Are public saunas linked to gay culture in England?
During my stay in Liverpool, England I was looking for a sauna and conducted a search "Liverpool sauna" on Google. Splash Sauna Liverpool was the first hit, no other saunas on the first search results page. Apart from the muscular male photo on the front page and maybe "discrete location and entrance", nothing on the front page points to a gay club. When browsing to the facilities tab the place's nature becomes evident:
- Fun room with large communal round bed
- Maze, cell, sling, St Andrews cross, kneeling bench and glory holes
Best Answer
Saunas in the UK are typically found in one of two places: Health/Fitness/Sports Clubs/Spas with swimming pools (places like Bannatynes, University sports centres etc.), and "Gay" saunas which are more oriented towards homosexual acts. If you want to just visit a normal sauna, there are plenty of places, you typically can also use the other facilites in the swimming pool area.
Bear in mind in the former it is not customary to remove garments when entering the sauna (unlike in many European countries), in fact it is pretty much forbidden in most places.
Pictures about "Are public saunas linked to gay culture in England?"
Are saunas a gay thing?
There are records of gay men using saunas for sex in the fifteenth century but it was in the second half of the twentieth century that gay saunas became more widespread in London, New York, and other major cities (B\xe9rub\xe9, 1996).What happened to Chariots sauna?
The sauna closed its doors in March, 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic, but on Monday (25 January) the venue announced online: \u201cChariots sauna will not reopen and is currently in the process of liquidation.Britain's Secret Saunas
More answers regarding are public saunas linked to gay culture in England?
Answer 2
Are public saunas linked to gay culture in the UK?
If by public you mean clubs and the like, then yes. Taking Manchester as an example (you seem to know about Liverpool) a Google search manchester sauna selects 5 - 4 described with "Sauna" one "Adult Entertainment Club". Of the four, two advertise themselves as gay clubs. The other two seem more like 'massage parlours'.
Sources: Stack Exchange - This article follows the attribution requirements of Stack Exchange and is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
Images: Michael Noel, Emma Lyon, Olga Lioncat, Sharon McCutcheon