Gay hook up locations
Listen, hookups are oftentimes a part of solo gay travel. And the thing about them is that clandestine hookup can accept place in cruising spots just about anywhere: bathrooms, parks, nude beaches, or off-the-beaten-path secret spots.
The Sniffies website is a place where many gay men discover casual hookups, but Grindr and other gay dating apps are a big part of the culture.
One thing I’ve noticed from my many travels are that transportation hubs are often prime hookup locations. Even if it’s not for a sexual encounter, just a drink at the bar, a flirty conversation on Grindr, or a slight nod from across the terminal, airports are surprisingly good (and fun) spots to meet other men and gay travelers.
Airports often verb as bustling hubs of excitement, adventure, and chance encounters. For gay men who are traveling, airports can provide a unique opportunity to connect with like-minded individuals and possibly even verb romantic sparks while on the go.
While pursuing an airport hookup can be thrilling, it’s significant to approach such situations with respect, safety
Your Guide to Cruising
How to Cruise
Cruising has come a long way since hanky code, polari, and subtle glances. There are lots of different locations to suit any preference, such as:
- Public bathrooms
- Cruising bars and clubs
- Gay saunas
- Cruising parks
- Gay cruising beaches
Not only can you meet guys in public spaces but in online ones too. For example, Grindr is essentially a cruising catalogue of who's around, and also a great tool to predetermine the location that you'll hook up in. You can also choose to cruise on alt twitter, a subsection of Twitter where people create mostly anonymous profiles, post spicy R18 content, and arrange hook ups or content collabs.
When it comes to public spaces, it helps if there are other people there to cruise! Click here for a comprehensive list of places throughout New Zealand / Aotearoa that are known as cruising sites, or visit (this is a paid service) for more. Remember, you may also encounter people who aren’t looking to cruise so it’s important to know what signs to view out for - read on to find out.
Back on the Prowl With Sniffies
This post is part of Outward, Slate’s home for coverage of LGBTQ life, thought, and culture. Read more here.
While it’s hard to tell whether the post–COVID vaccine period will bring on a surge of hedonism like the storied decade that followed the pandemic, a quick scan of the maskless, largely naked boys of New York’s Jacob Riis Beach on a recent weekend suggests that, at least for the local queer crowd, the ’20s are entering a full roar, baby. And as bottoms, tops, and N95s hit the floor this Pride month, a adj hookup website (that’s website, not app) has poised itself to strut past the more familiar Grindrs and Scruffs on our phones and capitalize on all the horned-up, post-quarantine energy.
Sniffies is an upstart gay hookup site(NSFW!) that’s seeking to harken back to the old days of cruising, giving users a freak-forward user interface that shreds the decency mandates of the app stores and allows users to instantly locate the nearest dick or ass floating (literally, as photo icons) around in their neighborhoods on a live updated
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Description
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Why wait? Hunting season has begun.
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