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RNC So Gay: Male Escorts Rake It In and Craigslist Sees Surge in Hook-Up Ads
by Sean Mandell
July 21, 2016 | 5:09pm
Cleveland has been teeming with gay sex ever since the Republican National Convention came to town, according to reports.
Among those making Cleveland extra gay this week are male prostitutes who are in high demand among older, allegedly heterosexual male Republican delegates.The New York Post reports:
Business has been way better. Ive seen 10 clients so far, one male escort said. Most of them were first-timers. You could tell they were nervous, but once they became more comfortable, they seemed to be having a good time. Another escort said he had already earned $1,600 since Monday over six times the amount he usually makes. I normally only make $200 to $300, but Ive been seeing lots of guys in hotels downtown, he said, noting the boom in business near the Quicken Loans Arena. The clientele has included mostly married white men between the ages of 40 and 50, said another escort whos seen eight johns so far. One escort added that he wasnt surprised by the surge in business, saying, The Republicans have a lot of delegates in the closet, lets put it that way.
Also booming this week in Cleveland, is the traffic on Craigslists men seeking men personal ads. The Daily Dot reports: It seems like every man whos in Cleveland for the RNC wants to have hot gayanal sex with another dudeor preferably, a giant man-on-man muscle orgy of conservative lobbyists in suits and ties (with maybe the butts cut out of the pants, though). Many of the Craigslist ads were written in sado-masochistic language, with a particularly competitive streak running through them. Locals and attendees were ready to use, or be used, mercilessly. You are visiting. You can act like the true bitch bottom you really are and the folks back home will know nothing, wrote one domineering top who posted two consecutive ads seeking to fill some little RNC holes.
And while male escorts and MSM are experiencing a windfall thanks to the RNC, female prostitutes arent so lucky, as The Post points out. When contacted by The Post, females for hire said theyre making much less money than normal. Has business been better for me? Honestly, no, one woman said before abruptly hanging up the phone.
And neither are Cleveland businesses in general. Via CBS News: Several blocks away, employees at newly opened Coastal Taco say the supposed Republican National Convention economic boom has been a bust. Weve sent people home, take the night off, said managing partner Erin Clyde. They staffed up and extended hours, which was apparently unnecessary.
I mean its going to be great, its going to be this huge windfall, and you know it hasnt been, Clyde said. In fact its been a little bit of a ghost town. Heightened security concerns and Donald Trumps controversial candidacy turned away millions of dollars in corporate sponsorship. That meant fewer parties with rented-out restaurants, and less cash for businesses and employees.
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Ok now normally I wouldn't give a flying f*** about this but the hypocrisy of it is so disturbing. In choosing Mike Pence as VP, Donald Trump basically wants to set the LGBT Civil Rights movement back decades. I don't give a damn what people do behind closed doors. Have sex with animals. I don't care. Its not my bedroom, not hurting me, nor quite frankly is it any of my business. But for these same people to be rah-rah-rah in that convention hall in support of a ticket that is anti-LGBT but then sneaking away from their wives at night to get some DL action it pisses me off because you are a hypocrite. I get that many people don't have environments that make it easy for them to come out of the closet but that doesn't mean you have to support those who want to LEGISLATE for denying equality to the LGBT community. I hope they catch something and their dick's fall off.
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)It just seems to be a bad way to go, really.
DonViejo
(60,536 posts)and every four years someone writes an article SHOCKED that it is occurring. Big time yawn.
Codeine
(25,586 posts)political or otherwise, can result in such a spike. I've been to a number of game- and comic-related conventions that have been absolute hookup zones for sex workers and johns both gay and straight.
meow2u3
(24,764 posts)They're all a cadre of closet cases. If they were outed, their careers would go kaput.
Ilsa
(61,695 posts)They refuse to own up to who they are and instead, persecute anyone who lives honestly.
At first I thought the thread was unnecessary, but I wish more people knew about this while their delegates vote for hate-laden planks in their platform.
Nonhlanhla
(2,074 posts)Animals are sentient beings who cannot give consent.
I agree with you about the hypocrisy.
Meldread
(4,213 posts)Come on. $1,600 after ten clients? You guys can do better.
bigwillq
(72,790 posts)I don't really care what folks do with their time, body or money. I can see the hypocrisy point, but it is what it is.
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)nt