Table of Contents

• Public Health and Gay Bathhouses
• A Theoretical Approach to Bathhouse Environments
• The History of Gay Bathhouses
• Number and Distribution of Gay Bathhouses in the United States and Canada
• The San Francisco Bathhouse Battles of 1984: Civil Liberties, AIDS Risk, and Shifts in Health Policy
• Legal Aspects of Regulating Bathhouses: Cases from 1984 to 1995
• Sex and the Baths: A Not-So-Secret Report
• Beyond the Baths: The Other Sex Businesses
• Designing an HIV Counseling and Testing Program for Bathhouses: The Seattle Experience with Strategies to Improve Acceptability
• Comparing Sexual Behavioral Patterns Between Two Bathhouses: Implications for HIV Prevention Intervention Policy
• Index
• Reference Notes Included

About the Author

Authored by Binson, Diane; Woods, William J

Reviews

"Important and Long Overdue.... Filled with useful lessons for public health professionals engaging in bathhouse HIV/STD prevention work."