# No, being gay doesn't mean you can have sex in public! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 9, 2003, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-being-gay-doesnt-mean-you-can-have-sex-in-public/187228 "2003-07-09T14:01:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-being-gay-doesnt-mean-you-can-have-sex-in-public/187228/61 "2003-07-10T12:41:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Guinastasia \* > {extensive snippage} > Dammit, people suck. Well, you may have pinpointed the problem right there!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-being-gay-doesnt-mean-you-can-have-sex-in-public/187228/62 "2003-07-10T13:02:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Francesca \* > \*\ ***Gary** - A friend of mine who cottages in London parks (the Russell Square area is popular, apparently) \*\* Still? They cut down all the shrubbery in Russell Square over a year ago to prevent this sort of thing from going on. Unsurprisingly, a little “action group” sprang up to, yes, defend their right to have sex in public. George Michael’s song notwithstanding, I’m siding with the OP. I don’t care whether you’re gay, straight, or just in there by yourself with a rubber glove, a bottle of Astroglide and a copy of the latest Williams-Sonoma catalog; there ain’t no “right” to public sex for anyone. ---
**Author:** ![blanx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f04885/32.png) [@blanx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blanx)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-being-gay-doesnt-mean-you-can-have-sex-in-public/187228/63 "2003-07-10T13:11:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kricket \* > **blanx, you do realise that you would have to wear those chaps and only those chaps right?** Wouldn’t have it any other way… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-being-gay-doesnt-mean-you-can-have-sex-in-public/187228/64 "2003-07-10T13:17:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jr8 \* > \*\*I don’t care whether you’re gay, straight, or just in there by yourself with a rubber glove, a bottle of Astroglide and a copy of the latest Williams-Sonoma catalog; there ain’t no “right” to public sex for anyone. \*\* \ Mmmmm…housewares… \ ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-being-gay-doesnt-mean-you-can-have-sex-in-public/187228/65 "2003-07-10T13:20:08Z")
Um, **jayjay** …you _do_ realize that’s not what they mean by a “melon baller”, don’t you? ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-being-gay-doesnt-mean-you-can-have-sex-in-public/187228/66 "2003-07-10T13:36:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jayjay \* > **Nurse Carmen, Loring Park? I really hate to think I’d missed one while I was living there. 😃** Since the Nurse has not responded to her page, I’ll answer this one. As a fellow Twin Citian, I can say that yes, **Nurse Carmen** was referring to Loring Park. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-being-gay-doesnt-mean-you-can-have-sex-in-public/187228/67 "2003-07-10T13:41:35Z")
Well, I didn’t think you’d be excusing them, either, **Esprix**. I just hate when ANYONE yells DISCRIMINATION! at the drop of a hat-when it’s so obviously NOT discrimination. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-being-gay-doesnt-mean-you-can-have-sex-in-public/187228/68 "2003-07-10T14:19:53Z")
Ah, Loring Park… Happy days, happy days. Nights, actually. 😃 Although I was never aware of much…er…activity…going on during daylight or even early evening hours (I lived about six blocks south, on Nicollet and Franklin). Most of the stuff going on there was well after dark. And again, if your children are spending time in Loring-fucking-Park at midnight, their witness of public sex should really be the least of your worries… Although I do remember being rousted from the steps of the park office by city police once, around 3AM. (Quiet, you! I was just sitting there…then…) ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-being-gay-doesnt-mean-you-can-have-sex-in-public/187228/69 "2003-07-10T16:43:27Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by **Kwyjibo** _ > > My most sincere apologies to you Esprix. > > After re-reading your post (and a solid smack in the head from **Harli** , I realise that I did misread what your were saying and jumped the gun in a most Olympic style. Apology accepted, and thank you. I assumed it was a misread, but I just wanted to be sure. Esprix ---
**Author:** ![Potter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Potter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Potter)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-being-gay-doesnt-mean-you-can-have-sex-in-public/187228/70 "2003-07-10T19:23:10Z")
Just in case anyone’s misread me, I am not defending them either. They sound like gigantic morons who once heard that police action against gay sex in bathrooms _can_ be discriminatory practice (as I’ve tried to explain, it can be, although I’m fairly sure it usually isn’t) without understanding the theory behind that, and jumped on it in a particularly idiotic attempt to excuse their behaviour. Nobody has any right to screw in public areas and should be prepared to face the music if/when they do get caught. My point was that if the police come looking for me because I’m a gay man having sex in public, rather than simply a person having sex in public, whether or not my actions were right or wrong (and I’ll be the first to admit I’ve broken the law) I have been discriminated against. These two jerks don’t sound like they have been discriminated against in the slightest, but this does not mean it doesn’t happen. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-being-gay-doesnt-mean-you-can-have-sex-in-public/187228/71 "2003-07-10T20:50:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jr8 \* > \*\*Still? They cut down all the shrubbery in Russell Square over a year ago to prevent this sort of thing from going on. Unsurprisingly, a little “action group” sprang up to, yes, defend their right to have sex in public. \*\* Heh, in 1954 they did the same thing to Mount Royal Park. The mountain looked so ugly afterward they called it Mont Chauve (“Mount Bald”). They put the trees back later. Nighttime liaisons continued unabated. Another victory for slanking and shrubbery! ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-being-gay-doesnt-mean-you-can-have-sex-in-public/187228/72 "2003-07-11T04:17:26Z")
Well, yeah, police looking specifically for gay people to bust on some charge-that’s discrimination. It just cracks me up when they said they had a RIGHT to have sex there. Da’hell? Like I said-they have us much right to have sex in a store bathroom as I have a right to go over to their house and answer nature’s call in their bed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-being-gay-doesnt-mean-you-can-have-sex-in-public/187228.md?page=3)