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Troy Hawkins, a longtime patron of Club , shares in this piece how its loss will profoundly impact community members who often struggle to find local spaces where they can be their authentic selves. Three decades ago, a group of friends and I were sitting in the dark, dank, exit door alcove in the back of Club , affectionately known as the 5.

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O'Brian Rest Area. Crowd: All truck drivers, straight guys who love there gay guys. K-Mart - Redding. The bathrooms are located in the back of the store near the lay-a-way area. There are multiple peep holes into the next. Gibbs-Best Western. Its a bathroom located between cr gibbs and bestwestern the 2 businesses are connected and this is the adjoining bathroom.

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She finally wore me down and insisted I would have a good time, so I reluctantly agreed to go. We got there around on a Friday night and it was totally empty. Not a soul there except the bartender. I later learned nothing really started happening at the 5 until at least 10 p.