Cottaging for gays

Cottaging is a gay slang term, originating from the United Kingdom, referring to anonymous sex between men in a public lavatory (a "cottage" [1] or "tea-room" [2]), [3] or cruising for sexual partners with the intention of having sex elsewhere. [4][5] The term has its roots in self-contained English toilet blocks resembling small cottages in.

From to , Phil Polglaze photographed London’s public toilets to aid the legal defence of men arrested in ‘cottaging’ cases, recording a time when homosexuality was persecuted.