I understood "checking out" to be total refusal to participate. Joining the gay club in the basement isn't leaving the hotel, it's just relocating. If you're still sexually active then you haven't "checked out".I think there is some truth to this. I don't count myself among them who "checked out" considering the fact that I've been married three times (approximately 25 years of total marriage to "women") but we need only recognize that the "gay community" is increasing in numbers to see that men have become fearful of women. It appears that modern males prefer a "boy's club" over a "fox's hole."
I viewed the OP as a commentary on men distancing themselves from women. Turning "gay" is just one possible manifestation of modern man's complete fear of women.