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Toronto Activists Try To Save Local Baths

March 17, 2021 admin 0

In Toronto – The Alliance for South Asian AIDS Prevention, the Black Coalition for AIDS Prevention, Asian Community AIDS Services and AIDS ACTION NOW! are […]

Toronto Bathhouse Raids 40 Years Later

February 5, 2021 admin 0

While America had its “Stonewall” moment, Canada had “Operation Soap“. Multi Bathhouse Raids across the city of Toronto became the turning point in the gay […]

Death At Montreal Bathhouse After Re-Opening

July 11, 2020 admin 0

Bathhouses and other saunas in Montreal were recently given the green light to reopen in Quebec amid Covid19. And already they have had their first […]

Spa XS In Toronto Sets Rules For Re-Opening

July 11, 2020 admin 0

Spa XS have just updated their website with a list of new rules one must follow (if and when they re-open) COVID-19 is an extremely […]

Spa Excess Closes 1st Time In 20 Years Due To Fire

February 10, 2020 admin 0

So What Happened at Spa Excess? On Friday, February 7th at about 2pm, our staff discovered a second floor room on fire. With additional staff […]

Bathhouses In The Age Of Grindr – Can They Survive?

April 4, 2019 admin 0

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 […]

Toronto Bathhouse Refuses Entry To Feminine Looking Customer

April 23, 2018 admin 0

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

August 12, 2016 admin 1

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

July 22, 2016 admin 1

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

July 3, 2016 admin 0

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

February 23, 2016 admin 0

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?

June 9, 2015 admin 0

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 […]