Halkitis Outlines Complexities of Gay Identity and Community

Source: Queens Tribune

Perry Halkitis says that men coming from communities that are less tolerant toward homosexuality are more likely to seek out public—and anonymous—sexual encounters.

“The further you go away from large metropolises, the more likely you are to find married men acting out sexual behaviors with other men,” Halkitis told the Queens Tribune. “Ethnic and cultural minorities who come from backgrounds with no room for homosexuality would be prone public venues – the more confined of an environment an individual comes from in relation to expressing his identity, the more likely he is to engage in public sex.”