I'm Bill. These are my observations on queer health, and other things I care about for one reason or another. Tuna was my adorable dog, a companion of 16 years.
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Let Your Fingers Do the Walking
About ten years ago, I looked back through the San Francisco Yellow Pages, to look at the evolution of ads for the gay baths in relation to the emergence of the HIV epidemic. I was surprised to find how far they went back - this ad from 1950 certainly is evocative! Somehow, I don't think the fellow on the table has lumbago or neuritis on his mind. More to come...
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