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Contents:
- PRI SAID GAY COPS AREN’T WELE. THEN CAME THE BACKLASH.
- 10 THGS I LEARNED AS A GAY PRISONER BEHD BARS
- JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS' KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE COACH TO COME OUT AS GAY MAJOR U.S. SPORTS
PRI SAID GAY COPS AREN’T WELE. THEN CAME THE BACKLASH.
I thought as a gay man beg sent to prison my life was over. I learned that 's not like they show movi. 10 thgs I learned as a gay prisoner. * cops gone gay *
” On a rooftop at the end of the day, after some drks, he lled home and told his father that he was gay.
So I uld see the Herage of Pri para as this thg for whe gay men, mcly, glter. “Gay liberatn, ” she said, “meant revolutn. ” The monstrators left angry but clash between protters and police fillg social media, prsure rose on Herage of Pri to rce police volvement, cludg banng the Gay Officers Actn League, which routely receiv effive cheers durg the Pri march.
10 THGS I LEARNED AS A GAY PRISONER BEHD BARS
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The thought of beg a gay man prison sred the livg daylights out of me. Worse, I feared that bee I was a gay man, I’d be an easy target for abe.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS' KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE COACH TO COME OUT AS GAY MAJOR U.S. SPORTS
Moreover, they also knew that I was gay.
What follows are 10 thgs I learned om the perspective of a gay man and ex-mate at a feral prison mp. My hope sharg this is to offer a realistic snapshot to gay men who get sent to prison.
Some men do go gay for the stay too but nobody the term “gay”. Fally, gay mat ually stick together.