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Article: I'm all for gay rights. I'm also for the right to use London's parks
- Article from:
- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- September 27, 2008
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Some years ago, when George Michael was arrested in a US
lavatory, he found that people were surprisingly sympathetic about
his sexual proclivities. Everything was laughed off, in a way that
was rather cheering. It was all a sign that the population was
relaxed, and that the battle for gay acceptance was being won. This
week, however, Michael felt the need to apologise "for screwing up
again" after he was caught with crack cocaine in an underground loo
on Hampstead Heath, one that is well known to be a meeting place for
gays.
Maybe it is only the drugs that Michael is apologising for. But
maybe he, and some other gay men, ought to start thinking again
about the way in which they conduct ...