Jags' Maxen is first male Amerin pro sports ach to e out as gay - ESPN

Contents:

• 10 THGS I LEARNED AS A GAY PRISONER BEHD BARS
• IS MY HBAND GAY? SIGNS OF A GAY HBAND
• WHY ARE PEOPLE GAY? GAY BY CHOICE OR IS BEG GAY GEIC?
• SEND HUNTER BIN IRS WHISTLEBLOWER INTIFIED AS GAY DEMOCRAT
• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

10 THGS I LEARNED AS A GAY PRISONER BEHD BARS

Larry Craig, R-Idaho, a men's rtroom at the Mneapolis airport for allegedly lookg to engage gay sex wrote his June report that he "regnized a signal ed by persons wishg to engage lewd nduct. Craig told reporters today that he did nothg appropriate and said his guilty plea was a plac like men's rtrooms, airports and tra statns, tck stops, universy librari and parks, have long been plac where gay and bisexual men, particularly those the closet, ngregate orr to meet for anonymo time, people faiar wh cisg told, gay men began g a dified system of signals to dite to others that they were terted sex. In an effort to curb lewd acts public — or as some gays argue, an effort to persecute gay men — unrver police began stg operatns plac known for sex solicg and employed the same s.

IS MY HBAND GAY? SIGNS OF A GAY HBAND

Bee much of the signalg is self benign behavr, some gay rights activists and lawyers have admonished police partments for arrtg men who have done ltle more than tap their feet.

WHY ARE PEOPLE GAY? GAY BY CHOICE OR IS BEG GAY GEIC?

"Cizens have a right not to nont lewd activy public plac, " said Steve Sanrs, a lawyer and gay rights activist. "But if there is evince that a stg is motivated by anti-gay anim, that may reprent a more troublg issue. If a se like this went to trial, police officers would have to produce evince to say here is how we n say wh certaty this is was really a lewd act, " he plead guilty to the charg and therefore opted agast a, Craig nied beg gay and said he ma a mistake by pleadg officers, for the most part, only vtigate an area after members of the public have plaed about beg ed for sex, said Rich Gregson, executive director of the California Peace Officers Associatn.

"Wh many other optns available for gay men to meet each other, Gershen Kfman, a profsor emer of psychology at Michigan State Universy and thor of the book "Comg Out of Shame, " said public cisg is practiced maly by eply closeted men.

The thought of beg a gay man prison sred the livg daylights out of me.

SEND HUNTER BIN IRS WHISTLEBLOWER INTIFIED AS GAY DEMOCRAT

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.

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

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.

JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

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.