<p>Uh, Oh. “Hiking” in the state park is hubby’s favorite activity and goes out daily! If he’s not involved in any extracurriculars, I hope he doesn’t see one of these gay men and get converted. Better not let d go hiking with him anymore.</p>
<p>Well, there are parks and other places where gay men are well known to meet and have sex. This is different from a place where people meet and then go home or a hotel to have sex. Whether it’s a “problem” or not is another question. However, I do not wish to see persons of any persuasion having sex as I stroll down a park path.
This is also a situation in which it is hard to compare gay and straight activity–as far as I am aware, there aren’t parks where heterosexuals meet for anonymous uncompensated sex–and I’ve never heard this about lesbians, either.</p>
<p>I agree with the majority: what’s the problem? If people of any gender or orientation are having sex in public or leaving used condoms strewn about public places, that’s another matter.</p>
<p>Last time I looked we weren’t rounding up people who are simply frequenting a venue frequented by other people looking for relationships. I can’t recall a mass arest at a public beach or a singles bar. I think that went out with the Stonewall riots.</p>
<p>“Walking the trail, we only came upon solo males. No women, no couples, no children, etc.”</p>
<p>Sounds like something from “The Twilight Zone.”</p>
<p>My H hikes solo in our hills all the time. </p>
<p>Uh Oh…</p>
<p>When my oldest was in a child care co-op, some of the older kids attended the nearby kindergarten ( about 5 blocks away), parents had to sweep the playground for needles, every day.
Condoms are pretty yucky too- maybe the parks need some volunteers to clean them up.</p>
<p>But really- even if you were going to outlaw homosexual hikers- how do you tell?
Are their backpacks coordinated?
Are they the ones who * don’t wear* socks with their tevas?</p>
<p>I kinda like - * outside activities*, myself- something about the fresh air. ;)</p>
<p>I don’t care if someone is gay or not. I DO NOT want to go to a public park and observe people having sex. Yes, they do have sex here. There are places on the internet explaining which paths are the best to take to meet someone for some action and where the best spots are to have sex. This is not a huge park.</p>
<p>So all you self righteous folk–this would be fine to take your little kids to?</p>
<p>I admit I have never looked up on the internet where to have sex outside- it never even occurred to me.</p>
<p>I suppose it is like anything else- if you look for it hard enough, you will find it.
But if you didn’t want to find it, why would you look for it?
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<p>The OP didn’t observe people having sex, so I don’t understand why the OP was so concerned about seeing single men hiking that the OP was compelled to look up gay ■■■■■■■■ places. Just because a guy goes hiking alone doesn’t mean he’s looking for a hook-up.</p>
<p>I know people who have accidentally seen straight people having sex in state parks and other public places. I also know straight people who have had sex in public places. Such behavior isn’t something that only gay men do.</p>
<p>As for whether the OP should make a report to the authorities… there’s nothing to report. It’s not as if the OP saw men having sex in the park.</p>
<p>morrismm, I think it’s pretty clear that most of us would object to people having sex in places where they could be observed, or leaving behind used condoms, or anything like that. Given that people can be openly gay in this day and age , there is really no excuse for people to use public spaces that way. </p>
<p>But you DIDN’T actually see anyone, did you?</p>
<p>I do A LOT of hiking. The only time I observed someone having sex in a park was 6 years ago at Sequoia, about 5 miles in and it was a straight couple. I did not immediately go home and google “sequoia straight sex ■■■■■■■■”. Self righteous indeed.</p>
<p>I still don’t see why this is an issue unless you observed people of any sexual persuasion having sex in public. But you did not. So what if it is a place where people go to meet? And I am not sure what the difference is if they are gay or straight. I agree that most here would not want to run into the public sex. Running into people who are looking to meet others? Not a crime and frankly, not bothersome to me, as I am not looking myself. </p>
<p>I’ll probably wreck my “image” on CC, but I have had intimate encounters outdoors, though have been very careful to be where there were no other people around.</p>
<p>Were you afraid of losing control of yourself with so many men around? Seriously, though, if they weren’t bothering you, you shouldn’t bother them.</p>
<p>Wait a minute soozievt…have you ever been to Sequoia National Park?</p>
