Bathroom Sex
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waiting my turn — and there were eight
stalls.”
What happens in these bathrooms9
Everything from voyeurism to anal sex
Sometimes men will have sex in a stall
together, but Dave said, “That's danger
ous " There are less risky and more subtle
ways to have sex, he said
First, there are “glory holes” drilled
through stall walls. These are big enough
for voyeurs to watch someone masturbat
mg in the next stall while they them
selves masturbate. The holes also are big
enough for a man to insert his penis for
anonymous oral or anal sex
Smaller holes are drilled solely for
voyeurs and men who want to pass notes
to set up future dates. Sometimes no
holes are necessary, the walls of the stall
are high enough off the ground that two
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Although Dave speaks matter of factly
about his past, he isn't proud of it “I don't
know anyone who finds it tasteful or aes
thetically pleasing," he said "1 was just
really screwed up at the time."
Being gay in this society is tough
enough, Dave said. Being a freshman on
a new campus is even tougher Secret
bathroom sex is easy compared to coming
out of the closet and trying to establish a
gay relationship in a not-verv-tolerant
straight world
“A lot of it is freshmen — a lot of them
think that's all there is, "Dave said “They
want to have gay sex and then hang out
with their straight friends "
That attitude makes many mature
gays mad, said Jason, a bisexual who
once worked for UF. Jason, m his early
30s, said he has never and never will
engage in bathroom sex
“That slutting out does no good at all
for the gay community," he said. “No mat
ter how lacking in outlets a small town
is for gays, you've got to have your bottom
line that you won't go below."
Jason has a personal crusade of sorts
against bathroom sex Last year, he tried
to talk with some of the regulars he saw
“I’m waiting for someone to
step forward with data and
say this (bathroom sex) is
w hat exists. I don’t even know
if anyone has that
information.”
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UF Task Force on AIDS
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room for more than 10 minutes? How
long does it Lake someone to wash his
hands? What is someone doing strolling
into Peabody Hall on a Saturday or
Sunday?
Jason believes some of the sexually
confused students who have bathroom
sex would stop if they knew about the
options. The problem, he said, is convinc
ing them to forgo immediate gratification
for the slower process of making gay
friends.
What makes bathroom sex even more
peculiar to the straight population is the
age of the participants. Many times, a 17
year-old freshman will have anonymous '
sex with a 40- or 50-vear-old man. Older
men were a large part of Dave’s bath
room-sex experiences.
Younger gays sneer at these older men.
Dave calls them “toads.’’Jason calls them
“trolls.” Jason sees the trolls taking
advantage of the confused freshmen who
don’t realize what they are getting them
selves into. Then, there are students who
know what they are into but don’t know
how to stop Some are fraternity mem
bers. At the Northern university where
Dave attended classes. Greeks made up
a large part of the bathroom-sex circuit.
“Most of the people had Greek letters
on," he said
Jason has seen many fraternity mem
hers cruise Peabody and Library East. He
said they are terrorized of being discov
ered “You’d be amazed at the number of
fraternity brothers who do it and then go
back to the house and ride around in a
van screaming ‘Fags' on the streets,”
Jason said. “It’s very hypocritical"
One 34-year-old Gainesville man who
cruises campus said not much can be
done to stop bathroom sex — and he’s not
sure much should
“There’s a lot of horny 17- and 18-year
olds,” he said “And it’s possible to be safe
You know, not exchanging bodily fluids.”
But Dave and Jason believe many gay
students would avoid bathroom sex if
they knew the options and if UF admin
istrators were sensitive enough to pro
vide even more options.
Both Dave and Jason said counseling
and gay discussion groups can help sex
ually confused students The problem is
such groups are scarce.
The most aggressive solution would be
for administrators to plug up the glory
holes to discourage bathroom sex, Dave
and Jason said.
Where Dave went to school, the most
popular bathroom fell out of favor among
gays when administrators “eventually
took the doors ofT the stalls.’’
“There have been some problems on
our campus in the past, but there have
been problems on every campus I’ve been
to,” said Student Affairs Vice President
Art Sandeen. “I'm not aware of anything
recently”
Robert Gutekunst, chairman of UF’s
Task Force on AIDS, said his committee
would deal with the problem of bathroom
sex — if it could be proven it exists.
“I’ve been hearing these rumors, but no
one has ever come forward to the com
mittee," he said “I’m waiting for someone
to step forward with data and say this is
what exists. 1 don’t even know if anyone
has that information.”
But two UF employees with access to
the Task Force’s records said a list of pop
ular gay bathrooms is on file. They said
the Task Force has yet to approach the
issue, possibly because of the sensitivity
about AIDS.
Jason is convinced someone ir. the
administration knows. Glory holes, he
said, are hard to miss, especially to main
tenance crews
Dave agrees “They know,” he said.
“They can’t possibly not know.”