Bathhouses In The Age Of Grindr – Can They Survive?
Toronto writer Bobby Box has written an op-ed in advocate about the state of bathhouse in the age of hook-up apps. Before doing anything he […]
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Toronto Bathhouse Refuses Entry To Feminine Looking Customer
It all started when local DJ Scooter McCreight was refused entry into Steamworks Toronto Bathhouse. The reason? He looked to feminine. He tweeted the following […]
Vancouver Red Door Bathhouse Closes
Another bathhouse has shut its doors, but this time the reason isn’t because of declining business. Rather because the owner had died. The gay sauna […]
Gay Bathhouse Newbie
Two blog posts were recently published chronicling the baths. First essay by Simon Smith on the exclusively men-for-men parlor in Guangzhou sheds light on LGBTI […]
Bathhouse Raids Apology
The gay community in Toronto received something extraordinary on the eve of Gay Pride. The current Police Chief apologized for their role in the bathhouse […]
Toronto Bathhouse Raided The 35th Anniversary
It has been called Toronto’s Stonewall. The day 150 Toronto police officers carried out simultaneous raids on four gay bathhouses in Canada’s largest city. It […]
Oldest Bathhouse In Toronto Set To Close?
The Oak Leaf Steambath is the oldest bathhouse in Toronto. It is a combination of legitimate straight bathhouses and your traditional gay bathhouse. Confused? I’ll […]
Aquarius Baths Murder Case Update
It has been over a year since a mistrial was declared in the Aquarius Baths murder case against Justin James Rosdobutko. He has been accused […]
Bathhouses Begin To Reinvent Themselves
One of the biggest stories of 2014 was the story that ran in the Associated Press. The death of the gay baths. It must of […]
Halifax Gay Bathhouse Closed
Halifax is a city located in Nova Scotia, Canada. It is a vibrant area that is a mixture of urban and rural communities. Like all […]
Hit and run outside Steamworks Bathhouse
Customer who had patronized the Steamworks Bathhouse in Edmonton has been involved in a hit and run accident. It happened right outside the Steamworks building. […]
Toronto Bathhouse Raids Mural
WorldPride has come to North America for the first time. Well actually Canada, but that country is in the continent of North America. This is […]
The Toronto Bathhouse Raids & Edmund White
The Toronto Bathhouse Raids, or operation soap. In 1981 the Toronto police raided four bathhouses and arrested over 200 men. That mass arrest galvanized a […]