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2 reviews

321 West Sunrise Boulevard

The 321 Slammer is a private club for gay men in Fort Lauderdale. It features  public and private play areas, 3 slings, glory holes and more. It also has a BYOB bar: if you wish to drink alcohol, you may bring your own. Men only, 21 and older...

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Los Angeles

FLEXspas Los Angeles

2 reviews

4424 Melrose Avenue

FLEXSpas Los Angeles (LAX) is an all male private club serving Greater Los Angeles. Amenities include a full gym, showers, a jacuzzi, a dry sauna, a steam maze, an outdoor pool, TV changing rooms, gym lockers, a rustic garden and a lounge. Open 24/7.

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Washington

The Crew Club

2 reviews

1321 14th Street NW

The Crew Club is Washington, DC’s only gay bathhouse, tucked discreetly onto the second floor of a 14th Street building in Logan Circle, right on the same corridor as the city’s main gay bars, so it folds easily into a night out. Open around the c...

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San Francisco

Powerhouse

1 review

1347 Folsom St

Make sure you’re not wearing any perfume before entering Powerhouse! This is strictly a no-cologne zone, full of hot and hairy men dancing to cutting-edge sounds and sexy videos.

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Palm Springs

Tool Shed

1 review

600 E Sunny Dunes Rd

Located at 600 East Sunny Dunes Road in the Warm Sands neighborhood, Tool Shed is Palm Springs’ original gay leather and Levi bar. Open since the early 1990s, it has become a local institution for men who prefer a masculine, relaxed and unpretenti...

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Fort Lauderdale

Club Fort Lauderdale

2 reviews

110 NW 5th Ave

The Club Fort Lauderdale is the city’s premier gay bathhouse, a modern, spacious men-only retreat in downtown Fort Lauderdale, open around the clock. Its standout is a large outdoor heated pool with cabanas - a rarity among US bathhouses - alongsi...

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Houston

The Club

2 reviews

2205 Fannin St.

The Club Houston is the city’s only gay bathhouse and one of its most enduring institutions, open in Midtown since 1973 and recently treated to a major multi-year renovation. A short hop from Downtown and Montrose, it spreads across an indoor wet ...

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Palm Springs

Casa Oliver Hotel & Resort

1 review

535 S Warm Sands Dr

Casa Oliver is a men-only, clothing-optional gay resort in the heart of Palm Springs’ Warm Sands district, the reborn version of the legendary All Worlds Resort under new ownership. Beyond its Mediterranean-styled rooms, it’s built for connection ...

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Atlanta

FLEXspas Atlanta

1 review

76 4th Street North West

FLEX Atlanta is a private gay men’s club nestled in the heart of Atlanta’s midtown. Amenities include a full gym, showers, a jacuzzi, a large dry sauna, a steam maze, massotherapy, an outdoor pool, TV changing rooms, a rooftop sundeck and a lounge...

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Fort Lauderdale

The Clubhouse II

1 review

2650 East Oakland Park Blvd

The Clubhouse II is a Fort Lauderdale institution, a gay bathhouse serving the community since 1976 and one of the longest-running gay businesses in town, just east of Wilton Manors and minutes from the beach. Spread across the Park Lane Building,...

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San Francisco

Auto-Erotica

1 review

4077–A 18th St, 2nd flr

Long-running Castro porn store selling vintage items. Worth visiting for the artworks hanging on the wall!

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Phoenix

FLEXspas Phoenix

1 review

1517 South Black Canyon Highway

FLEX Spas Phoenix is a private gay men’s club. Amenities include a full gym, showers, a dry sauna, a saltwater jacuzzi, a steam room, a saltwater pool and a sundeck. Open 24/7. 

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Fort Lauderdale

Ramrod

1 review

1508 Notrh East 4th Avenue

The Ramrod bar is a gay leather bar in Fort lauderdale founded in 1994. It’s a gay bar with men in levi, leather and uniforms but also musclebears, hunks, ”butch” twinks/boys looking for daddys. Leather and fetish shop inside by Leather Werks. 

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Wilton Manors

The Eagle Wilton Manors

1 review

2209 Wilton Drive

Eagle Wilton Manors is a classic gay leather fetish bar in Wilton Manors, close to Fort Lauderdale, in an underground, Berlin-inspired setting. Bartenders, DJs, parties, full-service nightclub, Eagle Leathers retail, beer, wine, and liquor.Inside...

