Matthew Verrinder
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/ 13 September 2006

NY’s gay baths become sex clubs of last resort

Wearing just a small white towel and a smile, Bob prowls the dark halls of the East Side Club, looking into dozens of its closet-sized rooms and hoping eye contact with another man will lead to sex. ”It’s better than going to a bar and taking your chances,” said Bob, a 46-year-old garden supplies salesman from New Jersey who declined to give his last name.