San Francisco Opens Bath Houses Again

After about 30 years of keeping bath houses closed, San Francisco will soon vote on whether or not to let them reopen once again. They’ve been closed for years thanks to the AIDS epidemic. Of course they are still taking COVID into account.

“To be clear, this ordinance does not and will not require or allow the reopening of adult sex venues in San Francisco before it is safe to do so as part of our COVID-19 reopening,” said gay District 8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman.

Here’s a link to the rest. Bath houses have always been a huge part of gay culture. At one time they were a huge part of gay social life. I don’t remember any of them because it was before my time. I didn’t come out until the 90s.


Authentic Gay Content: Gay Prison Fantasy Revived in “The Prince”

Here’s another interesting story dealing with gay culture. It’s about a movie that dropped this month titled, El Principe. (In English The Prince.) And apparently the director underestimated gay erotic fiction. 

Says Muñoz in a director’s statement, “I did not expect that behind what seemed a cheap erotic novel I would discover an amazing portrait of 1970s Chilean society…”

Here’s a link. It goes into a lot more about the prison fantasy and the straight macho male fetish. It sounds fascinating. It’s based on an early 1970s novel by Mario Cruz. 

There’s a trailer, here, and it’s very very good. 

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