Comments on: Legal public gay sex?

By: bob

bob — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 21:22:37 +0000

I was in Amsterdam in 1971. It was a rare hot sunny day in July. There were many individuals sun bathing in the nude and I saw more than one nude hetero couple enjoying each other in Vondepark. No one seemed to mind. It was August of that year that I finally had my moment of truth. Would be nice to go back and find the rose garden. I think that it is a very good idea. There used to be a cruising place at the end of the a bike path here. No one went there except gay men. Then, the police started entrapping men. What a waste of time. No harm was done. The Dutch are so much more with it in getting rid of the century old anti sex/anti body attitudes that are based in irrationality. Thank God, that there is a place in the world like Amsterdam.

By: Sam

Sam — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 01:38:14 +0000

That would take the fun out of it if it was legal

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:32:19 +0000

Nice to see you edited my post to make it agree with your opinion! Very unethical! It’s not a great idea at all - I think it reeks of special treatment for gay people (where are the areas for heterosexual public sex) and will therefore backfire on us in the long run. It also feeds into the idea that all gay men are sex addicts who need to fuck everywhere they go and that apparently sex in their own homes, in backrooms and sex clubs, etc., is just not enough!

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:17:28 +0000

Great idea!

By: Kendall

Kendall — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:50:09 +0000

I’m moving.

By: Lewis

Lewis — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:04:57 +0000

Kind of like prostitution and drugs, eh?

By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 07:37:52 +0000

First of all, this is not from personal experience.

The Rose garden at the Vondelpark has been a cruising area since just after WW2, maybe even before that time. No one had ever a problem with that. The childrens playground is not anywhere near it, and what would kids do in the park after hours anyway?!

There are enough other cruising places around the Netherlands, the Gay Krant, Hollands formost Gay magazine publishes yearly a list of places to visit.