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• GAY BATHHOE
• A BRIEF HISTORY OF GAY SIGNALG, OM HANKY S TO THAT 'WHAT GAY GUYS ARE ACTUALLY LIKE' VIO
• CISG 2: THE HOME DEPOT {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY BRIAN JUERGENSAUGT 29, 2007/11:55 AMBY BRIAN JUERGENSAUGT 29, 2007 / 11:55 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"CISG 2: THE HOME DEPOT INVASN","DATEPUBLISHED":"2007-08-29T15:55:25.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2007-08-29T15:55:25.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"BRIAN JUERGENS","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IF THERE IS ANY UPSI TO THE WHOLE LARRY CRAIG SUATN, 'S THAT THE MEDIA FALLOUT HAS PROVID SOME REPORTS WHOSE BIZARRO FACTOR IS OFF THE CHARTS. RATHER THAN GO FOR THE TLY TERTG ISSU AT HAND (LIKE, WHY DO THE GOP HAVE SO MANY EPLY CLOSETED MEMBERS?), OUTLETS LIKE CNN AND ABC NEWS HAVE OPTED FOR THE FAR MORE ACCSIBLE/SENSATNAL "GAYS ARE SCREWG A PUBLIC BATHROOM NEAR YOU!" {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE REPORTS ARE PRETTY AMAZG. IN THIS CNN VIO, FEATURG THE MOST SPIRED B-ROLL I'VE EVER SEEN ("I NEED THREE MUT OF TOILET CLOSE-UPS!"), THE REPORTER UNVERS THE "SURPRISG" FACT THAT MANY MEN WHO LOOK FOR ANONYMO SEX PUBLIC BATHROOMS ARE ENGAGED LONG-TERM HETEROSEXUAL RELATNSHIPS. I WOULDN'T SAY THIS IS SURPRISG, BUT AT LEAST HE SORT OF MA THE POT THAT NOT ALL MEN WHO ENGAGE THIS ACTIVY ARE NNG BACK TO PRACTICE THEIR BARET SHOWS AND FLUFF PILLOWS LIKE THE PUBLIC APPARENTLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS ABC NEWS REPORT IS MUCH MORE DIRECT. "SECRET SIGNALS: HOW GAY MEN CISE FOR SEX" IS THE TLE, AND GETS RIGHT DOWN TO BS LAYG OUT EXACTLY HOW TO FD A BATHROOM TERG TO YOUR SPECIFIC ANONYMO SEX NEEDS AND WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU GET THERE (TWO WORDS: TOE TAP).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AT THE VERY END, DO THROW A BONE TO N-OF-THE-L GAYS WHO PREFER TO HAVE THEIR ANONYMO ENUNTERS OVER THE INTER LIKE CENT PEOPLE BY NOTG THAT "PUBLIC CISG IS PRACTICED MALY BY EPLY CLOSETED MEN" AND PROVIDG THIS CLOSG QUOTE:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"CISERS ARE NOT SEX OFFENRS. THEY ARE EPLY, EPLY CLOSETED. THERE IS A LOT OF SELF-HATRED AND SHAME AND THEY N'T ALLOW THEMSELV TO E TO TERMS WH THEIR SEXUALY. THERE IS ALSO THE ADD ELEMENT OF DANGER AND BEG DISVERED."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WAY TO BURY THE REAL ISSUE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LAST PAGE, AFTER PLANTG THE SEED OF PARANOIA THAT EVERY PUBLIC BATHROOM THE UNTRY IS A HOTBED OF GAY SEX. WHY IS THAT THIS IS BEG MA TO SUCH A BIG AL? AFTER ALL, WHEN SENATOR VTER OF LOUISIANA WAS NAMED THE DC MADAM SE EARLIER THIS YEAR, WE DIDN'T SEE A BUNCH OF STORI ABOUT HOW STRAIGHT MEN EQUENT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT'S ACTUALLY KD OF ODD TO SEE THE WORD "CISG" POP UP SO MUCH, AND IF I DIDN'T KNOW BETTER, I'D THK THAT WARNER BROTHERS WAS BEHD ALL THIS SOME ELABORATE VIRAL MARKETG SCHEME LEADG UP TO THE DVD RELEASE OF THE 1980 AL PACO FILM. *SIGH*. HOW FAR THGS HAVE E 27 YEARS...{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CHECK OUT THE VIO OF A CNN FOLLOW-UP REPORT AFTER THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• A PEEK UNR THE TOWEL: INSI THE 500-YEAR HISTORY OF GAY BATHHO

GAY BATHHOE

Every once a while, as though strand si a gay Advent lendar, I e upon a room wh the door popped open and a guy si eher lyg nu on his tummy or jackg off while his ey stare out to the hallway. Walkg back to my room, I nsir how eply reassurg mt be for gay men to know that, at any time of day or night, and wh very ltle effort and expense, they n get head on the fly, no strgs attached.

Larry Craig, R-Idaho, a men's rtroom at the Mneapolis airport for allegedly lookg to engage gay sex wrote his June report that he "regnized a signal ed by persons wishg to engage lewd nduct.

Craig told reporters today that he did nothg appropriate and said his guilty plea was a plac like men's rtrooms, airports and tra statns, tck stops, universy librari and parks, have long been plac where gay and bisexual men, particularly those the closet, ngregate orr to meet for anonymo time, people faiar wh cisg told, gay men began g a dified system of signals to dite to others that they were terted sex.

