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Contents:
- 10 THGS I LEARNED AS A GAY PRISONER BEHD BARS
- I THOUGHT BEG GAY WAS A S UNTIL I SAW MY FRIEND SUFFER PRISON
- INSI A PRISON CELL FOR GAY FORMER GANG MEMBERS EL SALVADOR
- UGANDA'S LGBTQ MUNY IS ' SHOCK' OVER NEW MEASURE, GAY ACTIVIST SAYS
- DISCLOSG SEXUALY: GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN'S EXPERIENC OF G OUT, FORCED OUT, GOG BACK AND STAYG OUT OF THE 'CLOSET' PRISON
- HOW TO NOT BE PRISON RAPED AS A GAY MAN JAIL
10 THGS I LEARNED AS A GAY PRISONER BEHD BARS
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. * gay prison experience *
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. Moreover, they also knew that I was gay.
I THOUGHT BEG GAY WAS A S UNTIL I SAW MY FRIEND SUFFER PRISON
* gay prison experience *
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.
INSI A PRISON CELL FOR GAY FORMER GANG MEMBERS EL SALVADOR
"I had no ia that I was about to be tortured for s," Anthony Gay said. * gay prison experience *
But even then, don’t expect fair treatment – particularly if someone wh thory don’t like gay people. Not to be stereotypil but as a gay man, I had some refed tast food before gettg sent away. As a gay man, I prid myself my pearly wh.
Remember when I said gay sex is unmon at prison? The one advantage of beg a gay prisoner is that you are sometim approached for a barter.
I’ve been asked if gay men have prison boyiends. First, the relatnships are almost always kept on the DL, even if you are openly gay.
UGANDA'S LGBTQ MUNY IS ' SHOCK' OVER NEW MEASURE, GAY ACTIVIST SAYS
Gay, bisexual and transgenr mat at California's San Quent State Prison meet weekly wh once-homophobic offenrs for a rtorative jtice group. * gay prison experience *
Other observatns as a gay prisoner:. Some are gay and some aren't.
Regardls if you are gay or straight, dog time prison is extremely hard. When you are gay, 's a ltle different. Straight men who have engaged suatnal homosexualy (such as prison or the ary), what's your story?
For many years I had lived as an openly gay man a big cy, so I was ed to beg open about my sexualy. When I went to prison I did not attempt to hi about myself, but that would have been impossible anyway, sce they knew om the moment I arrived that I was gay.
DISCLOSG SEXUALY: GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN'S EXPERIENC OF G OUT, FORCED OUT, GOG BACK AND STAYG OUT OF THE 'CLOSET' PRISON
He knew that I was gay, and did not let that bother him at all.
” Sce everyone knew I was gay, he mt have felt that if he prented a letter my handwrg statg how much I liked him, that would be proof enough of my tent. When I was transferred to another floor, and got a cell to myself by makg a (bribe) payment to the mate who handled room assignments, I met a nice gay black man. Incredibly, other Ain-Amerin men cricized him for wantg to share a cell wh a whe man, even though they knew he was gay.
After my black gay iend was sent to another un when he got to a fight wh a Mexin over how much food each one got, I also paid another black man to give me a massage.
HOW TO NOT BE PRISON RAPED AS A GAY MAN JAIL
I told him about a uple of gay novels I had.