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Experiences beyond the threshold: Sydney's gay bathhouses
Australian Cultural History Vol. 27, No. 1, April , 61–77 Experiences beyond the threshold: Sydney’s gay bathhouses Jason Prior* Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia The gay bathhouse played a central role in the battle for gay liberation in Sydney during the latter part of the twentieth century. Utilising fifty in-depth interviews, as skillfully as extensive archival research, this article provides an insight into how the evolving public domain of Sydney’s gay bathhouses fostered the experiences of gay men and contributed to the development of a vibrant, validated homosexual culture within the municipality. The dynamic nature of these spaces allowed gay men an Downloaded By: [Prior, Jason] At: 17 April unprecedented opportunity to grow, experience and show, individual and collective sexual identities and practices. In exploring the emergence, growth and impact of Sydney’s gay bathhouses, this article contributes to a burgeoning body of analyze exploring the role of the built environm
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