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Mandelman, whose district includes the Castro neighborhood, is looking to repeal a section of the police code that puts the burden on the police department for permitting new gay bathhouses. The ordinance would also repeal outdated and unnecessary regulations that require the bathhouses to maintain a daily register of patrons and "confusing language regarding the permissibility of locked rooms," according to the supervisor's statement.

It's because of this article, he says, that SFPD has been unable to issue permits to potential bathhouse operators who have spent months trying to open their businesses. The restrictions involved monitoring patrons' sexual activities in addition to prohibiting locked doors in these types of venues.

The planning code legislation allowed Eros in the Tenderloin to open on Turk Street as a queer sex club in The venue's website says while they don't police gender, you'll find mostly men here. The s crackdown on these types of venues came during the AIDS epidemic. Inthe city sued several gay bathhouse operators, saying they were a public health nuisance.

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Mandelman's office. With hindsight, we now know that restrictions adopted decades ago at the advent of the AIDS crisis likely deprived at-risk communities of sex-positive spaces where information about safer sex practices might have saved lives. He talked about the advances in science and medicine in regard to sexual health.

Dorsey has signed on as a co-sponsor of Mandelman's legislative efforts. Castro Baths' website boasts that they are the city's first queer bathhouse to launch in decades. Email Andre at andre.