Gay men spying
TRENTON, N.J. &#; A former Rutgers University student openly apologized for the first time on Tuesday, May 29, for using a webcam to spy on a romantic liaison between a man and a roommate who later killed himself, saying he regrets his &#;thoughtless, insensitive, immature, stupid and childish choices.&#;
Dharun Ravi, who had been criticized by a determine for not showing remorse and for refusing to say he was sorry, also said he will begin serving a time jail term on Thursday even though he doesn&#;t have to.
Through a lawyer, Ravi issued his most contrite public statement yet in a case that made him a symbol of what his family called an overzealous prosecution and that made his roommate, Tyler Clementi, a prime example of what gay rights advocates said were the consequences of bullying.
&#;I accept responsibility for and regret my inconsiderate, insensitive, immature, stupid and childish choices that I made on Sept. 19, , and Sept. 21, ,&#; Ravi said in his statement. &#;My conduct and actions, which at no time were motivated by hate, bigotry, prejudice or desire to wound, humiliate or embarrass anyone, were nonetheless the false choices and decisions. I apologize to everyone affe
The challenge of being same-sex attracted and an MI6 spy
Security correspondent
Earlier this month the chief of MI6 issued a universal apology for the historic treatment of LGBT employees. Until , there was a ban on openly gay staff serving inside the intelligence agencies, which Richard Moore called "wrong, unjust and discriminatory". One former member of MI6, who is gay and served before the prohibit was lifted, tells the BBC that the apology was welcome but overdue.
Being a spy can mean leading a double life - maintaining your cover by telling friends you work at the Foreign Office when in fact you head to MI6 in the morning. Or when you are abroad perhaps taking on an entirely new self to meet an forwarder.
But being a queer spy in the Frosty War meant leading a triple life. There was an additional layer of secrets, a clandestine existence hidden even from your colleagues in the society of espionage.
That was because even though homosexuality had been legalised in Britain in the s, it was still banned within the secret service because of a presumption that homosexuality made someone "unfit" for access to classified information.
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Secret Signals: How Some Men Cruise for Sex
Aug. 28, &#; -- While many Americans may only be vaguely familiar with the idea of "cruising," there is a secret society of sex between men that exists in general 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 involve 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 actions led to Craig's arrest by Detective Dave Karsnia and the senator's guilty plea to a disorderly conduct attack. 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, have long been places where gay and attracted to both genders men, particularly those in the closet, congregate in order to meet for anonymous sex.
Over time, people familiar with c
'Gay man who identifies as a woman' claimed he thought LGBTQ people can use all toilets in Britain when found spying on lady in female loo
A voyeur claimed he thought Britain allowed the LGBTQ community to exploit all toilets after he was arrested for spying on a woman in a ladies lavatory.
Plumber Ivan Blidar, 37, was detained for voyeurism offences after he was caught peeking at the victim over the cubicle wall at a McDonald's restaurant in Liverpool city centre.
When quizzed by police over his actions, bearded Bildar said he identified as a woman, was homosexual and insisted people of 'non-traditional sexual orientation' in the UK had a 'choice' of toilets to use.
He claimed he had previously used both the ladies and the gents without issue and added that it was 'usual' for men to go into women's toilets in London where he has lived for six years.
But a district judge at Sefton Magistrates Court rejected Blidar's account as 'not credible' and convicted him of observing a person doing a private act.
Blidar, from Chingford in North London, was visiting Liverpool ahead of catching a flight to Estonia from John Lennon airport on August 21,
At 4am, a woman - who cannot be name
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