But by and large, these are establishments by and for gay men, and they have always been so. There is the Oasis Aqualounge, which also markets itself to heterosexuals. Go a few blocks south and there is Spa Xcess.
Follow the smell of chlorine down an alleyway in the Church-Wellesley Village, pass through a set of heavy metal doors and up a flight of stairs, and there is Steamworks.
It’s no hard task to find gay bathhouses in this city, if you know where to look. Thirty-five years after the raids, we head back into Toronto's bathhouses-and get breakfast.
Cityscape What It’s Like Inside Toronto’s Bathhouses
