Gay restroom cruising
How did toilet cruising work?
February 17, 2015 3:19 PM Subscribe
Any info or stories about etiquette and risk mitigation would be of interest.
Bonus points if you can explain how toilet cruising worked in an international context. After a tough warning about how dangerous cruising is in the Middle East, for example, the guide lists toilets in Syria and Kuwait. There are similar listings throughout the nature. While cruising in the U.S. sounds risky, it seems like only those with a death wish would cruise toilets as a tou
Let’s Examine the Phenomenon of Cruising Bathrooms Through 4 Celebrated Queer Men
Throughout history and for a variety of reasons, queer men have looked to public bathrooms as places to get laid. Some men adore cruising public restrooms because they’re turned on by the exhibitionism and the possibility of getting caught, while others see it as a place to anonymously and discretely have a homosexual encounter in times when creature outed as queer carries grave social, political and legal consequences.
Cruising public restrooms has become an ingrained part of queer history, with mixed feelings surrounding it. On one hand, it’s considered so seedy, sexy and transgressive that “toilet tramp” hookup scenes have become a common scenario in gay porn (and even inspired drawings of gay erotic illustrator Tom of Finland).
On the other hand, it’s also considered by some to be a dark side of queer sexuality and history that has been used to shame queer men for their otherwise harmless sexual proclivities (often in the label of protecting children or universal decency).
Noting both sides, gay video game designer Robert Yang made a bathroom cruising video game in 2017 entitled The They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. They facilitate us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors relocate around the site. Collected information is used to evaluate the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns or to provide better targeting for marketing. Aug. 28, 2007 — -- While many Americans may only be vaguely familiar with the idea of "cruising," there is a secret world of sex between men that exists in public places across the country. The police officer who arrested Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, in a men's restroom at the Minneapolis airport for allegedly looking to engage in gay sex wrote in his June report that he "recognized a signal used by persons wishing to participate in lewd conduct." Craig tapped his foot up and down and swiped his hand underneath the bathroom stall in which the undercover cop was sitting, according to the police report. Those efforts led to Craig's arrest by Detective Dave Karsnia and the senator's responsible plea to a disorderly conduct accuse. Craig told reporters today that he did nothing inappropriate and said his guilty plea was a mistake. Public places like men's restrooms, in airports and train stations, truck stops, university libraries and parks, contain long been places where gay and bisexual men, particularly those in the closet, congregate in order to gather for anonymous sex. Over time, people familiaPublic bathroom gay cruising: Exploring the dynamics and society of public bathroom cruising
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