![]() ![]() While cruising is not as big a part of queer culture as it perhaps used to be, there are still many in the queer community who take part, and as part of their year-end DownLoad 2023 round-up, the popular cruising app Sniffies has collected information on where guys still like to cruise. It comes from a Victorian-era use of the word ‘cottage’ to describe small public toilet blocks in Britain (also sometimes dubbed ‘tea-rooms’), which were popular places for a quick thrill. ![]() Even for people who don’t need the protection of anonymity and inside knowledge of gay culture, cruising can be an important part of learning about your sexuality, exploring, kink, and relationships. The term ‘cottaging’ refers to cruising or engaging in casual sex in public toilets, and is most often but not exclusively associated with gay men. Still, even with queerness being more socially accepted and legal in years past, cruising exists as a proud tradition and still-necessary activity. For much of our history, cruising – the act of going to a “cruising ground” to walk or drive around and search for a casual sex partner – has been a way to meet other gay men and have sex with them with discretion and anonymity. Cruising has been part of gay culture since the beginning of gay time.
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