When I was around 21, I joined a Gold's close to the college campus at which I had recently enrolled. First time there and, in the shower room, post workout, I'm feeling multiple eyes on me and my cockage area. During the next few I'm having fruitcups of all sizes and shapes hovering about my space in the locker room.
A girl at my school asks where I go to lift. I tell her. She's like, It's all gay people there! It's their place.
I knew the city's gay town was a couple of blocks down from the club, but never thought anything more of it. Then the chick tells me what she did and I'm like, Ooh.
Found another Gold's in the other direction.
P.S. Standing outside that initial gay gym one day, I'm approached my a smarmy older man who says I look "pretty good" and if I'd ever consider "dancing". He motions toward a male strip club down a block. Yikes.