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For the photography term, please see: Darkroom

A darkroom or dark room is a darkened room, sometimes located in a nightclub, gay bathhouse or sex club, where sexual activity can take place. When located in bars, dark rooms are also known as backrooms or blackrooms. Image File history File links Information_icon. ... A darkroom is a given space, usually a separate area in a building or a vehicle, that is made dark so as to allow photographers to use light-sensitive materials to develop photographs and film. ... Clubbing, also known as a disco A nightclub (often shortened to club) is an entertainment venue which does its primary business after dark. ... Gay bathhouses, also known as (gay) saunas or steam baths (and sometimes called, in gay slang in some regions, the baths or the tubs), are places where men can go to have sex with other men. ... Sex clubs are clubs where people can have sexual intercourse with one another, either in private rooms or in public areas. ...

The lighting in dark rooms ranges from pitch black to dimly lit. Some dark rooms incorporate black, blue, or red lights. Spectrum of a fluorescent black light source. ...

Dark rooms in bars

Dark rooms were common features of North American gay bars and clubs in the 1960s and 1970s, and can still be found in some bars. World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ... A gay bar is a drinking establishment which can vary in character as much as any other type of bar, but which caters exclusively or primarily to a gay and / or lesbian clientele. ...

A backroom in a gay bar is typically a small, very dark or dimly lit room at the back of the club where customers can go to have sex, usually without undressing. Prior to the advent of AIDS, backrooms were common in gay bars, and the sex that took place in them was typically unprotected, and often, though not always, anonymous. The advent of AIDS, and increasing knowledge about the methods of transmission, resulted in the closing of many backrooms in gay bars. ryan castiel ... Safe sex (also called safer sex or protected sex) is a set of practices that are designed to reduce the risk of infection during sexual intercourse to avoid developing sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). ...

Dark rooms in sex clubs and bathhouses

Dark rooms are often a feature of sex clubs and bathhouses, and they are often advertised as an amenity or attraction. Sex clubs are clubs where people can have sexual intercourse with one another, either in private rooms or in public areas. ... Gay bathhouses, also known as (gay) saunas or steam baths (and sometimes called, in gay slang in some regions, the baths or the tubs), are places where men can go to have sex with other men. ...

A sex club dark room may be as simple as a small darkened area large enough for two or three people, or may be comprise a large portion of the club's floor area, with mazes, glory holes, private nooks, steel bars resembling prison cells, and varying floor levels. A glory hole is a hole in a wall or partition, often between public lavatory stalls or video booths, which can be used to observe the person in the next cubicle (see voyeurism) or to engage in sexual activity with the person next door. ...