'I just wasn't comfortable being the first one to do it because there's so many nuances that'll happen with the city, and that makes things a lot more expensive than if you do it later on,' Jack Komar told the Bay Area Reporter shortly before the new year. The queer man who was the first to inquire with gay District 8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman about the prospect of opening a gay bathhouse has changed his mind. The moves regarding gay bathhouses are coming about as it's anticipated the Board of Supervisors will approve a change to the zoning for such spaces so that the businesses can be considered in all parts of the city. One of those is the sex-positive kink space at 1060 Folsom Street in the South of Market neighborhood, which recently got new owners who have signed a lease on the space. While one potential gay bathhouse proprietor has decided against pursuing the business, kink and other sex venues in San Francisco are planned or being considered.
