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Boston is the capital city of the first state to legalise similar sex marriage, and as such it prides itself on being accessible and welcoming. This city is home to one of the largest LGBTQ+ population on the East Coast, drawn by the generally inclusive culture of even the areas that aren't exclusively queer. There are pride flags in windows across Boston, and big annual events such as Pride and the LGBT Film Festival that are dedicated to the group. Visitors also flock to follow the Freedom Track for a taste of historical queer spaces across the city.

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Europe’s gay cruise club and gay sauna scene – FAQs

Visiting a lgbtq+ sauna or cruise club for the first time? Here’s what you demand to know.

What is a gay cruise club?

Gay cruise clubs are mostly confidential, members only adult sex clubs. In many countries these clubs are licensed by local government. We’ve also included some more traditional gay bars that have extensive cruising areas (such as a shadowy room or maze) but that don’t require membership.

What are the best lgbtq+ saunas in Europe?

We've got some pretty good trial of this! So we wrote a whole separate article about it. Read More: The best gay saunas in Europe.

How do you change into a member?

Most clubs present membership on the door. You will need an official photo ID that shows your age. There is a strict age requirement, usually a minimum of 18 or 21 years of age. In Italy, you need to purchase an ANDDOS Card. The card is free at most cruise clubs and saunas; and once obtained, it can be used throughout the country.

What are themed nights?

Themed nighttime cater to those who enjoy a particular desire and will usually own a strictly enforced dress code. You may be refused entr

Gay Boston

When people from this metropolis say you where they're from, you're likely to listen people name the South End, Back Bay or any of the dozens of other enclaves as their home. This is a city of sharply defined neighborhoods. Others, not born here, come from all across America and the world, to inhabit across the river in Cambridge, home to Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; or to attend one of another 52 institutions of higher education in Metropolitan Boston.
If you're thinking people are proud of the city's almost year history, you're right. Most visitors, even those here for just a time or two, fit into their itinerary at least one of the sights they heard about in history class, such as the Old North Church. (Remember the "one if by land, two if by sea" lanterns warning of the direction from which the British were coming?)
Sure, it's excellent to go shopping in historic Faneuil Hall or follow guides in powdered wigs around the Paul Revere House. But Boston is also a cutting-edge city, thanks in part to all those universities and the large scholar population. Look for clubs hosting the latest in

In the late s and early ‘80s, Paul M. would often fill himself with liquid courage before he slipped through the doors of Club LaGrange, a gay bathhouse that occupied a worn but majestic brownstone in a gritty slice of downtown Boston.

Up a flight of stairs, he’d approach the counter, supply his call and some cash, before proceeding to a room or locker, where he’d stow his clothes and don a towel. Then, for the night, he was anonymous and free to explore the showers, saunas and private rooms of the club—each vacuum a new opportunity to cruise for sex.

“I was young, horny and in the closet,” says Paul, now 82 years old; the bathhouses—outside the gaze of the more universal gay bars—filled a require for him.

Boston never had a legendary gay bathhouse scene like those in New York or San Francisco—partly due to a hangover of “Puritan prudishness” that augured a tamer scene overall, according to historians. Boston’s gay collective, some of its retain members admit, was not as “wild” or uninhibited as those in other large American cities. But for a period in the s and ’80s, a string of baths in the city gave gay men like Paul crucial community spaces—which were also on the forefront of public