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MIDTOWN ATLANTA BATHHOE FLEX REMAS A STRONGHOLD OF GAY LIBERATN 40 YEARS ON
But 2017, the operators of Flex feel fortable enough to remd all passers-by that, amid the nstctn that ntu to re-make Midtown, there remas a bathhoe open and operatg on 4th Street, where gay men meet to have easy, anonymo sex. ” Bathho have long been an open, dirty ltle secret for gay men, rarely talked about outsi of close circl of iends, and the bane of those who yearn for a more rpectable, ls promiscuo, public image of homosexualy. (File photo) Post-Stonewall boon Public bathho origally operated major ci to promote hygiene among poorer populatns, but as door plumbg beme universal, the venu transned to cisg ho for gay men.
It was an acceptable part of gay life back then.
” Dpe the era of liberatn many gay men felt a part of, gay sex remaed illegal Geia, and the social (and sexual) outlets for gay men were mostly limed to bars and their backrooms. ” The gay muny was divid about whether a bathhoe should ntue to exist the middle of a sexually-driven plague, Robison relled.