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

Contents:

• 10 THGS I LEARNED AS A GAY PRISONER BEHD BARS
• THE GRIM TTH OF BEG GAY PRISON
• AARON HERNANZ' GAY LOVER REVEALS SHOCKG DETAILS ABOUT THEIR RELATNSHIP FOR THE FIRST TIME
• I THOUGHT BEG GAY WAS A S UNTIL I SAW MY FRIEND SUFFER  PRISON
• GAY MAT TIE THE KNOT SI CYPS PRISON
• PRISON GAY GUYS SEEKG PEN PALS - PRISON PEN PALS DATG - CANADA
• BT GAY PRISON ROMANC
• HOW TO FD A GAY PRISONER PENPAL AND WHAT TO KNOW WHEN YOU DO
• [WATCH] UNSEEN FOOTAGE OF KG VON CLAIMG HE’S GAY TO BE PLACED PRISON PROTECTIVE CTODY

10 THGS I LEARNED AS A GAY PRISONER BEHD BARS

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THE GRIM TTH OF BEG GAY PRISON

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.

What follows are 10 thgs I learned om the perspective of a gay man and ex-mate at a feral prison mp.

AARON HERNANZ' GAY LOVER REVEALS SHOCKG DETAILS ABOUT THEIR RELATNSHIP FOR THE FIRST TIME

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.

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.

I THOUGHT BEG GAY WAS A S UNTIL I SAW MY FRIEND SUFFER  PRISON

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.

GAY MAT TIE THE KNOT SI CYPS PRISON

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.

PRISON GAY GUYS SEEKG PEN PALS - PRISON PEN PALS DATG - CANADA

When you are gay, 's a ltle different.

BT GAY PRISON ROMANC

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.

His acunt suggts that far om beg a paradise, prison for gay men n be a livg days of his first enterg prison, the 23-year-old Rodney claimed he was the victim of three separate sexual asslts, volvg five different mat. The prison he was first sent to did actually have a separate tier for gay mat, but acrdg to Rodney, bee he did not "appear overly effemate" durg his classifitn, he was placed wh the general populatn; and bee was supposedly rare to have a gay person slip through the cracks of the system, his fellow mat took full advantage. "Agast popular opn, jail is not heaven for a homosexual.

Gay men who do not attempt to hi their sexualy are forced to passive and submissive rol. It's difficult to asss how typil Rodney's prison experience is, but numero studi nducted by the Bure of Jtice Statistics, based on anonymo mate surveys, have shown that gay and transgenr mat are among the most targeted groups for sexual victimizatn.

HOW TO FD A GAY PRISONER PENPAL AND WHAT TO KNOW WHEN YOU DO

Jt Detentn Internatnal (JDI), an anizatn whose aim is to eradite prison rape (pdf), is tryg to change has been workg wh the California Department of Correctns and Rehabilatn (CDCR) to tablish "sensive needs yards" (pdf), where gay, transgenr and other vulnerable mat n serve out their time safety.

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”. Prison homosexualy and s effect on post-prison sexual behavr.

[WATCH] UNSEEN FOOTAGE OF KG VON CLAIMG HE’S GAY TO BE PLACED PRISON PROTECTIVE CTODY

Although there has grown up to a nsirable lerature on sex experienc prison, ltle has been wrten on the post-prison behavral patterns of those who, voluntarily or voluntarily, bee iated to homosexualy while rcerated. 42) suggts that sexual experienc prison may have permanent effects on the liv of some of the participants: "Can such men return to nventnal heterosexual liv after release, or has the experience of beg forced to acts of passive homosexualy been so trmatic as to preclu the rumptn of sexual relatns wh members of the oppose sex?

" In a search for an answer to his qutn, the prent paper studi ex-prisoners whose iatn to homosexualy occurred durg prison. Male Homosexual Preference: Where, When, Why?

Gay men as victims of nonnsensual sex. More than 78 percent intified themselv as heterosexual, and 8 percent intified themselv as homosexual; slightly more than 13 percent intified themselv as bisexual. The maximum-secury un had more self-intified homosexuals and bisexuals than the other two stutns.