The grim tth of beg gay prison | Sadhbh Walshe | The Guardian

Contents:

• 10 THGS I LEARNED AS A GAY PRISONER BEHD BARS
• BT GAY PRISON ROMANC
• THE GRIM TTH OF BEG GAY PRISON
• PRISONERS REVEAL MAT HAVE SEX WH GUARDS AND 'GOG GAY FOR THE STAY'
• INSI A PRISON CELL FOR GAY FORMER GANG MEMBERS EL SALVADOR
• GAYS PRISON
• GAYS PRISON
• WHY BEG GAY PRISON IS DANGERO

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.

BT GAY PRISON ROMANC

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.

THE GRIM TTH OF BEG GAY PRISON

Some men do go gay for the stay too but nobody the term “gay”.

Fally, gay mat ually stick together.

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.

PRISONERS REVEAL MAT HAVE SEX WH GUARDS AND 'GOG GAY FOR THE STAY'

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.

INSI A PRISON CELL FOR GAY FORMER GANG MEMBERS EL SALVADOR

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.

GAYS PRISON

When you are gay, 's a ltle different.

GAYS PRISON

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WHY BEG GAY PRISON IS DANGERO

Eighteen terviewe self-intified as heterosexual, four as gay, and four as bisexual. Gay and bisexual men reported that while they were “fairly” or “totally” open about their sexualy on the wg, they were discreet about their sexual activi and relatnships.

One heterosexual man said that he had had nsensual sex wh gay or bisexual prisoners “out of necsy”. Some terviewe observed that they had known some openly homosexual upl beg allowed to share cells some stutns. One terviewee reported that a senr officer had moved a young prisoner, who had nfid he was “nfed” about his sexualy, to the cell of an openly gay, olr prisoner, orr to help him “sort himself out”.

In 1984, when Calv Burde was awag sentencg for allegedly stabbg his gay lover to ath, the prosecutg attorney enuraged the jury his closg remarks to award Burde the ath penalty, rather than life prison, on the grounds that sendg a gay man to prison was ak to sendg a kid to a ndy store. His ath sentence was later overturned (mostly bee Burde's public fenr had slept through much of his trial), but the homophobic thkg – that prison is some kd of paradise for gay men – lgers realy of life prison for homosexuals and transgenr dividuals do not appear to reflect this myth. He scribed a lany of btal rap, asslts, beatgs and, eventually, the total abandonment of his male inty as his only means of survival the hyper-mascule and often homophobic prison environment.