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1980s AIDS-era law
Coverage of 1980s AIDS-era law in the Nexus archive.
- NY lawmakers want to bring back sex-fueled bathhouses — 40 years after ban during AIDS crisis
Two New York State lawmakers introduced legislation to repeal a 1980s law that banned adult-saunas and bathhouses associated with the AIDS epidemic in the gay community. The law was enacted during the AIDS crisis and linked these establishments to the spread of the disease.