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Contents:
- THE GRIM TTH OF BEG GAY PRISON
- INSI A PRISON CELL FOR GAY FORMER GANG MEMBERS EL SALVADOR
- HOW TO NOT BE PRISON RAPED AS A GAY MAN JAIL
- 10 THGS I LEARNED AS A GAY PRISONER BEHD BARS
- A FERAL MATE THREATENED ANOTHER FOR BEG GAY. THEN GUARDS MOVED THEM TO THE SAME CELL.
THE GRIM TTH OF BEG GAY PRISON
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Specifilly, prisoners ftg any part of the followg scriptn are more likely to be targeted: young, small size, physilly weak, whe, gay, first offenr, posssg "feme" characteristics such as long hair or a high voice; beg unassertive, unaggrsive, shy, tellectual, not street-smart, or "passive"; or havg been nvicted of a sexual offense agast a mor.
The myth of the "homosexual predator" is groundls.
Although gay mat are much more likely than other mat to be victimized prison, they are not likely to be perpetrators of sexual abe. Meeker dividuals tend to "act Gay" is how 's scribed here and turn v asslt through the agrsors md. Numero judicial cisns, newspaper and magaze stori, and even some scholarly articl scribe the threat of "predatory homosexuals" prison and the problem of "homosexual rape.
INSI A PRISON CELL FOR GAY FORMER GANG MEMBERS EL SALVADOR
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"(208) Yet prisoners who self-intify as gay are much more likely than other prisoners to be targeted for rape, rather than beg themselv the perpetrators of . To some extent, the talk of predatory homosexual mat simply reflects a lack of semantic clary.
Sce prisoner-on-prisoner rape is by fn homosexual, that volv persons of the same sex, s perpetrators are unthkgly labeled predatory homosexuals.
This termology is ceptive, however, that ignor the fact that the vast majory of prison rapists do not view themselv as gay. Ined, if they see anyone as gay, is the victim (even where the victim's sexual orientatn is clearly heterosexual). The theory is that you are not gay or bisexual as long as YOU yourself do not allow another man to stick his penis to your mouth or anal passage.
HOW TO NOT BE PRISON RAPED AS A GAY MAN JAIL
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Equal and voluntary gay relatnships do not f fortably wh this dichotomy. Although outsirs may perceive male prisons as a bastn of gay sexualy, the realy is que different. Gay relatnships typil of regular society are rare prison, and ually kept secret.
Ined, many gay mat--even those who are openly gay outsi of prison--refully hi their sexual inti while rcerated.
They do so bee mat who are perceived as gay by other mat face a very high risk of sexual abe.
10 THGS I LEARNED AS A GAY PRISONER BEHD BARS
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Human Rights Watch has received reports of rape om numero gay mat, all of whom agree that their sexual orientatn ntributed to the likelihood of victimizatn. Some prisoners have told Human Rights Watch that mate views on homosexualy are gradually changg, wh a lseng of prejudice agast gays as changg societal mor beg to permeate prison culture. Even the prisoners, however, acknowledge that gay mat are still severely stigmatized--they jt believe that their treatment has lately been improvg.
Gay mat wh stereotypilly "feme" characteristics are pecially vulnerable to sexual abe.
I am a ee-world homosexual that looks and acts like a female.... All open Homosexuals are preyed upon and if they don't choose up they get chosen. The belief that all or most whe men are effete or gay is very prevalent, & that wh are wards who have to have 5 or 6 more to take down one du....
A FERAL MATE THREATENED ANOTHER FOR BEG GAY. THEN GUARDS MOVED THEM TO THE SAME CELL.
150-53; Carl Weiss and David Jam Friar, Terror the Prisons: Homosexual Rape and Why Society Condon It (Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1974), p. Among the judicial cisns discsg the problem of "homosexual predators" are: Cole v. 1985) (upholdg prison regulatns limg mat' hair length, part bee allowg mat to wear long hair uld lead to an crease attacks by "predatory homosexuals"); Roland v.
1991) (scribg "gangs of homosexual predators"); Roland v. 2000) (mentng "mat known to be predatory homosexuals" who "stalk other mat the showers").
The homophobia that may unrlie the judicial stereotype of the mate "homosexual predator" also shows self s volvg gay victims of rape. 1989) (potg out that an mate wns admted on cross-examatn that "the rape he wnsed was of a known homosexual whose cri for help may not have been as vigoro as those of a heterosexual mate unr the same circumstanc").