Gay sex with a cop

A gay retired teacher and potter says he was extremely traumatised by being entrapped by a policeman in a Sydney public toilet in Login or signup to continue reading. But after the now year-old revealed his father was a serving officer, he was let off but advised to spend five pounds on having sex with a woman in Kings Cross.

It is investigating historical hate crimes against the queer community, particularly a wave of gay-hate homicides and other crimes in Sydney during the AIDS epidemic of the s. Mr Peterkin said he started "doing the beats" in Sydney in about or Inhe was standing at the urinal when a very good-looking man in a dark suit stood beside him and there was a brief exchange of signals.

The man then grabbed him by the scuff of the neck and said: "You're under arrest! In when he went to urinate at a public toilet he was attacked by a man carrying a long thin carving knife. He went straight to police who treated him well and did not ask why he had been at the toilet.

Despite homosexual conduct not being decriminalised untilMr Peterkin said apart from a couple of occasions, living with his long-term partner Bill was hardly a problem. A few years after his partner died and he moved from Tyalgum, Mr Peterkin said he was parked at a gay beat at Braye Park in Newcastle in But he believed a more tolerant and accepting attitude towards the gay world now exists, for reasons including positive and accurate reporting in the media.

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