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I don't understand how the prevalence of "chemsex" (I'd never heard of it before and had to look it up) gives you any protection from the police. I'd assume th

I don't understand how the prevalence of "chemsex" (I'd never heard of it before and had to look it up) gives you any protection from the police. I'd assume that the reason they didn't stop you was because you weren't the first drugged out person they'd seen today and they don't have time to stop them all (and in the Bay Area, they'd likely be back on the street in a day). Unless you were harassing or assaulting other people or committing some other illegal act, I'd be surprised if the police bothered to stop every suspected drug user. It seems surprising that the police would be afraid to stop a gay man just because they think he's gay.

dondawest 8y ago
When you’re on meth you can read minds so I’m positive I’m right in my mind reading! Lol. In all seriousness though, I’m quite sure my appearance as a homosexual protected me from police harassment. I think to them, stopping and harassing me would have felt like “picking on the gay kid” so they just didn’t do it. (This was NOT the case in other countries and cities that are less sensitive to lgbt rights than the bay). Also a highly relevant factor in my not getting harassed by Bay Area cops: i’m white. >It seems surprising that the police would be afraid to stop a gay man just because they think he's gay. It’s not solely because they correctly judged me to be gay, it’s because of a confluence of cultural factors. When you see a non-homeless gay tweaker in the Bay Area, you can be almost assured that his addiction has to do with chemsex, and thus stopping him would just be an uncomfortable conversation for the police because they’re in constant hetero-bravado mode and they realllllly don’t want to stop and ask a gay dude about meth because that conversation will instantly turn to chemsex which is a conversation they REALLY REALLY REALLY DON’T WANNA HAVE, lmao

dondawest 8y ago

When you’re on meth you can read minds so I’m positive I’m right in my mind reading! Lol. In all seriousness though, I’m quite sure my appearance as a homosexual protected me from police harassment. I think to them, stopping and harassing me would have felt like “picking on the gay kid” so they just didn’t do it. (This was NOT the case in other countries and cities that are less sensitive to lgbt rights than the bay). Also a highly relevant factor in my not getting harassed by Bay Area cops: i’m white. >It seems surprising that the police would be afraid to stop a gay man just because they think he's gay. It’s not solely because they correctly judged me to be gay, it’s because of a confluence of cultural factors. When you see a non-homeless gay tweaker in the Bay Area, you can be almost assured that his addiction has to do with chemsex, and thus stopping him would just be an uncomfortable conversation for the police because they’re in constant hetero-bravado mode and they realllllly don’t want to stop and ask a gay dude about meth because that conversation will instantly turn to chemsex which is a conversation they REALLY REALLY REALLY DON’T WANNA HAVE, lmao