Wh the Walls of Gay Bathhoe Li a World of Their Own - Los Angel Tim

Contents:

• THE BT GAY CISG SPOTS LOS ANGEL
• GAY BATHHOE EROS TO OPEN S NEW TENRLO LOTN FOR PRI WEEKEND
• ANOTHER LA GAY BATHHOE GONE WH THE CLOSG OF FLEX
• WH THE WALLS OF GAY BATHHOE LI A WORLD OF THEIR OWN
• MIDTOWNE SPA LOS ANGEL IS UP FOR SALE MARKG POTENTIAL END TO HISTORIC GAY BATHHOE
• GAY BATHHOE UNR PRSURE TO END PRIVACY FOR SEXUAL ACTS

THE BT GAY CISG SPOTS LOS ANGEL

" (Gay L. 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.

GAY BATHHOE EROS TO OPEN S NEW TENRLO LOTN FOR PRI WEEKEND

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. “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.

ANOTHER LA GAY BATHHOE GONE WH THE CLOSG OF FLEX

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.

WH THE WALLS OF GAY BATHHOE LI A WORLD OF THEIR OWN

Romance didn’t much enter to men, their late 20s or early 30s, sat on wi stairs built to one wall of the dimly l, high-ceilged “erotic vio lounge” at the Compound, the bt-known gay bathhoe the San Fernando Valley. One gay man’s eroti is another’s Compound is a survivor. A ago, Los Angel boasted slick, high-tech bathho famo throughout the gay world.

But as the specter of AIDS darkened the mid-1980s, the baths me unr fire as plac where unsafe, multi-partner sex spread the the gay muny cried this crackdown as officialdom g acquired immune ficiency syndrome as an exce to hib their liftyl. A new generatn of gay men arrived at a time when bathho were neher chic nor a polil statement.

” I slipped $13 unr the buzzed me through a door bearg a sign: “This club ters to adult gay men.. In “A Night At The Opera, ” people seemed to be havg would a gay man go to a place like this?

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

But there is more, the walls of a bathhoe li a totally homosexual world unlike anywhere on the outsi. Even on the streets of gay enclav such as Wt Hollywood, there are billboards showg heterosexual upl, straight love songs on the rad and plenty of remrs rangg om magaze vers to movie posters that to be gay this society is to be the rarely vised TV room downstairs, where “Benny Hill” was showg when I first entered the bathhoe, there were no such fluenc si the Compound.

It may not be an edifyg atmosphere, but ’s at least one where beg gay is not outsi the the way out of the bathhoe, I stopped downstairs the TV lounge where some of the men seen engaged sex upstairs were takg a rt.

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. 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.

GAY BATHHOE UNR PRSURE TO END PRIVACY FOR SEXUAL ACTS

LONG BEACH — The place is a verable haven for barefoot men almost any day of the week, they n be found wanrg the darkened hallways of the 1350 Club--the cy’s only homosexual bathhoe--past the orange and black doors whose keys rent for $12 to $15 for six to eight hours. On the other are the facily’s owner and patrons who see the club as an important lk the fight agast AIDS, and the doors as guardians of homosexuals’ right to stake is the existence of the club self, a lol landmark sce 1977 which, acrdg to owner Glen Moerg, will close by June 30 unls the cy rcds s mand for removal of the doors and beds.

Earlier this year, Rob Chapple, himself a homosexual and self-proclaimed anti-AIDS csar, beme censed after wnsg what he said were unsafe sexual practic at the 1350 Club.

And by srg off ctomers seekg privacy, they say, the cy will be elimatg an important gatherg place where homosexuals n be ted regardg the preventn of AIDS.