You can treat yourself to a nap on a warm water mattress in the magnificently decorated relaxation areas. You can float on the surface in the warm salty water while marvelling at the large concrete dome that extends over the pool. From Soho to Shoreditch and down to the fleshpots of Vauxhall, London’s gay scene offers plenty of opportunities to sweat.

I decided to stay on the rooftop bar, occasionally wondering what I was missing at the lesbian sauna. It was immensely popular and, according to Loralee, one of the founders, was “the epitome of female decadence.Their services are provided free of charge and confidentially and used by over 6,000 people every year. The best times to visit the sauna is during lunch, evenings, and at night in the weekend when people leave the clubs to go home. With two steam rooms, two saunas, a dark room, two video rooms, a huge cafe/internet lounge and more private rooms than could surely ever be filled, there is almost too much space. All staffers are female, said Choosak, who experienced in running one of Thailand's best gay saunas Chakran as manager for five years.

There was a couple thrusting with the pace and enthusiasm of a pair of mating snails in the pool next to us. However, next time I want to go to a sex party, I will just go to the sex party, not a lesbian sauna. One looked eager, clutching the hand of the other who looked like they were about to jump the fence. When the tour eventually concluded, we all scurried back to the (now slightly busier) main bar and were asked if we wanted to stay for the evening.There were lots of red and black pleather surfaces, mirrors, peepholes, condom machines, and a room that looked like the trunk of a Volkswagen campervan. TangoQueer rejects the hierarchical vision and of opposites to which conventional binarisms reduce people. La Frederica is a very cute and nicely decorated queer bar that offers delicious gin tonics, cocktails and wines, served by a great team of lovely bartenders.

m. — when I should have been heading to the sauna — I plunged into an existential crisis about my life and sex-drive, wondering why the hell I wanted to leave my friends to go to a sex party alone.After a few minutes I had to get up and leave, but I couldn't stop thinking about her - especially when I was making love to my boyfriend the next night. Guests can choose from more than a dozen saunas and steam baths, various pools and numerous infusions and body care treatments. It was designed and built at the beginning of the 20th century, modelled on an ancient thermal bath. The sauna has a relatively small bathing area, but a spacious cruising zone which is set out over three floors.