After nearly 4 s, gay bathho are now able to apply for perms to open San Francis. In the mid-1980s, the cy’s health partment put
Contents:
- SF GAY SEX CLUB EROS REOPENS NEW LOTN
- GAY SEX VENU RETURN
- A S-OLD BAN ON GAY BATHHO WAS ABOUT TO BE LIFTED. THEN, A PANMIC.
- SF POISED TO ALLOW GAY BATHHO TO RETURN
- SAN FRANCIS SUPERVISORS LIFT GAY BATHHOE PROHIBNS
- SAN FRANCIS GAY MAP
SF GAY SEX CLUB EROS REOPENS NEW LOTN
To unrstand the eply felt antagonism around bathhoe closur, ’s helpful to unrstand the role the baths played the liv of gay men. * gay bathhouse san francisco *
San Francis's last remag gay sex club is reopeng s doors time for Pri weekend. After vatg their former space on upper Market Street December, Eros's owners began remolg and movg to their new home, where the gay Bulldog Baths had operated the late 1970s and 1980s.
GAY SEX VENU RETURN
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Eros is not a tradnal gay bathhoe that do not have locked rooms. "We have been able to weather the cris of AIDS and STIs, the dg crisis, and we fd ourselv the only gay mercial sex venue to rema bs post the COVID-imposed closur, " said Rowe, referrg to the closure 2020 of SOMA sex club Blow Buddi. They did so at the urgg of gay District 8 Supervisor Rafael Manlman, who had led the earlier ph to allow bathho to aga operate the cy.
It pav the way for gay bathho and other adult sex venu to open the Castro, Tenrlo, and most of South of Market whout the need to receive approval om the planng missn.
A S-OLD BAN ON GAY BATHHO WAS ABOUT TO BE LIFTED. THEN, A PANMIC.
A dog groomer and kennel g the name of the old gay bathhoe had operated the space followed by an artist llective prr to Eros takg over the lease. When the 30-year-old bathhoe and sna Eros left ’s old home on Market Street near the Castro December 2021, the cy's only remag gay sex club said they had a new home led up.
To unrstand the eply felt antagonism around bathhoe closur, ’s helpful to unrstand the role the baths played the liv of gay men. In the early 1980s, as AIDS began to cimate the gay muny of San Francis, a battle broke out over the role that gay bathho might play the spread of HIV.
On the other si stood the gay bathhoe proprietors, San Francis AIDS Foundatn, the San Francis Human Rights Commissn, a handful of polis, the gay prs, and most — but certaly not all — of the gay muny. To unrstand the eply felt antagonism to closg the baths, ’s helpful to unrstand gay history and the role the baths played the liv of gay men the world over.
SF POISED TO ALLOW GAY BATHHO TO RETURN
But the post-Stonewall 1970s, gay life me kickg and screamg out of the closet.
Gay magaz proliferated; gay bs thrived; gay artists and micians began achievg mastream succs. Acrdgly, as gay men stopped nyg their sexual urg, the bathho thrived. No wonr then that when the Cy wanted to close the bathho, was seen by many as an anti-gay, anti-sex — an attempt to drive all back to the closet.
Gay civil liberti, of AIDS hysteria vs. A heterosexual judge wh no gay advisory mtee termed what was an acceptable venue for men who have sex wh men.
SAN FRANCIS SUPERVISORS LIFT GAY BATHHOE PROHIBNS
“Ltlejohn’s ballot proposal galvanized the gay muny opposn, ” renowned activist Cleve Jon told me.
We all reasonably feared an anti-gay vote, a slippery slope that uld lead to who-knows-where? Now HIV is, at least, ntrollable, allowg more gayns.
SAN FRANCIS GAY MAP
Maybe they’ve learned to tst that gay men at the baths have enough rmatn, and self-teem, to take re of themselv whout Dianne Feste peerg over their shoulrs. I thk, though, that we n at least celebrate the fact that a time-honored staple of gay culture will be given new life this fair cy.