Gay bathhouses nationwide face uncertain future

Associated Press ^ | Aug 23, 2014 10:33 AM EDT | Matt Hamilton

[Olog-hai]

Gay bathhouses that once remained in the shadows to stay in business are now seeking attention to keep their doors open.

Some are doing aggressive online advertising and community outreach. Others tout their upscale amenities like plush towels and marble baths. A bathhouse in Ohio has even added hotel rooms and a nightclub. […]

In the heyday of bathhouses in the late 1970s, there were nearly 200 gay bathhouses in cities across the U.S., but by 1990, the total had dropped to approximately 90, according to Damron, the publisher of an annual gay travel guide. In the last decade, bathhouses, including ones in San Diego, Syracuse, Seattle and San Antonio, have shut down and the total nationwide is less than 70. Most patrons are older. …

[a fool in paradise]

AP should inquire if the gay community still buying buggy whips.

[Artcore]

Obama is going to be pi$$ed!

[RoosterRedux]

Bathhouse Barry would suggest they offer teen and after-school discounts.

[Caipirabob]

Competition from public restrooms, interstate rest areas and the Cub Scouts is pretty stiff these days. Things are tough all over under the Obama regime.

[hoagy62]

Uncertain? I have an idea....how about dousing them in gasoline and burning them, then burying the rubble under concrete with a “Biohazard” warning atop it?

[skeeter]

They should apply for a government subsidy.

This administration will wire the money immediately.

[a fool in paradise]

Are these covered by Obamacare?

[Farmer Dean]

Make his favorite bathhouses into National Historic sites.That should really make him mad.Remember all those”Washington slept here signs”?How about.”Obama worked the glory hole here?”

[Louis Foxwell]

Demonstrating that the queer ones are incapable of suporting their own infrastructure. Convert them to hetero hot houses and watch income soar.

[SECURE AMERICA]

Wait.. In the past 2 decades the number of homosexual bathhouses has dropped drastically? How is that possible with the media and the homofacists telling us that homosexuals are everywhere

[a fool in paradise]

[Nifster]

Oh what a shame. These seamy pits of nastiness aren’t doing well. Guess the folks will have to figure out some other way to debase themselves

[MuttTheHoople]

Obama visibly upset

[Ouchthatonehurt]

Hard times at the bathhouse?

[Jim from C-Town]

They are. According to the article young kids 18 - 22 get in free or have a discounted admission. They love the young sodomites.

[Ronald_Magnus]

Why don’t they just take a bath at home?

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[Ouchthatonehurt]

That's what happens in a Bear market...

[Jim from C-Town]

Funny Story. When I worked at a Glass company we redid all the glass and mirror work at the Flex Club in Cleveland. The company mentioned in the article. It took a couple weeks. The guy we sent to do the work was completely shocked at what was going on.