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There are a number of web pages and blog posts that deal with the rules of gay bathhouses. Although some of these statements are entertaining, they do not adequately reflect the true, unspoken rules that relate to all gay bathhouses. … Continue reading
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Some of the most popular questions asked by gay bathhouse first-time visitors are: What should I expect at a gay bathhouse? What should I do? How do I know that someone wants to have sex with me? What should I … Continue reading
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February 21, 1903…..In New York City, police conduct the first recorded raid on a gay bathhouse, the Ariston on West 55th Street. There were 78 men caught in the raid, but 26 were arrested. Twelve men were brought to trial … Continue reading
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Harlem’s very own Mt. Morris Baths was opened in 1893, and slowly evolved into a social center for gay black men. During the latter part of the nineteenth century, the facility was built by a group of doctors who used … Continue reading
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In the late 1960′s Steve Ostrow opened the famous Continental Baths in the basement of the landmark 1903 Ansonia Hotel, which was home to such greats as Caruso, Stravinsky and Toscanini. Famous for its lavish accommodations, the Continental Baths was … Continue reading
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“(At the baths) a nuclear physicist could meet a plumber. Bathhouses were the great leveler, a common denominator, a place where people did not have to be of similar backgrounds.” — Bruce Mailman, owner of The Saint and the New … Continue reading
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The Everard Turkish Baths (sometimes referred to as the “Ever Hard Baths”) served as a homosexual rendezvous for more than a half century, and was the longest-running gay oriented business in New York City. Originally a church, the Everard was … Continue reading
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“The safest, most enduring, and one of the most affirmative of the settings in which gay men gathered in the first half of the twentieth century was the baths…” George Chauncey Gay bathhouses have operated in New York City since … Continue reading
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One of the most important developments in the history of the gay baths involved gay ownership and the founding of one particular bathhouse chain in America. In 1965, Jack Campbell and two partners opened their own bathhouse in Cleveland. According … Continue reading
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It wasn’t until the 1950′s that exclusively gay bathhouses started to crop up in America. These places were still subject to vice raids, but the police generally allowed them to operate because they were discreet “outlets for the vast homosexual … Continue reading
