{"id":38867,"date":"2016-06-07T20:25:43","date_gmt":"2016-06-08T00:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/its-ok-mom-you-dont-need-to-understand-public-cruising\/"},"modified":"2016-06-07T20:25:43","modified_gmt":"2016-06-08T00:25:43","slug":"its-ok-mom-you-dont-need-to-understand-public-cruising","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/its-ok-mom-you-dont-need-to-understand-public-cruising\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s OK, Mom. You Don\u2019t Need To Understand Public Cruising."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>It\u2019s OK, Mom. You Don\u2019t Need To Understand Public Cruising.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/06\/deirdre-reilly-antigay-mom.jpg\" alt=\"deirdre-reilly-antigay-mom\" width=\"519\" height=\"368\"><\/p>\n<p>Despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/judge-rules-long-beach-police-illegally-targeted-gay-men-sex-sting-operations-20160502\" target=\"_blank\">proof<\/a> that the&nbsp;so-called &ldquo;<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> sting&rdquo; operations carried out via local police departments across the country are&nbsp;rooted in homophobia and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/long-beach-police-accused-of-illegally-targeting-gay-man-in-bathroom-sex-sting-20160304\" target=\"_blank\">targeting<\/a> of <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">men<\/a>, and are <em>illegal<\/em>,&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifezette.com\/momzette\/lewd-behavior-gets-pass-by-lgbt-crowd\/\" target=\"_blank\">Momzette<\/a>&nbsp;<\/em>writer and self-proclaimed &ldquo;rational conservative&rdquo; Deirdre Reilly seems to think it&rsquo;s all the fault of those nasty <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gays<\/a> for being so &ldquo;lewd.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In her op-ed <em>Lewd Behavior Gets Pass by LGBT Crowd <\/em>she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifezette.com\/momzette\/lewd-behavior-gets-pass-by-lgbt-crowd\/\" target=\"_blank\">writes<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&hellip;law enforcement has employed stings in areas known to be frequented by <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">men<\/a> in order to target lewd conduct, indecent exposure, and <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> in public places. These activities, unfortunately, often happen in restrooms of family-friendly areas such as parks, seaside areas, and wooded hiking and camping areas.&nbsp;Not so fast &mdash;&nbsp;say some who see bias everywhere. These stings may be discriminatory against LGBT individuals. Just <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=grq0&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">call<\/a> it the &lsquo;they can&rsquo;t help it, they&rsquo;re LGBT&rsquo; defense.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>OK well, we&rsquo;ll just stop right there.<\/p>\n<p>The <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">men<\/a> (and it is primarily <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">men<\/a>, not &ldquo;LGBT people&rdquo;) who claim they&rsquo;ve been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/long-beach-police-accused-of-illegally-targeting-gay-man-in-bathroom-sex-sting-20160304\" target=\"_blank\">unfairly<\/a> targeted all tell similar stories about being baited into behavior by undercover cops. These weren&rsquo;t <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">men<\/a> who were just &ldquo;caught in the act,&rdquo; they were led into it by cops.<\/p>\n<p>The proper word for <em>that<\/em> is entrapment&hellip;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/long-beach-police-accused-of-illegally-targeting-gay-man-in-bathroom-sex-sting-20160304\" target=\"_blank\">Long Beach Police Accused Of Illegally Targeting Gay Man In Bathroom Sex Sting<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>OK, so&nbsp;Reilly speak&nbsp;to some actual <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> people as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifezette.com\/momzette\/lewd-behavior-gets-pass-by-lgbt-crowd\/\" target=\"_blank\">well<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&ldquo;Nobody is going to defend lewd conduct, but there is a qualitative difference between sexual predators and people who engage in boorish behavior,&rdquo; Los Angeles County Assessor Jeffrey Prang told the Los Angeles Times. &ldquo;Criminalizing them isn&rsquo;t really justice. You just want them to stop.&rdquo; Prang is <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a>, and has worked as a special assistant in the sheriff&rsquo;s department on the LGBT advisory council.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>But ultimately she devolves into shrill, pointless &ldquo;hetero families are the <em>real<\/em> victims&rdquo; babble.<\/p>\n<p>She mentions&nbsp;Long Beach case where a <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">man<\/a> was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/long-beach-police-accused-of-illegally-targeting-gay-man-in-bathroom-sex-sting-20160304\" target=\"_blank\">coerced<\/a> into behavior and the practice was later <a href=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/judge-rules-long-beach-police-illegally-targeted-gay-men-sex-sting-operations-20160502\" target=\"_blank\">found <\/a>to be&nbsp;discriminatory, then&nbsp;works herself into a lather about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifezette.com\/momzette\/lewd-behavior-gets-pass-by-lgbt-crowd\/\" target=\"_blank\">&ldquo;families&rsquo; rights&rdquo;<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Yet this begs the question: How is this a question of discrimination, and not of catching and punishing illegal behavior? And where are families&rsquo; rights in all this? They&rsquo;re undoubtedly the majority of the people who use these recreational public spaces.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Dear Mrs. Reilly: The vast majority of LGBT people are not into public <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a>, and realize that those who engage in such and are caught are, in fact, criminals.<\/p>\n<p>BUT illegally targeting these <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">men<\/a> is as illegal as their behavior.<\/p>\n<p>That&nbsp;cannot be ignored, certainly in the name of &ldquo;families&rsquo; rights.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/judge-rules-long-beach-police-illegally-targeted-gay-men-sex-sting-operations-20160502\" target=\"_blank\">Judge Rules Long Beach Police Illegally Targeted Gay Men In Sex Sting Operations<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/queerty2?a=jK2iyq8lPS0:qLu_dTKuRD4:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/queerty2?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/queerty2?a=jK2iyq8lPS0:qLu_dTKuRD4:dnMXMwOfBR0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/queerty2?d=dnMXMwOfBR0\" border=\"0\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/queerty2\/~3\/jK2iyq8lPS0\/mom-thinks-antigay-sting-operations-arent-homophobic-20160607\" class=\"autohyperlink\">feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/queerty2\/~3\/jK2iyq8lPS0\/mom-thinks-antigay-sting-operations-arent-homophobic-20160607<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s OK, Mom. You Don\u2019t Need To Understand Public Cruising. Despite proof that the&nbsp;so-called &ldquo;<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> sting&rdquo; operations carried out via local police departments across the country are&nbsp;rooted in homophobia and the targeting of <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">men<\/a>, and are illegal,&nbsp;Momzette&nbsp;writer and self-proclaimed &ldquo;rational conservative&rdquo; Deirdre Reilly seems to think it&rsquo;s all the fault of those nasty <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gays<\/a> &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/its-ok-mom-you-dont-need-to-understand-public-cruising\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">It\u2019s OK, Mom. You Don\u2019t Need To Understand Public Cruising.<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2466,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>It\u2019s OK, Mom. 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