Baths want to continue to provide them, but costs are a problem. Group felt that we need to get bars and retailers involved in purchasing. The group discussed norms around disclosure. This is a big hot button. The current norm is not to talk.
Some people go to baths to socialize, but most others are there to have sex.
Everyone needs to assume that anyone could be of a different HIV status. HIV positive men may go there because disclosure is not an issue - many people don't talk in baths. The group believed that better efforts must be made to reach HIV positive men and provide more sex-positive messages . Another message should be compassion for your partners along with disclosure . Some voiced concern that many of the messages are perceived as anti-sex.