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The newest piece of gay gossip comes from a very unexpected place: the mafia.
A young guy growing up in a neighborhood where John Gotti was king joined Gotti’s organization. Except that young guy turned out to be gay and knew that in many mob organizations, people who come out of the closet are later met with unfortunate fates (a la Sopranos).
So he turned into a government informant, found a boyfriend and resigned from the organization.
He has been living in hiding since. Today, at his sentencing for attempting to murder a bagel shop owner, he told the judge that he was gay and had renounced his involvement in the mob a long time ago.
It’s not really news, and it’s not significant to any struggle for the community. Except that the struggle of this young man in his own social structure is similar to our own structure. Sure, we’re not worried about whether to off our boss’s latest enemy, but many are worried for their lives if their sexual orientation becomes public knowledge.
It just goes to show that the human experience, the gay human experience, even in extreme circumstances, is pretty universal.
Hollywood figured out how homo-erotic mob culture can be a long time ago. There being closeted gays in organized crime should be no surprise, for that reason and the simple reason they are humans (well….)
Are you KIDDING me? Just what we need, a gay hitman to further our cause. CRIPES!
While I am sure any of the religious right would use something like this as another bullet-point for their cause, for me it just shows that gay people can be and are like everyone else — for better or worse.