Normally leftist allies, gay activists and NY city's Mayor de Blasio find themselves at odds after a raid of the world's biggest gay prostitution ring on Fifth Avenue, rentboy.com. In fact, the gay activists are furious with the mayor for his role in facilitating a federal investigation of the prostitution enterprise.
According to one gay man who had previously used the service and was curious as to why the mayor had previously marched in the same gay pride parade which also featured a rentboy.com float,
“Koch, Giuliani and Bloomberg didn’t go after rentboy.com. Why is de Blasio?”Another gay activist upset over the increase in ticketing of men "gay cruising" Prospect Park fumed:
“The LGBT community hasn’t seen such harassment and intimidation since before Stonewall in 1969. This has become a City Hall war against gay consensual sex. Some wonder whether this is happening to rid the city of ‘gay sin’ prior to the arrival of de Blasio’s friend, the Pope.”Those unfamiliar with the world of gay male escorts should take a gander at the openly promoted career of sex work. Click only if you dare.
At issue appears to be the fact that those of the gay persuasion believe services like rentboy.com make male prostitution safer. The main argument, or at least the one featured at the Huffington Post, is that traditionally LGBT persons have been so discriminated against that sex work had become a reliable source of income. By shutting down the site, the mayor and his federal cohorts have punished the gay community by taking away jobs and a safe outlet for sex workers to meet clients.
Everything may be for rent but shouldn't we protect and respect the ways #LGBT people struggle to pay rent http://t.co/f4zPsn1Hns #RentBoy
— Janson Wu (@jansonwu) August 29, 2015
But . . . wait . . . LGBT are all about "equal" rights? In all states but one, prostitution is illegal. Either rentboy should have set up shop in the Nevada counties which allow regulated sex work, or perhaps male prostitutes should get out of the bed and open up more florist, bakery, and photography shops to service all the gay weddings. 
No comments:
Post a Comment