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New York

Leather Man

1 review

111 Christopher St (at Bleecker)

Since 1965, Leather Man has been a big hit with the leather community in NYC. Located in the heart of the Greenwich VIllage. Opening hours 12:00pm-20:00pm, seven days a week. 

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New York

East Side Club

3 reviews

227 East 56th Street

Sister club to the West Side Club. Similar set-up. Private membership club, open 24/7 all year long. 

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Philadelphia

Club Philly

1 review

1220 Chancellor St

Club Philly is Philadelphia’s only gay bathhouse, a 24-hour men’s club in the heart of the Gayborhood, steps from Woody’s and the Camac Street bars. Set across four floors and a basement of a converted 1920s row house, it offers a dry sauna, steam...

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New York

Blue Door Video

1 review

87 1st Ave (at 6th St)

This legendary XXX video and DVD store sells porn, with some alleged action in its darkest corners. Open every day from 10 am til 10 pm. 

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Cleveland

FLEXspas Cleveland

1 review

2600 Hamilton Avenue

Built in 1939, the former Art Deco Greyhound Building has been transformed into a private alternative men’s club. Just East of Downtown Cleveland, FLEX offers members heated indoor and outdoor pools, a rooftop sand deck, a large jacuzzi, 2 dry sau...

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Las Vegas

Entourage

Commercial Center, 953 E Sahara Avenue, Suite A19

Entourage is the only all-gay men’s bathhouse in Las Vegas, a gay-owned, 12,000-square-foot spa in the Historic Commercial Center about a mile off the north end of the Strip, serving the community since 1994 as the former Apollo Spa. It’s the rare...

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Palm Springs

Casa Oliver Hotel & Resort (All World’s Resort)

535 S Warm Sands Dr

Casa Oliver is a gay men’s clothing-optional resort with day/night passes and a dedicated indoor adult social/play space. It is one of the strongest options in the Palm Springs gay resort scene if you want more than just a pool day. Formerly All W...

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Palm Springs

CCBC Resort Hotel

68300 Gay Resort Drive

CCBC is the best-known gay men’s clothing-optional resort near Palm Springs for travelers seeking a larger, more social setup. The official site currently advertises day and night passes, and its amenities page explicitly lists a steam room and pl...

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Miami

Club Aqua Miami

2991 Coral Way

Club Aqua is Miami’s most established and complete gay bathhouse, a men’s health club in the central Coral Way area that has served the local community for decades. Its standout features include a spacious outdoor area with a large heated swimming...

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Orlando

Club Orlando

450 E Compton St

Orlando’s long-running gay bathhouse, Club Orlando, has been a staple since 1998 — a men-only, clothing-optional retreat with a heated outdoor pool, Jacuzzi, sauna, steam room, and a gym, plus private rooms, video lounges, and a sun deck. Day memb...

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San Diego

Club San Diego

3955 4th Ave

Club San Diego is the city’s only gay bathhouse, a Hillcrest institution of more than four decades set discreetly on Fourth Avenue, a block off the University Avenue nightlife strip. Recently remodeled after a fire, it spans a couple of levels and...

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Miami

Gaythering Sauna

1409 Lincoln Road

Gaythering Sauna is the boutique, men-only wellness sauna inside Hotel Gaythering, the only gay hotel in Miami Beach, right on Lincoln Road in South Beach and walkable to the neighborhood’s gay bars. Smaller and more upscale than a traditional bat...

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Berkeley

Steamworks

2107 4th Street

Steamworks is the Bay Area’s legendary men’s bathhouse, a private gym, sauna, and play space in West Berkeley that’s been a fixture for over thirty years, just 15 minutes from San Francisco and easy to reach by BART. Fresh off a multimillion-dolla...

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Chicago

Steamworks Chicago

3246 North Halsted Street

Steamworks is Chicago’s only dedicated gay bathhouse, a slick, industrial-edged men’s gym, sauna and playground on four floors in the heart of Boystown, at Halsted and Belmont. Its state-of-the-art wet area pairs a whirlpool, dry sauna and eucalyp...

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Seattle

Steamworks Seattle

1520 Summit Ave

Steamworks Seattle is one of the city’s two gay bathhouses, a large, modern men’s spa on Capitol Hill in the heart of the gayborhood. Spread over multiple floors, it offers a dry sauna, steam room, a large hot tub, a gym, a sundeck, private rooms,...

