What does the term flap stand for?
Since their introduction, public men's toilets are not only visited to do the emergency toilet. In the homosexual and bisexual scene, a flap is a public toilet without or with a flap door. The first of these outhouses were built in the 17th century.
Century in England. Their equipment was not comparable to that of modern public men's toilets. Especially in times when same-sex sex was prosecuted, flaps were an important meeting place. Nevertheless, men always had to reckon with being spied on, and not only in Nazi Germany. You seek out flaps if you want to have sex with other men. In the homosexual scene, flaps are one of several places for anonymous and fast sex (gay cruising). You can find a flap for example in the following places:
Specific gay travel guides list toilets known as flaps. A flap looks visually like a conventional toilet. It often happens that you discover traces of this specific use, for example, texts on the walls reminiscent of personals and relevant graffiti. Public toilets are not declared as flaps. You can tell if a toilet is used for sex by a hole in walls between toilet stalls. It will be "
Glory Hole" called.
Equipment of a flap
As standard, flaps are equipped with:
- Urinal
- Toilet cubicles (lockable from inside)
- Washbasins including fittings
- Hygiene boxes / waste garbage cans with lids
- Soap dispenser
- Towel dispenser
- Toilet paper dispenser
- Coat hook
- Automatic hand dryer
- Disinfectant dispenser
- effective ventilation
Hygienic, modern flaps are designed with easy-to-clean walls and floors to ensure the basic requirements for cleanliness. Numerous flaps are also equipped with condom dispensers.
Condoms are perfect to protect you from diseases.
Flaps are popular meeting places then as now
Contrary to what you might think, flaps are still a popular meeting place today. Preferred meeting places are flaps in parks, landmarks, train stations, parking lots and highway rest stops. Gays and married men meet at flaps at all times of the day. Although cruising has shifted to smartphones and the Internet in the digital age, there is still a demand for sex partners at flaps.
You have probably already experienced that many flaps do not look inviting due to a lack of hygiene. Such flaps are used as meeting places and to get to know each other. The chance that you will be approached is very good. If you do not like sex in a toilet, you can have sex with your sex partner in a different, pleasant environment. You alone decide where you live out your sexuality as a gay or bisexual man.
