Experiences beyond the threshold: Sydney's gay bathhouses

摘要: The gay bathhouse played a central role in the battle for liberation Sydney during latter part of twentieth century. Utilising fifty in-depth interviews, as well extensive archival research, this article provides an insight into how evolving public domain Sydney's bathhouses fostered experiences men and contributed to development vibrant, validated homosexual culture within city. dynamic nature these spaces allowed unprecedented opportunity develop, experience express, individual collective sexual identities practices.  In exploring emergence, growth impact bathhouses, contributes burgeoning body research built environment identity This exploration interplay between form, sexuality, civic governance, social action makes contribution sociology, queer studies, anthr...