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Indianapolis

The Club

620 N. Capitol Ave

Club Indianapolis is a private men’s sauna located just five blocks north of the Indianapolis Capitol Building and close to Indy’s nightlife. The gay sauna is open 24/7, 365 days a year, and caters to individuals aged 18 and over. The facility fea...

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Columbus

The Club

795 West 5th Avenue

The Club, known locally as Club Columbus, is a gay bathhouse in the University District just northwest of downtown, part of The Clubs, a national chain of private men’s saunas that has been running for over 50 years. Open around the clock, its wel...

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Saint Louis

The Club

2625 Samuel Shepard Drive

The Club, known locally as Club St. Louis, is a spacious gay bathhouse in the city’s Loft District between downtown and Midtown, part of The Clubs, a national chain of private men’s saunas running for over 50 years. Laid out conveniently on a sing...

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Dallas

The Club

2616 Swiss Avenue

The Club, known locally as Club Dallas, is one of the city’s two gay bathhouses and a genuine institution, operating on the same western stretch of Swiss Avenue since 1974. Part of a national chain of men’s clubs, its resort-style complex centers ...

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Akron

Akron Steam and Sauna

41 South Case Avenue

Akron Steam and Sauna is a private men’s sauna in Akron, Ohio, a laid-back bathhouse that has served the area for more than 30 years and remains one of the few dedicated LGBTQ+ men’s spaces in northeast Ohio. Facilities include a dry sauna, a stea...

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Seattle

Club Z

1117 Pike Street

Club Z is one of Seattle’s two gay bathhouses, a members-only men’s spa and social club on Capitol Hill that has anchored the city’s gay scene for decades. Spread over three floors, it offers a dry sauna, a full steam room, dozens of private rooms...

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Denver

Denver Men's Club

Art District on Santa Fe

Denver Men’s Club is a private, members-only social club for men that hosts three weekly group-sex events, essentially gay bathhouse-style cruising without the hot tubs and saunas, in a commercial building in Denver’s Art District on Santa Fe. Wit...

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San Francisco

Eros

2051 Market St (btwn Church & Dolores)

Open daily from 12:00pm, Eros is San Francsico’s only gay sauna. Hot steam room, showers, lounge and upstairs playrooms.

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San Francisco

Folsom Gulch

947 Folsom (btwn 5th & 6th)

Sex store, also with a back area for you know what!

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Washington

Glorious Health Club

2120 West Virginia Ave NE

The Glorious Health and Art Gallery is a gay-owned art gallery with an approved DC-inspected steam and shower area where you can relax looking at Washington DC’s gay artists’ paintings and exhibitions. The place bills itself as an art gallery, a s...

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Los Angeles

North Hollywood Spa

5636 Vineland (at Burbank)

Open since 1984, The North Hollywood Spa is located on the San Fernando Valley’s east side, a few short miles away from Burbank and Pasadena. In addition to the 2 floors of entertainment, the steam room, the dry sauna, the adult video lounges or t...

124 Snow St

540 River St

River Street Club is the only gay bathhouse in the Albany area, a private men’s club just across the river in Troy that has long served the Capital Region’s gay community. Set over two floors, it offers a sauna, steam room, hot tub, showers, a sma...

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San Francisco

Rock Hard

518 Castro St (at 18th St)

Adult store selling the usual. Friendly staff.

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San Francisco

Secrets

1034 Market St (at 7th)

24hrs, huge selection of DVDs, magazines, and lots of arcade action

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Tampa

Tampa Men's Club

4061 W Crest Ave

Tampa Men’s Club is the main destination for anyone looking for a gay sauna in Tampa or a more adult side of the city’s queer scene. Open 24/7, it combines bathhouse basics with a more club-like setup, including a steam room, group showers, locker...

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Phoenix

The Chute

1440 E Indian School Rd

The Chute is Phoenix’s long-running gay bathhouse, the city’s original and only men’s club built specifically around the leather, bear, and blue-collar crowd, with a ”big, butch and friendly” attitude. Marketing itself as a private men’s health cl...

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Provincetown

The Vault Ptown

247 Commercial Street

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Indianapolis

The Works

4120 N Keystone Ave

The Works is a men-only private club in downtown Indianapolis that has served the local gay community for over 40 years. The club/gay sauna features a fully equipped gym and steamy videos in private dressing rooms. The venue also has a nice o...

