In his book The Women's Hoe of Detentn, Hugh Ryan wr about the New York Cy prison and the role played the gay rights movement of the '60s, cludg the 1969 Stonewall Uprisg.
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CATEGORY ARCHIV: GAY & BISEXUAL
Gay, bisexual and transgenr mat at California's San Quent State Prison meet weekly wh once-homophobic offenrs for a rtorative jtice group. * female gay prison *
Category Archiv: Gay & Bisexual.
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.
* female gay prison *
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”. Also notably, William Hurt beme the first performer to w Bt Actor for playg a gay man.