Article: Northwest Florida Daily News, Fort Walton Beach, Wendy Victora column: Further evidence that Northwest Florida is a painful place to be gay.(Column)

Byline: Wendy Victora

May 6--I read the story in Friday's paper about a local man who was caught in an undercover sting operation at a park in Pensacola.

I read it again. And again.

I found nothing in it to indicate that I would have been scared of this man who was arrested, or that my children would have been endangered by his presence.

He was a guy out looking for a date, and the one he found will be in court.

Some people may be proud of law enforcement for rounding guys like this up and teaching them a lesson.

I'm left feeling kind of bad for the "perpetrators."

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