WT HOLLYWOOD

The origal Downtown gay bar, Jalis is a dive bar that ters to the Latx and Mexin LGBTQ muny. Though Sweetwater isn’t officially known as a lbian bar, the humble tablishment has long been the go-to spot for queer women the lol gayborhood, which featur nearly half a dozen gay bars that le Broadway Long Beach. One of Long Beach’s few, if not only, three-level gay bars, Executive Sue boasts a karaoke bar, vio gam, pool tabl for rent, and regular drag shows.

Dubbed by KCET as Montebello’s bt Lato gay bar, Chi is the sister to Club Cobra, servg as a groundg se for the queer Latx muny the suburbs of East LA.

It’s the perfect place for gay men to meet on the Eastsi.