Cruising at public restroom


How did toilet cruising work?
February 17, PM   Subscribe

I was reading an gay travel guide from , and it reminded me that I've never understood the mechanics of the toilet pick-up. One of the notable features of the guide is that among all the bars and bathhouses listed, many locations also recommend cruising toilets. This seems soinherently sketchy. How would you know when it was safe to signal to somebody? Don't you sprint the constant uncertainty of an embarrassing and dangerous confrontation? Do you actually have sex in the bathroom, or is a rendezvous point? And given that these locations are so skillfully established that they appear in a travel guide, wouldn't they be adj pickings for the police?


Any info or stories about etiquette and chance mitigation would be of interest.

Bonus points if you can interpret how toilet cruising worked in an international context. After a strong warning about how adj cruising is in the Middle East, for example, the guide lists toilets in Syria and Kuwait. There are similar listings throughout the world. While cruising in the U.S.

Public bathroom gay cruising: Exploring the dynamics and culture of public bathroom cruising

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Illegal Sex: Photos exploring Berlin’s Underground Cruising Scene

photo: Marc Martin

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