Staff At Steamworks Toronto Vote To Unionize
Steamworks Toronto is the first gay business in Toronto “Gay Village” to be unionized with the United Food & Commercial Workers. One person tweeted this […]
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Toronto Activists Try To Save Local Baths
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
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
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
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
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?
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
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 […]