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Los Angeles

Chi Chi LaRue’s

2 reviews

8932 Santa Monica Blvd (at San Vicente)

10am-midnight, to 2am Th-Sun

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Los Angeles

Slammer

3 reviews

3688 Beverly Blvd (2 blocks E of Vermont)

Ever-popular sex club. This isn’t a bathhouse, so don’t expect saunas, but there are plenty of gloryholes and slings.

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Miami

Happy Books

1 review

9514 S Dixie Hwy (at 95th)

24hrs

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Las Vegas

Bare Essentials Fantasy Fashions

4029 W Sahara Ave (near Valley View Blvd)

exotic/ intimate apparel for men and women, toys

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Las Vegas

Fun Hog Ranch

495 E Twain Ave

24hrs

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New York

Russian and Turkish Baths

268 E 10th St

East Village bathhouse, over 120 years old. Although it’s not gay, the men-only times can be cruisey. Check the website before going as the hours change often.

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Las Vegas

Adult World/ Mini Theaters

3781 Meade Ave (at Valley View)

Located at 3781 Meade Avenue, near Valley View Boulevard and a short drive west of the Las Vegas Strip, Adult World is a long-established adult store offering much more than shelves of toys and movies. Behind the retail area, visitors will find an...

11327 Reeder Road

4923 N Clark Street (at Argyle, 2nd flr)

1701 E Olive Way

Chicago Hellfire Club

PO Box 577618, 60657-7618

“The Chicago Hellfire Club is a brotherhood of men who share interests in Gay S/m safe sex. The purpose of the Club shall be to provide education and opportunities for participation in safe, sane, and consensual S/m sex among consenting adult men ...

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Miami

Cloverleaf Book & Video

14907 NW 7th Ave

24hrs

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Dallas

Club babylon

11311 Harry Hines blvd #203

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Chicago

Cupid’s Leather Sport

3505 N Halsted Street (at Cornelia)

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Las Vegas

Desert Adult Books

4350 N Las Vegas Blvd (at Craig Rd)

24hrs

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Chicago

Early to Bed

5232 N Sheridan Rd (at Foster)

Early to Bed is a pioneering feminist and LGBTQ+-friendly sex shop located at 5138 North Clark Street in Chicago’s Andersonville neighborhood. Founded in 2001, it has built a loyal following by offering something that traditional adult stores have...

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Chicago

Erotic Warehouse

1246 W Randolph (at Elizabeth)

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Henderson

Fantasy World Arcade/ Theaters

6760 Boulder Hwy (btwn Sunset & Russell)

24hrs

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Chicago

Frenchy’s

872 N State Street (at Delaware)

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Boston

Hot Mess Sundays

275 Tremont Street

Hot Mess Sundays is an alternative gay night in Boston, presented by Chris Harris (also Epic Saturdays). Check agenda for venues. 

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Chicago

Hubbard Books

109 W Hubbard (at Clark)

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Las Vegas

Industrial Road Adult Books

3427 Industrial Rd (at Spring Mtn)

24hrs

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Chicago

Jackhammer

6406 N Clark St

3 bars (dance bar, sports bar, and downstairs leather bar), dancers wknds, patio

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Chicago

MAFIA (Mid America Fists in Action, Inc)

PO Box 25107, 60625

membership-only “organization for gay men who have an interest in fisting or handball”

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Miami

Miami Playground

2657 NW 36th St

24hrs

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Dallas

New Fine Arts

1720 West Mockingbird Lane

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Miami

Sensations Video

1317 Washington Ave

24hrs

206 S Quince St

3219 Detroit Avenue

Cleveland holds a genuinely important place in gay bathhouse history, and The Club carries that legacy forward as one of the direct descendants of the original Club Baths chain, founded right here in 1965 when Jack Campbell bought a shuttered Finn...

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Chicago

The Pleasure Chest

3436 N Lincoln Avenue (between Roscoe & Addison)

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Las Vegas

Tropicana Book & Video/ Adult Super Store

3850 W Tropicana (at Valley View)

24hrs, cruisy theaters

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Chicago

Windy City Bondage Club

members-only club for bondage and BDSM with play parties; guests welcome

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Miami

X Spot

19800 S Dixie Hwy

24hrs

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San Francisco

Blow Buddies

Closed

1 review

933 Harrison (btwn 5th & 6th)

The club is a cornerstone of SoMa’s queer and leather bar scene. As the cheeky name suggests, this San Francisco gay sex club is oriented toward activities of an oral nature. Check their website for weekly and monthly themed parties such...

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