Gay cruising code

The guides, called Bob Damron’s Address Book, featured various bars, bathhouses and “cruisy areas” in cities from all 50 states. Also listed in the guides was the handkerchief code. In The Saint Foundation archives, we have the edition of Bob Damron’s Address Book, which explained the “color codes” from that year.

Featured were bathhouses, cruising spots, and gay bars in all 50 states. He also published one of the first Hanky Code guides. Bob Damron’s Address Book () Bob Damron's Address Book () In Gay Semiotics, Hal Fischer writes In San Francisco, the signs began appearing around