Gay baths — still a haven for unprotected sex?

MSNBC.com ^ | 9/11/06

[gaijin]

“You have that itch, and it feels good to scratch it,” said Peter, who also did not want to give his last name. “There is still a place to go for it. You should see this place at 6 (p.m.) before all of the guys go home to their wives.”

Bitter BS words from a lonely guy who RESENTS married people.

It's EASY to be gay, cuz then you don't have to understand the opposite sex....

Gay people aren't different --they're just really LAZY and don't mind FILTH.

[NRA1995]

Customers can rent lockers or rooms, which are about 6 by 8 feet, of which a bed with a 2-inch-thick mattress takes up more than half. A small lamp dimly lights the rooms.

Doesn't get much more seedy than this.....

[Gay State Conservative]

It's EASY to be gay, cuz then you don't have to understand the opposite sex....

I'm not so sure about *that*.You ask just about any (heterosexual) woman in the country and she'll tell you that the best girlfriend she ever had was a homosexual male.

[NRA1995]

Bob prowls the dark halls of the East Side Club, looking into dozens of its closet-sized rooms and hoping eye contact with another man will lead to sex.

[Killborn]

That's exactly what I had in mind. :)

Now, all we need are "You might be gay if..." and "You are so gay that..." type jokes. :)

[dukeman]

....and you posted this because........

We spend considerable time here on FR pointing out the dangers of the relativists' calling evil, good and good, evil. Sometimes deviancy just needs to be dragged out into the sunlight and exposed.

[Welsh Rabbit]

I suppose having these bath houses is better than having these perverts take over public parks. I recently found out the park I went to day camp at as a kid has become a full blown "pickle park".

[dukeman]

I don't think you're allowed to use full blown and pickle park in the same sentence.

[Clemenza]

Well, don't know if the story would have made the mainstream press, but such bathouses were well known in the 1950s and 1960s among the gay community. As old school bathhousese fell out of fashion with the larger community after WWII, they gradually became places for gay men to "hook up." As most bathhouses were "male only" anyway, it was a natural progression.

Of course, the park in my mother's neighborhood was a popular gay tristing area in the 1950s. Thankfully, my grandparents forbade my mother and aunt from playing there.

[Zeroisanumber]

"You should see this place at 6 (p.m.) before all of the guys go home to their wives.”

Bitter BS words from a lonely guy who RESENTS married people.

I worked as a bouncer at a bondage club back in college, and for a while we tried having a gay night. A fair percentage of the guys who showed up for gay night were clean-cut guys who drove late-model sedans and had a pale circle on the skin of their left ring finger. It isn't unusual for some married guys to cruise on the side.

[Welsh Rabbit]

Upon reflection, it was very poor choice of words.