Minneapolis Repeals Law Banning Bathhouses That Passed to Stop Spread of AIDS.
The Minneapolis, Minnesota, city council passed a law that repealed the nearly 40-year-old ban on adult bathhouses. Passed during the height of the AIDS epidemic, the law was repealed, partly, because it was “homophobic.” Proponents say times are different, and might just believe such diseases as shigellosis and enteric gonorrhea aren’t quite as bad as ...






















