The Club Baths Poster (Club Bath Chain 70's Ad/Gay Bathhouse) trans magazine when the bar’s doors closed

when the bar’s doors closed for good — a bittersweet moment that marked the passing of an era just as Pride Week began

and a little dreamy

leather-fueled nightlife

Broadway with bathhouse energy

and an unapologetically sexual undercurrent set the tone

The Club Baths Poster (Club Bath Chain 70's Ad/Gay Bathhouse) trans magazine when the bar’s doors closedFounded in 1965 in Cleveland, the Club Baths chain grew into a network of over 40 gay bathhouses across North Americabecoming a vital part of queer nightlife and sexual liberation during the '60s, '70s, and early '80s. With sleek facilities, social lounges, and steamy saunas, Club Baths werent just about cruisingthey were hubs of community, resistance, and pride at a time when being out was a radical act. The chain began to decline in the mid 1980s