Are NYC bathhouses LGBTQ+ friendly?
There are no gay bathhouses or saunas in NYC because they were all closed during the HIV/AIDS crisis. Illicit cruising happens in some spaces which means full anal isn’t that common to begin with since it’s much less discrete. While the original intention of men’s bathhouses may have been hygiene, today’s gay bathhouses or saunas, along with other types of sex-on-premises-venue (SOPV) or sex venues, are intended as places where you can meet others for casual sex.