Public gay cruise

How to Cruise

Cruising has come a long way since hanky code, polari, and subtle glances. There are lots of alternative locations to suit any preference, such as:

• Public bathrooms
• Cruising bars and clubs
• Gay saunas
• Cruising parks
• Gay cruising beaches

Not only can you meet guys in public spaces but in online ones too. For example, Grindr is essentially a cruising catalogue of who's around, and also a great tool to predetermine the location that you'll hook up in. You can also choose to cruise on alt twitter, a subsection of Twitter where people create mostly anonymous profiles, post spicy R18 content, and arrange hook ups or content collabs.

When it comes to public spaces, it helps if there are other people there to cruise! Click here for a comprehensive list of places throughout Recent Zealand / Aotearoa that are known as cruising sites, or visit Squirt.org (this is a paid service) for more. Retain, you may also meeting people who aren’t looking to cruise so it’s important to know what signs to look out for - read on to find out.

This blog was written by our Sexual Health Outreach Worker, Chris Dunbar.

Sometimes, having sex in the secure confines of your bedroom just doesn’t cut it. You may be looking for somewhere new, inquiring thrill or adventure, or just not be fit to have the sex you want within your four walls. You may have heard someone chat about cruising, or hold been asked if you want to go, but what does it actually mean?

Let’s have a glance together at what it means, the laws, and general safety if you do decide to provide it a go.

Definition

Cruising is walking or driving about certain areas, called cruising grounds, looking for a sexual partner. These meetings are usually one-off, anonymous encounters.

Cottaging is a phrase used to describe anonymous sex meetings in widespread toilets.

Where do the terms come from?

Cruising: The pos originated as a lgbtq+ slang term, sometime in the early 1960s, as a way for people who knew its definition to arrange sexual meetings. It was a way to plan sexual encounters without attracting the attention of people who may wish to report them to the authorities, or inflict harm. The phrase is used many countries including the UK, the U

11 things I learned on my first gay cruise

You've probably heard of male lover cruises and wondered how they differ from "traditional" cruises. Are they unlock to straight people? Is it all about partying? What about the hook-up element?

I sailed with tour operator Vacaya in February 2023 on a one-week gay cruise departing from Fort Lauderdale and heading to the Caribbean via Celebrity Cruises' Celebrity Reflection cruise ship. For context, I'm a white, cisgender, gay man in my mid-30s. I had a lot of questions about what to expect, given this was my second cruise ever and my first one with a queer tour operator.

Here are the top things I'd want someone considering or planning their first same-sex attracted cruise to know.

People are friendly

The first thing that struck me about the sailing was that almost everyone was smiling and eager to interact. As an Australian living in the U.S. for almost a decade, I generally find Americans to be open, talkative and curious. This cruise was fancy that … on steroids.

I would have found it overwhelming if I weren't an extrovert, but since I'm a social butterfly, I was in heaven.

Tip: Taking the stairs between l

The Freddie Guide to: Cruising

What is gay cruising?

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Straight cruising is a vacay on a boat. Gay cruising is the art of hooking up in common.

Cruising is almost always anonymous, and can be one-on-one, in groups, or with others watching. It’s done by using non-verbal cues to show you’re both interested – consider of it like a secret, horny code. Some people will have sex right there, while some may take their spouse to a more prudent location. 

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Where did cruising reach from?

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Cruising has a extended history in the gay community. There are recorded cruising spots in cities like Toronto, London and New York dating advocate over a hundred years. In the time before gay bars, when homosexuality was illegal, public places were often the only option for queer people to meet each other. 

Evidence for this often comes from prosecution records – we know where people were cruising based on arrests for “sodomy” or “gross indecency”. These were historic offences made to criminalize gay sex, and were almost exclusively applied to queer men. Sodomy and indecency laws were common throughout the British Empire, but have been repealed in most countries. 

In the US, anti-sodomy laws were r

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