PoliFact | Ben Carson: Many prisoners go straight, e out gay

Contents:

• 10 THGS I LEARNED AS A GAY PRISONER BEHD BARS
• THE GRIM TTH OF BEG GAY PRISON
• THE GAY MARRIAG OF A NETEENTH-CENTURY PRISON SHIP
• WHY BEG GAY PRISON IS DANGERO
• GAY MAT TIE THE KNOT SI CYPS PRISON
• MANY PRISON MAT ARE 'GAY FOR THE STAY'
• CAN GAY PRISON INMAT GET MARRIED NOW? CAN THEY SHARE A CELL?
• KG VON TELLS POLICE HE'S 'GAY' IN RURFACED JAIL VIO
• VIO RURFAC OF KG VON TELLG POLICE HE'S "GAY" TO RELOTE IN JAIL

10 THGS I LEARNED AS A GAY PRISONER BEHD BARS

Psychologists expla prison relatnships terms of "suatnal homosexualy" to avoid labellg them as lbian or gay.

"And that didn't make them gay, as far as they were ncerned.

THE GRIM TTH OF BEG GAY PRISON

Horley urged dispensg wh the gay-straight bary g to terms wh sexual behavur prisons, favour of a view "erned by psychosocial ndns rather than locked to place by blogy. 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. 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.

THE GAY MARRIAG OF A NETEENTH-CENTURY PRISON SHIP

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?

WHY BEG GAY PRISON IS DANGERO

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.

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. There may be up to 10, 000 gay men prison England and Wal. Although a signifint number of prisoners actively engage nsensual or ercive sexual relatns wh fellow prisoners, homophobia prevails.

GAY MAT TIE THE KNOT SI CYPS PRISON

Officially the Prison Service has said that “do not ndone or facilate sexual relatnships between prisoners”, but every prison the untry has a “ndom policy”, while staff generally follow the tac “don’t ask, don’t tell” ambiguy and hypocrisy means that sights about the realy of the prison experience for gay men and women prison are hard to e the Howard League for Penal Reform unrtook an pennt missn to review the nature and sle of sex prison earlier this year, requts by rearchers to speak to servg prisoners were blocked by the Mistry of Jtice. One gay man explaed how he was forced to live unr the “protectn” of another prisoner and subjected to “sexual torture” over a prolonged perd.

” Others said they had sexual partners who were outwardly “macho” and “anti-gay” and were stag relatnships wh wiv or girliends through letters and viss – the were “jail gays”, they said, “gay on the si”, but apparently straight on the outsi. Gay men ashamed of beg gay, straight men feelg forced to pretend to be anti-gay. A unique and enlighteng new book of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) prison experienc, wrten by prisoners and staff om HMP Parc south Wal, may fally brg about change.

The book, Insi and Out, was the ia of the prison’s arts terventn and muny cln manager, Phil Forr, himself a gay man who “me out” at work five years has been nng Parc’s monthly LGBT support group for more than two years. It’s both about tacklg homophobia and challengg people who exprs views that are unacceptable and about gettg people to feel fortable wh themselv and more motivated to buy to a rehabilative culture prison and society.

MANY PRISON MAT ARE 'GAY FOR THE STAY'

Anthony’s story Anthony, prisonerI always knew I was gay – even as a small boy – but I also knew that the Traveller muny this was totally not acceptable and was seen as a mental problem. I ed to thk that beg gay was wrong and felt ashamed of , but I don’t anymore. When I me to prison I never said eher way whether I was gay or not.

When that happened I never had any support om anyone else, not even others who were bisexual or gay. The majory of prisoners felt that gay, bisexual or transgenr people were sick and as a rult you were nstantly targeted jt for beg the way you are.

CAN GAY PRISON INMAT GET MARRIED NOW? CAN THEY SHARE A CELL?

It’s a lot down to the environment you are livg and the attus of those around officer’s view Gny, prison officerMaybe ’s bee the gay muny the prison is rather small that relatnships are so cliquey, or maybe ’s bee this job is possibly only sued to strong dividuals, that so many gay women f so well. I was told the other day by a client: “Leave some women for will ya, ”… news had obvly got out that I had a date on the relatnship Daniel, prisonerBeg gay prison is difficult.

KG VON TELLS POLICE HE'S 'GAY' IN RURFACED JAIL VIO

I have spent a lot of my adult life si and although I am gay I never told anyone.

VIO RURFAC OF KG VON TELLG POLICE HE'S "GAY" TO RELOTE IN JAIL

Other prisoners would crack jok and say bad thgs about gay men and I would jt have to listen.