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1 review

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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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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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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Fort Lauderdale

Club Fort Lauderdale

1 review

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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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

My Tropx

1 review

1514 NE 4th Avenue

Sex-clubs

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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Fort Lauderdale

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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San Francisco

Powerhouse

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

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...

Saunas

Indianapolis

Club Indianapolis

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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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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Washington

The Crew Club

1321 14th Street NW

Washington DC’s last gay sauna. Opened again after COVID. 

Sex-clubs

Palm Springs

Tool Shed

600 E Sunny Dunes Rd

Tool Shed is the go-to leather-and-Levi venue in the Palm Springs gay bar lineup and a longtime favorite for bears, leather guys, and anyone who likes a more old-school cruising-bar feel. It’s outside the main Arenas cluster, but absolutely worth ...

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Phoenix

Chute

1440 E Indian School Rd

Chute is a Private Mens Health Club, requires membership (single visit membership is possible at the door). Catering to the leather and bear community. Steam room, fully equipped gym, shower areas, big screen erotic video lounges. Open 24 hours a ...

3955 4th Ave

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!

1409 Lincoln Road

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

Saunas

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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Houston

The Club

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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Provincetown

The Vault Ptown

247 Commercial Street

Saunas

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

Saunas

Fort Lauderdale

The Clubhouse II

1 review

2650 East Oakland Park Blvd

Saunas

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

Saunas

Las Vegas

Entourage Vegas

953 E Sahara Ave #A19 (near Paradise & Maryland, at Commercial Center entrance)

24hrs

Sex-clubs

Las Vegas

Fun Hog Ranch

495 E Twain Ave

24hrs

Saunas

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)

24hrs

Saunas

Akron

Akron Stream and Sauna

41 South Case Avenue

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

Saunas

Miami

Club Aqua Miami

2991 Coral Wy (at S Red Rd)

24hrs

Sex-clubs

Dallas

Club babylon

11311 Harry Hines blvd #203

1220 Chancellor St

1117 Pike St

Cupid’s Leather Sport

3505 N Halsted Street (at Cornelia)

Sex-shops

Las Vegas

Desert Adult Books

4350 N Las Vegas Blvd (at Craig Rd)

24hrs

Sex-shops

Chicago

Early to Bed

5232 N Sheridan Rd (at Foster)

Sex-shops

Chicago

Erotic Warehouse

1246 W Randolph (at Elizabeth)

Sex-shops

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)

Sex-clubs

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. 

Sex-shops

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

Sex-clubs

Chicago

Jackhammer

6406 N Clark St

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

Sex-clubs

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”

Sex-shops

Miami

Miami Playground

2657 NW 36th St

24hrs

Sex-shops

Dallas

New Fine Arts

1720 West Mockingbird Lane

Sex-shops

Miami

Sensations Video

1317 Washington Ave

24hrs

Saunas

Berkeley

Steamworks

2107 4th St (at Addison), Berkeley

24hrs, live DJ Fri-Sat

Saunas

Chicago

Steamworks Chicago

3246 North Halsted Street

1520 Summit Ave

206 S Quince St

3219 Detroit Avenue

2616 Swiss Avenue

795 West 5th Avenue

3436 N Lincoln Avenue (between Roscoe & Addison)

Sex-shops

Las Vegas

Tropicana Book & Video/ Adult Super Store

3850 W Tropicana (at Valley View)

24hrs, cruisy theaters

Sex-clubs

Chicago

Windy City Bondage Club

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

Sex-shops

Miami

X Spot

19800 S Dixie Hwy

24hrs

Sex-clubs

Palm Springs

The Barracks

Closed

1 review

67-625 E. Palm Canyon Drive

The Barracks is “the desert’s leather, boot, uniform, fetish, cruise destination”. This gay bar located in Cathedral city, caters to guys into leather, boots, uniforms, military action, latex, rubber, bears, musclemen, cigars, water sports, body p...

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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...

Saunas

Los Angeles

The Zone

Closed

1 review

1037 N Sycamore Ave (at Santa Monica)

Two floors of mazes, private booths and stalls. Also TV lounge and patio to relax. Open every day until 06:00am. Admission $9-14.

Saunas

Los Angeles

Midtowne Spa

Closed

1 review

615 S Kohler (at Central)

Sauna open 24 hours, 7 days a week. Midtowne offers private rooms, whirlpools, steam rooms, saunas, swimming pool, sling room and plenty more. 18+ only and valid ID required.

Sex-clubs

Boston

Machine

Closed

1 review

1254 Boylston Street

Sex-clubs

New York

Paddles NYC

Closed

250 West 26th Street

Paddles NYC is BDSM dungeon and an underground sex club and meeting point for the fetish community in New York. Check website for parties. 

Sex-shops

New York

Les Hommes

Closed

217B W 80th St, 2nd flr (at Broadway)

Gay entertainment store. Entry fee. Upstairs there is a mixed crowd: preppies, older, gym-types, etc.

Saunas

New York

West Side Club

Closed

27 West 20th Street

’Social relaxation club’ (their words, not ours) for gay and bi men. Private membership only. Open 24/7 for 365 days-a-year.  

Saunas

Denver

Denver swim club

Closed

6923 East Colfax avenue

Saunas

Los Angeles

Klyt

Closed

132 E 4th St

Officially the oldest bathhouse in Los Angeles. Over two floors, Klyt has a steam room, showers, cabin spaces and a lounging area. Definitely not the fanciest sauna experience, so don’t expect luxury. In fact, Klyt is so under the radar it doesn’t...

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