The Hidden World of the Gay Bathhouse, with Rolyn Chambers (Queerly Us) | Patrick Marano

📖 Buy the Book 'The Boy Who Brought Down a Bathhouse'
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🛁 Join us in this thought-provoking episode as we sit down with Rolyn Chambers, the author of 'The Boy Who Brought Down a Bathhouse', a book about his time at one of Toronto's most infamous bathhouses, St. Marc's Spa.
Rolyn offers a unique perspective on the experiences and stories from the heart of the gay bathhouse culture, having witnessed the highs and lows, the camaraderie, and the challenges faced by this diverse community.
🌈 About the Author:
Rolyn Chambers has been professionally entwined with Toronto’s queer community for more than two decades.
As an event planner, Chambers was one of the founding programmers of Toronto’s short lived but highly publicized Circa Nightclub. In addition, he has hosted several successful long running events at queer spaces like 5ive Night Club, Fly Night Club and Buddies Theatre.
As a professional writer his infamous Deep Dish arts and entertainment column ran for almost 15 years in both Fab Magazine (no longer in production) and Xtra! Magazine ( www.dailyxtra.com, www.dailyxtra.com/contributor%20Chambers ).
Chambers is currently the Social Media Coordinator and Graphic Designer for Pride Toronto ( www.pridetoron... ), a freelance graphic designer and a contributing editor for The Buzz Magazine (thebuzzmag.ca ).
His first book, The Boy Who Brought Down A Bathhouse is available on Amazon
( tinyurl.com/cc... ) and in Toronto at Glad Day Books and Men's Room on Church St.
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[@dewilew2137]

I hear they allow women in bathhouses now. If I were a gay man, I’d be outraged by that. Everyone should be allowed to have spaces that are for them alone. Women can’t understand what it means to be a gay man, regardless of how she “identifies”, and it’s pretty offensive for them to think that they can.

[@darren_anscombe]

why ? I'm a gay man. If a woman is OK with with it, why can't you be ?

[@queerlyuspodcast]

It's not so cut and dry. Typically there are certain nights where this is allowed, but more and more Trans men are being welcomed into these spaces. Just be careful with your wording... using the "she" pronoun for a Trans man is very offensive, and using quotes around the word "identifies" in the context you used it is signalling that you don't believe that being Trans is a real thing. It may not have been your intention, but that's how it reads.

[@dewilew2137]

@@darren_anscombe I am a woman…

[@dewilew2137]

@@queerlyuspodcast personally, I don’t feel that women can ever truly understand or experience male homosexuality, because we aren’t male. I don’t feel that a bathhouse is a place for women, and I feel that gay men deserve to have their own private, intimate spaces that are for gay men only, and they deserve the safety, dignity, and the sense of camaraderie and community that comes with that. A lot of gay men share this same opinion, and a lot of lesbians are going through the same thing in lesbian/female only spaces. A female human can identify as a man, but there is no way that she will ever understand male-male intimacy. The same is true for males who identify as women. We shouldn’t have to lie or deny the truth in order to be supportive, and sadly, that is exactly what we are expected to do. It’s absolutely mad.

[@darren_anscombe]

Good for you. I wouldn't assume :)@@dewilew2137

[@littlerfeg]

Thanks for sharing your experiences.

[@coolworx]

Yechhh.

[@dominickballard3311]

'Promosm' 😠

[@queerlyuspodcast]

what does that mean?