"People fuck each other but they talk": a dive into a "TouzeBio," a gay orgy without chemsex

First basement: clusters of three or four guys suck each other off in a dark recess, where the glow of red neon lights reaches. Second basement, a damp cellar with two cabins reached by slippery stairs: voyeurs jerk off eagerly around a duo in the act. The heat and humidity are overwhelming, generations merge, and moans echo one another.

Above, the ground floor is packed, even though it's barely time for aperitifs. At the bar, men getting off form a caterpillar, surrounded by other guys chatting while sipping cokes or beers. Here we are in a gay orgy like the ones organized every week in France, in sex clubs or in apartments. "Here, we fuck just about everywhere, it's meant to be friendly," observes Benoît (1), 45, a tall, well-built blond guy, who's in the middle of a tour of the property, also a civil servant by trade. " The spirit of the orgy is all about sharing."

But unlike other days, this scorching Thursday evening at the end of June in Paris, less than forty-eight hours before the Pride march , synthetic drugs are formally banned by the organizer -