Derek Abella

2 days ago | nytimes.com | Miya Lee |Daniel Jones |Derek Abella

You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. MODERN LOVECredit...Derek AbellaA decade after the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage nationwide, we asked people from across the country to share stories of what the ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges has meant to them. Miya Lee and June 26, 2025Clarksville, Tenn.

Nov 4, 2024 | pdxmonthly.com | Derek Abella

Indigenous sweat lodges. Latvian pirts. Japanese onsen. Moroccan hammam. Across the world and throughout time, people have been trying to get hot on purpose. And newbies to thermotherapy can get lightheaded from more than just the steam trying to parse the pros and cons of the myriad types of saunas and bathhouses. Here are six styles you’ll find in Oregon and Washington, and how you should behave within them.

Oct 28, 2024 | pdxmonthly.com | Derek Abella

Since the suburban baths of Pompeii—if not even earlier—bathhouses have been more than a place to soak and steam. In the United States and around the world, the bathhouse was a clandestine (and, eventually, well-known) haven for gay men to meet and, in many cases, hook up. That included Portland: In the gay bathhouse’s heyday, the city was home to at least a half-dozen, places that hosted men’s socials and fundraisers as well as shvitzes and trysts.

Nov 21, 2023 | buffalonews.com | Derek Abella

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Nov 15, 2023 | buffalonews.com | Derek Abella

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