A BRIEF HISTORY OF GAY SIGNALG, OM HANKY S TO THAT 'WHAT GAY GUYS ARE ACTUALLY LIKE' VIO

In an effort to curb lewd acts public — or as some gays argue, an effort to persecute gay men — unrver police began stg operatns plac known for sex solicg and employed the same s. Bee much of the signalg is self benign behavr, some gay rights activists and lawyers have admonished police partments for arrtg men who have done ltle more than tap their feet. "Cizens have a right not to nont lewd activy public plac, " said Steve Sanrs, a lawyer and gay rights activist.

"But if there is evince that a stg is motivated by anti-gay anim, that may reprent a more troublg issue. If a se like this went to trial, police officers would have to produce evince to say here is how we n say wh certaty this is was really a lewd act, " he plead guilty to the charg and therefore opted agast a, Craig nied beg gay and said he ma a mistake by pleadg officers, for the most part, only vtigate an area after members of the public have plaed about beg ed for sex, said Rich Gregson, executive director of the California Peace Officers Associatn. "Wh many other optns available for gay men to meet each other, Gershen Kfman, a profsor emer of psychology at Michigan State Universy and thor of the book "Comg Out of Shame, " said public cisg is practiced maly by eply closeted men.

CISG 2: THE HOME DEPOT {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY BRIAN JUERGENSAUGT 29, 2007/11:55 AMBY BRIAN JUERGENSAUGT 29, 2007 / 11:55 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"CISG 2: THE HOME DEPOT INVASN","DATEPUBLISHED":"2007-08-29T15:55:25.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2007-08-29T15:55:25.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"BRIAN JUERGENS","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IF THERE IS ANY UPSI TO THE WHOLE LARRY CRAIG SUATN, 'S THAT THE MEDIA FALLOUT HAS PROVID SOME REPORTS WHOSE BIZARRO FACTOR IS OFF THE CHARTS. RATHER THAN GO FOR THE TLY TERTG ISSU AT HAND (LIKE, WHY DO THE GOP HAVE SO MANY EPLY CLOSETED MEMBERS?), OUTLETS LIKE CNN AND ABC NEWS HAVE OPTED FOR THE FAR MORE ACCSIBLE/SENSATNAL "GAYS ARE SCREWG A PUBLIC BATHROOM NEAR YOU!" {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE REPORTS ARE PRETTY AMAZG. IN THIS CNN VIO, FEATURG THE MOST SPIRED B-ROLL I'VE EVER SEEN ("I NEED THREE MUT OF TOILET CLOSE-UPS!"), THE REPORTER UNVERS THE "SURPRISG" FACT THAT MANY MEN WHO LOOK FOR ANONYMO SEX PUBLIC BATHROOMS ARE ENGAGED LONG-TERM HETEROSEXUAL RELATNSHIPS. I WOULDN'T SAY THIS IS SURPRISG, BUT AT LEAST HE SORT OF MA THE POT THAT NOT ALL MEN WHO ENGAGE THIS ACTIVY ARE NNG BACK TO PRACTICE THEIR BARET SHOWS AND FLUFF PILLOWS LIKE THE PUBLIC APPARENTLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS ABC NEWS REPORT IS MUCH MORE DIRECT. "SECRET SIGNALS: HOW GAY MEN CISE FOR SEX" IS THE TLE, AND GETS RIGHT DOWN TO BS LAYG OUT EXACTLY HOW TO FD A BATHROOM TERG TO YOUR SPECIFIC ANONYMO SEX NEEDS AND WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU GET THERE (TWO WORDS: TOE TAP).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AT THE VERY END, DO THROW A BONE TO N-OF-THE-L GAYS WHO PREFER TO HAVE THEIR ANONYMO ENUNTERS OVER THE INTER LIKE CENT PEOPLE BY NOTG THAT "PUBLIC CISG IS PRACTICED MALY BY EPLY CLOSETED MEN" AND PROVIDG THIS CLOSG QUOTE:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"CISERS ARE NOT SEX OFFENRS. THEY ARE EPLY, EPLY CLOSETED. THERE IS A LOT OF SELF-HATRED AND SHAME AND THEY N'T ALLOW THEMSELV TO E TO TERMS WH THEIR SEXUALY. THERE IS ALSO THE ADD ELEMENT OF DANGER AND BEG DISVERED."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WAY TO BURY THE REAL ISSUE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LAST PAGE, AFTER PLANTG THE SEED OF PARANOIA THAT EVERY PUBLIC BATHROOM THE UNTRY IS A HOTBED OF GAY SEX. WHY IS THAT THIS IS BEG MA TO SUCH A BIG AL? AFTER ALL, WHEN SENATOR VTER OF LOUISIANA WAS NAMED THE DC MADAM SE EARLIER THIS YEAR, WE DIDN'T SEE A BUNCH OF STORI ABOUT HOW STRAIGHT MEN EQUENT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT'S ACTUALLY KD OF ODD TO SEE THE WORD "CISG" POP UP SO MUCH, AND IF I DIDN'T KNOW BETTER, I'D THK THAT WARNER BROTHERS WAS BEHD ALL THIS SOME ELABORATE VIRAL MARKETG SCHEME LEADG UP TO THE DVD RELEASE OF THE 1980 AL PACO FILM. *SIGH*. HOW FAR THGS HAVE E 27 YEARS...{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CHECK OUT THE VIO OF A CNN FOLLOW-UP REPORT AFTER THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Chigo's olst gay bathhoe closed forever on New Year's Day 2018. EtienneChigo lost a piece of gay history 2018, when Man's Country, the cy's olst bathhoe, closed s doors after 44 years. Author and historian Owen Keehnen said the loss of Man's Country was "a gay versn of seeg the hoe you grew up torn down.

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

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