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An Examination of Lesbian/Queer Bathhouse Culture and the Social Organization of (Im)Personal Sex

Armstrong Atlantic State University

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: Corie.Hammers{at}armstrong.edu.

	Abstract

Physical features of space shape the sex and sexual interaction that occurs within bathhouses. Although there is scholarly interest in and documentation of male public sexual cultures, lesbian/queer public sexualities have been sorely neglected. In examining two Canadian lesbian/queer bathhouses—Pussy Palace in Toronto and SheDogs in Halifax—this article fills some of this gap. Utilizing ethnographic methods (in-depth interviews and participant observation), this article accomplishes two objectives: first, it describes the bathhouse setting and how modifications of space affect lesbian/queer sexualities; second, it compares these findings to what has been documented in the way of the gay male bath scene.

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