Steam Portland
{{Short description|Gay bathhouse in Portland, Oregon, U.S.}}
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Steam Portland is a gay bathhouse located in the Kerns neighborhood of northeast Portland, Oregon, United States.
Description and history
According to Portland Monthly, Steam Portland allows trans men and nonbinary people "if they legally identify as male or X" on identity documents.{{Cite web |title=The Gay Bathhouse Is Alive in Portland |url=https://www.pdxmonthly.com/health-and-wellness/2024/10/gay-bathhouse-portland-queer-trans |access-date=2025-03-15 |website=Portland Monthly |language=en-US}} The bathhouse opened in 2003 and has been called "sleek".{{cite news|last1=Beaudoin|first1=Stephen Marc|title=Landmark Club Portland Bathhouse Set to Close|url=http://www.wweek.com/portland/blog-12321-landmark_club_portland_bathhouse_set_to_close.html|work=Willamette Week|date=June 15, 2007|access-date=July 19, 2015|archive-date=July 23, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723142134/http://www.wweek.com/portland/blog-12321-landmark_club_portland_bathhouse_set_to_close.html|url-status=live}} Amenities include a nude sun deck, a hot tub and steam bath, a lounge, and video booths.{{Cite web |date=2024-04-21 |title=Capture or Asylum: Chuck Palahniuk’s Fugitives and Refugees 10 Years Later |url=https://www.wweek.com/archive/2024/04/21/capture-or-asylum-chuck-palahniuks-fugitives-and-refugees-10-years-later/ |access-date=2024-10-17 |website=Willamette Week |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2018-06-13 |title=When I Had No Place Else To Go, I Lived in One of Portland’s Last Bathhouses |url=https://www.wweek.com/culture/2018/06/12/when-i-had-no-place-else-to-go-i-lived-in-one-of-portlands-last-bathhouses/ |access-date=2024-10-17 |website=Willamette Week |language=en}}
The privately owned{{Cite web |date=2018-08-20 |title=Gay Bath Houses. What Should A Bath House Virgin Know Before Going To Their First? |url=https://instinctmagazine.com/gay-bath-houses-what-should-a-bath-house-virgin-know-before-going-to-their-first/ |access-date=2024-10-17 |website=Instinct Magazine |language=en-US}} bathhouse was among the first businesses in Portland to close temporarily because of the COVID-19 pandemic.{{Cite web |last=Earl |first=Alex-Jon |date=2020-04-07 |title=Safety top concern for adult businesses and performers in the queer community |url=https://psuvanguard.com/safety-top-concern-for-adult-businesses-and-performers-in-the-queer-community/ |access-date=2024-10-17 |website=Vanguard |language=en-US}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Steam Portland}}
- {{Official|http://www.steamportland.com}}
- [http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/a-newer-gentler-den-of-sin/Content?oid=28484 A Newer, Gentler Den of Sin: Getting Your Gay On at Steam Portland] by Justin Sanders (February 20, 2003), The Portland Mercury
{{Kerns, Portland, Oregon}}
{{LGBTQ culture in Portland, Oregon}}
{{Portal bar|Companies|LGBTQ|Oregon}}
Category:2003 establishments in Oregon
Category:Hospitality companies established in 2003
Category:Gay bathhouses in Oregon
Category:Kerns, Portland, Oregon