Perth Steam Works has just celebrated its 25th birthday, and since new owners took over the venue last year the sauna has been reinvented and renewed. A bold vision of how a sauna can be a special space for men has been brought to life. As you enter the venue friendly staff greet you and […]
For the first time in 22 years, one of Perth’s iconic gay venues is on the market. Perth Steam Works’ owner Mike Chester has announced he plans to step away from the business he founded in September 1996. Mike, who turns 60 next February, reflected on more than two decades in business and said the […]
An Indonesian court has handed down two-year prison sentences to ten men who were charged with breaking the country’s anti-pornography laws. The men were accused of taking part in a ‘gay sex party’ at a Jakarta Sauna. Over 140 men were arrested at the venue earlier this year, most were let off, but ten have […]
Police in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta have raided what they describe as a ‘gay spa’, and arrested 51 men. The men have been arrested under pornography and prostitution laws. Homosexuality is not illegal in Indonesia, except in the northern province of Aceh, but the country’s vague pornography laws are increasingly used by authorities to […]
It was early in 1995 when a then brewery worker first thought of opening Perth’s second sauna. While filled with optimism, there remained many questions for the aspiring businessman to turn the idea into a reality. Was there enough people in Perth to sustain a second sauna? Where would it be located? Would the relevant […]
Indonesian police have raided a gay sauna in the capital of Jakarta and detained 141 men for questioning. The arrests over the weekend come the day before two gay men in the Aceh province are scheduled to be caned for having gay sex. Human rights groups have been campaigning for Indonesia President Joko Widodo to […]
Out crooner John Grant sweats it out in a steamy new video for his latest single ‘Disappointing’, set to feature on his upcoming third album ‘Grey Tickles, Black Pressure’. Featuring guest vocals from Everything but the Girl’s Tracey Thorn, Grant fuses genres together for ‘Disappointing’ in a bizarre, yet harmonious way. Ghostly almost operatic […]
Every wondered what goes on behind the doors of a gay sauna? A documentary airing on ABC2 this month takes it camera into a sauna UK sauna. Meet its proprietors Joe and John, and their interesting clientele, including regular sauna goer Narvel and his partner Terry, who’d rather stay at home. This film doesn’t just […]