<p>morrismm, Of course we don’t want to see people having sex in the park. But, what’s wrong with seeing single men who just might/or might not be be wanting to meet other single men?</p>
<p>First of all, this thread was not started to discuss homosexuality. As I said, not an issue, I don’t care. So stop all your judgment folks.</p>
<p>We went for a walk in a state park and began to find it odd that we only encountered men who were by themselves. And we witnessed men walking out of the woods soon followed by other men. No we did not see people having sex. But I’m not going to go back to see if I can.</p>
<p>Post #28. I don’t really know what you were trying to imply. I did some research because we knew something was going on because we knew it was statistically very unlikely to go to a public place and see only solo men. We discussed other possibilities like drug transactions, etc.</p>
<p>So I found out this is apparently a place people (men) go to meet to have sex. I also know people who walk their dog there sometimes. I’ve talked to some families who have been talking about going there to walk. It is a fairly new park–5 years. It’s the first time I have ever gone there. </p>
<p>So the point is, shouldn’t people be made aware of the fact that there is a good chance they could encounter people having sex as they hike the trail with little Susie and Johnny and Rover? </p>
<p>And no one answered. If you knew this park was a place where people (men) meet to have sex, would you take your little kids there?</p>
<p>Nothing to report since you didn’t witness anything however I would not frequent that park again and if I had friends who took their families there I would certainly warn them that the view may not be PG. (I would do the same if I found out straight couples were having sex there…)
Years ago everyone knew that our middle schoolers were having sex at one of the local hotels in their public rooms. I called the hotel manager and told him he needed to step up his security.</p>
<p>Clarification: by “our” middle schoolers I didn’t mean my own kids! I meant kids from our area…</p>
<p>The Ramble in Central Park in New York used to be (and may still be) notorious as a night-time trysting place for gay men (and for people who wanted to beat up gay men). There are some parks where you really might see something naughty if you were wandering around. I think it’s probably true that if a park gets a reputation as a place where men meet and have sex, other people may well stop going there. But what, if anything, to do about it? I think the OP asks a fair question–I would ask it a slightly different way–if your local park became a notorious pickup and sex spot for gay men, and families stopped going there as a result, what, if anything, would you do?</p>
<p>A perhaps somewhat analogous question–if nude bathing is unlawful in your state, and your local public beach becomes a notorious nude beach, what would you do? (Assuming you don’t want to see nude bathers.)</p>
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<p>No, I wouldn’t, but not because they are gay. If I thought a park was a regular meeting place for people to have sex I would stay away. Gross.</p>
<p>Having sex in a public place is probably a crime everywhere in the U.S. One thing that would bother me is that the people who frequent the park to have sex are the type who would break the law in order to satisfy their sexual urges. Ugh. I try to stay away from criminal-types.</p>
<p>You didn’t see any men having sex nor did you see things like condoms. Given the financial crisis, do you truly think that there’s enough evidence for the park service to patrol that park more?</p>
<p>I probably wouldn’t have noticed the men at all unless I stumbled upon them having sex. However, if you had told me about your experience and what you found on the Internet, it wouldn’t be a park that I’d be going to because I’d fear what I might stumble upon. Yes, I would tell friends about the park so they wouldn’t go there and stumble upon something they weren’t interested in viewing. I might notify the authorities, but would doubt that there was enough evidence and money available for them to do much to change the situation.</p>
<p>Had a similar experience in Paris in that i took S, then about 12, to a famous park in Paris very early in the evening. There were a lot of transvestites around who seemed to be soliciting. I decided it was better to visit that park during the day, and then it really was a family park.</p>
<p>The one plus of the park that the OP described as being a hangout for gay men is that it may be a safer place for women like me to go to. When I was in a park once with my kids who were preschoolers, we were stalked by a lone man. That was frightening, and after that, I avoided going to any park or trail where I didn’t see families or females.</p>